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Post-HTC One S

So what do you guys think about the next few weeks. The Samsung Galaxy S3, quad core phones coming to US, maybe new release for TMobile US. I am trying really hard to hold out on upgrading from my G2.
But I know I want to because the technology is so much better. What do you guys think will go on Post-HTC One S?

The thing that I wonder about most about the Galaxy S3 is, it will have the new quad-core Exynos chip. But this chip is based on ARM A9 on a 32nm process - our Snapdragon S4 Krait is based on ARM A15 @ 28nm. I'm going to wait for benchmarks, but I don't think that chip is going to blow away our One S at all.
Plus, if it is anything like every previous Samsung, it will be a cheap, crappy plastic build quality. Everyone who holds my One S is amazed at the slimness, weight and elegance of this phone. I'm glad that I didn't wait for Samsung.

Agreed i love my new htc one s
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kuroneko007 said:
The thing that I wonder about most about the Galaxy S3 is, it will have the new quad-core Exynos chip. But this chip is based on ARM A9 on a 32nm process - our Snapdragon S4 Krait is based on ARM A15 @ 28nm. I'm going to wait for benchmarks, but I don't think that chip is going to blow away our One S at all.
Plus, if it is anything like every previous Samsung, it will be a cheap, crappy plastic build quality. Everyone who holds my One S is amazed at the slimness, weight and elegance of this phone. I'm glad that I didn't wait for Samsung.
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Agree. Last two phones have been Tmo-sgs and sgs2...plastic builds..decent phones...horrible support. Dev community was great on sgs but people not devs were unbearable on sgs2. After getting the One S its heaps better than both in build and UI. Very satisfies with phone.
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kuroneko007 said:
The thing that I wonder about most about the Galaxy S3 is, it will have the new quad-core Exynos chip. But this chip is based on ARM A9 on a 32nm process - our Snapdragon S4 Krait is based on ARM A15 @ 28nm. I'm going to wait for benchmarks, but I don't think that chip is going to blow away our One S at all.
Plus, if it is anything like every previous Samsung, it will be a cheap, crappy plastic build quality. Everyone who holds my One S is amazed at the slimness, weight and elegance of this phone. I'm glad that I didn't wait for Samsung.
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The Exynos quad core destroys everything. Haven't you seen the benchmarks? Smokes the Krait and the Tegra 3.
It probably won't come to the US though, because it will probably lack LTE capabilities.

Yeah I don't believe it will be getting the quad core processor, I have read about that.
I guess I am stuck. I am due for upgrade. I have mobile freedom for once in my life... but I am very cautious to upgrade to the HTC One S with the SGS3 around the corner and talks of the Galaxy Note coming to TMobile also.
I think I would really enjoy the Note. Tablet + phone = awesome.
I will wait it out and see, but I don't think anything will be destroying the HTC One S processing power anytime soon unless you buy a universal phone for some reason. Even then, who needs 4 cores?!

yesshh said:
Yeah I don't believe it will be getting the quad core processor, I have read about that.
I guess I am stuck. I am due for upgrade. I have mobile freedom for once in my life... but I am very cautious to upgrade to the HTC One S with the SGS3 around the corner and talks of the Galaxy Note coming to TMobile also.
I think I would really enjoy the Note. Tablet + phone = awesome.
I will wait it out and see, but I don't think anything will be destroying the HTC One S processing power anytime soon unless you buy a universal phone for some reason. Even then, who needs 4 cores?!
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i had the atet and international notes. atet note sucked, tmobile note will probably be identical. international was much better with the exynos and all the development. I liked the intl note alot but decided to trade it for the One S. its up to you but I would not get the tmobile note unless it has the exynos, which it probably will not.

