My personal experience:
Android lags no matter what number of core it rides on
Seriously? -___-
Very very seriously. I am tired of it.
Android hangs yeah.. irrespective of whatever core the chip has.. seriously people should give a shot to Windows Phone though.. But here in India we are out of options since we only have 8S and 8X and no Windows 8 phone from other brands..
Inspite of nokia making it huge in India they haven't launched their 920/820/720 here... !!
ontopic : IMO, note is anyday better than s3.. look at its freaking battery size and whatnot.. it's a no brainer !!
ps. Myself got a Xperia SL just few days back..
Well, i don't know what to say.
I have a lame ass LG Optimus One which barely lags on high end games because hell, this phone isn't meant for them.
So soon after i upgrade to whatever s advance/N4/XperiaP etc.. IMO these ones shouldn't lag a bit.
So i think if you know your tweaks, roms, kernels and correct digits for OC, a generic statement such as Android lags shouldn't be used!
I love Win 8, been using it on my lappy, but i seriously don't think i can live for 1-2 years with the same UI!
With android one always has an option to switch UI's drastically like (GB, ICS, MIUI etc..)
but arent't they all just metro styled tiles, just like iOS, the OS version changes but the UI actually remains the same..?? :/
Try getting Droid DNA or LG Optimus GMoney doesn't matter