Samsung's Galaxy S has four times the polygon power of Snapdragon
By Tim Stevens 
posted March 26th 2010 6:41AM
posted March 26th 2010 6:41AM
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@futurerheza Because HTC made the Dream, the Magic and the Hero thus having way more experience in making android smartphones?
@StewieGriffin
You mean time to get new games for Android. All that power to play... Labyrinth?
@futurerheza
I'm sure Google probably did or thought of it, but Samsung was probably smart enough to not get involved with the creator of Android, and action that would inevitably release the Apple attack dogs on them.
@futurerheza Hum they probably did but Samsung declined just like Sony did. HTC is a small company hat has something like 5 products and could use the business. Samsung on the other hand does not need to make the "google" phone in order to be successful. In fact they don't even need to be making phones anymore but considering that they manufacture pretty much every part that goes into a phone it is only sensible to make a phone as well. And there is also the thing about Samy liking to control and customize the software that goes into their phones.
@tonicboy
all that power to play exzeus and raging thunder 2
@Exbloder Uh in case you didn't know they asked Sony Ericsson, who had never made an Andrid phone and they were turned down.
I hope Google get Samsung to make their next Google Phone. It should be released at the same time as the Froyo os version
@tonicboy
I really wish that you were just trolling and that that wasn't completely true.
@(Unverified) htc has ALOT more than 5 phones... wow everyone thinks htc is this small unknown company. they arnt
Yes but does it have usb and a miniplug instead of a stupid samsung proprietary connector? like the omnia.
@tonicboy
Agreed specs like these are worthless if you can't do anything with them. The quality and sophistication of games / apps on Android marketplace are pretty ho-hum thus far
@Exbloder
Did you forget that HTC wasn't Google's first choice? Sony was. Why, I don't know, but HTC was merely a backup plan. Have they done a good job? Yes. Could Samsung do better? Looks like it.
@luikiedook
Yes it has mini usb and charging port with 3.5mm headphone jack.
@BMills Right because using the Android platform and ripping off the iPhone UI and calling it "Smartlife UI" will definitely not get Apple's attention right?
@futurerheza actually they did. 1.5 years ago Samsung declined. and now they regret it.
source: http://jsksoft2.tistory.com/238
(Its in korean... so if you know how to read korean great. if not... uh....... google translate?)
@John52 I don't think Samsung will do better than HTC. HTC has more experiences on making Andriod phone.
@futurerheza because HTC is waay better when it comes to android phones
@StewieGriffin Somehow when the specs of the galaxy s materialize touting 4inch Super Amoled Screens (said to be better than their first super amoled phone), I thought this smartphone should have an amazing processor to process that kind of graphics, and I was correct!
I'm sure anyone's eyes, perk-up on those screens. Opinion: http://bit.ly/samsung-galaxy-s-phone
@drksilenc
yea people have no idea about the reach of HTC. that's why their "Quietly Brilliant" motto is so fitting. back in the day, alot of people didn't know them because they just recently started branding their phones as HTC. before they would be completely carrier branded (like called the Verizon XV3745 or something with no mention of HTC at all). i know i love my TP2 and the XDA community gives endless support and updates for them. HTC is bigger than people think.
@(Unverified)
LOL! HTC is not a small company, they have all the right to put the following tagline under their company name:
"I'm the Juggernaut Bitch"
@StewieGriffin I just hope Sony is watching all this and making a very educated decision in what they put in the PSP2. All of these different processors and now GPUs, and there's all in ones like the Tegra2 as well.
Someone should start benchmarking for mobile hardware like is done for the desktop.
@StewieGriffin Finally looks like Samsung gave up on their own custom 3D crap hardware in the S3C6400 (Acer M900, Omnia II)! Going with the industry leader (PowerVR) finally makes their phones competitive, although we'll only see this SoC on Android, or Wimpy7s at this point.
@BMills hahaha Apple attacks dogs Apple would get slaughter going against Samsung they have more patents then Apple got employee's
@drksilenc I know it, they make 7 of the top 10 smart phones currently on the market. Far from small. I am glad Google went with HTC to make my beloved nexus one. Besides its not the Samuel hardware that is making it this fast its the processor they make. Maybe the N2 should still be made by HTC but use this new processor.
@John52 its not the Samuel hardware its the processor. HTc makes and sells a lot more phones than does Samsung.
@futurerheza Because Samsung sucks @ updating devices and software and they have that horrible thing called Touch Wiz (anyone seen the Behold2 for Tmobile with the "cube" interface, or the Instinct?) and like someone else said HTC has much more experience with Android and does a MUCH better job of putting a custom UI on top of Android without making it look like something from a shenzen junk bin
@futurerheza Umm have you seen the Behold II? Barring that gorgeous AMOLED touchscreen, the handset felt chintzy and Samsung doesn't exactly have the best track record of supporting their devices after the initial launch.
@futurerheza because htc makes the g1/dream and the mytouch3g/magic
Great, now we have to worry about a fast CPU and a powerful GPU on our phones as well.
Basically, that means we have to pay twice the money now, because theirs going to be twice the power coming from both processors. Aren't we lucky!
...on the lighter note, it is a good thing though to be hearing this news...itll proly be even better new for new Win7 Phones with their Xbox Live integration!
@abedinthehouse
Yeah, it's called progress.
@abedinthehouse Phones are as fast as a PS2 now if not faster. I want to see something that lets you output to a TV screen (wireless preferred) and turns the mobile screen into a controller. The touch screen isn't tactile I know but if you setup touch zones, it should be easy enough to control.
@abedinthehouse ''pay twice the money now, because theirs going to be twice the power''
Have you heard of a thing called Moore's Law? (Google it)
@abedinthehouse
considering this is Samsung, the price will just be reasonable. HTC overcharge for their specs.
@darkmax No you're thinking Sony Ericsson.
It still has a serious flaw... It's a samsung. Don't know yet a single Samsung Galaxy or Spica owner that is happy with his purchase :)
@stsfin
Base on anecdotal figure of what....4 people?
@stsfin
Agreed. For some reason, Samsung makes amazing feature phones but their smartphones are just awful, mostly on the weakness of their UI.
@ConceptVBS I got a buddy who really likes his samsung Moment. Plus he got to stay with his awesomely cheap sprint plan. I'd love to stay on mine...$5 unlimited data plan be praised...but I'm goin for an Incredible, and my wife is getting a Droid.
So dedicated GPUs are more powerful than crappy integrated ones? Who'd have thought.
@ajstockdale You'd be surprised, with the direction of things like Larrabee or Cell.
@YpoCaramel
Where have you been?
Larrabee got killed back in December.
@ajstockdale
Technically, it's only delayed.
Hardware's not much use without software to take advantage of it for us consumers, though, as unfortunate as it is.
@YpoCaramel Not to worry when riding the fastest growing mobile platform which has only started its ascent.
@juanvaldez +1!
wow, that's like... 30 million triforces a second! good thing too, since the series' next title will be "legend of zelda: damn that's a lot of triangles"
@notbuttershift1 lol'd
It's still shaped too much like a certain fruity product for me to consider the purchase.
@Hydraulics I'd consider a certain fruit product in June if it had these specs, this screen and this OS. The iPhone is dated, but it's the closed ecosystem and tightly controlled UE that I'm worried about, not the shape and icons.
@juanvaldez
your reply makes no sense... if you like the specs, screen & OS on this phone and you dont like the closed ecosystem apple has, why would you be interested in a certain product coming in June? Why not just buy this phone, which you seem to like all around?