yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] djluis48:
Thats what i meant. Im going to quote an article i found on a blog: "The s4 could be Samsung's iPhone 5 moment." I was thinking exactly that before reading that article, comparing the iPhone 5 against the 4S...yeah its better, but not by that much. The S4 is going to be better, but im getting the impresion that its not going to be by that much too, not like the S2 and the S3. Imo.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
I believe it is and personally i prefer AMOLED, especially at a 1080P resolution, can you imagine??? I think the screen would look gorgeous.
[Galaxy S III General] macrosat:
Camera

I think it's camera app is fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2LHv1FPd1Ec#!
[Galaxy S III General] :
Diamond matrix??

or something else here?
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2163

u r welcome :D
[Galaxy S III General] nitinvaid:
i just read that S4 has 8-Cores :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191850 :)
[Galaxy S III General] TingTingin:
I think Samsung purposely didn't clarify the 8 core thing

PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?

1 days 2 s4​
[Galaxy S III General] Chillz88:
So that means, it would be only available in q3??

.....
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
Samsung didn't talk about CPU - GPU at all :/

now i'm afraid they won't use Exynos Octa on GS4 :silly::silly:​
[Galaxy S III General] TingTingin:
Lol

PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?

1 days 2 s4​
[Galaxy S III General] shadym1lkman:
Its an S4 Plus ... MSM8960 ... damn.

edit: @tingtingin OC a CPU isnt that hard. Thats clearly the motherboard for the SoC, and it relates specifically to a model of CPU. The freq should not be the evidence you use to convince you of what it is.

S4 Plus: MSM8960

S4 Pro: MSM8960T

S600: APQ8064T
[Galaxy S III General] TingTingin:
S4 pro is 1.7ghz not 1.9ghz it'd snap6

PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?

1 days 2 s4​
[Galaxy S III General] spenserj87:
For those of us that have had an S2 running a custom rom for 2 years, the S4 is certainly a better upgrade than the S3. I tend to be an "every other" upgrade person anyway (contract through work), so I'm actually quite happy with the S4 specs. More than anything, I'm happy it has a larger screen but not much different in size compared to the S3. And if the snapdragon processor makes it that much easier for the custom rom developers, I'm happy about that too. I'll get a dual quad in the S6 two years from now...
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
no its S600 ;)

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1750379

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1736745

edit : IDK O_o

edit2 : hell no the MSM8960 is the dual core version :p its probably geekbench bug
[Galaxy S III General] shadym1lkman:
Yea, I may have to agree after looking at the wiki, but the wiki also says that the SIV is the S600 with the reference pointing to the samsung press site that merely says qualcomm quadcore. so no verification yet. this information is stopping me from purchasing a ZL right now. id like to know.

SIV: 5410+64GB+LTE (Band IV) ... i have to hope that this combination gets made, or i can find out if it will ever be made
[Galaxy S III General] Daz555:
So, this eye tracking.

Is there hardware for it, or are we going to be able to get this on our S3s also - either officially or via custom ROMs?

Thoughts?
[Galaxy S III General] Kremata:
Samsung's Galaxy S4: What the Apple analysts are saying
[Galaxy S III General] gh.rohit:
If you are planning to change from S3 to S4 because of its new software features....then wait....read this first

http://www.gsmarena.com/galaxy_s4_software_features_will_arrive_on_the_s_iii_as_well-news-5710.php
[Galaxy S III General] pikul:
I dont demand to much of my phone, for me its more about a balance between looks and feel + good performance, so in not getting the S4, it looks like my S3 just a little bigger and same crappy materials, gonna wait for the next one or maybe get the xperia z or htc one, dissapointment on samsung galaxy.

