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Galaxy Note vs Galaxy S3 !?

both devices have 1gb ram ! but why the gnote on the taskmanager has 800+ram and SGS3 700+ ?
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Go with the s3. The note isn't really a phone
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patriotaki said:
both devices have 1gb ram ! but why the gnote on the taskmanager has 800+ram and SGS3 700+ ?
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Umm s3 has 2gb of ram unless your getting an internation version which has a quad core processor
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Actually they're releasing the Note 2 soon, and that'll probably be better than the s3.

I own both devices but why the note has 100mb more free usage ram I dont get it
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If you HAVE to buy one of those now, i would personally go with the Note, but since you're not me i would recommend you to buy the S3. If you're smart you'll wait for the Note 2 or the next Nexus, which i guess will be released around the same time (like last year).

Actually they're releasing the Note 2 soon, and that'll probably be better than the s3
Based on what? The S3 is undeniably Samsung's flagship, the Note is more of an oddity (nothing against it, it just doesn't have the same mainstream appeal). It would be against Samsung's interests to release a device that made their flagship inferior.

063_XOBX said:
Actually they're releasing the Note 2 soon, and that'll probably be better than the s3
Based on what? The S3 is undeniably Samsung's flagship, the Note is more of an oddity (nothing against it, it just doesn't have the same mainstream appeal). It would be against Samsung's interests to release a device that made their flagship inferior.
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If they make the note inferior specwise, it won't be as popular. It's somewhat newer, so the processor may be slightly faster. The ram will probably be 2 gigs and the camera 8mp. The s3 will still be the flagship, and the note will be for those who want a phablet, but without having last year's specs.
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Well, Note has larger screen and S3 is more powerful.
Personally, I'd go for Note. In the other hand it'd be wise to wait for Note 2.
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brandonarev said:
S lll. S4 chip > s3 chip
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wait for the Note 2. It'll surelly rock the S3 by far

Biased Note user here.
You shouldn't ask this question, every person in this thread knows what's best for them, not what's best for you.
If you are really unsure, wait till the end of August for Sammy to (hopefully) give us some specs on the Note 2, should help sway your.balance to one or the other :thumbup:
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Trilyan said:
wait for the Note 2. It'll surelly rock the S3 by far
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+1 it hopefully will have the Exynos 5 dual chip which clocks at 1.7ghz
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Biased Note user here.
You shouldn't ask this question, every person in this thread knows what's best for them, not what's best for you.
If you are really unsure, wait till the end of August for Sammy to (hopefully) give us some specs on the Note 2, should help sway your.balance to one or the other :thumbup:
CleaNoteCore <3
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Yes i own both devices and the note will be only for 10.1inch display i think,but you didnt understand my question both devices note and s3 have 1gb ram (international version) if you go to the task manager you will see note having 800mb or something but in the se it has 700mb i know that the rest is beeing used for the Android OS but why the note has more?

Im an owner of Galaxy SIII. Its > all other phones!

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so glad i went with my nexus ....

just watch the train wreck of unpacking that was samsungs sgs4 that i like to call the sgs 3s
VERY HAPPY I BOUGHT A NEXUS

So stupid. It's almost the same phone, so uninspired.
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CheesyNutz said:
just watch the train wreck of unpacking that was samsungs sgs4 that i like to call the sgs 3s
VERY HAPPY I BOUGHT A NEXUS
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I like my nexus too, but wouldn't be mad if we could get those camera functions on the nexus. I am sure that my wife would like the dual camera shot.

What are the specs of the s4?
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Only cool thing i liked about it was the size of it, the brilliant looking screen and the cool colours and textures of the phone
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Samsung's approach: Pack as many gimmicky features into crappy feeling hardware and crappy looking ui. yuck! Could they make the phone look anymore cheaper. And that touchwiz ui... WOW does it look crappy.

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What are the specs of the s4?
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Exynos 5 octa, 2gb ram, 16/32 ROM, 4.99 screen 1080P. Rest is on Google.
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Exynos 5 octa, 2gb ram, 16/32 ROM, 4.99 screen 1080P. Rest is on Google.
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-the-next-big-thingcome-meet-the-galaxy-s-iv/
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-hands-on
quad only in the usa

Dismal s4. I wanted something more.
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Exynos 5 octa, 2gb ram, 16/32 ROM, 4.99 screen 1080P. Rest is on Google.
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Exynos 5 octa core wont be in any s4 if im not mistaking its only in beta stage now
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Most likely a Snapdragon 600 in the USA. Can't really see them going with the S4 Pro.

