Dear members,
I am new to android world.(never used an android handset so far) I am thinking of buying Samsung Galaxy S duos. My budget is 17-19k. Looking for an ICS device with WVGA resolution and best possible connectivity. Samsung Galaxy S advance is the other handset in my mind. But S duos looks fresh. I use mobile for facebook, little email and music. I dont play games on mobile phones (neither on PC ) S duos is available at 16.5k & SGS advance at 19.5 k in my city (Mangalore). Which one should I buy?
Let me add one more thing, I dont need dual sim function. But S duos is a new model & an affordable ICS offering from Samsung. So going for S duos. Ur thoughts pls.
You should just get the Galaxy Pocket, Cheaper and much better.
OptimusLove said:
You should just get the Galaxy Pocket, Cheaper and much better.
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Is it so bad? What about SGS Advance?
No, the Galaxy Pocket is Samsungs good phone right now.
Don't buy!!!!! Bro.......
Venkat Esh said:
Is it so bad? What about SGS Advance?
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yes dont buy this piece of ****.... you can get galaxy nexus 7 with that price. its 16k at my place and nexus 7 is 15k .......... it can't play hd videos.... and has a single core processor......
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Hello!
If this information is confirmed, Samsung Galaxy Core won't get the newest Android.
A list of devices from Robert Nawrowski's blog:
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
Samsung Galaxy Note II
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8
Samsung Galaxy Grand
Samsung Galaxy Express 2
It is a list from American division of Samsung:
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Galaxy Note II
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
Samsung Galaxy S III
Samsung Galaxy S III mini
Samsung Galaxy Mega
Samsung Galaxy Light
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)
Samsung claimed Android 4.4 will be available at the cheaper devices...
Source: PCLab.pl, Sammobile, GSMArena, Robert Nawrowski
I'm sorry for mistakes, but my English isn't sensational.
I will never buy Samsung again.
The_Rencis said:
I will never buy Samsung again.
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I've made the same mistake... I could buy Sony... It's very irritating. Samsung shouldn't make a reduntant hope.
Czesław said:
I've made the same mistake... I could buy Sony... It's very irritating. Samsung shouldn't make a reduntant hope.
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Yeah or Moto maybe..
CoreGuy said:
Yeah or Moto maybe..
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It is a good idea. I wanted to buy Moto G, but it was too expensive. Next time I'll have to choose a smartphone more carefully. Do you know something about the modified ROMs?
Czesław said:
It is a good idea. I wanted to buy Moto G, but it was too expensive. Next time I'll have to choose a smartphone more carefully. Do you know something about the modified ROMs?
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One time i was too cheap to buy good phone, i bought Huawei u8180, this time i had more money, i bought this phone, and in store i tought, oh, this one is better than that, its good phone, but actualy its piece of crap. Moto G plus is, that Motorola give updates so fast, and they are very stable. For comparising, samsung does not give updates at all. What a piece of sh** company. -_-
We must wait for CyanogenMod, but unless unofficial or othed mods. Damn it!
Czesław said:
We must wait for CyanogenMod, but unless unofficial or othed mods. Damn it!
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I dont know, Omkar$ Core is stolen, there is no big developers that have this phone.
I am very disappointed.
Next time Nexus only.
friendfriend said:
I am very disappointed.
Next time Nexus only.
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Me too bro, i dont understand, how this big company DOES NOT support cheaper devices.
I think Samsung want to increase a sale. They want just to have profits and force us to change telephones.
@The_Rencis
I know something about Omkar$'s ROM, but it isn't probably stable.
@friendfriend
I heard something Google doesn't want to make new Nexus.
Czesław said:
I think Samsung want to increase a sale. They want just to have profits and force us to change telephones.
@The_Rencis
I know something about Omkar$'s ROM, but it isn't probably stable.
@friendfriend
I heard something Google doesn't want to make new Nexus.
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Look at MKBHD youtube channel, search video - Google Sells Motorola: Explained!
I think he talked about it.
This is insane. Normal users always have the problems. The producers want just earn.
I never buy samsung again
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I guess u guys have mistaken!! I've e-maild samsung about this. Check this out:
Your question
Greetings!!