Sent from my HTC One X or my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] skivnit:
Only smart pause and smart scroll as seen in leaked 4.2.1 gs3 rom
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
just wait its not finished Rom probably we will get the new lock screen - maybe the new gusters - the new group play - new camera interface ( hope so ) :rolleyes:

and maybe more or less :p

and for God sake Samsung update the kernel at least to 3.4 :fingers-crossed:

edit : even Evo 4g Lte got 3.4 kernel - One S - Xperia's
[Galaxy S III General] himorasi:
leaked firmware

So is there already leaked firmware with smart scroll and smart pause? if theres could someone give me a link?:)
[Galaxy S III General] japjit100:
http://mblog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-uses-the-latest-gorilla-glass-3-for-screen-protection/

Gorilla glass 3 is used not 2
[Galaxy S III General] lew87ys:
So the s3 could get some of those features? thats cool.
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
they are just place holder :D
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
I plan on getting the S IV and not upgrade for a year or two after that. Lots of power backed up with a pretty good size battery.
[Galaxy S III General] himorasi:
ive been planning the same:p
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
Can't believe people pick looks over performance. I guess that's why I had windows mobile when everyone had bberry and treo. Out all things, looks.. And no flux capacitor.
[Galaxy S III General] himorasi:
thats true!:good:
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
Well if you're talking about the HTC One, in all fairness it performs very well. Still i pick the S IV cause it offers more overall.
[Galaxy S III General] pikul:
Try to tink like somebody else and not as a fanboy, what about people that doesnt use the phone for playing games since they already have a ps3 for gaming? Or somebody that doesnt uses his phone for work since he already has a tab or a laptop for that, think of sombody that uses his cell just to make calls, messagin, social networks a little of everything, thats just the type of person that doesnt need the fastest phone in the market, but maybe something just a little fast and good looking hahaha

Sent from my HTC One X or my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
I have had so many smartphones in the past year and i realized that my most use of a phone is tapatalk, web browsing, messaging and listen to music. All android phone can do that, even an iphone can. But why i choose a Galaxy S is cause i'm a sucker for AMOLED screens, it usually performs better than the competition, ODIN, and the great community with so many devs cooking roms for it.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Well such people shouldn't even be considering any high-end smart phone.
[Galaxy S III General] pikul:
Lol why not? Maybe they like other features that the phone has or just because it looks cool, or maybe because they have money and can buy it, anyways be happy bro youll be able to get your S4 very soon :thumbup:

Sent from my HTC One X or my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
I guess man.

I'm a fan boy of sick hardware and performance. Nothing to do with brand.
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
Just pre-ordered the SGS4 only to find out that it is going to be using the s600 -> pre-order cancelled. WTF samsung? The s600 is a minor update from the S4 Pro that is in my Nexus 4 right now. Definitely not paying 700€ for a minor bump in performance(the S4 running s600s at the show were lagging).
[Galaxy S III General] skivnit:
HTC One = S600.

The s4 in the show is, supposedly, not final
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
Don't care. Don't want to pay 700€ for a minor upgrade, I want the Octa.
[Galaxy S III General] bungadudu:
Apparently this year the US market will get the sweetest sweet - the new Exynos Octa - while the European market will get the S600 :angel:

(Yeah, I know what the rumor mill says but.... let's call this a hunch for now)

Anyway the final specs will arrive in 1-2 weeks and you'll have plenty of time to preorder.
[Galaxy S III General] bwin999:
For sharing: Samsung Galaxy S4 placed side to side with its brother, Samsung Galaxy S4.

Source: http://gsminsider.com/2013/03/15/samsung-galaxy-s4-vs-samsung-galaxy-s3-what-are-the-outlook-differences-comparison/
[Galaxy S III General] rickoslyder:
Checked my networks website, AFAIK Three in Ireland is selling S600 :'(

Brutally murdering someone I met on XDA with a sharpened iPhone and some semtex butt plugs just because they asked me to using Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Yep. Shows the 1.9ghz quad core processor. Interesting
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
It's a balance...like I say you wouldn't like to drive a skoda with a Porsche engine especially when you've paid the Porsche price!
[Galaxy S III General] imobileface:
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs iPhone 5 vs HTC One vs BlackBerry Z10

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs iPhone 5 vs HTC One vs BlackBerry Z10
[Galaxy S III General] disclaimernotice:
Wait, what? I thought the US would get the s600 while everyone else would get the octa.
[Galaxy S III General] resore:
Odp: Samsung Galaxy SIII vs S4 (or any other phone) comparison

international model will sell more so it should use samsung soc just because its cheaper but i may be wrong
[Galaxy S III General] livystewy:
Ease off the Skoda partna
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
Sorry I meant no offence to skoda owners..
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
International will get the OCta core

"Much about the Galaxy S 4, Samsung’s new flagship smartphone, is the company remixing its Galaxy S III formula — with no big changes to the design or UI look and feel, and new software features such as face tracking additions like Smart Scroll and Smart Pause that add to and build on what came before. On the hardware side Samsung is also following its prior pattern, putting different chipsets in the U.S. and international versions of the phone as it did with the S III. So while the U.S. S 4 has a 1.9GHz quad-core chip, the international version gets a 1.6GHz octa-core chip.

