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Samsung Galaxy S III Rumored With 2.0GHz Quad-Core CPU
http://pocketnow.com/android/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-rumored-with-20ghz-quad-core-cpu
2.0GHz quad-core CPU
RAM 1.5GB
Internal Memory 32GB
New Display Super AMOLED III 4.65" (SXGA 1280 x 1024 / 352dpi)
10MP Camera 1080p
TouchWiz 5.0 / NFC / Ice Cream Sandwich
Βattery: 2250mAh

It's pretty sad to see some troll post on 4chan hit all the Android news sites like this. It's too easy to start a major news story...

Maddmatt said:
It's pretty sad to see some troll post on 4chan hit all the Android news sites like this. It's too easy to start a major news story...
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Agreed.
Although it would be wicked-rad if Samsung brought back 5:4 screens.

I can't believe how fast CPU technology in cellphones is changing. Quad Core ? Insane.

That's just rumor's and 4chan isn't credible at all...

2GHz Quad-Core? No way.
And 4,65" Display? Too big, 4,3" should be the biggest display a smartphone should have.
That's why the Samsung Galaxy Note will be fail, it's just too big for a mobilephone and too small for a tablet.
And yes, it's just a stupid rumor, so nothing of these things will be in a phone the next time. Quad Core maybe 2012, but not this year.

Android's gonna eat up a whole apple again

quad-cores will be released as S3 end of 2012- 1st part of 2013

Even with a thread that has nothing to do with Apple, xda members still manage to bring up apple into the thread

Quad cores will be released this year for tablets. Smart phones will be early 2012.
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It's truth it's not only rumors... Google it..

LOL!
i heard something about the Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE,but never something like "Samsung Galaxy S3"

Rumor has it that it will have a 3D screen.
Source: Killer Bee

whats going on?
the smartphone world is going to be 3d.

3D can suck it
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"Source 4chan"
How could any self-respecting tech journo have published that?
Pocketnow, i am disappoint!

DirkGently1 said:
"Source 4chan"
How could any self-respecting tech journo have published that?
Pocketnow, i am disappoint!
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oddly enough, eldar murtazin's tweet says the specs are real. Not sure what to make of it but he did describe a nexus like device way back when galaxy s2 was released and he's been pretty accurate on rumors including nokia/MS partnership

Quad Cores will not fly well with phone sizes batteries
on Tablets Quad Cores are do-able because they can get away with the weight and larger battery packs
but on a phone, it's wasted, as the battery will drain out in a matter of minutes
you wont get more than 4 hours of straight usage, on a phone
example when playing HD 3D games, that sucks the juice out of phones in no time

El Toro said:
2GHz Quad-Core? No way.
And 4,65" Display? Too big, 4,3" should be the biggest display a smartphone should have.
That's why the Samsung Galaxy Note will be fail, it's just too big for a mobilephone and too small for a tablet.
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Sorry but you're wrong, I won't go less than a 5" screen ever again.

AllGamer said:
Quad Cores will not fly well with phone sizes batteries
on Tablets Quad Cores are do-able because they can get away with the weight and larger battery packs
but on a phone, it's wasted, as the battery will drain out in a matter of minutes
you wont get more than 4 hours of straight usage, on a phone
example when playing HD 3D games, that sucks the juice out of phones in no time
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I think that the die shrink will help with the battery requirements. A 4core 28nm die SoC will have less energy requirements than the current 45nm SoC.
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HTC One X Tegra 3 and XL S4 Krait

Hello guys,
Well i need some advice from real people. There are two models in my country: international One X and One XL. You know what the differences are. So maybe someone tested both with same kernel and os version. Which processor is better? Tegra 3 or Snapdragon clocked Krait S4?
In your opinion which one to buy and why? Or just go for One S?
P.S. There are like 1 million reviews and benchmarks and like every single one is different.
Thank you for your opinion!

redh4t said:
Hello guys,
Well i need some advice from real people. There are two models in my country: international One X and One XL. You know what the differences are. So maybe someone tested both with same kernel and os version. Which processor is better? Tegra 3 or Snapdragon clocked Krait S4?
In your opinion which one to buy and why? Or just go for One S?
P.S. There are like 1 million reviews and benchmarks and like every single one is different.
Thank you for your opinion!
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S4 for the battery.
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S4 because its the future.
S4 for the LTE.
S4 for the battery life.
S4 for the win
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I really do not need LTE. The main thing is speed! And about battery? It is really big difference? Or just go for Galaxy S3...? I just love HTC design, and galaxy is just near ugly, but speed is more important, just hate lag so much.

