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Hello
I just want to collect your guys' opinions regarding the Snap and Exy version of SGS4.
(This is why I am posting this thread on AT&T, Sprint and T-mobile forums, to gather as much as possible)
Since I have partial Korean background, I do catch up with reviews made by Korean forums and their users. (all of them got Exy)
The main problem that was pointed out was overheating problem. Is there any Snap user who's experiencing this issue? (apparently, you have to run hardcore processes for more than a hour)
I heard that Sammy chose to supply 70% of their SGS 4 to the globe with Snap and the reason was that I actually found out the overheating problem later during their development and could not manage to implement all of their productions with Exy. (Despite the fact that different regions have different frequencies. But even so?)
This made me to think that SGS 4 did not receive enough attention that it deserved from Sammy this time. Look, let's be generous and understand that the design belongs to everyone's preferences. In the early half of this year, it's competitors released devices that were extraordinary, something that we couldn't see from them for long time (e.g. Xpe Z, htc ONE and Lumia 920).
And no, I am not a Samsung fan-boy since I used both iOS (iPhone 4) and Android (Xperia P, V) for almost equal amount of time. But honestly? I think Sammy is heading in the wrong way these days. The image I used to perceive from Sammy's flagship models until now was that they are massacring spec phones that heightens the standards of all android phones. And this time? well..., (only AP-wise I'm talking) I just think it's better version of htc ONE or Optimus G Pro (which has not been released yet). I didn't care about their design and UI, or them not respecting copy-rights and I seriously doubt that there's a single person who buys SGS series for the sole reason of its brilliant design or TouchWiz. I did not expect them to come up with concepts like "Designed for Humans" or "Life Companion" and did not even want them to. Yet, these days, I feel like Samsung is stepping down from its throne of the hardware kingdom. Why... why... and why do they divide their "flagship" into different AP models without any hesitation?
This became a concern for me recently because my dad had an opportunity to buy either the Snap or Exy model. And since the Snap offered to at price that was $200 cheaper than the Exy, he obviously bought the Snap. HE is a Korean, so he has this Samsung pride(?). Whenever he meets up with his family or friends, he tells them how good his SGS 4 is (exactly like the commercials). As a son, I don't find this annoying at all and I really do like seeing my old man being proud of his product. And if this phone was for me, I would be quite happy to use any of these two models. But because of the given situations, I sometimes get a feeling that Samsung is deceiving their old followers (even if they do not intend to) and makes me little uncomfortable.
I know the Snap model performed better in GPU tests but if Samsung decides to update their Exy model with a firmware that allows MP processing, I think the result are going to be dramatically changed. The gap between these two models are quite severe in their CPU tests.
Would they be ditching their Snap users just like this??? I am indeed quite worried. It has not been a year yet after the release of their highly-acclaimed SGS 3, so maybe, they should have delayed the launching date of SGS 4 to implement Exy in all their products.
I guess my grumbles got horribly long in this thread and as I am a person who makes a lot of mistakes, please feel free to correct me
reanew said:
Hello
I just want to collect your guys' opinions regarding the Snap and Exy version of SGS4.
(This is why I am posting this thread on AT&T, Sprint and T-mobile forums, to gather as much as possible)
Since I have partial Korean background, I do catch up with reviews made by Korean forums and their users. (all of them got Exy)
The main problem that was pointed out was overheating problem. Is there any Snap user who's experiencing this issue? (apparently, you have to run hardcore processes for more than a hour)
I heard that Sammy chose to supply 70% of their SGS 4 to the globe with Snap and the reason was that I actually found out the overheating problem later during their development and could not manage to implement all of their productions with Exy. (Despite the fact that different regions have different frequencies. But even so?)
This made me to think that SGS 4 did not receive enough attention that it deserved from Sammy this time. Look, let's be generous and understand that the design belongs to everyone's preferences. In the early half of this year, it's competitors released devices that were extraordinary, something that we couldn't see from them for long time (e.g. Xpe Z, htc ONE and Lumia 920).
And no, I am not a Samsung fan-boy since I used both iOS (iPhone 4) and Android (Xperia P, V) for almost equal amount of time. But honestly? I think Sammy is heading in the wrong way these days. The image I used to perceive from Sammy's flagship models until now was that they are massacring spec phones that heightens the standards of all android phones. And this time? well..., (only AP-wise I'm talking) I just think it's better version of htc ONE or Optimus G Pro (which has not been released yet). I didn't care about their design and UI, or them not respecting copy-rights and I seriously doubt that there's a single person who buys SGS series for the sole reason of its brilliant design or TouchWiz. I did not expect them to come up with concepts like "Designed for Humans" or "Life Companion" and did not even want them to. Yet, these days, I feel like Samsung is stepping down from its throne of the hardware kingdom. Why... why... and why do they divide their "flagship" into different AP models without any hesitation?
