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Preliminary Specs Samsung Galaxy S IV online
A couple of photo's and specification details have surfaced on the web with the topic, Samsung Galaxy S IV, yes Sir. The parts and specs explained are preliminary but Samsung seems to be pursuing the Big.LITTLE route. A photo surfaced showing more info alright. Behind closed doors at CES Samsung has been showing the 5" AMOLED screen based phone that handles a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The new generation screens should be more energy efficient. The Exynos 5 Octa SoC is likely to be used with the Galaxy S IV, that is an octa-core processor.
Apparently the Exynos 5 Octa does not have an embedded MALI chip for graphics anymore, yet the has bee swapped out for a graphics processor from the PowerVR line of products. Likely the PowerVR SGX544MP3 with it's GPU cores clocked at 533MHz.
Anyway, have a look at the photo's of some leaked slides courtesy of Anand and Beyond3D:
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#4500757 Posted on: 01/15/2013 12:47 AM
is not that im against the future but really? 1080p on a 5" screen? Thats a waste seriously, not even all laptops have that kind of resolution, over 300dpi the diferrence is unnoticeable thus useless, what you gain i bet is a huge fps drop in everything, not to mention the full stress on the phone's hardware sucking all the battery in a couple of hours
maybe im not at all correct, but what im sure is this is not a pro but a serious list of problems, which arent enough reason to compensate for a ridiculous display resolution like this
Still don't see it. They choose 1080p because it's the native resolution of most content. Anytime you're scaling anything it's going to look bad. And how much does it actually effect performance and battery? The Droid DNA already has a 5 inch screen and 1080p on a 2020mAh battery, it hits 4 1/2 hours screen on. That's twice as much as my Galaxy Nexus (VZW). A GS4 with the 3000mAh battery they just launched would hit like 5+ hours screen on.
Again I think this is fine.
Reminds me of Nvidia's Shield going 4k. I think the resolutions are just marketing. Average Joe knows that 1080p is "good" but really doesn't understand why. He just knows that as far as screens it's something you need. It's "HD".
That's the only reason why I can see them pushing it out to the phones. That, and probably because it's easier these days with all the hardware already supporting it. I suppose another reason might be that you wouldn't have to convert video files, like movies, to odd smaller resolutions.
Nvidia's shield outputs 4K to TVs not on it's attached screen. 1080p @ 65" has a pretty low DPI. 4K @ 65" looks significantly better.
is not that im against the future but really? 1080p on a 5" screen? Thats a waste seriously, not even all laptops have that kind of resolution, over 300dpi the diferrence is unnoticeable thus useless, what you gain i bet is a huge fps drop in everything, not to mention the full stress on the phone's hardware sucking all the battery in a couple of hours
maybe im not at all correct, but what im sure is this is not a pro but a serious list of problems, which arent enough reason to compensate for a ridiculous display resolution like this
Still don't see it. They choose 1080p because it's the native resolution of most content. Anytime you're scaling anything it's going to look bad. And how much does it actually effect performance and battery? The Droid DNA already has a 5 inch screen and 1080p on a 2020mAh battery, it hits 4 1/2 hours screen on. That's twice as much as my Galaxy Nexus (VZW). A GS4 with the 3000mAh battery they just launched would hit like 5+ hours screen on.
Again I think this is fine.
Reminds me of Nvidia's Shield going 4k. I think the resolutions are just marketing. Average Joe knows that 1080p is "good" but really doesn't understand why. He just knows that as far as screens it's something you need. It's "HD".
That's the only reason why I can see them pushing it out to the phones. That, and probably because it's easier these days with all the hardware already supporting it. I suppose another reason might be that you wouldn't have to convert video files, like movies, to odd smaller resolutions.
Nvidia's shield outputs 4K to TVs not on it's attached screen. 1080p @ 65" has a pretty low DPI. 4K @ 65" looks significantly better.
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#4500795 Posted on: 01/15/2013 01:37 AM
about the plastic back cover. most of the people I know buy cases for their phones anyway so it's not an issue. plus as mentioned above, they're more durable and lighter. can't wait for this phone. also 1080p haters. look at it this way, 1080p it's probably as high as phones will go for s few good years. so no scaling issues every year with new resolutions. it's also the standard hd resolution so why not as long as the phone can handle it, I have no issues with that. I bet that screen will look amazing and it'll take Apple a couple off generations to catch up.
about the plastic back cover. most of the people I know buy cases for their phones anyway so it's not an issue. plus as mentioned above, they're more durable and lighter. can't wait for this phone. also 1080p haters. look at it this way, 1080p it's probably as high as phones will go for s few good years. so no scaling issues every year with new resolutions. it's also the standard hd resolution so why not as long as the phone can handle it, I have no issues with that. I bet that screen will look amazing and it'll take Apple a couple off generations to catch up.
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#4500821 Posted on: 01/15/2013 02:10 AM
Still beats glass body.
deltatux
pfff.and plastic body?
Still beats glass body.
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#4500865 Posted on: 01/15/2013 03:04 AM
Still beats glass body.
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That still blows me away to this day. The screen is covered with gorilla glass yet they covered both the back and front with regular glass? Wtf? You have no idea how many shattered iPhone 4s I've seen. There is no way the glass they sandwiched them in was gorilla glass, I've seen them shatter so easily by the tiniest of falls.
I kinda like the look, but I'll take function over form any day.
Still beats glass body.
deltatux
That still blows me away to this day. The screen is covered with gorilla glass yet they covered both the back and front with regular glass? Wtf? You have no idea how many shattered iPhone 4s I've seen. There is no way the glass they sandwiched them in was gorilla glass, I've seen them shatter so easily by the tiniest of falls.
I kinda like the look, but I'll take function over form any day.
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Sony Xperia Z looks impressive, will this beat it