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SGS3 just released in 28 countries.

Just saw the breaking news on android spin. Although it's not yet released in the United States, it's good to see that Samsung is sticking to their promise of releasing the SGS3 world wide this summer. I'm thinking that the T- Mobile release date in June may actually be true.
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Ya after they **** up everything.
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dave2metz said:
I'm thinking that the T- Mobile release date in June may actually be true.
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June 20, per Tmonews

subzerold said:
Ya after they **** up everything.
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Lol, that's right, after they T-Mobilelize it
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subzerold said:
Ya after they **** up everything.
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Trolololol. I don't mind the bloat as long as I can get rid of it.

aranurea said:
Trolololol. I don't mind the bloat as long as I can get rid of it.
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let's not for get it may have the screen issues because of the processor... it won't have exynos .
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iloveandroid16 said:
let's not for get it may have the screen issues because of the processor... it won't have exynos .
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You mean, the fine ladies and gentlemen at T-Mobile will release a version of the long awaited sgs3 that's TOTALLY different from what Samsung released to the wild?
What if the [email protected]#%!
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lawalty said:
You mean, the fine ladies and gentlemen at T-Mobile will release a version of the long awaited sgs3 that's TOTALLY different from what Samsung released to the wild?
What if the [email protected]#%!
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Every big USA carrier will have it then because no one is getting the exynos pocessor. All lte versions.
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Killbynature said:
Every big USA carrier will have it then because no one is getting the exynos pocessor. All lte versions.
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Personally I'm not getting the g3 because I think it's a rip off but if I were to get one. I would get the international one...
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iloveandroid16 said:
Personally I'm not getting the g3 because I think it a rip off but if I were to get one. I would get the international one...
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Btw... what really did Samsung upgrade????? The camera.......same 8 megapixel as we have... the screen.... um it uses pentile which is horrible for clarity..... the processor... US carriers will get the quadcom s4 which is still duel core... if anyone buys a g3 I think their an idiot... I'm waiting for the iPhone 5 because Sammy has disappointed me.
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S4 krait snapdragon is a15 which has 40% more per core performance than standard a9 in exynos. The gpu in the exynos is better. But the CPU is weaker. Performance will actually be the same now unlike last year Samsung galaxy s2 fiasco. All phones will have vsync on so you will be locked at 60 fps regardless of what processor you have. Development should be unpar with the exynos since the USA will have s4 and international exynos. A15 dual core has the performance slightly Better than quadcore a9. Regardless of benchmarks.
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aranurea said:
trolololol. I don't mind the bloat as long as i can get rid of it.
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so true!! +1 to that.....

Killbynature said:
S4 krait snapdragon is a15 which has 40% more per core performance than standard a9 in exynos. The gpu in the exynos is better. But the CPU is weaker. Performance will actually be the same now unlike last year Samsung galaxy s2 fiasco. All phones will have vsync on so you will be locked at 60 fps regardless of what processor you have. Development should be unpar with the exynos since the USA will have s4 and international exynos. A15 dual core has the performance slightly Better than quadcore a9. Regardless of benchmarks.
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Unless Samsung uses the Exynos 5 dual core. That thing is a beast. I prefer that rather than a quad core Exynos 4.
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let's not for get it may have the screen issues because of the processor... it won't have exynos .
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Who said they won't use an Exynos 4 dual core or an Exynos 5 dual core. The late problems were only with the Tegra based processors. Exynos 5 is based off the Tegra but it is vastly different and barely even resembles it.
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aranurea said:
Who said they won't use an Exynos 4 dual core or an Exynos 5 dual core. The late problems were only with the Tegra based processors. Exynos 5 is based off the Tegra but it is vastly different and barely even resembles it.
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No way it can be based of tegra because nvidia is closed source almost everything. Tmobile will have a s4 krait and 2 gigs rams Samsung Canada has confirmed it so has tmonews. The 2 gigs ram and a15 processor. Make the phone a beast.
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Then I call bullsh*t. Why would I buy a barely upgraded phonr.?
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iloveandroid16 said:
Btw... what really did Samsung upgrade????? The camera.......same 8 megapixel as we have... the screen.... um it uses pentile which is horrible for clarity..... the processor... US carriers will get the quadcom s4 which is still duel core... if anyone buys a g3 I think their an idiot... I'm waiting for the iPhone 5 because Sammy has disappointed me.
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that's stupid. tmobile is changing their towers to include the 1900mhz spectrum, just buy the int'l version of the s3, problem solved. Cpu makes a big difference in how clear the screen is/photo quality. I had an Epic 4G Touch with Sprint (has the dual core Exynos) before coming to T-Mobile and it was a lot better than this phone in just about every way, the screen's colors were more vivid, there was less noise in photos, image quality was incredible, battery lasted longer, even images taken with the front facing camera were nicer, response times were faster. Cpu makes a big difference. Have fun with the iPhone, not that anyone cares about how Samsung disappointed you.
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aranurea said:
Who said they won't use an Exynos 4 dual core or an Exynos 5 dual core. The late problems were only with the Tegra based processors. Exynos 5 is based off the Tegra but it is vastly different and barely even resembles it.
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because exynos cpus lack the LTE support that the qualcomm chipsets have.