This became a concern for me recently because my dad had an opportunity to buy either the Snap or Exy model. And since the Snap offered to at price that was $200 cheaper than the Exy, he obviously bought the Snap. HE is a Korean, so he has this Samsung pride(?). Whenever he meets up with his family or friends, he tells them how good his SGS 4 is (exactly like the commercials). As a son, I don't find this annoying at all and I really do like seeing my old man being proud of his product. And if this phone was for me, I would be quite happy to use any of these two models. But because of the given situations, I sometimes get a feeling that Samsung is deceiving their old followers (even if they do not intend to) and makes me little uncomfortable.
I know the Snap model performed better in GPU tests but if Samsung decides to update their Exy model with a firmware that allows MP processing, I think the result are going to be dramatically changed. The gap between these two models are quite severe in their CPU tests.
Would they be ditching their Snap users just like this??? I am indeed quite worried. It has not been a year yet after the release of their highly-acclaimed SGS 3, so maybe, they should have delayed the launching date of SGS 4 to implement Exy in all their products.
I guess my grumbles got horribly long in this thread and as I am a person who makes a lot of mistakes, please feel free to correct me
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My taughts about the exynos 8 headed snake and the 4 headed snapdragon is that folks like myself in the USA once again got the stick up our arses. I once pridicted in the SGS3 thread that samsung would do exactly same as with sgs3 which was releaseing a dualcore in usa and quad core in the UK. And they advertise big gs3 quadcore to hype their sale pitch while putting the stick up costomers behind because obviously 90% people dont look at specs of their phone. Well once again its same,gs4 quad in usa while octacore UK. The whole excitement for me was the octacore and their new "big little idea" which was claim to save power consumption etc.
Anyway I own the gs4 snapdragon model now simply because I would have had to stick to 2G speed if I had gotten the exynos model due to lack of band support for network in USA.
The whole overheating thing is not new,the exynos sgs3 and the old snapdragon htc one I had own all over heated despite different cpu when playing games or doing heavy tasks. I also experience it with the gs4 but only while playing games. I must say that it looks like Samsung did spend more time tweaking the governor behavior because on light tasks while multy tasking the cpu dont just jump to the highest frequency as frequently as in their other phones as to consume power unnecessary. But all 4 cores goes online too quickly but at least they go offline fast. So theirs still stuff to be tuned that can dramatically improve cpu efficiency and function.plus wance we get some custom kernels to tweak the voltages of the cpu and gpu it should stop the overheating. Most times over heating is also caused by the cpu frequency ramping up to the highest speed and staying their too long. The snapdragon processor is very fast I must say. Havent had a slowdown since I bought the phone and for stock,battery life is verygood.I could go threw more than a day with medium to light tasks.
Also another thing that Samsung corrected was the oversaturatedness of the screen color which was awfull in the previous sgs3,the brightness of the screen have also improved while in the sunlight compare to the gs3 screen. Thankfully their was Andrelux that released his Perseus kernel in the gs3 section to combat that color problem and everything else I mentioned above plus more. Hopefully their will also be some good dev in the gs4 section to improve user experience. Overall I find the gs4 a decent upgrade weather it have the snapdragon or exynos since samsung corrected and improve upon most things and some that I may have forgot to mention.
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In the side by side tests I did, the i9500 beat the M919 in every area including the GPU, screen response, UI smoothness, HSPA+ data speeds, etc. As far as the heat is concerned I have read an equal amount of complaints on both forums.
I did this with the ONE X Tegra. Wanted the better processor and got what I wanted. Butt suffered because of the USA Bands.
I WANT the 8 core S4 but here it goes again///// USA bands. So i got the TMO version this time.
Overheating was not a huge deal for me. But it does get quite hot when I'm doing lots of tasks.
I say this alll the time. I want the manufacturers to put out 1 device and then a Chipset with all the bands for all the carriers world wide. Then tell the carriers that they need to suck it up and sell the phone as designed and NO re working it for each carrier. A TRUE world phone.
I feel; the features on a device should be limited by the software per carrier, not the hardware.
Well...the 8 core Exynos is really just 2 quad core processors that don't run simultaneously..so I don't really see the big deal. Also, Exynos development absolutely sucks.
According to Engadget the Exynos bests the Snapdragon in about the same amount of tests as the Snapdragon beats the Exynos. A surprising result of their tests shows that the Snapdragon beats the big.LITTLE architecture in a video playback duration test by about 20%
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skygear said:
I did this with the ONE X Tegra. Wanted the better processor and got what I wanted. Butt suffered because of the USA Bands.
I WANT the 8 core S4 but here it goes again///// USA bands. So i got the TMO version this time.
Overheating was not a huge deal for me. But it does get quite hot when I'm doing lots of tasks.
I say this alll the time. I want the manufacturers to put out 1 device and then a Chipset with all the bands for all the carriers world wide. Then tell the carriers that they need to suck it up and sell the phone as designed and NO re working it for each carrier. A TRUE world phone.
I feel; the features on a device should be limited by the software per carrier, not the hardware.
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Thats true,the Hardware should be manufacture as it was advertise and intended. Most people would purchase a smartphone or other device specifically from samsung and do not know anything about the hardware background specifications. Only that "yaayy I have the GS4". Also the carriers such as tmobile for example leaves out the CPU specifics in the list of hardware specs. So its a easy advantage to just slap just about anything in a phone and sell it for same price in the big usa. The dual core gs3 sold for same price as the UK quadcore gs3,infact it sold better in usa if I rember.
