[Galaxy S III General] The Janitor Mop:
Well, this thread has gotten pretty rowdy.

As an outside observer (HTC Sensation owner here-I'm not biased in any way), I'd like to throw in some of my thoughts. Debate is reasonable; fanboyish fighting is not. Let's talk about some of the debate points:

The S4 is more technically advanced than the Exynos. The S4 is more of a next-gen design than the Exynos, which as a Cortex A9 processor is far more related to the processors in 2011 phones than S4 is. Now, the Exynos does have some nice tweaks made to it and is probably the most advanced A9 we will see (since it's basically the last of its generation before Cortex A15s hit this year). Still, S4 is more technically advanced.

S4 is, on a per-core basis, faster. This is the main consequence of the fact that it is more technically advanced. Not much else to say here.

In sum total, there is no objective statement to be said about comparing the performance of a more advanced dual-core with a less advanced quad-core. Nothing objective. If we could hold up one GS3 with the Exynos and next to it an identical (other than having S4) GS3, then we could compare the performance and say that one is faster because of its processor. But we can't do that, and we therefore can't isolate what exactly is making one version perform differently (if they do at all) than the other. Furthermore, it is likely that few of you have actually used both versions of the GS3, so I highly suggest you stop making claims when you haven't even had personal experience to base an opinion on.

As for GPUs, the Mali in the Exynos version is more powerful. Adreno 225 is a mild update to Adreno 220, which was itself unimpressive (speaking from firsthand experience here as a Adreno 220 user in my Sensation). Of course S3 as a whole was a huge letdown, as the Sensation is a quite laggy phone, and I can't entirely blame it on Adreno, but from the research I've done (Anandtech has some great GPU comparisons), it is apparent to me that Adreno 220/225 are both fairly unimpressive GPUs. Mali 400 in the GS2 was one of 2011's best GPUs, and the GS3's modified version of that is slightly improved, so I hand the GPU to the Exynos version. Now, personally, I'm not really that impressed with the Exynos GPU either since it is a modified last gen GPU (I'm far more interested in the upcoming Mali T-604 and Adreno 320, which will be next-gen rather than modified last-gen), but if I had to pick a winner between Adreno 225 and Mali 400 (GS3) it would be the Mali.

I won't talk about LTE vs. non-LTE since that is all a matter of personal preference. As a Sensation owner I've only got a HSPA+ 14.4 capability, so for me a phone with 21.1 (or 42.2) capability would be more than enough. But I can understand some people wanting LTE, so this really is a matter of personal preference. Nothing objective to be said here.

Hopefully I've been as objective as possible, I think discussions like this are worthwhile if they stick to what is objective vs. people fighting. Realistically both versions are great phones and sometimes I laugh at some of the stuff you people argue about. Storage complaints? LOL my phone has 1, read that only 1 GB of internal storage with a measly 8 GB SD card. RAM comparisons? LOL I only have 768 MB. 21.1 vs. LTE? Rocking 14.4 here. Especially with the damn processors. My S3 isn't even A9 LOL, what a POS. I guess having a POS gives you some perspective. Anyways, hope you guys can cheer up around here, you all have nice phones regardless of model.