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You love picking battles with me, don't you?
You love picking battles with me, don't you?
No, in most other forums that is a disbelief or a whatever emoticon. There just isnt many of them on this place and imo it is mislabeled.
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Sales figures and the value of my AAPL stock say otherwise. I'm expecting to jump to 700 per share by Christmas with the new iPhone. By then you'll have another Android phone to tout as the new iPhone killer - and if 2012 iPhone sales are through the roof, like they will be, you can just say everybody's drinking Kool Aid.
Anyway, enough indulging this guy. I've taken another step toward keeping my S3 and selling my 4S. I went back to my 4S for a moment and did realize the size of the screen isn't that much of a big deal to me. I'm sure 4" would be fine for me. 4.8" isn't too big, but even 3.5" doesn't seem too small as long as both phones aren't side by side. I personally prefer the colors of the Samsung much more, though. I do miss the clarity of the retina display.
I've been biting my lip with this but I have to say with 100% certainty that, in my opinion, I think the sound quality from the S3 is just superior to the iPhone's through headphones and my car stereo. The S3's speaker isn't much louder or clearer than the iPhone's - don't really hear what other people are talking about here.
As far as I can tell, the iPhone does the following much, much better:
90% of phone users don't want to tinker with their settings to get the phone to the point that it's perfect for them. They want to make some app folders, change their background, and send emojis. They really don't care about widgets. I feel like they get in the way and I was much happier with my IntelliScreenX setup, personally (yes, I get that I had to jailbreak but I also actually bought the S3).
This is where Apple is superior and this is why their sales are higher. It's the best phone for most people. Trying to be patronizing and telling people they don't know what they really like is just obnoxious.
Anyway, enough indulging this guy. I've taken another step toward keeping my S3 and selling my 4S. I went back to my 4S for a moment and did realize the size of the screen isn't that much of a big deal to me. I'm sure 4" would be fine for me. 4.8" isn't too big, but even 3.5" doesn't seem too small as long as both phones aren't side by side. I personally prefer the colors of the Samsung much more, though. I do miss the clarity of the retina display.
I've been biting my lip with this but I have to say with 100% certainty that, in my opinion, I think the sound quality from the S3 is just superior to the iPhone's through headphones and my car stereo. The S3's speaker isn't much louder or clearer than the iPhone's - don't really hear what other people are talking about here.
As far as I can tell, the iPhone does the following much, much better:
- Ease of use
- Simple integration
- Availability of accessories
- Quality of apps
- Frequency of software updates
90% of phone users don't want to tinker with their settings to get the phone to the point that it's perfect for them. They want to make some app folders, change their background, and send emojis. They really don't care about widgets. I feel like they get in the way and I was much happier with my IntelliScreenX setup, personally (yes, I get that I had to jailbreak but I also actually bought the S3).
This is where Apple is superior and this is why their sales are higher. It's the best phone for most people. Trying to be patronizing and telling people they don't know what they really like is just obnoxious.
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No, I'm being honest like you. You're rude, and condescending in most, if not all your posts. Sorry you're biased against anyone who doesn't agree with you.
That is true. Last year all the rumors were completely false despite being pretty consistent. With the fact that Apple is supposedly doubling down on secrecy I wonder if the leaks are not planned to throw people off. I just don't see how that would help because some people are buying the S3 on the assumption that the rumors are correct. With Apple its hard to believe anything until the official announcement.
There are plenty of emoticons in the VIP area.
Also, even though the Nexus is an old phone now....jellybean, IMO, makes it the best in the market currently. Insanely smooth and google now destorys siri
i mean ios6 may make it better, but right now it is leaps and bounds better....i mean not even near it
S3 is still choppy compared to 4s. There have been multiple threads on why this os is choppy compared to ios. That's a deal breaker for me.
And Android 5.0 rethinks otherwise?
Let's stick to what is currently available to the masses.
Kids...Kids!!! That's enough! BOTH of your toys are nice. Now go play while the adults continue to talk. If you're good, you can have some cookies later.
voice recognition is way better. The tie in with google is much better too and faster than siri
I have the s3 with me right now, but TouchWiz pisses me off to the point i do not want the phone....it is not as smooth as the 4s. I also have a galaxy nexus that is faster than both in terms of UI. Jellybean alone makes me want to keep the nexus until the new nexus comes out directly from google, so i can avoid all of the crap samsung and att put on the phone or the iphone5 comes out. The s3 is nice and internet speeds are insane, but that is LTE not the phone. I enjoy the simplicity of IOS and pure android best
oh and i don't jailbreak or root my phones, so keeping the s3 is not a question
voice recognition is way better. The tie in with google is much better too and faster than siri
I have the s3 with me right now, but TouchWiz pisses me off to the point i do not want the phone....it is not as smooth as the 4s. I also have a galaxy nexus that is faster than both in terms of UI. Jellybean alone makes me want to keep the nexus until the new nexus comes out directly from google, so i can avoid all of the crap samsung and att put on the phone or the iphone5 comes out. The s3 is nice and internet speeds are insane, but that is LTE not the phone. I enjoy the simplicity of IOS and pure android best
oh and i don't jailbreak or root my phones, so keeping the s3 is not a question
Hope this helps.
My pleasure, glad it helps, I read about it at another place, because I am in the UK, it doesn't really work with mine, the quad core seems to be really snappy. We don't get the advantage of LTE though.
I must admit that I am also hoping for a great new iPhone when it is released, I still have an upgrade.
My pleasure, glad it helps, I read about it at another place, because I am in the UK, it doesn't really work with mine, the quad core seems to be really snappy. We don't get the advantage of LTE though.
I must admit that I am also hoping for a great new iPhone when it is released, I still have an upgrade.
i can upgrade at the subsidized prices....so like $450ish, which isn't bad. That is crazy that trick you posted though. My brain cannot process the zero delay. When i click the internet or mail app it just appears....almost like it was already on the screen