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As @[I][COLOR="Purple"][B]Towle[/B][/COLOR][/I] buddy already mentioned that this thread is meant for Discussion over Comparisons & Rumors for Samsung Galaxy S4 variants & upcoming News.
Please note that we can only discussed about the devices which are going to release/released or not in XDA device list.
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Upcoming Rumored Devices / News: -
Samsung Posts GT-i9505G Kernel Source Files – Is This The Google Edition Galaxy S4?
Announcements:
Samsung officially announces Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon 800 and LTE-A connectivity
Specifications:
Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 Specification - Gsm Arena
Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 Specification - Gsm Arena
Samsung Galaxy S4 i9502 Specification - Gsm Arena
Samsung Galaxy S4 i9295 aka Active Specification - Gsm Arena
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Specification - Gsm Arena
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini Specification - Gsm Arena
Comparisons:Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 - Gsm Arena
Side by Side specifications comparison i9505 vs i9500 - Gsm Arena
SGS4 i9500 vs. i9505 different camera sensors - XDA
Korea vs. US - Samsung Galaxy S4 - Evertic
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition vs HTC One - Android Geek
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs HTC One: Which One Is Better? - Android Geek
Samsung Galaxy S4 Vs Nokia 3310 ( The true and funny one ) - Phone Arena
Samsung galaxy S4 Vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra - Phone arena
Showdown: Nvidia Tegra 4 vs Samsung Exynos 5 Octa - Android Authority
Device Comparisons / Discussions / Rumors
All new, released, rumored or announced devices should be discussed and compared here. Please keep it relevant to the Galaxy S4 with spec comparisons. All other threads that are created for this discussion will be closed. Thank you for your cooperation.
a big challenge is to compare i9500 with the i9505
i had both and tried both but sold my i9500 for an z10 to get BBM
however i think i9505 has its good aspects like
AUDIO(althought not noticeable)(plz dont trash talk abt wolfson chip i bet u all dnt know what is it just saying that )
4g LTE
and huge battery time
dev support
and last its gpu supports glse 3.0
HOwever the i9500 has ups also
like the preformance (not noticeable)
higher gpu(but stuck to glse 2.0)
better camera
well for now the exynos seems a bit unstable causing heat probs but am sure with updates it will be solved
also this is the first sammy-exynos device next devices will keep upgrading and the exynos will become more and more widespread (with other devices not this one)
i think it was a rushed move of samsung to go on with the exynos it needed more testing and development and plz cudnt samsung publish the development codes
for the i9500 its shameful as it aint getting any support by devs
for sure the double quad core is a great device but if u love 4g and developments and want ur device to last longer like for two years and still keep up the race take the i9505
qazmed said:
i had both and tried both but sold my i9500 for an z10 to get BBM
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Isn't BBM coming to Android and iOS late this month?
MajorAly said:
Isn't BBM coming to Android and iOS late this month?
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Rlly idk
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Ya it is late this summer.
OP updated. Soon major rumors / news / announcements will be updated.
Check the News & Rumor section. :good:
A new comparison added to OP. S4 vs Nokia 3310 & S4 Vs Sony X Z Ultra
Correct. BBM is expected to be released end of this month.
Android 4.3 update expected next month for "Google Edition" Samsung Galaxy S4
Android 4.3 update expected next month for "Google Edition" Samsung Galaxy S4
The "Google Edition" of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected to soon receive an update to Android 4.3; quick updates are one of the features of the phone, which is powered by stock Android. Leaked images of the software running on the phone show that the update is build number JWR66N; the phone is now available for pre-orders from the Google Play Store and will be shipped by July 9th with Android 4.2.2 on board...
Source & full story: read here
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Android 4.3 update expected next month for "Google Edition" Samsung Galaxy S4
The "Google Edition" of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected to soon receive an update to Android 4.3; quick updates are one of the features of the phone, which is powered by stock Android. Leaked images of the software running on the phone show that the update is build number JWR66N; the phone is now available for pre-orders from the Google Play Store and will be shipped by July 9th with Android 4.2.2 on board...
Source & full story: read here
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Damn exynos version
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awesome thread!! definitely bookmarked for reference!
