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I read that even when t-mobile jumps on the lte band wagon in 2013, that our gs3 phones will not be able to take advantage of the new speeds (what a drag). I'm not sure if this is really the case, but I posted the link to the article below.
http://www.galaxys3newsblog.com/t-mobiles-samsung-galaxy-s3-to-miss-lte-yet-another-dissappointment/
One thing you have to remember you always want to buy a phone that works right now for you not a phone that would work better in the future, I'm happy with hspa+ and by the time I get lte from tmobile I might have another phone anyways so I think I'm cool with that, it bee discuss in another topic too
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This is true. I just thought that I would post this for those who didn't have the benefit of reading the other post. For those that don't change their phones often and intend on keeping the gs3 for some time, I thought that this was good information to help them make a well informed purchase. I hope this helped anyone that didn't know and wants to buy a gs3.
My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
jgalan14 said:
One thing you have to remember you always want to buy a phone that works right now for you not a phone that would work better in the future, I'm happy with hspa+ and by the time I get lte from tmobile I might have another phone anyways so I think I'm cool with that, it bee discuss in another topic too
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+1, I owned my T-989 for less then a year before buying my T-999. At this rate I'll buy a T-1000 when it comes out in 6-8 months from now.
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sean48238 said:
My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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Same here in San Diego. Verizon was fast out of the gate but they heavily over-subscribed their network and now they are lame. AT&T is the crazy fast at the moment but I expect them to be in the same boat as Verizon this time next year.
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My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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How the heck do people get such fast download speeds? i downloaded the speedtest app and I'm only pulling about 3-4 thousand kbps with 3 bars of 4G.
m4r10 said:
How the heck do people get such fast download speeds? i downloaded the speedtest app and I'm only pulling about 3-4 thousand kbps with 3 bars of 4G.
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Is disguise you might be only on 3g or hspa not hspa+(what tmobile calls 4g)
This is at my house hspa+
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jgalan14 said:
Is disguise you might be only on 3g or hspa not hspa+(what tmobile calls 4g)
This is at my house hspa+
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My S3 is lying to me???
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My HSPA+ speeds are consistanly faster than my friends Verizon LTE. Plus HSPA+ uses dramatically less battery. Heres my speeds in Detroit.
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Why is the wifi simple active?
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m4r10 said:
My S3 is lying to me???
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Practicly yes on stock 4g shows when you connected to umts(3g), hspa and hspa+(t mobile calls this 4g cause it could go up to 42mbps) but if you changed yours to stock look ( aosp) you will see your phone going at all of them and won't stay connected to one at all times, you might no notice because their 3g is not crazy slow where you live, I have good coverage specially where I live and work so I don't mind it
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Why is the wifi simple active?
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If you see to the left it shows a town meaning is from a tower no wifi, wifi will shows different
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Honestly I dont know which one to believe. Ive read the frequency issue and one that said the T-mobile version got the 8290 chip that doesnt support LTE. I guess we will have to see when they actually launch it.
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Honestly I dont know which one to believe. Ive read the frequency issue and one that said the T-mobile version got the 8290 chip that doesnt support LTE. I guess we will have to see when they actually launch it.
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It does have LTE, just like the T-989 did, its just disabled by default. You can access this setting by opening the dialer and typing *#*#4636#*#*, and selecting radio type.
I need to get a new phone every year it just gets boring ... as soon as a good quad core comes out I'm outta here.
Can't stop consuming need moar
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jgalan14 said:
Practicly yes on stock 4g shows when you connected to umts(3g), hspa and hspa+(t mobile calls this 4g cause it could go up to 42mbps) but if you changed yours to stock look ( aosp) you will see your phone going at all of them and won't stay connected to one at all times, you might no notice because their 3g is not crazy slow where you live, I have good coverage specially where I live and work so I don't mind it
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Ive rooted and mine shows H+ but the most i get is 5500kbps download and I live in the Los Angeles area, no idea how you guys are getting those insane speeds
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Ive rooted and mine shows H+ but the most i get is 5500kbps download and I live in the Los Angeles area, no idea how you guys are getting those insane speeds
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It just depends on where you are and how many people are connected to the netowk like LA is too pack, too many people lives there my speeds are slower there too
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They just set up 4g in my city, but the second I get to my house, my door, the signal drops to one bar then switch's to 3g full bars.
