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What's your next device and why?
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Current Device: At the moments I own a HTC Sensation
Mine might be the Samsung Galaxy S3 because of the supposedly great specs.
-12 mega pixel camera
-Promise of having at least one day guaranteed of battery
-Quad core
These are my main reason.
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Certainly an utopic phone for me :
-4.6" 720p screen (or more, maximum 5")
-Tegra 3 SoC
-32Go internal memory
-and the most important : ICS without constructor's skin.
Akajouman said:
Certainly an utopic phone for me :
-4.6" 720p screen (or more, maximum 5")
-Tegra 3 SoC
-32Go internal memory
-and the most important : ICS without constructor's skin.
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Currents are ATT SGS2 and my workhorse Nokia E6. Next device, dunno, I doubt my Nokia will break before the world ends XD
First was zte blade. Now im using optimus black(white version) next ??? Really hard to say, maybe some 4 core device in few years. xD
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My current device is: HTC Incredible S
My next device is deep unknown. Because I seek for something with 4" screen (best size of screen for me) and better performance (so 2-core or 4-core CPUs devices). Unfortunately, at this time there is only one device with this specifications: Iphone 4S (nevermind it´s actually 3,5" screen). But I don´t like Iphone for many reasons...
So the conclusion is, that I must stay with my HTC for another year. And wait for a proper descendent.
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My current device is: HTC Incredible S
My next device is deep unknown. Because I seek for something with 4" screen (best size of screen for me) and better performance (so 2-core or 4-core CPUs devices). Unfortunately, at this time there is only one device with this specifications: Iphone 4S (nevermind it´s actually 3,5" screen). But I don´t like Iphone for many reasons...
So the conclusion is, that I must stay with my HTC for another year. And wait for a proper descendent.
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Maybe LG G2x is worth looking?
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Understood, won't happen again.
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Current is Samsung Galaxy GIO from Virgin Mobile only because I got it for free and got a $100 gift card from Future Shop. lol
I'll definitely be interested in the new SGS 3. I'm happy with the quality of my Samsung device even though its a low range phone, so Samsung is in my good books.
HTC edge/supreme will be my next device as long as it hits telstra so i can have att! 3g bands
Currently, I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 on At&t (i777, non LTE), This is an amazing phone. Right now, running MIUI and overclocked to 1.6GHz, it blows everything else out of the water. The only things I don't like about it is the battery cover and screen resolution (800x480). The Galaxy S 2 should have had a qHD at least at launch, but if for some reason they would have had to make it something other than SAMOLED +, then forget it.
When its my time to upgrade, I basically want ^this phone^ with an awesome QWERTY! Unfortunately, no company is making an awesome and powerful slider anymore...
I am hoping to get the next gen of phones with quad core
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Currently, I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 on At&t (i777, non LTE), This is an amazing phone. Right now, running MIUI and overclocked to 1.6GHz, it blows everything else out of the water. The only things I don't like about it is the battery cover and screen resolution (800x480). The Galaxy S 2 should have had a qHD at least at launch, but if for some reason they would have had to make it something other than SAMOLED +, then forget it.
When its my time to upgrade, I basically want ^this phone^ with an awesome QWERTY! Unfortunately, no company is making an awesome and powerful slider anymore...
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It would be great if they made powerful qwerty phones again!
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My current device is: HTC Inspire 4G, in the past BlackBerry 9530
moshe22 said:
What's your next device and why?
List your current device as well.
Current Device: At the moments I own a HTC Sensation
Mine might be the Samsung Galaxy S3 because of the supposedly great specs.
-12 mega pixel camera
-Promise of having at least one day guaranteed of battery
-Quad core
These are my main reason.
Post away!
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Galaxy Note 2 because I won't go any smaller than 5.3"
I currently own a flipout for phone (just phone) and a galaxy player 5' for eveything else.
So I might as well get a Galaxy Note! Using wifi tethering is cool, but 3G directly on my 5' device would be appreciated lol.
So I'm not a noob to all this but I could use a little advice. I'm with AT&T and due for an upgrade. I currently have an Atrix 4G (which I love dearly and is rooted and unlocked running Neutrino) but I have no idea what I should upgrade to. Samsung seems to constantly get tremendous support from dev's so I'm kinda leaning towards the SGS2 Skyrocket but I'm not entirely sure. Any advice? Here's a couple devices I've been considering:
1. SGS2 Skyrocket
2. Sony Xperia Ion (pending release)
3. Samsung Galaxy Note
4. HTC something. I haven't paid enough attention to what they have to know which is the most supported device.
Any help would be great.
