I’ve found my iPhone to be frustratingly slow on many occasions and crash prone at times. The honeymoon is certainly over and even better performance, reliability, and features are necessary for Apple to keep their lead. Even as an evangelist since the 80′s I would drop my iPhone for a superior device in a second.

What may end up happening over time is the same arguments that happened between PC’s and MAC’s when Apple was using Motorola, then PowerPC chips. Their clock speeds were slower, but because Windows was more massive the performance between the two was non-existent. Think of a heavy car with a big block v8 versus a light car with a small turbo. Both can be fast even though the HP rating of the V8 is going to be higher. So numerical speed is going to mean less than what the user will experience. Since Apple has a track record of building devices that meet or exceed the user’s expectation I’m not going to lose any sleep over these arguments that only mean something to those who live in Silicon Valley.

My iPhone is jailbroken right now.. and i know some people still may not want to jailbreak but i’m going to use an EXAMPLE just for arguements sake here on the “Speed” of the iphone.

Has Anyone who has Jailbroken seen the Picture app called Snapture? it’s nothing short of amazing. The fact that you get a GUI menu on screen while snapping pictures and being able to do different things while still in camera mode is amazing. and guess what? it’s FAST not only that but if you pay for it.. you get to see these little preview pics on the lower hand of the screen.. i would venture to say that this is a taxing application.. and the iPhone handles it well it’s never slow.

It is an old ploy that is used in sales to create FUD (Fear Uncertainty Doubt)! Have an executive make a bold (even if it is untrue) statement in a public forum. The effect is that every time there is a normal hick-up on the iPhone you will lend credence to their statement … and … over time … you start to think they are right.

Plus, look at all the “free press” they got in the last 24 hours for Intel and their chip sets!

“They done good!”

And internet capability. I think it really fails there. I only use the many apps on my iPhone — using the internet on the iPhone is a joke…

Some people may beg to differ with what I posted but that’s the way I feel

Heheh.

There are some things that could be faster. Opening and rendering large pdfs and word docs is slower than I’d expect from a >400mhz, 128mb RAM computer running a stripped down OS and awesome graphics. I don’t think it’s processor limited, though. I suspect most of it comes down to slow memory and an OS that still has some kinks.

It’s still probably faster than the iBook I bought 7 years ago, which is frickin’ AMAZING when you think about it. 10 years from now, my phone probably will have the horsepower to do what my Macbook Pro does today.