Ok so here is my dilemma.... I had an iPhone 5 for a period of two months. I hated it. But the one thing that i liked from ios itself was the way it ran its apps. Whenever i opened any app, it paused whatever else was running in order for the current app to run smoother. Even playing games on my s3 has las lag, while in ios they dont. I dont do much multitasking, so that's why i was wondering if this implement would be possible. I realize things like screen size and other things come into play, but is it something i can fathom at all?
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I've actually used that app before, but how would i implement that app to do what i need?
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I've actually used that app before, but how would i implement that app to do what i need?
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You just hibernate the apps. They won't run in the background unless you open them.
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You just hibernate the apps. They won't run in the background unless you open them.
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All of them?!?!
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All of them?!?!
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If you wish. The apps will take a bit longer to open.
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Don't do apps like keyboard or messaging etc.... Let those run if not it creates problems
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If you wish. The apps will take a bit longer to open.
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Actually, according to the description in the Play Store (and from personal usage), it does not make your apps take longer to open. I also have great battery life after only using greenify effectively
14 hours battery (till 9%) and 5 hours screen on time
The reason I went to ios. I couldn't stand the little lag issues. :/ if they fix it ill definitely go back to android.
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The reason I went to ios. I couldn't stand the little lag issues. :/ if they fix it ill definitely go back to android.
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I really don't see no lag...
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I only get lag when im on a game. I dont know why. Even less heavy graphic ones like vector. I just want it to pause everything else while im on an app...
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You could go into Settings/Developer Options/Limit background processes and change the setting to something other than standard limit.
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The GS3 can play almost all games except a few high end ones in my experience. Also, the GS3 came out about half a year before the iPhone 5 did. Not only that, the GPU, at least the LTE version with Snapdragon processor is not as powerful as the iPhone 5 GPU. For gaming, not all games will play lag free. The newer, more powerful GPU's in some of the latest high end Android smartphones will do better. I have the Snapdragon 600 with Adreno 320 and it handles games way better than my GS3.
Pros and cons. The GS3 is still a great device. I just wouldn't expect to play all high end games.
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The GS3 can play almost all games except a few high end ones in my experience. Also, the GS3 came out about half a year before the iPhone 5 did. Not only that, the GPU, at least the LTE version with Snapdragon processor is not as powerful as the iPhone 5 GPU. For gaming, not all games will play lag free. The newer, more powerful GPU's in some of the latest high end Android smartphones will do better. I have the Snapdragon 600 with Adreno 320 and it handles games way better than my GS3.
Pros and cons. The GS3 is still a great device. I just wouldn't expect to play all high end games.
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With anthrax I can't find a single game that doesn't run smooth as can be.
Have you gotten to play with an s4? How are you liking the one? And if so how's it compare to an s4?
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I am aware of many reviews mentioning slight lag with the GS4. Although, turning off a lot of the features you don't use will help some. Without rooting you are allowed to disable a lot of the BS. In this regard, I honestly have not seen or noticed any lag or stutter on my HTC One. My htc one really just runs smooth.
The brief time I messed with the GS4 I liked it. I really enjoyed my GS3 and feel I would love the GS4. Both really are great high end smartphones. I don't agree with a lot of people knocking the GS4 for looking so much like the last year's model. It's no different than when Apple goes from the 3 to 3GS or 4 to 4S etc.
I also liked and enjoy my GS3 with stock TouchWiz. I thought about getting the 32GB GS4. I would keep it stock and just disable as much garbage as I could. But, I am leaning towards saying screw all the BS and get the Google Edition. Although I would love to use the Multi Screen Feature I would rather get updates straight from Google and not wait for my carrier to push my bug fixes or updates half a year later. So it looks like the GS4 Google Edition is in my future.
Both the htc one and GS4 are great devices. Each has pros and cons. Like all devices.