Samsung did not confirm exactly what the U.S. chipset is at yesterday’s launch, but the word on the street is it’s Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600. The international S 4 chipset, however, is apparently Samsung’s own Exynos 5 chip, which is built on ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture — so what you’re really getting is a quad-core phone with two clusters of four chips that it switches between, depending on how taxing whatever you’re asking it to do is."

Ill bet my left nut its an 8 core... 2 x Quad cores..
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
Wouldn't know. In the us we don't have skodas. But the. Again we pay dirt cheap for phones. I am going to pay max $225 for this phone. I'm not paying porche prices ever. So I am paying skoda price for a sleeper with a Ferrari engine. I don't think a car is a relevant analogy though. Also, if you are paying 700€ for a phone I assume it would be in a case no?

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U. S. Will get the more efficient less battery draining processor due to the huge LTE drain. It will be like this until they revolutionize the battery. Which is why we got the dual core in sg3.
[Galaxy S III General] sohebq:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/15...nge-the-galaxy-s-design/#.UUNRd4fgqCI.twitter

A logic for all those who are against the plastic feel.
[Galaxy S III General] Dr.Luigi:
I guess Europe will get the octa core,

Since the a shop in my neighbourhood there website tells that atleast,

Maybe they are wrong ^^

Even tho i dont know if the A15 would be faster then the snapdragon so ye.
[Galaxy S III General] nikhil18:
Why s3 is not getting the air view feature

Where as my galaxy SL had floating touch feature
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
because GS4 have different touch panel and different touch controller :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] nikhil18:
At least can we increase the sensitivity of our touchscreen to support glove mode
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
(Without tax)579 $ in US

http://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-5714.php

sent from an Galaxy s3 GT I9300

Running perseus kernel 33.1 , XELLA 4.1.2 leaked build

:D xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1784401

Dont click,you might regret , I won't be responsible if you brick ur head
[Galaxy S III General] masterex567:
Not impressed by s4?

Look at this video then:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2LHv1FPd1Ec
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
comment from the article

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL , those iSheep's are so funny :eek::eek:
[Galaxy S III General] sohebq:
And let me tell you these are just half of the features, we will discover more once it gets in our hands. At least this happened when I used s3 and note 2

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
We buy it on plan subsidized guy
[Galaxy S III General] sackynuts:
Sv: Samsung Galaxy SIII vs S4 (or any other phone) comparison

Are you stupid? It's still the price you pay, whether you pay up front og on plan. It's just like taking a loan... Little kid.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Exactly what I've been trying to say.The S3 isn't a looker,but it certainly feels good in the hand.Much better than most phones actually,save for some HTCs and the iPhone 5 (I may hate it,but I gotta say it feels sexy).Plus,I can hold it for quite a while without it slipping away when my hands get sweaty and all,especially in the summer,contrary to my last HTC device,the Desire HD,which was aluminum and did have a premium feel to it.I believe same or better will go for the S4.Time will tell though,I could be wrong.

In other news,AnandTech says that their information about the A15s in the Exynos 5 Octa being clocked at 1.2GHz may be incorrect and that this could be the clock of the A7s,while the A15s are indeed running at 1.6GHz.I'll be so happy if it's true that I will throw away the bacon I bought to forget the sorrow that the A15s' alleged 1.2GHz clock caused me. :p
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
Whoa, how do you figure, I just extend a year and half of service.? Who is loaning what? Are you saying that our plans are high and by an renew in contract, it is comparable to taking out a loan on a subsidized phone? The plan does not change, whether you are taking the free phone, bringing in an unlocked phone or getting a S4. I don't follow your logic. Enlighten me wise one.

and No sir i am not stupid.
[Galaxy S III General] efrant:
1) There is no reason it insinuate that someone is stupid.

