Hello my fellow GS2 users,
so i just wanted to get peoples opinion on this...
i recently bought Samsung Galaxy S2 and in about a week or two into owning the device, i found out that att is releasing yet a newer version of this phone on Nov 6th now im in a dilemma on what to do...
since im still within the return period of the original S2, do you guys think i should try returning my current S2 and get the newer version or is it not worth going thru the hassle of doing all the returns??...i did buy a case from amazon which will need to be returned as well if i end up getting the newer version...
Any constructive input/suggestions are appreciated,
FI
I dont think this new one has an exynos processor. That an immediate no go for me.
With a 4.5" screen it's slightly larger than AT&T's regular Galaxy S II (the "Attain"). It's like the versions of the Galaxy S II released by Sprint and T-Mobile... but with LTE capabilities.
So it doesn't have a Exynos processor and even though I don't know exactly how different the Exynos is from it's replacement... I don't think it is that big of a deal. Again- no evidence to support that.
And I believe your Galaxy S II has a 1200 MHz Exynos processor while the Galaxy S II Skyrocket has a 1500 MHz non-Exynos...
Do you like it? if you do then it doesn't matter what we think it's all you
(even though i would never change my gs2 for anything right now =)
The Skyrocket has a 1.5GHz Dual Core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 1024mb RAM.
vs the standard SGS II, Exynos processors have been proven and tested to be faster than any other smartphone processor (according to various websites and video reviews and whatnot).
The only real difference between the two phones is the larger screen (remember, the screen RESOLUTION is still the SAME as the SGSII, which means your currrent SGSII has a higher DPI), 1.5ghz snapdragon (SAID to be slower, but who knows), and slightly more ram (very slightly).
I personally dont think its worth an upgrade, but its your choice.
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So I'm in the market for a new phone. I know there are some pretty bad*** phones comin out from HTC and Samsung but AT&T has the S2 and Skyrocket for 10 and 20 dollars right now so I'ma jump on one of those before the resell price of my Infuse drops.
So which one of these phones is better? Pros and Cons to each? Size isnt an issue, since i have awkwardly huge hands.
Thanks guys
the only differences in the screens, the other characteristics are the same.
Both now have ICS leaks, so development is really taking off. If you live an lte area, then the skyrocket is the way to go. It's totally personal preference, do you want the lte and bigger screen size of the skyrocket? Or the exyos processor in the sgsII? I've had both, at first regretted getting the skyrocket only because development for the snap dragon processor wasn't as quick as for the exyos. But it quickly picked up, and now with ICS, it's even better. Anyway just some info and my opinion, hope it helps!
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Hey guys i know im a noob on this site but galaxy s2 has 1.2ghz ARM9 and skyrocket has 1.5ghz cpu so there is a difference in the two.
I have the skyrocket and love it! Although I have never used a gsII the 1.2Ghz exyos I believe is slightly better than the 1.5Ghz snapdragon. Once you put one of seanzscreams roms (SkyICS) on your phone you will never go back. Oh and LTE is awsome; Chicago is not as good as other places but its alot faster than 3g/4g.
If you don't live in an LTE area, go for the S2. The exynos processor is much better than the snapdragon.
Hey guys, I've been planning on upgrading my phone which is literally like 6 years old some lg slider type of phone for texting.
I was planning on getting the S2 (international since I'm in Canada) even after knowing the release of S3. One reason was to save money $0 for S2 and 150 for S3 on a 3 year contract. But the main reason was the hardware, I know the cpu is pretty on par with the international exynos quad core but the gpu seems to fall short right? Not to mention they took out the Wolfson sound chip which I was really anticipated on since I rather just use my phone as a multimedia player than buying for example a cowon mp3 player.
The thing thats really holding me back is I guess the gpu. I own an ipod touch and never in the world did I think would be playing games on such a small device but nevertheless, it kills time pretty quickly and keeps me from being bored throughout the day or at work.
