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Galaxy S3 forum?

Mods, what do you think about creating a Galaxy S3 forum so people can have a place to discuss rumors and what not?
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I really don't think they create device forums to "discuss rumors". Might have to wait until the device actually comes out, or gets close.
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Only coz xda members are all so knowledgeable hehe, u know you're getting the best info
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As an owner of a galaxy s2, I think that sounds like a great idea. Is interested to know how soon I will have to upgrade. I have heard the GS3 could be here as early as the summer, can anyone confirm?

I think also people searching from Google will be able to find xda that way well get an even bigger community as people join and contribute, more interest in the phone will ultimately be better for development, roms etc...any way let's see
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OOOHHHHH Yes and then create S4,5, and 6 forums cause people will want to talk about those rumors as well. Why should we use the s2 general or the off topic sections for important rumors. After all this is xda-gossipers.com is it not? we need MOAR RUMERZ!!!!!!1 I hear the s8 will have a mind control and invisibility ray lolz. The one thing this site needs is more people coming in going "when release date 4 dis?" and "Why u no cre8 awsum romz for mi fonez all these r broken an suxxorz LOLZ!!!!11" And of course the all important essential "which shuld i buy? iphone 16s or evo 5ds?'

hungry81 said:
OOOHHHHH Yes and then create S4,5, and 6 forums cause people will want to talk about those rumors as well. Why should we use the s2 general or the off topic sections for important rumors. After all this is xda-gossipers.com is it not? we need MOAR RUMERZ!!!!!!1 I hear the s8 will have a mind control and invisibility ray lolz. The one thing this site needs is more people coming in going "when release date 4 dis?" and "Why u no cre8 awsum romz for mi fonez all these r broken an suxxorz LOLZ!!!!11" And of course the all important essential "which shuld i buy? iphone 16s or evo 5ds?'
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When is it rumored for the Galaxy S3 to come out? Galaxy S2 was wonderful

I agree this would be a good idea.

While were at it what about a HTC one X forum as well ,not rumours we have facts about the device
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I read somewhere that the president of samsung china or something like that announced that they were considering moving the release date up from may to april
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322433/20120401/samsung-galaxy-s-3-release-date-rumour.htm
I knew I saw it somewhere

What's the point? Be happy with your S2s, and after all, it's just a phone.
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when will it be released?

corts.mike said:
when will it be released?
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may 22nd...

Tnx.. can't wait lol
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Come on man! The rumors are for a 1,5Ghz ....... i guess i will not buy that after all. For 2GB ram it must have at least 2Ghz. Disappointed. Period!

chaki- said:
Come on man! The rumors are for a 1,5Ghz ....... i guess i will not buy that after all. For 2GB ram it must have at least 2Ghz. Disappointed. Period!
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The rumors I've seen were clocked at 1.8 GHz. That could be easily overclocked to higher I would guess. I highly doubt they'll disappoint with regard to specs. GSII was top of its class with specs.
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slapshot30 said:
The rumors I've seen were clocked at 1.8 GHz. That could be easily overclocked to higher I would guess. I highly doubt they'll disappoint with regard to specs. GSII was top of its class with specs.
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If the GS3 comes out with more then 1.8Ghz and as promised at least 2250mAh i will wait early in the morning in front of the store to buy one

chaki- said:
If the GS3 comes out with more then 1.8Ghz and as promised at least 2250mAh i will wait early in the morning in front of the store to buy one
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Same, I'm expecting a lot. I think they will deliver, Samsung has done pretty well in the past few years. The GSII was future proofed about as good as you could ask for. It was the best of the best after many many months after the initial release. I have faith.

slapshot30 said:
I really don't think they create device forums to "discuss rumors". Might have to wait until the device actually comes out, or gets close.
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This is the perfect answer.

S3 and S4 version difference ?