28nm ftw
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S4 processor is better. The tegra 3 was rushed so they could be the first to get a quad core. It's crappy architecture. The s4 is better for everything but gaming but only by a little and it kills battery on the tegra
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Speed difference is negligible. S4 wins in a lot of benchmarks, and Tegra wins in a couple. And you would likely not see much difference in real world use. Same performance, but better battery life on the S4.
Also, at launch the Tegra version had graphical glitches, and a number of other bugs that were attributed to the Tegra chipset. Not sure if these were ever sorted out, as I don't keep up with that version. But many were doubting it would be fixed anytime soon, as NVIDIA is notorious for taking forever to address such issues.
And you might think you don't need LTE. But its not just about speed. I get fantastic data reception at my house now under LTE, where under HSPA+ it was dismal (1 bar, with frequent connection drops). At some point, you may find your self in a location(s) that has poor HSPA reception, and LTE will save the day.

Every Tegra device I've put my hands on has always seemed far too slow and glitchy for the supposedly excellent hardware and software behind it. Except the Zune HD, but everyone ignored the Tegra 1 for some reason. S4's got better battery, chances are they are basically identical in real world use. The only downside to the S4 is the lack of official support for the Tegra games, but I'm sure we'll be able to play them in time.
To be honest, we might be able to do them now if Chainfire3d works for us.

I'd buy a Qualcomm based device over a Tegra based one any day of the week for all of the reasons already mentioned.
The S4 may be "only" dual core, but it's the better chip.

sweet, another thread for this
you should of done something original, like ask one x vs. galaxy s3

gunnyman said:
I'd buy a Qualcomm based device over a Tegra based one any day of the week for all of the reasons already mentioned.
The S4 may be "only" dual core, but it's the better chip.
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there are s4 with quad core. a chinese phone maker jiayu, is making the jiayu s1 with s4 pro. that is 4 cores with gpu andreno 320! and with 2 gb ram with 32 gb memory with sd card slot and 2500 mah battery or 3000 mah battery!, with a 3.0 megapixel cam in front and 13 megapixel in the bag, and is thin!. only for 260 or more dollars!. incredible no? (gorila glass maybe, like the other older models!) and the value is near the nexus 4, but this one is better, with more battery, (the jiayu g4 with an older procesor with quadcore wins the nexus 4, this will win the samsum galaxy note 2 or more) jiayu is good with good performance battery and resistant products. and very beautiful too
http://www.gizchina.com/2013/01/30/jiayu-s1-prototype-spotted-alongside-g3/
and the definition isnt hd is full hd 440+ ppi !

Goodby HOX+...Hello HOX

After playing with both phones for some time now, I decided to root my x and see which one comes out for daily use, not benchmarking. I have to say the 1 is much more enjoyable with CM10, and the battery life compared to the 1+ is much better. I do miss the dedicated headphone amp and 64GB of memory, but overall I'm much happier with the 1...who would have thought it!

I wanted the one x+, but I would've had to wait two weeks for it at my local att store... I'm happy I took the one x, and will hopefully root it once my 14 day return period with att is up
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Apart from the few things like extra storage there's no way I would consider the X+ an upgrade from the X (XL in my case). The Tegra 3 is an inferior chip in my opinion even ramping up the clock speed, increasing the battery capacity was needed to handle the extra battery drain from an already inefficient chip.
I don't think quad-cores are ready for phones yet, you can see with the Nexus 4 that the quad-core version of the same chip we have in the XL also sucks down the juice like nobody's business. My wife has the international One X with the Tegra 3 and it gets real warm even in just normal use, likewise the Nexus 4 reportedly gets quite hot and benchmark scores come in low because of thermal throttling of the cpu.
The high clocked quad of the X+ is all marketing.