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...and I might return it. I really am not terribly impressed with it. ICS is cool and all but I would much rather have a bone stock ICS ROM running on my Epic Touch. My biggest complaint about it, besides how narrow the screen is, is that games just don't run nearly as smooth on it as they do on the E4GT. I know it has a weaker GPU, but I didn't realize it wasn't powerful enough to run Riptide GP without dropping frames all the time. Pretty disappointing, TBQH. Verizon has an extended buyers remorse period because of the holidays. I am going to hang on to it till Jan 14th and give it a serious chance but so far it's not looking good.
edit: Oh yeah, I HATE how the home/back/tasks soft keys persist even when playing games. That's the main reason why I returned my Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus, and I can't tell you how disappointed I am that they are still there in ICS.
Such a shame that the Galaxy Nexus is such a let down. My friend has one so I played around with his for an hour or so. There was some choppiness during transitions here and there. Only reason I'd pick it over an Epic Touch is because it's a Nexus device. But since it's not available for Sprint it's not a phone I'd buy.
It has the gpu of the galaxy s1, that may explain why it doesn't hum like our phone. The ti processor is very good, perhaps >= exynos but the gpu kills it.
Only thing I love is the screen (except that the on screen buttons can't be toggled) and ICS, seems like the colors are more real. In every other aspect, I have to go with the S2 (minus the tmo and skyrocket variants)
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I just got my gf a nexus s for cheap and I am using her phone more than mine it run ics well right now. Our phone with a a sop ics from will be freak in amazing.
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It has the gpu of the galaxy s1, that may explain why it doesn't hum like our phone. The ti processor is very good, perhaps >= exynos but the gpu kills it.
Only thing I love is the screen (except that the on screen buttons can't be toggled) and ICS, seems like the colors are more real. In every other aspect, I have to go with the S2 (minus the tmo and skyrocket variants)
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It's the gpu of the original galaxy s, clocked almost twice as fast. But it's still not as fast as the mali in the s2.
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It's the gpu of the original galaxy s, clocked almost twice as fast. But it's still not as fast as the mali in the s2.
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Higher clock speed can only improve speed so much. Look at the Pentium 4 lol.
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I played around with my coworker's GNex and I think its nice and all, but......
I can't stand the lack of search button and the lack of a menu button. I felt like I was using a Pre or iPhone, I couldn't find out where the flippin' options were easily (I know that most have a little menu button in the top corner, but that's not apparent to me). Try to get to settings quickly? you can't without finding that app for settings. I also found it pretty laggy compared to my E4GT.
I do like the core app GUI changes, however. Very nice. The phone itself though....meh.
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I played around with my coworker's GNex and I think its nice and all, but......
I can't stand the lack of search button and the lack of a menu button. I felt like I was using a Pre or iPhone, I couldn't find out where the flippin' options were easily (I know that most have a little menu button in the top corner, but that's not apparent to me). Try to get to settings quickly? you can't without finding that app for settings. I also found it pretty laggy compared to my E4GT.
I do like the core app GUI changes, however. Very nice. The phone itself though....meh.
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Just can't understand why Samsung is putting diffrent specs in the same model line phone on different carriers. Why does the T-Mobile version of the s2 have a different processor? That's ****ing retarded.
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Just can't understand why Samsung is putting diffrent specs in the same model line phone on different carriers. Why does the T-Mobile version of the s2 have a different processor? That's ****ing retarded.
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It has to do with wireless capabilities (or lack thereof) of the chip sets...same for the GNx.
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It has to do with wireless capabilities (or lack thereof) of the chip sets...same for the GNx.
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I'm speaking of the galaxy s2 models why nit just have the same specs on all carriers. Why does on carrier get one with one dual processor and the next gets a different brand. Why not stay uniform. And honestly imho the galaxy s line should be THE Google phone
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I'm speaking of the galaxy s2 models why nit just have the same specs on all carriers. Why does on carrier get one with one dual processor and the next gets a different brand. Why not stay uniform. And honestly imho the galaxy s line should be THE Google phone
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Compatability. For example, T-Mobile's 42 Mbit/s HSPA+ network is not compatible with exynos which is why they have a different processor.
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It has the gpu of the galaxy s1, that may explain why it doesn't hum like our phone. The ti processor is very good, perhaps >= exynos but the gpu kills it.
Only thing I love is the screen (except that the on screen buttons can't be toggled) and ICS, seems like the colors are more real. In every other aspect, I have to go with the S2 (minus the tmo and skyrocket variants)
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The downside if exynos is Android does not natively support it. So every time Google releases an os, Samsung has to port it which is no small task.
