Samsung Galaxy S III to Have Quad-core CPU?

There are like 5 apps in the world using Dual-Cores at the moment - we're jumping up to 4 now just to kill batteries faster?

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Show me the battery life specs.

Quuuuaaaaddd!!!

Can't have a phone for 5 seconds without it going out of date these days..

It's not out of date unless it no longer does what you want.

these chips deactivate unused cores and more cores does not mean more power usage. As fabrication get smaller, things become more energy friendly. Atleast nVidia claims Tegra 3 with quad core is more efficient than Tegra 2.

I'd like a 50% thicker phone to accomodate a better battery instead of a new processor that nothing can use.

of course all the high end phone will have quad core in 2012 !!! and i think at least 1gb of ram but if all this things will make a better experince with the phone i don t know ...

I would only get tegra 3 for a quad core phone because it's 5th companion core would keep power usage super low when the phone isn't doing much. If you've got 4 cores on all the time the battery might as well be a lemon with some metal stuck in it

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I'd be happier to read/care about this article if the LTE version of the phone it's supposed to supersede actually does become available... ever. Late Q1 early Q2? Based on how long its taken the Nexus since it's "projected" timeline I would venture to say you won't see the galaxy s 3 until, ummm, Q4 2011/ Q1 2012? Feel free to hold out for this while the Vaporware Nexus prepares for it's debut

Sorry I meant Q4 2012 or Q1 2013 !!

I would rather have a longer battery life than a faster phone. The current phones are already fast enough for me.

I would be a lot more excited if the SGS3 will have the following chip inside (the 128GB version):

Toshiba Internal Flash Module June 2010

plus an internal SD card slot.

Needs MOAR battery life. Also, how does having no physical buttons work? How do you turn the phone on / off?

Bunch of retarded companies. How about instead of making this stuff faster (1 GHZ is more than enough) they develop new batteries? How about a battery that lasts 15 hours with heavy use? That's what everyone needs, not that crap, you don't even need dual core yet they're wasting time making them more "powerful." With Quad core and 4G LTE you won't be getting more than 3 hours with heavy use.

Phew, well thank the heavens for my above average sized penis, or else I'd definitely be feeling a bit inferior with my single-core phone

There's still the power button and the volume rocker, just no buttons along the bottom of the phone.

its official : smartphones are more powerful than my current pc lol

and 99% of people with one wont ever use it to its potential much like quad core or better PCs today. I'm in the one percentile that do btw. Plus I dont see the need to 4 cores running on a smart phone sort of ridiculous.

Wait and see. Historically on notebooks and desktops Intel's figured out ways for cores to consume less power in idle mode. I expect that all major ARM licensees have accomplished similar feats, though Tegra 3's implementation sounds more promising.

Again, wait and see.

I think we can all agree that obsoleteness is relative. I, for one, am happy with my good ole' Samsung Intercept with Virgin Mobile. Sure, I'd like a faster processor and faster internet, but I can't complain at $25/mo!

Let's focus on improving the battery life tech now, eh?

I mean no matter how much hardware you throw at Android phones, it's still going to be slow. I had the opportunity to handle a Nexus S - dated yes, but still a capable phone. Navigation was a pain in the rear end to say the least. I doubt throwing more horsepower will improve this situation.

Claims from companies can always be misread or understood. It all depends on the figures they use and what it relates to. If a dual core Tegra 2 uses say 25units of power to run each core and then the Tegra 3 uses 20units per core, they can claim it is more energy efficient but if the cores are being used then the Tegra 2 uses 50units as opposed to the Tegra 3's use of 80units.
They can also claim more efficiency if the Tegra 3 has a higher performancec out put than the Tegra 2 per power unit used, even if the Tegra 3 actually uses much more power.
Mobile OS's will hit much higher levels of multi-threading over the next year or so these multi core chips will get used so power will be an issue. If it wasn't, why have multi cores in the first place?

My Tegra2 powered Optimus 2X can barely last 8 hours under heavy load without dying out. I hope the Tegra3 lives up to nVidia claims of being more efficient, because these devices suck out a lot of power.

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What I don't understand is - if we can make a phone that has a quad core processor and is capable of producing 720p and 1080p gaming - why are high end desktop graphics cards still the size of my arm and require a wind tunnel to cool?

I'm not against the idea of a quad core phone, I'm just skeptical on the benefits Vs. cons.

Just like on the PC, if you have single threaded apps,you're not going to benefit from the additional cores.

I'm a firm believer in dual core procs though. Regardless of the platform or device.

I have the Galaxy S II phone. That's a dual core and it chews through the battery fast even running in power saving mode. I have to have a charger at home, work and in my car as I can't get through the day with just one charge. With my experience of a dual core proc, I would be nervous about a quad core unless they have mastered power usage. (Note: I love my Galaxy S II regardless)

I would prefer a smartphone that had better battery life than going quad core if I had a choice.

Before purchasing my first smartphone, I had your typical clam phone. I could go for days without charging. I miss those days from that perspective.

I think you will see a tipping point for power hungry hardware in the future. Gaming PC's are like exotic sports cars. Speed, horsepower and torque remain supreme but efficiency is starting to make waves.

I can go for days without charging om my SGSII. It seems counterintuitive, but more cores draw less power. Then run at slower speeds because they can multi task and they spend more time in deep sleep. The VAST majority of time on my phone is in deep sleep. 8 hours for 7 persent of the battery. with taking a call and texting. Thatn means 5 days if used like a "phone" the reality is we don't use them like that. We browese the interenet, have the screen on all the time, and shouldn't expect then to last days. And even doing that, my CPU spends most of its time at 200MHz or deep sleep. 5% of the time is higher than that. The whole phone CPU war is a joke.