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But why is bigger, more and faster automatically better or more innovative? All three of your hardware choices (assuming the lower level details are understood) have a direct worsening impact on battery life for example and so need to be chosen and used wisely.

The innovation in a modern handheld device is about so much more than the base hardware spec.

How the heck do you measure who is "more innovative". Are there varying degrees of innovation? Who decides which one is more innovative? It's a completely subjective characteristic...

CPU cores as a performance metric between two very different platforms.

Makes sense to me.

Both chips (and displays) are made by Samsung though...