European Galaxy S5 LTE-A will not get QHD display

This might be a disappointment to some die-hard folks, but to people who recently got the Galaxy S5 this could mean a sigh of relief- According to a recent benchmark, when the European variation of the Galaxy S5 LTE-A makes its way to Europe (same probably goes for the rest of the world), it will not sport an improved QHD display.

After the Galaxy S5 LTE-A's initial release, when it was revealed to feature an improved QHD display paired with a Snapdragon 805... Actually, it didn't cause a fret to S5 owners, since it was alleged to be South Korea exclusive.

Now, according to SamMobile, not only will it make its way to Europe, but it will not feature the QHD display, instead settling for FHD, and so basically the only change will be the addition of a Snapdragon 805, which was proved not to be a big change. Anyways, the SD 805 is a necessity for LTE-A since SD 801 doesn't support Cat.6 LTE, which is basically a long name for LTE-A. 

More changes in specs are actually negative, and include a 15 MP camera (1 MP less than standard) apparently without support for 4K recording (this might change by the official announcement). Rest of the specs are standard, including 2 GB RAM, 2 MP front, and the phone will run the latest Android KitKat 4.4.4. Here is the full benchmark:

So, if you're lucky enough to live in a zone which even supports this new broadband, then unless it's the same price you shouldn't make an effort to get it. Stay tuned anyways for official release and pricing. 

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Snapdragon 805 not a major performance upgrade on LG G3, according to benchmarks

Preceding the release of the Galaxy S5, LG G3 and other flagships, rumors of a Snapdragon 805 contained within them were making rounds and causing the tech community to drool. According to these benchmarks, that might have been slightly unjustified. 

While the handset's 2.7 GHz sure sounds promising, especially paired with the Adreno 420 which Qualcomm claims is 40% faster than the Adreno 330, when it comes to actual peak performance, it doesn't seem to have much of an edge over the SD 801.

Actually, if you compare the clock speed rates and the benchmark rates, you get similiar results. At the benchmarks, while the LG G3 Cat.6 got 33,991 on Antutu, the original G3 got 30,634. That's an 11% increase. With the clock speed being 2.7 GHz, that's an improvement of 8% over the previous 2.5 GHz SD 801. While clock speed isn't everything, it would have been unjust to expect much more by simply changing a device's processor. 

Nonetheless, since SD 810 is yet to be available, SD 805 is the only sensible choice for the LTE-A handset, simply because it is the only on that supports Cat.6 LTE (yup, that's where the G3 Cat.6 got its name from).

So, what did we learn? First of all, just because it has a new name, doesn't mean performance will boom. So don't only look at the branding. Secondly, that if you don't live in an LTE-A area, you shouldn't mind a lack of SD 805 too much. Although it would be nice.

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LG G3 Cat. 6 announced, features LTE-A and Snapdragon 805

LG's LTE-A variant of the LG G3 has been officially announced, and as recent leaks suggested it will be named LG G3 Cat. 6. In that, LG is taking a similar strategy to that of Samsung, which released an improved, virtually-similar to LG G3 Cat. 6 version of the Galaxy S5, calling it Galaxy S5 LTE-A.

While there aren't any differences with the exteriors of the devices, the big change is with the enabling of LTE-A, which supports download speeds of up to 225mbps. In order to optimize such high download speeds, LG upgraded the processor to a 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805, paired with an Adreno 420. Except for that there are virtually no differences between the Cat.6 and between the 32 GB/ 3 GB RAM variant of the G3. 

While these might upset current G3 owners which might've purchased the current model only a few days ago, customers shouldn't worry as this model will not make its way out of South Korea, for the simple reason that South Korea is one of the only countries to commercially support LTE-A.

As for the South Koreans, the phone should be made available starting July 25th, and will probably not be substantially pricier than the standard version. While this isn't a huge upgrade, it's always nice to see advancements, although this is really only two internals which changed.

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LG G3 “prime” Cat.6 official unveiled

After the long rumors of each company releasing a “Prime” version of its flagship a few months after initial release, it seems we have some clarification on the subject. Following in Samsung’s footsteps, LG has released an improved, LTE-A version of the LG G3, named the LG G3 Cat. 6.

Similarly to the Samsung variant, the improved LG flagship will

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