2) There is a big difference between paying up front or getting it discounted via your carrier. For example: My carrier is Rogers - if I want to buy device XYZ that costs $580, I can either pay $580 up front, or pay $180 up front and sign a contract of for a number of years. I already pay $50 a month for my service, and I intend to continue to pay that amount for the foreseeable future (I have been with my carrier for 20 years already and I have no intention of switching.) So whether I pay $580 for the device, or pay $180 for the device, I have the same device and I am paying the same monthly fee... and I'm not paying any other premium or any other monthly fee.
[Galaxy S III General] sohebq:
To all the haters :p

I am waiting for the day when s4 will get into the hands of people, they are going to forget the existance of sony and htc.

sent from: The New S-Pen :)
[Galaxy S III General] krazy_about_technology:
I am pretty happy with my S3 right now and pretty tight on budget too :) S4 is one hell of a phone and it can certainly be my phone when I buy my next one, next year. But I may also look for Next Note device as after using S-Pen for some time on Note 2, it got my love for it.

The only reason for me not buying Note 2 this time was 16 GB internal memory (about 11 GB actually). Not at all suitable for me. With all my games and apps, I have about 6 GB free on my 32 GB S3 along with 10 GB free on my 32 gigs mem card.

So in case they make available a 32 GB Note device, I may skip S4 for it.Not that it's bad or anything, I just love Samsung phones. The cheap plastic (thats more durable than the scratchy aluminium on my Sensation), the high performance processors etc, I love it all :)
[Galaxy S III General] harise100:
AW: Samsung Galaxy SIII vs S4 (or any other phone) comparison

The HTC One is listed at Amazon.de for 729€ - that is insane!

I am not willing to pay more than 599,- for a phone on general principles.

Looking at my S3, I am having a hard time to even justify that.

Sent from my GT I9300
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy SIII - The Ultimate Test!!! Does iPhone 5 win or lose?.

I accidentally posted this in Galaxy S III General and it will probably be deleted soon for not following the rules.

So I thought it best to re-post here, where I should have posted it in the first place.:D

iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy SIII - The Ultimate Test!!!

- YouTube Video

Well!... iPhone 5 was definitely faster!!!

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Hit Thanks if you found this interesting!
[Galaxy S III General] Fienman:
This is the problem with the US carriers.

I just moved to US from my country. The people in th e US think that if they are getting the phone on contract, they get it on subsidized cost which is utter bulls***. I bought my S3 in my country and had to pay 650 $ upfront for it. But my monthly service with my carrier was just like 5 $/month.

What you people dont understand is that when you guys pay like 50 $/month for lets just say 2 years. Your carrier already recovers the full price of the phone. You get no discount. They are over charging you for the service. The problem is the lack of proper GSM prepaid carriers in the US. I pay 50 $/ month on prepaid AT&T now.So it doesnt matter if I bought the phone upfront. I still paying more than what I should be paying, so it makes sense for me to get a contract.

But you have to understand that the US carriers have devised a system like this to make money. Go to any other country where people dont have contracts. You'll realize that they only pay a little fraction of what you pay for their service.

There is no thing as a subsidized phone. Its just that we pay the whole price upfront and pay way less for our service, while you people pay less for the device at start and then end up paying the full price of your device when you finish your contract.
[Galaxy S III General] skivnit:
Not full price but way more than full price. I pay 15 euros for unlimited data + sms
[Galaxy S III General] efrant:
Yes, the whole point is that you pay $50/month for service whether you are on contract or not, whether you take a subsidized phone or not. That is not going to change. So might as well take the subsidized phone, no?

Yes, I agree that rates in North America are too high.
[Galaxy S III General] Fienman:
Yes. But you loose a lot by getting the carrier branded version. You miss the bigger international community and all that.

Also, isnt rogers in Canada.

I was a bit skeptical when you said you pay 50 $/month, because when I arrived in the US I checked with AT&T and if you got the phone from them on a 2 year contract, it is like 80 $/month(could be a bit off) which is more than you pay.I guess its not as bad in Canada as it is in the US.

Anyways I ce gone enough off-topic.

@ skivnit I know mate.
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
sorry to but in but,

Are all stateside carriers branding their phones?

