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Since it's release date on October 10, I've been debating on whether or not I should get this over the Amaze 4g and after 4 days, I decided that the galaxy s 2 is the best choice for me. Now after watching some videos of the original galaxy s 2, I want to know what things were left out in terms of processing power. All I know is that it uses the snapdragon s3 processor which runs on an a8 cortex as opposed to the a9 in the exynos processor. I know that speed is one of the things that the exynos has over snapdragon and also the fact that it's asynchronous as opposed to qualcomm running one core at a time (correct me if I'm wrong here, not savy on processors). The biggest things I know I will use on this phone is Internet, photos, media, and some gaming here and there. On YouTube I saw the original galaxy s 2 capable of running an N64 emulator with virtually no lag, though I don't know if sound was included, and the same goes for the psx emulator. I also saw how it was able to play multiple video formats (including 1080p mkv files) with no issues whatsoever. I want to know if the snapdragon processor would still be capable of running emulators at similar speeds and still have support for multiple video formats even though it's not as fast as the exynos processor. Help is definitely appreciated.
P.S. This was typed on an iPod so sorry if there are any typos and grammar mistakes.
The Qualcomm chip is asynchronous.
Right now, I don't know how much Samsung did to fine-tune the system to accommodate the hardware differences....but like you said, the Qualcomm chip is A8 and the Exynos is A9.
That speaks for itself.
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The Qualcomm chip is asynchronous.
Right now, I don't know how much Samsung did to fine-tune the system to accommodate the hardware differences....but like you said, the Qualcomm chip is A8 and the Exynos is A9.
That speaks for itself.
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I have no idea in the difference care to enlighten me or post a link?
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I have no idea in the difference care to enlighten me or post a link?
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Essentially, the Qualcomm chip is running on an older architecture relative to the Exynos, which is typically why the Exynos outperforms the Qualcomm even at lower clockspeeds. I'm guessing T-Mobile needed the SGS2 to be on par with with its siblings thus the higher clockspeeds (1.5ghz) to accommodate the older architecture.
The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S if I'm not mistaken are also running chips that are based on the A9 architectures.
There is a difference when using the original SGS2 with the T-Mobile version...but it's not too drastic. What the CPU makes up in lack of speed, the big screen more than makes up for it.
I'm quite new to this forum, therefore I can't post external links yet. However, perform a google search for "How Samsung's chip change-up affects the T-Mobile Galaxy S II" the first link is an interesting article.
The normal clockspeed for this processor is 1.5GHz
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I'm quite new to this forum, therefore I can't post external links yet. However, perform a google search for "How Samsung's chip change-up affects the T-Mobile Galaxy S II" the first link is an interesting article.
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What I took away from that article is that they went Snapdragon in order to use another modem chip to be able to do 42Mbps. The sacrifice is graphics performance.
Hmm, it plays my HD movie great. Not sure I will ever play a first person shooter on it...
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The normal clockspeed for this processor is 1.5GHz
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i was about to point out the same
the Qualcomm CPU stock speed is 1.5 Ghz, the same CPU on HTC Sense was actually under clocked to 1.2 Ghz
so the new HTC Amaze is using the CPU at is normal speed like on our phone
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What I took away from that article is that they went Snapdragon in order to use another modem chip to be able to do 42Mbps. The sacrifice is graphics performance.
Hmm, it plays my HD movie great. Not sure I will ever play a first person shooter on it...
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It also sacrifices general OS performance, at least in its current state. Looks like Samsung did no optimization on this guy for the qcom SoC. As it currently stands, I find it more laggy than my (admittedly) highly optimized Epic (single core). Hopefully things will improve with devs, etc.
I had the original and was using it on att gophone,
and sold it to get this. I needed to be on a contract and Tmobile was my only option so I got this
User interface was faster and smoother, apps opened and closed in the blink of an eye
games also ran with no lag whatsoever
Screen is bigger, no hardware buttons, and faster data is a plus for me
Tmobile is very spotty in my area tho
Sometimes I feel like I should have stayed
This phone has been behaving differently
The user interface is nearly as smooth and some of my favorite games lag
(Dragon fly, modern combat 2)
Still a great phone but these 2 Arras are disappointing for me
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Krooked22 said:
I had the original stay.
