{"id":6434,"date":"2016-12-19T14:49:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T14:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2016-12-19T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T15:49:04","slug":"linked-why-a-series-benchmark-scores-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/19\/linked-why-a-series-benchmark-scores-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Why A-Series Benchmark Scores Matter&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2016\/09\/a_series_benchmarks\">via Daring Fireball<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The iPhone has all the benefits (in short: superior design) that would keep me, and I think most other iPhone users, on the platform even if it didn\u2019t have a performance advantage. But it does have a significant performance advantage, and it is exclusive to Apple. This is an extraordinary situation, historically. And year-over-year, it looks like Apple\u2019s lead is growing, not shrinking. It\u2019s not a fluke, but a sustained advantage.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Same. Apple would have to do some awful things to lose me as a customer. It\u2019s like the planets perfectly aligning. If another company can make a better OS wth more beautiful hardware with a perfect ecosystem that melds together and a flourishing 3rd party application community, iCloud, iTunes Store and a phone, tablet, laptop, desktop entertainment box all in its offerings and connected-home control along with a Siri competitor, I\u2019d consider switching but even then, Apple would have to completely lag behind on everything for me to even consider it. Samsung is trying to beat Apple at its own game and Apple is winning. I can\u2019t imagine at any point in the future where I\u2019d switch away from Apple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Daring Fireball: The iPhone has all the benefits (in short: superior design) that would keep me, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-12-19T15:49:07Z","apple_news_api_id":"dc4df666-166a-4ca9-8fed-2b3405617df8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-12-19T15:49:07Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A3E32ZhZqTKmP7Ss0BWF9-A","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1FM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6893,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/07\/linked-how-apple-won-silicon-why-galaxy-s8-cant-go-core-to-core-with-iphone-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":6434,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;How Apple won silicon: Why Galaxy S8 can&#8217;t go core-to-core with iPhone 7&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via iMore: or A10 Fusion, pushing maximum performance on bigger cores meant leaving a gap on the low end. Pairing the high-performance cores with high-efficiency cores, and creating a performance controller to intelligently manage the switching all-but-invisibly, eliminated that gap. 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What\u2019s interesting is that in some ways it actually represents an upgrade from the 12.9\u201d iPad Pro. 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It is true that Apple isn\u2019t allowing prices to dictate the limits of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8374,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2020\/10\/13\/linked-apple-fibs-about-iphone-12-pricing-to-promote-wireless-carriers\/","url_meta":{"origin":6434,"position":5},"title":"Linked: Apple fibs about iPhone 12 pricing to promote wireless carriers","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Six Colors: Here\u2019s what\u2019s actually happening, at least in the U.S.: Apple has cut deals with AT&T and Verizon that give existing customers of those carriers $30 off their purchases. 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