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Note vs Nexus

I thought this was an interesting comparison -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36gO7BuzUxs
It's very close, but the Note does edge it, as I think you would expect.

I don't see the point in the comparison, a lot of it is based on the software and given the Note is getting ics that all immediately becomes invalid. I don't see it as extremely close when the Note has a faster CPU, much faster graphics card, expandable memory (a huge omission from the Nexus), much bigger battery, better camera, the stylus and a functioning volume rocker. The Nexus is slightly more pocket able (the smaller screen isn't an advantage for everyone though) and ice cream sandwich the latter of which will be matched when other phones get their upgrades. Personally I prefer a mature Android os for now with the option to upgrade later when ice cream sandwich is past its early teething issues.
I'm surprised so many corners were cut on the Nexus particularly when the piece hasn't been but more surprised that reviewers are OK with those chabges .

agreed
Also my vellamo score was much higher than the nexus. 985
Most of the benchmarks for the note on the internet seem very low.

Well,
I have the GN now, just sold my 2nd Note. Regardless of what the specification comparison is, the Nexus is just plain faster. Yes, the screen is fantastic on the Note. I don't know if you have had time to use an Iphone 4S, but the GN is like a giant screen version. The screen and speed make it a winner for me. ICS is nice, but it has some quirks / bugs to work out.
I would love a mini-tablet like the Note, same specs and a slightly larger screen.

So not sure what you are saying there.
Do you prefer the note or the Nexus?

Johnmcl7 said:
I don't see the point in the comparison
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That's okay. No problem. You can move along I guess then
seepage said:
Also my vellamo score was much higher than the nexus. 985
Most of the benchmarks for the note on the internet seem very low.
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Others have said this too. The only thing I would say, I had to disable a few tests as they weren't compatible with ICS at this point (the finger tests and network test I think for example). Others have said this did bring down their Note score somewhat, to around 700.

seepage said:
So not sure what you are saying there.
Do you prefer the note or the Nexus?
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I have to say the Nexus wins for me.

Generally, in this case the decision of which device someone wants would be more about the size than the speed and fluidity of the interface anyway.

AndyCr15 said:
Generally, in this case the decision of which device someone wants would be more about the size than the speed and fluidity of the interface anyway.
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I would normally tend to agree here but for a lot of people the speed is quite important to a point where the speed makes a bigger difference than the screen estate. I don't think anyone would disagree about the Notes fabulous screen but as long as the GT-N7000 will have Samsung bloatware it will be slower than a device that's made by Samsung but regulated by Google (aka the Nexus phones).
I love my Note. I really do, but I also understand the people who
a) feel it's too big
b) feel the Nexus line more attracting
My only real quirk is the memory... how could Samsung (or Google) decide that for a phone of that magnitude 16gb (even less after the OS) is enough for people who both watch movies and listen to music on their phones.

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My only real quirk is the memory... how could Samsung (or Google) decide that for a phone of that magnitude 16gb (even less after the OS) is enough for people who both watch movies and listen to music on their phones.
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i'm sure its a good reason for customers to check out their cloud services (movies and music)

rnewton01 said:
i'm sure its a good reason for customers to check out their cloud services (movies and music)
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I have thought about this too but the fact is that right now cloud services (mobile in particular)
a) don't give 100% coverage everywhere. With this I mean that 3g/4g still has lots of places to cover.
b) the best way to stream is LTS = super high battery usage
The idea of having your stuff etc. in the cloud is very nice but it's still a few years from being implemented so that it can be used in a regular basis and without eating your devices battery flat in 2 hours. As of now internal memory is still quite important especially for music and video lovers and the new Nexus is a big fail in this department. Such a shame considering the quality of the screen
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The note is the better phone.

Great comparison ,cheers for the video.
your comparison will help if there r people who would still say that the nexus was hardware lacking , so in other words , its a proof that they r almost on par and its only the ICS vs gingerbread here that made the difference.
so yeah , knowing Samsung "promised" ICS in early 2012 , then the choice between 2 devices would be a matter of taste and more physical and design related.

