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Hong Kong20321 Posts
On May 08 2012 06:36 Elegy wrote:
Any idea on the battery life on this thing? That is the single most determining factor for me when it comes to any high end phone, as the practical and functional differences of these things for anyone not a hardcore phone enthusiast is probably quite small
hm, well the S3 has a 2100maH battery (larger than Nexus or S2) with a screen smaller than teh galaxy note, I think this will be able to have quite nice battery life. the Galaxy note has a larger screen and batter (2500mah) and it lasts freaking forever.
On May 08 2012 16:12 _Ice_ wrote:
My question to Samsung: what do we need to use on our phones that require utilizing four cores? :S
I'd rather Samsung focusing on improving battery life. My Galaxy Nexus, idling most of the time, can't even last a day.
This goes for all the other phone vendors!
you have a wakelock if your phone can't last a day simply idling. get "BetterBatteryStats" and see what rogue app is killing your battery.
as for quadcores, im not really sure, but i've handled my friend's HTC One X and that thing is amazingly fast. i thought my S2 was pretty smooth too.. wait until you get your hands on these new quadcore android monsters
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On May 08 2012 20:20 Nizaris wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2012 17:43 Zalithian wrote:On May 08 2012 14:45 affinity_12 wrote:On May 08 2012 06:36 Elegy wrote:
Any idea on the battery life on this thing? That is the single most determining factor for me when it comes to any high end phone, as the practical and functional differences of these things for anyone not a hardcore phone enthusiast is probably quite small Samsung claims that their quad core technology drains less power than current dual core smartphones. So it's a possibility. Chances of a quad core in the US for this phone are slim. what does that even mean? it will come to the US (with a quad-core of course what else could it be?) to GSM networks (ATT). Show nested quote +On May 08 2012 16:12 _Ice_ wrote:
My question to Samsung: what do we need to use on our phones that require utilizing four cores? :S
I'd rather Samsung focusing on improving battery life. My Galaxy Nexus, idling most of the time, can't even last a day.
This goes for all the other phone vendors! You answered you own question. They are improving battery life. 4 cores use less power then 2. by 20% or so. read up on how they make those processors if you want to know how it's possible.
It means the quad core Exynos processor is not 4G compatible. The US carriers will likely see the dual core version (Snapdragon S4) instead of any quad core processors. This is the same reason the HTC One X on ATT is dual core instead of quad.
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On April 23 2012 14:54 zatic wrote:
I just hope it won't really be 4.8" wide. That is too freaking huge for a phone.
When you talk about screensizes it's not the width. It's the diagonal. 4.8" seems reasonable to me. I'd love this phone. Unfortunately it will be sooooo expensive
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On May 04 2012 04:06 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On May 04 2012 04:03 biomech wrote:i dunno.. doesn't look as awesome as i expected, but there's still a quad core cpu in there  looking forward to try it out some though (with more skepticism than enthusiasm, contrary to pre-seeing official pictures) A dual-core CPU lets me watch twitch TV streams at 720p. I really don't see how a quad-core CPU could help.
I have the Galaxy S II and it does the same thing. I don't really see the need for a quad core processor in a phone yet either.
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On May 08 2012 20:54 Eggm wrote:Show nested quote +On May 04 2012 04:06 Mohdoo wrote:On May 04 2012 04:03 biomech wrote:i dunno.. doesn't look as awesome as i expected, but there's still a quad core cpu in there looking forward to try it out some though (with more skepticism than enthusiasm, contrary to pre-seeing official pictures) A dual-core CPU lets me watch twitch TV streams at 720p. I really don't see how a quad-core CPU could help. I have the Galaxy S II and it does the same thing. I don't really see the need for a quad core processor in a phone yet either.
then you don't know what the advantages off a quad core are, besides the obvious more processing power.
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On May 08 2012 23:43 Nizaris wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2012 20:54 Eggm wrote:On May 04 2012 04:06 Mohdoo wrote:On May 04 2012 04:03 biomech wrote:i dunno.. doesn't look as awesome as i expected, but there's still a quad core cpu in there looking forward to try it out some though (with more skepticism than enthusiasm, contrary to pre-seeing official pictures) A dual-core CPU lets me watch twitch TV streams at 720p. I really don't see how a quad-core CPU could help. I have the Galaxy S II and it does the same thing. I don't really see the need for a quad core processor in a phone yet either. then you don't know what the advantages off a quad core are, besides the obvious more processing power.
Like I already said, the US is very likely NOT getting quad core Samsung S3's so it doesn't matter. It also seems the dual core HTC One gets better battery life than the quad. Not sure how the Enyxos compares to the S4 though. Only have comparisons between the Tegra 3 and S4.
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On May 08 2012 23:48 Zalithian wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2012 23:43 Nizaris wrote:On May 08 2012 20:54 Eggm wrote:On May 04 2012 04:06 Mohdoo wrote:On May 04 2012 04:03 biomech wrote:i dunno.. doesn't look as awesome as i expected, but there's still a quad core cpu in there looking forward to try it out some though (with more skepticism than enthusiasm, contrary to pre-seeing official pictures) A dual-core CPU lets me watch twitch TV streams at 720p. I really don't see how a quad-core CPU could help. I have the Galaxy S II and it does the same thing. I don't really see the need for a quad core processor in a phone yet either. then you don't know what the advantages off a quad core are, besides the obvious more processing power. Like I already said, the US is very likely NOT getting quad core Samsung S3's so it doesn't matter. It also seems the dual core HTC One gets better battery life than the quad. Not sure how the Enyxos compares to the S4 though. Only have comparisons between the Tegra 3 and S4.
maybe they won't be stupid and will just release a quad core HSPA+ ?