I just wanted to know if anyone who has the American variant of the S3, are the current games graphically looking and fluidity decent enough even though it uses a Adreno 225? Is it worth getting the S3 with the Adreno 225 than the S2 with mali400? Just curious if the Adreno 225 performs better than the S2's mali400.
If not, I'll probably just stick to getting the S2 and maybe wait to import the international or just wait it out for the next "S4" or the next "big" thing aside from apple's iphone .
Thanks guys!
The games are better on my t-mobile version. I gave my Hercules to my mom
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Get the s3, you'll regret getting a year old s2 in about a month.
There are so many pros to the s3, I dont really feel like listing them
Android_Monsters said:
The games are better on my t-mobile version. I gave my Hercules to my mom
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Is there a difference between the t-mobile and the at&t? I thought they were the same.
I live in canada and currently on virgin mobile, not sure if their phone is the t-mobile version or the bell(at&t)
fyi, bell bought virgin mobile
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Is there a difference between the t-mobile and the at&t? I thought they were the same.
I live in canada and currently on virgin mobile, not sure if their phone is the t-mobile version or the bell(at&t)
fyi, bell bought virgin mobile
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I'm thinking he meant on the s3 period vs the s2 Hercules. I speak garbled English well.
And I haven't played to many games but have tried Dead Trigger and Gta3. Both run super smooth. My friend played max Payne and Riptide GP and had zero issues. Though I watched him get stuck trying to answer a telephone on Mac Payne lol.
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s3, no doubt. (finding a few small quirks though)
i have two s2 phones, we went to the s3, too many changes and good things to list. battery, screen, responsiveness, gps lock times, signal, ........ (lost 4g though giving up the s2, have it in my city)
Is it confirmed that the Wolfson sound chip isn't in the US variants of the S3? For some reason I thought it was still there. I asked supercurio of he was going to work on the At&t version, and he said he hadn't decided.
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Is it confirmed that the Wolfson sound chip isn't in the US variants of the S3? For some reason I thought it was still there. I asked supercurio of he was going to work on the At&t version, and he said he hadn't decided.
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theres a bunch of threads out there backing up that the american variant doesn't have wolfson. Would have been beast if it did tho.
Thanks guys, think I'll go with the S3. Will miss the old candy rectangular shape phones tho lol.
Out of curiosity, why do people buy their phones outright? I mean even after buying it and getting the right to choose any kind of plan for the phone, won't it eventually end up to the normal price of $50. Since most texting plans are 20-30 and doesn't come with caller id/voice msg or even data and to get all those will be another 20-30. So it'll eventually end up to the normal $50 plans O_O
It's a shame that america has the worst mobile plans.. so expensive compared to other countries, especially korea or japan. Luckily they have free wifi literally anywhere you go so data isn't really necessary but their plans are actually good. I mean who the f*** made it so we have to pay for caller id, that shows up on our normal house phones without any extra charges lol..
thanks again
Intercrew said:
Hey guys, I've been planning on upgrading my phone which is literally like 6 years old some lg slider type of phone for texting.
I was planning on getting the S2 (international since I'm in Canada) even after knowing the release of S3. One reason was to save money $0 for S2 and 150 for S3 on a 3 year contract. But the main reason was the hardware, I know the cpu is pretty on par with the international exynos quad core but the gpu seems to fall short right? Not to mention they took out the Wolfson sound chip which I was really anticipated on since I rather just use my phone as a multimedia player than buying for example a cowon mp3 player.
The thing thats really holding me back is I guess the gpu. I own an ipod touch and never in the world did I think would be playing games on such a small device but nevertheless, it kills time pretty quickly and keeps me from being bored throughout the day or at work.
I just wanted to know if anyone who has the American variant of the S3, are the current games graphically looking and fluidity decent enough even though it uses a Adreno 225? Is it worth getting the S3 with the Adreno 225 than the S2 with mali400? Just curious if the Adreno 225 performs better than the S2's mali400.
