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Developer support for SGS 4. difference betwen I9500 and I9505?
I'm going to buy a Galaxy S4, but the question is what do you think, will there be more people developing ROMS for the Version without Octa processor or with Octa processor?
I'm asking that because I own a Galaxy S and there was the same situation with the Galaxy S Plus, as there were only few people developing for SGS+
Will you buy a I9500 or a I9505?
dafabsl said:
I'm going to buy a Galaxy S4, but the question is what do you think, will there be more people developing ROMS for the Version without Octa processor or with Octa processor?
I'm asking that because I own a Galaxy S and there was the same situation with the Galaxy S Plus, as there were only few people developing for SGS+
Will you buy a I9500 or a I9505?
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The I9505 version will get the best support due to it being a snapdragon.
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recklesslife85 said:
The I9505 version will get the best support due to it being a snapdragon.
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Only for AOSP roms.
For stock-base roms and kernels, I guess the Octa version will get the update quicker and more frequent than Snapdragon version.
hung2900 said:
Only for AOSP roms.
For stock-base roms and kernels, I guess the Octa version will get the update quicker and more frequent than Snapdragon version.
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I'm confused now.. the I9505 version is the one with Octa, isn't it?
dafabsl said:
Developer support for SGS 4. difference betwen I9500 and I9505?
I'm going to buy a Galaxy S4, but the question is what do you think, will there be more people developing ROMS for the Version without Octa processor or with Octa processor?
I'm asking that because I own a Galaxy S and there was the same situation with the Galaxy S Plus, as there were only few people developing for SGS+
Will you buy a I9500 or a I9505?
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Many of us are probably getting the Snapdragon version. Easier to develop plus many devices are using it.
dafabsl said:
I'm confused now.. the I9505 version is the one with Octa, isn't it?
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No that's snapdragon
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TingTingin said:
No that's snapdragon
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daaaamn..
this german site here http://www.cnet.de/88108212/samsung-galaxy-s4-exynos-octa-5-kommt-nach-deutschland/
said the i9505 would be the one with octa :/
I really hoped that, because i won't use lte and in Austria we almost don't use lte and lte is really expensive, and I read that the Octa processor will be better for battery life
I just checked u guys are getting both
www.sammobile.com/2013/03/20/your-c...variant-of-the-galaxy-s-4-we-have-the-answer/
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TingTingin said:
I just checked u guys are getting both
www.sammobile.com/2013/03/20/your-c...variant-of-the-galaxy-s-4-we-have-the-answer/
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Thank you!
I know that germans get both versions.. but i'm austrian :/
We only get the quad version..
I'm thinking about buying a octa version in germany with shipping to austria .. It really would be stupid to have a LTE device wihtout access to lte...
dafabsl said:
Thank you!
I know that germans get both versions.. but i'm austrian :/
We only get the quad version..
I'm thinking about buying a octa version in germany with shipping to austria .. It really would be stupid to have a LTE device wihtout access to lte...
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The quad core version is also going to have more dev support though
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TingTingin said:
The quad core version is also going to have more dev support though
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hard decision for me :/
the main question will be how better the battery life will be with octa .. :/
dafabsl said:
hard decision for me :/
the main question will be how better the battery life will be with octa .. :/
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Octa is actually better in terms if power battery efficiency and gaming
But snapdragon is better for dev support and it has LTE
I'm going with the Exynos myself
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TingTingin said:
Octa is actually better in terms if power battery efficiency and gaming
But snapdragon is better for dev support and it has LTE
I'm going with the Exynos myself
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Wrong. Snapdragon allows each core to clock independently plus it only has 4 cores so it is much better on battery.
OP: if you like custom ROMs and such (why else are you on xda right now?), go for the Snapdragon, no questions. Many more people will have the snapdragon as the whole US and most of Europe is getting it.
Closed Source Project said:
Wrong. Snapdragon allows each core to clock independently plus it only has 4 cores so it is much better on battery.
OP: if you like custom ROMs and such (why else are you on xda right now?), go for the Snapdragon, no questions. Many more people will have the snapdragon as the whole US and most of Europe is getting it.
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But that's kinda weird though.. At first it seemed that in europe the octy will be released, and in the US the quadcore will be released..
