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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yokken:
"Supposed" to? We haven't seen the quad-core Exynos in action, but we've seen the S4 in a few phones already and it's proven to sip power and is a workhorse. By the time you "need" a quad-core in your phone (provided that there are applications other than 3D games that would use 4 cores) it'll be time for you to upgrade.

Nah, I've got a MacBook Pro, the first unibody from late 2008. 2.4ghz, 8gb ram, has a discrete 9600M GT in it too if I want to play games. I haven't upgraded because it works just fine. I put a 128GB SSD in the other day (Crucial M4) and swapped out the optical drive with the 320GB HDD I was using before. Speed and space. I don't need anything better for the time being. When I have money to blow, I might buy a new one in a year or so.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tommydaniel:
A tweet I just saw, https://twitter.com/#!/gauravh1/status/198152446890094593. according to the tweet the camera module is new and not the same as the GSII.

Amoled screens are some of the best with power consumption. I can easily get 15 or more hours out of my Epic touch. Also the HSPA+ Nexus gets great battery life, it's the LTE model that fails, because of LTE...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
2100 mAh on the GS3 vs 1800 mAh on the HTC One X
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Not enough for me to move off the E4GT, but maybe for the wifey to upgrade her launch day Evo. In my opinion this isn't the same leap that was the original galaxy to the SII, but still a solid phone.

On another note, the cell phone market is heating up in the US with the HTC flagship, Nokia lumia probably coming to other carriers and now this in the June/July time frame.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Im pretty sure Im gonna get one after seeing these benchs

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_flexes_muscles_on_benchmarks-news-4201.php
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
That's a 17% improvement in capacity. Unfortunately, gn screen consumes almost twice the battery compared to epic touch. Therefore, one x (whose battery life was compared to epic touch battery life to be similar) will have better battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Another first for Samsung, except the production method for the quad-core 4412 beast, is that it has resisted the temptation to just slap a low-frequency core for the mundane tasks like standby and UI browsing, but used intelligent power management solutions instead. The advantage of having four cores is in multitasking and applications like web browsing, video editing and 3D games, where a lot of processes can now be run at parallel, instead of waiting for the core(s) to free up. Samsung has graced the Exynos 4412 with hot-plug functionality to turn on or off each core, as needed, and adopted a "per-core dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)" technology. All this simply means that each core can work at any frequency in its range at any time, depending on the workload, which greatly reduces power consumption.

45nm Exynos compared to the new 32nm method

Samsung showed us the power consumption measurements of the Exynos 4210 in the Galaxy S II made with the 45nm process, compared to the next-gen 4212 made with 32nm. Both 4-series Exynos chipsets are based on the same ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, so there is no generation bias, as it would have been if compared to the Cortex-A15 Exynos 5-series next to it.

The charts on the right show about 40% less power consumption on average, despite the 32nm Exynos CPU being clocked higher. This is more than the 20% power draw reduction Samsung claims in the official description of Exynos 4412, but let's not forget the ARM-Mali 400 GPU inside is probably being clocked much higher for the Samsung Galaxy S3, judging from its record preliminary benchmarks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
Thank you for benchmarks!

Exactly what I've been looking for.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yoniinfante:
Thank u sir...and for the rest of u guys if u dont like the phone just dont get it then....lol proud s2 owner and s3 soon...have a good day
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
All galaxy nexus phones suffer bad battery life, including international. It is the screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tommydaniel:
both Engadget and The Verge said battery life on the HSPA+ model was excellent.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yokken:
Great copy/paste skills. I understand the dynamic clock/voltage per core technique. I believe the Tegra 3 has that as well. We'll just have to see when it comes out. Even if the CPU is more efficient than the older version, the screen is a power drain.

Oh and you still forgot--4 cores is 2 more than 2. I don't care if each core draws less power than it used to, you still have double the cores and double the power draw.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
Please read the gn forums here about the battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Thanks, copied it straight from the source. And you forgot that I dont care if the battery life is slighty worse than the GS2. I get 16+ hours so if I get 13+ a day thats fine by me. So go find something else to complain about.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yokken:
I'm not complaining about anything other than your belief that more cores means a better phone. I suppose it's your [battery] loss though...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
I have a Tegra3 device and its only good for bench tests....it really doesn't do anything amazing Im really kinda disappointed with it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Let me think what want, its not affecting you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yokken:
Yeah, everyone came in their pants when they threw the Tegra 3 in the Transformer Prime, and I still hear that it stutters often and chokes on heavy web pages. Tegra 2 was a hilarious letdown, I expected nothing more from Tegra 3. Sure, it's got much better graphics than anything out right now, but unless you're playing 3D games like Shadowgun all day, that doesn't really help.