yesshh said:
Yeah I don't believe it will be getting the quad core processor, I have read about that.
I guess I am stuck. I am due for upgrade. I have mobile freedom for once in my life... but I am very cautious to upgrade to the HTC One S with the SGS3 around the corner and talks of the Galaxy Note coming to TMobile also.
I think I would really enjoy the Note. Tablet + phone = awesome.
I will wait it out and see, but I don't think anything will be destroying the HTC One S processing power anytime soon unless you buy a universal phone for some reason. Even then, who needs 4 cores?!
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I also agree if the note doesn't have exynos it isn't worth it..
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armyms25 said:
i had the atet and international notes. atet note sucked, tmobile note will probably be identical. international was much better with the exynos and all the development. I liked the intl note alot but decided to trade it for the One S. its up to you but I would not get the tmobile note unless it has the exynos, which it probably will not.
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I would more suggest choose phone or tablet... Phone + tablet = horrably big phone or to small tablet!

I don't think quad cores are anything to sing praises about in smartphones just yet, not until there's more to actually take advantage of them. Look at the One S vs One X, for example. Regardless of the resolution difference (which obviously has an impact), the One S certainly packs a punch against it with it's dual core.

yesshh said:
So what do you guys think about the next few weeks. The Samsung Galaxy S3, quad core phones coming to US, maybe new release for TMobile US. I am trying really hard to hold out on upgrading from my G2.
But I know I want to because the technology is so much better. What do you guys think will go on Post-HTC One S?
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The GS3 won't be announced till next week. After that, there will probably be an international launch, then an exclusitivity here in the states by AT&T, anywhere from 30-90 days. What this means is that even if T-Mobile picks up the phone, it won't be till Q4.

joshnichols189 said:
I also agree if the note doesn't have exynos it isn't worth it..
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Yep trust us the S3 is not great at all the S4 in the one S is a huge step up!

What phone should i buy ???

hi guys
i want to buy a galaxy S2
so should i buy one form At&T or T-Mo or Sprint or globel verson ????

Why buy a S2 when S3 was just released? Or you could buy the HTC One X.

wait for the S3 to come. and the htc one-phones are probably a bit better than the s2. but max. a bit

WAIT for the global galaxy sIII to be released and then buy that

samsung s2

Buy a Galaxy Note
I would Buy a Galaxy note as i had a brand new nexus with official ics and sold it and bourght a note and couldnt go back to a smaller screen then ive rooted and flashed stunner ics i woudnt swap it for any phone now i have a quadrant score of 44130 blows my nexus out the water.massive thanks to all at xda as i knew nothing about phone development untill i stumbled apon this forum and now im flashing custom ics roms

If you must get a GS2, go for the "Skyrocket" model, it's CPU is clocked to 1.5 versus all other models being clocked at 1.2

thanks for the advise but you guys change the topic
i think that S3 is not very impress compare to S2 with the price 600 euro

guys on here telling you get s3.... is nothing so special about s3 apart from faster cpu ....and the design of s2 is much better than s3

Go with tmobile and save yourself some money...

Which phone should I buy now?
I've had the HTC Wildfire since last year but I'm getting pretty bored of it now because of the slow processor, graphics and small screen.
Basically, I need a big screen, good camera(capable of HD recording), nice multimedia features and a decent processor in my next phone.
I'm thinking of getting the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V. Is it a good phone or should I go for something else?

Galaxy S3.

Easy, Global, more development and support. But Galaxy Nexus would make better sense with updates
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I'd also go for global for the dev/support.

If you have already invested tons into micro sdcard, go for sgs3, note or sgs2.
If not and you want style at the expense of no storage/battery upgrade options .. go for one x.

Samsung Galaxy SII even if for samsung upgrade reason maybe I'll chose HTC One X

Just buy the samsung galaxy siii.. man.. that phone is awesome .. just like a portable computer..
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Griffiths_Anna said:
Just buy the samsung galaxy siii.. man.. that phone is awesome .. just like a portable computer..
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Galaxy S3 is a pretty big phone so it might be not that comfortable for everyday use...

asdasd
Buy the Galaxy S3

google crespo

[Q] Difference between older S3 and newer S4?

