The Samsung Galaxy S4 is a damn fine phone. It’s fast, it’s big, it’s thin and it’s completely deserving to be in most people’s pockets. But apparently that’s not enough for Samsung. Samsung has gotten caught cheating benchmark tests to make itself look better. Basically, the S4 is specifically tweaked to be better at benchmarking than anything else it does.
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Galaxy has recently released a new graphics card called the GeForce GTX 760 4GB OC Edition. Codenamed GF PGTX760-OC/4GD5, the card is packed with 1152 CUDA Cores, a 256-bit memory interface, a core clock of 1058MHz (1110MHz Boost Clock) and a 4GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 6008MHz, and features DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. The GeForce GTX 760 4GB OC Edition is priced at 37,980 Yen (about $386). [Product Page]
When the Galaxy S4 Mini reached the FCC last month, we thought that might be the last we’d see of it in the US; the Galaxy S III Mini never officially reached the country, after all. The GS4 Mini is back for another round, however, and it’s now toting AT&T-native support for both LTE (on the 700MHz and AWS bands) and HSPA (850MHz and 1,900MHz). Few other surprises are in store, although we’ve noticed that there’s no AWS-based HSPA for T-Mobile fans. The filing also doesn’t say anything about an AT&T launch for the GS4 Mini, but it comes a month after the FCC approved a compatible Galaxy Mega 6.3 — we wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more to the story.
Filed under: Mobile, Samsung, AT&T
Source: FCC
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Check out this newly released graphics card from Galaxy, the GeForce GTX 780 GC Edition. Powered by NVIDIA’s Kepler GPU, the card packs 2304 CUDA Cores, a 384-bit memory interface, a core clock of 967MHz (1019MHz Boost Clock) and a 3GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 6008MHz, and features dual-link DVI-I, dual-link DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 780 GC Edition retails for $659.99. [Product Page]
Well over two years after the original graced Boost Mobile’s shelves, Samsung’s Galaxy Prevail II is being announced for the same carrier. Available for just $179.99 in off-contract form, the handset ships with Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front-facing cam, and a 1.4GHz processor. You’ll also find a 1,750mAh battery, inbuilt GPS / WiFi modules and Bluetooth 4.0. The prepaid carrier is hawking this on its contract-free $55 / month plan, which just so happens to shrink by $5 per month for every six on-time payments — in other words, those who hang around long enough will eventually be paying as little as $40 / month for nationwide talk, text and picture messaging, as well as web access. Not too shabby, eh?
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Boost Mobile
Several days ago we received a Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition to play with and shared our first impressions. This week we take a closer look at what’s different between this handset and its TouchWiz-equipped cousins by scrutinizing the benchmarks, battery life and camera performance. Samsung pleasantly surprised us at Google I/O when it announced a Galaxy S 4 running stock Android. HTC then joined the party with its own unskinned superphone, the One. This Galaxy S 4, which landed in the Play store on June 26th for $649 contract-free, is identical to T-Mobile’s 16GB model and shares the same specs. So, what does stock Android bring to this flagship? How does it compare to the TouchWiz versions? Is anything left behind? Finally, is this Google Play edition worth the extra cash? Hit the break to find out.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung, Google
Verizon customers — now’s your chance to grab Samsung’s latest flagship device with more internal storage. The carrier has started selling the 32GB Galaxy S 4 online, giving buyers another choice besides the 16GB version sold on its website for $199. Shipments aren’t promised until July 3rd, but you can buy the 32GB Galaxy S 4 right now for $299 — assuming you’re interested in paying $100 more for storage on a phone that already features expandable memory. If you’d rather shell out more money for an unlocked bootloader, though, Verizon also sells the Developer Edition at the lofty price of $650 each.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung, Verizon
Via: Droid Life
Galaxy has released their GeForce GTX 760 2GB GC graphics card. Powered by NVIDIA’s Kepler GPU, the card packs 1152 CUDA Cores, a 256-bit memory interface, a core clock of 1058MHz (1110MHz Boost Clock) and a 2GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 6008MHz, and features DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 760 2GB GC retails for 32,980 Yen (about $337). [Product Page]
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