Are U.S citizens unable to acquire an unbranded phone on contract?
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
You lose nothing by getting getting a branded version. There are plenty of people in the states and Canada. Plenty devs. It doesn't matter if the phone is on a one year or two year plan. The plan is the same cost. You are just locked in for 2 years like my buddy said. It is subsidized because whether I buy the phone internationally, find on the ground and connect it or am given it. I am still paying for the same plan. Plans don't change is my point.

So. S4 anybody?
[Galaxy S III General] henrybravo:
That's not entirely true, you do lose some things. The U.S. variants of the S3 don't have the high quality Wolfson DAC for example (with its high quality features that can be accessed by custom kernels/Boeffla sound) and the dev community isn't bad (as you said) but it's nothing like over here in the XDA international community. The international S3 always gets the newest official Sammy ROMs long before the U.S. variants (for example we've had a 4.2.1 Sammy leak for a couple of weeks now, with an official one likely coming up soon). If you don't need LTE, the battery life is considerably better on the international S3 because the American variants all have an LTE radio that is always draining battery whether you're on LTE or not, although I believe there are a few custom ROMs that allow LTE to be disabled entirely. Performance of the dual core Snapdragon based S3's isn't quite up to the international Exynos either, and I'm not talking just benchmarks - I've got my friend on a rooted tweaked ROM on his AT&T Snapdragon phone and the launcher scrolling is a little stuttery with a particular live wallpaper he's running - the same live wallpaper with the same launcher on my international S3 is smooth as silk.

I'm running an international S3 on AT&T that I bought on Amazon, and therefore am contract-free and can upgrade to any phone at any time without having to worry about being eligible for an upgrade.
[Galaxy S III General] Fienman:
I guessing these are your questions. If not then ignore what I wrote below.

1) Yes all the big 4 carriers are branding their phones.

2) No you cannot get the unbranded version on contract.

I know the community for US versions is not bad, but it is nothing in comparison to the international version.

You ve got kernel devs like Ktmanta and faux (whose work I want to try but sadly dont have any of the devices they develop for. My bad) but you havent got gokhanmoral or Andi or others.

Plus as the guy above me said. Updates come way too late.

Sadly it is true that because of monopoly of these carriers we pay the same rates even if I bring in my own device. So unless you can offord the extra expense of the international version. You ve got to stick with the US version.
[Galaxy S III General] ozzyita:
R: Samsung Galaxy SIII vs S4 (or any other phone) comparison

Last year the official price for galaxy s3 in Italy was 699€, but you could find it online for at least 100€ cheaper. I personally got it for 588€. Also who bought a gs3 Italian warranty had the possibility to subscribe to samsung exclusive witch gived all gs3 100€ to spend on samsung mobile store.

Later in the year the new gs3 got the 7 inch tablet for free with samsung exclusive.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
But is it compatible with say AT&T LTE? The reason why our hardware is downgraded to full specs such as the international is because of our lte which kills our battery. Correct me if I am wrong. I think it is a tradeoff between lte and higher specs due to battery conservation. P's. I am and have been running aokp 4.2.2 for over 2 months.
[Galaxy S III General] bigmo7:
That was my initial thoughts too. 4G has just started to be rolled out here in the UK and I can see why the 4G S4 is only going to be running a quadcore CPU...

Either way we have to wait a while for the octacore S4 but I am surprised that the 4G S4 doesn't have the octacore processor, the two combined must have produced pretty bad battery life if Samsung decided against it. Either that or they still didn't manage to full optimise the octacore CPU for mobile phones...it's not even proper 8 core processing though is it... :(
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
I got my GS3 on a Telenor contract here in Sweden. I pay 349:- a month. That's ca. $50.00 mo.

The GS3 at the time was going for 6000:- ca. $923.00 .It's only 4000:- ca. $615.00

For my 349:- mo 150:- goes twords the phone which I walked out of the store with money down. 24 months.

150:- x 24mo. = 3, 600:- ca. $550.00

Ok. I guess that was the going rate. But with cash in hand I would have paid double.

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Right now the GS4 is priced at 6299:- ca. $969.00

http://www.phonehouse.se/Mobiltelefoner/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S4