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[Galaxy S III General] Ha_Ha Shoes:
The SG4 Is Not Octocore (UK)

The SG4 is 4+4, (two quad core processors). One processor is the big guy who will kill your battery and the other is a wimp which will save battery. The phone will pretty much guess which processor needs to be on and when you really push the phone both will activate. I can guess the processors will down clock when they work together. I've seen the test and the Nexus 4 and SG3 is nowhere in sight when the test gets to about 50% complete.

The SG4 released in the UK will have the 4+4 setup. If you use 4G it will not use the second processor. I'm only guessing it will be restricted because of the ROM shipped with it. I guess again it will be able to use the other processor when they release the update when 4G has been rolled out to 70% of the UK. In a UK magazine it says the only SG4 released will be the 4+4 in six different colours and 16GB, 32GB and 64GB memory.

I read yesterday on a UK article that EE will be the first company to have the phone. I highly doubt that since EE are struggling to make money with their 4G. My area has 20% coverage when it comes to 4G. The max amount of data is 4GB for almost £60. I pay £38 for the faster 3G and it's untapped so I can download and surf as much as I want.

I stress again that I am talking about the upcoming UK SG4 so it might not affect your country.
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
Free surf HSPA + , 3000 sms and the 199:- that are left after subtracting for the phone, I can call for the whole sum.
[Galaxy S III General] henrybravo:
The GT-I9300 does not have an LTE radio because at the time of release the Exynos platform did not support LTE, which is why the North American variants used the Snapdragon S4 SoC. The International Galaxy S4 is supposed to only support LTE band 5, but most of the North America carriers use bands 4, 13 and/or 17, so it won't be compatible. The North American variants of the S4 are, yet again, not going to have the Exynos Octa SoC but will instead use Snapdragon 600. I haven't decided yet if LTE is enough reason for me to go with a carrier-specific version of the S4, or to get the international version. HSPA+ is usually "good enough", but of course LTE would be better. I would hate to give up the great international dev community.
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
Ah thanks for clarifying. Still doesn't explain why this is being done but does clarify.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Seeing as greek carriers suck balls in general (50€ monthly for 1000',100 texts and 1gb of internet?Wtf is that?),I'll ask something else.Today I saw the preview that Erica (TheAngelOfMusic1989) did for the S4,and under the screen options there was a mode along with the usual standard,dynamic,normal and movie that was dubbed "Professional photography(Adobe RGB)".Am I the only one who hopes it is finally a properly calibrated mDNIe scenario?
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
Adobe RGB has a much wider gamut than sRGB, but I found it weird that the saturation looked much lower. Dynamic should be actually a smaller gamut than Adobe. They were doing this on the Snapdragon version which doesn't have mDNIe, so who knows what's going on.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
I know about Adobe RGB.Well,I learned after I started caring for my screen's color reproduction.But that's not the point.It just gives me hope if Samsung indeed get in the trouble to not f*ck up the screen's colors.Well,we should just wait and see.Hopefully they've learned by Sony and will release kernel sources in time
[Galaxy S III General] jameslfc5:
**** the UK might actually be getting the S600 :eek:

Ps, I'm not a noob I know Ireland isn't in the UK :p I just presume we'll get the same as you in Ireland
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
What the Hell?!!

Even the phonehouse in Sweden says 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Processor

Something is not right with this picture...
[Galaxy S III General] rickoslyder:
I know the feeling.

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] yahyoh:
huh are u thinking u gonna see the Octa version anytime soon :eek:

Samsung said they will start manufactur Exynos Octa in Q2 so probably we won't see it before May or June :(
[Galaxy S III General] TingTingin:
I haz long wait

S4 INFO
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
yeah, I heard/read that too somewhere... problems with production or something...?
[Galaxy S III General] TingTingin:
I don't think it's that I think that's just when there starting

S4 INFO
[Galaxy S III General] rezapatel:
Okay I've been using S3 for almost 6 months now, the phone is great except for the SDS which is now almost gone.

