Anyone know if its possible to get a Exynos powered s7 edge on the Verizon network? I'm really disappointed in the SD820 performance, generally speaking. Especially when it comes to battery endurance/efficiency.
shadow82x said:
Anyone know if its possible to get a Exynos powered s7 edge on the Verizon network? I'm really disappointed in the SD820 performance, generally speaking. Especially when it comes to battery endurance/efficiency.
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No US devices are Snapdragon
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So there is no way to get an unlocked device like the Nexus 6p and just plug in the SIM?
You can drive up to Canada and get an exynos phone unlocked from here
I don't think the exynos variant supports CDMA. So no. I'm on my way to 3 days runtime and 9hrs SOT on my G935V, no complaints here.
I don't think Exynos supports CDMA. You may buy an international version but in order to use it, you probably need to switch to either att or tm
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I might be moving to US soon. Any advantage on bringing European s7 edge ? Or keep my S6 edge+ and buy it when I come to the USA
chowdarygm said:
I might be moving to US soon. Any advantage on bringing European s7 edge ? Or keep my S6 edge+ and buy it when I come to the USA
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European have exynos. USA Verizon and sprint hate exynos, that's why they have snapdragon. Exynos works fine on t-mobile and AT&T, so you can use those networks.
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Brava27 said:
European have exynos. USA Verizon and sprint hate exynos, that's why they have snapdragon. Exynos works fine on t-mobile and AT&T, so you can use those networks.
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Mostly I will be on AT&T, but I want to use features like Samsung pay, voLTE, WiFi calling etc. I guess these won't work on European model.
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I've had this device for a bit now and had some time to evaluate it. I used the Snapdragon model in stores to try it out and the Exynos feels faster than that, which is saying a lot because the Snapdragon model is pretty fast. Benchmarks put the Exynos ahead by 25-30% (6500 on Geekbench vs 5000, real-world speed test has the Snap device finishing in 2:41, Exynos at 2:03, etc.) Plus this version of touchwiz was optimized for the Exynos model.
I notice these forums aren't as populated as the carrier models. Why do you think the International version isn't more popular?
kgor93 said:
I've had this device for a bit now and had some time to evaluate it. I used the Snapdragon model in stores to try it out and the Exynos feels faster than that, which is saying a lot because the Snapdragon model is pretty fast. Benchmarks put the Exynos ahead by 25-30% (6500 on Geekbench vs 5000, real-world speed test has the Snap device finishing in 2:41, Exynos at 2:03, etc.) Plus this version of touchwiz was optimized for the Exynos model.
I notice these forums aren't as populated as the carrier models. Why do you think the International version isn't more popular?
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It's the limited bands on the Exynos model.
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It's the limited bands on the Exynos model.
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I heard the Exynos had more LTE bands that's why it's for the international models. Did you mean something else, correct me if I am wrong.
I ordered the exynos will get it tomorrow from Amazon. Going to use it on att. My 5x will be my flashing phone and for the n preview
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Andrw0830 said:
I heard the Exynos had more LTE bands that's why it's for the international models. Did you mean something else, correct me if I am wrong.
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Exynos doesn't support CDMA.
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knesz said:
Exynos doesn't support CDMA.
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Thanks for letting me know. I am surprised that all carriers in Canada has the Exynos version as some of our carriers run on CDMA instead of GSM. Since the Exynos version seems to have the unlocked boot loader, and since Samsung has released the source, this might be the first time where Exynos will be better for developing. Let's at least hope
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Thanks for letting me know. I am surprised that all carriers in Canada has the Exynos version as some of our carriers run on CDMA instead of GSM. Since the Exynos version seems to have the unlocked boot loader, and since Samsung has released the source, this might be the first time where Exynos will be better for developing. Let's at least hope
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The Edge 935F exynos forum is active. I guess the larger , more expensive model has more folllowers on XDA. I wished the forums were merged like in reddit. With very few exceptions, a discussion about the S7 Edge applies to the regular S7.
kgor93 said:
I've had this device for a bit now and had some time to evaluate it. I used the Snapdragon model in stores to try it out and the Exynos feels faster than that, which is saying a lot because the Snapdragon model is pretty fast. Benchmarks put the Exynos ahead by 25-30% (6500 on Geekbench vs 5000, real-world speed test has the Snap device finishing in 2:41, Exynos at 2:03, etc.) Plus this version of touchwiz was optimized for the Exynos model.