Is there any way I can help this?
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LTE building penetration is nothing compared to the "simpler" 3G signal penetration. What this means for you is that your issue won't be "fixed" until 4G becomes more widespread to compensate for weak signal penetration.
Thank you sir
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Or! You could move down the street >_< lol
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moeinyoho said:
Or! You could move down the street >_< lol
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Ah man, wish I thought of that! Thanks man. Should I get a mansion or townhouse?
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Garridon said:
Ah man, wish I thought of that! Thanks man. Should I get a mansion or townhouse?
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You'd need paper walls. What part of building penetration isn't self explanatory?
063_XOBX said:
You'd need paper walls. What part of building penetration isn't self explanatory?
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Where's the hole for the tower to penetrate?
063_XOBX said:
You'd need paper walls. What part of building penetration isn't self explanatory?
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I was just kidding about that part lol I hope they set up more towers soon, .3 download speed is getting old really fast
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Where's the hole for the tower to penetrate?
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A 4g glory hole lol? Dirty haha!
If you wanted 4g and don't mind missing calls you could go to dialer and enter *#*#4636#*#* and go to phone information then set preferred network to LTE only. Downside is you will not be able to place or receive calls until you return to the default network mode.
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Thought I would share this real quick. So I live in a 4G LTE area and my brother lives two houses from me. My brother who has a iphone 5 comes over and says "man I wish Sprint had there 4G LTE network setup here". I look at him and start laughing, I tell him "bro I have full 4G LTE on my S3". Now he has been on Craigslist the past two days trying to trade his iPhone 5 for a S3.
Hahaha just found this very funny and had to share with fellow Android users. Btw not the first time I've heard of no 4G LTE on iphones while the Android phones are picking up the signal.
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I didn't think the IPhone had a weak radio. I bet it's a setting he has that's disabled 4g. Especially if you've got full signal
Heh I noticed this too, although it tends to be in areas with less than perfect LTE reception, when we first noticed it, the speeds were drastic enough between LTE and 3g that numerous slanders against my friend's iPhone were made
Ascertion said:
I didn't think the IPhone had a weak radio. I bet it's a setting he has that's disabled 4g. Especially if you've got full signal
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For as much as I've played with coworkers iPhone, I do not think there are GPS/lte on/off settings unless jail broken.
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youkosnake said:
For as much as I've played with coworkers iPhone, I do not think there are GPS/lte on/off settings unless jail broken.
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My wife has one, there is an LTE toggle in general/data
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He needs to turn it on, also tell him to sell the iphone5 not trade he can get quite a bit of money for it check eBay.
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GiantJay said:
He needs to turn it on, also tell him to sell the iphone5 not trade he can get quite a bit of money for it check eBay.
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True. I traded my iPhone 5 for my S3. I also got 180 boot.
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My girlfriend's iphone 5 has a better radio than my S3, both were bought brand new. If I'm on a TW rom though I get the same service as she does, but on AOSP, everywhere I go I have exactly 2 bars less than her..
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My girlfriend's iphone 5 has a better radio than my S3, both were bought brand new. If I'm on a TW rom though I get the same service as she does, but on AOSP, everywhere I go I have exactly 2 bars less than her..
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So stick with tw dont blame the phone.
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Mah bad lol
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sevenpioverthree said:
My girlfriend's iphone 5 has a better radio than my S3, both were bought brand new. If I'm on a TW rom though I get the same service as she does, but on AOSP, everywhere I go I have exactly 2 bars less than her..
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Bars mean nothing. TW has double the amount of bars that AOSP has. What you need to check is dBm.
Hmm, wife has an iphone 5 and I have an s3 both on sprint. I'll try some informal tests to compare at our house. Voice does well on my phone but it sometimes hops between 3g and lte if wifi is off so will see how hers holds on to lte.
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sevenpioverthree said:
My girlfriend's iphone 5 has a better radio than my S3, both were bought brand new. If I'm on a TW rom though I get the same service as she does, but on AOSP, everywhere I go I have exactly 2 bars less than her..
