Vibrant will (hopefully) benefit from Samsung + Google collaboration on Nexus S - Vibrant General

As I am sure most of you already know, the JIT compiler in Froyo (almost there...) is not optimized for the Hummingbirds in our Vibrants like it is for Snapdragons. However, now that Samsung and Google are collaborating on Nexus S/Nexus 2, this may change. How? Well, assuming Samsung is going to be using a Hummingbird-type processor (and it is still up in the air on what CPU the Nexus S will have, with some people saying it will be dual-core), we can logically assume Google is optimizing Android 2.3 (which may of course include JIT optimizations) to work with the hardware Samsung provides. In other words, we may find Gingerbread boosts Vibrant's performance quite a bit (assuming we get Gingerbread).
Any thoughts on the matter?

Was thinking something similar. If anything, the aosp rom that will be loaded with nexus S can be ported to the galaxy s line.
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Galaxy S worthy?

Hi guys,
I'm new to Samsung phone sincerely. I'm coming from HTC lines and currently decided to move on to Samsung's. As far as my budget concerns, I'm capable of buying either Galaxy S i9000 (rm12xx), Nexus S i9023 (rm12xx) and Galaxy S PLUS i9001 (rm13xx). So comparing to these phones, which one seems the best to be grabbed? both Galaxy S runs on S-Amoled screens while Nexus S only on S-LCD (amoled is not available in my country). In term of long term planning, does Galaxy S hardware technology can support more than Gingerbread? As for i9001 which pre-installed with Gingerbread, does this also capable to port more than Gingerbread generation?
ps: hope someone will welcome me here.
Thanks.
Hi,
From these phones I'd choose the Nexus or the i9000.
Why?
Nexus -> Google-Updates. But LCD? Why don't you order a Nexus with SAMOLED from another country?
i9000 -> good phone, thousands of custom-ROMs
S+ : no custom ROMs. It runs with 1.4GHz, but you can overclock the i9000
Nobody here can say if Ice Cream Sandwich will be released for the SGS officially. But CM7 will bring it to us I think.
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Galaxy s is a good phone, and now it has a CM7 stable, that make it really good.
Nexus s probably would be better because of Google updates, but if it has LCD and not SAMOLED, maybe I would choose SGS.
I just converted from HTC to SGS, and man this phone with Darkys 10.1 extreme rom + lagfix is just so much win... id go for the SGS
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Only down for the SGS is the GPS.
It can be easely used for tracking and going around, but the thing is kind of a gamgle when it comes to tracking (sports related) or anything precise.
But, in the other hand, is there any phone that can be as precise as what some of us need... I'd be curious to try the Nexus S and compare tracks.
BTW: I totaly love the SGS, woudln't trade it for anything! That's why I got an Zephyr HxM
Nexus S used to be a better choice before. However, the dev community in NS is very low in comparison to SGS. That would be my main reason why I'd go for SGS. However, having said that, NS seems to get better "quadrant" scores but I don't know whether there's much difference really.
We got Sammy ROMs, MIUI, CM7, Sense 3.0 comming up as well. Good choice imo no?
I think if you dig somewhere around here there was a comparison between the 2.
Like someone said the Nexus S is really a step down from the SGS. Also the GPS chip should be the same so it should suffer from the same issues with GPS.
The other factors are the use of LCD rather than Amolder, no SD card slot, thicker (although this is a bit of a plus for me), no front camera, no radio (AOSP Issue), no other roms except AOSP based which makes the camera use only SD (no HD recording).
I have to say the SGS with CM7 is a completely different phone. I am using Miui
US at the moment but CM7 makes really the phone fly (and I am no fanboy).
I had a quick play with SGS2 and althogh I spend only a couple of minutes on it it felt a bit slower on the interface than the SGS with CM7. I have to admit that I think this is due to launcherpor though.
K.
jay_993 said:
Nexus S used to be a better choice before. However, the dev community in NS is very low in comparison to SGS. That would be my main reason why I'd go for SGS. However, having said that, NS seems to get better "quadrant" scores but I don't know whether there's much difference really.
We got Sammy ROMs, MIUI, CM7, Sense 3.0 comming up as well. Good choice imo no?
