Well, even though the demo was done on a tablet, Exynos 5 Octa doesn't look like a toy here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZsISJgfsE
An extra ~8 mm^2 for 4 A7 cores that handle ~99.9% of a normal phone workload with far less power consumption is a no-brainer for a high end chip. Heck, IMO the A15 cores are only there to look pretty on bar charts.
13MP camera
This is all I care about.
Me too. Or rather camera QUALITY. Which is why I have practically dismissed the S4 already. Unless they have put a significantly larger sensor than usual in the S4 and have other serious camera features (OIS ect) than I am not hopeful. I would MUCH rather have the HTC One camera. HTC definitely did the right thing in going back to fewer, larger pixels and focusing on quality.
Of course I will withhold final opinions until someone does an actual careful comparison of the HTC One with S4 and other new phones. This involves an examination of higher res shots in a variety of conditions, showing high and low ISO, dynamic range, effectiveness of OIS ect.
ARM PowerVR SGX 544???
Well, even though the demo was done on a tablet, Exynos 5 Octa doesn't look like a toy here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZsISJgfsE
Why is it scary?
The need for more power is just not there anymore. Its about marketing. I dont think they can continue to sell it in the long run. The busines needs to go elsewhere. Silicon is not where the future profit is, its not a scarce ressource anymore. A place like Anandtech is build on cpu and mb test, and in a handfull of years is just gone for all but the extreme nerds. The most of us will find other interest - and most have already.
It's said that the next Samsung generation will be Galaxy GS4.
Me too. Or rather camera QUALITY. Which is why I have practically dismissed the S4 already.
Why? The S3 had the best camera of any Android phone including the One X which was supposed to have all kinds of fancy custom camera hardware. I'd wager the S4 camera is at least in the same league as the new One's camera.
Why? The S3 had the best camera of any Android phone including the One X which was supposed to have all kinds of fancy custom camera hardware. I'd wager the S4 camera is at least in the same league as the new One's camera.
Completely new look (likely fake) leaked:
Meh...Am I the only one not excited about this phone?
The only phones on my radar this year are the next Nexus, Motorola's X-phone, and then "maybe" the Galaxy S IV.
Yes, in that order.
I already bought one Motorola device and got screwed by them so the Xphone is irrelevant to me on the off chance that it even exists. The only way I would be interested in the next Nexus is the if it is cheap and has a amoled screen.
Meh...Am I the only one not excited about this phone?
The only phones on my radar this year are the next Nexus, Motorola's X-phone, and then "maybe" the Galaxy S IV.
Yes, in that order.
Meh...Am I the only one not excited about this phone?
The only phones on my radar this year are the next Nexus, Motorola's X-phone, and then "maybe" the Galaxy S IV.
Yes, in that order.
I'm spoiled more so by the "openness"(custom ROM scene, quick updates and not having to wait 6-12 months for manufacturer/carrier updates, etc...) of the Nexus than the price. But the price is certainly another positive for the Nexus. Even if it was a $500-600 AMOLED Nexus, I'd still probably get it over Galaxy "whatever" that is selling in the same equivalent price range.SIII was pretty big disappointment for me. I'm hoping S IV will impress me. But I'm spoiled by the Nexus price so I don't know if I can buy another phone for $650+. It would have to really blow me away for me to spend more than $300-350 on a phone now. So I might be stuck with Nexus phones from now on.
But it will be hard to give up AMOLED screen. That is by far the best feature of a Galaxy phone and the old Nexus.
I know that and the same with the next Nexus. I'm willing to wait until November if I have to. I'm not in any rush, and besides waiting will give me time to evaluate the Galaxy S IV.Moto's X-Phone wont be coming out any time soon. It sounds like they just started developing it. The HTC One is pretty sweet, but it doesn't have a micro SD, which is a deal breaker to some.
Well we will have to wait and see. I'm willing to give it a shot. The problem is that if it's still the same old tiny sensor size and then the 13MP is pretty much just jamming more in to have a bigger number...which I'd really like to see manufacturers finally move past. The fact is...if the S4 does in fact have great image quality, it WON'T be because it's 13MP...it will be because of other less obvious hardware/software. That and however good it is....the fact is with current technology it could be even better if they chose to go with a lower MP/larger sensor/larger pixels.
What I REALLY want is to see someone take it even farther than HTC. IE: Nokia marrying some of the large sensor tech of the 808 with the lens and stabilization tech of the Lumia 920. Then put it in an android phone.
The HTC One photos are sharper and pack more detail per pixel when we downscale the Optimus G Pro photos to the same resolution. But the low overall resolution is a problem - the text on the card is a lot easier to read in the 13MP G Pro photo than it is in the HTC One photo.