[Galaxy S 4 General] mw86:
I don't run them all day, I often read the threads over benching but I am tuning governor and always observing handling so I use benching as a good tool and it may not be a great comparison the results for example on Antutu at least give a good comparison :) but for now I think Antutu is updating a few bugs as more builds and hardware get tested. This phone will be unbelievable, the above recent bench at 1.6ghz yielding 29.2+k Antutu proves we are in for a Sherman tank of a phone chipset. It isn't going to matter more competition is coming in the months to come... this will be the phone to get if your looking for great power. Users getting this CPU like me know A15 will drain battery just as bad or worse than using mobile data connection vs WiFi.... fact is it has its functions and the systems running the two quad core packages on the die will keep us on the A7's when we should be like typing here now.... and the only time the A7's will be inefficient and draw more power than performance the A15's kick in and though they take extra power they very quickly whip the load levels back into shape when needed and return to power sipping cores a few cycles later or continue to crunch in any case we know and we can always plug in for actually work... or get an extra or extended battery. Its also up to users to manage phone, I think some Octa Biglittle haters think it is gimmicky and won't save power but it will just like when versed users save power through smarter use of their phone power capabilities like toggles for the radios. Every little bit does count and anyway to lower overall power draw at a given time will always help. Big little isn't perfect it just started its introduction in Exynos but it is a step in the proper direction. Some say having only four cores work, having the other four there waste energy and it will never be true as the two seperate clusters draw no power when turned off while on opposite CPU cluster.

No LTE in my area for a long time so I am going to be used to 3g as I use now. I'm switching carrier and I'll go to US AT&T or T-Mobile to get service for HSPDA network. It would be gracious of you

to make AOKP for i9500, I am on AOKP and it would be amazing to have the same experience but better on the i9500. I went with Qualcomm last time because of the price at the time and I am not missing out on the superior chip Samsung releases each year again. Knowing how a CPU should run and using a Qualcomm CPU I don't see myself ever going back to that type of chip set unless there was no other option left in chip set manufacturer. So do you expect it will be as easy as flashing a overclockable kernel to get to the stock Exynos 1.8ghz? There is a mechanism to maintain tdp at a certain level so throttling can occur I believe to maintain its TSP envelope but it would be nice to have the full stock power of the Exynos 5's A-15's.

If any one finds a good reputable place to order for us residents, please PM me or post a link to thread or site :) I know Expansys vs a few I think are not getting reputable reviews... it is listed as $775 preorder for the 16gb (the model I'm looking for). That could change but has not so far since it has been up. Negri website had wrong listing as i9500 with Qualcomm CPU and has been updated to now have the i9500 properly but listed as LTA I've never heard of vs LTE. Anyway they have that listed preorder at $925 for 16gb vs the original listing was $730 and then $800 for 16gb but on old listing for the Qualcomm one... so the real i9500 there listed at the $925. Seems very high and I am wondering if Expansys is legit?

I read of the A57's in future too but as one person suggests it may take a gen to bring out the real performance of the chips. If you wait and wait on tech, you will be forever as there is always something new out and nothing is new for anything but a day. It won't matter that the PowerVR GPU could of had a little upgrade to newer GPU, this package will be an excellent one that will serve many uses in the mobile world.

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There's more of a hardware aspect its not that exynos is incompatible but it lacks the LTE modem setup unless packaged like the Korean exynos LTE variant. The Qualcomm modem comes with a nice price tag and may in some deals be included with the CPU at a discount price when its all through Qualcomm making it harder on Samsung with an added modem cost vs Qualcomm LTE packages. I won't say it will not work with a custom ROM but it is my belief that the means to connect to LTE itself would just be missing.