Phones Just saw the Samsung GS3

[JS82712]

Agreed. I wish I got to play with the OS. I trust apple more. The iPhone 5 is clean. Plenty of features. More than you'll ever use on a regular basis. But very reliable.

You NEVER have to worry about the device itself, like

Why is it running so slow today? Or Why did it freeze? Why isn't that working?

It just always works. That's what I appreciate most.

The novelty wears off quickly for android phones
Make no mistake about it, studies show that people do more with their iPhones than those who use androids. why? because the iPhone is filled with features that are relevant to you, and the S3 is full of gimmicks like 'smart stay' and 'tilt-to-zoom'

 

[Myiphone7]

The novelty wears off quickly for android phones
Make no mistake about it, studies show that people do more with their iPhones than those who use androids. why? because the iPhone is filled with features that are relevant to you, and the S3 is full of gimmicks like 'smart stay' and 'tilt-to-zoom'

LOL!!! I just YouTube'd tilt to zoom!!!

Biggest. Gimmick. Ever.

Who seriously is going to this to zoom in on a web page? Really Samsung?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7UbXu7E5jc&sns=em

 

[jk4lebron23]

Messed around with the SGS3 at best buy for a few minutes the other day and just didn't like it, it was a little too big and the colors seemed over saturated and it was just not as simple as my IP5 to get around.

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LOL!!! I just YouTube'd tilt to zoom!!!

Biggest. Gimmick. Ever.

Who seriously is going to this to zoom in on a web page? Really Samsung?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7UbXu7E5jc&sns=em

Wow I would literally NEVER use that, so dumb.

 

[SomeDudeAsking]

Messed around with the SGS3 at best buy for a few minutes the other day and just didn't like it, it was a little too big and the colors seemed over saturated and it was just not as simple as my IP5 to get around.

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Wow I would literally NEVER use that, so dumb.

Like Apple's shake your whole iPad to undo.

 

[Ayemerica]

At this moment the iPhone 5 will be my last iphone since the 3GS, but not because of hardware but software. I had the nexus s for awhile before getting the iphone 4S.



-I'm not saying iO6 is not great for 97% of end-users
-I'm not saying Android is leaps and bounds ahead of iOS 6 in all aspects, just a few.

 

[tmoney82]

I agree with a lot of posts on here. iPhone just "has it." It's hard to explain.

Maybe like the person who said the iPhone 5 is like a thin French woman. Naturally beautiful.

The gs3 is like a woman who spends a lot of time staying in shape, wears expensive and stylish clothes, has the best makeup, a car with swag, heels, and a lot of jazz.

Great, I guess, but the French woman just works. She can wear jeans and a t-shirt, and look beautiful.

That's how the iPhone 5 is. It's so smooth. Relatable. Looks great. Has everything you need. Simple to use while not skimping on much. Everything you could ask for and more.

Gs3 has all these features, fully loaded, they worked really hard to make it great

But who really needs to take 7 pictures in a row.

And how can you read your text if your picture in picture movie is blocking it. Ok, move it to the keyboard. Now how can you type?

You see what I mean?

iPhone 5 does not have that. You rarely ever say, "Ugh, that's counterintuitive."

Want to take a pic? Slide up on the home screen. Done. No 7 pic jazz, then choosing the best one. iPhone 5 takes a great pic the first time.

To address some posts - Yes people on here complain. But I've never gone to my homescreen, tapped messages, and not seen them. I've never tapped phone and it got stuck. I've never had it freeze for no reason (except maybe when I was jail breaking YEARS ago)

It works for most people 99.9999999% of the time despite the horrid scratches dings and dents people get out of the box

Macrumors always loads. Consistently. Day in. Day out.

I guess the point of my OP was to just say the gs3 is a legit phone. It feels solid. It's light. I do like it.

I guess I was just surprised. Do I like gs3?

Yes, but its like liking an adult movie star - all made up, hrs in gym, tons of makeup, stylish clothes, slick car (what's not to like about that?)

BUT

The iPhone 5 is a thin French girl. Beautiful and hot as heck jeans and a t-shirt. Simple, yet very, very sexy.

Its 2012, not -2010! All the things you just mention about the GS3 most likely false. You are talking about those 7 pics taken, that a choice you have with the device, don't mean you have to use it. If I want a pic, from my lock screen, pres thumb on screen, turn phone side ways boom, camera! What would you say if your Iphone had it?

My pic in pic works because my screen is bigger! What if your Iphone was 4.8 inches? I mean that half inch made all the difference in the world to you apple fanboys!

