I'm really curious to find out the difference between exynos/mail and the adreno/1.5ghz. If anyone had chance to compare them CRITICALLY (since they would both fly imo lol) could you share your opinions? Thnks!
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I have both and to me TGS2 is faster and feels better.
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I'm really curious to find out the difference between exynos/mail and the adreno/1.5ghz. If anyone had chance to compare them CRITICALLY (since they would both fly imo lol) could you share your opinions? Thnks!
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I have both this and a Sprint Galaxy S2 with the same Exynos/Mali is the international, and they seem fairly comparable.
I haven't noticed a big speed difference anywhere in day-to-day use in the few days that I've had both.
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I have both this and a Sprint Galaxy S2 with the same Exynos/Mali is the international, and they seem fairly comparable.
I haven't noticed a big speed difference anywhere in day-to-day use in the few days that I've had both.
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Which would you give the upper hand to?
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They are both fast enough
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They are both fast enough
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Haha so true lol
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Which would you give the upper hand to?
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In the couple of days I've had both, I haven't been able to notice any consistent difference in anything except benchmarks. They really seem pretty similar.
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In the couple of days I've had both, I haven't been able to notice any consistent difference in anything except benchmarks. They really seem pretty similar.
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Thank you couple more questions! Does the hercules have korean as a language option? And which of the 2 sgs2 do you reckon has a better sound output through headphones? I'm trying to find out whether it has wolfson or yamaha dac lol
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Thank you couple more questions! Does the hercules have korean as a language option? And which of the 2 sgs2 do you reckon has a better sound output through headphones? I'm trying to find out whether it has wolfson or yamaha dac lol
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I'm pretty sure all Galaxy S2 use the inferior Yamaha DAC. You'll have to go another manufacturer or last-gen to get Wolfson as far as I know.
I can't check for you on stock on language, but my Hercules running Juggernaut has Korean as a language option.
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I'm pretty sure all Galaxy S2 use the inferior Yamaha DAC. You'll have to go another manufacturer or last-gen to get Wolfson as far as I know.
I can't check for you on stock on language, but my Hercules running Juggernaut has Korean as a language option.
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Nah man wolfsons site specifically says that one of the variants will have their chip and I'm convinced its the hercules! Thanks for the info again
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Nah man wolfsons site specifically says that one of the variants will have their chip and I'm convinced its the hercules! Thanks for the info again
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Really, that sounds interesting. You got a link?
If one of them would have it, it should really be ours, which is a real oddball in the family.
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Really, that sounds interesting. You got a link?
If one of them would have it, it should really be ours, which is a real oddball in the family.
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On the phone atm but if you search around the DAC thread on general sgs2 sectipn its linked
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Well it's not our phone that has the superior audio chip, we've got the Yamaha chip as anadtech.com had a review that tested the specs of this vs the Wolfson.
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Well it's not our phone that has the superior audio chip, we've got the Yamaha chip as anadtech.com had a review that tested the specs of this vs the Wolfson.
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Is this what you're talking about?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/13
That's for the international Galaxy S2. I don't think Anandtech reviewed the T-Mobile.
www.wolfsonmicro.com/media_centre/item/first_quarter_results_to_3_april_2011/
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Which one should I go with? I know that there are similar threads but now since S2 has ICS, is it still worth going with the nexus? Please help
Nexus of course. Fast update and nexus have 4.1.1 and its soooo smooth :good:
Go with the nexus: better screen, UPDATES, great processor, amazing dev community, no TouchWiz, and no contract.
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Nexus of course. Fast update and nexus have 4.1.1 and its soooo smooth :good:
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Yeah, but is it worth the sacrifice of the better hardware on the S2?
Get the s2, faster updates, better camera, better processor
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Yeah, but is it worth the sacrifice of the better hardware on the S2?
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Nexus is faster and smoother, but its your choice
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Get the s2, faster updates, better camera, better processor
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lolwut?
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Yeah, but is it worth the sacrifice of the better hardware on the S2?
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Most definitely. I have both and the nexus blows the s2 away.
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Should have posted in the phone comparison thread. This thread has been started like 100+ Times.
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Although they do have a point that there is a thread for this... it was hard for even me to find, not knowing the exact name of the thread.
No hard feelings at all but continue this discussion in this existing thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642801
thank you. thread closed.
What do you guys think, is it worth trading my one S for a S2?
Love hearing.from you guys.
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I think it's worth it.
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Doooo it.
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What do you guys think, is it worth trading my one S for a S2?
Love hearing.from you guys.
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Yes. There's a much bigger jump from an S to S2, than from S2 to S3 in my opinion. Worth it.
NO.
