So from the benchmarks I have seen online for the note 3 it looks like the exynos versions of the device is slightly faster not by much. I am happy to see the exynos wifi version will at least be able to keep up with the snap dragon version.
First photo is the exynos variant with a score of 34546
The second photo is the snapdragon variant with a score of 33814
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I'm glad the Exynos version is coming here as i'm not falling into the snapdragon hype... Wait until they update those kernels for true 8 core. Team Samsung!
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I'm glad the Exynos version is coming here as i'm not falling into the snapdragon hype... Wait until they update those kernels for true 8 core. Team Samsung!
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I think the real reason people don't like the exynos is that Samsung is not very forthcoming when it comes to releasing the relevant information for building custom kernels and roms, considering that Samsung has already released the source code for this device, it shows real promise
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Yes, that is one of the reasons. For me I don't change the ROM's on these newer Samsung(s) since you kinda defeat the purpose of the device.
Why install CM on my Note 2 then I lose the S Pen features, the multi tasking...Etc.
And yes I think Samsung is trying to correct itself since it wants to be the major player in the Android world.
I don't see myself going AOSP unless someone integrates some s-pen extra features. Have aosp roms's done this in the past? this will be my first Note.
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I don't see myself going AOSP unless someone integrates some s-pen extra features. Have aosp roms's done this in the past? this will be my first Note.
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Not that I have ever come across unless it was one of those hybrid roms.
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Not that I have ever come across unless it was one of those hybrid roms.
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Are there touchwhiz based ROMs? (somebody mentioned is somewhere) Would that mean that those ROMs still have the S-Pen functionnality?
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Are there touchwhiz based ROMs? (somebody mentioned is somewhere) Would that mean that those ROMs still have the S-Pen functionnality?
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Yes there are on other samsung devices, I don't see this one being any different
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Are there touchwhiz based ROMs? (somebody mentioned is somewhere) Would that mean that those ROMs still have the S-Pen functionnality?
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Most tw based rom have all spen functionality in them, most of them just include minor tweek, kernels and debloated. Other then that most functionality remains the same.
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Most tw based rom have all spen functionality in them, most of them just include minor tweek, kernels and debloated. Other then that most functionality remains the same.
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Thats cool, thanks. I was never sure that that existed (I've never owned a non-nexus device). Does the problem with dev-ability with Exynos devices also exist with TW ROMs? Or can the devs just tweak the stock image of the device?
Exynos to improve
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So from the benchmarks I have seen online for the note 3 it looks like the exynos versions of the device is slightly faster not by much. I am happy to see the exynos wifi version will at least be able to keep up with the snap dragon version.
First photo is the exynos variant with a score of 34546
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Here is another reason to get the Exynos over the snapdragon. It will use all 8 cores at one very soon.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/09/samsungs-exynos-5-octa-hmp/
What do you think the benchmarks will look like after the change in software!
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Thats cool, thanks. I was never sure that that existed (I've never owned a non-nexus device). Does the problem with dev-ability with Exynos devices also exist with TW ROMs? Or can the devs just tweak the stock image of the device?
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Not really sure how they have done it in the past but overall they have released very stable and roms that preform better then stock in some benchmarks
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in terms of CPU both are fairly close, what i'm interested in is GPU, so far the Adreno 330 is advancing on the Mali T628, but that's on 1080P 5.7" screen, maybe that will change with 10.1" 2560x1600 screen
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in terms of CPU both are fairly close, what i'm interested in is GPU, so far the Adreno 330 is advancing on the Mali T628, but that's on 1080P 5.7" screen, maybe that will change with 10.1" 2560x1600 screen
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Well I don't think screen size really matter it's more how many pixels need to be pushed. Pound for pound I think the adreno will do better when it comes down to it but I'm glad to see overall performance is about the same. I have no doubt that both devices will have no problem chewing and spitting out any of the most recent games.
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I own two Exynos devices the galaxy 7.7 and note 2 both have had their respective source code released. Where do people come off thinking Samsung is not forthcoming about the Exynos chips?
it's not the source code that anyone's worried about, but the fuse burning. once the fuse is blown the bootloader becomes locked. it takes a lot more work to root and pretty much impossible to install a custom recovery without having to possibly do a hardware mod.
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it's not the source code that anyone's worried about, but the fuse burning. once the fuse is blown the bootloader becomes locked. it takes a lot more work to root and pretty much impossible to install a custom recovery without having to possibly do a hardware mod.
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Link to this issue? Never heard of a bootloader having a "fuse."
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Link to this issue? Never heard of a bootloader having a "fuse."
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I believe its called an eFuse.