Very Good ! Thanks for the Review, maybe I can find my decibel meter and light meter and send you some real tools. The sound and light aren't really all that important, in the samsung codes you can re-adjust them over max or min. settings.
Like I said before, the Note with ICS would be the Ultimate Beast... but we will know soon enough on that.
The other thing I think will tell us more ...is when we get more custom roms.... then we will see the flexibility and strength of these two devices....
Thank you once again, for the review

You can't compare a phone with ICS to a phone without ICS.
Even WITH ICS, the Nexus is inferior in every way. The 1.2ghz Exynos is outdated, it's got a weak GPU, NO expandable memory (like iphones), and a small baby-like screen.
To the people who compared the Note vs. Nexus, you obviously didn't tweak the Note.
The Nexus has ICS, which basicly means most of everything is optimized and tweaked, the Note is on 2.3.6... you can't compare the two until you tweak it.
Fact of the matter is, the only people who prefer the Nexus are the people who can't handle the size of the Note.

I agree with others...
I don't see the point of these tests. When you're running different operating systems, and you know the Note will get ICS at some point, are these results relevant.
Also, with such close scores, it reinforces that these test are rather useless. I did not expect huge discrepancies and this is what we saw.
The debate about the Nexus, and others, when compare to the Note is size and functionality. Are people willing to trade convenience for size? I don't think there is a right or wrong answer it's such a personal choice.
I'm getting the Note but it was difficult decision and I would have loved to get both honestly but I can't justify the extra expense and prefer to do something else with my money.
I appreciate the effort but it left indifferent and frankly not better informed on either device.

I have both the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy note and I would say that the Note is the better one of the two devices. ICS will be great on the Note.
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akselic said:
I have thought about this too but the fact is that right now cloud services (mobile in particular)
a) don't give 100% coverage everywhere. With this I mean that 3g/4g still has lots of places to cover.
b) the best way to stream is LTS = super high battery usage
The idea of having your stuff etc. in the cloud is very nice but it's still a few years from being implemented so that it can be used in a regular basis and without eating your devices battery flat in 2 hours. As of now internal memory is still quite important especially for music and video lovers and the new Nexus is a big fail in this department. Such a shame considering the quality of the screen
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i agree with you as a consumer. I was thinking that maybe from a company perspective, they may see it as an opportunity to attract customers to their cloud services.
although truly I believe that its more that the nexus is a reference device, and future iterations of the Galaxy S line is where the real innovations will be made - as with the Galaxy SII compared to the Nexus S of last year

im not sure if the nexus has it, you can complain about the bloatware but i know i have already got rid of mine, and prefer a little that came with it, my browser was high 900s too. i was on the fence and by far i know the GN is the better of the two choices even without ICS, with it? hmpf, not a chance

randypurcz said:
Well,
I have the GN now, just sold my 2nd Note.
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i know the GN is the better of the two choices even without ICS
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"GN" is a bit ambiguous in this context.

[REVIEW] Engadget Review

Thumbs up from the Engadget guys...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/07/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7-review-international-edition/

Confirms my thoughts also.
This is the best tablet out right now.

yes its the best!
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Thankso for posting, I understand quadrant doesn't mean much but I'm wonderinf why its only getting that amount while my note gets 4800.

EarlZ said:
Thankso for posting, I understand quadrant doesn't mean much but I'm wonderinf why its only getting that amount while my note gets 4800.
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that seems above average for a Note, iirc

Really? I ran quadrant again I got 4700+ so idk, how much is the supposed to be avg?

avg is 3300-3700
doesn't matter though ... i'm sure the 7.7 is pretty snappy with a different launcher...
for most things you'll be doing, you wouldn't see significant delay

Thats my result
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I agree that is the best tablet at the moment.
But I then don't understand, why Samsung doesn't ship any to Europe?
Why don't they push it into the markets?
It is so hard to find one.
Or will the situation change in some weeks?
I read that one retailer awaits the tablets on 17th February and a case maker will start shipping the cases on 17th February too.

Good review. I bit too friendly on touchwiz, but it's okay.
It seems that the screen sets it apart from other devices, I wonder even if ANY devices 7" or bigger will show up in 2012/2013q1 with SAmoled+

Read the review earlier on. Agree with all but Touchwiz.
Available at Expansys for a whooping 600€ (ouch!)

630€ on demand for the 3G version.
I guess I'll better wait

Great review, are people really getting the stated battery life (12+ hours) of display time?? If so, I just might need to replace my Note with this. Lucky to get 3.5 hours of display time on my Note.

