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The Samsung Galaxy xCover uses a Marvell PXA968 chipset that comes with a single core CPU clocked at 800 MHz and a Marvell GC800 GPU. Backing this up is 512 MB of RAM. This is the first known phone to run this specific Marvell chipset. It is also the first recognisable Android phone from the big players to not run a Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Nvidia or Samsung chipset.
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From testing CPU performance seems to be a tad stronger than the older generation Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 era chipset that is found in the HTC Wildfire S. In Linpack and Antutu the Xperia Active with its stronger Snapdragon S2 chipset comfortably beats the xCover by just shy of 300% and 50% respectively.
GPU performance seems to be somewhere on the upper end in the gap between the Adreno 200 and Adreno 205 mobile GPUs. The Marvell GC800 GPU in the xCover was able to grab a win in Nenamark2 but was comfortably beaten in GL Benchmark 2.1 by the Xperia Active.
The xCover’s hardware performance is neither poor but also not overly great. I could also say with confidence that it has the weakest hardware of the IP67 certified Androids.
That is one hell of a review blair!
Well I have this phone and I think it sucks. id be harder on the product. I am on my third now via the phone company as the first two started developing problems (call dropout etc).
Its a pretty looking phone but its not the greatest.
Thanks Roger!
And Davis, I encountered none of the major issues you have mentioned. But trust me if I did you would hear about them
Like the benchmarks.
What is it like for playing app games? screen no use?
For Angry Birds and the like the display is fine, anything that involves a bit more of a 3D experience it won’t be that amazing. I didn’t really test many games on it to be honest though.
Unfortunately I have to go with any phone I purchase in 2G mode (T-Mobile USA). I am considering the Galaxy Xcover or purchasing the USA identical (Samsung Rugby Smart). But neither are getting rave reviews as far as I can see.
When the Motorola Defy continues to beat the Samsung(s), it really makes me reluctant and I don’t want a Defy.
The Rugby is more like the xCover’s long lost cousin, rather than the USA version of it. The Rugby has the better display, processor, camera and by noticeable amounts as well. That being said I have never seen the Rugby in person, nor used the Defy for long enough to say what it is best out of the two. But I imagine the xCover would come in third
I have an Xcover. It is okay, but it occasionally locks up and I have to remove the battery to reboot. The other thing, something I dislike far more than the phone, is the software that backs the phone to my computer is very limited. For instance I can find no way in which I can backup my txt messages and access them on the computer. The phone has too limited memory to be bothered with music. And why would I put a podcast on the thing? But I can and back it up. But no capacity or messages! I won’t be replacing it with another Samsung when my contract runs out in a year. The camera is okay, the images are quite clear even at quite large magnifications.
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