Just a heads up having all 8 cores running at the same time sounds good but may have heat issues
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it's happened to the verizon s4 with the latest firmware update. i beleive someone said the verizon s3 had it done, but some one got a leaked signed code to get around the blown fuse.
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This is what is of particular interest to some of us. Please post information relevant to just the upcoming US AT&T version.
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i hoping note2 release the same day as idiotphone5.
att always release multi phones on the same day!
What I want to know is if there is any difference between the att note and the International note. Doesn't seem like it so far.
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What I want to know is if there is any difference between the att note and the International note. Doesn't seem like it so far.
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it has an lte radio.
I think he was referring to whether it was gonna keep the exynos quad.
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Supposedly it will still have quad core & 2 megs ram with LTE. Gonna be a monster. My next phone for sure.
The only thing that bothers me is that I have not seen the FCC reports but usually come out before a phone is released...
But I haven't been following it as closely as I was with the note 1...
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It looks like the days of Qualcomm-based mutant derpbeasts are over.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/samsung...ipset-shows-up-in-korean-galaxy-s3/16442.html
There is finally an LTE/GSM dual-mode modem available from someone other than Qualcomm.
People have occasionally said "the Exynos 4 Quad isn't compatible with LTE" - This is false. Nothing in the CPU makes it incompatible/compatible - the only issue was that until recently, Qualcomm was the only company that had LTE/GSM combo basebands available, and Qualcomm won't sell their modems to someone not using their CPU.
A non-Qualcomm baseband chip changes everything.
I probably should've noticed this long ago - but CMC221 references have been cropping up in Samsung's source releases for a while now.
Edit: CMC221 seems to be an older chipset, there's a lot of conflicting info on exactly what is going on. Either way, it looks like Samsung now has access to SOME sort of baseband chipset that isn't from Qualcomm, OR Qualcomm has changed policies and is now selling LTE basebands that can be paired with non-Qcom CPUs.
Entropy512 said:
It looks like the days of Qualcomm-based mutant derpbeasts are over.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/samsung...ipset-shows-up-in-korean-galaxy-s3/16442.html
There is finally an LTE/GSM dual-mode modem available from someone other than Qualcomm.
People have occasionally said "the Exynos 4 Quad isn't compatible with LTE" - This is false. Nothing in the CPU makes it incompatible/compatible - the only issue was that until recently, Qualcomm was the only company that had LTE/GSM combo basebands available, and Qualcomm won't sell their modems to someone not using their CPU.
A non-Qualcomm baseband chip changes everything.
I probably should've noticed this long ago - but CMC221 references have been cropping up in Samsung's source releases for a while now.
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Nice...does this mean you're jumping on this phone?
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Nice...does this mean you're jumping on this phone?
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Unknown. I need to do a lot of research. I've been really angry with AT&T's handling of Samsung devices, to the point where my plan until today was to ditch them for Straight Talk combined with international unlocked devices when my contract was up.
Nonmutilated LTE devices might change this... I'm still not sure, it still remains to be seen whether this new generation of LTE chips doesn't have the severe battery life penalties older LTE implementations did. Also, I'm not eligible for an upgrade until February and I really don't want to give the asshats at AT&T money for a full-price device just for a feature I likely won't use.
If ONLY the AT&T variant is capable of AT&T LTE - Maybe (I live in the boonies, I won't see LTE for a long time)
If the international variant supports the AT&T LTE bands - Hell no for the AT&T variant (say no to unjustified carrier mangling), possibly for the international variant.
Cant wait to see whats up with this on att! Glad i have an upgrade. If it is guad i will give my mom my s3!
MARBLE WHITE GALAXY SIII
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Cant wait to see whats up with this on att! Glad i have an upgrade. If it is guad i will give my mom my s3!
MARBLE WHITE GALAXY SIII
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same. I have a SGS2 with a cracked screen. At&t already said they will allow me to use my wife's upgrade, but i don't know if i want to wait for the N2....but maybe i should. I almost jumped on the S3 this weekend, but i didn't. I had my reservations about the rediculousness of using the Note as a phone, but then again, i've made probably 2 calls on my S2 in 10 months. So I may have answered my own question.
Can we stick to some useful posts on when the device is coming out not whether people want it..?
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I think he was referring to whether it was gonna keep the exynos quad.
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Current rumors indicate it has the quad.
They appear 'hardware equivalent' enough that I wonder if you can flash international ROMS onto it.
I guess that's a pipe dream though, since it has a different model #, implying different hardware somewhere.
The N7000 was fun that you could flash different country's roms onto it - less waiting for new features.
