Let us assume that you are right...and that Samsung "claim" to have shortages of Exynos 5...and thus had to use their competitor's chip.
Who's fault is that? Is it because Samsung rushed GS4 out too soon? Remember, after GS3 introduction last year, Samsung promised us that they won't make the same "mistake" again by increasing production of the next Exynos chip (which is the Exynos 5) to keep up with demand.
Would the media be as kind if Apple had introduced the iP5S two months ago...but half of iP5S will have Qualcomm S600 while the other half has A7. Do you think YOU GUYS would not mock Apple? Do you think Samsung advertisement won't make fun?
(It is also interesting that Apple is the only one that does not make commercials making fun of its competitors. Why isn't anyone praising them for that?)
For a chip manufacturer (and if your claim is correct about supply shortages, which i have my doubts), this is downright embarrassing!! Why repeat the same mistake that you did last year? Samsung designed a chip that is TOO EXPENSIVE and TOO HARD TO MAKE....and the wait for it is not worth it since its performance is NO BETTER than its competitor's 2nd rate chip (S600)...and battery drainage is bad despite BIG.little design! I can't wait till they give us that updated version with 8 cores firing at the same time!
In contrast, Apple is able to keep up with its supply & demand (significantly more than Samsung)...without a single hiccup. Remember how last year's iPhone 5 initially had some supply issue because the case was too hard to make? Within a month of iP5 intro, this supply line issue resolved...and remained so.
And again, for a chip design/manufacturer, why didn't Samsung see the downfall of A15-Cortex design...like everyone else did (Apple, Qualcomm, NVIDIA)???? No, instead, Samsung went all out on a failed design...and they are still at it till this day!
And IF Exynos 5 was working perfectly, then why the different updates and versions...less than 6 months later????? Anandtech found a flaw in it. And now Korean news are reporting heating issues with their newest Exynos 5420 chip. Coincidentally, this is reflected in Galaxy Note 3 worldwide distribution.
Would media (and Android fans) be so kind if they found out that A7 chip had to be modified repeatedly because of technical issues????
Does this bother anyone at how bias the media is? Some of you guys jump all over Apple yet fail to realize that Samsung (Android's proud child) has major failures of its own.
You don't have to assume anything, you seem to be Googling just fine.
Second - you're continuing to ignore what I said about Qualcomm and you're identifying them as a competitor and you're ignoring that Samsung also makes Qualcomm processors.
Qualcomm is fabless - they don't produce chips, they license designs.
Just like ARM.
Third - I don't know how to put it delicately - you simply don't understand the scale of industrial production involved in chip manufacturing or what challenges are presented for supply and demand.
The SGS2 came in flavors that used *every* major processor SoC supplier.
That's been reduced to 2 - and Samsung has a piece of the action on the second one.
Btw - why does Samsung, a major flash memory supplier and probably #1 in the mobile industry - use Toshiba flash memory in the SGS4?
No one is embarrassed by that.
That's not how the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries work.
You keep using the Ford/Chevy/Foreign model in your manufacturer comparisons and all I can tell you is what I have already - it doesn't work that way. Chips and the accountancy behind them are not the same as Detroitmobiles.
Next - you have no idea whether Apple chips are being modified. You believe that they aren't and you believe that they're without fault.
Finally - yes.
Android sites are biased against Apple. The users and writers are.
I've considered calling the President of the United States and asking him to send in the Marines to fix the problem.
But I'm afraid that he'd tell me that it's exactly the same over in the Apple camp and they're as biased against Android. And they lie out of ignorance as well.
Your problem crossing swords with me is twofold -
First, I don't care and have nothing against Apple. I make fun of them, yes. I make equal fun of everyone else too, especially Google.
I don't believe that the perfect phone exists and I don't think that it can exist. Just the best phone for you or for me at any given time.
Second, I said what I do for a living and I've hinted at who I know. I deal in firsthand facts my friend. I know where the skeletons are in a lot of closets. I don't need the blogosphere for that.
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Make yourself happy. If you think the new iPhone is all that, buy one.
You'll find plenty of Apple fora where people can't wait to agree with you that we're all biased.
But please - stop talking down to everyone, it's getting old.
Your nickel lectures about what Samsung owners don't know is a slap in the face and it's enough.
We have hundreds of thousands of people on this forum helping each other with their Samsung problems.
And discussing their shortfalls.
In short - go astroturf somewhere else.
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