(but I bet
my iPhone has more processing power than these machines)
:o)
But why does a phone need it?
It doesn't need it, as far as you think the phone is just a phone.
If you think that small slab of power on your pocket is a computer with
- GPS location
- Local maps
- Music player
- Knowledge navigator (yes!)
- Videogame :oD
- Remote control of my media player
- Portable telephone
Now you can see it needs it. Of course you can live without all of that.
But it makes my life WAY easier.