So I was looking up on online stores which sell One S....and nowhere the specify what version it is, S3 or S4. So how do I know online that is the phone is S3 OR S4 before thinking to order it.
If I'm not mistaken, S3 has internal memory of 1.2 GB and S4 has 16GB ?
Thanx in advance
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No they both have 16gb. And there is little difference in performance its not even noticeable.
The only thing you should keep in mind the s3 version doesn't have sense 4.1 yet but the s4 version does.
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No above post is wrong there is a big difference between the two s3 is is using the older chip (s3 chip) and has been over clocked to 1.7 GHz it is a lot slower compared to the s4 version and quadrant scores vary a lot. Do not get the s3 version Its not worth the money you can get a better phone for the price. However if you can get the s4 version get it because the phone is amazing you can tell which one is which because s4 version has msm8960 processor and is 1.5ghz ... DO NOT GET THE S3 ONE.... There are not even many devs working on it and is a terrible phone
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k1llacanon said:
No above post is wrong there is a big difference between the two s3 is is using the older chip (s3 chip) and has been over clocked to 1.7 GHz it is a lot slower compared to the s4 version and quadrant scores vary a lot. Do not get the s3 version Its not worth the money you can get a better phone for the price. However if you can get the s4 version get it because the phone is amazing you can tell which one is which because s4 version has msm8960 processor and is 1.5ghz ... DO NOT GET THE S3 ONE.... There are not even many devs working on it and is a terrible phone
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Thanx will keep that in mind...thanx for information :highfive:

Well I have an s4 and my brother has an s3 and believe me there is almost no difference... Have u ever compared the to I don't think u have lol.
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clewis said:
Well I have an s4 and my brother has an s3 and believe me there is almost no difference... Have u ever compared the to I don't think u have lol.
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Haha go do a quadrant test on both phones clearly u know nothing about phones
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I had both phones and can say S3 performance is very bad compared to S4. Phone is much slower, UI stucks and is very laggy. Don't buy it.

I have S3 version. And tested S4 version too. Despite there is no noticable differantiation about their performance, dont buy S3 version. Because there will be always update issues about S3 version as we seen here, S3 versions are still not updated to 4.0.4 while S4 versions got.
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k1llacanon said:
Haha go do a quadrant test on both phones clearly u know nothing about phones
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Actually its you mate, you shouldn't look into numbers so much, going through the ui the galaxy nexus with jelly bean runs smother than most phones but yet quadrant is only like 2000..... Numbers mean **** its down to real world performance. If you go on the one x forum you will see a lot of people saying it has lag in areas the one s doesn't yet it has better quadrant. Numbers mean nothing its down to real world and you really cant make an argument for a device you have never used.

I'm getting confused now with varying opinions
and my original question is....how do i know the phone is S3 or S4. Sense 4 and 4.1 is one of them but i cant check it before i buy it even in a store....and the processor is different. Anymore ?

clewis said:
Actually its you mate, you shouldn't look into numbers so much, going through the ui the galaxy nexus with jelly bean runs smother than most phones but yet quadrant is only like 2000..... Numbers mean **** its down to real world performance. If you go on the one x forum you will see a lot of people saying it has lag in areas the one s doesn't yet it has better quadrant. Numbers mean nothing its down to real world and you really cant make an argument for a device you have never used.
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I'm not even going to have this argument with u lol no point ur a noob even the two people above agree s3 sucks
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S3 units suck, no customizing with not enough experiance because most devs only support S4 units.
they releasing one update after other for S4 but for S3 units only two custom roms exists.

septamobile said:
S3 units suck, no customizing with not enough experiance because most devs only support S4 units.
they releasing one update after other for S4 but for S3 units only two custom roms exists.
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Thank you lol so that's everyone agreeing with me there is only one idiot clewis who talks from his ****
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"Galaxy S2 Plus" What a Joke!