But, I'm thinking of replacing the S3 with Nexus 4. Better RAM seems to be big reason. One thing that's keeping me confused is the touchscreen sensitivity issue on the Nexus 4, but really is it really bad?

I do understand one of the biggest drawbacks will actually be the external storage space but I think I can live with that.

Someone who has used both may be able to suggest something..

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
no , because Samsung normally release Galaxy flagship in may - june but this year the decide to Release it earlier ( i think to kill HTC One - Xperia Z sales sooner :D:D ) and that why the Exynos Octa not ready yet , they didn't even show any GS4 With Octa in the unpacking :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
Well, This is the rumor going around on the web... http://www.itechpost.com/articles/5...xynos-5-snapdragon-600-qualcomm-processor.htm

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[Galaxy S III General] Thin_Bezel:
Looks like Galaxy S4 wont be supported by CyanogenMod

http://naldotech.blogspot.com/2013/03/cyanogenmod-has-confirmed-that-team.html?m=1
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
Here's a link http://www.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=3&articleid=7599770
[Galaxy S III General] jameslfc5:
I've had both and you'll probably tell the difference to begin with but with the newer models of the Nexus 4 and some mods etc you can't tell any difference at all :)
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
this should conclude the story

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4-review-910.php
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_to_ship_with_snapdragon_600_in_the_uk-news-5735.php

:(
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
:crying:
[Galaxy S III General] skivnit:
I don't have 4g in this country so hopefully we get octa? And whats bad about the s600 except that its not octa.itz still plenty fast
[Galaxy S III General] Dr.Luigi:
I guess most users just wanted the Octa Core / A15 - A7 due it makes the Samsung seperate from the other high end phones,

Now the only diffrence when talking about CPU is the Mhz,

And i think A15 will be faster then the Snapdragon, but idk ^^

After then that i have no idea ^^

It is indeed very fast. And atm the fastest phone on the market.
[Galaxy S III General] jameslfc5:
I would like to say I have an octa core phones and know that it's a speed demon, but I also remember how the exynos pissed me off with the development :/ so I guess it's kind of a good thing

Some might say it doesn't differentiate it from the HTC One, but it's still faster than the HTC One, the battery is still bigger and removable etc etc
[Galaxy S III General] wilfredcom:
Great idea, any one have founded a benchmark comparission?

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If anyone needs a review of the S4, can see in:

http://reviews.cnet.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
Does the octa core support 4g/lte?
[Galaxy S III General] rosmarcelino:
Nope.

Enviado de meu GT-I9300 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] MrGhoost:
I agree with you!
[Galaxy S III General] s3mama:
S3 / S4 Wireless charger

I have a S3 and was waiting to upgrade to the S4 so I can get the wireless charging (hate plugging in at night), but found out it's a $100 add-on-with a bulky back.

Then I found the Monster Watts Stealth Qi wireless charger SET for $40, and it comes with the S3 wireless receiver which fits under the phone's back, plus the charger is S4 compatible. And yesterday they announced that they will accept the S3 receiver for trade-in when the S4 one is available.
[Galaxy S III General] miaheat:
sticking wit my s3. in a few months you will hear rumors about s5. i will think about upgrade then....
[Galaxy S III General] vinothv:
S4 rocks

Bigger screeen than S3 but overall size is smaller than s3

Weight is less compared to s3 but packs extra mAh.

Only thing I am happy is it looks similiar to my s3 :)
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
true .. and you got your first thanks in xda ;)
[Galaxy S III General] cioraneanu:
To be honest I don't see the need for a better processor. Haven't seen a task that can't the handled by the S3. By the time apps will get more demanding I'm sure there will be better phones on the market. Happily keeping my S3 for now :D
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
better processor doesn't necessarily mean faster - it also means it may be more efficient (which is what many people are hoping for with the octa core)
[Galaxy S III General] saprer:
No im not an Iphone fan or something ...

i own the galaxy s3 and i only can say is that quad , octa etc. is not needed.

lets look at Iphone 5:

1. dual core

2. less mhz

BUT:

1.Faster

2.opens app much faster

3. did i said its overall faster`? :cyclops:

so i dont understand why u guys hoping for a OCTA. What we need is better software that is optimized for our phones.

if u dont agree with me than just hold a iphone 5 and a galaxy s3.

i dont tell that the hardware of S3 is bull****, its very good but without good software u can set it with 100000cores it wont be good.
[Galaxy S III General] harise100:
:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] bandroid842:
Quick note: I have been playing with a Note 2 and an S3 for some time now. I can assure you that the 2GB of RAM, while nice, doesn't do any magical tricks. A lot of the stuttering and lagging is from the UI and Android, doesn't go away even with the RAM increase. Will likely stay with my S3.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
You are partially right and that's only if you measure speed as the UI's smoothness and how fast the apps open when coming from idle.Last time I checked,the iPhone is no better (Actually worse) than the S3 whenever intensive tasks take place.Not to mention that I would love to see an iPhone keep more than 0.5 apps open at the same time in its memory.It's good,but not nearly as good as the top end of Android.

What the hell are you smoking?Having used the S3 and Note 2,I can say they are incomparable.That extra 1gb of RAM is bliss.And you don't even have to try the Note 2.See the I9305.It's much better than the I9300.And that's not just me,everyone says that.Plus,the S4 will have DDR3 RAM in addition to having 2gb of it ;)
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
+1. The extra gig of Ram is awesome and very noticeable.
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
I have heard this from people that have both the international version and the N. A. version.
[Galaxy S III General] dmm2400:
gs4 is a powerful device. cpu,gpu and ram are great but i think gs3 is good enough for me right now. i wonder if 2gb is necessary for android at that time. maybe gs3 can be use for 1 or 2 more years
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
That is the problem with android , the lag.

And for octa I would take it because of better battery it would offer.(no 4G in my country)

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] Nejik:
2gb makes me happy
[Galaxy S III General] bekzdl:
Using the Galaxy S3, S4 Galaxy impressed me, not a feature, so I continued with S3.
[Galaxy S III General] HueMann:
Question to Everybody.

Why do you need 2Gigs of ram?

I mean. I work my s3 hard often. Multi tasking and all. But I have never run out of ram.

Same with the processor. I have never noticed a lack of processor strength.

On the other hand, I have noticed some software over others struggle to do the job intailed. Samsungs dialer for example. Why does it take so long to start? !!
[Galaxy S III General] prakalejas:
Hey, granpa. What answer do you seek? Why phone app starts so slow - because 1Gb of RAM is not enough if you multitask and phone app gets removed from RAM. The only option is to do whitelisting. There you go, the answer to both your questions :)

With JKay's framework, I added phone ant touchwiz to whitelisted apps and no more lags with phone and home screen. But there's not enough RAM for heavy multitask (multiwindow email, browser, social networks, file manager and so on). There are comparisions on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx5_QgQ9gCs (just ignore the snorring and go to second part - clearly more RAM is WAY better)

Only kids can say - why more RAM is so good or no one can use all cores. If you multitask (and even if you don't), there always be not enough of those two.
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
And the post above, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should not post while being drunk. ;)

The topic has been discussed several times in General section, a simple search would have helped you.

Short answer: multi tasking suffers a bit thanks to the 1GB, the phone benefits of an extra gig. As our 9305 friends can attest.
[Galaxy S III General] th3m1773n:
RAM/CPU good idea but...

2GB RAM is certainly better for multitasking but then again, whitelisting dialer, contacts, launcher and a couple of vital apps would surely be enough for a snappy experience. I don't really see myself multitasking so much between several RAM-intensive apps. Plus, it also really depends whether you're running stock or AOSP, the latter being much lighter on base RAM usage.

