> 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.

I'm sure those will come (if they're not out there somewhere already), but on other sites than androidauthority.com.

> We were fairly certain that the A15 woulld outperform Apple's offering

Yes, after it became known that the Swift core in the iPhone achieved its surprisingly high Geekbench score at 1.3 GHz instead of the 1.0 GHz that was reported before, the expectations regarding Swift's per-clock performance decreased under those of Cortex-A15.
What minator and me didn't expect though was *how much* the Cortex-A15 would outperform Swift (and Krait).

> I've always thought the predictions for Krait were over blown.

The predictions for Krait were that it would be roughly one third faster per clock than Cortex-A9, and I think that's what it has delivered for real.