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I for one am going to make the switch..
ALOT of people currently own a gs2 so I'm curious as to how many are also making the switch.
Don't post here if its just to criticize the gs3 or the people who are switching... this thread is just for those making the switch.
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Unless the exynos proc will now do all 3g/4g I'm not. I want a phone I can use internationally on 3g and on TMO on 3g/4g.
Other than that the feature set is not anything to go OMG I'M SWAPIN. Biggest deal is the possibility of better battery life with that generation. My area has mediocre cell (on signal (on ATT and TMO) so batteries don't last as long as they should even on edge.
I am going to be making the switch
Its its not quad core but also only 4.8 inches sorry too small for me I'll see what the note 2 has to offer.
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I'm planning to, but we will see once it comes out!
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Depending on the final specs and if there are any hardware changes on the device.......I could see myself making the switch on certain circumstances but right now I'm just waiting to see what the final hardware specs are before I make the decision to put up my phone on Craigslist for max dollar. I shouldn't have to pay too much of a difference for the GS3.
I'm keeping the gs2 till gs4 comes out....I bought me an Asus Tf300 instead
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Note 2 sounds like it will have a little more to offer GS3 is tempting though...
Nobody knows if it's quad core. But yes I am buying the phone for sure..
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Nobody knows if it's quad core. But yes I am buying the phone for sure..
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I bet dual core s4 snap
I'll be buying the international GS3. I'm tired of the lag I get on the T989 :\
I don't care that it will only work on EDGE; I'll switch providers if I have to. But I'm on wifi 99% of the time so I should be okay.
Yup.
If they release one in black and the battery life is better than the T989, I'd consider making the switch.
If the price is right, then I'm in.
I'm just going to wait for the sgs4 to come out. The sgs3 doesn't really have any great improvements that's worth spending a bunch of money
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November the new nexus comes out I will hold off till then.
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I probably will. The decision is based on, well, nothing worth noting. I just will.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/343357/20120521/samsung-galaxy-s3-verizon-sprint-t-mobile.htm
According to this article, the TMobile version, the SGH-T999, will more than likely come with the Snapdragon S4 krait chip. It is dual core, however, it outperforms all other processors, including the new quad core exynos. I will definitely be picking up the next galaxy, considering our phone is still selling on Ebay for ~$350.
Edit: source= http://www.anandtech.com/show/5559/...mance-preview-msm8960-adreno-225-benchmarks/2
Scroll down to see bench marks.
The S4 has equivalent structure to that of a Cortex A15. It is really the best chip out right now. I believe the One S uses it but I could be wrong.
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This is what i am always wonder, how in the heck are you guys able to switch phone so fast? i will love to, but i just got into the contract no more than 7 months ago, so i have a lot to go, before i can do an upgrade.
I'll be upgrading based solely on the increased resolution. My biggest complaint about my S2 is that it has a low res. My s2 is plenty fast, and the S3 will be faster.
As to the comment of how we can switch, I use my phone more than any other device I own. Spending $1000 a year on new phones is something I deem as a priority. Besides, my family is dependent on my castoffs for their own upgrades.
i'm thinking of getting the Galaxy s3 but i'm having a bit of trouble deciding which one. before i continue i would like to sate a couple factor :
I have att, 3gb of data
I live in New York so i have LTE coverage everywhere
i barely use data for anything other than downloading an app, browsing the web, or watching something on youtube
i'm a major gamer so thats were getting the international one with its Exynos chip v.s the us one with snapdragon s4
So a couple of questions i wanted to ask you guys was:
Does 1gb vs 2gb of ram really make a difference and improve speed, i don't multitask a lot just like 2 or 3 apps
how good is the snapdragons 4 actually?( Give your opinion, and if you ever had lag when you used it)
How good is the snapdragon s4 for gaming, ex. GTA3, Max Payne, Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, N.O.V.A 3, and if the games ever felt laggy or a little glitchy?