As for CPU, yeah, I understand that the Big.LITTLE architecture on the octa-core Exynos (pairing each core with a slower one) is actually a very good idea for managing lightweight apps with a much less battery-hungry core, and only activate BIG cores when needed for animations, games, etc... It goes a long way towards removing the need to underclock ALL cores through kernel tweaks, like what we're all doing right now with our S3's

Still, I wouldn't go from an S3 to an S4. S3 is already overkill in terms of power! And that pixel density well... damn I wouldn't know the difference, even coming from a Pentile matrix.
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
Joke of the day
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
Interesting news about octa processor now supporting 4g/lte

http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/29/samsung-exynos-octa-now-rocking-lte-destined-to-korean-market/
[Galaxy S III General] mzc1993:
Im worked :laugh: Thanks All
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
For anyone interested in the Galaxy S IV's full review ( from gsmarena)

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4-review-914.php
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Yet it doesn't come with a 4g modem as far as reports show
[Galaxy S III General] adamosmaki:
I'm on the same boat. Phones with screen sizes of 4,5-5,5" seems a bit useless to use 1080p displays over 720p displays. The one positive think i can think of is been able to output to TV/monitors 1080p picture ( though i'm sure they can do this even if the phone has a 720p screen ). Imagine the performance and battery life of current crop of high end phones at 720p. Supposedly motorola and their rumored X-phone has a 720p display and with the huge batteries motorola uses this think can have legendary battery life

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I have notice the lack of Ram when playing 3d games and trying to multitask ( especially if the phone has been without a restart for a few days ) the game will exit instead remaining on the background but aside games everything else is more than fine. Besides with ram costs as low as they are why not use 2gb
[Galaxy S III General] edzzzu:
Wait for Galaxy s5 better
[Galaxy S III General] Dr.Luigi:
That or Note 4 :P
[Galaxy S III General] dmm2400:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] goncalo_n:
+1 !
[Galaxy S III General] Fir3blade:
AW: Samsung Galaxy SIII vs S4 (or any other phone) comparison

-1
[Galaxy S III General] 4uvak91:
No so impressive improves in s3->s4 than s2->s3
[Galaxy S III General] Hel10s:
Maybe 2Gb of RAM will give more perfomance... and S3 will have, in some countries be going to have only the snapdragon quad core 1.9, but, qualcomm always release more code... :cool:
[Galaxy S III General] topcat07:
LG 4X optimus how does it compare? Samsung s3 would cost me £60 more

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Also what is the sound quality like compared to ipod touch?
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
S3 has a much richer development community, it is great (sans AOSP because of incomplete sources) ;)

The LG has a locked bootloader, which was recently unlocked with a JB beta, but there is no official update yet and no JB sources yet.

Stock is very good on both, LG is much lighter and feels more Holo-like.

Audio quality seems to be better on the S3 compared to the LG, no idea about iPod touch - I don't buy iCrap. :D

To me the S3 is a better choice, but both are good devices.
[Galaxy S III General] topcat07:
Any experience on battery life with them both? I know battery life can be very hard to determine but if they were both doing the exact same all day same network which would last longer?
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
It seems that the S3 has the upper hand but as you mention, it's very hard to tell.

ICS S3 fared better than O4X and JB S3 fares much better in GSM Arena tests. No idea about JB O4X vs JB S3 though.
[Galaxy S III General] Zangetsu937:
the GS4 win !
[Galaxy S III General] Dr.Luigi:
I had the same question 2 months ago,

4X or S3,

Well i simple took S3, Why?

It has a better camera, Its slightly faster, And all apps are running well for it due so many users have this phone,

Also due this phone will get Andriod 5.0, and will be updated, Instead of LG wich was already a doubt if they would get JB at all.

And due we have for our phone a huge selection of kernels, roms etc.

Imo it was worth the few extra pennys.

