First Time In 4Yrs, Apple Is No Longer.....

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[size=8][b]Samsung overtakes Apple as world's most profitable phone maker--[/b][/size]

[size=8]First time in four years, Apple is no longer the world's most profitable phone make[/size]r

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[size=5][color=#000000][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Apple has lost another battle in its ongoing war with Samsung.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Research firm Strategy Analytics [url="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/strategy-analytics-samsung-becomes-worlds-most-profitable-handset-vendor-in-q2-2013-217059871.html"]proclaimed[/url] Friday that for the first time in four years, Apple is no longer the most profitable handset maker in the world. That honor now belongs to Samsung.[/font][/color]
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[size=5][color=#000000][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]During the second quarter, Samsung's global handset operating profits hit $5.2 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple's operating profit stood at $4.6 billion. Samsung's mobile division posted [url="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57595612-94/samsung-posts-record-$8.5b-profit-as-mobile-business-shrinks/"]a $5.6 billion operating profit in the second quarter[/url], according to the company. The difference between the two figures apparently comes from non-handsets.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]According to the research firm, Samsung's success has been due mainly to its "strong volumes, high wholesale prices, and tight cost controls." Apple, meanwhile, is facing increased competition around the world that might require it to change strategy, Strategy Analytics executive director Neil Mawston believes.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]"Apple is now under intense pressure to launch more iPhone models at cheaper price-points or with larger screens to fend off the surging competition and recapture lost profits in the second half of 2013," he said.[/font][/color][/size]

[loveindia]

did apple start new branch in TG or AP??? There is already one in common capital Hyd , I know...

[adurschari]

pandi baliste enugu avvadu....
this is but a passing cloud...
the moment Google starts making better phones through Motorola, and Apple begins to appeal the general population with the iPhone Classic, appudu chuddam!
Samsung is big, no doubt, but is on a very slippery slope now!

[mukunda]

[quote name='loveindia' timestamp='1375228889' post='1304037366']
did apple start new branch in TG or AP??? There is already one in common capital Hyd , I know...
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AP lo emi levu mama....etta bathikedi mama.

[loveindia]

[quote name='mukunda' timestamp='1375231925' post='1304037575']

AP lo emi levu mama....etta bathikedi mama.
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ayya okkati kuda ledaa man..... u r deaded man.. pls beat n live man.. cant do anything.. i am also doing same thing..

[mukunda]

[quote name='loveindia' timestamp='1375232034' post='1304037581']

ayya okkati kuda ledaa man..... u r deaded man.. pls beat n live man.. cant do anything.. i am also doing same thing..
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assembly pettukovadanike building ledante.....ika nuvvu artham sesuko...

[D9]

Samsung sux

[loveindia]

[quote name='mukunda' timestamp='1375232207' post='1304037591']

assembly pettukovadanike building ledante.....ika nuvvu artham sesuko...
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all mla's should beat man.. sonia should share a helping hand here also...

[rapchik]

[quote name='mukunda' timestamp='1375232207' post='1304037591']

assembly pettukovadanike building ledante.....ika nuvvu artham sesuko...
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[narap1i]

[b] [url="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/07/30/samsung-caught-cheating-s4/"]Samsung caught cheating in Galaxy S4 benchmarks[/url][/b]
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Cue the Lance Armstrong and Alex Rodriguez jokes, Samsung has been caught using performance-enhancing code to beef up the Galaxy S4′s test scores. It’s been discovered that the tech giant has programmed the handset to increase its clock speed during certain benchmarks.[/size][/color][color=#000000][size=4]
The claims were initially made in the forums of popular 3D graphics site Beyond3D, and have since been confirmed by the hardware specialists over at AnandTech. The S4 specifically enables full speed GPU during testing, and then reverts to slower speeds for everyday usage…[/size][/color][color=#000000][size=4]
Here’s the original claim from [url="http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?p=1760026#post1760026"]Beyond3D[/url]:[/size][/color][indent][size=4]
“I’m currently doing GPU overclocking and voltage control in the kernel for the 5410/i9500 and was screwing around with what was supposed to be a generic max limit only to be surprised by what it actually represents.[/size][size=4]
This GPU does not run 532MHz; that frequency level is solely reserved for Antutu and GLBenchmark* among things. The GPU on non-whitelisted applications is limited to 480MHz. The old GLBenchmark apps for example run at 532MHz while the new GFXBench app which is not whitelisted, runs at 480MHz. /facepalm”[/size][/indent][color=#000000][size=4]
So essentially, the Exynos 5 Octa (5410) SoC in the international version of the Galaxy S4 has a 533MHz GPU clock that’s never used. The handset runs apps and games at 480MHz, likely due to battery life and other compromises, but switches to 533MHz for certain benchmarks.[/size][/color]
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Here’s [url="http://www.anandtech.com/show/7187/looking-at-cpugpu-benchmark-optimizations-galaxy-s-4"]AnandTech’s findings[/url]:[/size][/color][indent][size=4]
“Running any games, even the most demanding titles, returned a GPU frequency of 480MHz – just like@AndreiF alleged. Samsung never publicly claimed max GPU frequencies for the Exynos 5 Octa (our information came from internal sources), so no harm no foul thus far.[/size][size=4]
Firing up GLBenchmark 2.5.1 however triggers a GPU clock not available elsewhere: 532MHz. The same is true for AnTuTu and Quadrant.”[/size][/indent][color=#000000][size=4]
And what’s worse is the site found the same behavior (on the CPU side) in Qualcomm versions of the Galaxy S4, as well as other processors. This seemingly indicates that Samsung isn’t just cheating on benchmarks for one handset, but it’s more of a widespread company policy.[/size][/color][color=#000000][size=4]
So why does any of this matter? Well for starters, it’s very misleading. What if someone were to compare benchmark scores on multiple handsets, and buy the S4 based on it coming out on top? Or what if you bought it thinking it could handle graphics-intensive tasks, and it couldn’t?[/size][/color][color=#000000][size=4]
What Samsung needs to do is start opening up these higher GPU speeds to all apps/games, or stop using them to game test scores. It’ll be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of this discovery and if any other handset makers, like Apple, are guilty of similar behavior.[/size][/color]

[narap1i]

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[sherlockholmes_anon]

[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2yoJjAZkBBE/UemRXiD2aMI/AAAAAAAAIKA/n5w6Tp4ObNs/s1600/baadshahbrahmi3.gif[/img]hope apple will bounce back

[narap1i]

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[Guest Lafoot_Mod]

iOS 7 made it Clear...apple is no more capable of creative stuff without Jobs....

With all Google stuff coming...we will only see apple going down more

[narap1i]

[quote name='zuuzuubee' timestamp='1375246479' post='1304038381']
iOS 7 made it Clear...apple is no more capable of creative stuff without Jobs....

With all Google stuff coming...we will only see apple going down more
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