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Day 1 on the Galaxy S3 - wow, um... so behind
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Of course:
Google Voice. That app has no notification options, nor does the OS have a dedicated section for notifications. When I get a Google Voice message, it comes through as a default MESSAGING app message. When I select it, it opens up Messaging, NOT Google Voice. Just absolutely inane. I use Google Voice text messages so I *don't* have to pay for texts and it consolidates.
Google Plus. I turned on automatic uploads of photos. It notifies me EVERY single time it completes the upload. There is no option to turn this notification OFF anywhere.
Android's lack of unified notification center reflects its general haphazard control of app and OS behavior.
Thanks, gives me something to check out
I dont have Google Voice, not available to me, but will check the photos option
1) Open the Google+ App on your phone.
2) Tap the 3 dots in the upper right corner to get the drop down menu
3) Tap on Settings
4) Tap on Notifications
5) Scroll down to Photos and un-check the box for "Photos added from Instant Upload"
Yep, so + does have that option to disable, which is good.
But my point is, many apps have no notification setting, and the OS itself has no dedicated notification controls. It's sad that Android started the whole notifications, but has fallen so far behind.
personally I am glad of this, one of the reasons I like Android
app settings are within the app
I turned most of my iOS notifications off because I dont like how they work
I don't know why people are saying your experience with both displays is inaccurate. It matches exactly what a world renowned calibrating company had to say about both displays.
http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_2.htm
Based on our extensive Lab measurements the iPhone 5 has a true state-of-the-art accurate display its not perfect and there is plenty of room for improvements (and competitors) but it is the best Smartphone display we have seen to date, it said. The tests include detailed laboratory measurements and extensive viewing tests with both test patterns and test images.
According to DisplayMate, the iPhone 5′s display has lower screen reflections, much higher image contrast and screen readability in high ambient lighting (the highest DisplayMate has ever measured), and a significantly improved and accurate Color Gamut and Factory Calibration that delivers very accurate colors and very good picture quality.
Meanwhile, DisplayMate has the following on Galaxy S IIIs OLED display: (i) brightness is about half of the iPhone 5, (ii) color gamut is quite lopsided, leading to distorted and exaggerated colors, and (iii) has a much poorer contrast rating and screen visibility in bright ambient light.
Even the color shifts on AMOLED is correct
http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_2.htm
Based on our extensive Lab measurements the iPhone 5 has a true state-of-the-art accurate display its not perfect and there is plenty of room for improvements (and competitors) but it is the best Smartphone display we have seen to date, it said. The tests include detailed laboratory measurements and extensive viewing tests with both test patterns and test images.
According to DisplayMate, the iPhone 5′s display has lower screen reflections, much higher image contrast and screen readability in high ambient lighting (the highest DisplayMate has ever measured), and a significantly improved and accurate Color Gamut and Factory Calibration that delivers very accurate colors and very good picture quality.
Meanwhile, DisplayMate has the following on Galaxy S IIIs OLED display: (i) brightness is about half of the iPhone 5, (ii) color gamut is quite lopsided, leading to distorted and exaggerated colors, and (iii) has a much poorer contrast rating and screen visibility in bright ambient light.
Even the color shifts on AMOLED is correct
LOL, like scanning an NFC tag is hard. You act like you are spending 5 minutes doing that each time and we know you arent. Scanning an NFC tag takes 2 seconds.
I dont find leaving my Bluetooth on saps battery from me and if it does, it isnt anything to speak of. However, i use NFC tags to turn it on and off so i dont need to leave it on but i do forget to scan it sometimes. The GS3 has bluetooth 4.0 which is low energy efficient.
I have a live wallpaper on all day now the last two weeks as well and my battery still lasts well into the night from the time i turn it on at around 6AM.
Actually, ...most do, if not all. This is what happens when you dont spend enough time learning your phone. I cant speak for Google Voice, ive never used it but there are many apps you can get that lets you also text and such without paynig for it via your carrier.
imo is a instant messenger and is free, There is Skype (of course others have to have this), Text Plus is free, HeyWire is free, ...you just have to do a quick search in the play store.
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It's not only scanning an NFC tag, it's taking the phone out of my pocket, unlocking it and then scanning it. It's having to remember to do that so as to conserve battery life. You're right that Bluetooth doesn't use up too much battery, but wifi does.
I just leave them on all the time on my iPhone and get excellent battery life and it auto connects to wifi at work, at home, Bluetooth in my car. The only time I have to faff about with the settings now is when I want to play music on my Bluetooth speaker at home as it doesn't seem to auto connect to that.
With Android I placed NFC tags around home and work where I'm most likely going to need to adjust settings. With iPhone I just leave them on constantly and still get better battery life.
I know which I prefer
You will never know til you try the others which im sure you didnt do. The others got 4 and 4.5 stars.
I prefer notifications on Android. At least since jelly bean. It gives you more room for information. You can read emails from the bar, control music, quick reply texts without a pop up Window, have the toggles for wifi, airplane mode, flashlight, data etc etc without needing to jailbreak. If u want to talk about root and jailbreak options then you CAN get Google wallet on the s3 which I've done and used the free $10 Google gave me.
I agree with this 100%. I find the "settings" in iOS to be a cluster****, they are redundant too. Like privacy is actually in there twice kind of. In privacy and restrictions > privacy, that's not clever or clean.