Also they are more developers for the international version
thanks in advance
If you are not worried too much about the LTE speeds than your best bet is i9300. Exynos 4 Quad is definitely better for gaming ... I have the AT&T variant just because I wanted to have unlimited 4G plan (grandfathered unlimited 3G upgraded to unlimited 4G now).
Also, if u have ORD then i9300 is the best choice hands down. I can speak from my own experience when I chose to get i9100 over local US variants. The amount of developer support for the international models is mind boggling. You don't get that much support (as quickly) for the US variants.
So better gaming, better developer support. I would say go for i9300 ... Hope this helps.
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If you are not worried too much about the LTE speeds than your best bet is i9300. Exynos 4 Quad is definitely better for gaming ... I have the AT&T variant just because I wanted to have unlimited 4G plan (grandfathered unlimited 3G upgraded to unlimited 4G now).
Also, if u have ORD then i9300 is the best choice hands down. I can speak from my own experience when I chose to get i9100 over local US variants. The amount of developer support for the international models is mind boggling. You don't get that much support (as quickly) for the US variants.
So better gaming, better developer support. I would say go for i9300 ... Hope this helps.
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i really want to get the international version, i do, its just that $600 is out of my budget
Can anyone tell me if they ever experienced lag while play a high graphic intensive 3d game on any of the us/canadian Samsung galaxy s3?????
Please I have been trying to find out the answer for sooooo long, I'm begging you. Can some one please give me an honest and true answer
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Get the international, trust me its worth the $600.
Nickel Dime Bay said:
Get the international, trust me its worth the $600.
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What's soooooooooooooooo good about the international one that makes it worth the $600. Is the difference in speed and performance really better on the international one?
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I have the US version and I game quite a bit. I frequently play Max Payne, Shadow gun, Dead trigger and GTA3. I don't experience any lag what so ever. I couldn't make this thing lag if I wanted to. The 2Gs of RAM makes a world of difference IMO.
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What's soooooooooooooooo good about the international one that makes it worth the $600. Is the difference in speed and performance really better on the international one?
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For ME the development alone is the biggest reason why i went for the international, we have so many recognized devs working on so many ROM's and its nice to get the first updates as soon as they come. The quad core is a bonus, as i have never seen a hint of lag or stutter on this thing. The 2gb of ram vs 1gb of ram isnt really that big of a deal to me, phones run perfectly fine on 1gb but 2gb is awesome too. This is why i chose the I9300, its different for everybody but i love this beast.
I come to these forums a lot to see what the US version has cooking and so far it looks like things are getting ready to pick up! Task and Ktoonz (sp?) are awesome devs.
If the $600 is out of your budget, then the convo is done. I mean what else do you need people to say?
Please don't take me being blunt, for rudeness.
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TheJanitor07 said:
I have the US version and I game quite a bit. I frequently play Max Payne, Shadow gun, Dead trigger and GTA3. I don't experience any lag what so ever. I couldn't make this thing lag if I wanted to. The 2Gs of RAM makes a world of difference IMO.
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THANK YOU, I have been trying to see if the us version had lag, that was my main concern, looks like I'll be getting the us versoin, or get it and sell it, then from the money I make I could get the international versoin. Thanks to everyone that helped me make my decision
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THANK YOU, I have been trying to see if the us version had lag, that was my main concern, looks like I'll be getting the us versoin, or get it and sell it, then from the money I make I could get the international versoin. Thanks to everyone that helped me make my decision
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No problem. Trust me, your going to love it. You probably won't even want to sell it for the international version. The US version handles everything just fine. In fact, tests have shown where the S4 processor actually performed faster in some situations. Most phones can't even utilize 4 threads yet. Put simply, you get all the performance of the quad-core (and then some), plus amazing battery life. We've seen video proof of the performance. With the S4 Qualcomm has introduced a new architecture, and it's cutting edge. It's based on the same instruction set as the new ARM A15 processors, which gives it a significant advantage over it's competitors. It will do tasks faster, and more efficiently than the rest of the current generation hardware. So performance is just as good overall and battery life should be better.