Current: Droid Razr
Possible phones just for all time sake:
Droid Razr Maxx(Just because of the battery upgrade)
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Thats all I got so far lol....
I actual just collect the Droid Series from Moto
So far I got
OG Droid
Droid X & X2
Droid 2,3, waiting for 4(Finally with 4G)
I wont touch Droid Charge or INC(1 or 2)
Current: Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100
Next?: SIII probably. Not sure if I really need to upgrade again.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57385398-78/htc-gets-serious-with-its-one-smartphone-series/
I'm a bit disappointed about no microsd support and apparently not being able to get to the battery. Also these won't have any quad core goodness. The super amoled is a nice improvement though.
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http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57385398-78/htc-gets-serious-with-its-one-smartphone-series/
I'm a bit disappointed about no microsd support and apparently not being able to get to the battery. Also these won't have any quad core goodness. The super amoled is a nice improvement though.
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there's quad core and microsd support is useless , 32 gb memory
I'm just gonna go all the way and say it's a letdown altogether. No quad-core (inb4 "IS IT REALLY NECESSARY?! No, but in the future it might be), no MicroSD support, no user-removable battery, Sense 4.0 is terrible and completely ruins ICS.
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there's quad core and microsd support is useless , 32 gb memory
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It's not useless. MicroSD cards are about replace-ability and portability. eMMC corrupts more frequently than MicroSD cards, and then what will you do?
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http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57385398-78/htc-gets-serious-with-its-one-smartphone-series/
I'm a bit disappointed about no microsd support and apparently not being able to get to the battery. Also these won't have any quad core goodness. The super amoled is a nice improvement though.
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The AT&T varient has the new Qualcomm S4 which blows away the Tegra 3 in benchmarks (Go to anandtech). I think the One X looks pretty amazing, but I'm 99% sure I'll be getting the GS III when it comes out. I love my SII so much, and I don't think I would want to ever go to a display that isn't Amoled. Anyways, the SIII will blow this away just like the GSII blew the Sensation away.
**You guys are totally misinformed when it comes to processing power. The S4 is much better than the ****ty Tegra 3. http://www.anandtech.com/show/5563/qualcomms-snapdragon-s4-krait-vs-nvidias-tegra-3
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I'm just gonna go all the way and say it's a letdown altogether. No quad-core (inb4 "IS IT REALLY NECESSARY?! No, but in the future it might be), no MicroSD support, no user-removable battery, Sense 4.0 is terrible and completely ruins ICS.
It's not useless. MicroSD cards are about replace-ability and portability. eMMC corrupts more frequently than MicroSD cards, and then what will you do?
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Dude they are using the dual core s4 krait...28nm my friend. I agree about lack of micro SD tho. Not having a microsd to me is an automatic no purchase. I REFUSE to stream my own content once I run out of space.
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The biggest letdown is no microSD. That's the reason I got the G2 over the Nexus S.
HTC had a chance to wow me as I have been looking to upgrade my phone. This "HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!" was a major let down. Any additional news was not good news. Not quad core in the US? AT&T only is an instant killer for most people I know. I'd rather use a walkie talkie from the 90's with the giant metal antennae than use AT&T.
So... anyone have a suggestion for a new badass phone coming out? Preferably I'd love to have something that can use my powermat. As for HTC...goodbye business.
Not that overly impressive preview of the one X.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...bile-phones/hands-on-htc-one-x-review-1066097
The lack of sd support has always baffled me. I can't understand why certain manufacturers would omit such an important and basic feature, such as an sd slot. If anybody could shed light on this, Id be curious to know.
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It's bizarre, I have a 32GB card in my DHD, what am I supposed to do if I buy a One X, just discard it?
I can understand to a point. I mean the Iphones don't let you meddle with the memory. I think the SD card is A, their way to try and limit rooting, and B, helps keep the thickness of the phone down.
Yeah Ive been doing some research and Nvidia's tegra products are way over-rated. They left out a whole set of instructions, and their GPU gets its butt kicked by the Power VR SGX540 and the Adreno 205. Also this new dual-core Snapdragon blows away everything thats currently out, I don't think it'll be so bad. I'm seriously considering upgrading to this, but my only concern is HTC's site has the AT&T variant listed as 16GB of storage. 16GB and no SD would be a deal breaker, however 32GB and no SD I'm perfectly content with.
