Galaxy Note 3 Neo

[lopri]

Hexa-core phone, hah. Apparently Samsung managed to get the big.LITTLE to work to its fullest.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_3_neo_new_photos_benchmark_score_arrive-news-7538.php

Now the benchmarks is where it gets really interesting – the new hexa-core CPU features two powerful cores (probably of the Cortex-A15 kind) clocked at 1.7GHz and four lesser Cortex-A7 cores running at 1.3GHz. Reports have it that those are part of the yet unannounced Exynos 5260 chipset and the Antutu score clearly proves that it features Heterogenous multi-processing (HMP), which enables all 6 cores to work simultaneously.

 

[lopri]

More details @AndroidPolice

 

[StrangerGuy]

As a Note 3 user this is a product that didn't need to exist. Someone please tell Samsung to stop becoming like HTC.

 

[ibex333]

Who cares? Its not like there's software to support.... or any software an average joe would really need or use.

I have a Note 3, and instead of sticking hexacore CPUs in these, Samsung should fix the god awful speaker and the earpiece on this thing. I am straining every time someone calls me and every time I want to have a conversation through a speakerphone.

 

[lopri]

I think it is a laudable breakthrough. While is unlikely that this product will hit the U.S. and it probably will lack LTE if the past is any indication, I don't see why this has to be met with hostility..

We haven't yet learned how this thing exactly work, but assuming that this is implemented as ARM originally envisioned its HPM (big.LITTLE) concept, this may help future development with A53/A57 as well. It took Samsung 3 tries to get there but I don't think that cuts against this breakthrough.

And if I remember it right big.LITTLE "should" be transparent to software, meaning the load balancing is done by hardware. (although there will always be ways for software to take advantage of any given hardware)

I am talking about technology here, not products. I myself would not buy this "Note 3 Neo" in the presence of the Note 3. Nevertheless, this is an exciting development in my view.

 

[s44]

As a Note 3 user this is a product that didn't need to exist.

Not everyone can afford a super-premium price point device. This is the i5C of phablets: it basically lets Samsung keep selling the Note 2 (while also giving them a chance to mess around with 2big/4little, which we probably all want for the next gen).

 

[Kelvinz]

So the Galaxy Note 3 Neo is an upgraded Galaxy Note 2 with Note 3 features and Magazine UX.

 

[Bateluer]

Not everyone can afford a super-premium price point device.

What about the Galaxy Mega phones?

At first glance, the Note 3 Neo seems to be more of a test platform for Sammy to work any kinks out of BIG.little before they go prime time in the flagship Galaxy S5.

 

[Joe1987]

With Samsung's latest quarterly profits dropping, I think they're going to try for mid range priced devices, they should be pretty successful with that tactic, the US market is pretty crazy, and we buy expensive phones, but they can do some serious volume with less expensive devices in other markets.

I think the developing countries will go crazy for mid/lower range phablets

 

[s44]

With Samsung's latest quarterly profits dropping

That was an artefact of the weak dollar. They're not going to target us with this stuff.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Not everyone can afford a super-premium price point device. This is the i5C of phablets: it basically lets Samsung keep selling the Note 2 (while also giving them a chance to mess around with 2big/4little, which we probably all want for the next gen).

The Mega 5.8 is like half the price of N3, and people that aren't buying superphones don't really give a shit to specs other than screen size.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

What about the Galaxy Mega phones?

At first glance, the Note 3 Neo seems to be more of a test platform for Sammy to work any kinks out of BIG.little before they go prime time in the flagship Galaxy S5.

You don't need to launch a product to be a test platform. I don't see why big.little requires an actual product launch in order to find out if its successful or not. I'm glad other industries like say medical devices don't really function this way (hey let's see how many people die after product launch before launching our next one!).

With that said such a launch is not really going to fragment their product line too much. People still recognize Samsung based on the Galaxy S# and Note # phones as well as the increasingly popular Galaxy Tab models.

 

[5150Joker]

Samsung..haha..the master's of unoriginal thinking and cheap plastic phones. First they ripped off Apple and now MS's Modern UI. Although Magazine UX is just putting lipstick on a laggy pig (Android/TouchWiz).

 

[Kelvinz]

With Samsung's latest quarterly profits dropping, I think they're going to try for mid range priced devices, they should be pretty successful with that tactic, the US market is pretty crazy, and we buy expensive phones, but they can do some serious volume with less expensive devices in other markets.

I think the developing countries will go crazy for mid/lower range phablets

The main reason why Samsung's profits dropped was because of a one-off special staff bonus which cost nearly $1 billion US dollars.

The other reason was a strong Korean currency.

http://www.afr.com/p/technology/samsung_hands_out_special_staff_P7FNHRbZzdelFV0tVCH7VL

Galaxy S4 sales were also less than expected.

Galaxy Note 3 sales far exceeded expectations.