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No problem. Trust me, your going to love it. You probably won't even want to sell it for the international version. The US version handles everything just fine. In fact, tests have shown where the S4 processor actually performed faster in some situations. Most phones can't even utilize 4 threads yet. Put simply, you get all the performance of the quad-core (and then some), plus amazing battery life. We've seen video proof of the performance. With the S4 Qualcomm has introduced a new architecture, and it's cutting edge. It's based on the same instruction set as the new ARM A15 processors, which gives it a significant advantage over it's competitors. It will do tasks faster, and more efficiently than the rest of the current generation hardware. So performance is just as good overall and battery life should be better.
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Thanks you, you really helped me make my decision of getting this phone
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Don't believe everything you hear the s4 chip is a beast. Not as good as the sammy quad but i say better than tegra. Either way a duel core phone going toe to toe with either of theses processors speak for itself. It's a notice different from last generation duel core. It handles games without a hitch battery life omg all day long . This phone isn't perfect but it's Pretty darn close. I own the evo 4g lte with the s4 chip and it runs sense4 like butter no lag get the phone enjoy it. Development isn't where the international version is because the rest of the world78% to be exact got the same phone and little usa has to have there altered to work with lte. Plus they got theres before us. The u.s galaxy s3 development will pick up fast the delays and Verizon just getting it a few days plays a roll to.
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One question I have though, is what's the difference bettween att galaxy s3 and HTC one XL by att
They both are dual core
Both have snapdragon s4
1.5 ghz
And adrenno 255
So other than the fact the galaxy s3 has 2gb of ram, what's the difference?
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yotorogo said:
One question I have though, is what's the difference bettween att galaxy s3 and HTC one XL by att
They both are dual core
Both have snapdragon s4
1.5 ghz
And adrenno 255
So other than the fact the galaxy s3 has 2gb of ram, what's the difference?
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Not to be rude but you need to research the specs yourself, someone could say one has magic faeries inside for all you know.
The One X has a super lcd2 IPS display, while the GS3 has a samoled hd+ screen.
The One X has no removable storage or battery, while the GS3 has both.
The One X has 1gb of RAM, while the GS3 (USA) has 2gb.
The One X has Sense, we have TouchWiz
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Not to be rude but you need to research the specs yourself, someone could say one has magic faeries inside for all you know.
The One X has a super lcd2 IPS display, while the GS3 has a samoled hd+ screen.
The One X has no removable storage or battery, while the GS3 has both.
The One X has 1gb of RAM, while the GS3 (USA) has 2gb.
The One X has Sense, we have TouchWiz
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Not to be rude but I clealry indicated that I was talking about the us one by att also known as the HTC one XL
Also I did look up the specs myself on phonearena.com but I wanted to know what was the opinion of the wonderful people on xda
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Hello, I recently got a galaxy s3, and after rooting descovered that the bootloader was locked. I was origionally having trouble deciding between the gnex and s3. I was now wondering , is it worth trading in the s3 for the galaxy nexus that has known receotion issues ? Id love your imout , and if there is a thread already feel free to point me to that one and shut this one down , thanks!
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I would keep the s3
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I had the same dilemma. I bought the Gnex and haven't looked back. The radios are good but not as good as my old Droid 2s.
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I'm just very nourvous about the locked bootloader , granted the device has been out for only a day or two. Also what do you guys think about the hardware? The sgsIII does not seem to have that much greater specs as it is not dual core. And you have not had any terrible signal issues like I have seen online ?
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meant to say quad core!
Do you even know how to read a spec sheet? TI OMAP 4460 vs S4 Krait? The S3 by more than a little.
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sgs2.e4gt said:
Do you even know how to read a spec sheet? TI OMAP 4460 vs S4 Krait? The S3 by more than a little.