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Well...the 8 core Exynos is really just 2 quad core processors that don't run simultaneously..so I don't really see the big deal. Also, Exynos development absolutely sucks.
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You should readup here which explains more about the 8 Core exynos.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39172453
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mamba720027 said:
Thats true,the Hardware should be manufacture as it was advertise and intended. Most people would purchase a smartphone or other device specifically from samsung and do not know anything about the hardware background specifications. Only that "yaayy I have the GS4". Also the carriers such as tmobile for example leaves out the CPU specifics in the list of hardware specs. So its a easy advantage to just slap just about anything in a phone and sell it for same price in the big usa. The dual core gs3 sold for same price as the UK quadcore gs3,infact it sold better in usa if I rember.
You should readup here which explains more about the 8 Core exynos.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39172453
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Read up on the fact that it is currently not utilizing the 8 cores? Or the fact that if it does use the 8 cores it will not be optimized anyway so it will be basically worthless? Tell me what to read up on. Oh, it might make your benchmarks higher..sweet bro.
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Read up on the fact that it is currently not utilizing the 8 cores? Or the fact that if it does use the 8 cores it will not be optimized anyway so it will be basically worthless? Tell me what to read up on. Oh, it might make your benchmarks higher..sweet bro.
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Im not going into pointless arguments with you. You clearly have not looked at the linkd I refered you too because then you would not be asking all the useless questions youre asking me.
This is why their is always pointless arguments,simply because reading is not emphasize enough on XDA to educate people on the topic before they begin to criticise and pout senseless discussions.
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I personally have both and the i9500 runs laps around the M919. The M919 is laggy as a mofo, + the bloat (removable or not), + international will always see updates 1st. Once the Little.Big architecture is full understood it;s game over. We do have 8 cores and kernels are being worked on to enable all 8. The m919 will always have 1/2 that, period.
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I personally have both and the i9500 runs laps around the M919. The M919 is laggy as a mofo, + the bloat (removable or not), + international will always see updates 1st. Once the Little.Big architecture is full understood it;s game over. We do have 8 cores and kernels are being worked on to enable all 8. The m919 will always have 1/2 that, period.
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You sound like a broken record. I own the M919 running stock and I have yet to experience any lags you mention. For me this is not a competition as which phone is faster,true speed is important but its about the technology behind the makeing and how well it balance in terms of speed and battery. Especially battery performance ,which I think is the reason behind this so call big little architecture samsung have came up with. After all how big are they gonna keep makeing each generation of phones in order to squeeze in a bit more juice into a bigger size battery to run these so call faster more powerfull processors each time a new device comes out, thus the big little thing. If you think about it battery technology have not change since the crack of smartphones and maybe further back but the high demands for speedy more battery hungry chips are in demand each day as productivity increases.
Now I wish I had the octa core to see how it works if any improvement but sadly I dont. From my experience so far with the M919,its very fast cause all 4 core kicks in immediately wether its a small or big task(mean it waste battery),it gets warm to hot too quick while playing games (battery waste again) but the graphics are excellent. Theirs lots of room for improvement on the processor such as a custom kernel to undervolt and regulate the cores to work more efficiently. I randomly left my phone ideling for 24hours and few hours connected to wifi at home and I had a 15% battery drain with about 7mins of use. I had nothing syncing. I think that was good but also can improve with kernel tweaks wance available.
Take note the amount of info I have given you on one device. I didn't just blahh out "m919 is garbage because its slow and I9500 is the fastest **** on the block" unless people just wanna look at benchmarks daily and say "I feel so proud my phone is the fastest ****". It maybe faster yes but right now the software can only function as fast as it was optomize to be if you understand. And I dont know where you get your intell from to pridict product updates and kernel development,im sure their will be kernels and updates available as same with older phones. No one is left out of anything.
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My intel ? seriously bro ? International versions always get updates 1st because the carriers don't have to add all their crap. i have used both in real world environment and the M919 lags on the accuweather live wallpaper from the S3. It's not a comparison of benchmarks, m919 is laggy. You don't have to get all bent because I provided a factual analysis......
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My intel ? seriously bro ? International versions always get updates 1st because the carriers don't have to add all their crap. i have used both in real world environment and the M919 lags on the accuweather live wallpaper from the S3. It's not a comparison of benchmarks, m919 is laggy. You don't have to get all bent because I provided a factual analysis......
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True that if youre waiting on the carrier to release an update its a whole new story but if youre here on xda or aware of the community then you know thats not a problem.
Have you ever taught the Accuweather was optomize N design to run on the S3 flawless. I couldent evin find that wallpaper existance on the playstore.So its prob garbage cause theirs other accuweather live wallpaper available their that works fine.
