I was curious if anybody knows what cell radios Samsung is going to use in the Galaxy S3. Will it be the same as the S2 or will it be stronger and better?
S4 = qualcomm radios and the same radios in one X (is what I have right now), man this thing screams on ATT HSPA network, I get 5-10mb all the time.
Since the US versions have the Qualcomm S4 SoC and thus Qualcomm radios, that's a a very good sign.
Radios and basebands are two separate things. The S4 SoC that you are all talking about only has the baseband portion, The RF radio portion is handled in a separate chip(s) that may or may not be Qualcomm (I don't know what they are using).
Bottom line, knowing the SoC that is being used is not in and of itself sufficient to determine the quality of the signal reception/transmission for a given device.
Radios and basebands are two separate things. The S4 SoC that you are all talking about only has the baseband portion, The RF radio portion is handled in a separate chip(s) that may or may not be Qualcomm (I don't know what they are using).
Bottom line, knowing the SoC that is being used is not in and of itself sufficient to determine the quality of the signal reception/transmission for a given device.
Edit: One other thing to consider, you can be using the best radios in the industry but if your antenna design is poor you will still have bad performance. So how Samsung designs and implements their antennas is 50% of the performance equation.