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Jellybean and many future updates, great hacking community, vanilla vs. ICS, one or two big updates, locked bootloader, old school menu button, and touchwiz
Nexus by a long shot
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gagdude said:
Jellybean and many future updates, great hacking community, vanilla vs. ICS, one or two big updates, locked bootloader, old school menu button, and touchwiz
Nexus by a long shot
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See, you say that...but what happened with 4.0.3? And where's 4.1? On the Google HSPA+, but not on the carrier branded versions... I would make the jump if HSPA+ didn't suck balls where i live...
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Steve-37 said:
I'm just very nourvous about the locked bootloader , granted the device has been out for only a day or two. Also what do you guys think about the hardware? The sgsIII does not seem to have that much greater specs as it is not dual core. And you have not had any terrible signal issues like I have seen online ?
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Did you ever decide on what you want to do? I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus running a Jelly Bean ROM, 3 batteries total (2 standard, 1 extended), 3 battery covers (same as batteries), spare battery charger, and an Incipio Feather case. I still have the original box, too. The only thing missing is the headset. I misplaced it at some point.
Now that there is confirmed news about the LG Nexus [Source], are you guys considering moving from the SIII to the Nexus ??
Don't get me wrong, the SIII is an awesome piece of hardware, but the lack of documentation from the Samsung Exynos team is a well known issue. That, to me, is the most important reason anyone would wanna move to the Nexus.
But I want to hear more opinions as to the advantages as well as disadvantages of the Nexus vs. the SIII.
no...
gonna shift to S4 when it comes......
we have the latest hardware and don't need move on some xx company's xx crap.......
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Its an [eww]LG[/eww]…..
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I don't actually think theirs anything wrong with LG, of course I'd choose Samsung over them any day of the week, but if Samsung were yet to come onto the smartphone market, and LG had already made an appearance, I wouldn't be hesitate to buy an LG, providing specs etc were all up to date and the phone isn't just a single core 800mhz A5 snapdragon lol not suggesting snapdragon are bad processors....I was referring to the old A5 architecture
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I just wanted to say something similar ...
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Its an [eww]LG[/eww]…..
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I just wanted to say something similar - of course it will just be outsourced to some company in Asia and will not be very competitively priced (unless you have an internal deal or something) since Google does not want to alienate any manufacturer!
That being said the openness is an interesting advantage (after the problems that I had with my S3 - which I discovered it was a patched version instead of a real IMEI unlock as I thought when I bought it).
LG left a sour taste in my mouth a few years back so I don't think I'm jumping ship, plus the specs leaked so far aren't too impressive.
However that new HTC with the 5inch 1080 screen has me interested...
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http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6425/51292.png
As you can see here the nexus 4 scores much lower than the galaxy s3 running the dual core s4. These benchmarks shouldn't even be taken with a grain of salt if the dual core s4 out performs the quad core by such a large margin. Now I know this involves the 4, but I wonder if the same could be applied to the nexus 10. For example the nexus 10's sunspider benchmark is about half that of the chromebook and they have the same cpu at the same clock speed.
Look here how much higher the optimus g scores than the nexus 4.
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My S3 is a quad not a dual. PS, note the resolutions?
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My S3 is a quad not a dual. PS, note the resolutions?
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I know the international version is quad core, but it doesn't use the s4 quad. The tmobile galaxy s3 uses snapdragon s4 dual core. The resolutions are the same I believe due to the three buttons for home and such on the display. Also the resolution wouldn't affect sunspider or other cpu benchmarks.
On the nexus 4 the cpu under clocks itself because it gets too hot.
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On the nexus 4 the cpu under clocks itself because it gets too hot.
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I didn't read anything where they mentioned the cpu underclocking itself. How can this be true if the optimus g is almost it's clone and doesn't have these issues? If I could get some links it would be greatly appreciated.
