Monday, March 25, 2013

Is the Samsung Galaxy S4 racist? Processor variants listed by country

The Galaxy S4?s processor power is racist.

Okay, not really racist, but it will vary by country, in that some countries will get the advanced Samsung 1.6Hz octa-core Exynos 5 CPU while others will have to do with a Galaxy S4 powered by the 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor, instead.

For an understanding of the difference between the quad-core and octa-core, think of it as the number of cylinders in a car ? the more the number of cylinders in a car engine, the better (read: faster) the performance.

In the case of processor cores too, an octa-core processor implements multiprocessing in a single physical package, i.e., multiple cores can run multiple instructions at the same time, increasing overall speed for programs being run on the device, in this case the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone.

In a nutshell, more cores translate into the ability to run more programs at the same time, faster response time for programs, and (this one is up for debate) longer battery life. It is understood that the battery gets saved if/when the device switches to lower numbers of cores when running less power-hungry apps and programs while during running intensive and/or multiple programs, it powers up all the available cores, if necessary.

Back to the Galaxy 4. During the launch of the Galaxy S4 [http://www.emirates247.com/news/galaxy-s4-takes-the-smartphone-battle-to-iphone-s-home-turf-2013-03-17-1.498652], Samsung had revealed that its new spearhead will come in two avatars, one powered by a Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor and the other with its proprietary octa-core Oxynos 5, but did not say who would be getting what.

It has now emerged that the selection of application processor varies by markets, or countries. SamMobile has compiled a list that shows which country gets which model.

The I9500 is the non-LTE Exynos model while the I9505 is the 4G-enabled Snapdragon model. A handful of lucky countries are getting both, including Samsung?s home market South Korea and the UAE.

So, Exynos or Snapdragon in your country? Here?s the list, courtesy SamMobile ? not Samsung, so take it with a pinch of salt until Samsung officially confirms or denies this.

Africa

Afghanistan: GT-I9500

Algeria: GT-I9500

Egypt:
GT-I9500

Kenya:
GT-I9500

Libya: GT-I9500

Morocco: GT-I9500

Nigeria:
GT-I9500

Asia / Middle East

Bangladesh: GT-I9500

China: GT-I9500

Hong Kong: GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

India: GT-I9500

Indonesia:
GT-I9500

Iran:
GT-I9500

Iraq: GT-I9500

Kazakhstan: GT-I9500

Korea: GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Malaysia: GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Nepal: GT-I9500

Pakistan:
GT-I9500

Philippines:
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Russia: GT-I9500

Saudi Arabia: GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Singapore:
GT-I9505

Sri Lanka:
GT-I9500

Taiwan: GT-I9500

Thailand:
GT-I9500

Turkey: GT-I9500

United Arab Emirates:
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Uzbekistan:
GT-I9500

Vietnam:
GT-I9500

Australia

?Australia: GT-I9505

Europe

Austria: GT-I9505

Baltic: GT-I9505

Belgium / Luxemburg: GT-I9505

Bosnia and Herzegovina: GT-I9505

Bulgaria: GT-I9505

Croatia: Not disclosed yet

Cyprus: GT-I9505

Czech Republic:
GT-I9505

France: GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Germany: GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Greece: GT-I9505

Italy:
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Macedonia: GT-I9505

Nordic Countries:
GT-I9505

Poland: GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Romania:
GT-I9505

Russia: GT-I9500

Portugal: GT-I9505

Serbia: Not disclosed yet

Slovakia: GT-I9505

Slovenia: GT-I9505

Spain: GT-I9505

Switzerland: GT-I9505

The Netherlands:
GT-I9505

United Kingdom:
GT-I9500 / GT-I9505

Ukraine: GT-I9500
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Source: http://www.emirates247.com/business/technology/is-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-racist-processor-variants-listed-by-country-2013-03-24-1.499619

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