British phone fans are nursing broken hearts this week, amid confirmation from Samsung that the Galaxy S4 will play host to a quad-core chip in the UK, not the 8-core affair that some regions will enjoy.
In this week's show we put regional phone variants through the wringer -- is there a good reason for different countries to get different models? Is it all down to 4G? And what exactly is the difference between the S4's quad and octa-core chips anyway? Click play to hear our thoughts, or scroll down for the eye-melting video version.
This week we're also getting chatty about the next Xbox and whether it will force owners to install games, as well as puzzling over whether Sky's offering of sports on Now TV for £10 per day is a bargain or a horrible rip-off. Oh, and it turns out the Galaxy S4 is proving quite popular, with Carphone Warehouse claiming it's the most pre-registered phone ever.
Elsewhere we rattle through your questions and comments in the feedback section, hear what Otamatone thinks of the Motorola Razr HD and have site Editor Jason Jenkins read you a text-unboxing from one of the first stories we ever published, way back in 2005!
To listen to the CNET UK Podcast press play above, or skip down to the iTunes Store and search for CNET UK. Click on Subscribe Free and listen away. Oh, and don't forget to wave hello in the comments, or on our Facebook wall.
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davefromwales 22 March, 2013 18:56
lol not that I wanna sound lie the school know it all but the reason we don't have dual sim phones in the UK is because the networks cant really handle them.
basically the current network setup pairs your imei with your sim number, so obviously having 2 sims connected to one imei at the same time causes big issues.
that said you can normally get dual sim phones to work on networks, but saying it can be iffy is an understatement (normally only one line is active at a time which defats the point tbh).
with ll that said, I remember back in theday havng 2 lines on my one sim card on orage everyday 50 (don't I feel old now) so you can have more than one number but more than one physical sim causes issues
anonymous 23 March, 2013 11:42
Actually the quad core has a better chip design. Krait is basically A15 but the s4 is Krait 400 which is better than A15 and has better power consumption
davefromwales 23 March, 2013 17:38
yup the quad core is kinda better anyways. quad core is a standard cpu as you mention, the octa core (or rather dual quad to be realistic) is exynos based, which isn't in the AOSP so the reality is ROM`s are gonna be more available for the quad core due to its processor.
either way, quad core is pretty much fast enough (even the octa is really only quad at any given time) what they really need to do is figure out DDR3 ram chips. its 2013 and we still have ddr2 in phones. either that or go gddr5 like the PS4 is doing, but for cost ddr3 is gonna be more realistic
anonymous 24 March, 2013 12:39
That was my first Podcast from you guys and I must say I really enjoyed it, thanks. I think you missed what is probably the main reason people need dual SIM cards and that is for business and private use. Who wants to carry two phones around with them?
Tried to login here but maybe you have backups running or something. It was excepting only 1 character/minute.
Already looking forward to the next one, keep up the good work.
Mark Weeks 25 March, 2013 17:16
Mobile phones with built in projectors, what happened there?
iam a wp7 25 March, 2013 23:33
Any chance you lot could put up a question article on here so we can asked questions to be answered in the podcast? I have a Facebook account but have not used it for about 3 years, i prefer Google+ and Twitter.