Samsung Galaxy S series rumours.....

Everybody's going insane calling bullshit on the leak and how fake it is and how underwhelming it is; yet nobody is asking the obvious question: Is this even a Galaxy S3? My answer: no. The Samsung source code is full of "Midas" (Project M?) and S2Plus references, and that is what I think this leak was. The blogosphere and news sites all curious about how it still got a Mali400 instead of a T604 as rumoured, even though Samsung confirmed that themselves back in February. Journalism at its worst.

 

From the pictures, that seems to be the GTi9300, for which it's been said it's not the Galaxy S3.

Remember, on par with the regular Galaxy S2 they also came out with the Galaxy R with Tegra 2, a GTi9100G GS2 with an OMAP4, the t-mobile version with a Snapdragon S3..
If I'm not mistaken, there are also Galaxy S1 variants with Snapdragons and even OMAP3630..


Looking at that picture, I'd see no reason at all for Samsung to deliver testing devices with fake cases inside steel safes. It's as bland as it could be.

 

But this is only an old prototype from december, and it is one of the earlier leaked images, to which Samsung responded that it would not resemble the S3. It may have been considerably upgraded since then (which I hope, I would not want a lowly Mali 400 in my next phone; the T604 is certainly prefered as it will blast the competition away for some 6 months possibly). I really hope it will have Exynos 5250, then everything will be set for me.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...r-Mali-400-graphics-processor-onboard_id29305
A further possibility is that device seen in the video is a counterfeit one, made from a fake Samsung in China.

 

Latency stays about the same, improving slightly with successive process shrinks. Why would the latency get worse? I think people are just confused by the latency numbers, that are measured in clock cycles, going up as the clocks go up.

I think so too. Samsung also has much lower latencies than TI or Freescale.

What Intel criticized was the number of in-flight L2 transactions in Cortex-A9 SoCs vs Medfield, as the sole explanation for the much higher Sunspider score. I don't buy this for a minute, I think there are much more blatant explanations that have nothing to do with hardware design. I really don't think Intel's comments on competing hardware can be trusted.

 

My guess is that we will se a Quad Cortex A9 + Quad Mali-T604 SOC with 2GB RAM and a 4.7" 720p Super AMOLED HD display.

If you check out this roadmap from ARM, you will se that between 2012 and 2013 (around when S3 launches) they have a T604 with A9 SOC:


Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5077/arms-malit658-gpu-in-2013-up-to-10x-faster-than-mali400

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5786/...2nm-hkmg-announced-for-next-galaxy-smartphone

 

Thats kind of a downer in a way even if I had hope for something else that wasn't ready.

 

Does the Galaxy brand depend on pushing the specs to generate interest?

Or is the brand strong enough without having the latest and greatest?

 

french toast better get me your paypal details ready. Looks like youve got 3 quid on the way.

lol. But obviously we will wait till may 3rd. Fat lady sings and all that

 

Im planning potentially to get the GS3 for few months then maybe get the HTC note competitor.

http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/26/verizons-summer-fall-2012-smartphone-roadmap/
(if BGR are to believed, which we shouldnt becuase they are full of shit)

 

ps:

this gives me a little bit of deluded hope:

http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-gt-i9800-just-got-wi-fi-certification-wait-what/

lol

 

GS3 Launch event

Im watching it live.... Becuase I am a geek.

Starts in 1 hour. Definitive specs are inbound!!

edit 1 : The facebook live streaming page is down / crashed...

 

I'm running home to watch it live too.

Here's hoping that i9300 is "only" a mid-high end version, with the also-rumoured i9800 being the real Samsung GS III with a Snapdragon S4 Pro or at least an Exynos with a GPU more powerful than the Mali 400MP4. And a camera that rivals my N8's.
And Micro-SDXC support. 256GB in my smartphone? Now THAT would be life-changing.

 

haha...

yeah and whats this about the i9800 ?? Maybe the i9300 is the m

GET HOME QUICK AND WATCH IT haha

 

Only looking at the live engadget blogging really nothing exciting so far.

 

Meh... looks like it's exactly the lowest common denominator in the rumours..


8MPx camera, 4.8' screen, SAMOLED (non-RGB?), 2100mAh battery, meh..?
All the artistic movies and siri ripoff aren't making me any more convinced..

 

Im dissapointed in the look of the design so far. one x looks better possibly !! Ill reserve judgement until its in my hands though!!

 

bezel doesnt look that narrow!!!

dissapointed in that