Best regards,

DrLuigi.
[Galaxy S III General] iAlexander:
SIV owns

aside from the new functionalities and style, SIV is better than SIII but i would also commend if they could make a tinier version of SIV but with the same specs. That would be brilliant :)
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
I'm sure like everything, we will be able to take it off.
[Galaxy S III General] dodgebizkit:
So, according to benchmarks and all that, is the octacore better than the snapdragon processor for power in the s4?
[Galaxy S III General] topcat07:
Better camera any evidence of this a different thought lg 4X pictures were a bit better but would love to be proved wrong, justify me paying 80quid more
[Galaxy S III General] kev1njenius:
it just a matter of taste to decide which camera capture the best picture these days
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Take what I say with a grain of salt,but LG's cameras were always on the "mehh..." side.They weren't terrible,but not quite up to par with the competition.And last time I checked the 4X last summer,this still held true.The S3 put it to shame.At least in my opinion.
[Galaxy S III General] topcat07:
Thinking s3 now as the bench marks and battery life are a lot better then lg plus 2 year guarantee vs 1year. Music player sound quality is also very good have heard
[Galaxy S III General] Dr.Luigi:
Well in europe all products have to be 2 year warranted,

So if you live in europe that isnt a problem.
[Galaxy S III General] Kombian:
I'm sticking with the S3 I9300 until they can teach smartphones to walk into the kitchen and brew my coffee, or until it breaks.
[Galaxy S III General] NightOrchid:
Apologies if this has been mentioned in the previous 74 pages, but..

Whats the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Mega 5.8.. any truth to this:

http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphones/samsung-announces-the-galaxy-mega-63-and-galaxy-mega-58/870346

If so, whats the point of the SGS 4 and it could potentially replace the Note2
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
Yeah. Same news on GsmArena.

http://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-5844.php
[Galaxy S III General] NightOrchid:
What worries me about these constant new phones is, like HTC, they are just releasing phone after phone,... instead of developing the software and hardware over a few years to work flawlessly.. I bought my S3 3 days ago, which is a great device but even though its now been out 1 year, the sudden death and Exynos exploits didnt get fixed until last 412 firmware.. I mean.. come on Sammy, stop d*cking around and show some respect for your CURRENT users, give us some great stuff.. we still have silly thing like the Dialer and SMS lag, which we have to find our own workarounds.... I mean really

Instead of it being: Samsung - leading the way in Innovation

Will it soon be... Samsung - Leading the way in Accumulation and Competition (of Apple)
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
If they don't release a new phone, the competition will, and they'll eat away the market share, it's basically consumerism.

S4 software effort (4.2.2) should bring good software improvements to us S3 users (sans what depends on hardware).

Also, if you think that Samsung cares little for their consumers and software updates, go read any LG device's forum (not Nexus, that's cheating) - overall Samsung is not doing too bad on that regard, stock software could be better but at least it's getting updates.
[Galaxy S III General] saprer:
just buy Nexus phones. theyre always at top software
[Galaxy S III General] friartuckme:
i can vouch for that as ive just come from having the lg 4xhd and by what ive found up to now samsung show a great deal better services for phones, on lg we have had a few meaningless updates with jelly bean recently being released for some users, and the bootloader being unlocked for some depending on the country they are from

i loved my lg p880 but samsung has won me over and im glad i made the switch
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
The P880 is a great phone let down by the bad support from LG. :(

I have borrowed it for a while and I liked it.
[Galaxy S III General] Gr8man001:
"Whats the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Mega 5.8.. any truth to this:"

These are "stripped down" models in the mid-range (check out screen resolution, cpu, etc.) to fill the void of large screen phablets, IMO.
[Galaxy S III General] saprer:
samsung should better support their devices and dont bring out 1000 devices and just never update them :/
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Samsung are just meeting consumer demand.....see a hole....fill it....simple commercial practice......they wouldn't do it if there wasn't the demand......they are just tweaking size and price point to meet demand......in my book that is called good commercial practise.....bigger profits= more money in on development= gain for us.....even Mike Channon stuck his hand up and admitted to flashing back to stock on his s3 after having a play and tweak every now and then!

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I have never read such a pile of rubbish....we have had countless updates :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
You fail, they are very good at updating the devices.

Way to miss the point of the last pages.
[Galaxy S III General] proxuser:
i bought mine i9300 2 weeks ago. my one s had just charge problem. i love my one s more than i9300 because it was my fastest phone ever. 2 or 4 core cpu is not important.

i9300 has better battery life and easy to root.