Samsung Galaxy S II Plus once again is rumored to be coming

7. phonearenasucks1 posted on 20 Aug 2012, 20:33 1 0

I think its the one coming to boost and virgin on august 22

5. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 20 Aug 2012, 20:23 8 0

live with the fact that ALOT of people still have their S2 and dont wanna upgrade becuase of "bad design"

11. wendygarett posted on 20 Aug 2012, 21:02 2 1

But with that kind of spec and design I mind as well buy the galaxy nexus

Oh well, at least Samsung give us the choice :)

12. TROLL posted on 20 Aug 2012, 21:14 3 2

Right, the S2 should ev had the S3 specs.
S3 is to long, should be very slightly wider.
Even I really hate and dislike the S3 design, but really went for the specs.

20. SuperMaoriBro posted on 20 Aug 2012, 22:11 2 0

I had an S2, a fantastic device. I upgraded to S3 the day it came out and didn't like it. I then got a One X, also don't like it. I notice no difference in speed between dual and quad. I do notice however I cant multitask as much as ICS seems to hog a lot more resources than GB. I am interested in this device. Would like to know if screen would be an AMOLED HD and also what size the battery is first though.

24. TROLL posted on 20 Aug 2012, 22:36 1 0

ICS takes up a lot of ram, around 600mb+ of ram it consumes. Leaving u with only 275mb ram.

26. skymitch89 posted on 20 Aug 2012, 23:02 0 0

Why would they still be releasing, and selling original Galaxy S variants (Stratosphere, Illusion, Appeal, Rugby Smart, Exhibit, and Exhibit 2 4G)?

29. remixfa posted on 21 Aug 2012, 07:22 0 0

Samsung is covering all markets. SGS variants are "low level", SGS2 variants are mid, and the eventual SGS3 variants are high. Then in 8-10 months everything will drop down a level when the SGS4 comes out. lol

15. remixfa posted on 20 Aug 2012, 21:23 2 0

anything that is "dual core" capable is actually truly "multicore". Once it can hyperthread through multiple cores, it can do any number of cores without much extra fuss. Dual core optimized is more of a marketing term than anything.

17. TROLL posted on 20 Aug 2012, 21:34 0 0

REMIXFA x86 was programmed to multithread, but don't no about 4412. But was ICS software designed to run, 4, 6, or even 8 cores?

18. remixfa posted on 20 Aug 2012, 21:48 3 0

yes, once it can run 2, it can pretty much run all. Its the same set of instructions just expanded for using more cores. very very minor patching if any to enable higher cores. I would be surprised if it wasnt in the original 3.0/4.0 code to run pretty much any # of cores.

Thats just the hardware though. Software also needs to be made to optimize use of the cores.. but again, its similar.. once its multicore optimized it can take advantage of pretty much any number of cores.

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23. TROLL posted on 20 Aug 2012, 22:33 0 0

+1 from me.

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25. skymitch89 posted on 20 Aug 2012, 22:50 0 0

Android (ICS) is software, not hardware.

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16. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 20 Aug 2012, 21:32 0 0

hahaha yea that sounds about right man..... :)

27. TylerGrunter posted on 21 Aug 2012, 03:22 0 0

Fully agree in this one: I don't think it's a problem of design for the Galaxy S3, there are just many people that find the phone too big and have no need of 4 cores.
The only thing I always found "not right" in the Galaxy S2 was the resolution. So put a bit more resolution in a screen of 4.3 inches (or 4.5 with no buttons), add the new 4212 and give it a price $100 lower than the Galaxy S3 and I think there will be many people interested in the phone.