I'd love to see an A15-based dual-core with beefy graphics. ICS uses the GPU a lot for graphical acceleration in the UI, browser, and any applications that have been tailored for it. Even then, you can try and force the acceleration in Developer options. I'm excited to see the S4 Pro with the Adreno 320/305 in it.

I'm fine with letting you believe a quad-core phone is better, but when you try to convince other people that it's superior, then I have a problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
I am not happy with this gs3

barely an upgrade.

the great benchmarks are not going to translate as well in real world use.

No apps need such specs.

But I have to have the latest/greatest so when Houston gets LTE, I will then get this
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
im not all that impressed, I was thinking this would be something truly revolutionary. I could care less about a quad core device, its not giong to equate to any major real world performance gains on a mobile OS. The exynos dual core at 1.2-1.5GHz handles anything you can throw at it with ease.

Same 8mp shooter (which im fine with, but was expecting an upgrade), same 2.0 front shooter, and a nicer screen.

Idk. This s2 has set the bar for a device for me, I have not come across one thing that has made me wanna even think about getting rid of it. Maybe when i actually see it sometime in 2014 cuz thats when well actually get it, then Ill change my mind.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Who ever said I'm trying to convince people quad is superior to dual core? All I said to begin with is I'd rather get a Note if the gs3 gets downgraded to a dual core processor. Someone on the internet just looking to argue. I'm done.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
Please don't say it's a nicer screen.

Because GN screen is not nicer than ET screen. ET screen is nicer.

Until we actually see gs3 screen, a safe assumption is that it's not nicer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
I feel the same... :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yokken:
You're right there. I guess I just can't stand people being wrong.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
agreed. speaking hypothetically
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6xb8t3FoFI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I stumbled across this recently. I don't know if it was posted already. If the note/journal is lte, then I might think about it. The note has the same over driven sound characteristics in its camcorder that the e4gt does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6xb8t3FoFI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The link isn't working well with tapatalk.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] limeaid:
DISCLAIMER: This post is only for people who care about the camera on their phones

The One X camera isn't necessarily better than the GS2--there have been mixed reviews on it. HTC has done a good job promoting the camera on the One series, but the actual performance has not lived up to the hype according to many reviews (including the Verge and Android Central). What all reviewers have agreed on is that the camera software experience on the One X is stellar, but the actual image quality of the photos (as well as low light performance) are only slightly above average. Some reviewers have even said that the One X photo quality is actually inferior to the GS2 even though the One X optics are supposedly better. If this is truly the case, I am definitely going with the GS3 over Sprint's new EVO.

I have not had a chance to get my hands on any version of the One X as of yet, but I will in the coming weeks and will do my own testing. Will definitely post my results on XDA when that happens.

Quoted from Verge One X review:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yokken:
I've read nothing but stellar reviews of the camera. People are constantly telling me my phone takes incredible pictures. Part of the reason I'll never get the GNex is because of the camera. I just can't downgrade after taking amazing pictures with my E4GT. I hope the Evo 4G LTE can match up to it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
That doesn't really mean anything at all in terms of gs3 vs. the world issue...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
I still have my epic touch but galaxy nexus 720p screen way better than my epics touch its like night and day. I just got GSM galaxy nexus from Google play.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
I'm going to have to call BS on this one. Epic Touch screen definitely looks crisper and less pixelated than verizon GN screen to my eye.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
:(

I was thinking of what to do to upgrade my phone ASAP to GS3. I can honestly say I am NOT impressed [not that it's bad] but I just don't think it is worth the upgrade for me from my GS2.

I will suggest to my girlfriend to upgrade her OG Evo to this and I'll patiently wait for the next gen flagships with Android 5.0.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
Not to mention the CDMA version gets all hot for no reason making the screen unpleasant to the touch. ;P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Daddy43205:
I would not call this a galaxys s3 i would call this a galxy s2+ or galaxy s2S....this phone failed all my expectations smh SAME camera, downgraded the front camera, this phone is fails all the way around just a better processor.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I just got off of work. Did anything interesting happen today? :D

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] The Root:
I just read it's a new camera unit on Twitter.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ReggieTee:
or give your galaxy S2 to your girlfriend and use her upgrade for the SIII like I may do with my wife. She also has an Evo.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] The Root:
Uh, what? Way to not read anything....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
lol...let's see, Galaxy S -> Galaxy S2 = double the processor cores plus add 200mhz, faster gpu, bigger screen, bigger battery, better camera, and double the ram.

The S3 does all of that minus the ram and camera upgrade. 1GB is still plenty, though I am disappointed if the camera isn't upgraded...then again, megapixels don't mean crap, so if 8mp on the S3 is prettier than the S2, then it is just fine with me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_exactly:
Not sure what the fuss is about. We have no idea what the specs are for the sprint version or have any clue what it looks like.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
Hahha its 720p dude and I don't see any pentile ppl talking about.the reason 720p nexus is better than epic touch is when u browse every word is so sharp and you tube video its amazing .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
Sprint will probably have this around November I'd bet.

