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[Official] Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Pre-release thread - Sprint official launch is Saturday, June 2

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drexappeal said:
That's right. They had to make it within the timeframe that fell out of the 30 day exchange window from the Photon, which was released July 31.
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Just pointing out the flaw in your theory. The EVO ONE is the only phone so far that is rumored to be released around the same time as the last times. The Nexus S was released in May and the Galaxy Nexus is rumored to be released this month, a month earlier. So anything is possible.
 
EarlyMon said:
Android = Linux + Dalvik Virtual Machine + apps that run inside the Dalvik and use Linux services

The magic for multi core use happens at kernel level, that's a part of Linux.

Works like this - in programming, a developer can conceive of his solution to sometimes have some subprocesses that _could_ run in parallel, but managed properly, don't have to. The programming techniques for that are now old and well-established. The Android Developers website even walks devs though the overall how-to.

The potentially parallel processes are put into what programmers call threads. Just like in this forum, we have parallel threads about the screen, audio, etc, making up the whole conversation, similar concept.

So what happens to the threads at runtime?

The kernel decides how to load-balance across cores, Linux has been doing this for a long time.

This is why Android dual cores showed an advantage from day one.

http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-3d/381826-dual-cores-anyone-taking-advantage-them.html

Unlike iOS, apps don't get multiple core optimized. They are either written properly in the first place or they're not.

A key point of ICS is the upgrade to the Linux 3 kernel. This is far more efficient at task scheduling than before, especially for multiple cores.

So, if someone says that they have to optimize an app for quad core use, what they really said is, fix broken thread design in the first place.

When you think about these factors, you can begin to see that benchmarks are becoming less relevant than before - they tie less to real world applications from the cpu side.

A single S4 cpu core is at least twice as powerful as a single T3 core. Depending on the user's choice of apps with the two cores side by side, you will correctly judge either the S4 or T3 to be faster, or both equal.

As for the T3 having faster graphics: _maybe_.

Graphics benchmarks show programmers which graphic library functions may be more effective on which processors.

Neither cpu nor gpu benchmarks can tell you which horse is faster. It's an urban myth that they do.

Both the S4 and T3 represent the same order of magnitude upgrade over the single and dual core phones we use today. I would be equally happy with either.

Disclaimer - I'm a Qualcomm fan, prefer it to the ARM architecture that everyone else uses.
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Thanks EarlyMon, there is a lot I don't understand but I'm going to get the tech dictionary out and try to understand it better. lol. But I am getting.
 
drexappeal said:
Not likely. If Sprint goes with the same timeline as last year's superphones, it'll be this:

EVO One - April Announcement, June Release
Motorola - May Announcement, July Release
Samsung - June Announcement, August Release

This is the typical schedule that Sprint has gone with. This also falls in line with those Gold Premiere members who have their last 1 year upgrade, prior to moving on to the new 18 month upgrade timeframe.
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Either way, I can't see myself purchasing the new EVO until I can at least compare it to the GS3.
 
Covert_Death said:
i'm assuming links for the live feed won't be up until the even starts? anyone know if Rob is doing a live feed?

once the links start coming up for live feeds ill try to add them all to this post so that everyone can easily get to the sources.

LIVE FEEDS:
none yet :(
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You are correct, we won't see anything till minutes before.
 
No frills this time. Looks a bit more plain and white than other media conferences Sprint has held in the past. At least they put flowers on the tables
 
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