Why on earth would you downgrade? The One S has better hardware, better build quality, better screen.. the only con I can think of is this phone having better dev support if I'm not mistaken. In every other aspect, the One S is much better than this phone.
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Yes. There's a much bigger jump from an S to S2, than from S2 to S3 in my opinion. Worth it.
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He has a One S, not a Galaxy S.
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NO.
Why on earth would you downgrade? The One S has better hardware, better build quality, better screen.. the only con I can think of is this phone having better dev support if I'm not mistaken. In every other aspect, the One S is much better than this phone.
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Dev support goes a long way for some.....(me) lol.
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Better screen, Hardware, Sexiness, NO External SD Card, low Dev Support=One S
I would do it, but the fact that you can't change the battery or add extra Storage keeps me at a stuck point.
Thanks a billion guys. Guess I will see you on these forums soon then.
One S Is a nice phone. But like many have said we have low dev support.
The two facts that the screen is bigger plus external sd card slot Is something that makes you for get about build quality or 'better screen'
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Well I pulled the trigger today and upgraded to the s4. Pretty much identical to the S3 with minor differences. See ya all on the flip side.
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And no sdvo
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me 2 considering for an upgrade...
But wait is paying more=good product
sorry for my bad english
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An upgrade for us would be gn2
Gs4 is awesome but its not too much different
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And no sdvo
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SVDO is the only reason why I'm skipping to the next release, hopefully they'll add it back. But also because it's not that impressive.
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An upgrade for us would be gn2
Gs4 is awesome but its not too much different
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Its actually radically different. Software eh maybe not so much but hardware yup major upgrade.
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You should have waited a little bit longer and got the note 3. I think it might look something like this since it's supposed to have a flexible display.
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Sg s6 lol
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Has any one developed an add on for S Voice. In the past I had a Iphone 4s and jailbroke it. Then added some files for Siri. When you launched Siri I would say load brain and Siri would be much funnier, and have great comebacks. Is their an android version?
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You should have waited a little bit longer and got the note 3. I think it might look something like this since it's supposed to have a flexible display.
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If the GNote 3 looks anything like that I'll be buying one the 1st day it comes out.
The only thing holding me back getting the S4 is USB mass storage. Not sure why Samsung does not allow that.
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The only thing holding me back getting the S4 is USB mass storage. Not sure why Samsung does not allow that.
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You can always just download SD card mount lite from the store its free and basically does the same thing...
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Rumors say that it's benchmarks are lower Sg s4
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Benchmarks are double that of the S3. Battery is slightly better. My only complaint about the s4 is that sSamsung bloated the software so much that only 8gb is available on a fresh device. After removing bloat I was able to get it to about 9.5gb but that's still not much.
I only got the s4 because my daughter needed a new phone and I wasn't going to pay for another s3 when I can pay a little more for the s4 and pass down the s3 to her. I will still be around the s3 forum as there is 2 of them in the family.
As for the note if I am not wanting something that huge. Might as well carry a laptop or a tablet and put on Skype or something similar
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Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Not much of a difference
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Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Better keep your money for next new nexus model. Not much different.
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keep ur money and wait for the new one.
Not much of an upgrade....save your money for the NX5/Moto X
The N4's glass back will give you heaps of worries
If I had fully working gnex perhaps I would wait until n5 or maybe go for s4 or HTC one. But since it died and I didn't had unlimited funds I went for n4...and I am really happy, I would never downgrade. It's blazing fast, screen is awesome. Even voice quality (in call) seems higher. Of course it has its flaws, but which device hasn't? Wifi and data signal are as weak as on gnexus. Yeah glass back but that's what cases are for. Maybe it's not a huge upgrade in terms if camera (still very average) but it is a noticeable difference overall . For me N4 feels like Gnex on steroids. Exactly what I was looking for and I don't need much more.
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Thank you guys
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Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Hey man. I recommend you keep your current phone and wait for the next Nexus. The N4 has a problem registering touches and can be frustrating. A lot of owners will deny it, but if you have someone else try it out they will notice.
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If you want to buy a device which really makes a difference and shows even more ambition in supporting custom roms, have a look at the oppo find 5.
It even features the custom roms:
link to the oppo forum linking back to xda http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/poll-which-3rd-party-find-5-rom-is-your-favorite.2867/
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If you want to buy a device which really makes a difference and shows even more ambition in supporting custom roms, have a look at the oppo find 5.
It even features the custom roms:
link to the oppo forum linking back to xda http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/poll-which-3rd-party-find-5-rom-is-your-favorite.2867/
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I'm from Brazil, I can't buy oppo find
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Thank you guys
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NO LTE!!!!! IM in Indy and LTE works great. would be a dead no go for me
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Guys help me please I really want to know if buy a nexus 4 is advantage or don't change much of galaxy nexus?