User interface was faster and smoother, apps opened and closed in the blink of an eye
games also ran with no lag whatsoever
This phone has been behaving differently
The user interface is nearly as smooth and some of my favorite games lag
(Dragon fly, modern combat 2)
Still a great phone but these 2 Arras are disappointing for me
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To be clear, gaming performance will never be as good on this platform. The GPU is severely weaker than the exynos models. What remains to be seen is if the rest of the OS can be optimized though.
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To be clear, gaming performance will never be as good on this platform. The GPU is severely weaker than the exynos models. What remains to be seen is if the rest of the OS can be optimized though.
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The OS definitely can be a little more optimized for this processor. This phone isn't a slouch though.
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The OS definitely can be a little more optimized for this processor. This phone isn't a slouch though.
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It is a slouch relatively speaking, to the people who forked out full retail for this phone.
I might get this phone, if and only if, FULL hardware acceleration is not announced on the Prime, even then, I shall hunt it for free via retentions.
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It is a slouch relatively speaking, to the people who forked out full retail for this phone.
I might get this phone, if and only if, FULL hardware acceleration is not announced on the Prime, even then, I shall hunt it for free via retentions.
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I am one of the people who forked out full retail. I can take a picture of my receipt to prove. We nit pick at every single phone that comes out. Trust me when I say this phone isn't a slouch. Yes it stutters once in a blue, but its fast and pretty smooth. All we need is an official update from Samsung to fix the issue or get a few custom roms. I've owned literally every smartphone that came out for T-Mobile this year and the previous years and I can honestly say this happens to be the fastest, even with the slight stutter it gets every now and then. It's just a slight software issue. I believe that this processor is capable of getting the job done.
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this is my third phone this year and im done .nothing to complain about if i start worrying about milliseconds then i would never buy another phone again because the galaxy s3 will be a few milliseconds faster than this one and so on and on. i made a promise to myself that im done till the end of nex year
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this is my third phone this year and im done .nothing to complain about if i start worrying about milliseconds then i would never buy another phone again because the galaxy s3 will be a few milliseconds faster than this one and so on and on. i made a promise to myself that im done till the end of nex year
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Lol. I don't think your done. I think we all say this same thing. I bet I'll probably see you over at the Nexus Prime forum. I really love this phone and would like to say I'm done for the year too, but I think what makes some of us go for the next best thing is A. its the next best thing and B. we realize that our dev community gets smaller whenever the next best thing comes out so we want to be back in the loop of things. I'M JUST A PHONE SLUT!
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II've owned literally every smartphone that came out for T-Mobile this year and the previous years and I can honestly say this happens to be the fastest, even with the slight stutter it gets every now and then. It's just a slight software issue. I believe that this processor is capable of getting the job done.
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I also paid full retail (pending Prime announcement), but I can tell you that my highly optimized Epic is smoother than this phone is right now in day-to-day use. Now, hopefully that means that there is a lot of room for improvement as this chip is theoretically faster and dual-core, but it is an open question of whether that promise will be realized.
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I also paid full retail (pending Prime announcement), but I can tell you that my highly optimized Epic is smoother than this phone is right now in day-to-day use. Now, hopefully that means that there is a lot of room for improvement as this chip is theoretically faster and dual-core, but it is an open question of whether that promise will be realized.
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We will be rewarded by both Samsung and the devs soon.
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Lol. I don't think your done. I think we all say this same thing. I bet I'll probably see you over at the Nexus Prime forum. I really love this phone and would like to say I'm done for the year too, but I think what makes some of us go for the next best thing is A. its the next best thing and B. we realize that our dev community gets smaller whenever the next best thing comes out so we want to be back in the loop of things. I'M JUST A PHONE SLUT!
