[citation][nom]lpedraja2002[/nom]Anyone who is not a fanboy actually surprised that Apple was saying the truth in one of their presentations where it claim their cpu was faster than the SG3? I wonder how it fares against the quad core version though.[/citation]
I don't think the CPU is faster... it's very similar to Krait, actually. But, the GPU certainly is far superior to anything in any of the Android smartphones currently, and much more of the OS is GPU accelerated vs Android. They've improved the camera sensor's speed substantially, and the Qualcomm chip used for 4G legit.
The iPhone 5 is, in fact, the fastest phone on the market right now.
And this is coming from an HTC One owner.
That said, I love my phone, and wouldn't trade.