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- What's up, guys.
David here and I'm back again with another video.
This time, the speed test you have all been waiting for
between the Galaxy S7 Edge
and the reigning speed test champ in the iPhone 6S Plus.
Takin' a quick look at the spec sheet,
on one side, you've got the Snapdragon bearing of the S7
with a whopping 4 gigabytes of RAM.
And on the other side,
you have the A9 packing iPhone 6S Plus
coupled with just 2 gigabytes of RAM.
But, specs are just specs.
That's why we do these speed tests here on the channel
and with that said,
let's go ahead and get right into it.
- [Voiceover] Alright, so we'll get things going
like we always do by starting the stop watches on each phone
and then jumping into the system apps
where the iPhone gets a step over the Galaxy S7
as both phones head into the gaming portion
of this first lap.
So at this point, it's worth noting
that the iPhone's resolution is lower
than the Galaxy S7's.
Which may give it a bit of an advantage,
as in theory, there will be less stress on its GPU
compared to the S7's GPU.
But either way, the iPhone 6S Plus
looks to have pulled ahead by a full app
with it starting to work on "SmashHit"
while the S7 Edge is still working on "Clash of Clans".
But of course, the S7 still has plenty of time
to make a comeback
as we're only just half way through this first lap
with a whole 'nother lap left to go.
With the iPhone finishing up with "Photoshop Mix",
it's now heading into "Lapse It"
where each phone will have to render
a time lapse of the same exact video file.
So this just may be where the Galaxy S7
and its octa core processor can make its comeback
through sheer processing power.
But damn, it's going to be hard
as the iPhone 6S Plus just ripped through "Lapse It"
and is already almost done with NetFlix
and heading into "Spotify".
With it finishing up "Lapse It",
the S7 Edge doesn't look to have made up any ground
on the iPhone
with the iPhone finishing up the last leg of this first lap
in loading up both the mobile and the desk top versions
of the Amazon website.
So the iPhone's official time for the first lap
is 1 minute and 17 seconds
and it looks to keep its lead during the second lap
where each app is being reloaded to test
whether or not it's kept ready to go in the background.
And so far, it looks like the iPhone
is having no problem with that.
Speaking of which,
it'll be interesting to see
how the S7 does in this second lap
as it finishes the first lap
with a time of 1 minute and 33 seconds.
Since Samsung phones have typically struggled
with RAM management,
and from the looks of it,
things haven't changed.
At least not with this many apps
having to be loaded in the background.
With the S7's RAM Management not being able
to keep at least these games ready to go
which further pushes it behind the iPhone
in this speed test.
So with the iPhone finishing up the test
with a total time of 1 minute and 54 seconds,
we'll go ahead and fast forward the Galaxy S7 Edge
to the finish line.
Where, after having to reload three of the four games
along with two other apps,
it clocked a total time of 2 minutes and 35 seconds.
- Okay, so what the hell happened?
It actually looks like the S7 Edge
did worse than the Note 5 in the same test.
At least for that first lap.
But the thing is,
the S7 is supposed to be the latest and greatest
from Samsung.
So there are two possible explanations I can think of.
The first is that the S7 and the Note 5
have different chip sets.
But with the Snapdragon 820 doing relatively well
in benchmarks,
we'll give it the pass.
At least for now.
Which brings us to the second possible explanation,
which is most likely that the S7 suffered
due to it being encrypted on Android 6.0
whereas on the Note 5,
it came un-encrypted on Android 5.1.
But with that said,
both the Note 5 and the S7
have their RAM management issues,
making the winner
and still Phone Buff Style Speed Test champ,
the iPhone 6S Plus.
That is it for me in this video.
You can bet there'll be more speed test's just like this
and possibly a rematch coming sometime in the future.
So give this video a big thumbs up
if you'd like to see that.
Thank you for watching and
as always, I'll see you in the very next episode.
- [Voiceover] And action.