Always searching for the greener pasture.

Sarsippius said:
Apart from the few things like extra storage there's no way I would consider the X+ an upgrade from the X (XL in my case). The Tegra 3 is an inferior chip in my opinion even ramping up the clock speed, increasing the battery capacity was needed to handle the extra battery drain from an already inefficient chip.
I don't think quad-cores are ready for phones yet, you can see with the Nexus 4 that the quad-core version of the same chip we have in the XL also sucks down the juice like nobody's business. My wife has the international One X with the Tegra 3 and it gets real warm even in just normal use, likewise the Nexus 4 reportedly gets quite hot and benchmark scores come in low because of thermal throttling of the cpu.
The high clocked quad of the X+ is all marketing.
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I think the issue with the nexus 4 is Android 4.2. All devices running it are getting pretty ho hum battery life. Several others bugs as well.
But yeah S4 (even dual) beats Tegra 3.
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Artood2s said:
I think the issue with the nexus 4 is Android 4.2. All devices running it are getting pretty ho hum battery life. Several others bugs as well.
But yeah S4 (even dual) beats Tegra 3.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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OP so did you totally get rid of your One X+? I just picked it up and although I'm pretty satisfied with performance it's the battery life that kills me...
i'm hoping after removing some ATT bloatware with the recent root it improves but not sure...

8-cores really needed?

8 cores in a mobile device is clearly a first and Samsung were likely to be the company to bring it to us BUT what's the point?
Is it just me who sees that as excessive?
There's not a chance that we'll even TRULY feel the power of the extra 4 cores. 4 cores aren't generally needed in other phones as there's only a small handful of games which actually use all the power. Even in those games, the most you're gonna have is a very sought amount of extra power.
Technology is still a few years away from needing 8 cores in a phone so really there's no point as the end user won't feel a difference in the slightest.
I'll admit it's a clever gimmick to sell more but, in my opinion, that's all it is.
What do others think?

This has been discussed to death, the point is for power efficiency without losing peak performance. That's the only and single reason this exists. You will have excellent battery life in every-day tasks due to it.

samsung people are mainly concentrating on specifications.. in order to match with xperia z waterproof and htc one 's features , the only thing they can do is sticking with ultra high spec..it is lookwise galaxy note 2 only..no doubt..so may be spec will be their primary concern...

The S3 does a more than good enough job in that regard though and there's only gonna be a certain amount of space for improvement. A whole 4 cores extra will leave purge majority of its power wasted. 6 cores, fair enough (to an extent) but not that many.

Samsung always tries to set a new standard regarding specs.
So they try to push other mobile facturers to do the same.
Also I think they use an 8 core so the S4 doesnt outdate that quickly.
Plus that it can actually be batterysaving tot have an 8 core over a 4 core CPU.
But this is just my opinion .

KidCarter93 said:
The S3 does a more than good enough job in that regard though and there's only gonna be a certain amount of space for improvement. A whole 4 cores extra will leave purge majority of its power wasted. 6 cores, fair enough (to an extent) but not that many.
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u can't compare A9 cores with A15 cores
A15 slightly use more power ( thats the biggest problem on A15 cores )

It is not a "real" 8-core CPU. It consists of two quad cores that alternate. One is a high end CPU that blows away previous hardware. The other is a low powered but efficient CPU that literally sips battery life. The phone alternates between the two based on the task at hand. Basically, you will never be using more than 4-cores and that is by design.