4G is just a worthless battery drain in my eyes anyways.
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On May 09 2012 00:27 Nizaris wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2012 23:48 Zalithian wrote:On May 08 2012 23:43 Nizaris wrote:On May 08 2012 20:54 Eggm wrote:On May 04 2012 04:06 Mohdoo wrote:On May 04 2012 04:03 biomech wrote:i dunno.. doesn't look as awesome as i expected, but there's still a quad core cpu in there looking forward to try it out some though (with more skepticism than enthusiasm, contrary to pre-seeing official pictures) A dual-core CPU lets me watch twitch TV streams at 720p. I really don't see how a quad-core CPU could help. I have the Galaxy S II and it does the same thing. I don't really see the need for a quad core processor in a phone yet either. then you don't know what the advantages off a quad core are, besides the obvious more processing power. Like I already said, the US is very likely NOT getting quad core Samsung S3's so it doesn't matter. It also seems the dual core HTC One gets better battery life than the quad. Not sure how the Enyxos compares to the S4 though. Only have comparisons between the Tegra 3 and S4. maybe they won't be stupid and will just release a quad core HSPA+ ? 4G is just a worthless battery drain in my eyes anyways.
3G here is terribly slow on Verizon. I top out at 1mbps. On 4g the minimum speed is about 8mbps. Hardly a useless battery drain. Sure, I'd like a quad core here in the US, but I'll take the best dual core available with LTE over a quad core with no LTE. In real world performance there doesn't appear to be much if any difference between the Tegra 3 and S4 at least.
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On May 09 2012 00:27 Nizaris wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2012 23:48 Zalithian wrote:On May 08 2012 23:43 Nizaris wrote:On May 08 2012 20:54 Eggm wrote:On May 04 2012 04:06 Mohdoo wrote:On May 04 2012 04:03 biomech wrote:i dunno.. doesn't look as awesome as i expected, but there's still a quad core cpu in there looking forward to try it out some though (with more skepticism than enthusiasm, contrary to pre-seeing official pictures) A dual-core CPU lets me watch twitch TV streams at 720p. I really don't see how a quad-core CPU could help. I have the Galaxy S II and it does the same thing. I don't really see the need for a quad core processor in a phone yet either. then you don't know what the advantages off a quad core are, besides the obvious more processing power. Like I already said, the US is very likely NOT getting quad core Samsung S3's so it doesn't matter. It also seems the dual core HTC One gets better battery life than the quad. Not sure how the Enyxos compares to the S4 though. Only have comparisons between the Tegra 3 and S4. maybe they won't be stupid and will just release a quad core HSPA+ ? 4G is just a worthless battery drain in my eyes anyways.
If the international variant was being released in the US, it would already be up for notification / pre-order but I'm pretty sure it's not.
Good thing Canadian carriers aren't dumb and are actually getting the international variant.
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Lalalaland34507 Posts
They made a specialised version of the original Galaxy S
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So the S3 won't have 4g in the U.S? (If it does, what IS the difference in the US variant?)
Also, what carriers are offering it (in the US) if anybody knows?
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S3 will have 4G in the US, that's why Snapdragon S4 will be used instead of the Exynos 4.
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Yeah, found the answer earlier in the thread but that helps, thanks.
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On April 27 2012 08:11 MrHoon wrote:
will it have a home button?!
Please tell me it will have a home button, i don't care if it is on the side or something I just want a home button that isnt LED
At least in the US, I'm relatively sure the S3 won't have a physical home button. Apple won some lawsuit a while ago in the US that prevents other phones/devices to have a button because they claim it's a patented design or something like that. Learned this when I was on vacation in HK/Macau with a friend and he wanted to visit a local phone store and see the Nexus and S2 with a button, which doesn't exist in the US. Glad at least other countries are smart enough to ignore Apple's pettiness.
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sgs3 is a fucking awesome phone, sd card slot and you can remove the battery unlike the htc phone
too bad it is way too big, almost tablet size
guess i will stick with my SGS for a while, if android publisher keeps creating over sized phones, i might replace my SGS with a win8/iphone5 :/
its kinda sad that there is no decent (up to date hardware) 4-4,3" android phones
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What material is the case, looks like plastic .. ?
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On May 09 2012 07:48 Art_of_Kill wrote:
sgs3 is a fucking awesome phone, sd card slot and you can remove the battery unlike the htc phone
too bad it is way too big, almost tablet size
guess i will stick with my SGS for a while, if android publisher keeps creating over sized phones, i might replace my SGS with a win8/iphone5 :/
its kinda sad that there is no decent (up to date hardware) 4-4,3" android phones
The Incredible 4G is coming out on Verizon this month, but the specs are pretty disappointing. It's a 4 inch phone though. 1.2 Ghz dual core Qualcomm S4.
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it better have a better internet interface than s2, fuck i hate it, Streaming is a bitch on it
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On May 09 2012 07:58 nRoot wrote:
What material is the case, looks like plastic .. ?
It's plastic.
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