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Huge advantage. I have the 16gb n4 and its amazing. Sleek build quality with a quad core processor that blows away the gnex. The extra gig of ram is nice too. Side by side my n4 is 4x as fast as my gnex
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I've had the GalNex for about a year and I recently jumped to the N4. I can tell you that you WILL notice a performance jump. I'm not sure why but GN lags when it's running 4.2.
If you can stand the GN, keep it. If you can't, get the N4.
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I've had the GalNex for about a year and I recently jumped to the N4. I can tell you that you WILL notice a performance jump. I'm not sure why but GN lags when it's running 4.2.
If you can stand the GN, keep it. If you can't, get the N4.
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i'm not sure why people say the gnex lags when it's running 4.2.2
no lags here :silly:
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i'm not sure why people say the gnex lags when it's running 4.2.2
no lags here :silly:
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Yeah. I'm not sure if it's a device related or what.
My phone will take 5 minutes to start an app after running CM10 for about 3 weeks. It lags so badly I have to wipe it every month.
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Yeah. I'm not sure if it's a device related or what.
My phone will take 5 minutes to start an app after running CM10 for about 3 weeks. It lags so badly I have to wipe it every month.
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lolz hang in there :highfive: :good:
recently bought the gnex and i gotta say it is rocking on 4.2.2
only con i can think of is the battery
other than that its gr8 ! :good:
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lolz hang in there :highfive: :good:
recently bought the gnex and i gotta say it is rocking on 4.2.2
only con i can think of is the battery
other than that its gr8 ! :good:
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haha well the gnex was good while it lasted. now it's just gathering dust .
Looks like we may be headed into an early retirement:
http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/06/...rom-12-2m-in-may-plans-early-sgs3-retirement/
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Looks like we may be headed into an early retirement:
http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/06/...rom-12-2m-in-may-plans-early-sgs3-retirement/
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"They also decided on sooner than expected retirement of Samsung Galaxy S3. Which may be a smart move, since for the average person, Galaxy S3 design and performance is not so much different from S4, and the former flagship may be cannibalizing some serious SGS4 sales."
This further supports the theory that Samsung's really going all in in marketing the S4...even by creating another variant!
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/galaxy-s-4-with-lte-advanced-coming-this-month/
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This further supports the theory that Samsung's really going all in in marketing the S4...even by creating another variant!
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/galaxy-s-4-with-lte-advanced-coming-this-month/
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Including the Active.....
http://www.gsmarena.com/at_t_is_now_shipping_the_samsung_galaxy_s4_active-news-6251.php
What goes up must come down. Will be upgrading soon but I have to admit this phone runs great. To be duel core it seems more than adequate.
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I will not be upgrading. Eventually all the S4 tweaks and mods will be on the S3 maybe. This phone runs way to good to upgrade just for some faster speed. Yes the S4 had better hardware and everything but I don't see it worth the upgrade.
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I think the only reason I would, would be for a S4 Zoom or Active.. But I hear the zoom has lesser specs due to the camera hardware. Still have 1.5 years on this contract though.
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I will not be upgrading. Eventually all the S4 tweaks and mods will be on the S3 maybe. This phone runs way to good to upgrade just for some faster speed. Yes the S4 had better hardware and everything but I don't see it worth the upgrade.
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I think the only reason I would, would be for a S4 Zoom or Active.. But I hear the zoom has lesser specs due to the camera hardware. Still have 1.5 years on this contract though.
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The active looks promising. Zoom not so good for me because I don't really use my camera. But I know it's there.
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I wish they would mesh the two..
I'm no photographer but I would love to have the zoom. Love to take photos and whatnot.
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The active looks promising. Zoom not so good for me because I don't really use my camera. But I know it's there.
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cbass15 said:
I will not be upgrading. Eventually all the S4 tweaks and mods will be on the S3 maybe. This phone runs way to good to upgrade just for some faster speed. Yes the S4 had better hardware and everything but I don't see it worth the upgrade.
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I hear that! As long as Devs keep building for s3, I'm not upgrading. I also read that Samsung may have over-priced the s4, which could hurt them if more people are buying their phones outright to avoid contracts...
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So what are the chances that Sprint will get the greater s4 with the Snapdragon 800 anytime soon
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So what are the chances that Sprint will get the greater s4 with the Snapdragon 800 anytime soon
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Well, it didn't take them very long to get the better processor for the S3.... oh wait....
Good, maybe the prices will tank and I can pick up a used S4. Probably have to wait... I'm in no hurry though.
I like the Active, don't see the point in the Zoom. Might as well just buy a camera.