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I didn't read anything where they mentioned the cpu underclocking itself. How can this be true if the optimus g is almost it's clone and doesn't have these issues? If I could get some links it would be greatly appreciated.
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It is in that very (mini) review you posted from anandtech, I am a huge follower of them, just Ctrl+F the word hot, I bet you will find out where they mentioned that the nexus 4 runs hot.
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It is in that very (mini) review you posted from anandtech, I am a huge follower of them, just Ctrl+F the word hot, I bet you will find out where they mentioned that the nexus 4 runs hot.
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I searched for the word hot in their review and it didn't find any results. Either way does it mention that it underclocks due to the heat?
I have to believe that the performance in only going to get much much better with future updates from Google.. The result clearly show how premature the kernel is for 4.2.. Show in the N10 and the N4
It's quite possible that the benchmarks produce BS results.
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It's quite possible that the benchmarks produce BS results.
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Im with you this... I highly doubt the iphone 5 outperforms my S3.
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Damn my infinity almost topped the iphone 5 in browser mark, here are some quadrant n sunspider. I was thinking of selling this beast 4 the n10 but nvm..
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Oh wait i did lol didnt notice by 6,000 points haaa iphone5 lol
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hit173 said:
Oh wait i did lol didnt notice by 6,000 points haaa iphone5 lol
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Lol, what's your clock speed?
I hope the nexus 10 gets a bump to 2.0 ghz by some dev. That just sounds killer.
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Lol, what's your clock speed?
I hope the nexus 10 gets a bump to 2.0 ghz by some dev. That just sounds killer.
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1.8GHz
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1.8GHz
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Ha ha, we'll I am tempted to pick up an infinity, but I really want the developer support that will come with a nexus device.
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Im with you this... I highly doubt the iphone 5 outperforms my S3.
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in all honesty, i would not put it past the iphone 5 to beat the S3.
even if you ignore the benchmarks, which a lot seem to imply that the A6 gives even the 5250 in the nexus 10 a run for it's money in some (rare?) cases. (although the case of optimization argument may be made),
note that the PowerVR graphics chip in the iphone 5 is absolutely fantastic, as it seems apple are focusing more on bumping up graphics than CPU in the new A6.
(you should also bare in mind that it seems the A6 is A-15 based, compared to the A9 in the S3 international)
speaking of which. i'm pretty sure the dual core S4 in the S3 you have would be slower in most cases than the i9300 anyways,
so this idea that your s3 could beat the iphone 5 in raw power is a bit hopeful,
and definitely not in terms of games, loading apps ect, purely because of the whole iOS has less devices, ect ect.
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in all honesty, i would not put it past the iphone 5 to beat the S3.
even if you ignore the benchmarks, which a lot seem to imply that the A6 gives even the 5250 in the nexus 10 a run for it's money in some (rare?) cases. (although the case of optimization argument may be made),
note that the PowerVR graphics chip in the iphone 5 is absolutely fantastic, as it seems apple are focusing more on bumping up graphics than CPU in the new A6.
(you should also bare in mind that it seems the A6 is A-15 based, compared to the A9 in the S3 international)
speaking of which. i'm pretty sure the dual core S4 in the S3 you have would be slower in most cases than the i9300 anyways,
so this idea that your s3 could beat the iphone 5 in raw power is a bit hopeful,
and definitely not in terms of games, loading apps ect, purely because of the whole iOS has less devices, ect ect.
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you may be right there, but I think the nexus 4's gpu is better than the one in the iphone 5. I mean look at glbenchmark, the nexus 4 has a higher fps running at a higher a resolution(egypt hd onscreen). Also the cpu is a quad core krait so I highly doubt the iphone can compete there. The only reason I bring this up is because you were claiming that the iphone 5 has a fanatastic gpu, when in reality it's very good, but I'm not sure it's the best.. You could argue that the iphone 5 scores higher in the fill rate and the triangle throughput, but I feel like these ones may be easier to rig as they are the ones that don't actually render a game.