What is difference between these 2 types? I see S3 got lower score in quadrant. What are other differences,which are more important? Thx

S3 is based on Qualcomms Scorpion architecture, which has been used in S1, S2 and S3 while S4 is based on Qualcomms new Krait architecture, which is vastly faster clock to clock.

Im little bit dissapointed. I really wanted One S,unless I got S3:-/ Now I dont know if should I sell it and buy One S with S4 or let it be and stay with S3

I'd just return it to the store if they didn't make it clear it's S3 when they sold it

And do you think its reason that they will replace it ?It was bought 4.6.2012,so maybe it was some of the "wrong" models

My box said s4. Check yours.
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[Q] HTC One S: S3 vs S4

HTC finally launched One S in Asia, but with S3 instead of S4 which is overclocked to 1.7GHz. How do you think overclocking the processor will help and to what extend. I suppose it will be faster than normal 1.5GHz S3 processor. But how much does overclocked S3 fall behind S4? How will it affect the applications? I'm plannin to buy HTC One S, only ones available here comes with S3...excited, yet not sooo happy bout S3 processor. Any inputs and thoughts are welcome.!

There are a few threads on this. It does not perform nearly as well as the S4, and the S4 has already been OC'd to 1.8GHz-2.0GHz. The only thing the S3 has going for it is slightly improved battery life.

WCCobra said:
There are a few threads on this. It does not perform nearly as well as the S4, and the S4 has already been OC'd to 1.8GHz-2.0GHz. The only thing the S3 has going for it is slightly improved battery life.
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Nope, the S3 gets less battery... Where did you hear that?

And my question here is:
How much of a difference there is, when spoken in real-life usage and terms.
The benchmark is quite different, but in reality?
Would i lose a lot when getting a S3?
My dilemma is, that my carrier has only S3 handsets and through them i can get an S3 basicly free, cause my employer would pay most of the monthly pay.
But i could get a S4 variant which i would have to pay myself, around 20€/month.
Since i am quite the enthusiast and have high standards, is the S4 worth paying for like that?

hunabku said:
And my question here is:
How much of a difference there is, when spoken in real-life usage and terms.
The benchmark is quite different, but in reality?
Would i lose a lot when getting a S3?
My dilemma is, that my carrier has only S3 handsets and through them i can get an S3 basicly free, cause my employer would pay most of the monthly pay.
But i could get a S4 variant which i would have to pay myself, around 20€/month.
Since i am quite the enthusiast and have high standards, is the S4 worth paying for like that?
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I definitely notice the difference between the s3 in my amaze and the s4 in my One S.
My Amaze at 1.5ghz got toasty, I would hate to see it at 1.7ghz. Let alone the extra juice or would suck up.
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xxquicksh0txx said:
I definitely notice the difference between the s3 in my amaze and the s4 in my One S.
My Amaze at 1.5ghz got toasty, I would hate to see it at 1.7ghz. Let alone the extra juice or would suck up.
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Due to the fact that im not american it's quite hard to understand everything with your slang

hunabku said:
Due to the fact that im not american it's quite hard to understand everything with your slang
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It roughly translate to "I definitely notice the difference between the S3 in my amaze and the S4 in my One S. My Amaze running at 1.5ghz becomes very hot. I would hate to see how hot it becomes running at 1.7ghz in the One S. I would also hate it see how much extra battery life it would consume. "

hunabku said:
Due to the fact that im not american it's quite hard to understand everything with your slang
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I'm not an American but I don't have any problem to read it. It's all around the mythic word - I hate S3.
I definitely notice the difference between the s3 in my amaze and the s4 in my One S(I started to hate S3). My Amaze at 1.5ghz got toasty(I do hate S3), I would hate to see it at 1.7ghz(I very hate S3). Let alone the extra juice or would suck up(I'm against S3 now).