Razorblood said:
Most likely a Snapdragon 600 in the USA. Can't really see them going with the S4 Pro.
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That's right ... Europe etc getting the octa
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Either way .... Let's see what android 5.0 brings in may ...
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I don't get why all the hate for the SGS4 is starting. I mean, honestly, it looks pretty damn good. 441ppi, excellent hardware (software is fine for most people)

This is the first time I HAVEN'T wanted to upgrade. Went ape**** over the SGS3 and SGN2.... SGS4, not so much. Feeling pretty damn happy with my Nexus 4.
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Blazing angel said:
I don't get why all the hate for the SGS4 is starting. I mean, honestly, it looks pretty damn good. 441ppi, excellent hardware (software is fine for most people)
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agreed. It looks like a good phone with some cool features. I like my phone better, but this is probably going to be great for all of those sgs2 users that are about to come off contract.

Mainly camera functions. Maybe Samsung should focus more of their energy into camera.

Blazing angel said:
I don't get why all the hate for the SGS4 is starting. I mean, honestly, it looks pretty damn good. 441ppi, excellent hardware (software is fine for most people)
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Happens in every forum. Everybody loves the phone they have and will defend it ruthlessly. When another, newer phone comes out people bash it. Just how it is. The sgs4 is a nice phone. Its not a let down or disappointment. Its just not a nexus. Nexus gets first updates and amazing development. That's what matters to me the most.
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After the nightmare of dealing with Samsung and ODIN I vowed NEVER to own a Samsung Phone again. SGS4 looks like more of the same as the SGS3 and as someone called it the SGS3s That is exactly Samsung's strategy. They are copying Apple even more in this regard. They will keep the SGS3 going for another year as the more "Affordable" SGS like they were doing with the SGS2 recently. Notice all the Deep discounts for the SGS3 lately? I can't wait to get my self all on the Nexus Line (as well as my Wife). Tired of all these bad Custom UIs and Carrier Hostage crises.

saw the live event. Its nothing revolutionary as Galaxy S3 was. Most of event focused on gimmick features. It has some cool features but nothing wowed me .
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I think a lot of people were expecting something big like galaxy s3 but it felt like all over iPhone 4S when everyone was expecting iPhone 5.
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Samsung hit the nail by putting ipad 4 powervr 533mhz oc gpu and octo core on international s4 . the us version has adreno gpu same as nexus 4.This will smoked any mobile devices until tegra 4 and qualcomm 800 released.
you all know which one i am getting.

LG Nexus 5

I know leaks are silly most of the time, but has anyone seen the N5 leaks?
The specs are kinda sweet. 2.3GHz quadcore, 1080p, 5.2 in, 3GB RAM and such.
Probably still no microSD. They would sell a lot more N4 with microSD.
Most of them I don't want or need. But as the N4 is not that expensive, I might trade up. How about you guys?
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I still think its not coming until fall.
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Just a rumour, may not be true
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Maybe WiFi will be fixed by then
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Lol, it mentioned 4k video recording at 30fps.
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i think these rumours are just partially true. i dont think google will release a phone with 5.2" for now, im not even sure it will be 5". just look at the htc one, 4.7" and full hd, i think that would be perfect.
3gb ram... sounds weird. i think theyre gonna stick with 2 gigs. never seen my n4 run above 1.2 in usage.
2.3ghz cpu = snapdragon 800. might be true, although they might go with tegra4. either way, its gonna pack a lot of power.
no microsd slot is reasonable, just give me the opportunity to have at least 32 gigs of storage, and im gonna be fine.
the biggest hit with the n5 will be key lime pie imo. the hardware is waay ahead of the software if we're talking about android.
we need sw optimizations, and for the love of god, do something with the battery! the most annoying thing of any smartphone is that it must be charged every day if used normally.
im really interested in motos x phone, it should - like moto usually does - deliver decent battery life with good hardware and if the rumours are true, it will have vanilla android = its a win for me.

These are all rumors, wait for more reliable info, closed.
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Lol 3GB Ram.

These threads are getting out of hand here. Use some common sense people.
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subxero123 said:
These are all rumors, wait for more reliable info, closed.
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Is there no fun in these articles?, we don`t cure cancer here. Just people who are intersted in improving and tweaking their phones and intersted in what`s to come

I don't care about these specs. But have you seen this design ??/ Totaly sick !

Nope it's not the next nexus. 3gb ram? There wasn't even 2gb ram on high end phones until last month.

leventccc said:
Nope it's not the next nexus. 3gb ram? There wasn't even 2gb ram on high end phones until last month.
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U.S. versions of the SGS3 have 2GB RAM. They were released in what, June or July of 2012?

2.5Gb or 4Gb RAM is more likely than 3 and hopefully DDR3.

I thought the rumor for KLP and allegedly up the newer Linux kernels use way less RAM then ICS/JB...why the need for more than 2gb then?
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I'm not buying a 5 inch phone too big, 4.9 maybe
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I thought the rumor for KLP and allegedly up the newer Linux kernels use way less RAM then ICS/JB...why the need for more than 2gb then?
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I was thinking the same thing. A mobile device using even 2GB RAM is a bit ridiculous. Jit compiling and Java in general are such resource hogs. Oh well.

