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White Samsung Galaxy Note released in South Korea

Samsung released new holiday special white color Galaxy Note in its homeland, South Korea. The device will come with support for 4G LTE networks......
http://mirolta.com/2011/12/20/samsung-releases-white-galaxy-note-in-south-korea/

I would have to guess it's still the Snapdragon variant though.
"dual-core 1.5Ghz processor with 1GB of RAM"

Hurry up and bring them to the UK!
Lol.. I have been waiting for months now
I really want one

Spartan2x said:
I would have to guess it's still the Snapdragon variant though.
"dual-core 1.5Ghz processor with 1GB of RAM"
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Yeah, its the crapdragon one. Who needs that.
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[Q] Is the octa-core LTE or 3G?

Seems to be a lot of confusion whether the octa-core version will have LTE so if anyone could advise that would be much appreciated and for reference the qualcomm S600 definitely has LTE.

i have read that octa dont have lte in usa because qualcomm has patents on lte chips in there..

kikisp said:
i have read that octa dont have lte in usa because qualcomm has patents on lte chips in there..
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If that were the case they should still be able to licence under FRAND, since it's a standards essential patent, right? If not, that's quite a monopoly on the US LTE market. Plus, what would that mean for Tegra4 devices? At any rate, I'm so sick of hearing about patents in the consumer electronics (specifially smartphones) sector. It's out of hand and needs dealth with properly.

Might of found the answer.
http://www.androidauthority.com/international-samsung-galaxy-s4-fcc-lte-172224/

daleski75 said:
Might of found the answer.
http://www.androidauthority.com/international-samsung-galaxy-s4-fcc-lte-172224/
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BUT, I don't think that band 5 is used by anyone here in the US. Band 5 is used by Philipines/S.Korea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks

Just to clarify, International S4's will have LTE.
US ones have quad core snapdragons probably just for supply issues, like last year (the Note 2 is exynos, quadcore (same processor as the S3) and had LTE).

Skander1998 said:
Just to clarify, International S4's will have LTE.
US ones have quad core snapdragons probably just for supply issues, like last year (the Note 2 is exynos, quadcore (same processor as the S3) and had LTE).
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I heard rumours that the octa-core international one bound for the UK would be 3G only and only the quad core S600 would have LTE enabled which seemed very odd to me.

daleski75 said:
I heard rumours that the octa-core international one bound for the UK would be 3G only and only the quad core S600 would have LTE enabled which seemed very odd to me.
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I am pretty sure they will all be LTE enabled, we will wait and see.

i cant imagine them releasing a phone thats not LTE in the states.....that would be the worst move in the history of phones....

Germany will get the 600 too. Apparently all the markets that have 4G LTE won't get the octa.

In Indonesia get octa and 600 and the news says that both of them get LTE :screwy::screwy:
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http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/삼성_갤럭시_S_IV

Skander1998 said:
Just to clarify, International S4's will have LTE.
US ones have quad core snapdragons probably just for supply issues, like last year (the Note 2 is exynos, quadcore (same processor as the S3) and had LTE).
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Just because it HAS LTE, doesn't mean it's the RIGHT LTE bands. Keep that in mind. Also, Note 2 does not have a 5 series processor.... It's an A9, not A15....

CreepyDroid said:
Germany will get the 600 too. Apparently all the markets that have 4G LTE won't get the octa.
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Do you have any link or proof for that?

daleski75 said:
Do you have any link or proof for that?
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I got the info from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39172596&postcount=2765

Quote from another forum:
But there was some confusion about wich version we would get here in Scandinavia so NordicHardware got in touch with Samsung and the answer was that all LTE versions will use Snapdragon S600 and the 3G versions will use Exynos 5410. But they wont be releasing the 3G version here since everyone has moved onto LTE, im assuming the situation will be similar in other parts of Europe aswell
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Looks bad for the Exynos.

AndreiLux said:
Quote from another forum:
Looks bad for the Exynos.
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So, who will be getting exynos? What's the point 3g version have only exynos?