Im currently running the "Ditalix live wallpaper" which was design for highend devices like the Galaxy S4 and GS3 to look beautiful and run flawless like silk and uses up the largest amount of memory I have ever seen for a wallpaper 256mb in the background,yet no lags. if you were to read the reviews for it on the playstore you would notice it indeed does not work on just any device. So if that can run so good on the M919 I dont see why a low rated Accuweather wallpaper for the old gs3 cannot unless like I said,it was specifically optomize for the gs3 device screen etc. Low fps + low resolution scenario. Anything will lag and look crappy with that case.
This is why prople are misleaded sometimes because a few people screwup and they wisper something is not good cause they had such a terrible experience when its not the device fault.
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Well when you actually have both in hand, your input will be more valuable. It's not just the live wallpaper from the G2 (that's actually where it originates) but simple menu actions, retuning to the home screen, etc. You can say all you want, but without proof from both sides if is YOU that is the broken record. Nobody said the M919 was a terrible experience either, I'm not bashing the device. This thread is for comparisons against the i9500 octa, to which I see significant differences. Are they monumental? No. Do they exist? Yes. For people where the price is close enough to have a choice, this may actually help them make a better, educated decision based of real world experience. I was in the market for either the M919 or i9500 and snagged the octa for the same price I would have paid for the T-Mobile version. I get no LTE in my area and the HSPA+ is plenty for me, so it was an easy choice. About the updates you seem to be missing key information, for carrier branded units the updates have to be leaked, tweaked, modified and ripped from other models 1st if you don't want to wait. International users will always see these 1st as they roll out from Samsung directly.
Another day, another ****-measuring contest...
They're both top-tier devices. There are only a handful of comparable handsets, and the only ones I can think of that're clearly more powerful are the (China-only) Medfield-core Lenovo K-series.
The Exynos will probably be the winner between i9500/i9505, WHEN/IF the driver issues are worked out, but till then the best device is whichever one's in your hand.
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Well when you actually have both in hand, your input will be more valuable. It's not just the live wallpaper from the G2 (that's actually where it originates) but simple menu actions, retuning to the home screen, etc. You can say all you want, but without proof from both sides if is YOU that is the broken record. Nobody said the M919 was a terrible experience either, I'm not bashing the device. This thread is for comparisons against the i9500 octa, to which I see significant differences. Are they monumental? No. Do they exist? Yes. For people where the price is close enough to have a choice, this may actually help them make a better, educated decision based of real world experience. I was in the market for either the M919 or i9500 and snagged the octa for the same price I would have paid for the T-Mobile version. I get no LTE in my area and the HSPA+ is plenty for me, so it was an easy choice. About the updates you seem to be missing key information, for carrier branded units the updates have to be leaked, tweaked, modified and ripped from other models 1st if you don't want to wait. International users will always see these 1st as they roll out from Samsung directly.
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Now you seem to be makeing more sense and posting a proper comment so people can actually make an intelligent decision. Unlike your first 2 posts.
Youre lucky to have good hsdpa+ in your area running I9500 cause when I had the international galaxy s3 tmobile had just made the transition over to support international bandwith for hsdpa+ and the speed and signal was terrible in my area. Had to use 2g speeds. Thats the reason I did not purchase the international model of the galaxy s4 this round,i dont care for lte,3G speed or 4G which I now have would do it for me. Im dont regret my purchase of the M919 cause so far my experience is good.
The only thing I could say to folks looking to buy in the USA and leaning towards the M919 is if possible stay away from tmobile and buy it non carrier branded from a reputable source if the price is right. Tmobile sells the phone at full price if you wanna avoid the monthly down payment but despite buying it at full price and already haveing a contract with them, they sell you it with a contract plus new number as part of the whole deal which is totally ridiculous. Then u have to go threw the idiotic process of canceling it wance u receive your device.
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Hi,
I'm planning to upgrade my phone. I have narrowed it down to Note 3 Neo and Note 2.
Both have almost similar specifications hardware wise. I'm fixated to these two devices mainly because of the S-Pen.
The price for both the phones is almost similar.
Can anyone guide which one is better amongst the two? I assumed Note 3 Neo will be better (New, hence better ). But, after doing some research, I found about the Knox and its limitations. I'm the type of the person who will root their device the first thing straight out of box.
Which one amongst the two will be better for keeping custom roms, like CM? I think Note 2, having large user base will have more support as compared to Note 3 Neo.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I have 1-2 week to decide.
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Hi,
I'm planning to upgrade my phone. I have narrowed it down to Note 3 Neo and Note 2.
Both have almost similar specifications hardware wise. I'm fixated to these two devices mainly because of the S-Pen.
The price for both the phones is almost similar.
Can anyone guide which one is better amongst the two? I assumed Note 3 Neo will be better (New, hence better ). But, after doing some research, I found about the Knox and its limitations. I'm the type of the person who will root their device the first thing straight out of box.
Which one amongst the two will be better for keeping custom roms, like CM? I think Note 2, having large user base will have more support as compared to Note 3 Neo.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I have 1-2 week to decide.
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if you want custom roms just buy a note 2
this phone i don't think it will get any
nitin002 said:
Can anyone guide which one is better amongst the two? I assumed Note 3 Neo will be better (New, hence better ). But, after doing some research, I found about the Knox and its limitations. I'm the type of the person who will root their device the first thing straight out of box.