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Hi, i guess u are right, u'll tend to get lost here inside Galaxy S' forum as there are too much roms to choose for, compare to Nexus S. However, it also has proven that the quality over Nexus S' roms seems undeniable also. You can try to check this link http://smartphonebenchmarks.com/ to see how their custom roms and kernel would affect their permormance and increase their quadrant score up to 4k+. Amazing thing, i guess
There's also rumors that Nexus S will get Ice Cream Candy UI, which is not confirmed for Galaxy S. By the way, the main issue came afterwards as I cant get the S-amoled display for Nexus S, which sounds a lose. So, either the future updates vs screen capabilities become either to be chosen for!
As for Galaxy S PLUS, this has been confusing me as well. Even someone keeps on mentioning that GS PLUS is just the overclocked version of SGS, for me it was totally different things especially for future investment, as it uses different board, different processor (Snapdragon) and different GPU (Adreno 205). Furthermore, it comes with Gingerbread on stock, which show that there's possibilities that this phone can port 2.4 and above!
Nah..talked too much, but yet, still confuse
Mate, get a SGS and you will be very happy with it. I did a silly thing that sold my SGS and jumped to NS. Trust me, I missed my SGS so much that I was back on it within 2 weeks (had to buy a new one as I had sold my old one. Silly me). If you go to Nexus S forums -> General, look for a thread Nexus S after Galaxy S but.., or Nexus S - your impressions. You will find many people who would agree. There are many things in SGS to love over NS.
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Galaxy Note vs Galaxy Nexus (aka Nexus Prime) Benchmark comparison and Poll

I am not a benchmark testing fan (specially quadrant), but since this comparison was made with 2 devices out-of-the-box, and I was one of those doubting which one to purchase , I dont mind in this case to add also Quadrant benchmarks to help and try to erase my doubts:
EDIT (13 -nov) : I decided to remove that benchmark comparison till another more reliable benchmark test shows up*
Just vote and give your opinion, based on the user-level experience and/or general impression, specs etc....
I thing I am going for the Note which will soon enough get the ICS as well (not as native though)
What about you? Use the Poll, give you opinion, don't be shy
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*- For those who still want to have a look on the quadrant comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk0F07LG7mE
Till more reliable benchmark testing shows up........
I'm not the least bit surprised. The Exynos processor absolutely crushes everything out there; just look at how fast the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is compared to the 10.1.
This is the main reason I'm going with the Note over the Nexus. The latter only has software going for it, and only for so long. The hardware simply doesn't compare, and the lack of a microSD card slot was the finishing blow for me.
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I'm not the least bit surprised. The Exynos processor absolutely crushes everything out there; just look at how fast the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is compared to the 10.1.
This is the main reason I'm going with the Note over the Nexus. The latter only has software going for it, and only for so long. The hardware simply doesn't compare, and the lack of a microSD card slot was the finishing blow for me.
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Hey..that was fast,,,,I just finished posting this
In the video the speaker points out the Nexus is a pre release version. I'm sure the final device will have a way better performance.
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True, but the Note is still superior in terms of hardware (SGX540 vs Mali is almost unfair), so there will still be some sort of noticeable disparity.
Keep in mind that I just dropped $710 on the Note, so I'll say anything to warp reality to my liking .
What do u expect when u post in galaxy note forum.
Would have a different result in galaxy nexus forum.
The 2 most imp things are
1. the size of the screen
2. how fast android updates will come to each handset.
1. Highly individual choice
2. nexus has upper hand.
The stuttering of the video on the Galaxy Nexus clearly shows in my opinion that this is not a production ready device. I don't think these tests say much.
Here's another gnexus quadrant test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOCletx2OJU
The result here is 3300 and something
drgopoos said:
What do u expect when u post in galaxy note forum.
Would have a different result in galaxy nexus forum.
The 2 most imp things are
1. the size of the screen
2. how fast android updates will come to each handset.
1. Highly individual choice
2. nexus has upper hand.
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+1 Wisely said.
As soon as I can get a T-MO USA friendly Note I will have one, As soon as the Prime is out I will have one of those as well I voted for both.
My guess is for the purely business related side of my life the Note will kill everything out there today, But my dev modding side will be happier with the Prime....... They both should be out by Xmas so I will update as soon as I have both to compare.