Galaxy nexus still looks better to me. I hate touchwiz and the buttons aren't needed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] limeaid:
Any details?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
Holy crap! 2GB ram on the next LG...competition is great =D

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/lg-optimus-lte2-2gb-ram-true-hd/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] The Root:
Oh crap, I have about 40 tech bloggers flooding my line. I'll have to look.

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/299382,samsung-galaxy-s3-camera-specs-and-features-revealed.aspx
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I am very disappointed. Only 1GB of ram?....maybe the US version will only have dual core cpu and not quad-core. So if you look at it they basically took the S2 and put a bigger screen and overclock the cpu from 1.2 to 1.4.....They really need to remove that touchwiz interface. I mean look at the htc evo 4g LTE, they totally remodify the interface and it is freaken hot. Jesus christ! at least put a 3 megapixel front facing camera n 2GB of ram.

---------- Post added at 02:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:49 AM ----------

But not forever, only 2 yrs then everything in there is all theirs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shahkam:
Who needs 2gb of ram anyways i think 1gb is fine..

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Amd4life:
Samsung was on a roll, they took the apple way out. Slight upgrade, sell incremental updates per year.

Sucks

I was hoping they would go all in and destroy the competition.

And damn the us has to wait until December? That's crazy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I need it. what a waste of my time waiting for this junk.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R0CKSTAR3N3RGY:
Aesthetically, I think it's ugly as hell, but performance wise, it looks great.

If it looked like my E4GT or maybe even the Galaxy Nexus I would love it.

I'm sure I'll end up buying the SGS III immediately.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] veritasaequita:
www.gsmarena.com/htc_zeta-4333.php

now this would be kinda neat

sent from my BMF-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
I think you've taken people too literally when they mention December. It is releasing in North America in June, of course if/when Sprint gets their hands on it and releases it to us is another story but December is reaching even for Sprint, too many other phones will come and go by that time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
With us owning the gs2, getting a gs3 makes about as much sense as owning a iphone 4 then getting the 4s. Not enough improvement to justify the money. The gs3 is samsung's iphone 4s.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
I am very disappointed with this thing. I was hoping it was going to be the one that pulled me back from the iPhone but it's looking like that won't be the case. The two dealbreakers for me are the pentile screen (can't stand pentile- had the GNex and the screen was one of the main reasons why I returned it), and the fact that it is just downright hideous. I know that is just the int'l version but I doubt the US versions will look much different. Gonna go check out AT&T's One X in a few days when it comes out, and then I'll check out the EVO 4G LTE when that comes out. I will most likely buy one of those two. Sorry Sammy, here's to hoping that the GS4 won't look like a cheap piece of crap.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mark.J.Linskiy:
Oops, I thought I was in the Samsung Epic 4G Touch forum, not HTC Zeta. Silly me..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Subiegsr:
Can someone clarify the difference in terms of clarity between the HD Super AMOLED vs Super AMOLED Plus? I read Engadget's little article (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/galaxy-s-iii-microscope-hd-super-amoled/) but it really didn't help me understand the difference in terms of looking at it from the naked eye. Is it suppose to be sharper since it's HD or is the Plus still better than the Pentile with HD? :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lilotimz:
Everyone CALM DOWN!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5811/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-preview

In summary - AandA previews the phone and other stuff in detail including screen, cameras, and a few benchmarks.

Basically - Screen = better the GN

I'll quote the part where most of you should be interested in..... the camera

The next big part of SGS3 is camera. The device bumps up the front facing camera to 1.9 MP with BSI (previously FSI), and keeps the rear facing camera at 8 MP but includes a new sensor. With Francois' help, I ran voodoo report on the SGS3 and we've obtained a lot of information, including the rear camera CMOS, which is an as of yet unannounced S5C73M3 8 MP BSI sensor. Without getting more information, I can't tell you pixel pitch or optical format, but it's clearly a latest and greatest CMOS that Samsung hasn't even made directly public yet.

I took sample photos and a video on the SGS3 and was able to get them to myself - via EXIF data the system is F/2.6, with a focal length of 3.7mm. Obviously on paper that isn't as fast of an aperture as many others are shipping, and I wager that's why it wasn't highlighted in the presentation. The photos I got off aren't particularly great, however the room was indeed dark and hazy with the smoke machines Samsung had going. Samsung also includes a native HDR mode for SGS3, in addition to enabling 3FPS continuous and instant capture modes, and extremely fast camera launch times.

Video is sort of the same story - it's hard to judge quality based on just a short time with a camera in a very dimly lit room with a purple overhead lights (yay white balance nightmare) and demo software. That said, the SGS3 is using among the best encode parameters I've seen on a smartphone to date - 17 Mbps H.264 high profile with CABAC.