VTEChump said:
Great review, are people really getting the stated battery life (12+ hours) of display time?? If so, I just might need to replace my Note with this. Lucky to get 3.5 hours of display time on my Note.
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you're doing something wrong then lol

Yes, the battery life claims are thankfully not exaggerated, it's an amazing device and yet so thin!

The battery life really caught me, Im no longer happy with the 9hrs of screen time on the note but the 12hrs on the tab should extend my usage for a while!

Yeah. I loved the review. SO glad I have this tablet!

hmm I always get around 4000 for my quadrant scores as well so i emailed Dana Wollman, the reviewer, and she said she reliably got the score she put in the review and unfortunately they have already given the tab back to negri. It is strange, I wonder what was causing engadget's tablet to do that.

Well it only proves that quadrant is not reliable.

EarlZ said:
Well it only proves that quadrant is not reliable.
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because quadrant is build for gingerbread

Samsung Galaxy S III vs Apple iPhone 4S (Video comparison)

Always a difficult decision, choosing between the latest and greatest Android phone or the latest and greatest iPhone is a problem that every smartphone user faces at one point or another. Thankfully, the key to solving that problem isn't that far away when you know what to look for. Having both the Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 4S here with us, we thought that we absolutely have to ...
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Always a difficult decision, choosing between the latest and greatest Android phone or the latest and greatest iPhone is a problem that every smartphone user faces at one point or another. Thankfully, the key to solving that problem isn't that far away when you know what to look for. Having both the Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 4S here with us, we thought that we absolutely have to ...
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This should be fun because the phone arena dude is a massive iPhone fanboy...
JD

LOL THE FIRST THING ... "The iphone has the benefit of comfort"
Actually, even after using my 4.0" Atrix, the 3.5" devices seem way too cramped for my hand
this video is terrible. hes claiming the iPhone has the better photo quality and hes not showing any photos.

Oh god I couldn't even finish watching that. Somebody please knock some sense into this man, or hire the "wake up" team

Just sold my iPhone4s and waiting for SIII. IPhone is a nice "phone", nothing else. But for other things is too small. Before I have had GNex, SII, Sensation... 4.3 inches is really good size for my hands, but SIII isn't much bigger I think
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meeeh, to each his own. how the phone feels in one's hand is completely subjective to the individual.

I do agree with him that the body of the iPhone looks and feels like a luxury product. But for actual daily use, theres no getting around that the SIII is just better in every aspects other than SMS'ing or typing in phone numbers. Also the icon grid of the iphone is a pain in the a**. The ability to setup home screens is much more useful. And thats just the top of the software iceberg.
I have also come to love the light plastic phones by Samsung. It's hard to break and the warmer feel is just great.

The reviewer does come off as a sort of fanboi. His "final verdict" didn't seem to take into account any specifics of the S3 at all, only a rehash of the usual android vs iphone stereotype.
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These guys are still haunted by mr.ijobs
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Wond3r said:
LOL THE FIRST THING ... "The iphone has the benefit of comfort"
Actually, even after using my 4.0" Atrix, the 3.5" devices seem way too cramped for my hand
this video is terrible. hes claiming the iPhone has the better photo quality and hes not showing any photos.
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Check the website..... don't think its bias at all he makes some good points but at the end its obvious the gs3 is stronger in calls and multimedia, the only place the iPhone wins is design and camera stills not video.
So if he does love iPhone he isn't showing it in this review , let's not witch hunt.
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The iphone. A great product in its day. The iphone4 was a leading handset in its day. Sadly for the coolaid drinkers that day is long past. The iphone is surpassed in every meaningful way now. Unlike most here though I hope they up their game huge for iphone5 because the iphone is what made all of the many better handsets that can be had now happen. A **** hot iphone 5 means that everyone gets better. If they don't it means I get an iphone five. I love competition.

We are at a point were you can not make the phone any better in terms of screen resolution speed and battery life so I think phones after this will be pretty similar. I don't expect anything death shattering from the iPhone 5 . Maybe a bigger screen.
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NIK516 said:
We are at a point were you can not make the phone any better in terms of screen resolution speed and battery life so I think phones after this will be pretty similar.
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Er, while I don't claim to be an expert on Moore's law, I doubt you have good grounds for that claim either. Both screen technology and processor power have improved significantly each year, and indeed the iPhone still has to play catch-up in terms on specs. There is definitely room for improvement of the iPhone at the very least (and probably everything else as well).