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This ^
This processor is the same one used in the now defunct HP touchpad. People have successfully overclocked their touchpads to 1.7ghz with minimal to no additional drain on battery but a noticeable speed boost. I imagine our phones will react much the same way
The Note 3 is very fast and Buttery Smooth like the HTC One's Span dragon 600 processor but even a bit faster with the 800
I wish there was a way for the camera settings to stick when you change them like ISO.. if you do auto for taking pictures.. especially in low light, the pictures will look terrrrible! you need to set ISO to 800 or 400
The speakers are quite frankly a disappointment.. the note 2's speakers are indeed better so you can imagine how the htc one trounces the speakers in quality.. really really not sure what samsung was thinking when downgrading the speaker quality
The front facing camera quality is also not Good.. the note 2's front facing camera was good but the color production was pretty bad... the front camera on the note 3 is gritty and the saturation levels are so bland
Im thankful for the auto correct on the keyboard but its very here and there.. not as good as some other options but it's OK and i find myself using it more than i used the stock keyboard on the note 2
Vibrate feedback on the device is just ok.. htc and Motorola does a better job with the vibrate feedback.. on the note 3 it feels slightly weak and on some other devices you can feel the heft of the feedback if that makes sense.
The Spen is clearly more accurate to the touch than the note 2.. i happen to have need penmanship and it does show when i write with the Spen
The many software options on the note 3 may take up space but the good thing is that you can disable the apps or turn them on or off so they arent runnning.. the battery is really really really good on this damn phone Heavy use and 4 hours and 5 minutes with the screen on and the battery is at 43 percent. I think i can get a good 7 hours screen on time or more so with all these apps on the device, they dont seem to wear down the battery even though i know the battery life would be even better without all of these features... i actually like all the stuff on here.. human get bored quickly and having customizations options on your phone is a top notch plus!
O did i say the speaker was on my last nerves? lollll ... it's a little better than the nexus 4, LG G2 and Galaxy Nexus speakers but if the quality was degraded any further, it would be on par with those. (no disrespect to yall phones.. just giving an honest overview)
For those that says the Leather like material feels like plastic... well hey.. thats their hands and i cant tell them any different but for ME, it does feel like Leather..maybe Pleather lol..Feels like a Leather Wallet's material..i really like it and i found that the phone does not get hot like the note 2 did at times or even the Nexus 4.. good job Samsung
The Multi-Window Feature was improved and much easier to navigate!
The device is clearly the epitome of what Project Butter should stand for ... the battery is an addictive thing to own... and this phone is a phone to keep... however, will i be keeping it myself? if i can tolerate these speakers with using earphones more often and if samsung sends an update to iron out some settings sticking in the camera app then I'm on board for keeping this sucka for a while!
If you have questions, I can try to answer for you. thanks and if there are any grammatical errors, excuse me.. i dont feel like going back to correct them all lol
Hey, this may be kinda off topic but how does the snapdragon 800 compare to the 600 in daily use? I'm thinking either about the s4 or note 3 but leaning towards s4 cuz of the price..
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Hey, this may be kinda off topic but how does the snapdragon 800 compare to the 600 in daily use? I'm thinking either about the s4 or note 3 but leaning towards s4 cuz of the price..
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You're fine.. I was saying how the HTC one was really smooth with the 600 and there's a tiny bit of speed added in the 800..its not tremendously significant but they're both very good
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Hey, this may be kinda off topic but how does the snapdragon 800 compare to the 600 in daily use? I'm thinking either about the s4 or note 3 but leaning towards s4 cuz of the price..
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Noticable difference for sure. I have noticed many things take far less time. When I used Nandroid Manager to restore my apps from the Nandroid I had made on my S4 it took half the time that it did on my S4 usually. All across the board things are so much faster on this then the S4.
Thanks for the mini review. I'm really glad they brought auto-correct back, maybe Samsung struck a deal with Apple or something.
As for the speaker, as long as it's louder than the LG G2 I'm okay, the G2's speaker was horrendous.
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Thanks for the mini review. I'm really glad they brought auto-correct back, maybe Samsung struck a deal with Apple or something.
As for the speaker, as long as it's louder than the LG G2 I'm okay, the G2's speaker was horrendous.
I was supposed to receive my Note 3 yesterday but UPS made an exception for some reason, maybe the Truck broke down? It's now scheduled for MONDAY! SOB!
Good new is I did get my order in for the black Gear watch, with the 25 percent off coupon, $224 is a not too bad...
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Thanks for the mini review. I'm really glad they brought auto-correct back, maybe Samsung struck a deal with Apple or something.
As for the speaker, as long as it's louder than the LG G2 I'm okay, the G2's speaker was horrendous.