Yeah, I really hope the US variant has more than 16 GB. That'd be idiotic.
what's with all these jumbophones? 4.3 is really the max for me, 4 would be ideal
The Desire Z is gonna be my last HTC I guess. They really need to come up with a new design language. The One X looks horrible, it's oversized, though the specs are near ideal at this point. The One S is the looks OK but has a Pentile screen (pentile = gtfo). The One V actually looks the best out of the bunch, but the specs are crap.
I think i'm gonna go with the Xperia P for this round, it's got about the same performance as the galaxy s2 (mali400mp gpu), great design, screen and camera.
Also what's up with all this memory babble? I have an 8GB card on my DZ and it's still not full. 16GB will be more than enough for most people, and seriously if you fill up 32GB, you have issues (you don't need to install ALL the games or put ALL your music on the phone).
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what's with all these jumbophones? 4.3 is really the max for me, 4 would be ideal
The Desire Z is gonna be my last HTC I guess. They really need to come up with a new design language. The One X looks horrible, it's oversized, though the specs are near ideal at this point. The One S is the looks OK but has a Pentile screen (pentile = gtfo). The One V actually looks the best out of the bunch, but the specs are crap.
I think i'm gonna go with the Xperia P for this round, it's got about the same performance as the galaxy s2 (mali400mp gpu), great design, screen and camera.
Also what's up with all this memory babble? I have an 8GB card on my DZ and it's still not full. 16GB will be more than enough for most people, and seriously if you fill up 32GB, you have issues (you don't need to install ALL the games or put ALL your music on the phone).
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Lol someone has little hands . The galaxy note works perfect for me. And you can't say much about storage because different people have different needs. Why not put all your music on your phone? What's wrong with that? The iPhone boasts about being a phone and having good music playing abilities. Why shouldn't we use android as our portable music source too?
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Lol someone has little hands . The galaxy note works perfect for me. And you can't say much about storage because different people have different needs. Why not put all your music on your phone? What's wrong with that? The iPhone boasts about being a phone and having good music playing abilities. Why shouldn't we use android as our portable music source too?
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+1 on that. The other poster says anybidy who fills 16gb has issues? I've got a 16gb sd card filled with custom roms and back ups.
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Either one x or s3 ill be getting. Whatcha think?
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The One X/S is HTC's vision of the iPhone 5 running ICS.
Everyone needs to get off the quad-core bandwagon. Yes, QUAD sounds nice but when you do a performance test of the Tegra 3 vs. Snapdragon S4, the S4 blows the Tegra 3 away when it comes to overall performance. I've never been amazed with Nvidia's Tegra series. Nvidia has always been the first to go dual-core or quad-core but they always lacked the gpu processing power. The ulp geforce in the Tegra 3 is embarrassing. Quad-core with a gpu that's not even faster than powerve sgx 543? NO THANKS. You're going to get mad bottlenecking with the Tegra 3. Until Nvidia uses the next generation architecture for their gpus, it won't outperform qualcomm, samsung or omap.
The S4 maybe dual-core but it's a 23nm processor (Tegra 3 is a 40nm) AND it has the new Adeno 225, which is on par with powervr sgx543mp2.
My next phone might be the HTC One S. Ill see if my cousin can hook it up, or a friends upgrade. These phones are awesome only thing I would like is for the one x to be on tmobile or the HTC one s to have a 720p screen and micro sd
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My mom bought a Galaxy S2 but for some reason she wants another phone.
Should I keep my Nexus S and sell the S2, or keep the S2 and sell my Nexus S?
in my humble opinion the Galaxy SII would be a superior phone for many reasons.
1. 1 GB RAM vs 512 for NS
2. 1.5 GHz dual core processor vs 1 Ghz for NS
3. superior camera at 8MP vs 5 MP for NS
4. GSII has an external MicroSD slot for more storage
5. GSII is simply a newer phone since it is released October 2011 vs NS which was released a year earlier.
if it was me I would keep the GSII, but again it is your choice at the end since you are the only one who knows what do you need in a phone and your usage habits.
here is a simple comparison chart. keep in mind that these phones are for American Market. not sure which h/w version is released in your country, but it should be a good start.
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4129&idPhone2=3620
good luck.
I would get a Xperia S over SII, I find timescape to be better than touchwiz and Xperia S is just awesome
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in my humble opinion the Galaxy SII would be a superior phone for many reasons.
1. 1 GB RAM vs 512 for NS
2. 1.5 GHz dual core processor vs 1 Ghz for NS
3. superior camera at 8MP vs 5 MP for NS
4. GSII has an external MicroSD slot for more storage
5. GSII is simply a newer phone since it is released October 2011 vs NS which was released a year earlier.
if it was me I would keep the GSII, but again it is your choice at the end since you are the only one who knows what do you need in a phone and your usage habits.
here is a simple comparison chart. keep in mind that these phones are for American Market. not sure which h/w version is released in your country, but it should be a good start.