Half of my apps settings are in the OS settings while the other half are in the app themselves.
I like in android settings for the apps are in the apps and settings for the OS are in the OS settings. That just makes more sense to me.
This is a pic I used showing data usage one but you can see you have network, device, and personal.
Have you tried in Google Voice opening settings-->sync and notifications-->Receive text message: Via the Google Voice app?
10 Days with the S3
I was going to start another thread but there are so many already and I just wanted to share some basic thoughts and experiences as someone who moved from the iPhone after 4 years to the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Reason I moved from iOS to Android
I was pretty underwhelmed with the iOS6 update and felt it was time to try something new. I deceided to wait until I saw the iPhone 5 unveiled before i decided to move on as I didn't feel there was enough of an upgrade for me to part with £600 from the iPhone 4.
The Phone
The S3 seems well built, it seems solid and the materials don't feel as cheap as some make out. It's not got the same build quality of an iPhone but at the same time if something goes wrong like the back cover snaps for example you can just buy another one and replace the part thats broken.
The Screen
Probably my favourite thing about this phone, the screen is amazing. I have my screen quite bright so the colours just come out right at you. Watching videos and looking at Hi Res pictures is amazing.
Audio
It's louder and clearer than my iPhone 4 thats for sure I haven't heard any hiss or crackling at all from the speakers. Talking and listening on a phone call is also very clear.
OS
I'm currently on ICS 4.04 and waiting for the Jelly Bean update to come through. I haven't yet expericed lag or crashes from the OS I will see if this changes as the phone gets used more. I like the customization of the OS, I'm not taking about neon coloured keyboards either. It's small things that make the phone easier to use and I often ask myself why this wasn't implamented on iOS (such as changing the default browser). The notifications are also on a different level with the logo of the notification being on the bar at the top of the screen and an LED flashing so you don't even need to lift your phone to see if you have one.
The App store
If you are addicted to apps like me and worried if the Android App store will have the same apps as the one on iOS don't be, I have yet to come accross an app that I couldn't get on my iPhone and if you did there will probably be an adequate replacement. Browsing the store its self takes a bit getting used to though.
Battery Life
At first the Battery life was poor but that was because i couldn't put the phone down, now that my usage has gone down to a more normal level for me I need 1 charge per day the same as my iPhone 4 although when charging time comes its about 10% lower than what the iPhone was.
Faults
I haven't come accross anything major though one bug was a bit frustrating. I was playing about with S Voice and asked it to do an internet search, once the search was completed I closed the tab and browser and the next few times I opened the Browser it had the search i completed with S voice as the page i opened my browser with.
Do i miss iOS?
I'm not completetly done with iOS, I'm keeping my iPhone 4 as an iPod touch type device and still enjoy using it. There isn't anything on my iPhone that i can't do on my S3 though.
I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts if you have any questions feel free to ask.
I was going to start another thread but there are so many already and I just wanted to share some basic thoughts and experiences as someone who moved from the iPhone after 4 years to the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Reason I moved from iOS to Android
I was pretty underwhelmed with the iOS6 update and felt it was time to try something new. I deceided to wait until I saw the iPhone 5 unveiled before i decided to move on as I didn't feel there was enough of an upgrade for me to part with £600 from the iPhone 4.
The Phone
The S3 seems well built, it seems solid and the materials don't feel as cheap as some make out. It's not got the same build quality of an iPhone but at the same time if something goes wrong like the back cover snaps for example you can just buy another one and replace the part thats broken.
The Screen
Probably my favourite thing about this phone, the screen is amazing. I have my screen quite bright so the colours just come out right at you. Watching videos and looking at Hi Res pictures is amazing.
Audio
It's louder and clearer than my iPhone 4 thats for sure I haven't heard any hiss or crackling at all from the speakers. Talking and listening on a phone call is also very clear.
OS
I'm currently on ICS 4.04 and waiting for the Jelly Bean update to come through. I haven't yet expericed lag or crashes from the OS I will see if this changes as the phone gets used more. I like the customization of the OS, I'm not taking about neon coloured keyboards either. It's small things that make the phone easier to use and I often ask myself why this wasn't implamented on iOS (such as changing the default browser). The notifications are also on a different level with the logo of the notification being on the bar at the top of the screen and an LED flashing so you don't even need to lift your phone to see if you have one.
The App store
If you are addicted to apps like me and worried if the Android App store will have the same apps as the one on iOS don't be, I have yet to come accross an app that I couldn't get on my iPhone and if you did there will probably be an adequate replacement. Browsing the store its self takes a bit getting used to though.
Battery Life
At first the Battery life was poor but that was because i couldn't put the phone down, now that my usage has gone down to a more normal level for me I need 1 charge per day the same as my iPhone 4 although when charging time comes its about 10% lower than what the iPhone was.
Faults
I haven't come accross anything major though one bug was a bit frustrating. I was playing about with S Voice and asked it to do an internet search, once the search was completed I closed the tab and browser and the next few times I opened the Browser it had the search i completed with S voice as the page i opened my browser with.
Do i miss iOS?
I'm not completetly done with iOS, I'm keeping my iPhone 4 as an iPod touch type device and still enjoy using it. There isn't anything on my iPhone that i can't do on my S3 though.
I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts if you have any questions feel free to ask.