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As soon as I can get a T-MO USA friendly Note I will have one, As soon as the Prime is out I will have one of those as well I voted for both.
My guess is for the purely business related side of my life the Note will kill everything out there today, But my dev modding side will be happier with the Prime....... They both should be out by Xmas so I will update as soon as I have both to compare.
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So true... for developing, the gnex should be so exciting. But I don't think it will beat the productivity of the note.
appelflap said:
The stuttering of the video on the Galaxy Nexus clearly shows in my opinion that this is not a production ready device. I don't think these tests say much.
Here's another gnexus quadrant test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOCletx2OJU
The result here is 3300 and something
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I think you are a bit confused my friend.
The video you posted is about the older samsung devices and nothing to do with the Note and the Galaxy Nexus aka nexus prime.
And what the sgs1 is concerned, quadrant benchmarks means nothing...
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drgopoos said:
What do u expect when u post in galaxy note forum.
Would have a different result in galaxy nexus forum.
The 2 most imp things are
1. the size of the screen
2. how fast android updates will come to each handset.
1. Highly individual choice
2. nexus has upper hand.
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Right.....I think the Galaxy Nexus forum is still warming up, but I just started a thread over there, linking to this one.....let's see what happens...
Here in Holland the GNexus didnt hit the showrooms yet...
When it does, I will be testing the sound ( for music) just as I did with the Note and the sgs2...
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I got the Note and i orderd also the Nexus...but im sure that i will sell the Note because i dont want to wait 3 monthsore for ics and i like also that there are no Hardwarebuttons...but the Note ist a nice phone
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betoNL said:
I think you are a bit confused my friend.
The video you posted is about the older samsung devices and nothing to do with the Note and the Galaxy Nexus aka nexus prime.
And what the sgs1 is concerned, quadrant benchmarks means nothing...
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You are absolutely right. My bad! Still can't believe the gnexus has such a low quadrant score
Edit: Quadrant is absolutely not adequate to measure the Galaxy Nexus performance. Ice cream sandwich supports hardware accelaration by the GPU for butter smooth rendering of visual elements. This is turned on by default when a developer writes apps for ICS or higher, but has to be explicitly turned on when a developer targets a lower Android version.
As far as I know, Quadrant doesn't turn on hardware acceleration hence the tests are not relevant at all. (Although it will give an indication how apps will perform that don't make use of the hardware acceleration.
Righty then....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343734
appelflap said:
You are absolutely right. My bad! Still can't believe the gnexus has such a low quadrant score
Edit: Quadrant is absolutely not adequate to measure the Galaxy Nexus performance. Ice cream sandwich supports hardware accelaration by the GPU for butter smooth rendering of visual elements. This is turned on by default when a developer writes apps for ICS or higher, but has to be explicitly turned on when a developer targets a lower Android version.
As far as I know, Quadrant doesn't turn on hardware acceleration hence the tests are not relevant at all. (Although it will give an indication how apps will perform that don't make use of the hardware acceleration.
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What? Hardware acceleration won't make a difference in any of those tests.
betoNL said:
Righty then....
First post edited, benchmark removed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343734
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Why? I think they are very interesting. It may be that the Galaxy Nexus will perform average on non optimized apps.
Dragooon123 said:
What? Hardware acceleration won't make a difference in any of those tests.
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Of course it will. Quadrant is measuring all kind of graphic performances right? Well if this is accelerated by the GPU on ICS and the test app doesn't use this acceleration it's an uneven fight.
See here for hardware acceleration support in ICS http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/11/android-40-graphics-and-animations.html?
betoNL said:
Right.....I think the Galaxy Nexus forum is still warming up, but I just started a thread over there, linking to this one.....let's see what happens...
Here in Holland the GNexus didnt hit the showrooms yet...
When it does, I will be testing the sound ( for music) just as I did with the Note and the sgs2...
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Hmmm.....Since I linked this thread to the GNexus forum, I see the Nexus is catching up...
Anyway since my experience with the sgs, I am not impressed with benchmarks, specially Quadrant...
I am probably going for the Note, but I will be testing the sound of the GNexus, the minute it hits the showrooms here in Holland.....and if its sound is as good as or even better than my sgs's (wolfson dac) ....that could change my mind....