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Before throwing the rom or phone to the fire based on bars of signal, I would go to settings and scroll down to 'about device' and look at signal strength, you might find it's no different, may have something to with coding in aosp vs tw, but in reality it's only visual.
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Joe0113 said:
Bars mean nothing. TW has double the amount of bars that AOSP has. What you need to check is dBm.
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Guess I should update the page before posting lol
guys I already admitted my mistake can we move on
Ascertion said:
I didn't think the IPhone had a weak radio. I bet it's a setting he has that's disabled 4g. Especially if you've got full signal
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He has 4G turned on. He just has a weak signal compared to the S3
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TheSocalGuy79 said:
He has 4G turned on. He just has a weak signal compared to the S3
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AntennaGate. Sorry, had to...lol
GiantJay said:
He needs to turn it on, also tell him to sell the iphone5 not trade he can get quite a bit of money for it check eBay.
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Great advice!!! I like the person who got the S3 plus cash for the isore.
I live in LA, close to the LAX airport and I just noticed that my signal is only 1 bar. My note 2 is always full bars. Do I have a defective unit.
Below is the result for the speedtest.
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jhobert said:
I live in LA, close to the LAX airport and I just noticed that my signal is only 1 bar. My note 2 is always full bars. Do I have a defective unit.
Below is the result for the speedtest.
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Both my wife and I always had lots of bars. Ever since we bought LTE devices we now have 1-2 bars. Was your bars full with an LTE plan and device prior? If so then its faulty.
If you take the back cover off and flick the back area the signals get stronger? LOL Just like a gas guage on an old car.
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Both my wife and I always had lots of bars. Ever since we bought LTE devices we now have 1-2 bars. Was your bars full with an LTE plan and device prior? If so then its faulty.
If you take the back cover off and flick the back area the signals get stronger? LOL Just like a gas guage on an old car.
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I assume tmobile put me on lte plan since I bought the note 3. This is only when I use the lte mode on mobile network settings.
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jhobert said:
I assume tmobile put me on lte plan since I bought the note 3. This is only when I use the lte mode on mobile network settings.
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Yes, I understand on GSM I have 4-5 bars on LTE 1-2 bars. One mostly though.
Heh you're not the only one. T-Mo LTE is pretty bad for me in the parts of LA/Riverside Counties that I frequent the most. Sometimes I get a good pocket of LTE signal where it's like 20/5, but even then it's very inconsistent and times out a lot. I'm a mobile gamer and (planned to) do a lot of downloading away from home, so an inconsistent connection is useless to me. I even time out downloading from Google Play. Pretty bad service IMO. I can only hope our area is flushed out more in the future.
I just changed my settings to GSM/WCDMA and went back to HSPA+. It's a lot slower, but at least it's consistent enough for gaming/streaming.
Is the T-Mo Note 2 an HSPA+ only device? Or was that LTE too?
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Heh you're not the only one. T-Mo LTE is pretty bad for me in the parts of LA/Riverside Counties that I frequent the most. Sometimes I get a good pocket of LTE signal where it's like 20/5, but even then it's very inconsistent and times out a lot. I'm a mobile gamer and (planned to) do a lot of downloading away from home, so an inconsistent connection is useless to me. I even time out downloading from Google Play. Pretty bad service IMO. I can only hope our area is flushed out more in the future.
I just changed my settings to GSM/WCDMA and went back to HSPA+. It's a lot slower, but at least it's consistent enough for gaming/streaming.
Is the T-Mo Note 2 an HSPA+ only device? Or was that LTE too?
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They said the note 2 has a chipset thats lte capable and with the latest update Im getting the lte service which is better than what my note 3 has now.
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Now im torn between should I return this note 3 and stick with note 2 til they figure out whats wrong with it because signal is not the only problem I have with this phone
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I have the same issues with my Note 3, 2-3 bars of LTE with my S4 just one bar with the Note 3
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I have the same issues with my Note 3, 2-3 bars of LTE with my S4 just one bar with the Note 3
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Drop calls?
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Once,
Also I exchanged my Note yesterday and it has the same problem. Im thinking of flashing the stock firmware to see if it helps anything. I will let you know.
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Once,
Also I exchanged my Note yesterday and it has the same problem. Im thinking of flashing the stock firmware to see if it helps anything. I will let you know.