If not, I'll probably just stick to getting the S2 and maybe wait to import the international or just wait it out for the next "S4" or the next "big" thing aside from apple's iphone .
Thanks guys!
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I will say wait for galaxy S4 to come out, it's much worth of wait.
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Hi folks,
I'm thinking about buy a Galaxy S III, but here on Brazil they sell the quad-core version with 1GB RAM. I think that dual-core with 2GB RAM will make my device last for a long time (about updates, performance and such). What version (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) should i buy? Please consider that i'll need to unlock it here on Brazil.
Thanks and sorry for english.
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Hi folks,
I'm thinking about buy a Galaxy S III, but here on Brazil they sell the quad-core version with 1GB RAM. I think that dual-core with 2GB RAM will make my device last for a long time (about updates, performance and such). What version (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) should i buy? Please consider that i'll need to unlock it here on Brazil.
Thanks and sorry for english.
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All carriers in the u.s only has the dual core 2gb ram. If data speed doesn't matter to you and I'm not sure about your carriers speed there, in my opinion I would rather get the quad core one
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SkzBR said:
Hi folks,
I'm thinking about buy a Galaxy S III, but here on Brazil they sell the quad-core version with 1GB RAM. I think that dual-core with 2GB RAM will make my device last for a long time (about updates, performance and such). What version (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) should i buy? Please consider that i'll need to unlock it here on Brazil.
Thanks and sorry for english.
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Your gonna need a gsm version, so Att or Tmobile. Either way you'll need to debloat it because of the carrier apps. I'd say your best bet to get it working on hspa 1900mhz would probably be Att, but the Tmo one may work on it in Brazil, I don't know?
Your best bet is the quad core international though, at least Imo!
SkzBR said:
Hi folks,
I'm thinking about buy a Galaxy S III, but here on Brazil they sell the quad-core version with 1GB RAM. I think that dual-core with 2GB RAM will make my device last for a long time (about updates, performance and such). What version (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) should i buy? Please consider that i'll need to unlock it here on Brazil.
Thanks and sorry for english.
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I have both. There are little differences between the two phones. I'll try to cover them as best I can.
Processor - Performance seems to be a wash with the exception of the GPU, which is much faster in the Quad. So, Quad if you in tend to play games.
RAM - The extra gig of RAM does make a difference on the S4. I typically have around 1.6 gigs free and apps I have running in the background rarely get killed now. If you multitask a lot, you'll like the S4 more.
Camera app - Minor issue, but the shortcuts in the camera app don't currently stay. They reset almost every time you launch the camera. On the S4 version, they come pre-populated and never reset. This is actually kind of important to me.
Battery - Battery was better on my Quad, but that was because it was 3G only, I forced my LTE AT&T S4 to 3G and hit similar battery life. If you're not going to be on LTE, battery performance will be a wash.
Apps - International version has easy access to some apps (such as Samsung app hub) that the U.S. version doesn't. That being said, I was able to find the APK and install it. Also, the version you get may have bloatware, depending on the carrier. However, it can all be disabled.
Those are the primary differences I have noticed. If not for the camera shortcuts, I may very well prefer the Quad version myself. But the S4 version has been pretty good and I intend to stick with it. I'm not a heavy gamer and the S4 stays cooler under load.
Well,
Here in brazil the version is the international one (i9300) quad-core. I can buy it here directly from stores, but i was thinking about getting the 2GB RAM version to make the cellphone last as my primary phone for a long time (2 years or more), so to receive newest versions of android and run smoothy i think RAM is better than processor.
