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If that's the case, the XZP would be ~$800 or even more. The new Exmor RS Camera Sensor is impressive but then, it still lacks OIS (only fancy EIS which relies on the SoC's ISP.). No mention of RAW Capture support, too.

Seems like LG is focusing back to form with the G6. The regional availability of features (FM Radio, Wireless Charging, Larger Storage Options, Quad DAC, etc.) is quite a bugger, though.

Congratulations on reaching 3 Million subscribers! I would love the Razer Blade 14 because it is great for playing games and running demanding 3D applications on the go.

What phone are you using? Does it support 802.11ac? Have you tried other devices to test your wireless connection?

Yes. I agree with you but what I was just trying to point out is that the Exynos 5433, 7420, and 8890 could use all of them at the same time. It's just that this SoC has two modules/clusters (big module for higher powered cores and a little module for lower powered cores) which switch on/off depending on the task to either save power or achieve optimum performance by using both modules at the same time. That is how ARM's big.LITTLE heterogeneous computing architecture works (as opposed to MediaTek's "True Octa-Core" architecture which uses 8 cores of the same design - MT6795 uses 8x ARM Cortex-A53 cores). That is why I kept on reiterating on this thread that the Exynos 8890 has 4x 2.6 GHz Mongoose + 4x 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53. However, this information is misleading because apparently, according to GSMArena's review of the S7 (Exynos Edition): "[...]The Mongoose cores behave differently depending on the task - two of them can go as high as 2.6GHz while the other two are idling, or you can have all four of them ticking at 2.3GHz simultaneously.[...]" Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7-review-1408p5.php Oh, right. :)) I was referring to the S7 Edge's Information Stream set to always on.

S7: 3000mAh S7E: 3600mAh The S7E's extra 600mAh must be a way to compensate for the Edge's features like the "Always on display" Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=7945&idPhone2=7821

S7/S7E > S6/S6E >> S5

The S7 and the S7 Edge both have 2 different SoCs depending on the region, Exynos 8890 or Snapdragon 820. In North America, the Snapdragon 820 (2x 2.15GHz Kyro + 2x 1.6GHz Kyro) versions of the S7 and S7 Edge will be released. As discussed previously in this thread the Snapdragon 820 and the Exynos 8890 should perform similarly in terms of actual day to day use. Which means it doesn't really matter that much if you get the Exynos or the Snapdragon but since you're in NA, you'll be getting the Snapdragon version. I, too, will prefer the Snapdragon version because it would be graced with better custom rom support. The North American Snapdragon 820 Samsung S7 Edge won't feel slow due to the lack of cores or gpu power because it is equipped with a proper flagship SoC even if it is compared to the Exynos 8890 variants of the S7 and S7 Edge. However, "[...] Perhaps what’s most interesting, yet not shocking, is that we still managed to find lag across the user interface, including random stutters and framedrops. Indeed, our go-to GPU profiling test showed many skipped frames when scrolling through the Play Store, significantly more than our 810 devices running stock or close-to-stock software (Nexus 6P, OnePlus 2). We’ve also encountered random input lockups where performance did not take a hit but we simply couldn’t interact with the UI for a few seconds (repeated instances on the camera app and settings menu, reported by two XDA editors). [...]" - Eric Hulse of XDA Long VERTICAL lines that exceed the GREEN HORIZONTAL line signifies that there has been dropped frames. It could be just a matter of software optimization. Perhaps tweaking the Qualcomm's GPU Scheduler, msm-adreno-tz, should fix this issue. There has been no data if this issue is present in the Exynos 8890 version, however. Read more: http://www.xda-developers.com/s7-edge-throttling-thermals-benchmark-stress-tests-of-sd820-810-808-exynos-7420/

Yeah. It's highly scalable but the apps that run on it needs optimizations to be able to take advantage of the SoC's cores.

Indeed. The SD820 does lack the cores that the 4 + 4 cores Exynos 8890 have, but to think that it could stand toe to toe even with just 2 + 2 cores, it signifies how efficient the SD820 is. This is Qualcomm attempting to redeem itself with the humiliation that they got for SD810. They will use the same SoCs in each region but the Edge version will have additional apps that will use the Edge feature. In that sense, the S7 Edge will have more apps running in the background but that shouldn't affect the S7E's performance dramatically.

I believe that they're going to release the SD820 for North America.

It's okay. It depends on what version you're going to get in your region. Snapdragon 820 (North America?) 2x 2.15 GHz Kryo + 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo Adreno 530 Exynos 8890 (???) 4x 2.6 GHz Mongoose + 4x 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 Mali-T880MP12

Not much. Besides Games and Benchmarks, Video Decoding could use more than 2 cores IF the codec is NOT NATIVELY supported by the GPU (e.g. 10-bit H.264 videos). I'm not sure if proper support for 10-bit H.264 videos is added to the Adreno 530 and the Mali-T880MP12, though.

Indeed. Qualcomm devices simply refuse to die [even the HTC HD2 still has an Android 6.0 Port!] because Qualcomm releases their kernel sources faithfully unlike Exynos and MediaTek. The Exynos 8890 and Snapdragon 820 should perform similarly on daily tasks. However, the Snapdragon 820 would have an edge over the Exynos 8890 in the long run because of the existence of custom roms because Qualcomm is a good guy in releasing kernel sources.

Exynos 5433, 7420, and 8890 CAN use 8 cores at the same time depending on the task. http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s6-octa-core-processor-usage-617585/ It was the Exynos 5410 Octa that could only use 1 module at a time.