I'm on the AT&T network and I'm really thinking about getting this phone. I've done a lot of research and I love all of the features on this phone. The only thing that I can't find is if it's comparable on the at&t network.
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It'll work on AT&T. Just remember that it doesn't have LTE. I'm on StraightTalk, but I'm using an AT&T sim.
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How are the data speeds? Are they fast enough for 4g?
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at2smithjason said:
How are the data speeds? Are they fast enough for 4g?
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I think the best that it supports is HSDPA, which isn't great. I keep getting an "H+" symbol, but I don't see great speeds. I know that AT&T isn't exactly the best around here, so it could be the network. I can run a few speed tests around the area and see what comes up.
I've had 2 different devices on at&t's H+ network. Right now I'm on straight talk with the note1.
I average about 3-5meg download, 1-3meg upload, unless the network is jammed up.
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How are the data speeds? Are they fast enough for 4g?
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HSPA+ is more than fast enough. In fact, in many areas, AT&T's backhaul is so poor that LTE provides no speed advantage. (because, while the air interface is fast, there is insufficient bandwidth from the tower to the rest of the world. This is the case, for example, in Binghamton, NY currently.)
I've been using my N1 on AT&T for over a month - it's great!
How's call quality and reception. I live in the greater Seattle area, and sometimes calls will not go through even though they don't thru all the way to voice mail.
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How are the data speeds? Are they fast enough for 4g?
Watrs2013 said:
How are the data speeds? Are they fast enough for 4g?
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Its a 3G phone. So we are going to get at best HSPA+ speeds.
You two literally asked the exact same question, word for word. That's pretty strange.
Also, you should read other replies before asking something. Since you asked the exact same thing, you would have seen the answer to that question.
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at2smithjason said:
Its a 3G phone. So we are going to get at best HSPA+ speeds.
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Which AT&T was calling "4G" for over a year.
If you watch the XDA review of the phone, he says 3G right away. And early in this post I asked about the data speeds too and it was pointed out that its a 3G phone.
Entropy512 said:
Which AT&T was calling "4G" for over a year.
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Which in reality is 3.5G. It's the jump between 3G&4G
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Prime said:
Which in reality is 3.5G. It's the jump between 3G&4G
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More like 3.75G or so.
UMTS = 3G
HSDPA = 3.5G
HSPA+ = 3.75G
LTE = 3.9G (LTE doesn't actually meet the original requirements for 4G - only LTE Advanced does. Then the US carriers ruined it by calling HSPA+ "4G")
In the USA, LTE's main advantage is better latency for latency-sensitive applications. The bandwidth is useless given how ridiculously low our bandwidth caps are.
Either way I was thinking that the non LTE was going to be a deal breaker for me, but I dont use my data plan that much. Im mainly on wifi. So here soon I should be ordering my 32 GB version. Can someone upload some pictures please.
at2smithjason said:
Can someone upload some pictures please.
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I suggest you go through the review thread. Also Google plus has various pictures posted by the ambassadors
at2smithjason said:
Can someone upload some pictures please.
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As noted by Chod, check out this link en.oppo.com/n1pioneers. Then go to some of their G+ pages and check out their public albums. There are quite a few public pictures between them.
how do you think guys ? how many of them will be sold?
I mean oppo N1
1milion-2milions ?
more ?
less ?
I am courious couse it depends how people will trust CM team and good chinese company oppo - working together and it will influence for next one cooperative some company and CM version of phones
in other I can say that it is good connection but only peoples need to know more about how good is CM version of operating system (super fast, stable, simple and much of configureable)
I see you on wall street near and will be first person which will but some stock paper
google and apple can be worry I think ... maybe not now but in next few years they lost beacuse of you CM team!
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As noted by Chod, check out this link en.oppo.com/n1pioneers. Then go to some of their G+ pages and check out their public albums. There are quite a few public pictures between them.
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I was talking about picture of the phone. I have a 13 MP shooter on my phone. I just want to see size differences.
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I was talking about picture of the phone. I have a 13 MP shooter on my phone. I just want to see size differences.
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Oh... lol I see. I'll post up some pictures next to my devices when I go home on lunch today. For now though, you can see a few at these links:
Compared to HTC One
Compared to Galaxy S4
Another with GS4