Samsung Galaxy Frame, Star, Young, Pocket 2 and GT-I9150 benchmarks confirm Exynos will be kept for the high-ends

14. g2a5b0e posted on 04 Feb 2013, 09:36 0

I've been wondering the same thing. No matter how cheap a manufacturer would sell chips to you for, I can't imagine it wouldn't be cheaper to make your own...especially when that's something you already do.

6. wendygarett posted on 04 Feb 2013, 04:57 3

Or it might be tizen phone... Remember that Sammy says will going to release a competitive handset?

7. Berzerk000 posted on 04 Feb 2013, 05:10 3

Considering "GT-B" is what Samsung usually uses for it's phones that have a QWERTY keyboard, I don't think so.

Samsung usually (if not always) uses GT-i for their Galaxy S devices. The GT-i9500 will be the GS4, considering the S3 was the GT-i9300 and 4 is considering an unlucky number in South Korea, so they won't be using GT-i9400.

They wouldn't put an Exynos 5 Dual in their flagship device when it's just marginally better than the Exynos 4412 in terms of CPU; and they wouldn't use the Exynos 5 Quad because it's too much of a battery hog. Most logical solution, Exynos 5 Octa.

We don't even know if the GT-B9150 is even a phone. It could be a tablet for all we know, there was never any screen size mentioned, just resolution.

8. TylerGrunter posted on 04 Feb 2013, 05:28 1

GT-B has been reserved by Samsung for a phone with keyboard, so my guess this time is some kind of 10 inches tablet, not a phone, that includes a keyboard.
The Exynos 5250 (Exynos 5 Dual) can't really be used in a phone as it does not implement big.LITTLE and is too battery hungry.
So hope for the "octa" is still inctact.

13. Berzerk000 posted on 04 Feb 2013, 07:19 0

Also, there was a benchmark shown of the GT-I9500 with a clock speed of 1.8 GHz, which is the default clock speed for the Octa;

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-GT-I9500-Galaxy-S-IV-appears-in-benchmarks-with-1.8-GHz-CPU-possibly-the-Exynos-5-Octa_id38896

Nothing solid, but still more evidence.

It only makes sense really; the Exynos 5 Dual is too little of an improvement from the 4412 along with being more battery hungry, the Exynos 5 Quad is a big leap in power, but also energy consumption; the Exynos Octa is the only sensible option that comes to mind.

10. cheetah2k posted on 04 Feb 2013, 05:41 0

The great thing about CPU tech is that Samsung can produce the 8 core CPU and simply shut cores off in the low end phones. Intel and AMD do it in their mid range CPU's. Saves $ in re-tooling and having separate fabs.