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4129&idPhone2=3620
good luck.
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Yeah, I know the s2 is much more powerful.. I think I will go with it.
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I would get a Xperia S over SII, I find timescape to be better than touchwiz and Xperia S is just awesome
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Have you read at least the title?
Enrichman said:
Yeah, I know the s2 is much more powerful.. I think I will go with it.
Have you read at least the title?
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Psh, who reads on XDA?
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Have you read at least the title?
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Yes but its not much more than s2, is newer and soo much faster?
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Nexus S
i love Nexus S, you can sell the gs2 and buy a gs3 LOL
I would stay with the SGII.....but it would be damn hard to sell my Nexus S!!! .... arrggg what the hell....sell SGII
Dont think about that same things
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I read an article about the Plum Mobile Might. It's a knock-off Galaxy Note that is going to be released.
It has:
5 inch display
2,800mAh battery
5 megapixel camera with flash and a VGA on the front
650MHz processor
Dual SIM capabilities
And is running Android 2.3.6
Besides the processor, the specs aren't that bad at all. And for a proposed price tag of $180, it's looking even better.
To read more and check out some pictures of the device, go to Engadget
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fail. you can't do anything on a 650mhz processor,. $180 wasted.
ejatds said:
fail. you can't do anything on a 650mhz processor,. $180 wasted.
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Agreed. You can buy a Nexus S for that much, and that runs ICS officially, and is faster than a lot of early dual core phones. Hell, you can get an Evo 3D for $180 nowadays.
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fail. you can't do anything on a 650mhz processor,. $180 wasted.
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Over clocking is always an option. This gives a chance for everyone to be able to afford a decent android phone without paying the big bucks.
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Agreed. You can buy a Nexus S for that much, and that runs ICS officially, and is faster than a lot of early dual core phones. Hell, you can get an Evo 3D for $180 nowadays.
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I agree. But those are CDMA phones which are always cheaper. If it had a better processor, I'd buy it just to try it out.
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Wouldn't it be more nattery power efficient with its lower powered processor?
Farewell to my Sky rocket community. Its has been fun I had this bad boy for 9 months the longest I ever hAD A PHONE..LOL. and the longest Ive been part of such a talented community i will miss reading those FLAMES and general rants and the occasional thefts... those who been around know..lol some of the sickest development I ever had the pleasure of tinkering with to make this phone a monster. hats off to the DEVS who are truly ANDROIDS!!
just sold this s o b for $250 and tomorrow its GS III time.. hope to see you guys over there... CHEERS!!
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Farewell to my Sky rocket community. Its has been fun I had this bad boy for 9 months the longest I ever hAD A PHONE..LOL. and the longest Ive been part of such a talented community i will miss reading those FLAMES and general rants and the occasional thefts... those who been around know..lol some of the sickest development I ever had the pleasure of tinkering with to make this phone a monster. hats off to the DEVS who are truly ANDROIDS!!
just sold this s o b for $250 and tomorrow its GS III time.. hope to see you guys over there... CHEERS!!
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:'(..................................cya......................
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lol... hope to see you over there cooking one day
9 months >. > where do people go to piss money to buy new phones so often?
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9 months >. > where do people go to piss money to buy new phones so often?
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Buy/Sell, pay difference
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9 months >. > where do people go to piss money to buy new phones so often?
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craigslist bro just sold my skyrocket for $250 there and Ive had an upgrade Ive been saving on my line for a while so i get the gs 3 for 199.99 when i got my skyrocket i used another line's upgrade back in nov.
its called phone flipping get on board my man..
but we are getting so shafted on the dual core T999... why you no buy international
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but we are getting so shafted on the dual core T999... why you no buy international
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I wouldn't really say shafted, the dual core is faster and more power efficient than the previous S3 CPU and you get 2GB of ram rather than 1GB making multitasking much smoother. I've been hearing the Exynos quad to be a monster at eating battery if not tweaked (disable 2 cores etc...) and there are barely any apps/games that support more than 1 thread for phones aside from benchmarks. Thats pretty much like getting a 6 or 8 core CPU for PC yet the games/programs you use only use 2-4 cores and the only real benefit is if you use 3d programing/rendering/casting/encoding etc... but if you go to phone usage, doubt many utilize the full dual core.
So while the S4 only has 2 cores its still fast, if you have a quad core version of it you get this:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/24/qualcomm-snapdragon-s4-pro-apq8064-benchmark/
And we know getting that type of benchmark wont really be battery friendly will it?
later man. enjoy the gs3.