But, man, I like the size of the note....as somebody wrote, it's not a smartphone, it;s not a tab, it's a super smartphone
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appelflap said:
Of course it will. Quadrant is measuring all kind of graphic performances right? Well if this is accelerated by the GPU on ICS and the test app doesn't use this acceleration it's an uneven fight.
See here for hardware acceleration support in ICS http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/11/android-40-graphics-and-animations.html?
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Hardware acceleration is acceleration of 2D ui by rendering through GPU, all the 3d games and tests are already running through the GPU.
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Are we likely to get new SIII features?

Well as 99% of you know the SIII has been launched, with a whole host of software features.
What are the chances of us getting some of these features? A couple that appeal to me are the Music Hub (newer less usless version) and the new dongle that mirror to the TV.
It'd be great to get these features.
(Could this be the reason ICS got delayed?)
We gets the hubs for music, movies and the others.
Faceunlock but if u close your eyes and the screen goes off this feature is only for sgs3 and the videofrature too.
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We'll never have them 'cause the s3 was "designed for humans" and the note was designed for aliens lol
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I would like to see the improved camera software for our Note, such as faster shutter speed (current speed annoys me compared to my SGS1 Epic 4G which has a super fast shutter) and 3.3 second between shots.
I'm very interested in the AllShare Cast wireless streaming dongle.
I can't see any reason it wouldn't be offered for the Note, or any modern Samsung device for that matter.
CreepyDroid said:
We'll never have them 'cause the s3 was "designed for humans" and the note was designed for aliens lol
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maybe not aliens.. but gods...
nah, just kiddin
Yes well get all of them....cept that really crappy sIII feature: that 4'8" screen.
CGI_Ram said:
I'm very interested in the AllShare Cast wireless streaming dongle.
I can't see any reason it wouldn't be offered for the Note, or any modern Samsung device for that matter.
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i really want wireless display mirroring too!
hope our NOTE meet the hardware requirement....
We will get all of them soon...Just give our devs couple of months
What about the Siri clone? You think we will get it?
Well, if we do get it (and im sure eventually in time it will be), the only thing that I'm pretty sure we won't ever get is NFC... (this is after all the International Note version thread), this needs the hardware part... which I'm pretty sure our Note lacks the better part of it as well.
I feel like a good chunk if not almost all of these features could be ported to our Notes. Seeing as they've said that the quad core Exynos is supposed to be pin for pin identical to the dual cores in the fact that they can be changed out without having to alter your design I'd have to think the whole setup is similar, but I'm just guessing. The biggest thing I've been wondering about is with the whole zero shutter lag. Is it possible to port or give our older phones this ability? I don't know if new hardware is physically required or if it's all software? If my Note could have zero shutter lag, or even much faster shutter speeds and ICS. I'm perfectly happy without the SIII.
rayarny said:
We will get all of them soon...Just give our devs couple of months
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Yup, that's true:
http://opendesign.blamesamsung.org
It would be interesting if they held the Note's ICS update back, so they can show off all the new features on their flagship first. Rather than the S3 announcement essentially being; 'Its got all the features of the Note but its smaller and has no SPen'
AETAaAS said:
It would be interesting if they held the Note's ICS update back, so they can show off all the new features on their flagship first. Rather than the S3 announcement essentially being; 'Its got all the features of the Note but its smaller and has no SPen'
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Whilst I'm not a fan of threads such as this (prefer waiting), you are likely on the money. With 3 million Notes sold and S3 launch, you don't want to steal the new arrivals thunder!
Nexus S ICS was on Google Employees handsets for ages before publically released as Google needed to get units of Galaxy Nexus shifted.
Any timeframe extension the inhouse devs might have been given to allow for the launch of the S3 (in developing ICS mainstream Samsung build, Note extras and other device specific extras for say S2 for example) can only be a good thing.
duowing said:
I feel like a good chunk if not almost all of these features could be ported to our Notes. Seeing as they've said that the quad core Exynos is supposed to be pin for pin identical to the dual cores in the fact that they can be changed out without having to alter your design I'd have to think the whole setup is similar, but I'm just guessing. The biggest thing I've been wondering about is with the whole zero shutter lag. Is it possible to port or give our older phones this ability? I don't know if new hardware is physically required or if it's all software? If my Note could have zero shutter lag, or even much faster shutter speeds and ICS. I'm perfectly happy without the SIII.