NIK516 said:
We are at a point were you can not make the phone any better in terms of screen resolution speed and battery life so I think phones after this will be pretty similar. I don't expect anything death shattering from the iPhone 5 . Maybe a bigger screen.
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I agree. The coming phone might do better in benchmarks, but in real life, that difference will be barely noticeable.
Just look at some of the Note vs. HOX on youtube. The difference is much less than the specs would suggest.
Edit: In battery life there is much to improve!
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harise100 said:
Just look at some of the Note vs. HOX on youtube. The difference is much less than the specs would suggest.
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1) Last year not being much different from this year does not imply that development has been capped.
2) One cannot expect a notable difference anyway, since everything in the current ecosystem is designed not to take advantage of so many resources. As the resources grow, however, so will demand tend to grow with it. Eventually, for example, with enough cores, enough RAM, and an efficient enough battery, it will become feasible for the OS to simply leave all background tasks running, just like on our computer. That would be a notable change, but clearly it could not happen overnight.

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1) Last year not being much different from this year does not imply that development has been capped.
2) One cannot expect a notable difference anyway, since everything in the current ecosystem is designed not to take advantage of so many resources. As the resources grow, however, so will demand tend to grow with it. Eventually, for example, with enough cores, enough RAM, and an efficient enough battery, it will become feasible for the OS to simply leave all background tasks running, just like on our computer. That would be a notable change, but clearly it could not happen overnight.
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I was just talking about the next iPhone not about the general development of phones. Given how phones are used this year and probably next year, doubling up the hardware specs, will not result in a twice as good user experience.

When you shoot a video from an iPhone 4S its look like you have already zoom a little bit and apart from that its video quality is smooth, colours look so bright and vivid. On the other hand video quality of S3 we will came to know after it get launch.

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Without knowing what that comment was this post is meaningless.

You cant compare those two phones. You already know that s3 is better.
After all quadcore is much faster than dual.

Note 10.1 (2014) Review by Engadget

Just came across this (I still need to read it tho).
engadget.com/2013/10/01/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-review-2014-edition/
I'd expect others will be following suite over the week!
Ug.
Looks like you'll have to copy/paste the link since I'm too new here to hyperlink anything just yet...

Seems like all the commenters are apple fans

More reviews!
Holy cow...a ton of reviews were just unleashed! This is just from the first 2 pages of Google's search results...
reviews.cnet.com/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1/
theverge.com/2013/10/1/4788258/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-review-2014-edition
androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2014-edition-review
slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-2014-edition-review-01299807/
pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2425004,00.asp
anandtech.com/show/7378/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2014-edition-review
gigaom.com/2013/10/01/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-2014-edition-review-a-premium-android-tablet-for-a-premium-price/
ubergizmo.com/2013/10/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-2014-edition-review-2/
reviews.cnet.com/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1/
androidpolice.com/2013/10/01/galaxy-note-10-1-2014-edition-review-far-from-perfect-but-still-probably-the-best-device-in-its-class/
techhive.com/article/2050350/galaxy-note-10-1-review-it-takes-more-than-high-end-specs-to-make-a-great-tablet.html
businessinsider.com/galaxy-note-10-1-review-2013-10
laptopmag.com/reviews/tablets/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2013.aspx
laptopmag.com/reviews/tablets/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2013.aspx
Post more if you got em.

So far both reviews i've seen complained of sluggish performance, c'mon samsung. I'm starting to wonder if i made a bad decision. I hope it's something software will fix and not a case a the GPU not performing well at this resolution. This tablet theoretically should be flying.

I suspect it's a touchwiz/s-apps issue.
The Nexus 10 with the exynos dual core was pretty snappy while I had it, this processor has plenty more beef.
I've read about half of them and overall they seem to indicate sluggish more so with the samsung apps than usage in general (except Engadget and I question their methods at times).
So hopefully a samsung update or custom roms would make an improvement. Though if you aren't using a tremendous amount of s-apps, you probably won't have an issue either.
I never noticed sluggishness in the original 10.1 or 8.0, though that was a common "negative"...

I almost never ever use the included apps anyways. Only trust anandtech reviews. Most other reviewers are biased, pieces of crap especially TheVerge. I didn't buy a Galaxy Note 10.1 last year because of their awful review but everything they said turned out to be absolutely wrong except for the poor resolution. Lots of these hipster tech review places love apple products to a fault. I say this as someone who loves his Apple Macbook Pro w/ Retina but who would never ever consider going back to an iOS tablet ever again.

