100mhz matters? seriously?
so based on nothing but your assumption, more than half of buyers don't care about specs. but for some reason samsung is going to boost clock speed a minuscule 100mhz because specs are important to a tiny minority of users? i'm confused.
You've already admitted to being a lazy reader before so read my post again and read it properly.
I don't have exact figures so yes the percentages are based on assumption but the reason behind it is not.
Mass market breakdown in descending order of largest to smallest group.
1. The people that buy a phone based on look and function
2. The epeen poser who care about advertised specs
3. The minority of people who can actually buy a phone suited to their needs and can justify it as well.
Have you seen how many people went from the iphone 4 to the 4s? Unless they had an actual use for siri then I reckon the majority of them could have stayed on the ip4 and it would still have done what it needed to do for them. These people were sold by the marketing magic and I dare say they are the epeen poser group as well as they need to have the latest and greatest but as I say before, when asked anything specific about the internals of their phone they won't be able to tell you.
Note that I'm not saying the reverse argument that people who know the techy stuff are spec whores.
I word my posts very carefully, and I'll say it again for you. POSSIBLE boost in speed. And, no I do not consider 10-30% a tiny minority. This is the epeen poser "i think I know tech" crowd.
Just off the top of my head I can count 9 people I know, and when I say know I mean actually see them and talk to them or a regular basis, that have the S2. Out of the 9, only 1 of them knows anything spec related to their phone and they've also gone and rooted it with custom roms. 4 of them are actually the ones who actually bought it based on it having the latest and greatest specs at the time and their source of info were pc mags or cnet reviews which tell them to get it. The other 4 just saw the screen and liked the weight or how it felt etc...
And no I did not make my percentage breakdowns based on that, but that was just for the S2. Throw other people into the mix and you will see that there are more epeen spec whores out there then those who actually know anything about their phone.
seriously. who's going to look at the s3 and the one x and be like..welp. this phone is 100mhz less. it obviously sucks. give me the one x!
sales people sell phones, not specs. (thanks for indulging me btw, fun to have a friendly convo )
Sales people will sell phones to that 50% group easily. Then you get those 10-30% who actually come into the store and look for specs and get sold by marketing terms. And yes believe it or not there are people out there who will pick one phone over the other because of the displayed specs next to the phone.
so it doesn't matter.
it matters.
guys. just. no.
Don't take his words out of context. He meant 100mhz doesnt matter performance wise. But from a marketing perspective to those who are trying to sell a phone and are stuck with people who only care about numbers, then yes that 100mhz will make a difference.
Dismissing someone else's opinion in a few short words and sentences and then following up with rhetorical questions isn't exactly explaining your reasoning behind your point of view which makes it hard for people to actually agree with you. Taking things out of context and putting a spin on it isn't going to help your case either. I'm sure half the readers here know what persuasive writing is so god help whoever fell for your rewording 10-30% as "tiny minority". A lot of things here are just opinion but at least try to be objective and consider things from a different point of view. Some people agree and some people disagree on things but if people are going to tell someone else they are wrong then at least try back it up with sources or reasoning.
E.g You say realistic expectations would mean the specs of the prototype are final. So explain your reasoning behind "realistic expectations"
Others here have already pointed out the time frame, updated prototype models, and marketing as reasons and why there is a POSSIBILITY of a spec bump. They aren't saying that the prototype won't be the specs, they are arguing on what is realistic and what isn't and you just need to explain that bit more clearly so people know where your're coming from.
Sandroid and I are here are still waiting for this source of yours that explained a phosphorescent green pixel meant a different sub pixel arrangement and hence pentile. You don't just go say something along the lines of "if rumours are true about the S3 display then the HOX has a superior display" and then when asked to back up the rumour of the pentile arrangement you tell us not to sweat it.
You are an excellent contributor to this forum with fast updates on the latest news but if you don't want to back up or explain your opinions properly then you shouldn't be dismissing others so quickly because you see things differently to them.
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