Thanks for bringing ur discussions here. Hope all will understand the motto of this thread and stop making related threads.
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25899 antutu
Anygood
helped a lot
Awesome thread.
Linux kernel 3.10 gets big.LITTLE support, should help Ubuntu come to the Galaxy S4
Linux kernel 3.10 gets big.LITTLE support, should help Ubuntu come to the Galaxy S4
Linux godfather Linus Torvalds has certified that the official Linux kernel 3.10 is now in its final state; and, as far as our audience is concerned, the big addition to the Linux kernel is with enhanced ARM processor support. Specifically, the Linux kernel 3.10 has added support for big.LITTLE processors, which should help developers port Ubuntu Touch to the Samsung Galaxy S4 and other devices.
Ubuntu 13.10 has been planned to run on the Linux kernel 3.10, and Ubuntu 13.10 is going to be the version number of the first set of Ubuntu Touch phones. This means that as soon as the final build of the 3.10 Linux kernel is folded into the Ubuntu dailies, work will be able to begin on finally bringing support for Ubuntu Touch to the international Samsung Galaxy S4, which runs on the Samsung Exynos Octa 5. As yet there hadn't been any work to bring Ubuntu Touch to Samsung's new flagship, because right now the daily builds of Ubuntu Touch are based on Ubuntu 13.04.
The addition of big.LITTLE support could also make it easier for future Android devices and even Chrome OS devices to run on big.LITTLE processors, because Android manufacturers won't have to build in support for the processors.
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Linux kernel 3.10 arrives with ARM big.LITTLE support
Thanks to Linus Torvalds' figurative stroke of the pen, the Linux kernel 3.10 is now final -- paving the way for its inclusion in a bevy of Linux distributions, and even offshoots such as Android and Chrome OS. The fresh kernel brings a good number of changes, such as timerless multitasking, a new caching implementation and support for the ARM big.LITTLE architecture. In simplistic terms, the new multitasking method should help improve performance and latency by firing the system timer only once per second -- rather than 1,000 times -- when tasks are running. Meanwhile, users with both traditional hard drives and SSDs will find performance benefits from bcache, which brings writeback caching and a filesystem agnostic approach to leveraging the SSD for caching operations. Also of significance, Linux kernel 3.10 enhances ARM support by including the big.LITTLE architecture, which combines multiple cores of different types -- commonly the Cortex-A7 and Cortex-A15 -- that focus on either power savings or performance. The full list of improvements is rather lengthy, but if you feel like nerding out with the changelog, just grab a caffeinated beverage and get to it.
Source: Engadget
i dont know if i will be happy or feel nothing about this 3.10 Linux update ... i9500 is so far to be updated
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i dont know if i will be happy or feel nothing about this 3.10 Linux update ... i9500 is so far to be updated
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3.10 Linux kernel is specially designed for supporting Big.Little CPU. For sure, it will be beneficial to i9500.
Disturbed™ said:
3.10 Linux kernel is specially designed for supporting Big.Little CPU. For sure, it will be beneficial to i9500.
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A newer linux kernel means somethings beneficial to kernels. But the stuff that you talked about is related to I9500's 5410's hardware. The 5410 silicon itself is lacking the interconnect hardware. In that case many is in doubt software cant do much. Lets see what the dev comes up about this.
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A newer linux kernel means somethings beneficial to kernels. But the stuff that you talked about is related to I9500's 5410's hardware. The 5410 silicon itself is lacking the interconnect hardware. In that case many is in doubt software cant do much. Lets see what the dev comes up about this.
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Doubt will always be there until it get launched. Lets Hope for the best. Ubuntu Touch is like magic.
so....
Soo... it appears that as I'm assumed imbecile I must post 8-10 general posts before being allowed to post in the dev section (unless I misunderstood something in which case I am indeed imbecile). So here goes no#1.
But.. since I'm here anyway... any news on BBM for Android as mentioned above? As a year old BB user I would like to have BBM on my android.
Disturbed™ said:
Doubt will always be there until it get launched. Lets Hope for the best. Ubuntu Touch is like magic.