Now its kinda like that in the us and in europe, most of the countrys will get the quadcore version.. -.-
that's just crazy..
dafabsl said:
But that's kinda weird though.. At first it seemed that in europe the octy will be released, and in the US the quadcore will be released..
Now its kinda like that in the us and in europe, most of the countrys will get the quadcore version.. -.-
that's just crazy..
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this is how it looks to me ...
look at the previous galaxy and note series.. the non-lte version is available in almost all countries.. hence has the most dev support..
but in s4's case., since they cant mass produce exynos octa YET., they decided to use snapdragon even in countries outside the u.s... that's the only way to make s4 available to all countries..
they wanted to be the first to use octa chip?.. they sure am now.. but why rush releasing it when they cant give all people this octa feature they boast about?.. that's because they dont want xperia z and htc one to have all the spotlight..
and the result is what OP is asking now..
since the u.s. and most european countries will have I9505., the logical answer is the snapdragon will have more dev support.. and even have the higher chance to have cm..
Therefore, which is better? I9500octa or i9505 snapdragon?
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Therefore, which is better? I9500octa or i9505 snapdragon?
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If you are looking for developer support and CM than your better choice is I9505 snapdragon imo
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benno4403 said:
If you are looking for developer support and CM than your better choice is I9505 snapdragon imo
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Why wouldn't there be a CM for the sgs4?
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Wrong. Snapdragon allows each core to clock independently plus it only has 4 cores so it is much better on battery.
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From your comment one would assume u know what your talking about it seems u have been misled
Octa is better on battery life I'm really not going to explain this again it is also more powerful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191850
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Great thread and very good question OP. Right now, it looks like the snapdragon version will be the most dev friendly since it'll be the one sold in big markets ( US, UK, Germany....). I wish that the exynos 5 octa had LTE included. The note 2 had the same processor everywhere in the world and that was great.
I would like to know whether you guys will prefer either snapdragon 600 or exynos powered samsung galaxy s4, what it'll do is making it easy for us to understand which one will have more development support, so i'll and many others will buy that one. Thanks
EDIT: Here is Exynos's Benchmark results and comparison with Snapdragon 600 powered S4 and other devices:
Octa-core Galaxy S4 benchmarks surface, live up to expectations
hspa+ in my area is solid plus att lte starting to slow up in my area, i am guessing due to more lte phones. the exynos 5 octa is better in every way it looks like and i prefer touch wiz to cm, it is more productive (imo). i hope to get it in new york when i am up there april 26th in one of the import electronic shops.
You wont find it in store here in the u.s. I prefer exynos chip too but im not getting it due to cost and no lte. Going to renew my contract and get s600 around release. Hoping to find some good deal offerings
I checked the SamMobile website and it said Australia is getting the SD600 but if I only want 3g/2g do I still have to use the SD600 variant. If I can choose I WILL go for the E5O version
porkaysi said:
hspa+ in my area is solid plus att lte starting to slow up in my area, i am guessing due to more lte phones. the exynos 5 octa is better in every way it looks like cm, touch wiz is more productive (imo). i hope to get it in new york when i am up there april 26th in one of the import electronic shops.
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I am glad to find that people prefers Exynos more then Snapdragon 600, obviously because it's battery efficient faster, but i guess many of them have to import it, even i guess you also have to import Exynos one from Asia or other region, because i saw Samsung has shortage of Exynos, so 70% will get Snapdragon 600, but in my country there will be only i9500,
bedi.gursimran said:
I checked the SamMobile website and it said Australia is getting the SD600 but if I only want 3g/2g do I still have to use the SD600 variant. If I can choose I WILL go for the E5O version
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Yeah this is bit of setback, i wish Samsung must provide LTE Capable phone for everyone, it's not there headache whether a particular country supports it or not, can't really understand these manufacturers logic these days..my main concern is only if we get very fewer number of i9500, then of course development for them will be very minimal, and in my country we'll only get i9500
As per my country I will receive S4 9400.
BTW it is related to Q/A forum.
kataria.vikesh said:
As per my country I will receive S4 9400.
BTW it is related to Q/A forum.