What is the point of this thread? It is obvious that an S4 is better than the S3. I mean why the hell would they upgrade to a lesser chip? Why would HTC and Samsung put the S4 in their flagship devices? Only reason the S3 is in the One S in some countries is costs and supply.
Stop trying to convince yourself there is no difference. Sorry about your luck in availability where you live.
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LikeaG2root said:
What is the point of this thread? It is obvious that an S4 is better than the S3. I mean why the hell would they upgrade to a lesser chip? Why would HTC and Samsung put the S4 in their flagship devices? Only reason the S3 is in the One S in some countries is costs and supply.
Stop trying to convince yourself there is no difference. Sorry about your luck in availability where you live.
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It is due to shortage of the chips that are produced. The need for Flaghip phones is greater then the capability of producing S4 chipsets. So HTC has decided that asians and eastern-europeans are inferior people who do not deserve the better one.
I consulted with my carrier product manager and he said(few days after consulting with HTC) that to estonia there will never be (offically) available the S4 chipped models.

hunabku said:
It is due to shortage of the chips that are produced. The need for Flaghip phones is greater then the capability of producing S4 chipsets. So HTC has decided that asians and eastern-europeans are inferior people who do not deserve the better one.
I consulted with my carrier product manager and he said(few days after consulting with HTC) that to estonia there will never be (offically) available the S4 chipped models.
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Are you saying HTC is a racistt company?
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Mr.Mischief said:
Are you saying HTC is a racistt company?
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No he just worded it like that a massive company can not be racist they will be shut down very quickly due to lots of negative feedback
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hunabku said:
So HTC has decided that asians and eastern-europeans are inferior people
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I really like your description because HTC(Taiwan Company) admited themself are inferior people.
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Are you saying HTC is a racistt company?
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I confirm you in all HK/TW forums we indeed treat HTC as a racist company. We have support by facts in this case. HTC isn't going to tell us it's a S3 until people found it out and they don't lower the price, they sell you a S3 with S4 price. The price here at HK is even higher than Xperia S by US$13, strange enough. The worse case is HTC TW official replied the S3 is as great as S4....lol
There are some HTC fans who still buy the One S(S3) in Taiwan while in HK/China, I see no one going to get it, I've never seen one who equipped with One S in the street. I could tell you most shops here refuse to sell it too.

Its not just Asia, Australia also got stuck with the S3.

syl0n said:
Its not just Asia, Australia also got stuck with the S3.
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I feel sorry for them aswell

Hi All, is anyone kind enough to tell how to tell the phone is S3 chip or S4 chip?

chongns said:
Hi All, is anyone kind enough to tell how to tell the phone is S3 chip or S4 chip?
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On the box, it says the GHz of the phone. 1.5GHz is S4, 1.7GHz is S3 I believe, might want to double check that though.

Here in Serbia carrier that sells HTC One S received only phones with S3 processor, but you can find S4 in stores, it's just without any carrier plan (free sale), and it's too expensive that way in my opinion.
chongns said:
Hi All, is anyone kind enough to tell how to tell the phone is S3 chip or S4 chip?
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Find info where it states Model at back of phone's box. If you see Z560e then it's S3 inside, but if you see Z520e - it's S4 processor.
Cheers.

I was in the same dilemma living in Asia and being from one of the countries where the S4 is being sold. What I did was get a friend from Australia to buy me on the Aussie website "topbuy" for 499 dollars (and they sell the S3 version for over 600 US dollars in the country where I live. Unbelievable). Good deal and still got the better version with 1 year Aussie warranty.
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germandude68 said:
I was in the same dilemma living in Asia and being from one of the countries where the S4 is being sold. What I did was get a friend from Australia to buy me on the Aussie website "topbuy" for 499 dollars (and they sell the S3 version for over 600 US dollars in the country where I live. Unbelievable). Good deal and still got the better version with 1 year Aussie warranty.
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I bought Z520e at US$450 without warranty in Hong Kong.

Is Nexus S still a Good buy?

