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  • dagamer34 - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

    The GPU in the OMAP 4430 is a year old and the same one as in the original Galaxy S from mid-2009. TI needs to get with the times and use more modern GPUs in its SoC designs. The iPhone 5 is likely to have the same GPU as the iPad 2 (SGX 543MP2) making it a significant upgrade compared to what is currently out there.
  • Alexvrb - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

    You do realize it is possible that clockspeed is way different, right? Just because it uses the same GPU core doesn't mean performance will be identical. OMAP 4430 has the SGX540 clocked at 304Mhz - about 50% higher than the 200Mhz SGX 540 in the Galaxy S. The OMAP 4440 and 4470 have it clocked at 384Mhz - nearly DOUBLE the speed of the "same chip" in the Galaxy S.

    Educate yourself a bit before you spout nonsense. They might not even be built on the same process node.
  • Chaser - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    Oh how insightful. In this age of new SoCs emerging frequently Dagamer has a very legit point: Obviously most manfacturers are chooing to adopt new SoC designs rather than just simply uping the clock speeds.

    Alex seriously the "educate yourself" thing? Take your own advice at a nerd rage management class.
  • Alexvrb - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    He was spreading misinformation, maybe that's something you dig, but I don't. Well, aside from the occasional really good trollpost. He was informing the world that the 4430 has the same old GPU that a Nexus S has had for ages. It's the same design, but it is clocked way faster and has a faster CPU and faster memory to back it up.

    That brings up another point. The 4430 IS a new SoC, relatively so. Just because parts of it are the same design as a previous chip, doesn't mean the SoC as a whole is an old design, and it doesn't mean it is inferior to existing competitors. Maybe Motorola went with the 4430 because it is better than Tegra 2 or equivalent Qualcomm chip when they were designing this phone. I'm sure they'll be replacing it yet again in their newer models in the next refresh.

    Bottom line, he was incorrect, and you can defend it by attacking me for what you feel is "nerd rage", but Motorola and TI aren't QUITE as stupid as he thinks they are. If you feel that my comments are filled with hate, I'm sorry. If you'd said disdain instead, I'd be more inclined to agree. I'll try to model myself after Saint Chaser next time. ;)
  • zorxd - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

    The SGX540 was also very ahead of times last year.
    SGX530/535 and Adreno 200 were much slower.

    OMAP4 phones are very competitive with the higher clocked SGX540. They perform better than Tegra2 and Adreno 220 devices.
  • dandar - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

    See movable under physical keyboard. Is it supposed to be D3 with 4G?
  • KineticHummus - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

    it doesnt say physical keyboard for the bionic... movable is under the D3 column
  • etobare - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

    Interesting, first webtop not on Tegra2, is it not? how will it impact performance i wonder
  • pixelstuff - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    I want to know when the Tegra 3 systems will be out. And which phone will be the first to try and cram it in.
  • FlyBri - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    As usual with these accidental leaks, looks like they tried to clean up the mess and already removed it from the site now. Too late suckers! lol
  • Chudilo - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    How can a 4" screen and a 4.3" screen have the same 540x960 resolution at the same 240dpi pixel density. That can't be right. One of those things has to be different to occupy more physical space.. ( I bet the pixel density is different) and that hopefully means that the resolution is real this time and not the Pentile garbage.
  • Souka - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    I was wondering the same
  • Mumrik - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    What the...

    Same DPI even though the screens have the same resolution but different sizes?
  • Souka - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    I was wondering the same (again)
  • JasonInofuentes - Friday, August 5, 2011 - link

    The pixel density field pertains to the Android's pixel density categories, of which High is 240DPI. If you're curious the 4" qHD is 270 DPI and 4.3 is 250 DPI, so each of these actually exceed the standard.
  • LordConrad - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

    Pentile sucks, why not go with Super AMOLED+ or Super LCD? After seeing the difference, I would never buy a phone with a pentile pixel map.

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