I notice these forums aren't as populated as the carrier models. Why do you think the International version isn't more popular?
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Not everyone can drop $600 on a phone. Most of the Exynos ones purchased online do not come with a factory warranty. The SD model normally benchmarks higher in single core power and graphics. The Exynos higher in multi core processing. Each person has a preference. Since the Exynos model isn't a US model your average phone person doesn't even know what it is.
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It's the limited bands on the Exynos model.
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The Exynos supports more LTE bands, but the Snapdragon supports CDMA. Hence why it's used in markets that require CDMA .
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Andrw0830 said:
Thanks for letting me know. I am surprised that all carriers in Canada has the Exynos version as some of our carriers run on CDMA instead of GSM. Since the Exynos version seems to have the unlocked boot loader, and since Samsung has released the source, this might be the first time where Exynos will be better for developing. Let's at least hope
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None of the Canadian carriers use CDMA. We're all GSM/LTE now. Have been since Telus/Bell cooperated for the 2010 Olympics.
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So what do you think are we still gonna be stuck with a locked bootloader?
Straight Talk is my carrier and I have the ATT note 4. The coverage is amazing since it is a ATT phone and runs off the ATT towers.
I talked to straight talk today and they said I could get a T-Mobile Note 7 and it would run off the T-Mobile towers.
When I went to Canada last moth my AT&T Note 4 got me from Rochester NY to Toronto with no issues what so ever.
I feel like I will have to decided if I want to keep the better coverage on the AT&T towers and have no root option based on the locked bootloader or go with the T-Mobile to have a unlocked bootloader with crappie tower coverage.
What do you thing guys? Also what date is the release of the Note 7 with 6gb of RAM?
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Note 7 won't have 6GB Ram. That was a rumor, unfortunately. The Note 7 will have 4GB Ram, which is still quite a bit for a phone.
I'm thinking that the Note 7 will have a locked bootloader on ATT. There may be a way to bypass it though like the S6 and S7. The Note 4 was locked down extremely tight, but ATT also had a contract to supply Note 4's to US government workers, so it had to be extremely secure. AFAIK, the Note 7 doesn't have any such contract associated with it, so locked bootloader or not, we may at least be able to bypass it. It may not happen right away though.
All this is my personal, non-professional speculation.
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Note 7 won't have 6GB Ram. That was a rumor, unfortunately. The Note 7 will have 4GB Ram, which is still quite a bit for a phone.
I'm thinking that the Note 7 will have a locked bootloader on ATT. There may be a way to bypass it though like the S6 and S7. The Note 4 was locked down extremely tight, but ATT also had a contract to supply Note 4's to US government workers, so it had to be extremely secure. AFAIK, the Note 7 doesn't have any such contract associated with it, so locked bootloader or not, we may at least be able to bypass it. It may not happen right away though.
All this is my personal, non-professional speculation.
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I'm hoping we can use a modified version of the file that was used to root the s7 and s7 edge since the cpu is the same.
I originally got an ATT Note4, but quickly switched to a TMO Note4 as soon as they got root. I paid to have the TMO Note4 unlocked and use my ATT sim in it. My hope is...worst case scenario I can do the same thing with the Note7. I get great ATT reception from the TMO phone since they were both designed to work on the same frequencies.
Galaxy Note 7 variant with 6GB RAM/128GB storage confirmed for China
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Note 7 won't have 6GB Ram. That was a rumor, unfortunately. The Note 7 will have 4GB Ram, which is still quite a bit for a phone.
I'm thinking that the Note 7 will have a locked bootloader on ATT. There may be a way to bypass it though like the S6 and S7. The Note 4 was locked down extremely tight, but ATT also had a contract to supply Note 4's to US government workers, so it had to be extremely secure. AFAIK, the Note 7 doesn't have any such contract associated with it, so locked bootloader or not, we may at least be able to bypass it. It may not happen right away though.
All this is my personal, non-professional speculation.