I'm planning on buying a new phone this April after my exams.
My budget is real tight, and it goes upto INR18000-19000 tops ($350 approx by today's rate). I have found A nexus s for real cheap, in new condition on a site. Should I go for it, or should I wait for the s3 mini? Nexus S is a great phone, and as long as it gets the KLP (5.0) update from CM, I have no problem with it.
Please advise me. Thanks a bunch in advance!!
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I say no!! Find a nexus atleast! Just search around a bit in ebay . U will get it for like 20k
life!

Lifehacker7 said:
I say no!! Find a nexus atleast! Just search around a bit in ebay . U will get it for like 20k
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GNex? Nah, new ones are around 28k. I looked for GNex first.
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Tyr Fifteen said:
I'm planning on buying a new phone this April after my exams.
My budget is real tight, and it goes upto INR18000-19000 tops ($350 approx by today's rate). I have found A nexus s for real cheap, in new condition on a site. Should I go for it, or should I wait for the s3 mini? Nexus S is a great phone, and as long as it gets the KLP (5.0) update from CM, I have no problem with it.
Please advise me. Thanks a bunch in advance!!
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Get a Galaxy S2 i9100. It's around $300 and a much better buy. If you can afford it, get a Note N7000. 16GB storage, plus MicroSD card slot, SAMOLED Plus display (Non-Pentile), Dual-Core Exynos 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM (very important, as the Nexus S only has 512MB), 8MP camera that is known to be amazing.
It's a better phone. I would pick the S2 i9100 over the Nexus S, or even get the AT&T Galaxy S2 i777. It's the same exact phone as the i9100, except it also has NFC and a slightly different button layout (all capacitive keys instead of a physical home button).
THE AT&T VERSION IS ONLY $200-300. Some are even going for $200! Definitely get it. It's an amazing device that can run i9100 (same hardware) with a few tweaks. It has tons and tons of development.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=i777&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1

Product F(RED) said:
Get a Galaxy S2 i9100. It's around $300 and a much better buy. If you can afford it, get a Note N7000. 16GB storage, plus MicroSD card slot, SAMOLED Plus display (Non-Pentile), Dual-Core Exynos 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM (very important, as the Nexus S only has 512MB), 8MP camera that is known to be amazing.
It's a better phone. I would pick the S2 i9100 over the Nexus S, or even get the AT&T Galaxy S2 i777. It's the same exact phone as the i9100, except it also has NFC and a slightly different button layout (all capacitive keys instead of a physical home button).
THE AT&T VERSION IS ONLY $200-300. Some are even going for $200! Definitely get it. It's an amazing device that can run i9100 (same hardware) with a few tweaks. It has tons and tons of development.
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Thanks for the input. Sadly, we don't have AT&T in India
I'll check S2 on eBay India.
Edit: 25k, out of budget. Note is too costly here, again no.
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Tyr Fifteen said:
Thanks for the input. Sadly, we don't have AT&T in India
I'll check S2 on eBay India.
Edit: 25k, out of budget. Note is too costly here, again no.
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It doesn't matter. Just get an unlock code for it for cheap. It's a GSM phone just like any other.

Nexus S is so outdated - please don't buy it. Google has stopped support for it and also similar hardware you can get better phones for ~10K rs. If you don't want much developer / ROM support, there are many options:
AT&T Pantech Burst - get through eBay Global Easy Buy - my current phone, just awesome and available < 10K from GEB. (I got mine used for $75 through a friend coming from USA)
Huawei Snapdragon S2 models - IDEOS X5 / Honor / IDEOS X5 Pro - most are very good and are great value for money in ~10K
HTC One V - another Snapdragon S2 model with ICS - great phone, but a bit expensive at ~15-16K
Xperia models based on NovaThor dualcore in sub-15K are also good.

I have my Nexus S for about a year and a half. With some custom rom, in my opinion it's still comparable with most of the other stuff out there.
Anyway I would rather take the GNex and in a year, there will still be some developer whos building some great rom for your phone.