I guess at this point I guess it'll mainly depend on when it gets released to AT&T.
- Frank
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Current rumors indicate it has the quad.
They appear 'hardware equivalent' enough that I wonder if you can flash international ROMS onto it.
I guess that's a pipe dream though, since it has a different model #, implying different hardware somewhere.
The N7000 was fun that you could flash different country's roms onto it - less waiting for new features.
I guess at this point I guess it'll mainly depend on when it gets released to AT&T.
- Frank
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I know and remember when I had my gs2, due to the similarities with the international, we could flash international rooms through hell raising. I'm sure it'll be the same, and come on entropy....you know you want it.....we want you.
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ChodTheWacko said:
Current rumors indicate it has the quad.
They appear 'hardware equivalent' enough that I wonder if you can flash international ROMS onto it.
I guess that's a pipe dream though, since it has a different model #, implying different hardware somewhere.
The N7000 was fun that you could flash different country's roms onto it - less waiting for new features.
I guess at this point I guess it'll mainly depend on when it gets released to AT&T.
- Frank
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It may be similar enough to only require a porting package.
For example, these were the differences between the SGH-I777 and GT-I9100:
I777 had a different call audio interface to the modem - I9100 modems and kernels would not work, but only a few kernel changes were needed to fix the kernel side of things.
I777 had a different microphone configuration - Swapping libaudio out would fix this initially, with ICS I reverse engineered it to the point where only a kernel change was needed
I777 had NFC - If you didn't mind it not working (note: did not work on I777 firmwares ANYWAY), didn't need to do anything when flashing an I9100 firmware. Actually, thanks to the I9100P it was easier to get NFC working on I9100 ports than I777 bases...
I777 had the typical USA touchkey configuration - needed a small kernel change and a keylayout change
The above meant that it was possible to develop a nearly universal porting tool for all Gingerbread firmwares, and once ICS kernel source was released, same for ICS firmwares. The main disadvantage was you couldn't do anything with I9100 leaks - kernel source was required.
CDMA users will be screwed - too many differences for a GSM firmware to ever have any hope of being cleanly ported to a CDMA device. (Exception being AOSP bringups.)
ekerbuddyeker said:
Can we stick to some useful posts on when the device is coming out not whether people want it..?
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Party pooper.
TheSkinnyDrummer said:
same. I have a SGS2 with a cracked screen. At&t already said they will allow me to use my wife's upgrade, but i don't know if i want to wait for the N2....but maybe i should. I almost jumped on the S3 this weekend, but i didn't. I had my reservations about the rediculousness of using the Note as a phone, but then again, i've made probably 2 calls on my S2 in 10 months. So I may have answered my own question.
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yea just wait its gona be awesome i have the s3 now but i will def jump on the note 2 bandwagon
ekerbuddyeker said:
Can we stick to some useful posts on when the device is coming out not whether people want it..?
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it will come out when it hits your local att store
Here is some information that looks good.
http://www.techspot.com/news/50091-...2-coming-to-all-major-carriers-in-the-us.html
Galaxy Note II reported to arrive at AT&T on October 21
As the Title say's - Galaxy Note II reported to arrive at AT&T on October 21 -- [Android Guys]
PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE ANY LONGER.
Hi all,
Just received notification from Samsung that the SGS3 will NOT be getting any features like the Note 2 has ie. Multi Window, Popup Note or Idea sketch...Shame as they look awesome hope someone can PORT the apps or the Note 2 ROM
Well, I think it shouldn't be that hard to port a Note 2-ROM to the SGS 3, as they're based on nearly the same specs... Would be nice to see some of those features in a custom ROM though
There are already ROMs with the Note 2 gallery and camera, for example.
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There are already ROMs with the Note 2 gallery and camera, for example.
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indeed but they are problematic for some people, i'd much prefer to see a full ROM port which cant be that difficult as hardware is pretty much identical, although there could be ram issues.
None of features sound that ground breaking. I will stick to the stock ROM + root. Thanks.
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Hi all,
Just received notification from Samsung that the SGS3 will NOT be getting any features like the Note 2 has ie. Multi Window, Popup Note or Idea sketch...Shame as they look awesome hope someone can PORT the apps or the Note 2 ROM
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Samsung contacted you personally to tell you this?
Can i get in on that action please?
Well this is obvious they have to make it different you can't expect to get every new feature that they release in they're new flagships
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What exactly is it that you want to get? The note has a separate sensor on the screen for he stylus so you would get any short cuts or quick notes.
Anything else software related should be available to port.
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None of features sound that ground breaking. I will stick to the stock ROM + root. Thanks.
