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Carnotaurus

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Note 2 - 3100 mah battery but at 720p display

Note 3 - 3200 mah battery but at 1080p display

My question is how can the Note 3 have the same amount of juice as the note 3 when the battery at 1080p will eat up more juice than having an extra 100 mah battery?
 
Carnotaurus said:
Is that the one with radio technology?
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Yes, having the LTE radio built into the SD800 saves power over having a separate chip. It's also a newer radio design that's much more efficient when trying to connect to weak signals. SD800 is also terrific at conserving power when idle, which is most of the time when you're not running something demanding like 3D games.

On the other hand, it supposedly runs like a blast furnace consuming lots of juice when you push the CPU really hard. Luckily that's not very often with typical apps and usage.
 
Few things pushed me into the N3 camp. Got mine on pre-order with Verizon. For starters, sd card slot. Most don't have it, Sammy still does. Removeable batt. What Veritas posted is a huge plus in that if you don't like the batt performance, upgrade the sucker!! I like that. Huge screen, huge power, HD screen. I mean, this thing has it all, really....
 
darkkterror said:
I don't think I've ever seen anyone excited about a Pentile display before. I mean, I don't seem to mind them (it's never bothered me), but most people usually seem to hate Pentile :P
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No idea what Pentile is but if it save battery, I'm all for it?

The thing is the Note 3 screen is better than the S4 so pentile or not, I rather save battery.
 
Part of the reason many people don't like pentile is not based on personal experience... as much as listening to the iPhone using Android haters, repeating all the negative criticism from Apple. Heavily promoting high resolution displays Apple has cleverly named "retina" they'd have you believing everything else is grossly inferior.

As I write this on my Nexus 7.2, I've got three phones on my desk in front of me. An ideal comparison.

1) iPhone 5S
2) Galaxy S4
3) Note 3

Hands down the N3 is the best, followed very closely by the S4, with the iP5 a very distant 3rd.
 
zendroid said:
Part of the reason many people don't like pentile is not based on personal experience... as much as listening to the iPhone using Android haters, repeating all the negative criticism from Apple. Heavily promoting high resolution displays Apple has cleverly named "retina" they'd have you believing everything else is grossly inferior.

As I write this on my Nexus 7.2, I've got three phones on my desk in front of me. An ideal comparison.

1) iPhone 5S
2) Galaxy S4
3) Note 3

Hands down the N3 is the best, followed very closely by the S4, with the iP5 a very distant 3rd.
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I am confused about your information. Is retina the same as pentile?
 
Carnotaurus said:
I am confused about your information. Is retina the same as pentile?
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No.

"retina display" is a marketing term Apple invented for a display where the resolution is high enough that in normal use you should not be able to resolve the pixels. These days most high end androids have at least equal resolution.

Pentile refers to a specific sub-pixel structure often used in amoled displays. In fact the term is often misused these days to refer to any non-RGB subpixel structure, when it actually has a particular meaning. But if you look at microscopic photos of an S3 or S4 display (many reviews include these) you'll see that they don't have the same structure as the classic LCD pixel.

These non-RGB arrangements do technically have a lower resolution than a classic pixel structure with the same number of pixels. You could see this with the S3 if you looked for it and were showing the right sort of image. I don't think anyone can actually see it on an S4 (I've not seen a Note 3 for real yet).

Display quality depends on many factors. To my mind the saturation difference between amoled and LCD is more significant when comparing high-end galaxies and iPhones than the resolution is (opinions can genuinely differ on which is better, as it's a matter of preference).
 
zendroid said:
Part of the reason many people don't like pentile is not based on personal experience... as much as listening to the iPhone using Android haters, repeating all the negative criticism from Apple. Heavily promoting high resolution displays Apple has cleverly named "retina" they'd have you believing everything else is grossly inferior.

As I write this on my Nexus 7.2, I've got three phones on my desk in front of me. An ideal comparison.

1) iPhone 5S
2) Galaxy S4
3) Note 3

Hands down the N3 is the best, followed very closely by the S4, with the iP5 a very distant 3rd.
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Thanks for the info on the comparisons.

As for the criticism on Pentile screens, I wouldn't say it's 100% because of Android haters because, having had a Pentile screen on my Motorola Photon (2 years ago and temporarily now, until my N3 is ready for pickup tomorrow), I can definitely say that the Pentile configuration with a LCD screen is pretty prominent. I didn't think I'd be able to notice, until the Photon would brighten up (for viewing in direct sunlight) and I could clearly see the pixels.

That said, from all the reviews I've seen on the N3 discussing the pentile configuration in combination with Samsung's SAMOLED, that's led me to believe that they've all but cured the visibility of the pixels by the naked eye and they also have a non-standard pentile configuration as compared to other OEM's that use Pentitle (e.g. Motorola used to, but can't remember the other OEM's). Pentile never really bothered me, but I'd much rather not see the pixels at all (if at all possible), while still have a screen that doesn't suck up the battery. I do agree though, that the hate on "pentile" screens is somewhat overblown.
 
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