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Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by rprospero on Monday April 14, 2014 @03:21PM (#7588203)
> Granted all of this was based upon personal experience and isn't a scientific study but to me the difference was absolutely clear.

Thanks for including that line, because my personal experience is the exact opposite. I have a four year old android phone and I dread any time I need to use my wife's one year old ipod. I find the lag on the ipod slow to the point of almost being unusable. Every time I use it, there's at least one point where I'll put down the iPod to go do something else while I wait for it to catch up with me.

It's amazing how much personal experiences can differ.

Edit: updated possibly relevant details

Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by TylerE on Monday April 14, 2014 @10:44PM (#7590054)
Worth pointing out that there is a pretty big drop in spec from an iPhone 5 to an iPod 5, the SoC is two full generations behind.
Re:A performance comparison between Java and C on the Nexus 5 by abjuk on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @11:41AM (#7598444)
This. Also, a year ago Apple was still selling some models of the 4th gen iPod Touches, which are the equivalent of a three year old iPhone 4 but with half the ram.