"Galaxy S2 Plus" What a Joke!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57...ls-galaxy-s2-plus-with-a-shot-of-android-4.1/
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-unveils-galaxy-s2-plus-minor-spec-bump-over-original
JUST LIKE THE S2:
- The S2 Plus will offer a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
- 1GB of RAM
- 4.3-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display
- An 8-megapixel camera with an LED flash on the back
- 2-MP camera graces the front
Differences to the S2:
- Many of the plus versions will have NFC
- The Internal memory is 8GB unlike the original 16gb s2's
- Can Support a 64gb card (very likely due to running JB)
- Will come boxed with JB 4.1.2
Main upgrades:
- Plus variant will be running JB.4.1.2 out of the box
So basically Samsung are re-releasing our phone with stock installed JB and will probably retail for a very stupid price, this make me think we are actually going to get an official update well after this releases worldwide which could be a few months. hopefully our devs can port a plus ROM once it leaks. i reckon Samy just getting rid of old stock which was banned to sell in the USA after the APPLE lawsuit, but now the ban has been reversed.
In detail video comparison : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tEDhipUBYc

I'm sure the S2+ jellybean f/w has already been leaked. Does it use an exynos CPU?
If its not broken, don't fix it!

http://www.naeem.pk/samsung-galaxy-s4-leaked-image-showing-buttonless-design/

U forgot to mention that s2 plus camera has zero shutter lag like s3....
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zaki0saad said:
I'm sure the S2+ jellybean f/w has already been leaked. Does it use an exynos CPU?
If its not broken, don't fix it!
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am not too sure

Farooq95 said:
U forgot to mention that s2 plus camera has zero shutter lag like s3....
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in all honesty i bet its just software related, i cant imagine Samsung changing the hardware for the camera, considering they would have to replace the cameras of thousands of already boxed brand new phones. but maybe they changed the camera its a possibility.

Hands On with Samsung Galaxy S 2 Plus - Contains BCM28155 SoC

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Hands On with Samsung Galaxy S 2 Plus - Contains BCM28155 SoC
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if the s2 plus is not using exynos, were not getting a jb update for at least a few months for sure.

kuljit55 said:
if the s2 plus is not using exynos, were not getting a jb update for at least a few months for sure.
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Yep, we'll have to wait till s2+is released worldwide and then the updates will begin to roll out. Add another month to that for each individual region. Ironically jb has already started rolling out for the galaxy s advance... I dont understand Samsung's crazy marketing strategy. With the amount of time they've taken for the update we should be getting 4.2...
Sorry for going a little off topic.
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Bless izap and his leak..people putting there S2's in the microwave by now if we never got that. Mine has never ran better with Neat Rom Lite and Siyah Kernel. No freezes or fcs.
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Its called milking the cash cow.
The Name - Galaxy S2 is quite popular so why not make a plus version and sell few more millions ?

Anyway who gives a **** about when they will release when we have NeatRom Lite and jeboo kernel
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They aren't using Exynos.
GPU is Broadcom IV, so its not Exynos.
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Farooq95 said:
Anyway who gives a **** about when they will release when we have NeatRom Lite and jeboo kernel
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I think Siyah Kernel is much better but its your choice give siyah kernel a try as well
I am using Siyah Kernel and i am loving it

Mr.KiLLeR said:
I think Siyah Kernel is much better but its your choice give siyah kernel a try as well
I am using Siyah Kernel and i am loving it
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I have tried it but only problem is that I don't know as It happens with me only I don't know why.... while charging it becomes almost unusable.....the ui t lags touch is unresponsive etc But off the charger it its Perfectly fine......
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Farooq95 said:
I have tried it but only problem is that I don't know as It happens with me only I don't know why.... while charging it becomes almost unusable.....the ui t lags touch is unresponsive etc But off the charger it its Perfectly fine......
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Must be something wrong with your device maybe it's got something to do with settings, i don't know but i havent had that problem with siyah
to be honest i havent had a single problem so far with siyah at all

DirkTeur Velserbroncx said:
Must be something wrong with your device maybe it's got something to do with settings, i don't know but i havent had that problem with siyah
to be honest i havent had a single problem so far with siyah at all
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Dude have wiped ,reseted the device several times and still no luck except for jeboo and philz
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If you think deeper you may realize this is not a bad thing. So they are realising "new" s2. since its "new" phone, it may mean that they plan to upgrade it to
further versions of android? If so, since its almost the same phone, that could man further versions of android for us also.