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Hi. New Samsung Galaxy Note 2 stock ROMs already have KNOX inside, so there's no advantage of Note 2 in this way. For example if you will buy SGN2 with Android 4.3 or 4.4, it will have built-in KNOX. And if you try to flash official 4.1.2 ROM (without KNOX) via Odin, your KNOX counter count will change to 0x1 and your warranty will be voided. But if you will have luck and buy SGN2 with nonKNOX rom 4.1.2, then take SGN2 because of many custom ROMs. Good LUCK!!!
Buy Note 2 boy
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Am currently using Note 3 neo and was using a Note 2 earlier. I've got most of features which custom roms (Ones based on stock samsung rom) provide through xposed modules.If you're planning to use CM, Note series isn't the best device irrespective if its Note 2/Note 3 Neo. Also considering both are Exynos based phones where AOSP based roms usually run buggy and are half baked.
But to really answer your question as of now Note 2 is best choice between the two for custom roms.
rakeshishere said:
Am currently using Note 3 neo and was using a Note 2 earlier. I've got most of features which custom roms (Ones based on stock samsung rom) provide through xposed modules.If you're planning to use CM, Note series isn't the best device irrespective if its Note 2/Note 3 Neo. Also considering both are Exynos based phones where AOSP based roms usually run buggy and are half baked.
But to really answer your question as of now Note 2 is best choice between the two for custom roms.
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Spot on!
Moreover CM on a Note series phone is a disrespect to the device!
Thanks for your input. I've done some more research, and came across Sudden Death Syndrome of Note 2 devices. I don't want my phone to go haywire within 1-2 years, as I love my electronics and part with them only when they are absolutely outdated (Was using Motorola Defy until last month. ) Custom roms are not that important, unless they incorporate S-Pen features, since this is the most important reason for me to go for Note device. I've seen Note 3 features ported into Note 2, which is good. But I would never flash a rom without any S-Pen features.
Here is the price I'm finding it on Ebay
1. Note 3 Neo : INR 24,545 or $425 (with manufacturer warranty)
INR 23,380 or $400 (without manufacturer warranty)
2. Note 2 : INR 22,642 or $390 (with manufacturer warranty)
INR 21,249 or $366 (without manufacturer warranty)
Which one would be a good deal?
rakeshishere said:
Am currently using Note 3 neo and was using a Note 2 earlier. I've got most of features which custom roms (Ones based on stock samsung rom) provide through xposed modules.If you're planning to use CM, Note series isn't the best device irrespective if its Note 2/Note 3 Neo. Also considering both are Exynos based phones where AOSP based roms usually run buggy and are half baked.
But to really answer your question as of now Note 2 is best choice between the two for custom roms.
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Since you have used both the models, can you tell me which one you like personally better? Also, any comparison in terms of performance, battery life, etc.
Thanks
nitin002 said:
Thanks for your input. I've done some more research, and came across Sudden Death Syndrome of Note 2 devices. I don't want my phone to go haywire within 1-2 years, as I love my electronics and part with them only when they are absolutely outdated (Was using Motorola Defy until last month. ) Custom roms are not that important, unless they incorporate S-Pen features, since this is the most important reason for me to go for Note device. I've seen Note 3 features ported into Note 2, which is good. But I would never flash a rom without any S-Pen features.
Here is the price I'm finding it on Ebay
1. Note 3 Neo : INR 24,545 or $425 (with manufacturer warranty)
INR 23,380 or $400 (without manufacturer warranty)
2. Note 2 : INR 22,642 or $390 (with manufacturer warranty)
INR 21,249 or $366 (without manufacturer warranty)
Which one would be a good deal?
Since you have used both the models, can you tell me which one you like personally better? Also, any comparison in terms of performance, battery life, etc.
Thanks
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SDS was limited problem with initial batch of Note 2 and I doubt you would face this issue now at this point of time with any brand new device . You're just paranoid for no reason and it's too late as Samsung has acknowledged and fixed this issue long back . (H/w revisions and firmware update)
It's not like your Antenna gate problem on the Apple iPhone [emoji57]
I'll blindly recommend Note 3 Neo any day as it's better than Note 2 in performance , battery life and pretty much everything else.
nitin002 said:
Thanks for your input. I've done some more research, and came across Sudden Death Syndrome of Note 2 devices. I don't want my phone to go haywire within 1-2 years, as I love my electronics and part with them only when they are absolutely outdated (Was using Motorola Defy until last month. ) Custom roms are not that important, unless they incorporate S-Pen features, since this is the most important reason for me to go for Note device. I've seen Note 3 features ported into Note 2, which is good. But I would never flash a rom without any S-Pen features.
Here is the price I'm finding it on Ebay
1. Note 3 Neo : INR 24,545 or $425 (with manufacturer warranty)
INR 23,380 or $400 (without manufacturer warranty)
2. Note 2 : INR 22,642 or $390 (with manufacturer warranty)
INR 21,249 or $366 (without manufacturer warranty)
Which one would be a good deal?