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Official confirmation from Samsung that puts an end to all those rumors you have been hearing about a new top-end variant of the just-launched Galaxy Note 7. The head of Samsung Mobile, Koh Dong-jin, has confirmed that a Galaxy Note 7 variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of on-board storage does exist. Don’t get your hopes up too high just yet though, because that variant will be China-specific and is unlikely to see daylight in other markets.
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So at this point I've got 2 nano sims for a Note 7 when I purchase it to use on straight talk. One is for the ATT towers on ST and the other is for T-Mobile. So now the debate is what one. Essentially I could get the T-Mobile note 7 unlocked and use it with the straight talk sim for the ATT towers right?
So here is all the model numbers I found:
Country / Region Cell Phone Carrier Model Number Chipset
Canada BELL MOBILITY SM-N930W8 Snapdragon 820
China ALL SM-N9300, SM-N9308 Snapdragon 820
Europe ALL SM-N930F Exynos 8890
Korea KT SM-N930K Exynos 8890
Korea LGT SM-N930L Exynos 8890
Korea SKT SM-N930S Exynos 8890
Southeast Asia ALL SM-N930FD Duos (Dual-SIM) Exynos 8890
US CRICKET SM-N930AZ Snapdragon 820
US AT&T SM-N930A Snapdragon 820
US METROPCS SM-N930T1 Snapdragon 820
US LTE RURAL VERIZON SM-N930R6 Snapdragon 820
US C SPIRE WIRELESS SM-N930R7 Snapdragon 820
US SPRINT PCS SM-N930P Snapdragon 820
US T-MOBILE SM-N930T Snapdragon 820
US US CELLULAR SM-N930R4 Snapdragon 820
US VERIZON SM-N930V Snapdragon 820
What do you all think of this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/14207453904...49&var=441167985470&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Why wasn't there been no information about Chipset that is being used at S8 / S8+? Does anybody have any idea what is the chip that will be shipped globally? (Snapdragon 835 or Exynos). Nonetheless, the unpacked event was not so exciting as I expected. There is nothing much to say other than Screen ratio, Bixby and Dex.
Were you really as excited as you though earlier? Did Samsung fulfilled your expectation.
They said we made a new 10nm processor so it's obviously the Exynos, they didnt mention snapdragon so i guess it will be like the S6 with exynos only, maybe.
SM-G950F/FD/N, SM-G955F/FD/N aka International and Korean will be the Exynos 8895
G950U/0 and G955U/0 + US variants will be the Snapdragon 835
Most likely we're gonna get the SD835 version. At least that's what Mobilesyrup said.
Soufiansky said:
They said we made a new 10nm processor so it's obviously the Exynos, they didnt mention snapdragon so i guess it will be like the S6 with exynos only, maybe.
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They also manufactured the sd835 , which is also 10nm processor
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LinS123 said:
Most likely we're gonna get the SD835 version. At least that's what Mobilesyrup said.
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If the note 7 and s7 trend continues yep.bootloader probably locked again also.
Which means most of us will end up with an international Exynos model lol.
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What should we order an international model or us. Yes im verizon and us. Only reason i ask ... i have the note 4 and the roms are mostly f and g variant which are india and europe.
happy2472 said:
What should we order an international model or us. Yes im verizon and us. Only reason i ask ... i have the note 4 and the roms are mostly f and g variant which are india and europe.
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Samsung international phones don't work on Verizon.
always found it odd that the USA still hold on the less deployed cdma networks. they need to go GSM all the way!
mikey_sk said:
always found it odd that the USA still hold on the less deployed cdma networks. they need to go GSM all the way!
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Actually they are. Sprint and Verizon only use CDMA for fallback and voice for now. There lte is gsm and once volte gets widespread enough CDMA will be shut down and refarmed for lte.
I am thinking about getting a Unlocked Exynos S7 Edge to use on Cricket Wireless. I heard the Exynos version has a better battery and better screen time. I currently have a Snapdragon unlocked Sprint S7 Edge. Will it work on a US carrier? If anyone has an unlocked Exynos version, what is your model number?
Yes, it will work. I'm using the international exynos G935F model s7 edge under cricket in New York. Since cricket is using the AT&T network so any unlocked GMS phones should be working fine.
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