So when LG first announced the G6, it came as a bit of disappointment that the phone
wasn’t powered by the new Snapdragon 835, with LG instead having to go with the Snapdragon
821.
Mainly due to Samsung having dibs on the 835.
However, using the older 821 chip doesn’t really seem to faze LG.
With them saying that one of the benefits of using the Snapdragon 821 is that they’ve
had a lot of time to optimize for it.
Add to that that LG has added heat pipes to the G6 to help it better dissipate heat and
prevent thermal throttling, and in theory the G6 should perform pretty well.
But that’s just in theory right, so today we’re going to pit the G6 up against the
OnePlus 3T which also uses the Snapdragon 821, and against the current PhoneBuffStyle
speed test champ in the iPhone 7 Plus, to see how how LG’s latest flagship stacks
up to the competition.
Alright, we’ll kick things off by starting the stopwatches on all three phones, where
the OnePlus 3T gets the step on the other two, with LG’s G6 right there behind and
the iPhone 7 Plus falling into third due mainly to its slower animations.
The G6 takes the lead loading up Facebook faster than the 3T, only to lose it a few
seconds later to the iPhone 7 Plus in Photoshop Express.
As all three phones are working on Lapse It, the iPhone improves on its lead just blazing
through the time lapse, while the G6 looks to maintain its lead over the 3T, finishing
the time lapse and joining the iPhone in the gaming row.
As the G6 and the 3T start working on Subway Surfers, the iPhone moves on to Flip Diving,
putting it a full app ahead of the other two early on in this speed test.
Which doesn’t really come as a surprise considering what we’ve seen the iPhone do
in previous tests.
So at least for now, it looks like the real battle is for second place as the G6 is trying
to hold onto its lead over the 3T, for a shot at winning the title of Android speed test
champ, however going into Flip Diving both phones are neck and neck, with the 3T actually
taking the lead and moving on to Fit the Fat.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 7 Plus is just about done with the gaming row, as it heads over
to the last row here in the first lap powering through Spotify and moving on to ESPN.
It looks like the OnePlus 3T has improved on its lead over the G6 in Fit the Fat, showing
us exactly why it’s been the fastest Android phone for so long now.
As the 3T finishes Smash Hit and the gaming row, the iPhone finishes the first lap, clocking
in a time of 1 minute and 17 seconds.
Now historically, the iPhone 7 Plus has had no issues keeping all of the apps ready in
the background despite having just 3 GB of RAM.
And that certainly looks to be the case here.
On the Android side of things, only the OnePlus 3T, which finishes the first lap with a time
of 1 minute and 32 seconds, has been able to keep all of the apps open thanks to its
whopping 6 GB of RAM.
So it’ll be interesting to see how the G6 handles this second lap, as it finishes the
first with a time of 1 minute and 45 seconds, considering the G6 only has 4 GB of RAM.
So there you go, the iPhone finishes the test with a total time of 1 minute and 50 seconds,
with the OnePlus 3T racing to the finish line just 8 seconds later with a time of 1 minute
and 58 seconds.
So moment of truth for the G6, it does have the first game in Subway Surfers open, as
it does Flip Diving and Fit the Fat, as well as Smash Hit.
It did have to re-load Spotify but managed to keep all of the other apps, so impressive
results in the second lap where the G6 finishes with a total time of 2 minutes and 19 seconds.
making the winner, and still PhoneBuffStyle Speed Test Champ the iPhone 7 Plus
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Alright, as promised here are the individual app load up times from each phone, where you
can see how each phone did in the first lap.
Anyways, that is it for me and this video, thank you guys for watching, and as always
I’ll see you in the very next episode.