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Compatability. For example, T-Mobile's 42 Mbit/s HSPA+ network is not compatible with exynos which is why they have a different processor.
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Why not not make a chip that is compatible for both
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Why not not make a chip that is compatible for both
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Probably for the same reasons car manufacturers don't make cars that run on gas and diesel
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Probably for the same reasons car manufacturers don't make cars that run on gas and diesel
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I'm only asking cause it just seems like its not cost efficient. Plus if they all run the same hardware the you can have a one patch fix all type stuff
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That is a good question. They should beable to use same Chipset in each version of the GSII.
Look at the iPhone 4/4S. It has the same exact chipset / cpu on Verizon / ATT / Sprint "I Think"
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That is a good question. They should beable to use same Chipset in each version of the GSII.
Look at the iPhone 4/4S. It has the same exact chipset / cpu on Verizon / ATT / Sprint "I Think"
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Exactly. While I am not a apple fan I love the uniform manner in their devices.
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Exactly. While I am not a apple fan I love the uniform manner in their devices.
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You guys do realize the iphone does not utilize 4G so the processor can be the same across the board. However, android phones do use 4G and not all networks are created equal (ex: HSPA+ FOR T-mo). Hence, the different specs.
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You guys do realize the iphone does not utilize 4G so the processor can be the same across the board. However, android phones do use 4G and not all networks are created equal (ex: HSPA+ FOR T-mo). Hence, the different specs.
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They can make a chip that can utilize both. Its called research and development. Cost more at first but then its less to manufacturer one chip.
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That is a good question. They should beable to use same Chipset in each version of the GSII.
Look at the iPhone 4/4S. It has the same exact chipset / cpu on Verizon / ATT / Sprint "I Think"
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The 4 is an A2 CPU and idk what gpu its running. The 4s is running an A3, is dual core, and beefier gpu. The iPad 1 and iPhone 4 use the same CPU, that's why there are jailbreaks available for them. IPad 2 and iPhone 4s share the same CPU. Its speculated its clocked higher on the pad. There also isn't a jailbreak for the A3 powered devices. There's no difference in hardware between the carriers of the same model phone. All 4 are the same and all 4S are the same.
I had a 4S for a couple of months on sprint before coming back to Android. I did some homework before and during owning the phone too.
I understand aosp is different than touchwiz. One alternative I could suggest is to get the et4g. Root, recovery and no ciq it after updating to ek02. After that, run sprint id and choose the clean pack. That is a bare bones setup, stockish launcher, and no touchwiz. Then go into the system/app directory and do something like add ".old" to the end of the apk of the bloatware and touchwiz crap. Now you have a pseudo asop looking ROM with the bloat rem'd out.
i'm thinking of getting the galaxy s3 (us version) because, i bricked my old phone so i need a new one. my old phone would run games like gta3, max payne, nova3 with lag. I was thinking that because the phone is currently the best phone you can own, it should be able to play games quite easily,BUT i have heard some people say that they got lag on some games, or gameloft games said that the device isn't compatible with the game, so i was wondering what is your personal experience, because gaming so actually pretty important to me :fingers-crossed:
P.S. The only reason i'm not getting the international version is because its out of my price range:crying:, i really don't care about LTE
I have been playing some very high end games with zero lag. The s3 is a great choice for gaming.
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I have been playing some very high end games with zero lag. The s3 is a great choice for gaming.
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thanks i just wanted to be sure before i bought the phone, and i'm sure after i root it and overclock it, it will be a beast.
Also is the white galaxy s3 hard to keep clean? Because i have heard people say that white phones get dirty easily
I have a white one and it's just like anything else. I haven't noticed it being any dirtier than say a blue one.
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I have a white one and it's just like anything else. I haven't noticed it being any dirtier than say a blue one.
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what carrier do you have? and how is the web browsing speed? One main probable i had with my current phone was that unless the brightness setting was maxed out, i couldn't use it outdoors? How is multitasking because with 2gb ram it should work flawlessly?How is battery life? i got to highschool so for the first 8 hours of the day i don't use it, and the rest of the day i play some games and listen to music, i don't mind having to charge it every night.
