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Originally Posted by EarlyMon
Doh. This is a no brainer. I just noticed from your latest test that the iPhone does everything in H.264 (AVC, MPEG4 Part 10) vs. the Evo's MPEG4 Part 2 (ASP, note compatibility to H.263).
Nothing more to decide or test. H.264 is simply a superior codec.
MAYBE we will be able to buy an H.264 _encoder_ for the phone, in future.
And then we might get closer to the iPhone's video performance.
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The H.264 is a vendor specific implementation. Galaxy S will have it.
Google is not just going to give it away for free. It cost money and Apple has the economy of scale to cross-license.
They have it in all their products from OS to high-end editing apps. They also have Pro apps division (Motion/FCP) so they have the talent/man power to implement a superior software solution for the recording.
So they, definitely have the upper hand and a cost advantage of $10-15 per unit over HTC (codec licenses/man power/talent for camera software, etc).
This is just
one area where it is hard for others to compete.