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Thanks for the mini review. I'm really glad they brought auto-correct back, maybe Samsung struck a deal with Apple or something.
As for the speaker, as long as it's louder than the LG G2 I'm okay, the G2's speaker was horrendous.
I was supposed to receive my Note 3 yesterday but UPS made an exception for some reason, maybe the Truck broke down? It's now scheduled for MONDAY! SOB!
Good new is I did get my order in for the black Gear watch, with the 25 percent off coupon, $224 is a not too bad...
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I would be really annoyed.. Thankful ups got me mine yesterday.. The shopping said by the end of the day and they damn sure meant by the end.. I received it at 510pm est lol
Lol, oh man. Monday! That sucks, I get mine tonight when I get home at 530...
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ryukiri said:
Hey, this may be kinda off topic but how does the snapdragon 800 compare to the 600 in daily use? I'm thinking either about the s4 or note 3 but leaning towards s4 cuz of the price..
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You're fine.. I was saying how the HTC one was really smooth with the 600 and there's a tiny bit of speed added in the 800..its not tremendously significant but they're both very good
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The biggest difference in the 2 SoC's are they cores they use. The 600 uses Krait 300 cores, while the 800 uses krait 400 cores. The krait 400 cores are a higher clock speed out of the box, as well as faster L2 cache. Let's also not forget your getting the Adreno 330 vs the 320, which also offers a bump in frame rates on things.
I would assume the 800 would be able to OC higher as well. Depending on the bin of the chip and voltages.
Also the 800 supports 4K video recording, granted its really gimmick at the moment, and the 600 does not.
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The biggest difference in the 2 SoC's are they cores they use. The 600 uses Krait 300 cores, while the 800 uses krait 400 cores. The krait 400 cores are a higher clock speed out of the box, as well as faster L2 cache. Let's also not forget your getting the Adreno 330 vs the 320, which also offers a bump in frame rates on things.
I would assume the 800 would be able to OC higher as well. Depending on the bin of the chip and voltages.
Also the 800 supports 4K video recording, granted its really gimmick at the moment, and the 600 does not.
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Thanks a lot for that info. I just got by feel.. Might be better if I had then side by side but the HTC one is no joke when it comes to speed and this note 3 just takes it up a notch as benchmarks show but there are all types of conspiracies out about samung and the benchmark thing but I just go by feel and you can experience the fluidity instead of seeing numbers
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Thanks a lot for that info. I just got by feel.. Might be better if I had then side by side but the HTC one is no joke when it comes to speed and this note 3 just takes it up a notch as benchmarks show but there are all types of conspiracies out about samung and the benchmark thing but I just go by feel and you can experience the fluidity instead of seeing numbers
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Both are good chipsets. On paper the 800 is better. But that doesn't mean in really life it is. As you said, real world feel. I know when I played with note 3 at my store, it was faster than my 2 that's for sure.
Definitely faster than the note 2. Noticeably
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I would be really annoyed.. Thankful ups got me mine yesterday.. The shopping said by the end of the day and they damn sure meant by the end.. I received it at 510pm est lol
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Lmao!! Same here they shown up at exactly 5:05pm 55 minutes before I had to show up for work. ..
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ryukiri said:
Hey, this may be kinda off topic but how does the snapdragon 800 compare to the 600 in daily use? I'm thinking either about the s4 or note 3 but leaning towards s4 cuz of the price..
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Daily usage you will be fine with either but if you play higher end games note 3 plays them smoother like mc4 or dungeon hunter 4. But if you don't want lag and 32 gb storage note 3 is the way to go.
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My overalll impressions with this phone is actually good.. Its too early to talk about battery life, but IMO, this phone feels like everything that the G2 should have been.. a substancial upgrade i wouldnt say so, but the camera is a bit better, the speaker quality and sound is MUCHHHHH better.
i dont experience the lag people talk about. this phone feels pretty snappy, but benchmarks? wtf? 32000 on antutu? This is showing less than my G2 and farrrr less than the htc one and galaxy s5s.. why is this? Is it because of the qhd screen??
Yes, the G2 actually beats the G3 on 3 of the 6 major benchmarks.
The G2 took the Antutu, Vellamo HTML 5, and Sunspider while the G3 took the Quadrant, Vallamo Metal, and Basemark OS II.
