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etaab
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Both, some are nothing but a novelty way of using the phone but for some people invaluable.
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Tsepz_GP
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Indeed!
Made for a good read  have to agree I asked myself the same questions about some of the features.
Must say though, some of the Air Gesture features are very useful, e.g. Quick Glance, all you do is wave your hand over your S4 once while its in sleep, it will then light up and show a quick preview of the Time, Date, Battery Status, Missed Calls, Messages and whatever song you're playing if you're listening to music, very neat  works great when you're sitting at a desk all day or in a meeting.
I also like the Air View features like Information Preview which work great in Gallery and in Flipboard, I just hover my thumb over what I want and it expands it, in the Video player this feature actually plays a good 10sec preview of what ever video your thumb is over whilest smoothly playing the moving thumbnails of other videos  , same with Progress Preview, very useful in the Music and Video player if you want a specific part of a song or video, hover your finger over the bar and it will follow very accurately and tap the part you want, when doing this while watching a video it shows small moving thumbnails of what part of the movie you're on over the bar, like this:
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etaab
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Hopefully such cool features will come to my S3 given time.
I don't want to part with more cash this year when my S3 still feels pretty much up to date. In fact more so than some 2013 phones !
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Tsepz_GP
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Yeah, Samsung did say the GS3 will get any Hardware independent features, I'm guessing that's mostly the Smart Screen features that use the front camera. I'm not sure if the Air View stuff is hardware dependent, I think they are, the GS4 seems to use a modified display panel like the Note2.
Speaking of up to date, wonder when the Android4.2.2 for GS3 and Note2 will be out? What would be hilarious is if the GS3 gets 4.2.2 before some 2013 flagships, in the same way that the GS2 got 4.1.2 before some 2012 flagships
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Faryaab claims there's some good news coming, maybe the 4.2.2 leak?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835931&page=834
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rikken
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Great walkthrough of the S4 here : http://www.phonearena.com/new[....]-13-minute-walkthrough_id42769
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Tsepz_GP
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Galaxy S4 costs Samsung $237 to build, more than Apple iPhone 5
The 32GB U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 costs $237 to build, slightly more than the Apple iPhone 5, according to market researchers from IHS. The 16GB Galaxy S4 that should cost slightly less is sold for $639 off contract.
Previous teardowns showed that a 16GB model of the Apple iPhone 5 costs $205 to build and the latest estimate for a Windows Phone was made for the Nokia Lumia 900 that costs $209 to make.
There is one thing that makes the build process for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung devices slightly different than others. While most phone manufacturers buy components from various suppliers, Samsung has the capacity to supply itself with many of the smartphone components.
This allows the company to deliver a wide range of hardware configurations to better suit the needs of different markets. For instance, in the United States, Samsung uses the Snapdragon 600 chip in the S4, while in Asian and other markets it uses its own, slightly more powerful octa-core Samsung Exynos 5 Octa chip. The Exynos 5 Octa also costs Samsung slightly more, $28 against $20 for the Snapdragon 600.
Interestingly, some other differences also come with the different processors. For instance, the US version of the Galaxy S4 has a Fujitsu-made image processing chip, while Exynos-based S4s route that processing load onto the processor itself.
Among the parts that Samsung supplied on its own are the flash memory, display and touchscreen components. It is also said to have supplied unlabeled parts like the camera module and wireless baseband.
http://www.phonearena.com/new[....]re-than-Apple-iPhone-5_id42803
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please enter to see.
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Hobbs
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Tsepz
Good question about the 4.2.2 update for the Note 2.Can't say I'm that impatient for it though.My N2 is perfectly setup running a custom 4.1.2 Samsung based rom called BobCat and I am happy as pie with it.This is still a great phone and I'm in it for the long 2 year haul.First time in many years I will be able to go the distance with a contract.So for me it looks like it gonna be the S5 or Note 3 or 4 in the future.Thats if some other manufacturer/OS doesn't entice me.
Those benchmark pics you posted though did depress me  You know me from my X10 days been a benchmark running nutjob.Thankfully now they don't ever get run. Can't be bothered. My phone is fast.My phone is smooth. Benchmarking is for the birds.
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Bonovox
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Phones4U offers people the chance to promote the S4. Not sure if you can win it though
http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.u[....]urban-boot-camp-to-promote-s4/
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Tsepz_GP
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Hobbs
Didn't you say you were in it for the long run with the GS2? 
Long as you're happy with your setup, the Note2 is one hell of a phone, I saw some AnTuTu benchmarks of it wasting a Nexus 4 have you ran AnTuTu on yours?
Bono
thats exploitation if they don't win it!
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Tsepz_GP
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The Galaxy S4 I9505 battery life seems to have got quite a boost in the FW Update Samsung recently pushed out for it
Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 battery life tests updated with final firmware, check out the new scores
http://blog.gsmarena.com/sams[....]-update-battery-life-improved/
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etaab
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Is it just me, or is everything Samsung or S4 related nothing but good news ?
Certain people will be turning in their vampire coffins !
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Tsepz_GP
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So true. the WORST thing I've read was about the 16gb GS4 user available mem, some overheating, red pixel and the micro lag, but they all seem to have been sorted out with the XXUAMDL FW upate that Samsung quickly pushed to affected regions, all except the mem issue on 16GB.
The little issues the GS4 has had are issues most wouldn't even make a big fuss about on other phones, but I guess Samsung has spoilt us to a point where we nitpick at the smallest issue.
Some Samsung haters did try blow the issues out of proportion in the Rumours thread, that was a good laugh, you could tell they hadn't a clue of what they were on about
Simply can't complain about mine, it's running beautifully, battery life has been fantastic, screen is just amazing, UI speed and fluidity just incredible, and what I like the most is the added RAM, it keeps a whole lot more apps in memory than my S2 and S3 did.
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rickster2kuk
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http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4-review-914p6.php
This is interesting the comparison performance between S600 and Octa core.
Very little difference.
Battery life test will be interesting.
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Tsepz_GP
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Indeed! Amazing how they top every benchmark except Vellamo , could that be due to Vellamo not being optimized for Android4.2.2? Even the Nexus 4 Vellamo score isn't great.
Anyway, I do agree with GSMArena, Samsung did this on purpose to ensure similar performance between the two, yet at the same time, the A15 Cortex Exynos does seem like it's not being fully used, like I said, when I ran Quadrant, there were points the GS4 hit 69fps, I wonder how much more it has to give, we will probably find out in the Note3.
End of the day, Samsung has once again made an incredible device
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Posted: 2013-05-08 23:04
