Iphone x speed compared to android handsets?

[Blaalad12]

Hi guys. Im wondering how happy you are with the speed of your iphone x? Particularly if you are coming from an android device.

I ask because i recall owning a Samsung S6 edge before and i had read that the iphone 6s at the time was better in terms of speed/performance so i gave one a go for a week but it was way slower.

I own a Galaxy S8 at the moment and am very happy with it in this aspect. Its very quick/snappy. In fact its honestly so quick its hard to imagine a device could be quicker! Bare in mind however that on Android you can enable 'developer options' and from there you can reduce or turn off animations altogether which is what i have obviously done!

My concern is that the iphone x will be slower in comparison because of the animations apple use! If both phones use animations then the difference would likely be negligible but iam so used to being apple to customize/speed up my android device and iam assuming this cannot be done on apple therefore in reality the iphone x will be slower?

I have seen tests on youtube where in most cases the android device was a fraction quicker but that was with animations on and the phone set as default!

Are there ways to speed up the iphone x or turn off animations etc ?

 

[Blaalad12]

anyone?

 

[anon(10000748)]

I believe you can turn off animations by going to reduce motions in the accessibility settings.

 

[Blaalad12]

I believe you can turn off animations by going to reduce motions in the accessibility settings.

Does this improve speed/performance ? Has anyone tested this?

 

[maverick96]

Hi guys. Im wondering how happy you are with the speed of your iphone x? Particularly if you are coming from an android device.

I ask because i recall owning a Samsung S6 edge before and i had read that the iphone 6s at the time was better in terms of speed/performance so i gave one a go for a week but it was way slower.

I own a Galaxy S8 at the moment and am very happy with it in this aspect. Its very quick/snappy. In fact its honestly so quick its hard to imagine a device could be quicker! Bare in mind however that on Android you can enable 'developer options' and from there you can reduce or turn off animations altogether which is what i have obviously done!

My concern is that the iphone x will be slower in comparison because of the animations apple use! If both phones use animations then the difference would likely be negligible but iam so used to being apple to customize/speed up my android device and iam assuming this cannot be done on apple therefore in reality the iphone x will be slower?

I have seen tests on youtube where in most cases the android device was a fraction quicker but that was with animations on and the phone set as default!

Are there ways to speed up the iphone x or turn off animations etc ?

You think that's quick, you should try the Pixel 2. It's lightning fast

 

[Just_Me_D]

anyone?

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[EagleFox007]

Hi guys. Im wondering how happy you are with the speed of your iphone x? Particularly if you are coming from an android device.

I ask because i recall owning a Samsung S6 edge before and i had read that the iphone 6s at the time was better in terms of speed/performance so i gave one a go for a week but it was way slower.

I own a Galaxy S8 at the moment and am very happy with it in this aspect. Its very quick/snappy. In fact its honestly so quick its hard to imagine a device could be quicker! Bare in mind however that on Android you can enable 'developer options' and from there you can reduce or turn off animations altogether which is what i have obviously done!

My concern is that the iphone x will be slower in comparison because of the animations apple use! If both phones use animations then the difference would likely be negligible but iam so used to being apple to customize/speed up my android device and iam assuming this cannot be done on apple therefore in reality the iphone x will be slower?

I have seen tests on youtube where in most cases the android device was a fraction quicker but that was with animations on and the phone set as default!

Are there ways to speed up the iphone x or turn off animations etc ?

Here is the geek bench result for iPhone X versus Note 8

 

[Blaalad12]

Bench results mean little in real time usage lets be honest! The 6s also beat the samsung s6 in those too but i know that my samsung s6 at the time was considerably faster but disabling animations and using nova launcher helped with that!

 

[Just_Me_D]

Hi guys. Im wondering how happy you are with the speed of your iphone x? ...

I am very pleased with the speed of my iPhone X....

 

[EagleFox007]

Bench results mean little in real time usage lets be honest! The 6s also beat the samsung s6 in those too but i know that my samsung s6 at the time was considerably faster but disabling animations and using nova launcher helped with that!

True but when you see big difference like that you'll notice it. The only advantage on Samsung is it has more memory so when it comes to loading the app the second time in multi tasking the Samsung will load faster. When it comes to editing and processing 4K video, iPhone X beats Samsung by a mile.

 

[anon(10000748)]

Honestly I don’t notice much difference turning off animations, but then again I never thought it was slow even on my 7+. The X is definitely one of the snappier phones I’ve had, though there have been a few hiccups in apps here and there I think it’s mostly related to the apps not being optimized for the X.

 

[TripleOne]

BEAST.

 

[Quis89]

I own the S8 and the X. My X is much faster. I’m not talking benchmarks and that stuff. I honestly pay no attention to those and believe them to be a waste of time. I’m referencing real life use. Day to day tasks, my X is faster.

 

[mumfoau]

I have the X and the Pixel 2 and they are neck and neck with regard to real life use. Like @Quis89, I too care very little for benchmarks as they are synthetic and real world use is King.

The thing most say with Samsung devices is that they start out fast and bog down over time. That is something that you're likely to not experience with the X or a device from the Pixel line. I can't speak from personal experience with Samsung as I've not used one in years though. Just relaying what I feel is a common theme with that brand.

 

[rong21]

Short of anticipating my next move not sure how much faster it needs to be.

I was an Android user for years and had many different devices that ended up lagging with time. Have never had that issue with Apple.

 

[TripleOne]

The problem with Android is that it’ll slow down over time in terms of performing day to day stuff. Hence why the iPhone always seemed to be faster throughout time.

 

[Keith Molloy]

I personally never had an issue with Android slowing down but i generally buy a new phone every year. I also can genuinely say that any iPhone i ever used was definitely NOT faster then the android handset i had at the time but i think disabling animations and using nova launched helped with the speed to be fair. My S8 iam currently using is lightning fast when it comes to switching between apps, closing apps, scrolling etc Like i literally can't even see how a phone could be faster because i see no room for improvement. I would be extremely surprised if the iPhone x could match this given that it has animations to go through each time.

 

[Quis89]

I have the X and the Pixel 2 and they are neck and neck with regard to real life use. Like @Quis89, I too care very little for benchmarks as they are synthetic and real world use is King.

The thing most say with Samsung devices is that they start out fast and bog down over time. That is something that you're likely to not experience with the X or a device from the Pixel line. I can't speak from personal experience with Samsung as I've not used one in years though. Just relaying what I feel is a common theme with that brand.

This is true for me. My S8 started out snappy. Now it’s not as fast as it was. The only time my X lags is when I want to send a screenshot from the thumbnail in the bottom left corner after taking a screenshot. The experience was poor on my 7 Plus and continues to be poor on my X. (I purposefully didn’t do a restore of data and started fresh because of this problem).

 

[bakron1]

I have used both Samsung and iPhones and I don’t see any major performance issues. I do think IOS is much more stable then Android and I don’t have apps shutting down and device restarts like I do using Android OS.

Again it’s a personal preference and I use Mac’s in my business and the integration between the iPhone and my Mac desktop is second to none.

 

[mumfoau]

I have used both Samsung and iPhones and I don’t see any major performance issues. I do think IOS is much more stable then Android and I don’t have apps shutting down and device restarts like I do using Android OS.

Again it’s a personal preference and I use Mac’s in my business and the integration between the iPhone and my Mac desktop is second to none.

I think a lot of that is contingent on what Android device you're using. I've never had an issue with a Nexus/Pixel device.