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Well i don't think it's related to Q/A Answer section, i feel it should be in General, just like every other similar POLLS on xda.
if india had a choice between 9500/9505 , i would blindly choose exynos. Its not only about the raw power, but about the big little architecture. Cant wait to test it and play around it. defenitely something different than a traditional cpu .
with a7 cores used for movie play back and call and at sleep, i strongly assume the battery would last much longer than any other s4 variants.
bala_gamer said:
if india had a choice between 9500/9505 , i would blindly choose exynos. Its not only about the raw power, but about the big little architecture. Cant wait to test it and play around it. defenitely something different than a traditional cpu .
with a7 cores used for movie play back and call and at sleep, i strongly assume the battery would last much longer than any other s4 variants.
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This is the reason why i guess people are looking more towards Exynos, i.e. longer battery life, your ideas are really helping me here, my first Exynos device this S4 will be i am searching for some leak to know which 70% countries are getting SD600/i9505, i wish Asia will not
R: POLL: I9500 OR I9505, What will you buy?
In Italy I will choose I9500 version (I don't care about LTE because here it's very expensive and not widespread)
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I9500 because well, I don't have any other choice. There's no 4G network either in my country.
IF I buy one: I9505.
Exynos makes me mad, I'm developing AOSP ROMs.
Im suprised that people prefer Exynos. I started considering SGS4 when I saw that SGS4 with Snapdragon CPU will be available in my country
Team Hacksung wont support SGS4 anymore, so it won't get CM (at least not in short future). On other side, Steve Kondik wrote: "Since it's powered by Snapdragon, CM should work wonderfully on it." So we can assume that Exynos SGS4 won't get CM and Snapdragon will get it and will work very good, because Snapdragon is much more opened than Exynos. So when Android 5.0 is released in about 2 months, Exynos SGS4 will have to wait months for official update, while Snapdragon SGS4 will get Android 5.0 (CM) much sooner.
So for me, i9505 is the only choice.
I9500 as I already have htc one with SD600 not that there is anything wrong with SD600 also I dont use 4G so don't need a 4G capable phone.
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Im suprised that people prefer Exynos. I started considering SGS4 when I saw that SGS4 with Snapdragon CPU will be available in my country
Team Hacksung wont support SGS4 anymore, so it won't get CM (at least not in short future). On other side, Steve Kondik wrote: "Since it's powered by Snapdragon, CM should work wonderfully on it." So we can assume that Exynos SGS4 won't get CM and Snapdragon will get it and will work very good, because Snapdragon is much more opened than Exynos. So when Android 5.0 is released in about 2 months, Exynos SGS4 will have to wait months for official update, while Snapdragon SGS4 will get Android 5.0 (CM) much sooner.
So for me, i9505 is the only choice.
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no surprise here, what if they dont care about aosp? frankly the gap between aosp and stock roms are getting bigger day by day. apart from the sleekness aosp provides it is struggling hard to match the potential of stock roms(not only samsung roms,add htc and sony roms to this list).
xploidwild started a movement some time back to add more functionality to "CM". sadly i dont know the current state of that movement.
Also, the cm support for 9500 would come eventually , but its going to be harder this time with teamhacksung saying no. There are few sources of exynos 5 dual out there somewhere which might help the new cm developers.
I dont want a fully working aosp for 9500, but would be happy to see nightlies just like s2 or s3.
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no surprise here, what if they dont care about aosp? frankly the gap between aosp and stock roms are getting bigger day by day. apart from the sleekness aosp provides it is struggling hard to match the potential of stock roms(not only samsung roms,add htc and sony roms to this list).
xploidwild started a movement some time back to add more functionality to "CM". sadly i dont know the current state of that movement.
Also, the cm support for 9500 would come eventually , but its going to be harder this time with teamhacksung saying no. There are few sources of exynos 5 dual out there somewhere which might help the new cm developers.
I dont want a fully working aosp for 9500, but would be happy to see nightlies just like s2 or s3.
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Don't forget, devices which doesn't get official CM Support still gets unofficial cm ports, like Desire Z etc, we may get unofficial ports, or even cm support lately for Exynos based devices, for example note 3 etc...
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Im suprised that people prefer Exynos. I started considering SGS4 when I saw that SGS4 with Snapdragon CPU will be available in my country
Team Hacksung wont support SGS4 anymore, so it won't get CM (at least not in short future). On other side, Steve Kondik wrote: "Since it's powered by Snapdragon, CM should work wonderfully on it." So we can assume that Exynos SGS4 won't get CM and Snapdragon will get it and will work very good, because Snapdragon is much more opened than Exynos. So when Android 5.0 is released in about 2 months, Exynos SGS4 will have to wait months for official update, while Snapdragon SGS4 will get Android 5.0 (CM) much sooner.
