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Galaxy tab 2 7" VS galaxy tab 7 plus

Hello,
Have the opportunity to buy a 4 day old second hand galaxy plus for about the price of an galaxy tab 2. The specs on the 7 plus are the "plus" over the tab 2, but the plus still runs on honeycomb 3.0. My phone runs the ics and i'm very happy about ics.
Is the 7 plus a good investment, (will it get the ics one day), or would the tab 2 with the "lesser" specs would be the better buy in the dev support department?
Wich one should you choose over the other and why?
Thanks for the input,
Adam

Forgot to mention, it is the P6210 model (wifi + IR, no 3G).
Is it the same as the P6200 model for rooting the device? Is it possible to use a P6200 rom on the P6210? Am i correct that the p6200 has more dev support than the P6210?
This to keep the change on ics as open as possible.

crabe919 said:
Hello,
Have the opportunity to buy a 4 day old second hand galaxy plus for about the price of an galaxy tab 2. The specs on the 7 plus are the "plus" over the tab 2, but the plus still runs on honeycomb 3.0. My phone runs the ics and i'm very happy about ics.
Is the 7 plus a good investment, (will it get the ics one day), or would the tab 2 with the "lesser" specs would be the better buy in the dev support department?
Wich one should you choose over the other and why?
Thanks for the input,
Adam
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Wish I have gotten Tab 2! I don't see there much hype about Tab Plus here in XDA
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maruf010 said:
Wish I have gotten Tab 2! I don't see there much hype about Tab Plus here in XDA
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The only hype I've seen from the Tab 2 is the cheap price. 8GB with roughly 4GB free is a joke. Not to mention VGA front camera, less HP and unusable SD storage because of ICS. Great Deal!

mcfanman said:
The only hype I've seen from the Tab 2 is the cheap price. 8GB with roughly 4GB free is a joke. Not to mention VGA front camera, less HP and unusable SD storage because of ICS. Great Deal!
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Thank you. The biggest thing about this forum is that there are PLENTY of users that are happy, XDA is just where the whiners come out in force.
The Plus is far and away a better device, and the ICS bruhaha is simply temporary.

robyr said:
Thank you. The biggest thing about this forum is that there are PLENTY of users that are happy, XDA is just where the whiners come out in force.
The Plus is far and away a better device, and the ICS bruhaha is simply temporary.
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+1

+1 for the Tab 7 plus which I bought.
Far better specs than the Tab2 IMHO . the Exynos processor is great. Agree with the comments on the remaning space left onthe Tab2. 2M front camera on the plus is actually pretty good in comparison.
Just watch out for wifi. On tab plus a few folks have had issues with wifi (me included, but only @ work, so less of an issue for me) no idea whether that's fixed on the ICS build for the Tab 2, but poss something to think about.
I'd still go for the Tab 7 Plus personally.

still undecided, but thanks for the input!
maybe ill jump to an 10" instead

crabe919 said:
still undecided, but thanks for the input!
maybe ill jump to an 10" instead
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Check out the GT 8.9 if you get a chance, also very solid!
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The GTab 2 has an OMAP 4430 which is also used in Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. I have the Kindle Fire which is a decent performer, but in terms of graphics performance, the GTab Plus with Exynos chip and Mali400 GPU really blows the SGX 540 @ 300 MHz of the OMAP 4430 away.
Yes they both play 1080p videos smoothly - downloaded H.264 or DIVX videos, or Adobe Flash in the browser (NOT through youtube app). However, GTab+ has superior browser experience - webpages load much quicker (eg. website pictures and text are ready for viewing much earlier when it is waiting for Adobe flash ads to load). Drag to view different parts of the webpage and pinch-zooming is buttery smooth in the GTab+ and stuttery in the Kindle Fire. Maybe it cannot all be blamed on the processor - maybe Honeycomb on the GTab+ helps because KF has Gingerbread. I am not into games but I expect the GTab+ should also perform better than the OMAP4430.
IMO, it is worth spending $50 more for the GTab+ than the GTab2 (yes I waited for the price drop to buy my GTab+)

can I have some advice?