Having owned the original Galaxy 10.1 and Note 10.1 I recall both had slight lag in the beginning but was fixed after an update or two. So I feel confident that it will be fixed shortly after launch. I'm digging all these reviews and have to piece them together to get the full picture.

Lag seems to be mentioned in a number of reviews so maybe waiting for a review of the qualcomm one will tell us if it is the processor or the s apps?
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Engadget has a history of apple bias. The reviews from PC review, laptopmag and even cnet seem to be excellent.
Also keep in mind the performance now is only going to get better since only one of the 2 quad cores are working at any time straight out of the box.. With the next update from Samsung both cores will be working simultaneously. Also can't forget that with rooted ROMS and tweaked kernels for this device, the true potential will be unlocked.

jaztech said:
Engadget has a history of apple bias. The reviews from PC review, laptopmag and even cnet seem to be excellent.
Also keep in mind the performance now is only going to get better since only one of the 2 quad cores are working at any time straight out of the box.. With the next update from Samsung both cores will be working simultaneously. Also can't forget that with rooted ROMS and tweaked kernels for this device, the true potential will be unlocked.
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What's this about an update empowering all 8 cores to work at once? I've read this a few times but no one ever cites a source.
As for me, a laggy tablet is a deal breaker. I'm buying the Note 3 and wanted a good companion tablet, but if it's not as smooth as iPad I think I will probably have to wait and see what November brings.
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That zdnet review was great. The device is too expensive but prefers his ipad for daily usage.
I guess ipads became cheap....

Damn Samsung UI. I trust the Anandtech reviews also.

If the performance really is sluggy, I can't help but wonder does Samsung test their devices at all. How can they let a flagship tablet go into production if it is laggy is beyond me.
I am certainly not buying the Exynos model, and I am going to wait for user experiences from the Snapdragon version before I shell out any money for it.

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What's this about an update empowering all 8 cores to work at once? I've read this a few times but no one ever cites a source.
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Source

most all touchwiz devices that have been reviewed have lag mentioned. strangely i've not had any lag possibly for two reasons.
1. i dont use touch wiz launcher
2. i don't spend all day swiping the home screen back and forth - which is where the reported lags usually come from.
i actually use the tablet instead of spending time swiping home screens. i've also always have better battery life too.

jankko said:
I am certainly not buying the Exynos model, and I am going to wait for user experiences from the Snapdragon version before I shell out any money for it.
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Are you saying the quad core version is superior to the octa core one? interesting.

I read all these reviews about lag but I have yet to see video of it doing it. Just curious if anyone has actually seen on video anywhere...

All review units were the exynos variant "sluggish" , let's hope the sd800 isn't
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Diogenes5 said:
I almost never ever use the included apps anyways. Only trust anandtech reviews. Most other reviewers are biased, pieces of crap especially TheVerge. I didn't buy a Galaxy Note 10.1 last year because of their awful review but everything they said turned out to be absolutely wrong except for the poor resolution. Lots of these hipster tech review places love apple products to a fault. I say this as someone who loves his Apple Macbook Pro w/ Retina but who would never ever consider going back to an iOS tablet ever again.
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TheVerge is disgusting. Apple can take an iP5, put it in plastic, make it thicker w/o changing anything while selling it for as much as the normal 5 would cost if it wasnt discontinued and they c*m all over it, but when Sammy bumps the display size & resolution, battery, blabla and cramps it into a smaller package than S3 its herp derp disgusting Samsung plastic it looks same as S3. =/
On topic: I rad the AndroidPolice review and it kinda put me off. I rly want to buy a tablet (never owned one) for Univ but w/o stylus its utterly pointless, I also wont use Tw launcher so it should be fine but if im paying as much as i'd pay for an iPad I want a completely lag free experience with those ridiculous specs.
It just irks me to buy a "potentially" epic device counting on XDA to fix it for the OEM, especially a tablet, those have less dev support amirite.

It's the same as with my Note 10.1. Just download a different launcher and presto lag is gone! But I agree that Samsung should fix Touchwiz if they are going to continue to use it!

Anand tech review on g3. Not a winner on the screen..?

http://home.anandtech.com/show/8169/the-lg-g3-review
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Everyone says the jump from 1080 to 1440p isn't noticeable. I say that's dumb and it depends on the person.

when i had the 855 the screen is absolutely gorgeous. i think the reviewers are on drugs. yeah it may not be out of this world because displays today are so nice. but the difference is immediate i don't care what anyone says lol. i learned reviews are subjective. only way is to try it yourself.