Kresge said:
It is not a "real" 8-core CPU. It consists of two quad cores that alternate. One is a high end CPU that blows away previous hardware. The other is a low powered but efficient CPU that literally sips battery life. The phone alternates between the two based on the task at hand. Basically, you will never be using more than 4-cores and that is by design.
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ThankKresgege - that's good to know. I wasn't sure exactly how they were going to be utilizing the 8 cores, but what you just said makes complete sense. :good:

jaykresge said:
It is not a "real" 8-core CPU. It consists of two quad cores that alternate. One is a high end CPU that blows away previous hardware. The other is a low powered but efficient CPU that literally sips battery life. The phone alternates between the two based on the task at hand. Basically, you will never be using more than 4-cores and that is by design.
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So, you will use the powersufficient cores most of the time (which is actually more batteryfriendly than the CPU in S3), and use the superultra high-end CPU when you need some incredible amount of power?

Could 8 cores finally push the ppsspp(PSP) emulator to work better? I know the app is still beta but I tried it on Tablet with Quad core Tegra 3 clocked at 1.4ghz & the frames froze so much the game was unplayable. If anyone has tried God of War in the emulator you know what I mean.lol.
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cyrusalmighty said:
Could 8 cores finally push the ppsspp(PSP) emulator to work better? I know the app is still beta but I tried it on Tablet with Quad core Tegra 3 clocked at 1.4ghz & the frames froze so much the game was unplayable. If anyone has tried God of War in the emulator you know what I mean.lol.
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Why don't you get that the phone is not 8 cores. People need to stop with this.its like having two phones in one.one for browsing and low Cpu usage the other one is for heavy gaming etc etc. Its not 8 cores running at the same time
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lol, so many people in here just refuse to read.

@OP The 8 cores are not meant for power they are meant to save it the power hungry a15s will drain more battery whereas the a7s use considerably less the a15s will only be used when necessary meaning u will be saving alot battery
I have a feeling were gonna be addressing this alot
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See the part on arm big.LITTLE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191690
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TingTingin said:
@OP The 8 cores are not meant for power they are meant to save it the power hungry a15s will drain more battery whereas the a7s use considerably less the a15s will only be used when necessary meaning u will be saving alot battery
I have a feeling were gonna be addressing this alot
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See the part on arm big.LITTLE
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Indeed you are. It's basically like having an MTK MT6589 chipset for low-demanding applications and a Snapdragon 600 for high-demanding applications on one die.
No doubt they're going to make this a selling point though.​

even quad cores for a phone is insane overkill lol, but for the latest demanding 3d games its sure needed.

I did a write-up on this so we can hopefully avoid these discussions for the rest of the year.

mortuus82 said:
even quad cores for a phone is insane overkill lol, but for the latest demanding 3d games its sure needed.
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Read through the thread
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It is not an octa-core phone by any means if you call the Tegra 3 quad-core. If Samsung dares to claim this thing (4+4) octa-core, the Tegra 3/4 (4+1)is penta-core.
The S4 (international) have 4 A7 cores clocked at (1.2GHz?) and another 4 A15 cores @1.6GHz. The two sets of cores can never run at the same time. This is the big.little idea - A7 cores are more efficient and are used for light tasks, the A15 cores are power hungry but have more horsepower. So it is designed to save energy when compared to only 4 A15 cores.
However whether this or Snapdragon's Krait save more energy is still unknown as of now. Benchmarks have shown the S4 having a very similar performance with the HTC One (w/ Snapdragon 600).
For me, Samsung took this approach due to two benefits: power saving (as said above) and a marketing gimmick. Uninformed people may likely scream "Wow, 8-cores on a phone? That must be powerful!" after watching their ads, so the S4 may sell more.