Who says nexus five will be built by LG? (thread title)
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Yeah just seems like overkill, or perhaps KLP and up will gobble up more RAM than we thought?
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Yeah just seems like overkill, or perhaps KLP and up will gobble up more RAM than we thought?
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The main issue I see is that you have a ton of basement coders with no real training or experience releasing apps onto the Play Store loaded with inefficient and just poor code. That, I think, will be the main issue causing the "need" for more resources.
Shall we get into why quad and octa core CPU's in a phone are ridiculous with multi threading being in the state it's in or leave it alone?

Are you happy with this phone?

Debating the S4 and Note 2 for my next upgrade.
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I'm happy with mine. It's a learning curve coming off a long line of HTC phones, but the S4 is a great phone.
I've never used a Note 2, so can't comment on that.

I had a note 2 and at times I prefer a smaller phone. I tried the HTC One and it was to small. S4 seems just right. If you can might want to try and wait out for the Note 3.

Love since after the update just wish this keyboard was better. I like the stock keyboard but it is terrible to type on for me anyway.
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Try swiftkey. Its amazing.
As to the post this phone is amazing. Good battery life. Faster than the note 2. Very responsive. Overall its great. The stock keyboard is off but everything else is good.
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I had the same decision to make and overall, size of the phone made my final decision for me. I already have a Nexus 7 tablet and I just didn't see the point in having a 5.5" phone. 5" is probably the largest I'd ever want to go on a smart phone.
Overall I'm extremely happy. This is the first smart phone I've had where I'm in no rush to move away from stock.

Went from Single core ---> Dual core ---> Quad core. Oh yes, I'm very satisfied. :beer:

Really like the slim ROM and the KB that comes with it.
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funny how times change, many considered the dell streak 5 just too big back in the 2.1 days

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Love since after the update just wish this keyboard was better. I like the stock keyboard but it is terrible to type on for me anyway.
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I hated the stock keyboard, why would they make the space bar so small. I didn't really like swype either. I just installed the stock android keyboard.

joefrog1996 said:
Debating the S4 and Note 2 for my next upgrade.
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I've had both and while I'm really loving the S4 I definitely miss the larger screen of the Note II. I have small hands but I was starting to get comfortable with the size of the Note II when the S4 came out and I jumped ship.
Basically I'd say you can't go wrong with either.

I'm really liking this phone. It does come with quite a bit of bloat from Samsung and Sprint. I installed ForceROM 1.0 which has all of that gone. I upgraded from the E4GT and it's a HUGE difference. I love the 1080p screen and 1.9Ghz quad core. Tons of power in a little phone.

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I hated the stock keyboard, why would they make the space bar so small. I didn't really like swype either. I just installed the stock android keyboard.
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Exactly.
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By far. I came from the HTC EVO LTE and suprisingly got used to this phone immediately. Aside from no auto-correction.
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jejb said:
I'm happy with mine. It's a learning curve coming off a long line of HTC phones, but the S4 is a great phone.
I've never used a Note 2, so can't comment on that.
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Very very much agree.

I'm really enjoying the phone. The camera is kick ass. And the wow factor with your friends is off the charts. . Yesterday I took pictures by saying. "Shoot". Super cool
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I had the n2 from release date and loved it , for me personally this size phone is the sweet spot for one handed use. I love this camera much better. I also found my self not ever really utilizing the spen.
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I absolutely love it coming from the s3 to the note 2 to this it's great not that I didn't like my note 2 or the s3 or that the size was too big on the note 2 because it wasn't this phone is just great amazing if things it can do compared to any other device out there including the HTC One which I also have this one is by far imo the best
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I'm happy with the S3 but I'm getting the S4 in about 60-70 days. :beer:
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I've managed to convince 4 people to upgrade to it after showing them all the cool stuff
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Moved from Galaxy S5 to which device?

I probably didn't give the phone much of a chance I only had it for 48 hours, but the lag and the fact I got offered a iPhone 5S, Galaxy Note 3 and a Nexus 7 (2013) for it, made the decision easy.
What phones have people decided to move too, either by trading or returning there Galaxy S5?

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I probably didn't give the phone much of a chance I only had it for 48 hours, but the lag and the fact I got offered a iPhone 5S, Galaxy Note 3 and a Nexus 7 (2013) for it, made the decision easy.
What phones have people decided to move too, either by trading or returning there Galaxy S5?
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You got offered all three? or chose one of the three? - 48 hours isn't much of a test I gotta say, I'm actually toying moving to it myself (M7>Note 3> Nexus 5). I ordered an M8 but.. problems with delivery + CPW being idiots I cancelled it.. however I'm in two minds still as to switch to the S5 or the M8.

