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[Galaxy S III General] alchemist316:
Its pretty much what I notice that and the international one has a crap load of development and will pop it out faster than us version. Same way with the s2 and the epic touch I have. But the every day difference is none you will notice until heavy gpu load CPU I have ran a lot of tests especially on the quad disabled two cores etc put it to heavy real life tasks the extra ram helps but I have yet to have lag like I do on my evo lte on either version s3.

I love all the devices can't wait for lg's beast all I know is android is finally becoming the all around best most efficient os around and the devices 2 gigs ram or 4 cored or not are equally awesome 22¢
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
ewww did you say LG? that's all I got from that post hahahha After I owned the G2X I will never ever ever buy an LG phone again. My next phone (after my s3) will either be a s4 or a nexus device but that's not until next year.... unless I'm nuts and get another one before the year's out
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Nope you got it all wrong.

International beats US period.

☞ sent from my GS3
[Galaxy S III General] mobius999:
Some of the benchmarks I've seen beg to differ... Also in this day and age RAM is always eaten before cores are utilized so over the next 12 months I'm feeling better with the 2gb.

The main thing is, how many companies have released their Int S3 optimized apps so far? You know, pretty much the only way your 4 cores will be worth anything...

US S3 optimized apps starting popping up the very first day of it's release.

In the end, it's opinion I suppose. Just thought I'd give my reasons for my opinion.
[Galaxy S III General] qwer777:
So you are saying the 1gb ram version can multitask better than the 2gb?
[Galaxy S III General] alchemist316:
I'll tell you that multitasking is same to a point obviously but even on stock based rom I have no issues lag with many apps open than on the us version no real issues either but can open more apps hold more in memory ..

I'll tell you CPU to CPU benchmarks may mean nothing but on two cores the international version got a 4320 quadrant I have a pic floating around on here some where .

End of the day both phones have a taste of the next big thing in phones . I thought the s2 was fast till I got these phones.

Both do great things they are fast who's is faster ..

Bottom line international handles gpu load better and benches stock higher than us.

has a bit more dev community for now probably always will .

Us version lte , still just as fast just not benching, plays games fine and multi tasking has more room obviously but I personally don't run 15 apps at once ..

Both are great for the next 4 months till a new phone comes .

What I don't get is people getting butt hurt over benchmarks and quadcores :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] michael.germany:
I dont care about Dual- or Quadcore.

With a Custom rom the phone is amazingly fast and as i dont play games, the phone reaches my full needs.

But it would have been nice if the Galaxy S3 had lte in Germany. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Some good news for my att version...

Official CyanogenMod 9 Nightlies Arrive For Samsung Galaxy S III On AT&T, Sprint, And T-Mobile but Not Verizon,... http://andp.lc/O3CNDe

Sux to be verizon owner right now.

☞ sent from my GS3
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
Yeah, I was on IRC last night when the dev for it said it was coming. lol Cool for them.
[Galaxy S III General] dasistsparta:
Cm9 is very limiting right now compared to the new tw
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
I bet u wont stick with the hox;)
[Galaxy S III General] ratchetjaw:
Got the International now on at&t and liking it. Will get a at&t one when they release and keep both and see how development goes with either
[Galaxy S III General] lunercrab:
yeah i'm thinking of doing the same personally....i just wanna compare the phone's speeds and ram differences....the thing i like about getting the att version especially at best buy is the warrenty...i'm terrified of smashing this 700 phone and being sh** outta luck...i'm afraid to use the darn thing :D

me personally i like to have a lot of widgets running in the background...although i like the speed of the quad core, i personally think i might benefit from more ram vs cores for me in particular...that would be the case right?
[Galaxy S III General] johku12:
Reason the dual core having the 2 gb ram is bigger need for ram by hardware. The s4 has lte etc. No difference in user experience between the two. Or minor difference at max.
[Galaxy S III General] ovoxo.:
But..but.. the screen is so niceeeeeee. :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
I think u r wrong...
[Galaxy S III General] johku12:
As what I have read, it's how I mentioned. Lte radio needs more memory as does the s4. User is still propably left with more memory than in international version but soc still plays bigger role as 1Gb is plenty of memory when optimized well wich samsung usually handles well.
[Galaxy S III General] alexanter the great:
This is so stupid.All we need is one phone with quad core cpu and 2gb ram.
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
To be realistic most ppl dont need a quad core 2gb ram but lets just pretend and lie ourselves that we need a quadcore phone. Yes it is good for gaming and stuff but if im that addicted to games then i would for sure be playing on my playstation and not on some small ass screen
[Galaxy S III General] chrisd1a1:
moved to general
[Galaxy S III General] lawonga:
You're thinking like how apple would think. If the technology is available and the price is right then why not go for it?
[Galaxy S III General] desilla:
Samsung talks about their decision to go Snapdragon S4

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_...ual-core-processor-and-why-you-shouldnt-care/
[Galaxy S III General] neyenlives:
I would like to find an article that shows how much of what is running on the Exynos quad is actually using four cores. Actually if one could turn off two of the cores and do a head to head dual core test that would be interesting.