So for me, i9505 is the only choice.
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It's actually only one member of the team who said that the others came out and said 1 member doesn't speak for the team and that as for every other phone they will never announce supporting or not supporting until a device is actually launched
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Hi guys,
I'm afraid people will consider this a re-hash of existing threads however I haven't seen one specific to the UK and have a few questions to ask.
I currently have an i9305 but when I previously owned an i9300 I noticed that development was done more Europe than America due to your differences in handsets due to carriers.
Are there going to be differences between the i9500 and the i9505 in terms of dev support towards the UK?
As in, the i9505 will most probably have more developer support as Snapdragon source code is available (?) and so an actual stable ROM could be released, and also LTE is very popular now.
But would the developers in the U.S create ROMS that would work on the UK varient?
The reason I ask is because I love the SG3 but have grown disgusted by TouchWiz now and I don't care for the gimmicky TW features in the S4, I just like the horsepower it's packing bundled with that display and battery. CM10.1 on my SG3 has alleviated my disgust for TW which was held at bay through Nova launcher but inevitably got more and more irritating.
I was thinking to wait for the new Nexus, but that could be a while and could be underwhelming, and since they tend to be a lot cheaper I figure if it does come out and is amazing then I could probably sell the SG4 and have money left over after buying the new Nexus.
Also, on a side-note, is anyone in the UK planning on importing an Exynos varient? To me the lack of dev support and LTE for -slightly- better noticeable performance and potentially slightly better battery life isn't enough to justify it.
Cheers
There is a thread for UK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191766
Official Ireland/UK Galaxy S4 Thread
But to answer your query. The UK is getting the same i9505 as the US. This time most of western Europe is not getting the Exynos (i9500). Asia and Eastern Europe seem to be getting it this time. Which is annoying as I want the Exynos version personally.
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skibadee said:
There is a thread for UK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191766
Official Ireland/UK Galaxy S4 Thread
But to answer your query. The UK is getting the same i9505 as the US. This time most of western Europe is not getting the Exynos (i9500). Asia and Eastern Europe seem to be getting it this time. Which is annoying as I want the Exynos version personally.
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Ok that's cool, to be honest I am happy enough with my S3 I could wait for an Exynos LTE release since I am buying SIM-free anyway, but again for me developer support is really important so I think I'm better off with the Snapdragon varient, and let's be honest, the specs are still amazing.
Let's be honest here. What could you possibly be doing on your phone that would require 8 cores? Even four is probably over kill haha. My computer is 4 cores and it compiles ROMs just fine. What could I possibly need with an 8 core device? I feel like sometimes people get too wrapped up with having MOAR CORES without really thinking about why they could possible have a use for 8 cores on a cell phone.
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Fu5ion said:
Let's be honest here. What could you possibly be doing on your phone that would require 8 cores? Even four is probably over kill haha. My computer is 4 cores and it compiles ROMs just fine. What could I possibly need with an 8 core device? I feel like sometimes people get too wrapped up with having MOAR CORES without really thinking about why they could possible have a use for 8 cores on a cell phone.
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Why you buy 4 cores when you haw 8 cores??
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Fu5ion said:
Let's be honest here. What could you possibly be doing on your phone that would require 8 cores? Even four is probably over kill haha. My computer is 4 cores and it compiles ROMs just fine. What could I possibly need with an 8 core device? I feel like sometimes people get too wrapped up with having MOAR CORES without really thinking about why they could possible have a use for 8 cores on a cell phone.
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duh, audio chip beats the bottom of 4 core
First 70% release of S4 will be Snapdragon version,so all Europe will have Snapdragon and the devs will support it more for this and because of the open source.Also every developer who work with Exynos sick of it and i don't think he will prefer it again easly.So if you need suport go with the Snapdragon version,and yes the specs is still amazing!
I bought the i9505 as many people said it would have more developer support.
From initial observations, it appears as though the i9500 seems to be more popular in the dev scene?
winwiz said:
I bought the i9505 as many people said it would have more developer support.
From initial observations, it appears as though the i9500 seems to be more popular in the dev scene?
