The iPhone 8 has yet to be officially announced, let alone released, but the folks at PhoneBuff think that they might have an idea of how fast the phone is going to be. How is that so? They have basically conducted a speed test using the latest iPad Pro and have pitted it against that of the iPhone 7.
According to PhoneBuff, this is said to be a relatively accurate method of measuring the iPhone 8’s speed. This is because last year a similar test was conducted in which upon the release of the iPhone 7, the results were roughly similar. This is due to the fact that the iPad Pro features the A10X Fusion chipset which is an upgraded version of the iPhone 7’s A10 Fusion, and it is also built on the 10nm process which the A11 is rumored to be based on as well.
It is because of this that it is expected that the iPhone 8’s performance shouldn’t too far off from that of the A10X Fusion. That is unless Apple decides to kick things up a notch by making the A11 much more powerful than that of the A10X Fusion, but we guess we’ll have to wait and see. In the meantime you can check out the video above in which the new iPad Pro clearly blazing past the iPhone 7.
In some instances the iPad Pro appeared to be slightly slower, but it is speculated that this is due to the larger screen which means that more content needs to be loaded. Make what you will of this test, but assuming that Apple launches the iPhone 8 in September, we won’t have to wait much longer to find out for ourselves.