Since you have used both the models, can you tell me which one you like personally better? Also, any comparison in terms of performance, battery life, etc.
Thanks
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And you're looking forward to purchase it from an online retailer, better buy it from flipkart. It's the safest bet. I'm saying this cos somehow I don't trust eBay for such heavy transactions unless the product is not available in India. Better to pay 1-2K extra & be sure about ur product.
peRFect! said:
And you're looking forward to purchase it from an online retailer, better buy it from flipkart. It's the safest bet. I'm saying this cos somehow I don't trust eBay for such heavy transactions unless the product is not available in India. Better to pay 1-2K extra & be sure about ur product.
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I've bought expensive items like Asus Nexus 7 from Ebay and it's been a great experience . It all depends on the seller and flipkart allows 3rd party sellers too(sometimes they're a pain) but WS Retail is usually preferred and that's most safe bet [emoji13]
rakeshishere said:
I've bought expensive items like Asus Nexus 7 from Ebay and it's been a great experience . It all depends on the seller and flipkart allows 3rd party sellers too(sometimes they're a pain) but WS Retail is usually preferred and that's most safe bet [emoji13]
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I'm not against eBay, I myself buy a lot of stuff from them but somehow there is always a doubt when thinking about buying costly stuff (some of my mates have had bad experiences). As u said it depends on the seller & the power sellers do not sell products for a cheaper price, likewise i feel WS Retail from Flipkart is the safest bet!
If you still haven't decide, I vote for the N3 Neo. I have used the N2 for more than a year and just got my N3 neo dous. When it comes to using the S-Pen, it's far better than N2. Plus the N3 neo has more new features not available in N2. Root is available (didn't apply it yet) but custom roms are not (personally don't need them).
peRFect! said:
And you're looking forward to purchase it from an online retailer, better buy it from flipkart. It's the safest bet. I'm saying this cos somehow I don't trust eBay for such heavy transactions unless the product is not available in India. Better to pay 1-2K extra & be sure about ur product.
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I'm not against eBay, I myself buy a lot of stuff from them but somehow there is always a doubt when thinking about buying costly stuff (some of my mates have had bad experiences). As u said it depends on the seller & the power sellers do not sell products for a cheaper price, likewise i feel WS Retail from Flipkart is the safest bet!
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Well, I have done various transaction from eBay India, and some of them were around 15-20k. As it has been already been mentioned, it all depends upon the seller. I wouldn't buy any expensive item from any seller unless he has 300+ feedback, and more than 90% positive feedback.
Moreover, there is a site, feedbackselector (dot) com which lets you grab product specific feedback from any seller. Very useful tool if you buy regular on ebay.
For example, the product in question is this one:
bit (dot) ly/1mwbe7g
The feedback as shown by the feedback selector website:
bit (dot) ly/1ntXu2U
(New user, can't post external links. Remove dot and spaces.)
Since these are real feedback which are given after purchase, it is quite easy to deduce the value vs cost of any item. Looking at the Note 3 Neo feedback, I think its a safe bet.
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If you still haven't decide, I vote for the N3 Neo. I have used the N2 for more than a year and just got my N3 neo dous. When it comes to using the S-Pen, it's far better than N2. Plus the N3 neo has more new features not available in N2. Root is available (didn't apply it yet) but custom roms are not (personally don't need them).
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Thanks for the suggestions. I will myself go for Note 3 Neo. I'll be buying that next month (Salary on 1st ). I was little inclined to go for Note 2 in the middle of my research. But I realized that I will be simply rooting it, and will be installing Note 3 features in that. Why not buy Note 3 Neo itself. I can root and freeze the bloatware. Should be enough, I think.
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Well, I have done various transaction from eBay India, and some of them were around 15-20k. As it has been already been mentioned, it all depends upon the seller. I wouldn't buy any expensive item from any seller unless he has 300+ feedback, and more than 90% positive feedback.
Moreover, there is a site, feedbackselector (dot) com which lets you grab product specific feedback from any seller. Very useful tool if you buy regular on ebay.
For example, the product in question is this one:
bit (dot) ly/1mwbe7g
The feedback as shown by the feedback selector website:
bit (dot) ly/1ntXu2U
(New user, can't post external links. Remove dot and spaces.)
Since these are real feedback which are given after purchase, it is quite easy to deduce the value vs cost of any item. Looking at the Note 3 Neo feedback, I think its a safe bet.
Thanks for the suggestions. I will myself go for Note 3 Neo. I'll be buying that next month (Salary on 1st ). I was little inclined to go for Note 2 in the middle of my research. But I realized that I will be simply rooting it, and will be installing Note 3 features in that. Why not buy Note 3 Neo itself. I can root and freeze the bloatware. Should be enough, I think.
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thanks for the info about feedbackselector.
if ure sure then go ahead with that, it's a great phone!
and yeah, 1st 10 posts are always painful..
You know what? This is the best phone Samsung has made. It is fast, fluid, and fun to use. I really believe that the extra gig of ram makes a huge difference. I had the s6 edge before this and that phone was nice but stuttered a lot. Even the Note 5 which is supposed to be good and uses the same hardware as this has some lags and hangups. I think it has to do with the extra note feature that must always be on and ready to go at a pens notice.
