: ...and that spilled over to Windows devices too. Suddenly trackpads got better for *everyone*.
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: ...particularly the folks who couldn't afford a Mac. So I have hope. This can get better too.
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it would be a lot better if Apple cared about the value segment. Even ye olde iPhone 6 whips 98% of android
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: it was a ~$600 phone at launch. Last value HW was 5C; similar perf to contemporary Android's on today's Chrome.
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: understand what you're asking for is literally against their business model. Value segment is revenue, not profit.
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: ...back in measurable reality, we need webdevs to not screw the entire web by drowning it in script.
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based on geekbench, Pixel should only be ~2x slower than iPhone 7, not 10x. So it is software issue.
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: do I really need to break out the "different benchmarks test different things"?
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: regardless, there *is* a lot to improve in software.
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: and I think we'll get closer. I don't know if it'll be 2x, but depending on workload, better than it is today.
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: also, when you say "10x", are you talking about that ember benchmark? 'Cause Ember...exhibits many pathologies.
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: last I looked, a huge chunk of the time on our side was GC between the page loads, which apps don't do
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