Again... calm down guys.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joe.stay:
This is like upgrading from iphone 4 to iphone 4s. lmao.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Why are the HTC fanboy so jacked and thinking the SGIII is inferior.. I'm not seeing it... To me it looks like the SGIII does everything the new HTCs do plus more. Can someone please explain because I though some of the benchmarks where designed by Qualcom to showcase their own chips...

Being totally serious here
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mark.J.Linskiy:
I guess that's just what fanboys do?

Just ignore them and have a laugh or two.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lviv73:
I dont know about you but I will take s amoled over retina or any other lcd/slcd any day.My girl's og epic is still better than any iphone.

Thats the reason I wont get gs tab 10.1 because next to og epic or touch colors just look blend and lacking.

Who cares about iphone's sharper letters,i reather have vibrant a amoled colors-even if its regular oled/amoled(not s amoled) screen.My old Behold 2 screen still looks better than lcd.

And another thing you gotta realize that samsung might come out with s amoled plus gs3 version down the road,just think about all the different gs2 variants they released this far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
That is worst
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
how's battery life on the gs3? wondering whether i should ditch aokp m5 for sgs3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
Agree and disagree. I loved how vibrant the colors were on my E4GT but the display on the iPhone 4S is gorgeous. Much more natural looking which beats the heavy saturation of the E4GT's screen IMO. My only complaint are the black levels which suck compared to SAMOLED+, obviously. Also, I care about the sharper letters. I could never go back to a low res screen again (yes, I now consider 800x480 to be low res). If the GS3 had a HD SAMOLED+ screen I would get it, no question... but I really cannot effing stand pentile.

Have you ever given the iPhone 4S's display an HONEST chance? Without the whole "It's Apple so it automatically sucks herp derp" bullsh*t bias? It really is a wonderful LCD.

It's awesome. I've been getting 16+ hrs with heavy use out of my GS3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] willquil1:
I will be getting!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
What are the chances we can get pop up play and the home screen switch animations and the S voice ported to our Epic Touch? Like how iphone4 can run siri through jail breaking? I would get it if it had the Exynos CPU . Still a beast in the Epic 4g touch!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Eric1985:
Is it me or does the green battery icon in the status bar with all blue fonts look akward?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
okay good, have you experienced any loss of signal or data?? HOW'S LTE??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darrenbt:
Hi there,

I recently purchased a used Le Pan 970 that was running Beta 4 of the CM7 Gingerbread. I was having trouble maintaining a Wifi connection so I upgraded to the Beta 5 version of CM7. It fixed my Wifi problem but now I have a new problem.

After the install the large Home button on the side of the tablet doesn't work anymore. The other large buttons (back, search and menu) still work. The smaller home button on the bottom still works. All buttons used to work before Beta 5 was installed.

Is this part of the Beta 5 update or have I accidentally turned off a setting somewhere?

I believe this should be in the development thread but I don't have the post count to participate over there. Searching wasn't of much assistance as Beta 5 has only been out for a few weeks.

Thanks for your time.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darrenbt:
Newb moment. Ran the battery down completely, full recharge and a reboot and now it works again...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] redheadplantguy:
Tried this out, and works great. I'm not allowed to post links yet, but Google search this

cliff notes on cutting edge technology mark mark tech review tech

Monday, March 19, 2012

Posted by Cliff at 12:38 PM

Fix Transformer Prime GPS by Tethering Phone GPS to Tablet
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] robertg9:
Using your link above, this thread had links to both the .15 and .17 updates.

http://mark-tech.blogspot.com/2012/05/asus-cracking-down-on-rooting-new.html

However, I don't know why you're bothering with that site...all references lead right back to XDA and threads that have been active for weeks, and some, a couple of months.

Also, if you're going to upgrade to .21, you won't need that GPS fix.

If you install the fix on .15, then Make sure you re-install the original files before you upgrade to .21, or you will lose your root.

Bob
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Citruspers:
Should be possible with BlueNMEA (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.kellermann.max.bluenmea&hl=us)?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norge-xda:
As in subject, I've no idea why but I'm unable to download apps from market if connected via wifi. In 3G no problem at all.

About the rest, the wifi connection works fine (surfing, downloading from sites etc).

- I've already performed all kind of wipes

- I've Kingdroid Rom (LB1) but the problem persists with all possible GB-based Roms (Criskelo, Chrack, Lightening...)

Thx in advance for advices :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peeern:
what kind of error is it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norge-xda:
Just that download doesn't start: progressing bar stacks at twisting but not a single byte is downloaded.

However, by checking with different wifi connections (my parents' and my brother's), I've found that presumably it's my router's fault (= firewall stuff, precisely)