I am a galaxy core duos [Gt-I8262] user and i would like to know if this phone is going to get the kitkat 4.4 update. If yes, then approximately when? I''m asking this because I just received 1 update (improved stability) from the time i purchased this phone. I''m expecting an answer.. Thank you for your patience.
Ansley Cardoso
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Counselor answer
Dear Mr. Cardoso,
We value the importance of information asked and we are here to assist you.
This mail is in reference you want to know when Samsung is launching Kit Kat update for Samsung mobile model GT-I8262. We regret our inability to provide you exact status regarding this.
We would like to inform you that feedback to release a firmware update for GT-I8262 has already been sent to our department concerned. They are in the process of developing the same; however, as of now there is no official release date available with us.
However, we have already forwarded this query to concern team. Any update in this regard will be posted on our website www.samsung.com/in or will be conveyed to you through various means of communication.
We seek your patience and further solicit your co-operation for the same.
Regards,
Navdeep Kaur
Technical Support Team
Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
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And btw, galaxy core may be expensive for us bt it's very cheap from samsung view..
@AnsleyC
I wrote to Samsung about it.
Witam. Czy Samsung Galaxy Core otrzyma nowsze wersje systemu Android?
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Panie Michale,
Nie posiadam informacji o przyszłych aktualizacjach. Ze swojej strony sugeruję systematycznie sprawdzać stan aktualizacji w menu telefonu:
Aplikacje --> Ustawienia --> Aktualizacja oprogramowania --> uaktualnij, bądź poprzez połączenie telefonu do programu Kies poprzez kabel USB.
Link do niego zamieszczam poniżej:
http://www.samsung.com/pl/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP
Korzystając z okazji, zachęcam do odwiedzenia naszej strony internetowej: www.samsung.pl.
Znajdują się tam nowości w ofercie produktowej Samsung.
Z chęcią udzielę odpowiedzi na ewentualne następne pytania.
W przypadku dalszej korespondencji prosimy o skorzystanie z formularza kontaktowego na stronie: www.samsung.pl, zakładka ‘kontakt z nami’, ponieważ bezpośrednia odpowiedź zwrotna na ten email nie dotrze do naszych konsultantów.
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Translation: We have to check updates using OTA or Kies. Generalities.
AnsleyC said:
And btw, galaxy core may be expensive for us bt it's very cheap from samsung view..
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All is cheap for Samsung.
No matter which manufacturer we'll choose as long as we'll buy cheap devices we'll not find any fw upgrades - that's the truth. Sony supports devices only for a year, when you're buying LG you're aware that it will definately not get any upgrade. Only Nexus has guarantee of ugprades because it is Google.
I heard that Google is forcing now manufacturers to upgrade ALL devices no matter if it's low/med/hi-end but when will it force it? nobody knows....
For now(I think) we should try to build working kernel with additional governors etc. so we have base to start modding. KitKat requires 3.x kernel, we have one so there is still hope that at some point of time someone will build working CM/AOKP/AOSP/Paranoid KitKat ROM.
CM is coming soon maybe a week or month
Looks like we can't count on Samsung, nothing suprising about that :/ I'm starting to miss my old Sony Neo V, huge dev base, I could replace rom every week/month with a new one, good times. My lesson for the future - at first search xda forum, then buy device... Core is just DEAD.
Hey there,
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (octacore running Android 5.0.1) and one of my friends has a Samsung Galaxy S3 (quadcore running Android 4.1.2), also rooted. Yesterday we met and thought of putting them to a test. So we used Haxplorer to search a random number (the same number on both devices) in a random game, and what we had noticed was that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 was way too much slower in finding a result than the Samsung Galaxy S3, infact it was about 5x slower!
Now my question is, does anybody know why this happens? I know that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is way above the Samsung Galaxy S3 in specs, but still every time we try we get the same result. I also tried restarting and force stopping all other apps and still without even doing any of those to the S3 it just beat my Note4 by the mile!
Please someone explain to me how this is possible! If any more information is needed please ask me to provide you with anything.