I want Exynos. Here we got LTE for 4 towns buts its not covered all. Beside that they are charging to enable LTE 5-10€ and giving you 1GB LTE speed, after that 64kb rofl
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JBL74 said:
So, who will be getting exynos? What's the point 3g version have only exynos?
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Exynos Octa (GT- I9500 3G support) international
Snapdragon 600 (GT - I9505 4G support)

vwbest16 said:
Exynos Octa (GT- I9500 3G support) international
Snapdragon 600 (GT - I9505 4G support)
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I thought all models would have 4G now ._.

Do I have the Exynos or Snapdragon?

it is my understanding that the US has the snapdragon Note 3. However, my model number is SM-N900A. I got it from Walmart here in Hawaii. I hear this is the Exynos variant. I want the snapdragon, should I take it back and hope to get the correct one?

The 900A is US at&t, it's snapdragon. There is no Exnyos one sold here in the US at normal retail outlets.

CoolioFantastic said:
it is my understanding that the US has the snapdragon Note 3. However, my model number is SM-N900A. I got it from Walmart here in Hawaii. I hear this is the Exynos variant. I want the snapdragon, should I take it back and hope to get the correct one?
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Look here http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=4937&c=samsung_sm-n900a_galaxy_note_3_lte_32gb, if you would have used Google you would have found this too It allready has the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip appearently. Install CPU-Z from Play for hardware info.

gee2012 said:
if you would have used Google you would have found this too It allready has the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip appearently. Install CPU-Z from Play for hardware info.
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I did google it. I came up with this "First off, let’s talk about the two different models that the Note III is going to be shipping in, the SM-900 and the SM-9005. The SM-900 is going to feature 3GB RAM and the Samsung Exynos 5420, which is of course, Octa-Core. Meanwhile, the SM-9005 is packing the same 3GB of RAM but a Quad-Core Snapdragon 800 instead of the Exynos. "
But thanks for the CPU Z, it does infact say snapdragon.

Exynos 3g network and Snapdragon for 4g LTE network, Exynos mostly available in SE Asia where 4g not yet popular.
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Is samsung misleading people in india

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3.....Samsung publicize snapdragon 800 with 300 mhz -2.3 ghz and go on to sell exynos with 250 mhz -1.9 ghz i.e with lesser clock speed in india.
and also out of the so called octa core exynos only 4 cores works integration of the other four cores will happen in the latter stage....
samsung is clearly misleading people in india
and also the 4 k video is not available for this variant of galaxy note 3
Europe and western countries get the best of the variant whereas we guys get the regular dump....
Samsung are you listening........

Samsung and Qualcomm clock speeds are not directly comparable.
Although different, I'd say the difference in performance is negligible.
I believe the version that is sold in a particular country depends on regional marketing decision, notably the purchasing power and LTE coverage in respective country.
For example, here in SEA, Singapore and Malaysia get the Snapdragon LTE version (most expensive), while Indonesia gets Exynos non-LTE version (least expensive).
On the bright side, you get the most affordable version of Note 3.

paulodonfather said:
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3.....Samsung publicize snapdragon 800 with 300 mhz -2.3 ghz and go on to sell exynos with 250 mhz -1.9 ghz i.e with lesser clock speed in india.
and also out of the so called octa core exynos only 4 cores works integration of the other four cores will happen in the latter stage....
samsung is clearly misleading people in india
and also the 4 k video is not available for this variant of galaxy note 3
Europe and western countries get the best of the variant whereas we guys get the regular dump....
Samsung are you listening........
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yes....all the demo devices in india r snapdragon n3 and samsung r selling exynos n3 in india....................

kannanX10 said:
yes....all the demo devices in india r snapdragon n3 and samsung r selling exynos n3 in india....................
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and obviously the exynos's lesser download speed compared to snapdragon 800 .......
please Samsung give us the best of true octa core... the speed of A15 with power efficency of A7..

paulodonfather said:
and obviously the exynos's lesser download speed compared to snapdragon 800 .......
please Samsung give us the best of true octa core... the speed of A15 with power efficency of A7..
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SAMSUNG Speak uppppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11.........