Guys ive been reading on net bout android phone ive been wanting to buy sgs3 but when I saw some forum saying quadcore is useless on sgs3 that its better having dual core and now I saw Xperia tx verion that won benchmark test that saying has better performance that sgs3 so guys what is the phone?
For me im into gaming RPG on android phone and net surfing music etc

I'm pretty sure only the international sgs3 has a quad core... but I may be wrong on that.
As far as cpu performance goes, I prefer the tegra processors over the snapdragons. LG optimus hd has one of these in a quad core version available oversees.
This isnt about opinions though, trust the benchmark results.
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Well it really depends on what you feel. Benchmarks are pointless. only real world use matters. I would give up the quad core for the 2gb of ram the US Moslem comes with but for gaming the spores line is your best bet as those are gaming devices
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Eh same could've been said about dual core when it first popped up for us. Its more about taking advantage of the cores that's the situation. Later versions of android are surely to take full capacity of the cores as more and more phones adopt. As for the phone, the gs3 is perfect for gaming, media, browsing ect. Although its plastic, the way its shipped makes it comfortable to hold in the hand
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The best overall performance for a phone has to be the Galaxy S3. It comes with a Snapdragon S4, which is an entirely NEW architecture. That means snapdragon is half a generation ahead of the tegra 3 and exynos 4 in terms of cpu design. The only drawback of the S4 is its gpu, as it only has an adreno 225, which is a slight upgrade from it's old gpu. Otherwise the Galaxy S3 is still a powerhouse.
As for gaming, the Tegra 3 has a slight edge due to NVIDIA forming partnerships with game developers and they optimize some games to run well on the tegra 3.
http://androidandme.com/2012/05/sma...erformance-gpu-battery-life-and-web-browsing/
Overall, real-performance is the almost the same for both phones, One X and GSIII, but with a slight edge to the GSIII for its superior S4.

i think sgs3 dual core version with 2gb ram wont be released in europe i only saw in italy is quadcore with 1gb ram T_T but ithink 1g ram is still good coz my father has sgs2 ^^
so if we will base on experience sgs3 is still the best ill gonna save a bit more for that phone XD

Anything Krait is good, the S4 is a very capable chip. The quad pro version will be a beast.
Exynos is fast as well, Nvidia is better for gaming. But it also depends on how well the manufacturers optimise their software to run on the hardware.
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Xperia TX. Go for it. No TouchWiz, better camera and design. Jelly Bean almost after launch.

it is very important to know if it is quad or dual cored. If it is quad then it will run faster because there is less stress on the cpu, then if it was dual. but, honestly, i ahve been using my droid incredible for a very long time. This is a 1 GHZ single core cpu and i use it heavily. i play n64 games on it without over clocking (the max cpu is like 1134 mhz, but i set it to about 600mhz and i can play with absolutely no lag.) so, what i am saying is that it doesn't matter if it is dual or quad cored because it is fast enough already. but, i know the international version, or at least the one i saw in india when i went there for vacation is quad. i think the USA version is quad as well. and btw, i have played with it. it's a great phone. the display is beautiful. the battery life is amazing. flash a kernel on it and i think you can run for 2-3 days with light/medium use in a single charge. go get that phone!

International galaxy s3 is quad core with 1gb a ram and is 1.4ghz which can be over clocked to 1.7ghz. I have an international galaxy s3 as I am from UK.
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quad core might not be fully usable at the moment but it will get better.
the main thing is the i9300 (international version) will have far more vast support then any carrier specific models us versions.

Benchamrk results are not that important
Get the S3 because its good for gaming with bigger screen and nice comfy shape :good:

carlo242 said:
Guys ive been reading on net bout android phone ive been wanting to buy sgs3 but when I saw some forum saying quadcore is useless on sgs3 that its better having dual core and now I saw Xperia tx verion that won benchmark test that saying has better performance that sgs3 so guys what is the phone?
For me im into gaming RPG on android phone and net surfing music etc
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I am also looking at getting a new phone. I am leaning towards a quadcore because I tend to have phones for a while. (Still rocking my captivate...) I figure that even though applications are not optimized for the quadcore yet, they will be in the future, which means I can make use of the phone for longer without feeling the need that I "have" to upgrade.