So what is this thread about?
The fact that out of four of the s6 phone variants, this is the least bought phone. This is due to the price and people automatically think the note 5 will be more useful if they're getting something this screen size due to the pen. It's really a shame since they don't know what they're missing out on. After the last update with the battery, this phone has been nothing but phenomenal. TouchWiz needed 4gb ram and the best cpu in the world currently to be this smooth. I get it now.
If the Galaxy s7 comes with the new chipset but with 3 gb of ram, it will be like this year. People will complain that the phone lags. Samsung needs to put 4gb of ram on their phone as long as they use TouchWiz. Of course for cost saving business cases they might again go with 3gb and use the 4gb on galaxy s7 edge plus but they don't realize that they will hurt their long term business. If the Galaxy s7 gets a bad rep due to similar lags, Samsung will lose their reputation even further.
To those who own this phone, you are the few who know how great this phone is. And it's really sad that this wasn't noticed as the phone of the year for Samsung. Even Samsung doesn't seem to realize it. There is not much press on it. It's just known as the 'other fancy' Galaxy edge brother with no special features. But it's special because it does what it's suppose to do better than any galaxy phones out there. I thought I'd write this huge piece just for that single truth alone. A toast if you will, to the best kept secret of Samsung.
To those who hate this phone, I think you got a defect.
Maknora said:
You know what? This is the best phone Samsung has made. It is fast, fluid, and fun to use. I really believe that the extra gig of ram makes a huge difference. I had the s6 edge before this and that phone was nice but stuttered a lot. Even the Note 5 which is supposed to be good and uses the same hardware as this has some lags and hangups. I think it has to do with the extra note feature that must always be on and ready to go at a pens notice.
So what is this thread about?
The fact that out of four of the s6 phone variants, this is the least bought phone. This is due to the price and people automatically think the note 5 will be more useful if they're getting something this screen size due to the pen. It's really a shame since they don't know what they're missing out on. After the last update with the battery, this phone has been nothing but phenomenal. TouchWiz needed 4gb ram and the best cpu in the world currently to be this smooth. I get it now.
If the Galaxy s7 comes with the new chipset but with 3 gb of ram, it will be like this year. People will complain that the phone lags. Samsung needs to put 4gb of ram on their phone as long as they use TouchWiz. Of course for cost saving business cases they might again go with 3gb and use the 4gb on galaxy s7 edge plus but they don't realize that they will hurt their long term business. If the Galaxy s7 gets a bad rep due to similar lags, Samsung will lose their reputation even further.
To those who own this phone, you are the few who know how great this phone is. And it's really sad that this wasn't noticed as the phone of the year for Samsung. Even Samsung doesn't seem to realize it. There is not much press on it. It's just known as the 'other fancy' Galaxy edge brother with no special features. But it's special because it does what it's suppose to do better than any galaxy phones out there. I thought I'd write this huge piece just for that single truth alone. A toast if you will, to the best kept secret of Samsung.
To those who hate this phone, I think you got a defect.
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Absofrickenlutley I couldn't agree more. I've had a Samsung S since the S2 and I tell ya this S6Edge Plus is an absolute delight. I'll be amazed if the S7 is as good.
Of course if Sammy drops a S7Edge Plus better than this well since I'm an admitted Sammy Fanboy I'll just have to get it LOL .
Honestly this device is phenomenal.
Stock or rooted it's magnificent phone.
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Hello everyone,
I recently sold my 910v for two main reasons: It was a nightmare to use on the t-mobile network; and it was a nightmare to mod/root/have fun with (not "that" kinda fun :angel. Anyways, I've been eye-ing some new phones, and the ones that caught my attention are:
Note 4 910F (same lovely note 4, modding community is going strong, can be had for around/under $400 USD wher I live)
Note 4 910C (Same as above, but I've heard better things about the Exynos variant)
OnePlus 3 (Cheap, new, will get lots of official support, and modding community is strong. Only concerns are weak WiFi capabilities and non-removable battery/no sd card)
Those 3 are on my major hit-list. Only reason why the OnePlus 3 is even mentioned is because it's the closest to the note4 specs wise, and can be had readily for $400; whereas the international note 4s are quite harder to obtain at this price. I've seen quite a lot of 910Gs and 910Hs, but I've never truly understood the differences between them and the other international variants. I believe it was certain LTE bands, but I could be wrong.
Now, here's where I'd love to hear your suggestions. Some of the criteria:
I'm a t-mobile user, so something that has LTE bands that I can make use of is a key requirement. International phones are preferred.
Specs wise; I'm not a gamer at all, and generally look for fluid UI, and HD video streaming.
Camera is one of the priorities, as I love to take photos of nice scenery and what-not. Not really a selfie person. I'd set the baseline as the note 4's camera in this case.
I prefer AMOLED screens, and resolution isn't a biggy. 1080p as the minimum.