I've never had any freezing trying to read any messages or any app! I never gotten anything that I didn't chose to get on my GS3.

 

[IFRIT]

I agree with a lot of posts on here. iPhone just "has it." It's hard to explain.

Maybe like the person who said the iPhone 5 is like a thin French woman. Naturally beautiful.

The gs3 is like a woman who spends a lot of time staying in shape, wears expensive and stylish clothes, has the best makeup, a car with swag, heels, and a lot of jazz.

Great, I guess, but the French woman just works. She can wear jeans and a t-shirt, and look beautiful.

That's how the iPhone 5 is. It's so smooth. Relatable. Looks great. Has everything you need. Simple to use while not skimping on much. Everything you could ask for and more.

Gs3 has all these features, fully loaded, they worked really hard to make it great

But who really needs to take 7 pictures in a row.

And how can you read your text if your picture in picture movie is blocking it. Ok, move it to the keyboard. Now how can you type?

You see what I mean?

iPhone 5 does not have that. You rarely ever say, "Ugh, that's counterintuitive."

Want to take a pic? Slide up on the home screen. Done. No 7 pic jazz, then choosing the best one. iPhone 5 takes a great pic the first time.

To address some posts - Yes people on here complain. But I've never gone to my homescreen, tapped messages, and not seen them. I've never tapped phone and it got stuck. I've never had it freeze for no reason (except maybe when I was jail breaking YEARS ago)

It works for most people 99.9999999% of the time despite the horrid scratches dings and dents people get out of the box

Macrumors always loads. Consistently. Day in. Day out.

I guess the point of my OP was to just say the gs3 is a legit phone. It feels solid. It's light. I do like it.

I guess I was just surprised. Do I like gs3?

Yes, but its like liking an adult movie star - all made up, hrs in gym, tons of makeup, stylish clothes, slick car (what's not to like about that?)

BUT

The iPhone 5 is a thin French girl. Beautiful and hot as heck jeans and a t-shirt. Simple, yet very, very sexy.

The only experience you've had with GS3 is a dummy phone in a shop, you have no experience to base a basic opinion on let alone judge which phone works best.

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Its 2012, not -2010! All the things you just mention about the GS3 most likely false. You are talking about those 7 pics taken, that a choice you have with the device, don't mean you have to use it. If I want a pic, from my lock screen, pres thumb on screen, turn phone side ways boom, camera! What would you say if your Iphone had it?

My pic in pic works because my screen is bigger! What if your Iphone was 4.8 inches? I mean that half inch made all the difference in the world to you apple fanboys!

I've never had any freezing trying to read any messages or any app! I never gotten anything that I didn't chose to get on my GS3.

He's never used a GS3 or probably even an Android phone, he's forming opinions on what he's read...

 

[F123D]

The only experience you've had with GS3 is a dummy phone in a shop, you have no experience to base a basic opinion on let alone judge which phone works best.

Either that, or that was one amazing dummy phone.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Take out the battery and the GS3 actually floats.

 

[Myiphone7]

I have never used a GS3 but the iPhone 5 does none of those bad things.

I don't if the Gs3 does or does not but none the less if I remember correctly

Previous android phones weren't smooth

 

[dalbir4444]

I have never used a GS3 but the iPhone 5 does none of those bad things.

I don't if the Gs3 does or does not but none the less if I remember correctly

Previous android phones weren't smooth

That's all right. I'm guessing you probably posted this in a different forum, and that's why you got such biased responses. You should have asked this questions it in the Alternatives forum to begin with.

Android has come a long way since 2.3 so you can't really judge it based on that.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Once that initial "wow" of Android fades, you begin to appreciate all of the little things, and the quality, of iOS. But the S3 is the best Android smartphone yet without a doubt, and a very good competitor to the iPhone 5.

Agreed except I still value the android OS.

 

[dkersten]

The novelty wears off quickly for android phones
Make no mistake about it, studies show that people do more with their iPhones than those who use androids. why? because the iPhone is filled with features that are relevant to you, and the S3 is full of gimmicks like 'smart stay' and 'tilt-to-zoom'

Do you have a link to back that up? I would be interested in seeing some stats on this

 

[Achillias]

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is a great smartphone, got a S3 aswell after i sold my iPhone 4S.

 

[pagolborua]

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[tekno]

Why is it running so slow today? Or Why did it freeze? Why isn't that working?

It just always works. That's what I appreciate most.