What is the difference from OLD TOP gamma and new low gamma?

as example i take 2 device (but the question are general)
Nexus one: snapdragon S1 QSD8250 at 1GHz with Adreno 200
Galaxy mini 2: snapdragon S1 MSM7227A at 800 MHz with Adreno 200
im noob but i cant see big difference between these 2 devices, just one
Nexus is hold at gingerbread
Galaxy mini 2 is planned to JB (and there is already a custom rom that works very good)
THE QUESTION ARE SIMPLE:
is there a techical reason which prevents the nexus one running JB or is it just marketing?
thanks to anyone who wants to give me a technical explanation

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I think just marketing because the company want to earn money with new phone so if they say that they will be upgrade a "new phone" peaple would like to buy them. If they say about a old phone it won't be the same.

any tecnical answer ?

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Don't think there's any technical reason. Devs have come up with CM10 roms for nexus one, so probably manufacturers can provide jb on such phones if they really wish to.

for gaming!! ipad5 (a7) or Samsung tab 10.1 (snap 800)?? whos better for gaming?

i dont know wich one to buy
samsung tab 10.1 2014 with the snapdragon 800
or the ipad5 with the a7 cpu
???
android as better customiz.... apple have better store.... and more apps and games ]=
its realy hard choice for me..
as phone i have galaxy s4 right now and i love it
but as for tablet i dont know wich will be better to go for me....
my main uses gonna be movie watching video streaming internet and hardcore gaming

The upcoming ipad 5 is a better choice.
The note 10.1 is pretty awesome,but there will be limits of customizing..e.g You can't use 'Themer' on Note 10.1.
And some other apps doesn't support for tablet UI.
And apple's A7 chip is more powerful in graphic performance and video streaming.
If I were you,I'll choose ipad 5.

# Lin said:
The upcoming ipad 5 is a better choice.
The note 10.1 is pretty awesome,but there will be limits of customizing..e.g You can't use 'Themer' on Note 10.1.
And some other apps doesn't support for tablet UI.
And apple's A7 chip is more powerful in graphic performance and video streaming.
If I were you,I'll choose ipad 5.
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tnx for your opinion!!
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Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 vs LG G Pad 8.0 LTE

Hello XDA Devs,
I am considering next to buy a tablet..
I am restricted to buy either the Tab 3 8.0 (Samsung) or the LG G Pad 8.0 LTE...
I've compared the two CPU's (Snapdragon vs Exynos) and I see Exynos is better but what about with the ram and the overall performance?
What about the software each of the device offers?
If you any of you had these devices I would be more than thankful if you could address some of the issues you had or tell me anything about the device..
I hope I didn't post this on a wrong forum
Thanks everyone

My personal advice regarding the 'Galaxy tab x' series when it comes to performance is very simple: DON'T.
The Tab 3 is a low-end device
Exynos is NEVER better. Always get a Snapdragon, if you can. The CPU in the Tab 3 is a Dualcore, as opposed to LG's Quadcore.
(I'm normally very positive about Samsung, but the Tab x series is absolute rubbish. The Tab Pro and Tab S series are the High-end line ups.)
I don't have personal experience with the Pad 8.0, only the 8.3. Just felt I should warn you about the Tab 3. I do own that one, it's slow as hell.
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ShadowLea said:
My personal advice regarding the 'Galaxy tab x' series when it comes to performance is very simple: DON'T.
The Tab 3 is a low-end device
Exynos is NEVER better. Always get a Snapdragon, if you can. The CPU in the Tab 3 is a Dualcore, as opposed to LG's Quadcore.
(I'm normally very positive about Samsung, but the Tab x series is absolute rubbish. The Tab Pro and Tab S series are the High-end line ups.)
I don't have personal experience with the Pad 8.0, only the 8.3. Just felt I should warn you about the Tab 3. I do own that one, it's slow as hell.
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Thank you...
I might go with the LG then