Where the G3 lost to the G2 was only about a 10% difference however.
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Yes, the G2 actually beats the G3 on 3 of the 6 major benchmarks.
The G2 took the Antutu, Vellamo HTML 5, and Sunspider while the G3 took the Quadrant, Vallamo Metal, and Basemark OS II.
Where the G3 lost to the G2 was only about a 10% difference however.
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now why is this? if the 801 is supposed to be a better processor?? obviously benchmarks arent agreeing with this.. Is the problem anything to do with this screen paired up with the 801 processor and GPU? Should the 805 of been used?
i dont get how a newer phone is taking a step back??
This isnt gonna keep me from enjoying this phone because i do like it alot, but wtf??
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now why is this? if the 801 is supposed to be a better processor?? obviously benchmarks arent agreeing with this.. Is the problem anything to do with this screen paired up with the 801 processor and GPU? Should the 805 of been used?
i dont get how a newer phone is taking a step back??
This isnt gonna keep me from enjoying this phone because i do like it alot, but wtf??
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I'm sure someone that's more in the know about the processors can chime in, but in short yes, it's all about that display hogging resources.
I'm pretty sure it's all due to the display. However, I never judge a phone but the benchmarks, because they don't represent normal daily usage whatsoever. Infact, I feel that benchmarks are pretty much useless nowadays, and reviewers just do them as a formality.
Sprint version is ok
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Not to mention you can run the same benchmark on the same phone and get very different results.
roflmao NUMBERS !
Wow cares about fing benchmarks
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I've never benchmarked any phone/tablet I've owned. If it's running the way I want it to, why should anyone care about those numbers?
Real world performance >>>> artificial testings
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roflmao NUMBERS !
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Seriously.
It always reminds me of muscle car guys bragging about having 450hp in their 4200lb Camaro or Challenger. Even though a 170hp Mazda Miata would beat the hell out of it around a track.
I don't know how many more times must this be said....
Benchmarks mean absolutely nothing in regard to how the phone performs in real world use.
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My overalll impressions with this phone is actually good.. Its too early to talk about battery life, but IMO, this phone feels like everything that the G2 should have been.. a substancial upgrade i wouldnt say so, but the camera is a bit better, the speaker quality and sound is MUCHHHHH better.
i dont experience the lag people talk about. this phone feels pretty snappy, but benchmarks? wtf? 32000 on antutu? This is showing less than my G2 and farrrr less than the htc one and galaxy s5s.. why is this? Is it because of the qhd screen??
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So you like everything about the phone, except the benchmark scores which are inaccurate and manipulated. In other words, you like the real world experience with the phone, but have an issue with the fake, non-important benchmark scores.....
Take this advice - remove the benchmark programs from the phone and simply enjoy it.
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So you like everything about the phone, except the benchmark scores which are inaccurate and manipulated. In other words, you like the real world experience with the phone, but have an issue with the fake, non-important benchmark scores.....
Take this advice - remove the benchmark programs from the phone and simply enjoy it.
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Well said my brother from another mother!!
So I too got the VZW model. Can't activate it till Monday.. Work line. But just on wifi I've been kinda underwhelmed... Haven't had a SINGLE youtube video play in HD. All look blurry as hell. My Oppo find5 right next it on the same wifi network not only plays the file smoothly not buffering every two seconds. But it Also plays in glorious HD.... Only had it out of the box to turn Art on and sign into my accts. Waiting for Monday when it's an active line to really dig in. But hopped on here hoping I wasn't alone.
Scribed henceforth from thy G pad.
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So I too got the VZW model. Can't activate it till Monday.. Work line. But just on wifi I've been kinda underwhelmed... Haven't had a SINGLE youtube video play in HD. All look blurry as hell. My Oppo find5 right next it on the same wifi network not only plays the file smoothly not buffering every two seconds. But it Also plays in glorious HD.... Only had it out of the box to turn Art on and sign into my accts. Waiting for Monday when it's an active line to really dig in. But hopped on here hoping I wasn't alone.
Scribed henceforth from thy G pad.