One thing for sure the g3 is definitely the flawed beauty every one in love with, the device has glaring weaknesses yet many reviewers still ultimately like it despite fully acknowledging it's ugly side

nap007 said:
One thing for sure the g3 is definitely the flawed beauty every one in love with, the device has glaring weaknesses yet many reviewers still ultimately like it despite fully acknowledging it's ugly side
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The g3 is fine. Just shut up. We acknowledge its weaknesses. Every phone has them!

Lostatsea23 said:
Everyone says the jump from 1080 to 1440p isn't noticeable. I say that's dumb and it depends on the person.
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Anandtech says it is noticeable to a fault.
Over sharpness
Throttling
Display auto dimming
Like other reviews and users noted, Anandtech says the G3 would have been the closest to perfect device yet with a good 1080p display. The Qhd hurts overall performance rather than helps.

rushless said:
Anandtech says it is noticeable to a fault.
Over sharpness
Throttling
Display auto dimming
Like other reviews and users noted, Anandtech says the G3 would have been the closest to perfect device yet with a good 1080p display. The Qhd hurts overall performance rather than helps.
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Also came to same conclusion as most. The top Android phones are so close that they are basically even. Each has good points and bad. Just depends on how you as an individual rate the pros and cons.
I've had the m8.
I liked the build quality, speakers were great and screen was good. Camera sucked for anything but Internet posting. Then I realized (unlike most kids) that not everyone wants to listen to my music . So I use headphones in public and Bluetooth in car. So those boomsound bezels were pointless. And I really missed qi charging.
I had the S5
Screen was lovely. Camera was good and water resistance was nice. But I hated how it felt in my hand. And it only came with 16gb at AT&T.
LG G3
I don't have my us model. But my friend has the Korean version. My total time with it is a few hours at work. So not a great review. But I Love the way it feels in hand. Feels premium. Love the screen size. Screen to me is as good as the S5 or the M8. Was plenty bright for me indoors and out. (does have more glare than the S5, but not horrible if you're looking straight on).
I like a bright screen and 70 to 75% was perfect for me. And I never saw it dim. Maybe it does at 90 to 100%,but that's too bright for me anyway.
Halo is there. But didn't bother me really. He says with Nova it's a non issue, but it had stock launcher when I used it.
To sum up.
For me the LG G3 hits more of the right spots for me. My opinion may change once I get mine. But he loves his, and I really enjoyed the time I used it.

Anandtech reviewed a preproduction Korean model. Many of the issues they had with the screen have been fixed in the production International model.

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Anandtech reviewed a preproduction Korean model. Many of the issues they had with the screen have been fixed in the production International model.
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The Korean models aren't all preproduction lol. People keep saying that. The early review units were as in the day of announcement. All G3s are the same now and have been fixed via a firmware update

Lostatsea23 said:
The Korean models aren't all preproduction lol. People keep saying that. The early review units were as in the day of announcement. All G3s are the same now and have been fixed via a firmware update
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Uh, duh? Saying they reviewed a preproduction Korean model does not imply that ALL Korean models are preproduction - just the one they got like every other review copy. Reading comprehension...

I always appreciate Anand and his reviews. That said, I'm still buying the phone, as my review is the most important.
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I always appreciate Anand and his reviews. That said, I'm still buying the phone, as my review is the most important.
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My thoughts exactly. I have been reading so many reviews and watching video reviews. Most love the phone...... Some acknowledged that they had pre production models and were waiting for the production models and would review them again. Most of the people that have the phone are giving it a thumbs up. I will get the AT&T model and do my own personal review.

I keep seeing people dinging on the battery life, but battery life is such a relative measure. For me, it just needs to get me to the end of the day, I plug my phone into a charger when i go to sleep. I've also got a 1+ hour commute in each direction, so I attach my device to a 2A charger in my car for the trip, which makes a big difference.
Plus I guarantee someone's going to come up with a larger battery for the thing, that's the nice part about removable batteries.
Anyway, I'm more concerned with the other aspects of the QHD screen, including app compatibility. Also wondering how HDX Vudu and Netflix content will look and if the G3 attempts to sharpen/upscale that content or not.

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