>They compared it to what is relevant for this site to compare, i.e. the top-end chips used in mobile Android and iOS devices.

Personally, since the first device I've seen with an A15 is the Chromebook, I would have prefered comparisons with other netbook and low end laptop CPUs.
We were fairly certain that the A15 woulld outperform Apple's offering and I've always thought the predictions for Krait were over blown.