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I assure you that isn't normal. Not sure if it is because it hasn't been activated yet, or some wi-fi problem. But the phone can most definitely play HD videos from Youtube......
killerskincanoe said:
So I too got the VZW model. Can't activate it till Monday.. Work line. But just on wifi I've been kinda underwhelmed... Haven't had a SINGLE youtube video play in HD. All look blurry as hell. My Oppo find5 right next it on the same wifi network not only plays the file smoothly not buffering every two seconds. But it Also plays in glorious HD.... Only had it out of the box to turn Art on and sign into my accts. Waiting for Monday when it's an active line to really dig in. But hopped on here hoping I wasn't alone.
Scribed henceforth from thy G pad.
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ART isn't ready to be used on this device. Its in the hidden developer options for a reason. Expect problems when its turned on.
I've read a few early reports of others using It without issue. The YouTube issue happened before I turned ART on. I didnt test after, didn't have the time.
UPDATE: after root i finally allowed play store to update google apps. and download TB. updated youtube as well, all videos buttery as they should be
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My overalll impressions with this phone is actually good.. Its too early to talk about battery life, but IMO, this phone feels like everything that the G2 should have been.. a substancial upgrade i wouldnt say so, but the camera is a bit better, the speaker quality and sound is MUCHHHHH better.
i dont experience the lag people talk about. this phone feels pretty snappy, but benchmarks? wtf? 32000 on antutu? This is showing less than my G2 and farrrr less than the htc one and galaxy s5s.. why is this? Is it because of the qhd screen??
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Run it again when you first wake up in the morning when the phone is cold and not being throttled by heat. Mine comes out at over 35000 top of the chart on antu higher than M8 and S5 but when hot barley gets 29000
Back to Davlik..
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I have always used smartphones with a Snapdragon in them and been waiting a long time for a decent Note to come out to upgrade my S4. I have heard a mixed bag in regards to Snapdragon and Exynos from various review sites and reading peoples comment. Some say SD820 runs hot during gaming, some say Exynos throttles a lot during gaming while others say the SD produce better sound and the Exynos is not optimized well.
So I thought the best place to find out for sure is from XDA. To set the scene, I mainly be using the Note 7 for music, gaming and watching anime. Performance and battery life is the main things I am looking for, anyone able to comment on personal experience with the variant they have or really know your stuff in regards to the variants, would be much appreciated.
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I have always used smartphones with a Snapdragon in them and been waiting a long time for a decent Note to come out to upgrade my S4. I have heard a mixed bag in regards to Snapdragon and Exynos from various review sites and reading peoples comment. Some say SD820 runs hot during gaming, some say Exynos throttles a lot during gaming while others say the SD produce better sound and the Exynos is not optimized well.
So I thought the best place to find out for sure is from XDA. To set the scene, I mainly be using the Note 7 for music, gaming and watching anime. Performance and battery life is the main things I am looking for, anyone able to comment on personal experience with the variant they have or really know your stuff in regards to the variants, would be much appreciated.
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I just ordered the Exynos version and should be getting it soon. I've gone through 4 SD 820 versions on AT&T USA and can confidently say based on my experience, the performance is abominable. It goes from being insanely faste to incredibly laggy in everything you do. The battery life of all 4 phones have been unimpressive. I pretty much have to charge about twice to get me through the day.
The loudness is just okay. I'm looking forward to comparing with the Exynos version when it arrives. As for the 4th SD version Note 7 I'm currently using, it will be going back back to it's maker really soon.
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I just ordered the Exynos version and should be getting it soon. I've gone through 4 SD 820 versions on AT&T USA and can confidently say based on my experience, the performance is abominable. It goes from being insanely faste to incredibly laggy in everything you do. The battery life of all 4 phones have been unimpressive. I pretty much have to charge about twice to get me through the day.
The loudness is just okay. I'm looking forward to comparing with the Exynos version when it arrives. As for the 4th SD version Note 7 I'm currently using, it will be going back back to it's maker really soon.
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Thanks for this, I would be interested to know your impressions on the Exynos variant of the Note 7 once you have gave it a good run.
Looks like there is a clear winner here. Thank you for everyone who voted in the poll. I really appreciate it.
I've heard nothing but bad stuff about the Snapdragon version, hopefully nothing an update can fix.