Does T-Mobile plan to have LTE?
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aranurea said:
Does T-Mobile plan to have LTE?
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Eventually they will.

encrypti0n said:
that's stupid. tmobile is changing their towers to include the 1900mhz spectrum, just buy the int'l version of the s3, problem solved. Cpu makes a big difference in how clear the screen is/photo quality. I had an Epic 4G Touch with Sprint (has the dual core Exynos) before coming to T-Mobile and it was a lot better than this phone in just about every way, the screen's colors were more vivid, there was less noise in photos, image quality was incredible, battery lasted longer, even images taken with the front facing camera were nicer, response times were faster. Cpu makes a big difference. Have fun with the iPhone, not that anyone cares about how Samsung disappointed you.
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because exynos cpus lack the LTE support that the qualcomm chipsets have.
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The difference was no one seems to get this Samsung actually optimized the software around exynos. The Samsung Galaxy S2 with qualcomm processor was ported software. Not as well optimized as the exynos. Samsung was in a rush to get the phone released in the states. Samsung knowing LTE is the big thing in the USA. Will optimize both phones equally now. Especially if the phones are being released so closely towards each other. Even the developers in the Samsung Galaxy s3 forum are saying that the 2 gig krait cpu is the better phone. A9 dual core to a9 quad core is not much of an improvement. Krait actually is and it keeps up with the best with less cores. Until true a15 cores come out.
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Why different us versions

Why are there crappier us modified phones..... can't they just be all the same
Like the s3 us sucks compared to the s3 international
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grassyloki said:
Why are there crappier us modified phones..... can't they just be all the same
Like the s3 us sucks compared to the s3 international
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That's not true.
S4 is only slightly slower than Tegra 3 and it has double the RAM and LTE. Wtf how does it suck compared to international
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Quad core prosessor. More powerful GPU
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grassyloki said:
Quad core prosessor. More powerful GPU
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Quad-core A9 vs Dual-core A9/A15. Not an automatic loss, bud. Do some research.

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Quad-core A9 vs Dual-core A9/A15. Not an automatic loss, bud. Do some research.
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Also like I said before, double the RAM.
And average joes don't care about CPU and GPU. Biggest factor is data and in that US versions wins with LTE
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The Korean S3 is just a beast though, it has the quad A9 cores, better GPU wolfston DAC, the 2GB's of ram and LTE (not that it will work in North America). If you can live with 3G though... the Korean S3 is absolutely incredible. Just expect the most horrendous battery life.

Skrandy Swag said:
The Korean S3 is just a beast though, it has the quad A9 cores, better GPU wolfston DAC, the 2GB's of ram and LTE (not that it will work in North America). If you can live with 3G though... the Korean S3 is absolutely incredible. Just expect the most horrendous battery life.
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Quad core is not so great as it seems.
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They are different because the quad core chip used in the international version does not support LTE or HSPA +42.

Horn for GN10.1?

Hey all. Like many others, I was excited about todays release of Horn by Phosphor on the Play Market.
After some research, I found out it was only for Tegra 2 and 3s...? But on the Play Store website, it says it is compatible with the Galaxy Note 10.1.
Has anyone purchased it? Does it work?

