On 6/29/2013 9:32 AM, Gary wrote:
> On 2013-06-18 05:27:12 +0000, Flint said:
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-samsung-shin-idUSBRE95G05I20130617
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>> Hurry up Apple! Better 'innovate' again and catch up!
>
> You have actually brought up an interesting question here Flint
> without even realising it.
>
> First the headline, SAMSUNG TO LAUNCH A NEW S-IV THATS TWICE AS FAST
>
> Notice the word TO is not HAS. (believe it when you see it)
Don't suffer from the same myopia as KDT, Gary. :) LTE capability is
increasing as more networks supporting it come online. There's
nothing wrong with trying to get a leg up on newer technology. Apple
has a history of doing it themselves since killing floppy drives and
legacy ports to embrace USB and later on, Thunderbolt, no? seems to
me, Apple is making a concerted effort to kill optical drives too, no?
> Only to be sold in Korea? Not groundbreaking enough to be sold
> worldwide from day one?
> Now the question you posed without knowing it.
> Does Apple to need to hurry up and duplicate that technology because
> Samsung has?
How does one 'pose' a question without knowing it? What seems to be
a question (to your mind) is an already settled one (to my mind),
hence iu is pointless to raise.
>
>
> Short answer: NO
>
> Apple look at what can be done with a phone, what is being done with a
> phone and then work out what to put in it.
>
> They are still using dual core chips while Samsung are messing with 8
> core.
I really don't care to get into the "dual corse vs octo-core" thing.
Both approaches have their respective merits and disadvantages.
Besides, Apple's core approach is more of an optimization of the
memory bus interface over core counts. Samsung's approach is mixing
cores optimized for certain tasks. 6 of one, half dozen of the other.
Eventually, both will likely end up using a hybrid of both techniques.
It's not just about core counts, Gary.
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MFB