This is actually the first time Europe actually doesn't get cheated this exact same way.
The S800 variant is the main version, except for countries that do not have LTE.
The S800 version was never announced for India. If you'd done a bit of reading, it'd have been obvious from well before the release. http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/15...agon-800-variant-sm-n9005-specs-confirmation/

paulodonfather said:
SAMSUNG Speak uppppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11.........
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in greece is same problem. :crying:

ShadowLea said:
This is actually the first time Europe actually doesn't get cheated this exact same way.
The S800 variant is the main version, except for countries that do not have LTE.
The S800 version was never announced for India. If you'd done a bit of reading, it'd have been obvious from well before the release. http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/15...agon-800-variant-sm-n9005-specs-confirmation/
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Yes did my bit of reading EXYNOS OCTA CORE is the announcement but what we are essentially getting is EXYNOS QUAD CORE.. the A7 CORE Is yet to be integrated....A7 is where the power efficiency comes from.....

Samsung had released list of counties that would be getting Snapdragon and Exynos. Personally I would like the Exynos as it would be getting update that will enable it to run all the cores at the same time.

I think the exynos could save up more battery because of the octa core processor.
For me this is the most important part. But I've a snapdragon because they only sell this

willstay said:
Samsung had released list of counties that would be getting Snapdragon and Exynos. Personally I would like the Exynos as it would be getting update that will enable it to run all the cores at the same time.
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wrong! there will be no update which enables to run all 8 cores simultaneously, this won't fit in the thermal design envelope of the device!
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Fulvian said:
I believe the version that is sold in a particular country depends on regional marketing decision, notably the purchasing power and LTE coverage in respective country.
For example, here in SEA, Singapore and Malaysia get the Snapdragon LTE version (most expensive), while Indonesia gets Exynos non-LTE version (least expensive).
On the bright side, you get the most affordable version of Note 3.
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I think this has more to do with profit margin of Samsung. Exynos being cheaper to produce. And not the purchasing power of consumers. If you look at the market, places where Snapdragon is released, people buy in subsidy paying $200. And places where Exynos is released, people buy paying the full price around $700 or more.

Samsung misleading...
SO i guess Samsung should be selling it as Exynos Quad core rather than Exynos Octa core
I guess its high time loyal Samsung users see thru this and look for alternatives.....
Paying a bomb for slower variant..!!!!! its a rip offffffff !!!!!!!!!

TML1504 said:
wrong! there will be no update which enables to run all 8 cores simultaneously, this won't fit in the thermal design envelope of the device!
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wrong! the note will be able to run at more than 4 core at a time after getting a heterogeneous multi processing update from samsung!

mayank shekhar said:
wrong! the note will be able to run at more than 4 core at a time after getting a heterogeneous multi processing update from samsung!
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wrong! there will be no update which enables to run all 8 cores simultaneously, this won't fit in the thermal design envelope of the device!

Exynos990 GPU is not even half as powerful as SD865 after 20 mins of sustained load

Exynos990 GPU heat up and throttles so hard that it's not even half as powerful as SD865 after 20 mins of sustained load
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5fmAcEkfSw

It's disgusting that we get this cr***y Exynos while the Rest of the world gets the Snapdragon.

iamnotkurtcobain said:
It's disgusting that we get this cr***y Exynos while the Rest of the world gets the Snapdragon.
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It's not true actually. Limited markets offer sd while the rest of the world gets exynos.
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vash_h said:
It's not true actually. Limited markets offer sd while the rest of the world gets exynos.
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US has Snapdragon
Canada has Snapdragon
Korea has Snapdragon
China has Snapdragon
Europe has Exynos

iamnotkurtcobain said:
US has Snapdragon
Canada has Snapdragon
Korea has Snapdragon
China has Snapdragon
Europe has Exynos
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Sd is for cdma markets
Exynos for gsm markets
I'm not going to list out all asian, Africa, Middle East, australia nz region nations.. But they all have exynos.
For Asia is true except China Korea and japan which has sd due to cdma networks
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Im 100% fine with Exynos, yes I want also Snapdragon but Im fine

rmn.br said:
Im 100% fine with Exynos, yes I want also Snapdragon but Im fine
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That was what I thought until I ordered the SD version and tested them side-by-side for a few days. They are very different phones when you're comparing battery life and generated heat after 10-15 mins of usage.
I live in an GSM area and I don't have any problems with it.

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