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Basically, you will never be using more than 4-cores and that is by design.
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That is the type of processing they have chosen.
But with custom kernels which have hmp support you will be able to use any number of (upto8) in any order
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i9100g user said:
That is the type of processing they have chosen.
But with custom kernels which have hmp support you will be able to use any number of (upto8) in any order
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I was thinking that
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[discussion] Reasons to buy the Note 3

hi guys so thought of opening this thread to see ur openions on reasons to get the new Note and if its worth buying for you
for me i would defently get it and my reasons are
Big screen
S-pen
Leather back and beautiful design
and i think the new battery will be a lot lot better than my S3's

I have only one reason, to give me as a christmas gift the Note 3-> i'am on a HOX now

my reason is simple "because my note1 is old and start to make problems"

I am very interested in the Note 3 if the battery shows it can get a full day's use in a single charge. My RAZR Maxx HD has spoiled me... I don't need 48 hours but I do need around 16 hours with heavy usage - 4 to 5+ hours of screen on time.
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The Note 3 should get around 5-7 hours on screen time easily.
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Hardcore73 said:
The Note 3 should get around 5-7 hours on screen time easily.
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Can't wait to see some screenshots of that....
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Notrega said:
I am very interested in the Note 3 if the battery shows it can get a full day's use in a single charge.
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I think the extra four hours of video playback that Samsung quoted at the launch event are going to turn out to be true. Not because of some Samsung wizardry or a slightly larger battery but because of the efficiency of S-800. Here are some excerpts from Anandtech's battery review of the S-800 LG G2. Samsung's better with s/w than LG so I'd expect even better performance from the N3. Obviously comparing a LCD and AMOLED panel 1:1 isn't appropriate and typically AMOLED does better on dark colors (video) and LCD does better on light colors (web browsing). But the percentage gains Brian talks about in the review comparing the similar G1<>G2 should apply to the N2<>N3; maybe even more so because Exynos 4 is a far older design than the S4 Pro in the G1.
One of the things Qualcomm promised would come with Snapdragon 800 (8974) (and by extension the process improvement with 28nm HPM) was lower power consumption, especially versus Snapdragon 600 (8064). There are improvements throughout the overall Snapdragon 800 platform which help as well, newer PMIC (PM8941) and that newer modem block onboard as well, but overall platform power goes down in the lower performance states for Snapdragon 800. In addition the G2 has a few unique power saving features of its own, including display GRAM (Graphics RAM) which enables the equivalent of panel self refresh for the display. When the display is static, the G2 can run parts of the display subsystem and AP off and save power, which they purport increases the mixed use battery life case by 10 percent overall, and 26 percent compared to the actively refreshing display equivalent. In addition the G2 has a fairly sizable 3000 mAh 3.8V (11.4 watt-hour) battery which is stacked to get the most out of the rounded shape of the device, and utilizes LG's new SiO+ anode for increased energy density compared to the conventional graphite anode.
Our battery life test is unchanged, we calibrate the display to exactly 200 nits and run it through a controlled workload consisting of a dozen or so popular pages and articles with pauses in between until the device dies. This is repeated on cellular and WiFi, in this case since we have an international model of the G2 that lacks the LTE bands used in the USA, that's 3G WCDMA on AT&T's Band 2 network. I've tested 3G battery life on devices concurrently for a while now in addition to LTE though, so we still have some meaningful comparisons. The most interesting comparisons are to the Optimus G (APQ8064) and HTC One (APQ8064T) previous generation.
The G2 also charges very fast for its battery size. I've been profiling charging behavior and current for devices for a while now, since I strongly believe that battery life and charging speed are complimentary problems. You should always opportunistically charge your smartphone, being able to draw as much while you have access to a power outlet is critical. The G2 can negotiate a 2A charge rate on my downstream charge port controller and charges very fast in that mode. Of course the PM8941 PMIC also includes some new features that Qualcomm has given QuickCharge 2.0 branding.
​You can read more here...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7251/lg-g2-and-msm8974-snapdragon-800-a-quick-look/3
In addition, Samsung's implemented Qualcomm's Envelope Tracker chip in the N3 which (supposedly) is good for a 25% overall battery life savings because of enhanced management of radio signals.
The Note contains a Qualcomm chip called an envelope tracker, which will dramatically reduce the amount of power needed to run its LTE radio. We’re going to see this technology in a lot more devices.​http://gigaom.com/2013/09/05/thanks...xy-note-3s-huge-screen-wont-kill-its-battery/