Shadowgun, riptide, and desert winds all play great. I have the tmobile version but they're all the same performance wise. Having two GB's of memory is awesome too. I multitasks like a boss and you never have to worry about backing out of anything.
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Shadowgun, riptide, and desert winds all play great. I have the tmobile version but they're all the same performance wise. Having two GB's of memory is awesome too. I multitasks like a boss and you never have to worry about backing out of anything.
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thanks what about gta3, mass effect, nova3
NOVA 3 is not compatible right now at least. But hopefully soon. Mass Effect used to be not compatible too but now it is. Mass Effect looks and plays good. Dead Trigger looks good too.
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NOVA 3 is not compatible right now at least. But hopefully soon. Mass Effect used to be not compatible too but now it is. Mass Effect looks and plays good. Dead Trigger looks good too.
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thanks, in august when my sprint contract runs out i'm going to switch to at&t at get the s3
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NOVA 3 is not compatible right now at least. But hopefully soon. Mass Effect used to be not compatible too but now it is. Mass Effect looks and plays good. Dead Trigger looks good too.
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+1 Dead trigger looks great and plays smooth when cranking up the quality to high.
The Sprint GS3 also does a great job at gaming
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do you think gaming wise the international version does better or the same?
i have heard people reporting that gaming is much better with the international version because of the 4cores
Looks like Nova 3 is compatible now. I checked today and its available for i747 at least. Plays well !
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What games did you play?
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The Sprint GS3 also does a great job at gaming
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Looks like Nova 3 is compatible now. I checked today and its available for i747 at least. Plays well !
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I think as time goes by more games will become compatible, most games aren't even optimized for 4cores so that's where we have the advantage, and yet some how the i93000 make the games work even better than the SGH-I747
P.S What the difference between the SGH-I747 and the SGH-I747M?
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Hardware wise, there is absolutely no difference between i747 and i747m. Its exactly the same as At&t model. The software is really the only difference and offered by the Canadian carriers.
The i9300 gpu is probably what makes the games run like butter. The Mali outperforms the adreno from what I've read. I'm not sure if quad core would do much other than decrease loading times. If I still had my i9300 I would have compared nova 3 on both. But chose to sell it to get the LTE version. Now I find out that I can't play multiplayer over LTE on nova 3 any workaround ? It looks for wifi only for multiplayer
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Mostly shadowgun at the moment although I'm going to get dead trigger soon
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Hardware wise, there is absolutely no difference between i747 and i747m. Its exactly the same as At&t model. The software is really the only difference and offered by the Canadian carriers.
The i9300 gpu is probably what makes the games run like butter. The Mali outperforms the adreno from what I've read. I'm not sure if quad core would do much other than decrease loading times. If I still had my i9300 I would have compared nova 3 on both. But chose to sell it to get the LTE version. Now I find out that I can't play multiplayer over LTE on nova 3 any workaround ? It looks for wifi only for multiplayer
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Thanks your answer was really helpful!!! and I think that the you can't use LTE for multiplayer on ANY games , I think you can only play multiplayer using wifi, I think it has something to do with the fact it would be overload in the cell towers, plus since different company's use different wave lengths, u would only be able to connect to pleople who are the same network.
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Alot of people are hating...for me this is sick!!! what u guys think???
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s4-other-2013-samsung-smartphones-pack-3gb-ram-120434/
In hope its true I can't wait for the S4 either way
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In hope its true I can't wait for the S4 either way
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pretty sure its true+ exynos 5450 2Ghz Quad Core+ the new 13MP camera samsung is working on it...
lol sick already killing the next iCrap 6 hahahahaahhahaahhaahah
I think 4 gb of ram should be the minimum.
