The snark is pretty good, but I dunno. The iPhone 5 is a demon on some Javascript benchmarks:

http://www.macrumors...er-twice-as-fast/

Something I've only begun to appreciate recently: There are at least 2 3 versions of the GSIII - the "international" one with the quad core processor, more RAM, different LTE radio, GSM, etc., and the "US" one with the dual core processor, less RAM, integrated LTE radio, CDMA, etc. I don't think you can get a non-gray-market GSM GSIII here in the US yet. (And the graphic shows an AT&T GSIII.)

A sneaking suspicion is telling me that if I bought a GSIII this year, that a new/different/revised one would be on sale in the US within 3 months... :-/

FWIW.

Enjoy your phone!

Cheers,
Scott.

especially when the phone is not smart about looking for an LTE connection. The iP5 is supposed to have excellent battery life, but without consistent tests across all the phones, who knows...

http://www.engadget....-iphone-5-review/

Naturally, we'd be telling just half the story if we only talked performance. There's an important question that's left: what kind of battery life can you expect? Power is nothing without longevity and, shockingly, the iPhone 5 copes amazingly well. In a day of heavy usage with LTE, GPS and WiFi all enabled, we managed 14 hours and 18 minutes before the phone succumbed to the elements.

On our standard battery rundown test, in which we loop a video with LTE and WiFi enabled and social accounts pinging at regular intervals, the iPhone 5 managed a hugely impressive 11 hours and 15 minutes. That's just 10 minutes shy of the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx.

When it comes to wireless performance, the iPhone 5 didn't disappoint either. We tested a CDMA variant on Verizon's network, going between 3G and 4G connectivity as we traveled about this great nation. Overall, the iPhone 5 did an excellent job at finding and keeping signals, and call quality is quite good. Callers came through loud and clear and said we sounded great as well -- though most of the time we sadly couldn't tell them what we were calling them on. Data transmission speeds were at or above comparable Android LTE devices held nearby, usually in the 10-20 Mbps range both up and down.

Sounds nice.

But I've also read about paint rubbing off the edges in less than a week. :-/

Cheers,
Scott.