Well, it's looking more & more like incremental specs improvement.
5.7" 2K UHD display at 515 PPI
TWO versions of the Note 4: main version will be a flat AMOLED display; a flexible or bent-screen OLED will be available in "limited markets". Which 99% means USA won't get it
IP67 water & dust resistance
Snapdragon 805 for LTE phones, Exynos octacore everywhere else
Up to 4GB RAM
32, 64 or MAYBE 128 GB internal storage
16-20 MP camera with optical image stabilization
So this begs the question: as awesome an upgrade as this is over the Note 3, is it honestly worth the $650 - $800 full retail price? For those of us on Verizon unlimited data, we HAVE to go full retail or go on a tiered data plan. Yes, I could sell the Note 3 for probably $350-$400... bringing the out-of-pocket cost down to a more realistic and workable amount. But still, that's a lot. I will probably bite anyway... we'll see.
What do you think? How does this change your outlook and expectation level?
Time for this thread to heat up. "THE FUN HAS ARRIIIIIVED!!!!"
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Not faster, just twice as much of the slow stuff
Samsung always seems to have issues updating those Exynos devices quickly.
Also, I wonder what the heat production is like on those phones. Some of their past (emphasis, cause this one should be better) devices that used their SoC ha issues with overheating.
Looks like we might get this sooner than expected. I am reading Sammy trying to rush these out to beat the iphone phablet release. Note usually comes out Oct-ish. If this is to be believed, then we can expect early/mid sept for release of Note 4.
Note 2 had Exynos 4412 (even US versions) and it worked pretty well. Exynos 5433 will be from 20nm process, so I guess heat won't be issue. It seems to perform well against S805 too.
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There is rumor it will be paired with intel LTE modem but I guess US version will likely be powered by S805.
It's my understanding that Exynos SoCs are still not playing well with LTE. So for those of us in the USA, expect the Snapdragon 805. Exynos will very likely be put in the GSM version...
It's july 7th already. July then August and then September. It almost pays to wait for the september phones, already. If I don't fall in love with the g3, I think I may wait. The m8 not having a removable battery freaks me out a bit.
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