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I thought they already announced that a gs4 won't come out next year, I mean people that bought the S3 would be disappointed, especially if their locked into a contract. Not to say that I wouldn't mind paying full price. Plus 2gigs of ram is not bad, most phones are still playing catch up with the S3, just look at the iphone hahaha
There must be some feature that eats a ton of ram for them to put 3gigs
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There must be some feature that eats a ton of ram for them to put 3gigs
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we all know they gonna drop alot of heavy features...but those make companies jealous and hard to catch up...thats what makes Galaxy line unique
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I thought they already announced that a gs4 won't come out next year, I mean people that bought the S3 would be disappointed, especially if their locked into a contract. Not to say that I wouldn't mind paying full price. Plus 2gigs of ram is not bad, most phones are still playing catch up with the S3, just look at the iphone hahaha
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There are trusted source rumors of a slightly revamped s3 starting to float around with only a few changes...like quadcore, additional ram and more mp camera...
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pretty sure its true+ exynos 5450 2Ghz Quad Core+ the new 13MP camera samsung is working on it...
lol sick already killing the next iCrap 6 hahahahaahhahaahhaahah
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Hah, prepare to be disappointed.
I'm gonna guess it'll just be a minor upgrade...
1.8Ghz Tegra 4/Exynos CPU
Standard 8MP camera
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4.8" or 5" 720p SAMOLED++ screen, can't say whether they'll use PenTile or not.
One thing it should have is at least 2GB ddr3 maybe even a 128GB storage model, I'm sure the iphone6 will use these parts and Sammy may as well to, since they wIll be the first to produce them in a mobile chip
It needs a usb port on the top and bottom too.
That would be awesome.
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Of course people in the HTC camp are gonna hate. Samsung pulls out all the stops. Bring on the 3GB!
They need to do away with ex_sdcard... what's more external than dropbox? add 32 gb of internal and your good.
Well they probably will make it into quad core since the note 2 will come with the exynos chip. They finally support lte. I would still wait for the next galaxy though.
Blasphemy! A new phone coming out that's faster than my phone?! Omg
6in screen with 4gb would be nice.
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They need to do away with ex_sdcard... what's more external than dropbox? add 32 gb of internal and your good.
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Ah the eternal debate. I like expandable storage that doesn't rely on a good connection to access my stuff. Hey freeza, how are you liking the s3 so far?
Hope its true I'll be having an update about that time
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Ah the eternal debate. I like expandable storage that doesn't rely on a good connection to access my stuff. Hey freeza, how are you liking the s3 so far?
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I like external storage too. They just need to find a better way to utilize it when having large internal storage as well.
Oh, and this is easily the best phone I've owned. I say that about almost every phone I get, but I was just kidding myself if I ever said it with the EVO 3D and EVO 4G. I haven't had one issue with this phone since I bought it. I would have had to already return any HTC phone for some reason or another and I did with the EVO 3D, 4G, and LTE. 3D had screen separation issues, 4G developed a random spot, and the LTE had a weird lighting problem towards the bottom that looked like a string of LEDs were at the bottom of my screen.
I have the evo lte and was thinking about switching to the sg3, I'm not really a fan of the hardware button though. I can't decide that's why I wanted your opinion, I've used your stuff since the original evo.
I have to say I am very imppressed by this phones processor out of every phone I had exynos is the best.I had the lg optimus g and couldnt deal with the random force closes and laginess. Best processor ever leave your comments on thid beast ass processor
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Hmm. I have the Optimus g too but I feel that it is a lot more faster than the note 2 I also have. Funny how everyone's experience is different
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Hmm. I have the Optimus g too but I feel that it is a lot more faster than the note 2 I also have. Funny how everyone's experience is different
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Your spell checker seems to be better as well
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Your spell checker seems to be better as well
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more better
Haha thanks. I really just like the Optimus g.
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This phone has been silky smooth and gobbled up everything I've thrown at it. I was shocked at how much faster it is than my Nexus 7, and certainly faster than my Skyrocket.
The only thing that drives me nuts about the processor is the wake lag every time I turn it on from deep sleep. I'll learn to live with it, but this phone would be almost perfect if that were fixed (not including software tweaks).
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This phone has been silky smooth and gobbled up everything I've thrown at it. I was shocked at how much faster it is than my Nexus 7, and certainly faster than my Skyrocket.
The only thing that drives me nuts about the processor is the wake lag every time I turn it on from deep sleep. I'll learn to live with it, but this phone would be almost perfect if that were fixed (not including software tweaks).
