Anyone think almost every single one of these new "features" can be implemented on SGS2? -- Taking a page from Apple I see.
Eye tracking probably not. Even the Nexus S didn't have face unlock because the front camera was too weak to accurately unlock the phone.
Pop up play- Not sure. Would be a giant question over CPU horsepower
The rest, probably pretty likely
I'll have to take a look. It's unfortunate that there are not charging/not-charging options to begin with - after all, Windows and OS X have had them for ages, and it seems such an obvious thing.Sounds like Tasker is what you're looking for. I have all kinds of power-saving functions set up on my Nexus.
Anyone want to take a bet on how long they take to turn up on XDA?
Anyone think almost every single one of these new "features" can be implemented on SGS2? -- Taking a page from Apple I see.
You do know that Siri uses dedicated hardware from Audience in the A5 for far field noise reduction right?
That's not a feature unique to Apple, the Samsung Captivate also had that Audience hardware.
I also shunned gs2 for that reason, but in hindsight I don't care that much. At least with my mobile use profile, environment noise and microphonic noise dominate, so if I eventually get high quality Bluetooth in-ears, that might even sound better in the real world than a wired solution with good chip. Plus convenience.skipped gs2 because of the shitty audio chip. but now rumor has it the gs3 is using the wolfson chip from the sg1 . do want
So are people pissed because this is just a tick rather than a tock? Or is it because the phone has a little bit of that femme feel to its aesthetic design?
So are people pissed because this is just a tick rather than a tock? Or is it because the phone has a little bit of that femme feel to its aesthetic design?
People are upset because the Galaxy Nexus is closer to the GS III than the Nexus S was to the GS II, thus they feel little reason to get the GS III (especially if they really wanted ICS, they would have a Nexus by now).
With SGS2:
Screen- best on the planet at the time unless resolution is your only priority then second best to iPhone 4
SoC- Best overall in a phone at time of release, best Android SoC until Tegra 3 in Dec. 2011
SGS3:
Screen- Already bettered by One X, comparable to now old GNex screen
SoC- GPU is there, but CPU component to be quickly bested by S4 and A15 tech.
Report back your findings.
I went around. They all look equally good, however I was not able to edit brightness settings. I'd like to think they set everything to look as nice as possible before locking the phone.
Geek needs are arguably distict from media needs.I think the critique of this phone is completely misguided by the geeks, and quite contrary from the superlatives i read on the normal media. Its like its different worlds.
There's nothing realistic about expecting Samsung to release a dual core A15 this year for their Galaxy branded phones.Geek needs are arguably distict from media needs.
Media needs vague headline grabbing specs and don't care about specifics.
Geeks needs the specifics to be there and don't care about headlines.
Media "Quad core!"
Geeks "Dual core A15 is faster than quad core."
Media "720p!"
Geeks "Pentile sucks."
As I've said elsewhere the 1080p rumors were ridiculous (equivalent to saying it would have a quad core A15), but the 720p HD+ was realistic and expected. EVERYBODY expected next gen (meaning 720p without pentile) display tech, so its automatically a let-down from realistic spec rumors.
Crazy: Quad A15 , 1080p
Realistic: Dual A15, 720p HD+
Let-down: Quad A9, 720p HD [pentile]
The SGS3 is still substantially more powerful than the Galaxy Nexus, even the S2 has a vastly superior gpu vs the GNexus.
It would have been a stretch but not impossible. IIRC they said production in Q2. Q3/Q4 is realistic for a dual core A15 from Samsung.There's nothing realistic about expecting Samsung to release a dual core A15 this year for their Galaxy branded phones.
Geek needs are arguably distict from media needs.
Media needs vague headline grabbing specs and don't care about specifics.
Geeks needs the specifics to be there and don't care about headlines.
Media "Quad core!"
Geeks "Dual core A15 is faster than quad core."
Media "720p!"
Geeks "Pentile sucks."
As I've said elsewhere the 1080p rumors were ridiculous (equivalent to saying it would have a quad core A15), but the 720p HD+ was realistic and expected. EVERYBODY expected next gen (meaning 720p without pentile) display tech, so its automatically a let-down from realistic spec rumors.
Crazy: Quad A15 , 1080p
Realistic: Dual A15, 720p HD+
Let-down: Quad A9, 720p HD [pentile]
Geek needs are arguably distict from media needs.
Media needs vague headline grabbing specs and don't care about specifics.
Geeks needs the specifics to be there and don't care about headlines.
Media "Quad core!"
Geeks "Dual core A15 is faster than quad core."
Media "720p!"
Geeks "Pentile sucks."
As I've said elsewhere the 1080p rumors were ridiculous (equivalent to saying it would have a quad core A15), but the 720p HD+ was realistic and expected. EVERYBODY expected next gen (meaning 720p without pentile) display tech, so its automatically a let-down from realistic spec rumors.
Crazy: Quad A15 , 1080p
Realistic: Dual A15, 720p HD+
Let-down: Quad A9, 720p HD [pentile]