12-09-2014 01:27 AM
12-15-2014 11:32 PM
I believe you are supposed to have the Snapdragon one, which should be the case for all major US carriers.
Other versions may not work fully. I would be very careful if you are trying to buy "unlocked" or international phones as they may not be a good experience.
12-16-2014 12:51 AM
"Philpot" wrote:
If my Exynos N910U never works with the Gear VR I purchased on launch I will be furious with Samsung and Oculus for being misled. GearVR was always touted as a 'Note 4' only experience, never was it advertised as a 'US only Note 4 experience' or 'Snapdragon only Note 4 experience'.
I'm already frustrated with a $200 (+shipping) paperweight, this might just send me over the top.
12-16-2014 04:54 AM
"HomerS66" wrote:"Philpot" wrote:
If my Exynos N910U never works with the Gear VR I purchased on launch I will be furious with Samsung and Oculus for being misled. GearVR was always touted as a 'Note 4' only experience, never was it advertised as a 'US only Note 4 experience' or 'Snapdragon only Note 4 experience'.
I'm already frustrated with a $200 (+shipping) paperweight, this might just send me over the top.
Gear VR will work with both Exynos and Snapdragon but right now the Snapdragon version performs better with it, as it was developed alongside with it. Samsung hasn't released the update for Exynos yet, maybe because they are tweaking it so that the Exynos version performs as good.
12-16-2014 06:32 AM
"clone" wrote:"HomerS66" wrote:
yea i bet they HAVE to tweak it before public release because it would be embrassing for them if the home-made exynos (which by the way is ALWAYS advertised by samsung as the more powerfull and most advanced soc) would perform much worse than their usa made "alternative". :oops:
and in vr performance IS a big factor... :lol:
12-16-2014 06:53 AM
"HomerS66" wrote:"clone" wrote:"HomerS66" wrote:
yea i bet they HAVE to tweak it before public release because it would be embrassing for them if the home-made exynos (which by the way is ALWAYS advertised by samsung as the more powerfull and most advanced soc) would perform much worse than their usa made "alternative". :oops:
and in vr performance IS a big factor... :lol:
The CPU of the 5433 Exynos is more powerful than of the S805 but the Mali GPU is the weak link, that's why Samsung is developing its own inhouse GPU probably sheduled for next year.
12-16-2014 07:09 PM
"HomerS66" wrote:"Philpot" wrote:
If my Exynos N910U never works with the Gear VR I purchased on launch I will be furious with Samsung and Oculus for being misled. GearVR was always touted as a 'Note 4' only experience, never was it advertised as a 'US only Note 4 experience' or 'Snapdragon only Note 4 experience'.
I'm already frustrated with a $200 (+shipping) paperweight, this might just send me over the top.
Gear VR will work with both Exynos and Snapdragon but right now the Snapdragon version performs better with it, as it was developed alongside with it. Samsung hasn't released the update for Exynos yet, maybe because they are tweaking it so that the Exynos version performs as good.
12-16-2014 09:09 PM
12-17-2014 01:53 AM
"bkai" wrote:
This is undoubtedly true but the point is that both companies never once made this clear. In fact I'd go as far as to say they lied by omission. They said "Note 4", I have a Note 4... with 2 unique models of the same phone and one not yet ready for Gear VR, they most definitely should have made that perfectly clear. I'm quite angry as well but haven't yet decided what I'm going to do about it.
12-17-2014 11:06 AM
"HomerS66" wrote:"bkai" wrote:
This is undoubtedly true but the point is that both companies never once made this clear. In fact I'd go as far as to say they lied by omission. They said "Note 4", I have a Note 4... with 2 unique models of the same phone and one not yet ready for Gear VR, they most definitely should have made that perfectly clear. I'm quite angry as well but haven't yet decided what I'm going to do about it.
I agree that the communication could definately be better but i also agree with Evol that the only country where the Gear VR is released so far, is the US and there only the Snapdragon version is available. When Samsung releases the Gear VR in other countries presumable at the end of january/early february, also the Exynos version should work with the Gear VR then.
12-17-2014 11:57 PM