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Yea well reducing the processor to that low of a clock speed is partly responsible for the crazy ass battery life of this phone. I'd rather have another millisecond of unlock time and gain several hours of battery life. Fine with me.
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i dunno about that... the Snapdragon S4 Pro is quite a beast... it's technically faster than this exynos...
i bet it comes down to software and how well it works with the hardware
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i dunno about that... the Snapdragon S4 Pro is quite a beast... it's technically faster than this exynos...
i bet it comes down to software and how well it works with the hardware
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Look at the Engadget review of the Nexus 4. The note 2 (exynos) beat the snapdragon s4 pro in 4/6 benchmarks and they felt like the exy was better in normal use and battery efficiency. Just look up Nexus 4 review on engadget- Nexus 4,Optimus G, note 2 are all compared. Look at the benchmark table. Note 2 wins 4/6.
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I love the power and speed of my note.... But seriously, benchmarks mean nothing to me. It's real life usage that matters. . Not an app that measures potential.
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I've never seen any huge advantage of the Exynos processors over any others, mainly because they are just stock ARM designs. If Samsung wanted to impress me, they would pay for an architecture license. The A6 is pretty hard to beat, given the performance AND battery life, and I really like my S4 Pro, although it is a bit of a juice hog.
The exynos is a heavily modified arm design, and apples a6 is very very similar to it.
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ShadowVlican said:
i dunno about that... the Snapdragon S4 Pro is quite a beast... it's technically faster than this exynos...
i bet it comes down to software and how well it works with the hardware
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That's why you see iphones perform very well despite the specs looking like they are lacking. The iphone 5 after playing with it is just as fast as my Note 2 but it's only dual core and clocked much lower. RAM is also lower.
Pretty sure the reason the a6 is as smooth or smother with lower specs is due to software optimization and the fact it uses 3 core gpu ( which everyone seems to leave out when they make these statements). That is where apple has done good.
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Jrockttu said:
...The only thing that drives me nuts about the processor is the wake lag every time I turn it on from deep sleep. I'll learn to live with it, but this phone would be almost perfect if that were fixed (not including software tweaks).
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How long of a lag are you talking about? Are you sure it's not the home button lag from S Voice being enabled?
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Pretty sure the reason the a6 is as smooth or smother with lower specs is due to software optimization and the fact it uses 3 core gpu ( which everyone seems to leave out when they make these statements). That is where apple has done good.
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One area Apple has excelled in is GPU performance. I'm surprised Samsung doesn't push the limits in this area harder. I don't play games much myself but as you said it goes beyond just playing your favorite games on a phone.
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exynos is king right now (i'm ignoring apple, since it's not apples-to-apples, excuse the pun). exynos 5 is going to be ridiculous. actually it already is, inside the samsung chromebook.
Normally id say cant wait for the note 3 with the quad xenyos 5, but im happy with the note 2, and I hope they wait a year before releasing it. No more 6 month life cycles please
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jackxlj said:
The exynos is a heavily modified arm design, and apples a6 is very very similar to it.
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No, not even close. A6/A6X are heavily modified ARM, and Exynos is just tweaked stock. Samsung doesn't have the architecture license, last I checked. Apple does.
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I got to test the SGN2 last night and i have to say, I LOVE IT! I am getting myself this phone for Christmas. Anyway enough babbling...check out these scores from Antutu and Quadrant. Blew my 3D out of the water.
I totally love this phone. Running Sleshepic's ice reborn. I don't think there's anything that comes close to this thing.
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I totally love this phone. Running Sleshepic's ice reborn. I don't think there's anything that comes close to this thing.
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I used to root and run Roms but I feel that in some ways rooting almost shortens my phones life. I bought an Evo 3D and decided not to root and the phone runs great on stock ICS. And I do agree that this phone is topdog amongst the rest. Can't wait to get my hands on mine.
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I'm actually on the Note 2 right now.
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AGoogleUser said:
I used to root and run Roms but I feel that in some ways rooting almost shortens my phones life. I bought an Evo 3D and decided not to root and the phone runs great on stock ICS. And I do agree that this phone is topdog amongst the rest. Can't wait to get my hands on mine.