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Who asked you?
bunglebp said:
Hi all,
Just received notification from Samsung that the SGS3 will NOT be getting any features like the Note 2 has ie. Multi Window, Popup Note or Idea sketch...Shame as they look awesome hope someone can PORT the apps or the Note 2 ROM
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Sooner or later we will all switch to CyanogenMod when Samsung stops updating our phones and newer Android versions released.
When you feature gets ported people say it's awesome, when it dosent people say it's not that good. :banghead:
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tanjiajun_34 said:
Sooner or later we will all switch to CyanogenMod when Samsung stops updating our phones and newer Android versions released.
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and at some point in the future we'll have hoverboards and spangly clothing, so what...
Lol, why would they give you the Note's features on an S3? what's the point of a note then? xD
Cmon, you bought a phone and agreed to have what it had at that point of time, heck samsung doesn't even have to update it (the box had 4.0.4 and you agreed to that.
So be happy and stop complaining.
lets not question the validity of peoples need / want for these features, that's just stupid.
I also want Note 2 features and I have a solution...
I am selling my GS3 and getting Note 2 today
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Skander1998 said:
Lol, why would they give you the Note's features on an S3? what's the point of a note then? xD
Cmon, you bought a phone and agreed to have what it had at that point of time, heck samsung doesn't even have to update it (the box had 4.0.4 and you agreed to that.
So be happy and stop complaining.
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What the hell are you doing in this forum then? True curiosity.
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I heard we may be getting it as an ota after jb has rolled out worldwide. It will likely come with the lte and ram upgrade.
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I seem to have this feeling that we're not getting these features due to the lack of RAM (1GB vs 2GB).
IMHO Samsung should have really put 2GB into the GT-I9300...
Hopefully later revisions of the GT-I9300 will have 2GB of RAM. Fat chance but one can wish.
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I seem to have this feeling that we're not getting these features due to the lack of RAM (1GB vs 2GB).
IMHO Samsung should have really put 2GB into the GT-I9300...
Hopefully later revisions of the GT-I9300 will have 2GB of RAM. Fat chance but one can wish.
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There are already version with 2gb ram n quadcore with Lte
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da.trute said:
and at some point in the future we'll have hoverboards and spangly clothing, so what...
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Well that depends on how soon it is. Like imagine iPhone 6 is coming out tmr. Will you buy the iPhone 5 now?
Samsung will normally just update 2 Android versions and the update is gone. That is about a year left for Key Lime Pie update I guess. So in the end I really don't mind not having Note 2 features. Plus I don't trust Samsung software features. Samsung is a hardware not a software company.
Hey guys,
Just recently sold my Samsung Note 2, Samsung Galaxy S3.
I was actually saving some cash for the S4 but there is one thing I am wondering..
I heard something about the Netherlands (which where I'm located) as well as some other (European) countries will probably not get the worldwide version but the US/4G version with the Quallcom Snapdragon S600 instead of the octa-core.. (might be because 4G is taking of in Europe now.. not sure)
This leaves me wondering.. If the press statements are true and we will only have the Snapdragon 600 version, can we expect much Dev support for it?
For example.. I really loved roms like Omega and AOKP,AOSP on my S3 I9300..
As an IT guy myself I figured it must be easier for Devs to work with the snapdragon S600 in terms of programming and documentation but looking at the Samsung Galaxy S3 forums the Dev activity for the US version seems very low compared to the international one..
Long question short.. since Samsung will probably sell the Snapdragon 600 in various parts of the world, is it realistic to think we will have great support for both devices?
What do you guys think? please elaborate and keep it nice just want to share opinions and learn.
Both will probably have great support.
Go for it.
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Both will probably have great support.
Go for it.
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Could you please share with me why you think that it might be different this time compared to the previous situation with the different S3 versions?
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Both will probably have great support.
Go for it.
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Certainly not.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the S600 version will have better developer support because of Samsung's stinginess with releasing the binaries for the Exynos CPUs.
So you'd probably be better going off going with the 4G version if you want dev support.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the S600 version will have better developer support because of Samsung's stinginess with releasing the binaries for the Exynos CPUs.
So you'd probably be better going off going with the 4G version if you want dev support.
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Thinking the same thing. As far as I know, most of the issues with the I9300 development stem from Samsung's lack of documentation and complete source-code for the Exynos chip. Hopefully the 4G version of the S4 (with the S600) will have better documentation. Would appreciate someone smarter than me elaborating on this, since the development side is a very important factor for me when buying a phone
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Thinking the same thing. As far as I know, most of the issues with the I9300 development stem from Samsung's lack of documentation and complete source-code for the Exynos chip. Hopefully the 4G version of the S4 (with the S600) will have better documentation. Would appreciate someone smarter than me elaborating on this, since the development side is a very important factor for me when buying a phone
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Exactly, developer support is important to most of us here on XDA.