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You got offered all three? or chose one of the three? - 48 hours isn't much of a test I gotta say, I'm actually toying moving to it myself (M7>Note 3> Nexus 5). I ordered an M8 but.. problems with delivery + CPW being idiots I cancelled it.. however I'm in two minds still as to switch to the S5 or the M8.
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I got offered all three for the S5, so it was kind of a no brainer. I'm now toying with the idea of trading the iPhone for another S5, and trading the Note 3 for an iPhone, seems long winded but that's the only option. I need an android phone and a phone with iOS.

Regarding the lag, I've read a few places (reviews also) that it can be pretty bad, how true is it? - surely a phone with such a high spec shouldn't lag even with TW bloat?

Where did you get this offer? I'd happily part with my s5 for those 3!
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I got the S5 Yesterday, and it FLIES! This is my First Samsung phone, not a fan of the UI really, but came from HTC, figured I would go this way and I am happy so far. The Phone is super fast, though, but then again coming from an Evo LTE is a huge jump, even though that phone I LOVED!
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Where did you get this offer? I'd happily part with my s5 for those 3!
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Where is this "a lot of lag" coming from? I just don't have it and am curious where it's coming from.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Where is this "a lot of lag" coming from? I just don't have it and am curious where it's coming from.
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That's what I am trying to decipher before I get one lol
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No lag here fastest phone I have ever owned
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That's what I am trying to decipher before I get one lol
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Well, I've owned one for about a week now and I don't have all this lag that some people are talking about. Sure there might be a tiny hiccup here and there and some of the native apps take a second or two to open up from a cold start, but I don't have any major issues.
It is nothing out of the ordinary and it's an overall fast and smooth device.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Where is this "a lot of lag" coming from? I just don't have it and am curious where it's coming from.
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It's all simulated lag. Turn off double click to start S-Voice. Disable My Magazine. Turn all animations down to 0.5x and BOOM, "lag" gone.
I actually did this side by side with the M8. I noticed the M8 was ridiculously fast at opening and switching between apps and the S5 was always slightly behind. After changing the animations on the S5 to 0.5x, BAM same speed.

I went to the s5 from the s3, as I skip every other galaxy. (s1-s3-s5). I have to say, what a difference between this and the s3. Dont get me wrong, they are both similar. But a 1080p amoled is stunning, the phone also feels great and is a beast. Also, not sure why so many people are complaining about the finger scanner, I can easily unlock using one hand and my thumb. Great phone !

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It's all simulated lag. Turn off double click to start S-Voice. Disable My Magazine. Turn all animations down to 0.5x and BOOM, "lag" gone.
I actually did this side by side with the M8. I noticed the M8 was ridiculously fast at opening and switching between apps and the S5 was always slightly behind. After changing the animations on the S5 to 0.5x, BAM same speed.
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I'm trying your tip. There's some lag in the s5, I can't deny it. I didn't have that with my n5. TW probably doesn't help here, although this is an awesome phone.
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xaznxplaya said:
I'm trying your tip. There's some lag in the s5, I can't deny it. I didn't have that with my n5. TW probably doesn't help here, although this is an awesome phone.
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Make sure to reboot your phone too. Phone was laggy as hell when first booted. The only thing that is a little slow for my taste is opening the multitasking list.
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Make sure to reboot your phone too. Phone was laggy as hell when first booted. The only thing that is a little slow for my taste is opening the multitasking list.
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I can't wait for the customs ROMS, I'm not used to TW really, When opening phone it's not that smooth and some little stuff.

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I can't wait for the customs ROMS, I'm not used to TW really, When opening phone it's not that smooth and some little stuff.
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Personally I think it's a fair trade off. I had the M7 and it has bare bones software features. If they would have added more software functions like multi window I probably would have got the M8. Realistically the M8 is the M7 with a depth sensor. They didn't really need to upgrade the processor because it ran fine on the 600 chipset. At least I know Samsung is trying to utilize the power of the 801 chipset.
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DrexelDragon said:
It's all simulated lag. Turn off double click to start S-Voice. Disable My Magazine. Turn all animations down to 0.5x and BOOM, "lag" gone.
I actually did this side by side with the M8. I noticed the M8 was ridiculously fast at opening and switching between apps and the S5 was always slightly behind. After changing the animations on the S5 to 0.5x, BAM same speed.
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If I use apex launcher I take it I don't need to bother going into touchwiz and disabling My Magazine?
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I'm still curious where and how the OP got offered such a ridiculously good trade...
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I own a Note 3, was given the S5, prefer my Note 3.

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I'm still curious where and how the OP got offered such a ridiculously good trade...
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When people see new devices it's like an ora of "I want" - you'd be surprised what some people would offer for something so that they can get their hands on it straight away. Crazy offers aren't that uncommon tbh.
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