The iPhone 3GS runs on an 833 MHz Samsung chip, that, presumably to increase battery life, is underclocked to 600 MHz. While this is better than the original iPhone and iPhone 3G’s 620 MHz CPU (underclocked to about 412 Mhz), there’s still plenty of room for improvement. Analysts fully expect that improvement will come either from the A4 chip itself or a lower-powered variant of it designed for the iPhone’s smaller screen and battery.

One of the most often used words I heard to describe the iPad at its unveiling on Wednesday, by nearly all those who got to play with it at the Apple event, is ‘fast ‘.  And upwards from there.  It sounded closer to blazing and screaming (as Steve described it) in many people ‘s talk about it. 

I ‘m more than happy with the speed and responsiveness I get from the iPhone 3GS “ but I certainly wouldn ‘t be against adding even more blazing speediness to the next iPhone model later this year.  I could live with that.

Via: TUAW

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