Honestly I would say unless you are running benchmarks and playing games all day, the battery drain powering the other two cores is wasted battery time.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Proof?

In the Tegra 3, the 5th companion core actually uses more energy at 800 mhz and above than all 4 cores combined, but uses less energy at 200mhz to 400mhz, etc.

It just goes to show that not everything is built or programmed the same. When comparing hardware and software, the math behind what is going on is much more complex than 4 > 2, etc.
[Galaxy S III General] neyenlives:
proof of what? i offered no assertion of fact
[Galaxy S III General] DDRMSTRPRO:
To be honest, i'd rather have the Korean Version. It's got the best of all worlds. It's got a Exynos 4, 2Gs of Ram, and LTE.

Of course they kept the best version for their own country...
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
I just found this short clip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JV7p7x0o4
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Thanks for sharing this. Looks like a short comparison but I'm surprised international version wins in that test.

Sent from my GT-I9300 on AOKP ROM.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
im leaning towards S4+2gb RAM... even though most of our S3 are quad-core but still run on an old A9 architecture...
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
If you would wait till 21st I'll be getting a s4 version. I'll make comparison videos for all of you guys.
[Galaxy S III General] dente01:
Quad core in europe

Dual core lte in usa
[Galaxy S III General] qwer777:
I have a question about 1gb ram vs 2gb. I'm coming from the OG Droid(256mb ram) and multitasking is impossible! Just opening my messaging app killed Reddit is Fun(unless I rebooted my phone and had not launched ANYTHING but those 2)

Is 1gb ram enough for running navigation with Reddit is fun, Pandora, the XDA app, and 3-5 tabs in the browser in the background?
[Galaxy S III General] alchemist316:
What benchmarks other than vellamo does the us one beat the int I have both and tested just about every bench test the int wins 98% of the time vellamo and nenamark 2 vellamo is made by qualcomm right or wrong lol explains a bit I think
[Galaxy S III General] alchemist316:
Well I say lg because based on rumor of the specs has it very powerful
[Galaxy S III General] jayharper08:
If need be, I'll send out some more points. Keep the personal attacks out of here. First and final warning.
[Galaxy S III General] dente01:
I think the standard version International version will be quad core
[Galaxy S III General] hinnn:
you can buy korea version with LTE
[Galaxy S III General] neyenlives:
LTE that won't work in the USA. No point really. Not to me at least, I want to use my phone to full capacity where I live.
[Galaxy S III General] bmsara:
well both have amazing specs but when u do a benchmark comparison... the dual core 2gb ram seems to do better, the 2gb ram seems to help keep everything smooth but is a bit slower than the quad core
[Galaxy S III General] deserthi:
I think because the korea version has both quad core and 2gigs of ram that we will see this as an upgraded SIII in the near future and all of us will be crying that we have to sell our present SIIIs to get the newer one. Just my .02
[Galaxy S III General] babymatteo:
More RAM will provide a better opportunity to multi task. Therefore offering a smoother UI experience. Quad Core processor on the other hand, will only help if you have the need to run stuff at a higher rate..IE games and such.
[Galaxy S III General] duowing:
I didn't read through this thread, but I've been switching back and forth between my International and US versions. For the most part I feel like the overall UI is actually less laggy on the International as compared to the US version. Although there are things here and there that for some reason are smoother on the US vs. the Int. Also despite having all the extra ram I seem to get the launcher redraw just as much as the International.
[Galaxy S III General] neyenlives:
Never seen a launcher redraw, ever, and I've had 50 or more apps open and never seen an app reload either. Not on Touchwiz. Been running CM10 since pre-kexec days and it has a habit of closing apps for no reason. But we all know that is nothing to do with hardware.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I think 2gb RAM would be more "future proof" for coming android versions, but the dual core processor won't last that long in the android world. We care too much about spitting out the latest and greatest with awesome specs.

For "LTS" (long term support), go with crApple.
[Galaxy S III General] sorg:
Quadcore with 2GB RAM :)

SHV-E210.