loop4444 said:
If you think deeper you may realize this is not a bad thing. So they are realising "new" s2. since its "new" phone, it may mean that they plan to upgrade it to
further versions of android? If so, since its almost the same phone, that could man further versions of android for us also.
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The truth is it'll be the opposite going forward. SGS2 and SGS2+ don't share same h/w components and their launch has a long gap.
Its a hint that support for SGS2 will stop soon
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I think this is a good news because if the hardware is almost alike, its firmware will be easy to be ported into our phones
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Singapore Galaxy S4 [Discussion, News, Help]

Saw these threads for other countries so I figured Singapore could use one. Same as other threads, this is for discussion and reviews etc of the S4, network related topics can be discussed too.
LATEST NEWS
May 4 Launch: http://asia.cnet.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-set-for-may-4-launch-in-singapore-62221141.htm
Preorder starts 17 April midnight for all 3 telcos: http://techielobang.com/blog/2013/0...alaxy-s4-starts-from-17th-april-in-singapore/

1337RYoN said:
Saw these threads for other countries so I figured Singapore could use one. Same as other threads, this is for discussion and reviews etc of the S4, network related topics can be discussed too.
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Here is what I know so far.
GALAXY S4 is rumored to be released in May for Sinkies.
It will definitely be officially priced at $998, its standard for high-end phones here.
All telcos will definitely get. StinkTel, Laghub & MaiOne.
And it's definitely the I9505 without question

Re: [OFFICIAL] [DISCUSSION] Singapore Galaxy S4
What makes a thread "official"?
Anyway yeah I'm intending to get the s4 to upgrade from my s2.
The bundled data for LTE plans is horrible. I'm getting 12gb free a month now on my 3G plan.
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Jeremy said:
What makes a thread "official"?
Anyway yeah I'm intending to get the s4 to upgrade from my s2.
The bundled data for LTE plans is horrible. I'm getting 12gb free a month now on my 3G plan.
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Haha that makes sense. Changed the title. Also planning to upgrade to S4 from my Arc S
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You can see here which countries will get the octa core version and which countries will get the Snapdragon version
http://goo.gl/EePDg

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You can see here which countries will get the octa core version and which countries will get the Snapdragon version
http://goo.gl/EePDg
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TBH I don't really trust that. It's been circulating for ages and it states that some countries without LTE will be getting the snapdragon version, which doesn't really make much sense IMO
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Livebyte said:
Here is what I know so far.
GALAXY S4 is rumored to be released in May for Sinkies.
It will definitely be officially priced at $998, its standard for high-end phones here.
All telcos will definitely get. StinkTel, Laghub & MaiOne.
And it's definitely the I9505 without question
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Lol, stinktel, laghub and maione. XD
I am the son of a potato

southernknight said:
Lol, stinktel, laghub and maione. XD
I am the son of a potato
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thanks