Thank you for making this poll. I am seriously thinking of returning the Galaxy Note 7 I purchased in Canada in favour of a Galaxy S7 Edge. Overall performance, operating temperature and battery life are more important to me than a minor boost in rendering performance.
My Canadian Snapdragon version has been great. No battery life or heat issues here. It took a few days to settle in after I set it up, but it's been great since. Battery life is slightly lower than my S7 Edge was, but the battery is also slightly smaller. I'm averaging 5.5-6hrs of SoT (auto brightness + location on), which is good enough for me.
The Exynos versions seem to be self destructing randomly after a few days. Bricks and bootloops.
Thanks
Thanks for the post and all the votes guys. I was also thinking about this and according to android central, strictly based on numbers, the exynos version has a better cpu and the snapdragon version has better gpu. However this doesn't really say anything about real world performance.
I have both for this week...I bought Tmobile on preorder and just bought Exynos as well...I love the Exynos...does come with a funky plug for the wall...it was warmer too as first...Did the update lastnight and its super fast and not warm anymore...I bought because of Unlocked Bootloader and possible Root soon...Chainfire does not have his device yet...so soon it will be up hopefully...out of the 2 the Exynos is brighter as well when both are maxed. My only con and I think its fixable is I got the FD Duos..and Messages has a blue #1 on it...All my messages do for that matter and the send button had it...trying to figure out how to turn it off... it's just my phone letting me know what SIMs card I'm using but I don't like it. But out of the two I'm definitely happier with the Exynos
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GibMcFragger said:
My Canadian Snapdragon version has been great. No battery life or heat issues here. It took a few days to settle in after I set it up, but it's been great since. Battery life is slightly lower than my S7 Edge was, but the battery is also slightly smaller. I'm averaging 5.5-6hrs of SoT (auto brightness + location on), which is good enough for me.
The Exynos versions seem to be self destructing randomly after a few days. Bricks and bootloops.
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Hmmmm...sounds like some attempted Root going on there! Hahaha
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Yo bad if you go with the exynos version you can't use samsung pay in the US which is the only downer in my opinion.
doug0365 said:
Yo bad if you go with the exynos version you can't use samsung pay in the US which is the only downer in my opinion.
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Not true I had a FD model and using my ATT SIM Samsung Pay worked out of the box.
Would you say that the Samsung Galaxy S11 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Samsung Galaxy S11 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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Samsung galaxy S20 speed review
The overall speed analysis of Samsung galaxy S20 was amazing. No lagging in interface noticed after 2 months of usage.
It looks like a great but expensive device
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The overall speed analysis of Samsung galaxy S20 was amazing. No lagging in interface noticed after 2 months of usage.
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What are you talking about?, the phone was release 1 month ago and was shipped 1 week ago, don't spam samsung!
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Abeer84 said:
The overall speed analysis of Samsung galaxy S20 was amazing. No lagging in interface noticed after 2 months of usage.
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You are 100% right,I just ran GeekBench5 apk and have the "best" score for multicore phones, which is 2987.
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Excuse me gentlemen, my name is bee101 and I manage to get my hands on a S20, that being said my S20 is blowing the competition away on top two speed test apks from Google playstore. Such as GeekBench5 and 3D Mark. I have screen shots but I can not post, I guess being new and all. But so far I have no complaints except for one. Without a case, it is hard to watch anything for any length of time without accidentally touching the screen and backing up of going forward whatever you are watching. The touch screen curve down on the sides and if you touch that while watching a movie, bam, back to almost the beginning or end depending on where you touched. So a case is almost necessary.
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Bee101 said:
Excuse me gentlemen, my name is bee101 and I manage to get my hands on a S20, that being said my S20 is blowing the competition away on top two speed test apks from Google playstore. Such as GeekBench5 and 3D Mark. I have screen shots but I can not post, I guess being new and all. But so far I have no complaints except for one. Without a case, it is hard to watch anything for any length of time without accidentally touching the screen and backing up of going forward whatever you are watching. The touch screen curve down on the sides and if you touch that while watching a movie, bam, back to almost the beginning or end depending on where you touched. So a case is almost necessary.
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Well, I was first now it seems several individual who own S10 note and S10s have posted speeds almost double, no doubt rooted and running custom roms, well you can't urge with the number, At least they are all Samsung devices.