Although it's thicker than international, you can remove back cover and then all hard cases will fit. The only important moment - need to use case covering back side as much as possible to cover all exposed internals.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I have been switching between my international us and nexus. I have to admit... International GS3 beats the crap out of us version. I'll compare nexus with us version of GS3. Performance wise they make good comparison.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] racerex:
Not sure which carrier you got your phone from in the US but the AT&T variant is silky smooth and has no launcher redraws. Samsung really did a great job on the GSIII and for the first time ever I feel no need to run a custom ROM to "fix" things. So unless you're a hardcore gamer there's no benefit to running the international version. It's better to go for the 2GB RAM variants which are more future proof and are better at multi-tasking. Plus you get LTE which is just icing on the cake :victory:
[Galaxy S III General] neyenlives:
thats not true at all.......they are barely using two cores as it is....but they certainly use more than 1GB of ram today quite well...the dual core works perfectly fine for the US devices and will serve perfectly fine until the next big thing (unless your thing is antutu scores which are good for nothing).....and maybe, just maybe by then we will see dual core systems utilized well, but you can bet 2GB of ram will be the standard at that point.

that guy will argue with mendelev over the periodic table.....he defends the memory anemic Exynos EU version even to the point of irrational statements or simply making **** up because he has a hard on for cheap slow data and antutu scores

he will argue over the sky being blue if it supports his personal agenda

its very clear by all of the articles on xda alone on the Intl. version and memory issues, tricks to increase usable memory, tweaks to free up memory, etc...(none of which can be cured by having two more under-utilized cores) that having 2GB of memory has turned out to be a far greater advantage than having two more cores. for anyone willing to accept the facts that is, but blind fanboyism knows no bounds
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Here you are again singing the same sh*t tune.

Popular opinion says the Intl version is better.

People who have both versions say so.

So benchmarks don't matter, performance-in-hand does, and from all available comparisons by people with both devices, the Intl version is the winner.

You can say what you want but the truth of the matter is your device was designed for convenience and not to sacrifice battery life, not to be a powerhouse, not to samsungs preferred specs, but as a compromise.

2gb of ram would be nice, but it is not necessary, and we got a better CPU and GPU, so its OK.

4 cores aren't necessary but they result in a better user experience, as we have seen stated countless times.

So stop coming to the international forum talking sh*t and trying to convince yourself that you have the best device, do that in the appropriate forum.

As for Verizon and LTE, great, enjoy being on a network that uses old tech that's being phased out, enjoying owning a device you can't take abroad with you, I'm not a pig ignorant redneck so I have aspirations to travel and see other countries so GSM is a blessing in that sense, I've travelled all over the world and used the same phone. Can you do that?

I'm within WiFi range 90% of the time so does having 7mbps hspa+ when I'm out and about make me feel like I'm losing out? No. I can do all I need to do with that speed, stream music, videos, download ROMs and kernels, whatever.

I think its just fine.

Also you started your reply to the shawty with "that's not true at all, they barely use two cores as it is" well you really set yourself up to look stupid there because you start that sentence as if you are going to rectify his statement with fact buy you actually spout nonsense, I have often seen the phone use all 4 cores under load, in fact its using three right now.

Again you speak about something you know nothing about.

I find it hard to believe that you can act like you do at this age of your life (I don't know your precise age bit in your pic before your identity crisis you were balding and you looked as though the years hadn't been kind to you)

Do you not feel pathetic when you read back over your comments in the wrong forum where you go to intentionally stir up sh*t and troll people.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think I saw a kid with you in your picture too, I hope for the kids sake that they learn nothing from you, you are an ass.
[Galaxy S III General] Skander1998:
Calm down guys, watch reviews on the internet of people using BOTH phones, all of them see that the Intl. version has the upside in the long term usage, the redraw issue is just a problem with touchwiz, it got fixed anyways.

People that got the dual core will (of course) defend it for any reason to not feel butthurt.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
There used to be a **** on xda earlier called James or probably that **** was Mandy. He/she was very infamous for hating international version and propagating that us version is better. He used to come to international forum to defend his crappy Verizon version; probably that helped him go to bed at night.

I don't know why you sound so much like him/her.

I think he hated his name so much that he also changed his xda name.

:P Man you don't belong here. Go to your forums. Be happy with 'verizon'.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus

---------- Post added at 12:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 AM ----------

Haha nod, man today I'm grieving on Apple case and I'm really not in mood to fight with this Mandy guy. I don't know what he gets out of this discussion.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Ya I agree, they set a dangerous precedent today, this encourages Apple to keep going on with their litigious behaviour and that is bad news for us the consumer. Hopefully they get cocky and get absolutely battered by Google in court.

As for the artist formerly know as J+M well I don't know what he gets out of it, I'd understand if he was 15 or so but he's a middle aged man, I'm beginning to think there is something wrong with him psychologically.

I'm not bothered fighting on xda, I think this thread needs to be euthanased, its run its course and is repeating itself.

Also I think J+M needs one of those shock collars that you can get for dogs so when he strays out of the vzw forum he gets electrocuted.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Haha. I really want this dual core vs quad discussion to stop now. I totally agree on this. I wish a mod can step in and stop this flame bait posts by j&m.