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2 years ago I got myself the Evo 4g, had it stock for the 1st year (because I didn't know about rooting) then I got the samsung galaxy tab 8.9. I wanted to use the tab at work & someone mentioned rooting for free wifi tether. Best thing I ever did. I got the flashing sickness. I would sometimes flash 4 to 5 roms a day. Now I have the amazing note2. Anyway, my Evo looks brand new, rooting it didn't harm it in the least. It made it a better phone. Now it's a media device. Just my 2ยข
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I had my mind set on getting the note 2 ever since I heard about it, but after watching a video on YouTube that compared the note 2 and the DNA, I'm not so sure. The video ran every benchmark that antutu has to offer and the DNA beat the note 2 in almost every test by a little. Also, the DNA has a larger resolution.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Benchnarks are relative. You dont know if its been overclocked or if one has a bunch of apps or services running. You have to look at the specs and see if its better. I ran both of these benchmarks after reading this and my phone had better results several times and worse results several times.
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I think you have a point. I noticed that the note 2 has a faster clock speed on it's CPU but thought that perhaps the make of the CPU alone could make a difference in performance (Intel CPUs vs AMD CPUs for example).
In regards to resolution, has anyone seen the difference between the note 2 and the HTC DNA? I don't think the video review does a good job of showing the picture quality of each phone.
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I think you have a point. I noticed that the note 2 has a faster clock speed on it's CPU but thought that perhaps the make of the CPU alone could make a difference in performance (Intel CPUs vs AMD CPUs for example).
In regards to resolution, has anyone seen the difference between the note 2 and the HTC DNA? I don't think the video review does a good job of showing the picture quality of each phone.
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I have played with both devices and while the DNA is a nice device it does feel sluggish at times especialy when hopping in between different open programs.
As for the display, its all about user preference. I prefer the Note for the vibrant colors. The DNA seemed a little crisper but it also bothered my eyes after staring at it for awhile.
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I have played with both devices and while the DNA is a nice device it does feel sluggish at times especialy when hopping in between different open programs.
As for the display, its all about user preference. I prefer the Note for the vibrant colors. The DNA seemed a little crisper but it also bothered my eyes after staring at it for awhile.
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Very helpful! I tend to multitask when using my phone so i'm leaning back toward the note 2, especially since it has that multi window feature.
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My scores
Edit: I thought this was the verizon section sorry
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seromba said:
I had my mind set on getting the note 2 ever since I heard about it, but after watching a video on YouTube that compared the note 2 and the DNA, I'm not so sure. The video ran every benchmark that antutu has to offer and the DNA beat the note 2 in almost every test by a little. Also, the DNA has a larger resolution.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Um, the GN2 has an s pen. Is there any comparison?
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I think you're doing yourself a serious disservice if you make your decision based on benchmark scores from either one of these apps.
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mitchellvii said:
Um, the GN2 has an s pen. Is there any comparison?
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I believe there is a comparison between the two phones as they are both rather large phones and leaders in performance.
I personally don't consider the s pen the note 2's defining characteristic (although I can see why some would). The s pen aside, the note 2 is a beast of a phone. I think of the s pen as an added bonus, similar to my Samsung Epic 4g's slide out keyboard.
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I think you're doing yourself a serious disservice if you make your decision based on benchmark scores from either one of these apps.
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These would be the least of the things I would use to consider a new phone. I was just running these and was suprised at the score. I've been set on this phone for a while. And if I don't get it, ill probably consider another HTC. I love the sense.
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I always find myself messing with the benchmark apps of Quadrant and Antutu, it does do a good comparison. And for those who say some times it is slower and sometimes higher.. When you run a car/motorcycle on the dyno or quarter mile don't you also get higher and lower results? It may not be the most concrete comparison system but it isn't garbage.(not saying anyone in HERE called it garbage but have heard it in other places). Anyways for a 7600 score on quadrant what were you running for clock speed min max, the gpu settings etc. I noticed you were on the Venum Ice reborn ROM. it is Odexed, aren't those supposed to be faster?
Also how do the fellas on top of the Antutu boards running the Gn2 run the test at resolutions of like 720x8 and other crazy res's like that?
I had a couple real low 7k quadrant runs but they got wiped flashing ROM's and not saving it. but here's what I do have.