It's true, it's not the battery. My Moto X with a 2100 battery can easily get 4-6 hours on screen time.
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1. Sdcard slot
2. 5.7" 1080p screen
3. huge removable battery
4. snapdragon 800
5. 3 gb ram
im sold lol

oneandroidnut said:
1. Sdcard slot
2. 5.7" 1080p screen
3. huge removable battery
4. snapdragon 800
5. 3 gb ram
im sold lol
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i think a better quote would be samsung shut up and take my money but i'll have to settle with the Exynos because of my crappy country

Hardcore73 said:
The Note 3 should get around 5-7 hours on screen time easily.
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i hope that goes for the exynos version 2 because the 5210 was a fail so hoping the newer one will be better

my reason is because it can do everything the s4 can and even more on a larger screen,with a pen you can carry inside the phone!

My reasons to get N3-
1. Large Screen.
2. SoC - Preferring Snapdragon but i am afriad i will wind up getting the one Exynos.
3. RAM - Dude 3GB? The desktop i am using right now is having 2 GB RAM
4. Good Developer Support
5. I was fascinated by the leather touch given by sammy.
6. 13MP Camera is enough for me as i own Canon SX50 HS too.
7. Gonna pair the N3 with Gear.
Well this are my reasons, but to each his own..:angel:
N3 is gonna rule . \m/

LeviathanAP said:
My reasons to get N3-
1. Large Screen.
2. SoC - Preferring Snapdragon but i am afriad i will wind up getting the one Exynos.
3. RAM - Dude 3GB? The desktop i am using right now is having 2 GB RAM
4. Good Developer Support
5. I was fascinated by the leather touch given by sammy.
6. 13MP Camera is enough for me as i own Canon SX50 HS too.
7. Gonna pair the N3 with Gear.
Well this are my reasons, but to each his own..:angel:
N3 is gonna rule . \m/
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I agree Note 3 is gonna rule! Only concern i have is knox locking down the bootloader very very tight
Blackwolf10 said:
i think a better quote would be samsung shut up and take my money but i'll have to settle with the Exynos because of my crappy country
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i dont think that would turn me off from buying it either. no other phone can touch this thing with screen size and features not even G2
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Blackwolf10 said:
i think a better quote would be samsung shut up and take my money but i'll have to settle with the Exynos because of my crappy country
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your crappy country might be getting a beast
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/09/11...hrough-software-upgrade/#.UjB-rwL7Ayw.twitter

oneandroidnut said:
I agree Note 3 is gonna rule! Only concern i have is knox locking down the bootloader very very tight
i dont think that would turn me off from buying it either. no other phone can touch this thing with screen size and features not even G2
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your crappy country might be getting a beast
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/09/11...hrough-software-upgrade/#.UjB-rwL7Ayw.twitter
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owh owh now that is nice wondering how antutu will score

Ill probably take the octa version.
The reasons because I want the note3:
1fantastic display
2)3gb ram
3)working big.LITTLE
4)multiwindow
5)Wacom pen and digitizer
6)battery life
7) Wolfson DAC on the 5420
8)good camera
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Blackwolf10 said:
owh owh now that is nice wondering how antutu will score
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dont know but cant be bad! and it isnt all about benchmarks for me! but they are nice for comparing devices!

I only have one reason.......
1. Because its awesome
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I have been interested in the Note since the first one but was more a fan of HTC devices and was unsure with how large it was. When I switched to Sprint (bad idea) I went with the EVO 4G LTE which I like but its starting to show its age and now that pretty much all HTC devices are going the iPhone route and not allowing you to swap out the battery or add memory I started looking more at the Note 2 and Verizon. I like the large screen and like the overall feel of the phone. Doing a little research and holding out I am now very excited to go away from Sprint and their complete lie of LTE services in my area and to Verizon and a Note 3. HTC makes some nice phones but I am ready to try something else. Hope I will be able to root it the day I get it though.

I'm getting it because I want it and need it Upgrading my phone every yr is a must.