Battery life is important, but I'm not looking for something that holds a charge for a week. I charge my phone every night after a ~17 hour day of being off charge. Note 4 as a baseline would be optimal.
I don't care how the device looks. I'll put a case on it anyways.
I'm tight on budget, so I can't go above $400. I'm willing to look into second hands/3rd party dealers (ebay, etc)
Modding support is important. I love to flash roms and kernels to get the best out of my phone (plus adaway for those horrible ads). So something that is easy to mod and has a healty/active community here on XDA.
Not really a huge priority, but removable battery/expandable storage are preferred.
Any insight on the matter is greatly appreciated. Now, off I go in search of le dank deals! Huzzaa!
EDIT#1: Just found out about the ZTE Axon 7; and boy, it looks amazing.... on paper. Hopefully they work out the WiFi and signal issues (confirmed to be fine on global version, or by flashing global rom on US variant) and the camera being glitchy in low-light conditions.
Another phone that caught my eye is the older LG G4; I can get it sub $300 and it seems to be slightly better than the note 4 overall. I still favor the newer axon 7 over this.
Howdy, folks.
I'm in the market for a tablet, and not familiar with the Samsung lineup, so I could use some guidance here.
First, I'm not sure I understand the difference between the A and S series. I assume it's a CPU issue, and I seem to recall a Tab A that I played around with didn't have an accelerometer and/or GPS, which are both critical for me.
Then we get to the firmware. I need to run Xposed and Xprivacy. Obviously that means I'll need to be able to root the machine. Would I be correct in assuming that I'm stuck with getting an S2, or is it possible to downgrade an S3 so I can benefit from the better hardware specs?
My choices seem to be an S2 at $480 or an S3 at $550 except that the S3 ships with a pen and LP, if I'm not mistaken, which knocks me out of the box in terms of running Xprivacy unless I can downgrade the OS.
Anyway, your input here would be helpful, and any pointers on unlocking / rooting would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
I think since late 2014, the Samsung tablets were split into just two lines, the Tab S, the high-end line, and the Tab A, the low cost line. In my humble opinion, the Tab A line is utter crap and it hasn't been updated effectively since 2015. If you want a cheap low end tablet, you might as well just buy one of those sub-100 dollar Amazon Fire tablets. Their specs are in the neighborhood of those Tab A tablets, but Fire tablets are much cheaper. Quite sadly, I think Samsung's high end line Tab S has also lost its way. I mean, I certainly love the idea of a high end Android tablet, but not at 500-600USD, specially when it comes with outdated flagship SoC, like the Snapdragon 820.
I love my Tab S 10.5, but if I am forced to replace it tomorrow, I'll probably get the Huawei Mediapad M3. Its hardware specs are high end enough to check nearly every box, and it costs under 300USD.
Excellent suggestion. I was wondering about alternatives to Samsung.
How would you compare the M3 to the S3? Can it be rooted? The new Samsung got excellent reviews for both construction and performance, and I confess the pen has appeal. I also wanted a 10"-ish screen, and the Huawei comes in at 8, so while the price is right, you give up a fair amount of screen.
I can pick up the S3 32 gig with a keyboard case for $550, which was more than I wanted to spend, but i can live with it since I'm not the type to buy a new device every year. Or even every two or three years, for that matter.
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I have purchased 5 Tab A devices, 3 T280 and 2 T555. Me the missus and little one have the T280, my mother and I have the T555. Both have an accelerometer and GPS. I don't know of a Samsung tablet that doesn't unless you meant gyroscope?
The Tab A T280 is stuck on Lollipop and the T550 runs Nougat.
I don't have issues with either for how I use them.
I also own the Tab S, but I use the Tab A T555 far more as it's light, comfortable to hold and runs just fine.
BillTheCat said:
Excellent suggestion. I was wondering about alternatives to Samsung.
How would you compare the M3 to the S3? Can it be rooted? The new Samsung got excellent reviews for both construction and performance, and I confess the pen has appeal. I also wanted a 10"-ish screen, and the Huawei comes in at 8, so while the price is right, you give up a fair amount of screen.
I can pick up the S3 32 gig with a keyboard case for $550, which was more than I wanted to spend, but i can live with it since I'm not the type to buy a new device every year. Or even every two or three years, for that matter.
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The first thing I do when looking for a new tab is xda support, if you can't get a custom rom for it, forget it!
M3 support is thin to non-existant, they are just getting it to root, and no TWRP ( I think) , other than that its the best hardware for the price. Tab s2 is good, Tab A fair, s3 just starting.
Xposed is now officially on NU, the main framework has been released, modules compatibility varies.
For that amount of cash, your in ultrabook / chromebook territory.
A tablet that does not fit in a pocket, and costs the same as a dell ultrabook with 256 gb hdd and an i5, is a bad choice maybe?
I use my t705 as a pocket device, with the aspect ratio it just fits, and the fact that's its also a very cool phone makes it a nobrainer.
Also remember the folding screens are just months away, once they are out most of the current tabs will be obselete real quick.
I want something larger format (~10") for use when doing demos for customers, casual browsing or web work away from my desk or when traveling for short spans. An 8" screen is not of interest.
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