I know everyone's experiences are different, but the three examples you give above used to happen with my iPhone and, as yet, haven't happened with my S3.

My 3GS got horrendously slow. Opening the text message app became painful - it took up to 30secs to load the list of messages.

My iPhone 4S froze-up several times.

And the thing that made me finally give-up and ditch the iPhone was when my iCal on my iPhone and Mac, syncing through iCloud, weren't matching.

Just pointing out that the iPhone doesn't always "just work" by any means.

 

[tekno]

The novelty wears off quickly for android phones
Make no mistake about it, studies show that people do more with their iPhones than those who use androids. why? because the iPhone is filled with features that are relevant to you, and the S3 is full of gimmicks like 'smart stay' and 'tilt-to-zoom'

I'd be interested to know where you've heard this - do you have any links to these studies?

I'm surprised at this (although I agree tilt to zoom is useless!).

 

[cynics]

Agreed. I wish I got to play with the OS. I trust apple more. The iPhone 5 is clean. Plenty of features. More than you'll ever use on a regular basis. But very reliable.

You NEVER have to worry about the device itself, like

Why is it running so slow today? Or Why did it freeze? Why isn't that working?

It just always works. That's what I appreciate most.

You never had to reset your iPhone? I usually have to once a week or so because something weird is going on.

Ever since Android 4.0 my Android devices are more stable. I just checked.

That nearly a month. Lol

 

[daveathall]

I have had a iP4S and iP5, (previously I had a 3GS and 4) I used them both while I compared them to an S3, I kept my S3 and sold the others, there was nothing wrong with them, in fact they were both superb devices, I just enjoy using the S3 more.

I have not had any lagging, slow response, freezing or slowing down as mentioned by some above. It works flawlessly and as smoothly as any of the iPhones I have owned.

 

[Wrathwitch]

I agree with a lot of posts on here. iPhone just "has it." It's hard to explain.

Maybe like the person who said the iPhone 5 is like a thin French woman. Naturally beautiful.

The gs3 is like a woman who spends a lot of time staying in shape, wears expensive and stylish clothes, has the best makeup, a car with swag, heels, and a lot of jazz.

Great, I guess, but the French woman just works. She can wear jeans and a t-shirt, and look beautiful.

I guess I was just surprised. Do I like gs3?

Yes, but its like liking an adult movie star - all made up, hrs in gym, tons of makeup, stylish clothes, slick car (what's not to like about that?)

BUT

The iPhone 5 is a thin French girl. Beautiful and hot as heck jeans and a t-shirt. Simple, yet very, very sexy.

When I read posts like this, it just really amazes me how little some men know about women.....

Really?

If you think that slim French women are naturally beautiful without lots of work, you are delusional! Any woman now a days other than the typical "girl next door natural beauty" rarity requires more work than you know!

If you judge your tech the way you judge your women I can see why you might be this ....misinformed as to reality.

 

[IFRIT]

When I read posts like this, it just really amazes me how little some men know about women.....

Really?

If you think that slim French women are naturally beautiful without lots of work, you are delusional! Any woman now a days other than the typical "girl next door natural beauty" rarity requires more work than you know!

If you judge your tech the way you judge your women I can see why you might be this ....misinformed as to reality.

It's a pointless thread really, the OP picked up a dummy SGS3 basically a slab of plastic which i would'nt think was firm ground to base any opinion on except maybe size and because of that experience he think he can judge which phone is best.... i mean come on.

 

[Stuntman06]

I love my iPhone 5 but I am impressed with my first impression of the Samsung GS3.

It is EXTREMELY light. Originally, when I saw it on YouTube my impression was, "Bigger screen but harder to hold."

It actually feels solid in the hand while still managing to be incredibly light.

I wanted to play with the OS, but unfortunately this was just a dummy version.

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I still sticking with iPhone 5, though.

I have never used a GS3 but the iPhone 5 does none of those bad things.

I don't if the Gs3 does or does not but none the less if I remember correctly

Previous android phones weren't smooth

I would be interested in your opinion about these phones when you have actually tried working units. It is not a fair comparison of the S3 and iP5 when you have not even tried a working S3. How do you know if it is the same or different than previous Androids? I have used a previous Android and the S3 is different.

 

[Myiphone7]

Well based on previous android phones the iPhone 5 blows it away.

First impressions are everything

 

[IFRIT]

Well based on previous android phones the iPhone 5 blows it away.

First impressions are everything

What android phones?

 

[Myiphone7]

What android phones?

Nexus and some others I forgot