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Galaxy S III vs iPhone 5 Review
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Press the back button on the S3 or double tap another area (I think that works too).
great review except on the operating system - Android 4.2 is easily the most advanced mobile operating system.
Does everything ios does and then some.
Also, Android works great right out the box, no customization needed, but the good thing about customization is you can simply modify it whenever you want and get that "new phone" feel all over again with a simple new launcher, a theme, and no jailbreak/root required.
and colors? GS3 takes that.
I don't know what you are referring to. Please define location based alarms.
What I am taking about is telling it to "Remind me to take out the trash when I get home." or "Remind me to put the car on the charger when I get to work." or "Remind me the next time I am at Wal-Mart to get light bulbs."
It can't do any of that.
It can do that in a way. The location based alarm will go off when you are at a specific location. Then all you have to do is add a message to the alarm.
The application is the same.
I have been all over the google now commands. How to you set an alarm for a location?
Sorry I should have mentioned that it was in the alarm settings and not the Google Now or voice commands.
Maybe I am retarded but I am not seeing anything like that. Are you sure you know what I am talking about?
I see now. Maybe it's only an option in the Note 2, or if you have location services turned on?
That's interesting.
I've been playing around with it lately, it's really not what you are talking about. It just activates the alarm when you enter a certain location, and that alarm will go off at your selected time. Nothing like what you or I thought.
Yea, I hear the Note 2 has the newer version of Jellybean that the S3 users do not have.
I didn't know it was that drastic of a change. I know Samsung was talking about getting a more consistent user experience in the hands of it's customers. Now I see what they mean.
Have been reading every review on the SGIII and I get my play fix every time I go into Costco. Have a 4S with upgrade eligibility on 5/14 and really hate the long skinny look of the 5. I can't wait to make the switch ... I am hoping the SG4 will be out by then.
How much better do you guys think the Note 2 is over the S3?
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I wish the S4 were out NOW. I'd switch from my iPhone 4 TODAY!
My wife having the S3, I'd have to say that if there was no Note 2 I'd be with the S3. The biggest features I needed the Note 2 for and use daily are the multi-screen apps, the 5.5" screen, and the stylus, which I might add is the best stylus I've ever used on any electronic device. This coming from Palm V and up user.
How much better do you guys think the Note 2 is over the S3?
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I wish the S4 were out NOW. I'd switch from my iPhone 4 TODAY!
Not so much as "better" just different. It's a different user experience and the 2 devices can be used quite differently.
The difference I was talking about was the difference between Android 4.1 and 4.2. Both are Jellybean but there are some cool new features on 4.2 that I would like. But the S3 has only been updated to 4.1 so far.
Can you give a couple of feature examples? I'll also do some research on 4.2 vs 4.1.
Photosphere, lockscreen widgets, new quick settings in notifications, tablet users get multiple user accounts (HUGE!), better keyboard with gesture typing built in. That's some of them.
http://www.android.com/whatsnew/
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You men hardly any use.
I have the galaxy s 3 and I get more battery life than I did on my iPhone 4.
I'd get around 12 hours with average use on the 4 and it would always die when I'm out and about leaving me carrying a charger everywhere I go since Apple decided I shouldn't be allowed to replace the battery in my phone.
On the galaxy s 3 with heavy use I'll pull in 12 hours. With average use around 16 hours.
The battery life has dropped drastically the past 2 days to worse than before.
Dropped 25% overnight whilst it wasn't being used. At this rate it'll have to be charged every night.
I do have a dock coming that can charge the phone and an extra battery so looks like the spare battery will be getting purchased sooner rather than later.
Anyone bought any of the higher capacity batteries for the S3? Samsung don't yet do an official one yet do they so it'd have to be an alternative manufacturer one I'd have to buy?
Dropped 25% overnight whilst it wasn't being used. At this rate it'll have to be charged every night.
I do have a dock coming that can charge the phone and an extra battery so looks like the spare battery will be getting purchased sooner rather than later.
Anyone bought any of the higher capacity batteries for the S3? Samsung don't yet do an official one yet do they so it'd have to be an alternative manufacturer one I'd have to buy?
- Photosphere is nice. One nice addition with this is yoI use it from time to time on my S3, but it takes about a minute to take 1 full picture and you need to remain pretty steady. can add to Google's street view maps by uploading you photo to Google (if you choose to, that is). And Google+ has a built in Photosphere viewing ability now, so others that don't have this feature can still see your Photosphere photos. Nice.
- User account is a nice touch, but remember you have to share the same amount of memory. And one use r can not share apps with another. They are completely partitioned. However, the owner of the tablet is the ´Admin' and can delete anyone's account that is added.
- Lockscreen widgets are not what you think. You swipe the screen to the right and you get a widget. Swipe again and you get another widget. Not very practical. But I'm sure people will like it.
- New keyboard is better than the old and Swype appears to be overlaid on top. Works really well.
4.2 is a step in the right direction. I like the features.