Along with the 8 core there is a 13 MP camera and expectations are running high for screen performance.
Neither Samsung nor Universal will confirm this but claims for a better battery life and the improved screen performance both point that way.
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Getting into screen performance, it reflected a fair bit of ambient light, perhaps not the best display we've seen from Huawei -- there seems to be a space between the surface of the glass and the display itself.
The folks at Hot Hardware weren't totally stoked on the setup process, but loved the screen's performance and flexibility.
When used for Live View shooting, the camera's bright high-performance LCD screen provides 100 percent coverage, for easy focusing and framing.
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Unfortunately, we were given a non-functional dummy unit to play with so we can't comment on things like screen quality or subjective performance.
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What you're mostly paying for is performance and screen size.
If you absolutely have to buy a phone on contract, the Lumia 620 currently has a lot of similarly priced competition at Telus that trumps it in performance and screen size, including the ATIV S, Galaxy S III, One X and Optimus G.
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Collectively, these deliver easy multitasking, lightning fast screen transitions, powerful browser performance and minimal app load time.
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Claude Rains delivers an unforgettable performance in his screen debut as a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum that makes him invisible.
Fueled by an unmatched selection of large screen choices, picture quality performance and brand strength, Sharp more than doubled its market share between 2010 and 2012 (based on revenue share).
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 redefines the tablet experience by offering content creation capabilities with its S-pen, true multitasking with the unique multi-screen capability, and unparalleled performance with a 1.4 Ghz quad-core processor.
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The former star of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air delivers his finest ever performance on the big screen, coming as close as anyone could to capturing the charisma that made Ali The Greatest.
Many had no hearing loss at all, but were also given the opportunity to appreciate the music through their other senses, by feeling the vibrations or seeing a large visualisation of the performance on a big screen.
But I wanted a lot of RAM and adequate (not lightning fast) performance, plus a decent screen and sound.
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The celebrities handled the stunt driving, rather than using a green screen, to produce a more realistic performance and appealing aesthetic.
In addition to the full-color transparent AMOLED touch screen, the IceTouch features a high-performance CPU and Samsung's own "TouchWiz Sweep" interface, which is designed to provide a comfortable grip and give users new options for interacting with their player.
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All relevant functions including looping, cueing, effects control and track browsing are immediately accessible on the robust and portable hardware, while dynamic multi-color backlighting, LED status displays and comprehensive level metering allow DJs to focus on their performance rather than on the computer screen.
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The NVIDIA GRID Platform enables the smooth, seamless interactive experience of a high-performance gaming PC anywhere, on any screen -- including smart TVs, PCs, tablets and smartphones.
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These products are intended for high performance notebooks (which often are the larger screen size 2.5-inch laptops that serve as semi-portable desktop computer).
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In many other segments, including major categories like midsize cars, fullsize pickups, small crossovers and small sedans, performance is secondary, if on the radar screen at all.
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Of all the picks, Avello feels most strongly about Roberts, who has also won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for her "Erin Brockovich" performance.
But as he sat in the garage his name slowly slid down the timing screen until coming to rest at 16th, his worst performance since Australia last year.
Featuring a large 23-inch touch screen with high-definition widescreen capabilities, the high-performance ZX6900 Series is ideal for enhanced entertainment and other productivity applications.
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Holbrook has had a busy couple months, with his performance nominated for critics' awards as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award.
But he trusted Ivory's script and although he won't be watching - "I can't bear watching myself on screen" - he gives arguably the most powerful and memorable performance.
From having the familiar Windows desktop in full screen to having Windows run invisibly, Parallels Desktop 8 delivers powerful performance to run Windows applications, even graphic-intensive ones, like they were made for a Mac.
For that reason, we can't speak too much about the handset's actual performance, but in our brief perusal of the start screen and associated apps, we can say the dual-core S4 does a fine job making navigation brisk and speeding along those graceful WP transitions.
The BCM7445 is the first step to delivering UltraHD TV into the home with the performance and picture quality needed for the evolution in multi-screen connected home entertainment.
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The review unit we were testing shipped with all screen animations set to off, which didn't instill much hope for performance with them enabled.
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