Bros before phones?
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Is the S3 really such a big step up from the SR?
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Is the S3 really such a big step up from the SR?
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Not really but it's still nice
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Not really but it's still nice
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I messed with one today, been trying to figure out where to get good $$$ for my skyrocket
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Is the S3 really such a big step up from the SR?
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Two generations better CPU, a slightly better GPU, a higher resolution from 480x800 to 720x1280, longer battery life, more efficient LTE with better signal, better build, zero lag shutter camera...yes, its a big leap
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Two generations better CPU, a slightly better GPU, a higher resolution from 480x800 to 720x1280, longer battery life, more efficient LTE with better signal, better build, zero lag shutter camera...yes, its a big leap
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Not big enough for me to take
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What exactly will a better CPU offer, at this moment. I mean that in the sense that I don't see where my experience would improve in any way. Perhaps SwiftKey won't have an occasional hick up but even that's no guarantee. Besides that there's nothing I can do on an S3 that won't operate with the same usability as it would on my S2.
Still, to each his own, for me the only improvement would be resolution which I would unfortunately ruin with the nice feel of a matte anti glare cover. What I want is an S3 with guaranteed software updates going forward. Meaning ill be waiting until the next Nexus.
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Is the S3 really such a big step up from the SR?
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If we take from a hardware standpoint here are the key differences:
CPU:
Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 45nm 1.5GHz (Dual Core)-> Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 28nm 1.5GHz (Dual Core)
(Here we see the die shrink, with die shrinks on new architecture you can see battery improvements, temperature improvements and clock per clock speeds its faster)
GPU:
Adreno 220 -> Adreno 225
RAM:
1GB Single Channel -> 2GB Dual Channel
Display:
480x800 -> 720x1280
Gorilla Glass 1 -> Gorilla Glass 2
Of course there is a lot of other features/hardware that are "better" such as camera and stock battery etc...
In terms of the phone itself, the SR is not lacking since its still a dual core phones while other phones are still single and working their way to dual core. Quad core are starting to arise but they wont be as efficient for a while since the games/apps we use will not take advantage of all the cores. That being said by the time we do utilize them most likely there will be a newer and better hardware. Also 720p may start becoming the next standard in display as "HD" is making its way onto phones. If you think about hardware difference, think of Samsung Galaxy S2 as 1, Skyrocket as 1.5 and Galaxy S3 as 2. S3 (North America) is still dual core but it is an efficient/fast CPU.
Good example of this is like PC specs:
Q6600 = Quad (65nm)
Q9550 = Quad (45nm)
i5 760 = Quad (45nm)
i5 2500K = Quad (32nm)
i5 3570K = Quad (28nm)
What I mean about that is the standard has started to become quad in the CPU/laptop world but the big difference is the efficiency(power consumption), speed (clock per clock) and maybe other supported hardware features.
So is it a big step up?.... Yes and no, yes because hardwarewise it is better but the SR isnt lacking to the point where ICS/JB lags on it or any other apps/games atm. Of course if you have insane graphical games maybe it will slug the SR in terms of performance but thats entirely on what you use it for. Ask the same question next year and you'll probably hear the same, the S3 is not lacking but xxx (S4 or whatever is "faster"). Technology will always get better its just whether you want to pay to get the latest and greatest or not.
I buy my gear based on my use. You wont see me buying computers that are 6-8 cores, Quad SLI/CFX video cards or whatever because I don't need them lol. My hardware is fully capable of playing the current games so thats what I usually upgrade for, my uses.
If you compare the SR to the S3 of course you will see a good difference but if you only use the phone for facebook, instagram, twitter, calling, texting, whatever, the SR can do those. Now if it can't do those and its slow and always dying on you and programs aren't working and super super sluggish then yeah those are the reasons for the upgrade.
Now if we go to the development side yes, phones like Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S2 (original) and Galaxy S3 will have big support as most people get them when they first come out so if you want to look for it in that view they have more popularity. Some people want to get the phones that everyones getting while others don't want the "same exact" one but on a similar page.
Way to go and spoon feed insane amount of info lol... Good stuff
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JERM^ said:
but we are getting so shafted on the dual core T999... why you no buy international
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international does not support LTE and these two are faster plus 2gb of RAM
M0D1441 said:
Two generations better CPU, a slightly better GPU, a higher resolution from 480x800 to 720x1280, longer battery life, more efficient LTE with better signal, better build, zero lag shutter camera...yes, its a big leap
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couldnt have said it better ..