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You stole the words right out of my mouth.
I personally feel that most of the features should be able to get ported, especially the new TouchWiz Launcher Nature UX. Its essentially got the ICS stock feel with a Widget tab while allowing transparency.
I am hoping to get the ROM ported with features from the note, mainly SMemo stuff over to the note, that would be a delight.
Good Luck Dev's
I am not really impressed with the SIII, I am not saying it's bad rather it's awesome and I would have wanted it on day one had I not had my GNote. 4.8 is still small and it feels awkward saying that.
Coming to your question, who knows it might all be the ICS Update, if not then in Note II definitely.
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This is what i posted in the main ICS thread & this is what I feel..
I think Galaxy note will get ICS updates inline with Galaxy S2 with the addition of premium suite. Both of them are previous years's model.
Galaxy note 2 & Galaxy S3 will have same feature set.
From business point of view if Galaxy note gets the features then Galaxy note 2 will be only a hardware upgrade. Well that wouldnt create the hype would it ?
Regarding porting to our note our devs will certainly turn the magic wheels....
I am leaning towards the PORT and not a Samsung Supported update due to the same reason of Productization and ensuring that the customer can differentiate between the Note and the SGS III, otherwise the Note will win with the features and screen size, but lacking the Quad Core.
I also feel with a complete ICS build running on the Note it probably won't be that much slower than the GSIII despite dual vs. quad. Heck people said it's the same GPU just overclocked right? As for Note 2 I wouldn't be surprised if they introduce some new features. Maybe HD SuperAMOLED+? Wasn't the Note the first Samsung phone to have the HD Screen, GLONASS, S-Pen, etc?
As for some of the new features my Droid Charge which is basically just Galaxy S hardware has the newer launcher, widgets, and some of the features from the Galaxy SII. So I think we could see stuff brought to our Note!!

Tab 7.7 or Tab 2 7.0

I am looking to upgrade my original 7.0 Tab (running cm9) and am considering both of these devices. I am on Verizon and would still like to be connected to the network as opposed to wifi only (or I would probably just go Nexus 7). Would be interested in hearing everyone's thoughts on which unit is the better way to go. I am leaning 7.7, but the price seems a bit high. Should I be considering a different model?
Thanks in advance.
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nocaldawg said:
I am looking to upgrade my original 7.0 Tab (running cm9) and am considering both of these devices. I am on Verizon and would still like to be connected to the network as opposed to wifi only (or I would probably just go Nexus 7). Would be interested in hearing everyone's thoughts on which unit is the better way to go. I am leaning 7.7, but the price seems a bit high. Should I be considering a different model?
Thanks in advance.
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The 7.7 is the best small tablet out there, hardware-wise (yes, including the Nexus 7. The Tegra 3 solution has never impressed me, specially with all the performance problems that Nvidia's CPUs have had since the beginning). It is basically an overgrown Galaxy Note, with the fastest dual-core CPU and one of the fastest GPUs out there. The screen is just beautiful. It costs more, but it offers a lot more as well.
However, the OS that comes with it (Honeycomb) is awful. Slow, laggy, unstable. There are official ICS upgrades for the international models, but those have their issues as well. And in your case, if you buy the US Verizon model, you'll have to wait until Verizon offers the software upgrade. This will probably never happen. So, the best option is to go for AOSP-based ROMs, such as CyanogenMod 10 or ParanoidAndroid (both of which are based on JB).
The Tab 2's hardware pales in comparison, but it offers ICS from the box and has a JB leak already out there. It also has CM10/PA/other AOSP ROMs, helped by the fact that its CPU, even though is slower than the 7.7's, is the same as the Galaxy Nexus. Developers call those OMAP4-based devices "easy mode" development...
So, the choice is better hardware versus better software. I chose better hardware, since you can always improve the software but it's hard to improve the hardware of a tablet.
If you're willing to go for something bigger, the Note 10.1 sounds very impressive. It's the only tablet out there with a hardware that is better (IMHO) than the 7.7, and it comes with ICS, with JB coming in the next few months.