I've got the horn for a sgn 10.1, just waiting for retail stock at John Lewis...(2 year warranty)..to indulge
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_Burst_ said:
Hey all. Like many others, I was excited about todays release of Horn by Phosphor on the Play Market.
After some research, I found out it was only for Tegra 2 and 3s...? But on the Play Store website, it says it is compatible with the Galaxy Note 10.1.
Has anyone purchased it? Does it work?
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The gn10.1 has a tegra 2 so.. It makes sense no?
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virtual-aidz said:
The gn10.1 has a tegra 2 so.. It makes sense no?
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first of all the Note 10.1 has a quad core processor and tegra 2 was a dual core processor. second the Note 10.1 running a 1.4GHz Quad-Core Exynos 4412 Processor.

truthkillszz said:
first of all the Note 10.1 has a quad core processor and tegra 2 was a dual core processor. second the Note 10.1 running a 1.4GHz Quad-Core Exynos 4412 Processor.
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Yeah. And our GPU is the Mali-400. Not a tegra.
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I've got the horn for a sgn 10.1, just waiting for retail stock at John Lewis...(2 year warranty)..to indulge
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Whaaaat? Lol.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Phosphor.Horn.Paid

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first of all the Note 10.1 has a quad core processor and tegra 2 was a dual core processor. second the Note 10.1 running a 1.4GHz Quad-Core Exynos 4412 Processor.
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Well the tegra is a gpu not a cpu. And now whaaaaaat?! Was sure I read the gpu in it was a tegra 2 and the Asus infinity was tegra 3
Dammit.. Oh well
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Just try it. It shouldn't take 15 minutes to work out whether it works or not. If it doesn't, get the refund.
If for some reason you don't want to try it, I'll give it a go and let you know.
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cjwilber said:
Just try it. It shouldn't take 15 minutes to work out whether it works or not. If it doesn't, get the refund.
If for some reason you don't want to try it, I'll give it a go and let you know.
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Ok. It can't be found in the store on the Tablet, so I went to the store on the web. That shows that the game is not compatible with the N8000
Hopefully they will sort that out soon.
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Considering I managed to get Dark Meadow to work on the Galaxy Note 10.1,, I am somewhat convinced this may be able to work as well. Really not into coughing up $7 to try though... >.>
oh, why not -.-
I'm gonna be a test dummy! Downloading it right now.

no it doesn't work. I bought it for my N7 and installed it on the note 10.1 also. It will not work on the note.

Yep, just tried it with Chainfire 3D in various settings. it simply exits out. Fortunately was able to get a refund. Oh well. Too bad. Looks interesting. Too bad I don't know the first thing about hacking up the apk file to make it work in the same way Dark Meadow does. But yeah, Dark Meadow from the market crashes just the same way this does, but the fixed apk works. Meh.

Thanks y'all. Weak it doesn't work. Stupid nvidia.

just go to playstore on web,older THD games are all compatible

Hii guys i have a tablet with mali 400 and support on market... Should i buy it??

So the GS4 wont have an Exynos 5?

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/144778-atom-vs-cortex-a15-vs-krait-vs-tegra-3-which-mobile-cpu-is-the-most-power-efficient
Just been reading this, are we expecting too much from the GS4 to have this chip in it?

slannmage said:
http://www.extremetech.com/computin...-which-mobile-cpu-is-the-most-power-efficient
Just been reading this, are we expecting too much from the GS4 to have this chip in it?
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Samsung does a great job keeping secrets. Tomorrow we will know for sure
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I'm looking forward to the news about the S4 tomorrow. It's only my 2nd chance at an android phone. The S3 is sweet so far, I see it everyday as my gf has the phone.
I think samsung is going to surprise everyone tomorrow or I will just go with the the Note 2 lol
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If it's a snapdragon and an adreno 320 then it's already failed because there are loads of phones like that.
They surely wouldn't advertise the octa chip if it wasn't going in the GS4. However the A7 mixed with the A15 seems like a little bit of a cheat, I bet it uses the A7 95% of the time or the A15 cores are heavily throttled because it looks like they drain battery like mad, especially in a smart phone.

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If it's a snapdragon and an adreno 320 then it's already failed because there are loads of phones like that.
They surely wouldn't advertise the octa chip if it wasn't going in the GS4. However the A7 mixed with the A15 seems like a little bit of a cheat, I bet it uses the A7 95% of the time or the A15 cores are heavily throttled because it looks like they drain battery like mad, especially in a smart phone.
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Hey its a huge step up from my current phone the HTC ThunderBolt. I just don't want to pay more than 200 for it though
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ShapesBlue said:
Hey its a huge step up from my current phone the HTC ThunderBolt. I just don't want to pay more than 200 for it though
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Well With the carriers thinking about removing the subsadised phones that may be cheap coming real soon.