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yea i saw this too... i personally am on verizon and i dont have mine yet because of this... i dont develop a whole lot, but i imagine the release of verizons version will bring over more developers to the i9505 once they can buy their device...
but, yea, im a little disappointed with the 9505 support so far too , from what ive seen at least.
Well obviously i9500 will have more popularity.. its sold internationally vs i9505 which is US only. Plus having 8 cores is more cool. :victory:
SilentRazor said:
Well obviously i9500 will have more popularity.. its sold internationally vs i9505 which is US only. Plus having 8 cores is more cool. :victory:
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The UK also has the mainly the i9505 as well, initial rumors were it was because it was 4G related and most networks will be rolling this out this year.
SilentRazor said:
Well obviously i9500 will have more popularity.. its sold internationally vs i9505 which is US only. Plus having 8 cores is more cool. :victory:
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You for sure have no idea what are you talking about.
US - I9505
Canada - I9505
Central and South America - I9505 + I9500
Europe (all Europe !) - I9505
Asia - I9505 + I9500
Africa - I9505 + I9500
So...what's the score, captain ?
9505 is more popular, ma 9500 is better
There is rom development for the 9505 just mostly for the tmobile and sprint variant
Give it some time, the roms will come evebtually!
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Last numbers I read are 70% of sold devices being the 05 (when carrier versions are included) with the remainder being 00s obviously. In the end I'm sure those numbers will play out in terms of support being greater for the 05. I'm thinking (some of) the initial interest in the 00 relates specifically to the possibilities with the cpu and this has sparked some folks toward wanting to have a go at the new kid.
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9505 is more popular, ma 9500 is better
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Wrong again.
I9500 cpu A15's cores are faster and more power hungry, GPU is weaker
I9505 is fast, not as A15 but no power hungry and GPU way better.
So...none of them is better or weaker...
I hope to see some development also. .. I had a Sony and there was so much difference between the amount of development between Sony and Samsung
But some nice kernels and some good custom roms... Then I would be happy. ..I don't care about the triangle and all that
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Wrong again.
I9500 cpu A15's cores are faster and more power hungry, GPU is weaker
I9505 is fast, not as A15 but no power hungry and GPU way better.
So...none of them is better or weaker...
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Your sig tells a lot about your biased opinion. Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203311
PowerVR SGX544mp3 is preferred over Adreno 320.
SilentRazor said:
Your sig tells a lot about your biased opinion. Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203311
PowerVR SGX544mp3 is preferred over Adreno 320.
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Don't be so sure mate. Adreno still have place for overclocking, but PowerVR not. Also Adreno is newer and using better api
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Hey guys,
So I have been using an HTC ONE X for qute some time now, and I want to get a new phone.
I live in Europe so no contracts on nothing.
The main question is should I get the GT-I9500 or the GT-I9505, so the Exynos or the Snapdragon one ?
I have never owned an Samsung phone yet so pardon my possibly dumb questions, as every phone I had yet was an HTC.
I am sick of HTC's S-ON and limitations, so I decided my next phone should be the S4, but what version of it ?
I see that there are quite a lit of custom roms and kernels for the I9505 but very few for the I9500, does that mean that this will stay this way in the future ?
I want to have a phone that I can root, flash custom roms, kernel, mods, and experiment on it, but in the same time I want it to be fast, even on stock rom.
If you want to have a very customizable phone (+ google play edition software) go with the i9505. The exynos version is slightly faster and a bit more battery efficient.
Check these out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmDqyYgBm7Y
If want different roms like miui,cm and others
Buy i9505 or i9505G
I9500 faster but right now there's no aosp or other custom roms for it
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I suggest you for wait a little while for Galaxy S5 or Note 3 that coming this September ; )
Galaxy S4 is a fantastic device but, its already August so if you love Note you can go for the next Generation
or wait early next year for S5... its all about waiting.
If you can't wait go for S4
If you love stock Android and CM and Android purest go for GT I9505
if you love TouchWiz and not interested in heavy customization go for GT I9500
The Note is far too big for me so I'll stick with 4.7 - 5.0 inch screen phones for now...
I don't know if waiting is a good idea since, where I live, new phones tend to arrive 3-4 moths after their release, so IF the S5 would come out in January 2014, I could buy it Sometime in April or May
9500 was considered slightly faster but since benchmark tricks came to daylight who knows if it's so obvious... ;]
Anyway go for the one for your country, if both get 9505, great device for me. Definitely wouldn't replace it.
