Buy Galaxy S4 or wait for S800/Nvidia Tegra 4 based phones?

[electricfirebolt]

Hi, I'm at the point where its time to get myself a new android phone and I am at the decision of whether to go and buy the Galaxy S4 or wait until an S800 Qualcomm based Phone comes out or a Nvidia Tegra 4 based phone comes out. What do you think is the best to do?, also any ideas on the release dates of any phones features S800 or Tegra 4?

Thanks.

 

[mayankleoboy1]

Are there any decent Tegra4 smartphones coming out ? Apart from some chinese smartphone maker (ZTE or Huawei ) , no other company is making a T4 based smartphone. HP is bringing a Tablet, but HP doesnt has had much success with the mobility market. The T4 is supposed to be hot and power sucking. Buying a T4 smartphone should be in your low priority list.

Depending on your country, you can get a Exynos Octa SGS4 . But wait atleast for AnandTech to do its review. The one that came out some time back was for the S600 version. Plus, Galaxy Note 3 is supposd to have the Octa exynos by default, IIRC.

S800 , well some phones have been rumoured or announced to have this chip, but the release dates are in mid-late Q3, IIRC.

Really, you cant do much wrong with a SGS4 or a HTC One. They are the best options right now. And to be frank, in the smartphone market, whatever you buy will be replaced by a faster verion in 6 months I wouldnt recommend playing the waiting game here.

Hope this gives you some perspective.

 

[jcurry23]

Just get the S4, if you keep waiting for the next best thing you will never get a new phone.

 

[electricfirebolt]

What S4, As I live in UK and the Octa is not available ;/

 

[spentshells]

Hate to say it but just buy the note 2 you will enjoy it a lot more,

 

[electricfirebolt]

Anyone know if the Galaxy S4 UK Sim Free version is Boot Loader Unlocked?

Thanks.

 

[redeemer]

Hate to say it but just buy the note 2 you will enjoy it a lot more,

Note 2>S4

 

[mayankleoboy1]

Hate to say it but just buy the note 2 you will enjoy it a lot more,

Note 2>S4

Why ? S4 has a much better SoC, HD display, and maybe better battery life too.

 

[spentshells]

Hate to say it but just buy the note 2 you will enjoy it a lot more,

Note 2>S4

Hate to say it but just buy the note 2 you will enjoy it a lot more,

Note 2>S4

Why ? S4 has a much better SoC, HD display, and maybe better battery life too.

If you pick one up and use it for a while you will see why.

 

[redeemer]

Hate to say it but just buy the note 2 you will enjoy it a lot more,

Note 2>S4

Why ? S4 has a much better SoC, HD display, and maybe better battery life too.

Battery life on the S4 is on par with every other smartphone, the Note has a much bigger battery than the S4 @3100mah. Note 2 also has touch pen capabilities and less gimmicky nonsense. I actually prefer the HTC One over the S4 and so do the 90% of review out there!

 

[mayankleoboy1]

HTC one VS S4 is another arguement. I personally would buy the HTC one.
But i dont think that Note2 > S4 . And IIUC, OP is torn between current gen, or upcoming phones. Not previous gen.