We have more things to worry about (rotten fruits) than to argue over two different kind of samsung products. I wish this Mandy guy can go to some apple forum and fight with them. That will be fun.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I had to give you a thanks, because that retarded reply made me laugh at this early hour. :)

Are you trying to defend the dual core phones because you're an LTE user? The quads today are very well enough using the four cores. My phone uses all four cores under very heavy load (say playing a graphically intense game) while under idle it may only use two.

Also, how do phones today use more than 1GB of RAM? My Galaxy S3 has most of the times 200-300MB free, and I have the intl. version with 1GB of RAM.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I'll just post an example to show your point.

Watching wrestlemania while tweeting and several apps open in background without any hiccups. Also you can see all four cores being used.

Ps: This app is called system panel.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] neyenlives:
thanks for the app mention, System Panel, I have been wondering.

the Exynos Crew will have to fight each other, I'm not going to get into it because they get all excited like a pack of twelve year olds....

but having 2GB of memory is something every top end phone should have now and can take advantage of now.....and it's obviously apparent that we are getting along just fine with dual cores and 2Gb of ram. Yet I've seen several articles on "how to increase memory" for the Intl version......You don't see any articles on how the US version needs two more cores...lol
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Your comments are so vague...

First of all, every top end phone should now have... *drums rolling*.... Quad core processor and not two 2 gb ram.

And at xda you see the articles like 'how to increase memory' because we have an option to add swap space to simulate ram using latest Siyah kernels. However, I pity Verizon users who cant add 'swap processor' to add two more cores.

We have talented devs who make dreams come true for users here.

Did I use swap to 'increase' my ram? Yes

Was it needed? No. I did it because I wanted to try the latest and the greatest feature. And then moved on to jelly bean. Speaking of Jelly Bean... have you tried the samsung builds of Jelly Bean on your Galaxy S3 :P?

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
You say you're not going to get in to it, but you do anyway. Schizo much?

You don't see articles about the US one getting more cores because its physically impossible, you see the ability to create swap on the Intl version because it is possible, so we get increased memory and a far superior CPU, GPU, DAC and battery life. Correct? Yes.

Oh and ceo.mtcl makes a great point, how is jellybean on the vzw S3? :D

We've had what, 4 leaks now.....

Take your crap back to the redneck forums you soulless ginger langer.

NOBODY wants you around here, you obviously realised that you were hated on xda because you changed your name.

Grow up old man. <--- sentence that doesn't make sense because old people should already be mature, guess you're the exception to the rule.
[Galaxy S III General] neyenlives:
Thanks for keeping it fairly civil ceo.mtcl, unlike nodstuff who seems to have the responses of a neanderthal-child.

Yes I have, I am running the latest Official or any flavor of any unofficial JB build of which there are several and I've been running those for a month now, even before the bootloader got unlocked. I am surprised you guys don't know about that.....you talk as if the phone hasn't changed since launch.... We have tons of JB builds including the Official CM10 Nightlies. Forget that Touchwhizz crap JB leak. It's weak sauce. CM10 and the custom builds based off of AOSP are where it's at.

This phone with unlimited LTE data and 2GB of ram is perfect for where I live and my plan...the other two cores I don't miss a bit especially now that our phone has the unlocked bootloader, everything is becoming available and efficient code doesn't need quads. The only thing that quads are good for is gaming and benchmarking because it's been shown time and time again that the QComm Dual is just as capable as the Exynos is anything that matters.

I bet there isn't even 5 apps (excluding benchmarks and video games) which I don't give a darn about) that actually use four cores, or should I say, that do anything better with two extra cores. The quad with 2GB won't even work here or at least won't work well enough, so it's a moot point and I honestly would not have gone that route anyways because Exynos+2GB ram+LTE is sure to be a battery hog. That's not worth having benchmark scores.

what's with that nodstuff guy.....he can't speak on the topic, only wants to personally attack people, is he so limited in thought that he can't manage such a simple thing? and why are you thanking him for doing it?
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
What's with that jamesnmandy (neyenlives) guy, he can't argue against any point I make so he decides to try and manipulate the situation and make it look like he is the victim.

very silly, everyone knows what you are like.

Better CPU, GPU, DAC and battery life.

Discuss.

We had an unlocked bootloader from the start, our phones aren't carrier tainted.

well obviously there are things that run better with 4 cores, anyone they has used the quad and the dual core versions says that the quad runs better, is more fluid and consistent.

So ya, what about that?

Face it, you got a second rate phone that uses second rate technology in CDMA.

And also from what I hear you pay a lot for Verizon so that's another negative.

I get unlimited calls, texts and unlimited data for €40 a month. Bargain.

You've been running JB ROMs for a month?

You mean hacked together pseudo-JB ROMs, please correct yourself.

Also enjoy the memory leaks and all the other problems that come with having ICS libs and drivers in a hacked JB ROM.

To add to that, we've had JB ROMs for longer than that, development for the international surpasses development for the vzw version by miles.