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nicolas0808 said:
Hey there,
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (octacore running Android 5.0.1) and one of my friends has a Samsung Galaxy S3 (quadcore running Android 4.1.2), also rooted. Yesterday we met and thought of putting them to a test. So we used Haxplorer to search a random number (the same number on both devices) in a random game, and what we had noticed was that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 was way too much slower in finding a result than the Samsung Galaxy S3, infact it was about 5x slower!
Now my question is, does anybody know why this happens? I know that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is way above the Samsung Galaxy S3 in specs, but still every time we try we get the same result. I also tried restarting and force stopping all other apps and still without even doing any of those to the S3 it just beat my Note4 by the mile!
Please someone explain to me how this is possible! If any more information is needed please ask me to provide you with anything.
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Kumpare... Maybe its the game optimized for quad core cpus and not for octa cores.. Try a different game
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Dude its the aa game... there's no need for even two cores to run that game...
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hi guys, I hope to be in the right and I checked among the topics but I did not have an answer.
However, my girlfriend gave me for xmas a s2 classic but I have an iPhone , so i want buy a samsung galaxy to use it .
Now the question : you know if there are any differences linking the gear s2 with a galaxy with only 1.5 gb of ram than more ?
For exemple , there are less function using an s4 mini instead of a galaxy s5 ? Because i know that there are some difference using un samsung galaxy or an other android phone , but anyone speak about it ?
Thank you for your answer guys and sorry for my english .but , most important , merry xmas !!
Anto92italy said:
hi guys, I hope to be in the right and I checked among the topics but I did not have an answer.
However, my girlfriend gave me for xmas a s2 classic but I have an iPhone , so i want buy a samsung galaxy to use it .
Now the question : you know if there are any differences linking the gear s2 with a galaxy with only 1.5 gb of ram than more ?
For exemple , there are less function using an s4 mini instead of a galaxy s5 ? Because i know that there are some difference using un samsung galaxy or an other android phone , but anyone speak about it
Thank you for your answer guys and sorry for my english .but , most important , merry xmas !!
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from my experience using a Galaxy Note 2 Galaxy Note 5 or galaxy s6 a galaxy s6 edge, a galaxy s5, a galaxy s4, and even a galaxy s3 connected to both my galaxy gear s and my gear s2 the only one I've had issues with is samsung galaxy note 5 & I think it's kind of hilarious seen as how it has 4 gigs of ram and an octocore processor, that being said the few differences I have noticed in the functionality of the gear when using different Galaxy devices is minimally changed. The apps that will not work are generally not phenomenal apps. And they are usually not updated anyway. In theory if you got an s4 versus any other galaxy device with one and a half gigs of RAM will probably have the same basic usability. I hope this help. I guess to shorten it down if you're trying to save some money. The Galaxy s4 will probably do you just fine. If you want to be 100% sure you have absolutely no issues at all you want the best bang for your buck get an S5. It's almost the perfect device for the gear.
GOIGIG said:
from my experience using a Galaxy Note 2 Galaxy Note 5 or galaxy s6 a galaxy s6 edge, a galaxy s5, a galaxy s4, and even a galaxy s3 connected to both my galaxy gear s and my gear s2 the only one I've had issues with is samsung galaxy note 5 & I think it's kind of hilarious seen as how it has 4 gigs of ram and an octocore processor, that being said the few differences I have noticed in the functionality of the gear when using different Galaxy devices is minimally changed. The apps that will not work are generally not phenomenal apps. And they are usually not updated anyway. In theory if you got an s4 versus any other galaxy device with one and a half gigs of RAM will probably have the same basic usability. I hope this help. I guess to shorten it down if you're trying to save some money. The Galaxy s4 will probably do you just fine. If you want to be 100% sure you have absolutely no issues at all you want the best bang for your buck get an S5. It's almost the perfect device for the gear.
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thank you for your answer, this is exactly what I wanted to know. I think eventually I'll get a s4 because I will use it as a second phone only for the gear and little else and buy a s5 only for this seems like a waste ...my phone will remain the main iphone 6 with which I am comfortable in the hope that soon will also be released the app for ios... then there is to say that here in Italy, for what it costs to buy a samsung, to have 4 GB of RAM I was watching the new OnePlus 2 (the same price of the galaxy s4 ......) but in that case lose apps made just for samsung .. shame ..