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Clarifying my point... Even if you go the AOSP route, the software on the Tab 2 will be better than that on the 7.7. And that's simply because
(a) you'll have JB sources for your device, which helps A LOT;
(b) it's a cheaper device, therefore there will be more devices out there, and so, more developers; and
(c) it's "easy mode". TI releases all the docs, and people have a lot of experience from the Nexus and other similar devices. This is why, for example, the less popular Galaxy SII GT-I9100G had CM10 way before the regular, Enyxos-based GT-I9100.
well, from my experience, av been also a user of the GT - P1000, and i must say that it was the best gadget i ever had, moving to the 7.7 I was hesitating between 7.0 plus and this, never thought about the tab 2 for many reasons.
the truth is, i didn't find the 7.0 plus 3g, so i ended up with the 7.7 3g
i do like the 7.7, holding it in my hand is very confortable (my hands are huge, handy worker) but I HATE THE SMALL FONT, my GT - P1000 was great, i can read on it and use it without problems, but this, no way! by the end of the day you will have a horrible headache because if this tinny text...
no way to change it, even if there is an app who make it bigger (big font) but it laks stability, and the system will be affected, turns it to huge, but without it, you won't be able so see anything.
best regards
Sifou
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Is it risky to buy before the Android L update?

I am preordered and have been eagerly awaiting my Note 4. Of course, the longer it takes the more I second guess... many new compelling phones coming out. But what concerns me is how the phone will perform with Android L. For previous Note owners or Samsung owners- how has the phone been after OS grades? I am worried because as a iphone owner, the phone typically slower with each update.
thanks
I think it's way too early to tell to be honest.
I've had an S3 for the past 2 years, and got rid of Touchwiz etc as soon as I got it, running Paranoid Android then CM10/11 as they became more fully functional. I don't have any real issues with lag or anything, and I suspect things will really hot up on the dev front in the next few weeks for the Note 4.
The big question now is Exynos or Snapdragon (for those of us brave enough to try importing), and whether the Exynos chip is gimped to 32bit, or will be fully upgradable and will support 64bit when Android L comes out. I guess we'll have to see.
I'm happy (or at least I hop I will be!) that I've imported an Exynos version - so if it's gimped - so what, everyone else with one is in the same boat. If it's not; bonus come Android L!
Both CPU's on The Galaxy Note 4 is 32bit. Android L supports 64bit. My experience, performance has never been the issue with OS upgraded rather that battery life takes a hit. The Galaxy Note series does not seem to have packed OS features compared to S4/S5. Samsung seems to not care to add features to the Note series. In addition even though the Note 4 will receive Android L, only one or two features will be present as TouchWiz takes up at least 80% of the phone with 20% Google.
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Both CPU's on The Galaxy Note 4 is 32bit. Android L supports 64bit. My experience, performance has never been the issue with OS upgraded rather that battery life takes a hit. The Galaxy Note series does not seem to have packed OS features compared to S4/S5. Samsung seems to not care to add features to the Note series. In addition even though the Note 4 will receive Android L, only one or two features will be present as TouchWiz takes up at least 80% of the phone with 20% Google.
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The Exynos version is Cortex A53 + Cortex A57.
Aside from a couple of teething problems which are usually fixed pretty quickly with a further OTA update, I can honestly say that upgrades on my Samsung devices have been a positive experience.
iOS has had probably a worse experience with upgrades and iOS 8 is proof that it can all go horribly wrong requiring a temporary withdrawal.
Bottom line is, I wouldn't worry too much! You could always hold off installing the update and keep an eye on these forums to see what - if any -problems users are having.
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Android L release is not an issue at all. Samsung is always ahead in software releases.
what i don't know is that exynos is 20nm while snap is 28nm....i don't know what to do , i'm from italy and the exynos model will never arrive here but in the other hands snap version will have roms ....
masterchif92 said:
what i don't know is that exynos is 20nm while snap is 28nm....i don't know what to do , i'm from italy and the exynos model will never arrive here but in the other hands snap version will have roms ....
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This is the point... It makes it hard to choose. Exynos or snap
Custom Roms
all of note 4 users are waiting for developers, if they will support exynos or snap, I think snap will get the most care.
in my area it suppose to be available here next year and sites say that we will get exynos version.

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