From a technical point of view I wouldn't mind getting S4 snapdragon 600 with LTE/4G but I want decent dev support.
So what do you guys think? I would like to hear different point of views from everyone.
I agree on the fact the S600 is wider used and documentation is more available so this should theoretically mean that the S600 could receive decent support..
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Exactly, developer support is important to most of us here on XDA.
From a technical point of view I wouldn't mind getting S4 snapdragon 600 with LTE/4G but I want decent dev support.
So what do you guys think? I would like to hear different point of views from everyone.
I agree on the fact the S600 is wider used and documentation is more available so this should theoretically mean that the S600 could receive decent support..
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Well at the minute all d2s have official CM10.1 but the Exynos i9300 doesn't. That probably sums up the situation.
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Well at the minute all d2s have official CM10.1 but the Exynos i9300 doesn't. That probably sums up the situation.
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Hmm, I see..
For anyone wondering which version you will get in your location, I asked Samsung HK and Samsung USA if they could give us some more info on this. Also tried UK and Netherlands but they don't know anything at Samsung there.
I'll be called by someone from the HK/US office. Hopefully they can shine a light on this.
Seems like I will be sticking with the S600 version if that's the only version we will get in some european countries (NL/DE) and US. Let's hope the developer support will be decent.
If anyone knows some more info on which models are going to come out where, please comment here:fingers-crossed:
Samsung Norway says (on Facebook) that Scandinavia will get the S600, because of 4G Personally I'm thrilled by this, considering the poor source code and documentation for Exynos.
I also like the S600 version as long as we get proper support for it.
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Bump.
Any New thoughts on this?
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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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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!
Hey guys,
my Galaxy S 4 arrived today and I'm really glad I bought it, even stock it's an amazing phone.
But I have some questions, because the data I read on the interwebs is different to what I get on the packaging.
Note: This device was boughtdirectly from Deutsche Telekom - Therefore it's NOT a fake.
CPU - Everywhere I read stuff about his phone, I read "Exynoss 5 Octa". All I get is a 1.9GHz Quad?
I mean, what happened to the other ARM CPU?
And what happened to the 64GB of storage?
Thanks in advance, and please no n00by answers
Beatsleigher said:
Hey guys,
my Galaxy S 4 arrived today and I'm really glad I bought it, even stock it's an amazing phone.
But I have some questions, because the data I read on the interwebs is different to what I get on the packaging.
Note: This device was boughtdirectly from Deutsche Telekom - Therefore it's NOT a fake.
CPU - Everywhere I read stuff about his phone, I read "Exynoss 5 Octa". All I get is a 1.9GHz Quad?
I mean, what happened to the other ARM CPU?
And what happened to the 64GB of storage?
Thanks in advance, and please no n00by answers
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There are two models with different hardware, the i9505 is the quad core powered device, the i9500 is the octa core model, available in some regions only. Not sure if there was a model with 64gb but its expandable by adding an SD card.
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gsmyth said:
There are two models with different hardware, the i9505 is the quad core powered device, the i9500 is the octa core model, available in some regions only. Not sure if there was a model with 64gb but its expandable by adding an SD card.
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Well that sucks, to be completely honest. Hm. Never mind, it's still a great phone.
Thanks
Beatsleigher said:
Well that sucks, to be completely honest. Hm. Never mind, it's still a great phone.
Thanks
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It is an excellent phone, I wouldn't get too bothered by the processor difference. There is currently better dev support for the i9505 (full cyanogenmod support, Google edition ROM, etc), due to Samsung not being very helpful with the source for the exynos chip.
In reality the exynos version doesn't appear to have much of a power advantage as only 4 cores can be used at a time anyway. Plus the battery on the i9505 appears to be better.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_i9500_vs_i9505-review-930.php
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gsmyth said:
It is an excellent phone, I wouldn't get too bothered by the processor difference. There is currently better dev support for the i9505 (full cyanogenmod support, Google edition ROM, etc), due to Samsung not being very helpful with the source for the exynos chip.
In reality the exynos version doesn't appear to have much of a power advantage as only 4 cores can be used at a time anyway. Plus the battery on the i9505 appears to be better.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_i9500_vs_i9505-review-930.php
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There are so many ROMs, I can't choose which want I want to use first I think I'm going to test Android Revolution HD and hope that it's not as laggy as on my GS III, because I do want to try out the features Sammy has put into this phone.
But thanks for your help