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I wanna buy a phone can you please suggest me with one is better Samsung M20 or Xiaomi Redmi Note 9
Which one best for pubg gaming?
dotfellow said:
I wanna buy a phone can you please suggest me with one is better Samsung M20 or Xiaomi Redmi Note 9
Which one best for pubg gaming?
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Go to buy ps4
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Hello everyone.
DISCLAIMER - Benchmarks DO NOT reflect real world performance but are a fun tool to see whether or not a device is stable and performing within parameters.
I had some fun cooling down (in the fridge) my new S20 Plus 5G (Exynos) and got these sweet scores (Antutu, Geekbench, 3DMark)
Enjoy and post yours.
Running stock ATF5 Rom
Cheerios
dotfellow said:
I wanna buy a phone can you please suggest me with one is better Samsung M20 or Xiaomi Redmi Note 9
Which one best for pubg gaming?
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You can get a xbox one s or x for far less than the price of those phones and it is far superior than them on playing pubg..
aldoblaga said:
Hello everyone.
DISCLAIMER - Benchmarks DO NOT reflect real world performance but are a fun tool to see whether or not a device is stable and performing within parameters.
I had some fun cooling down (in the fridge) my new S20 Plus 5G (Exynos) and got these sweet scores (Antutu, Geekbench, 3DMark)
Enjoy and post yours.
Running stock ATF5 Rom
Cheerios
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Just for fun, I ran Geekbench on mine (S20 ultra Exynos). No cooling or anything, just downloaded the app and ran the test (at ambient room temperature approx 30 degrees C)! It's on stock ATE6.
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Just for fun, I ran Geekbench on mine (S20 ultra Exynos). No cooling or anything, just downloaded the app and ran the test (at ambient room temperature approx 30 degrees C)! It's on stock ATE6.
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It s funny - first time i ran Geekbench when the phone was fresh out of the box in got similar scores...939 single core and 2850ish multicore. Also androbench reported a much higher than now (after a week) 1750mb seq read...and now it fluctuates very much ...anywhere from 1.4gb seq read to 1.65...and geekbench without freezing hovers around 899 single and 2700-2800 multi. Can you please do 5 geekbench tests back to back and post the lowest score? I m curious how the thermals hold up on the slightly larger copper vapor chamber the S20 Ultra has. Thanks
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It s funny - first time i ran Geekbench when the phone was fresh out of the box in got similar scores...939 single core and 2850ish multicore. Also androbench reported a much higher than now (after a week) 1750mb seq read...and now it fluctuates very much ...anywhere from 1.4gb seq read to 1.65...and geekbench without freezing hovers around 899 single and 2700-2800 multi. Can you please do 5 geekbench tests back to back and post the lowest score? I m curious how the thermals hold up on the slightly larger copper vapor chamber the S20 Ultra has. Thanks
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Already did it yesterday, ran the test multiple (4-5) times. This was the lowest I got (very first one, I think). After the first test I closed all background apps and ran the test again. They were all similar.
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Already did it yesterday, ran the test multiple (4-5) times. This was the lowest I got (very first one, I think). After the first test I closed all background apps and ran the test again. They were all similar.
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Awesome! How about antutu ...5 runs? And post max and lowest? Thanks ?
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Awesome! How about antutu ...5 runs? And post max and lowest? Thanks
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Sorry state of affairs with antutu! Couldn't find it on playstore, so downloaded from galaxy apps (along with 3Dbench), but even after repeated attempts couldn't run the test, so I gave up. It kept on redirecting to playstore (to download some plugin) which showed that the page/app doesn't exist anymore, lol!
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Sorry state of affairs with antutu! Couldn't find it on playstore, so downloaded from galaxy apps (along with 3Dbench), but even after repeated attempts couldn't run the test, so I gave up. It kept on redirecting to playstore (to download some plugin) which showed that the page/app doesn't exist anymore, lol!
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Oh wow...sorry to hear that. True that only galaxy store has it. Did u download antutu 3dmark also? Maybe that s what was missing?
Anyhow..you can try the same idea with 3dmark which u can find on playstore and post those results after 5 runs. My idea is to see how much the gpu throttles in the Ultra. Thanks again