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Help LG G2 with KitKat vs JellyBean Video

Odysse

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LG G2 wows with KitKat upgrade.

LG G2 JellyBean vs KitKat - YouTube

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Thanks for posting that, Odysse. Have you heard anything on upgraded or new features? I am really hoping for some new and/or more functional features. Like an upgrade to the voicemate would be nice, or possibly to the ir remote app. :)

Well, I suggest you to check the official Android site for KitKat here:
Android - 4.4 KitKat

and scroll all the way to find the features of the upgrade and also check Android developers youtube channel , there are a lot of videos about KitKat:

Android Developers - YouTube

or on Android developers site: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html

I think phandroid have a before post about it as well.
 
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That sort of comparison isn't so interesting, significant or impressive to me as an engineer. Likely the difference in each test would be reduced if a number of runs are performed. Too much opportunity for experimental variation / error. Doesn't matter that they used a high-speed high-frame rate camera. Reporting more digits provides precision, but that is not a substitute for accuracy or validity in the measurement or comparison.

How many of us experience an application loading fast on one day, and less fast on another? Likely with the OS designed the way it is, any of these individual experiments (or measurements) will have a mean and a standard deviation associated with them (i.e. they will have a "distribution").

I'm not saying the comparison is completely without value...

But, I'm thinking w.r.t. operations we are doing on a typical day, the differences in responsiveness for micro operations like these are not likely to be perceived as significant.

I assert, in the end, on a fast device, the differences aren't going to be as significant as they will be on a slower / less powerful one.
 
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That sort of comparison isn't so interesting, significant or impressive to me as an engineer. Likely the difference in each test would be reduced if a number of runs are performed. Too much opportunity for experimental variation / error. Doesn't matter that they used a high-speed high-frame rate camera. Reporting more digits provides precision, but that is not a substitute for accuracy or validity in the measurement or comparison.

How many of us experience an application loading fast on one day, and less fast on another? Likely with the OS designed the way it is, any of these individual experiments (or measurements) will have a mean and a standard deviation associated with them (i.e. they will have a "distribution").

I'm not saying the comparison is completely without value...

But, I'm thinking w.r.t. operations we are doing on a typical day, the differences in responsiveness for micro operations like these are not likely to be perceived as significant.

I assert, in the end, on a fast device, the differences aren't going to be as significant as they will be on a slower / less powerful one.

Totaly agree, a real measure results have to take at least a sample of 100 times IMHO for each feature and put all them on its standard deviation (distribution) in order to have a most real device performance.

However the first test is excellent and shows the G2 faster than before.
 
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That sort of comparison isn't so interesting, significant or impressive to me as an engineer. Likely the difference in each test would be reduced if a number of runs are performed. Too much opportunity for experimental variation / error. Doesn't matter that they used a high-speed high-frame rate camera. Reporting more digits provides precision, but that is not a substitute for accuracy or validity in the measurement or comparison.

How many of us experience an application loading fast on one day, and less fast on another? Likely with the OS designed the way it is, any of these individual experiments (or measurements) will have a mean and a standard deviation associated with them (i.e. they will have a "distribution").

I'm not saying the comparison is completely without value...

But, I'm thinking w.r.t. operations we are doing on a typical day, the differences in responsiveness for micro operations like these are not likely to be perceived as significant.

I assert, in the end, on a fast device, the differences aren't going to be as significant as they will be on a slower / less powerful one.

Tell that to the guys over at XDA, they seem to think the phone will be lightyears faster when most people aren't even going to notice the difference that much. This phone is blazing fast anyway.
 
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I thought the videos from the url are very good. I understand KK is optimized for memory and that is going to breath new life in devices that are bogged down. It will mean our devices can be loaded up more and continue to be responsive... but yes how much more responsive the G2 device will be? I'm just thinking this sort of comparison won't communicate it or set expectations properly.

If I were a developer I think the new APIs would be welcome stuff.

Of all of this I guess the thing I'll be hoping for is some better full screen management with the nav buttons hidden. The rest will be icing. The device - it's plenty great right now. I'm sure it will be better. Hope the UI is familiar.
 
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That sort of comparison isn't so interesting, significant or impressive to me as an engineer. Likely the difference in each test would be reduced if a number of runs are performed. Too much opportunity for experimental variation / error. Doesn't matter that they used a high-speed high-frame rate camera. Reporting more digits provides precision, but that is not a substitute for accuracy or validity in the measurement or comparison.

How many of us experience an application loading fast on one day, and less fast on another? Likely with the OS designed the way it is, any of these individual experiments (or measurements) will have a mean and a standard deviation associated with them (i.e. they will have a "distribution").

I'm not saying the comparison is completely without value...

But, I'm thinking w.r.t. operations we are doing on a typical day, the differences in responsiveness for micro operations like these are not likely to be perceived as significant.

I assert, in the end, on a fast device, the differences aren't going to be as significant as they will be on a slower / less powerful one.


The only difference that i think we'll see is in the apps and games, the OS itself is pretty responsive now, but some extra milliseconds also count... for some :)
 
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