zelendel said:
Well With the carriers thinking about removing the subsadised phones that may be cheap coming real soon.
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I'm hoping so. My upgrade is due late June/July.
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The international version of the S4 will have the 1.6GHz octa-core exynos processor and the US version will have a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor
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The international version of the S4 will have the 1.6GHz octa-core exynos processor and the US version will have a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor
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No surprise that they will have different processors.
Normally the USA tends to get the lesser or not the best available
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No surprise that they will have different processors.
Normally the USA tends to get the lesser or not the best available
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Yeah :l
1.9GHz quad isn't bad, but when comparing it to the octa-core, it feels like we're being left out. And i believe the exynos octa-core is supposed to be substantially more battery efficient(?)
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Yeah :l
1.9GHz quad isn't bad, but when comparing it to the octa-core, it feels like we're being left out. And i believe the exynos octa-core is supposed to be substantially more battery efficient(?)
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Haven't done my research on that. Sounds about right
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I'm not gonna bother upgrading, both HTC and Samsung aren't exciting, was just disappointed between them.
Exynos = 3G only
Snapdragon s4 pro = LTE
Only LTE isn't coming out till the end of the year in this region.......... wtf were they thinking?
The HTC One is another no micro sd, no removable battery, ****ty camera, sense mess of a boring phone. People say how good it looks........ looks like any other boring HTC phone to me, just like the GS4 looks like another boring Samsung GS3 variant.

Exynos octacore Sansung vs htc one snapdragon 600

I know that samsung galaxy S4 has octacore processor ...and it is octacore processor...and snapdragon 600 is also in the market..
I just want to know which device should I prefer octacore or snapdragon 600..
Further I have heard a lot of things about the cheap build quality of Samsung and heating effect of exynos processors and it is closed source so not devloper friendly
So please explain in detail which one should I go for samsung octacore processor devices or should I go for snapdragon 600
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Snapdragon 600 are better than exynos octa core processors cause exynos processor gets very hot, my friend has Galaxy S2 which gets hot very quickly after some time of use but there is no problem with snapdragon 600 processors and they also are power efficient and the difference between the performance of the both processors is negligible.

And what about exynos being closed source
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It's open source now!
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And what about exynos being closed source
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exynos is open source now

Exynos getting hot, I've played with 3 different flavors of the Note2 and they never got running at the stock clock speed.
Since there are no released phones with the Eynos Octa processor it's hard to say. From what I heard it uses 4 cores specificly for low load states and then jumps to the other 4 cores for high load states. It never really uses all 8 cores at once. So I don't think the Octa core is going to be a huge performer over the Snapdragon 600. In the US, we will probably not see the Octa processor for sometime, Samsung is going with Qualcom for the US.
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Exynos getting hot, I've played with 3 different flavors of the Note2 and they never got running at the stock clock speed.
Since there are no released phones with the Eynos Octa processor in the wild, it's hard to say. From what I heard it uses 4 cores specificly for low load states and then jumps to the other 4 cores for high load states. It never really uses all 8 cores at once. So I don't think the Octa core is going to be a huge performer over the Snapdragon 600. In the US, we will probably not see the Octa processor for sometime, Samsung is going with Qualcom for the US.

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Snapdragon 600 are better than exynos octa core processors cause exynos processor gets very hot, my friend has Galaxy S2 which gets hot very quickly after some time of use but there is no problem with snapdragon 600 processors and they also are power efficient and the difference between the performance of the both processors is negligible.
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S2 use s4pro
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No s2 doesnt use s4 pro...who told u
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But when s4 was not released... There were rumors over tge net that samsung will be releasing s4 in s600 processor beacuse of heating effects of exynos processor..
But finally the came with both...
If it was only a15 quadcore then it will be huge battery sucker and heat producer...
During gaming or heavy usage.. Since it ll be using a15 cores...so it will be going to produce huge amount of heat...
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ashish2193 said:
But when s4 was not released... There were rumors over tge net that samsung will be releasing s4 in s600 processor beacuse of heating effects of exynos processor..
But finally the came with both...
If it was only a15 quadcore then it will be huge battery sucker and heat producer...
During gaming or heavy usage.. Since it ll be using a15 cores...so it will be going to produce huge amount of heat...
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Is there a possibility that they maybe redisigning the A15 in the near future for more efficiency? Thats maybe one of the reasons that they didn't put it in the S4 on release date, or am i wrong on this?

Lets see...time will tell us which one is better
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