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My 3 month-old Galaxy S6 (when it had Lollipop 5.0.2) bossed every benchmark I threw at it. But now for some weird reason I'm having performance issues. The fingerprint sensor feels sluggish and so does the general performance of the phone. I did a couple of benchmarks to get evidence and it scored ~37000 in the Antutu benchmark (latest version) when it has a 69000 score earlier and a 1800 (!!) multi-core score in Geekbench when it had around 4900 earlier.
I would be extremely grateful if someone could point me to the right thread
Thanks
Hamza
Hi,
Thanks for using XDA Assist May i know Variant of S6 you are using ?
I'm using the SM G920F (not the edge variant).
I've noticed that this happens randomly after a restart of the phone.
Usually Lollipop early version that is 5.0.x had many issue of performance and memory leaks hence that is the reason of performance issues. its software bugs and nothing much can be done until samsung provides a update
Benchmarks scores are not accurate and at times benchmarks may show that device is powerful but in reality it may not be hence it varies a lot between a benchmark score and real performance of device
for more help from your device experts you can post here with exact device model Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good Luck!
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Hello. So, recently back in July, a game named Sky Children of Light arrived on iOS devices. It's more of an adventure type game, created by the same devs who made games like Journey. And they've also announced the game on Android too and it's up for pre register. What I would want to know is the minimum system requirements needed to play this game on an android device and I hope it's not like Fortnite where it's only released on specific devices.
My device: Honor 8 Lite, 4GB RAM, 64 GB ROM, Android 8.0, EMUI 8.0
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Hello. So, recently back in July, a game named Sky Children of Light arrived on iOS devices. It's more of an adventure type game, created by the same devs who made games like Journey. And they've also announced the game on Android too and it's up for pre register. What I would want to know is the minimum system requirements needed to play this game on an android device and I hope it's not like Fortnite where it's only released on specific devices.
My device: Honor 8 Lite, 4GB RAM, 64 GB ROM, Android 8.0, EMUI 8.0
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why not contact the devs directly?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tgc.sky.android No Install nor buy nor else button for now.
From Apple store: "Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 5s, ..blah-blah-blah, iPhone 8", 197 MB.
So it would run on 1GB RAM Android phones too.
I think it's able to run it, but I wouldn't recommend. my phone has the snapdragon 630 (gpu adreno 508) can run it at around 20-30fps at lowest setting, the close one to it is the snapdragon 625 (adreno 506) which is barely the same in graphics performance, but still far better than the mali t830-mp2 on the kirin 655 in your phone. I dont think you should consider kirin cpu for gaming overall, even with their game mode (only works for a number of games)
Hey,
I'm using stock Realme 5 pro 6/64 GB variant. PUBG performance with the Stock Rom is pretty good but I wanted to ask if it gets better in Custom Roms?
If you look at benchmarks my 4/64 version RMQ reaches 180-190k antutu score on stock and 200-220k on PE+/LOS. On paper custom rom is better. But in fact, no idea. I'm not a mobile gamer. Sorry. These are all the examples I could come up with.
Coming From Realme 3 to Realme 5 Pro.
I have never used any high end device so for me PUBG performance can't get any better. I use PUB GFX Tool for smooth + Extreme FPS. Works great for me on stock rom.
Greetings everybody,
I've been using my X3 Pro (Global) for 2 months and I'm seriously considering to install a custom ROM. I'm concerned the custom ROM will seriously hinder my benchmarks. I only play COD Mobile and I don't want to experience a drop in performance. I got 1009 on single core and 2901 on multi in Geekbench, and I just saw a video where an X3 device running a custom ROM scored 2300 in multi. That's a 600 score difference!
link to the video:
Thank you in advance.
Update:
after the MIUI 14.0.3 update, the benchmarks changed to 980, 2740, respectively.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-13-official-evolution-x-poco-x3-pro-vayu.4487643/
it's nice to know that you want use custom rom. As miui is not properly optimized for good gaming experience you can use custom rom to make your gaming experience better.
I suggest you to try evolution rom. As it provides large customization options and can give you a great experience while gaming.
Install custom Kernel like NoGravity and you can tweak your custom ROM to get maximized Benchmark scores.
Not like that will result in better FPS in games because your phone will throttle...