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southernknight said:
Lol, stinktel, laghub and maione. XD
I am the son of a potato
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funny name it has
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southernknight said:
Lol, stinktel, laghub and maione. XD
I am the son of a potato
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Curious to know which telco livebyte uses...
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1337RYoN said:
Curious to know which telco livebyte uses...
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why need to know? All teleco stinks, with only 2GB data per month given out...
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hisname said:
why need to know? All teleco stinks, with only 2GB data per month given out...
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And I suppose there is only one plan available per telco?
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1337RYoN said:
And I suppose there is only one plan available per telco?
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no
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1337RYoN said:
TBH I don't really trust that. It's been circulating for ages and it states that some countries without LTE will be getting the snapdragon version, which doesn't really make much sense IMO
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Yeah that's actually true . only time will tell mate
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Apparently Singapore will only be getting the snapdragon 600 version. I was kinda disappointed as I really wanted to try the Exynos octa. Do you guys think S600 is good enough to compare with the Exynos? I'm planning to get S4 around June. I really can't decide whether I should wait for something like Nexus 5 in July or just get s4. Advice?
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1337RYoN said:
Apparently Singapore will only be getting the snapdragon 600 version. I was kinda disappointed as I really wanted to try the Exynos octa. Do you guys think S600 is good enough to compare with the Exynos? I'm planning to get S4 around June. I really can't decide whether I should wait for something like Nexus 5 in July or just get s4. Advice?
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you do know that exynos will have little support here do you? Actually in real world usage, the snapdragon version is on par with the exynos version.
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I want to see battery life reports on Exynos octa before I decide. If the battery on I9500 beats I9505 by at least 25%, I'll be getting I9500.
And yes, I do know that I9500 will have less dev support but it'll still have plenty of ROMs and mods. At least, I hope so.
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1337RYoN said:
I want to see battery life reports on Exynos octa before I decide. If the battery on I9500 beats I9505 by at least 25%, I'll be getting I9500.
And yes, I do know that I9500 will have less dev support but it'll still have plenty of ROMs and mods. At least, I hope so.
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yea, suit yourselfexynos variant doesn't have 4G only the Korean(exynos) version has 4G
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1337RYoN said:
I want to see battery life reports on Exynos octa before I decide. If the battery on I9500 beats I9505 by at least 25%, I'll be getting I9500.
And yes, I do know that I9500 will have less dev support but it'll still have plenty of ROMs and mods. At least, I hope so.
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25% diff in battery life is too big on a same model of phone. Maybe 5-10% difference favoring the Exynos I think.
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I really presumed that we are going to get I9505 since most Asian countries are getting I9500, sadly that's not the case. Here is a very interesting read by AndreiLux: Exynos Octa and why you need to stop the drama about the 8 cores. I'm seriously reconsidering not to buy S4 right now, probably at least till reliable benchmarks and battery test are being populated to determine how much they differ. But well, there is however the LTE factor that may change my mind. Below is a post quoted from GT-I9500 vs GT-I9505...Differences are huge! by SlimJ87D.
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But again, I've bought into the whole LTE thing because again LTE is now EVERYWHERE I travel to and live. So when I'm surfing the web or tethering for my work laptop, I'll see a much larger increase in internet speeds than I do with the speeds that are similar to my i9300.
I believe my i9300 got around 4.5 mbps at it's best while my GF's SGH-i747 got around 17 mbps, this is in OC, CA USA. This is a HUGE difference.
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Evidently, speed test for 3G HSPA+ vs 4G LTE.

Comparison I9500 and i9505

Hi,
For those who are interested in knowing precisely the difference between the i9500 and the i9505, GSM arena made a very complete review of the differences:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_i9500_vs_i9505-review-930p3.php
As it turns out... not very different only a few performance differences and the i9505 has a slightly better battery performance, and primarily required due to lack of production capacity of the Octa chip...
Enjoy !

That's old news buddy.
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The oldest news thread in XDA till date...lol

Fail.
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What they miss to mention, and which is probably the most important point is that i9500 Octacore is unusable. I had it replaced 3 times and it still crashes on a regular basis. The 9505 is a completely different phone in comparison.

ldjalal said:
What they miss to mention, and which is probably the most important point is that i9500 Octacore is unusable. I had it replaced 3 times and it still crashes on a regular basis. The 9505 is a completely different phone in comparison.
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I never had mine replaced and it works perfectly, and never crashes.
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Mithrandir007 said:
I never had mine replaced and it works perfectly, and never crashes.
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+1 here

+1 here as well
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According to one review i read, the 9505 quad gets 18hrs talk-time and the 9500 octo gets 11hrs take-time, that is quite a difference.
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
According to one review i read, the 9505 quad gets 18hrs talk-time and the 9500 octo gets 11hrs take-time, that is quite a difference.
John.
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Only because it uses the lower powered CPU during talk times.
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Guys I have a question regarding the last line of OP. It said the snapdragon variant was required due to production shortage of S4 Exynos. My question does that mean with the increase in Exynos version production the snapdragon variants will be produced less?
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thekoRngear said:
Guys I have a question regarding the last line of OP. It said the snapdragon variant was required due to production shortage of S4 Exynos. My question does that mean with the increase in Exynos version production the snapdragon variants will be produced less?
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Since you are in XDA, the point is not,which of the 2 versions are more famous but which has better support.And so far we know,that Samsung doesnt help developers to its processors.Also, the ge is for snapdragon edition!

We already have a dedicated thread for Comparison -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334012

Disturbed™ said:
We already have a dedicated thread for Comparison -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334012
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Please use the thread in the quote above
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