With the latest update I've noticed that it's capable to fix gps even inside some concrete buildings. Don't know how it's possible...
Snapdragon Galaxy S4
The i9500 has less support, the i9505 is much more popular among developers
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I would suggest you to go for i9500 becuase the only drawback in it was about aosp roms which will soon be available for it. It is slightly faster than i9505, camera is a bit better and even games runs slightly better because of processing speed as well as gpu.
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Many reviews have the i9505 slightly beating the i9500 by a small margin in battery life. Camera and speed is slightly on i9500 better though the difference is marginal. If you want to be able to play with aosp roms then the i9505 is the only way to go. The i9500 will never come close in this regard because the snapdragon chipset is more open and developer friendly. It's used in several phones so there are many more developers who have familiarity with it and it's far less painful to develop for. Also the Google edition is built off the i9505.
So really do you want a slightly better camera and marginally fastet processor or a much more lively development scene?
It's entirely up to you at the end of the day.
-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
the 9500 is more powerful, the camera and sound seem better , but it isn't footling
the 9505 is supportted better, it has AOSP and the support of CM team and 9500 doesn't
dr.m0x said:
Many reviews have the i9505 slightly beating the i9500 by a small margin in battery life. Camera and speed is slightly on i9500 better though the difference is marginal. If you want to be able to play with aosp roms then the i9505 is the only way to go. The i9500 will never come close in this regard because the snapdragon chipset is more open and developer friendly. It's used in several phones so there are many more developers who have familiarity with it and it's far less painful to develop for. Also the Google edition is built off the i9505.
So really do you want a slightly better camera and marginally fastet processor or a much more lively development scene?
It's entirely up to you at the end of the day.
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Well then, Seems like there is only one way to go.
GT-I9505 it is.
The 9505 had 4g while the 9500 doesn't. That's the main reason why I use the 9505......I love 4g and just can't go back.
Not sure if that matters to you though.
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sxi200 said:
The 9505 had 4g while the 9500 doesn't. That's the main reason why I use the 9505......I love 4g and just can't go back.
Not sure if that matters to you though.
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Not at all as there is no LTE in Europe, or at least not in the part i live in
dr.m0x said:
Many reviews have the i9505 slightly beating the i9500 by a small margin in battery life. Camera and speed is slightly on i9500 better though the difference is marginal. If you want to be able to play with aosp roms then the i9505 is the only way to go. The i9500 will never come close in this regard because the snapdragon chipset is more open and developer friendly. It's used in several phones so there are many more developers who have familiarity with it and it's far less painful to develop for. Also the Google edition is built off the i9505.
So really do you want a slightly better camera and marginally fastet processor or a much more lively development scene?
It's entirely up to you at the end of the day.
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This is exactly what has been driving me crazy! I was looking for an exact answer to the i9500 v/s i9505 with respect to dev support. However, i have also seen several replies (in this very thread and elsewhere on XDA) that support is coming for i9500 which should balance the scale in terms of dev support for i9500, which should bring it on par with the dev support for i9505. Is that true?
I have also done some research with my limited knowledge of the android dev scene and correct me if i'm wrong but i have arrived at the conclusion that Samsung will never release the sources for Exynos Octa, but Qualcomm does release sources for its Snapdragon chipsets, which means that as of now and into the future, the i9505 is the best option to enjoy more custom ROMS with better stability due to better support from officially available binaries from Qualcomm. Am i correct in all my assumptions?
electronical said:
This is exactly what has been driving me crazy! I was looking for an exact answer to the i9500 v/s i9505 with respect to dev support. However, i have also seen several replies (in this very thread and elsewhere on XDA) that support is coming for i9500 which should balance the scale in terms of dev support for i9500, which should bring it on par with the dev support for i9505. Is that true?
I have also done some research with my limited knowledge of the android dev scene and correct me if i'm wrong but i have arrived at the conclusion that Samsung will never release the sources for Exynos Octa, but Qualcomm does release sources for its Snapdragon chipsets, which means that as of now and into the future, the i9505 is the best option to enjoy more custom ROMS with better stability due to better support from officially available binaries from Qualcomm. Am i correct in all my assumptions?
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Yup. Bang on the money. The i9500 will get aosp roms but they will never be as stable as the ones for the i9505.
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