I dont play a lot on it, i'll use it to work, social networking, presentation, and photo/video taking on parties.
hi guys, so im trying to figure this out, i've purchased a phone from bell before, which tursn out it wasnt that, and infact was a whole different model which is lesser than i thought i was buying...
so, im thinking of looking at that GALAXY S3 but i see theres a few models of it, or revisions, theres the i9300 which it might or might not be... or theres the newly released i9305 which it seems like LATELY they've been trying to advertise this phone so i almost thought it was the i9305... but its not
i called bell and asked them for what the "model number is" but she said, im not sure i think its " LT7416" which i find nothing on, go figure...
heres a link to it on their site, if it asks to select province then select bc i guess http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Samsung-Galaxy-S3
now i know that the i9300 has a quad core cpu and 1gb of ram the 9305 has 2gb of ram with same quad core.... , which is what i'd like, yet somehow on bells site its advertising it to have 2 GB OF RAM with a 1.5ghz DUAL CORE what the heck?
now im thinking WTF how can bell falsely advertise a phone name when it is actually a total different model, my phone from them i thought was a galaxy W when its actually, guess what, a exhibit II
but yeah i want to get to the bottom of this, i want a quad core phone from bell, the S3 looks dreamy but only if its that i9300 model or a 9305 with a quad core atleast....
i have found this... http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Sam...-Sprint_id7099
now searching more i believe the common cheap model of the actual S3 here in canada is the " I747m" which is the 2 gb 1.5 ghz dual core , anybody know where i could find a real 1 on contract? thanks!
Octanee said:
anybody know where i could find a real 1 on contract? thanks!
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Buy just the phone directly & then choose the carrier whose network, service & most importantly the plans you like.
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hi guys, so im trying to figure this out, i've purchased a phone from bell before, which tursn out it wasnt that, and infact was a whole different model which is lesser than i thought i was buying...
so, im thinking of looking at that GALAXY S3 but i see theres a few models of it, or revisions, theres the i9300 which it might or might not be... or theres the newly released i9305 which it seems like LATELY they've been trying to advertise this phone so i almost thought it was the i9305... but its not
i called bell and asked them for what the "model number is" but she said, im not sure i think its " LT7416" which i find nothing on, go figure...
heres a link to it on their site, if it asks to select province then select bc i guess http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Samsung-Galaxy-S3
now i know that the i9300 has a quad core cpu and 1gb of ram the 9305 has 2gb of ram with same quad core.... , which is what i'd like, yet somehow on bells site its advertising it to have 2 GB OF RAM with a 1.5ghz DUAL CORE what the heck?
now im thinking WTF how can bell falsely advertise a phone name when it is actually a total different model, my phone from them i thought was a galaxy W when its actually, guess what, a exhibit II
but yeah i want to get to the bottom of this, i want a quad core phone from bell, the S3 looks dreamy but only if its that i9300 model or a 9305 with a quad core atleast....
i have found this... http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Sam...-Sprint_id7099
now searching more i believe the common cheap model of the actual S3 here in canada is the " I747m" which is the 2 gb 1.5 ghz dual core , anybody know where i could find a real 1 on contract? thanks!
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According to the Bell Mobility S III User Guide, the S III is SGH-I747M. I presume the M stands for N.America. You can always go into a real store to see actual model numbers.
Buy the phone you want outright then negotiate your terms with your carrier of choice without getting locked in. In the long term you will save money.
It's not the cheaper version. It's the American version which comes with lte. It's dual core because the lte radio was not compatible with the exynos quad core processor. If you want an international version you should find one easily online.
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Evening, everyone. I'm both curious and rather frustrated. I've had my Galaxy Note since it launched in the US on AT&T last February. Back then, it was the cream of the crop, and now i'm about to upgrade to an S IV the minute the pre-order link goes up.
On this note, though, while Samsung didn't mention the processor in today's keynote, the rumor mill (believably) reports that the international model will have a 1.6 or 1.8 Exynos 5 octo CPU, while most localized markets will have a Snapdragon 600, with a 1.9 quad-core. My question is why do the US markets prefer to use the Snapdragon processors? I got my mother a Galaxy S III for Christmas last year, expecting it to have a quad-core processor, but since i hadn't done my research, i was disappointed to find a Snapdragon S4, only a dual-core. Similarily, my Galaxy Note was butchered compared to the international version, with the iconic physical home button replaced with capacitive keys, and having a similar Exynos/Snapdragon difference.