Samsung Galaxy SIII

[lordofthereef]

Not argueing many apps arent better on iOS. He said only iPhone users are willing to pay. First of all i dont need to pay for a better navigation and there are also MANY jailbreakers that dont pay for apps thru installer so that troll is wrong again.

I dont play games much on a phone and im sure many are better on iOS but i dont really know for sure. I gave that nod anyways to the other guy who is an admitted iPhone nerd(Dodge...something). However, there are a lot of HD games on Android too. They have over 500,000 apps. Isnt like it is slim pickins.

Allow me to quote what you said again...

many of the SAME developers are making the SAME apps for Android You want to pay more, cool! Pay more. I dnt need to spend $50 on a navigation app to make it good because i dont need to. It comes free and it works good.

I responded to that statement, nothing more. Nobody needs to buy an app for $50. IMO that part of your statement, therefore, makes little sense. You can BUY navigation apps on iOS. You can do the same on Android. You don't have to on either. A lot of the same developers develope for Android. A lot of them don't because they don't feel the money is there (for different reasons than were mentioned here, but that is for another thread).

 

[Vegastouch]

Allow me to quote what you said again...

I responded to that statement, nothing more. Nobody needs to buy an app for $50. IMO that part of your statement, therefore, makes little sense. You can BUY navigation apps on iOS. You can do the same on Android. You don't have to on either. A lot of the same developers develope for Android. A lot of them don't because they don't feel the money is there (for different reasons than were mentioned here, but that is for another thread).

They dont but a few have said TomTom is better than Google Maps but leave out that it is $50 to get it. And it isnt really better. They claim it has IQ routes which isnt anyting big and not worth $50 imo. My point is, to get as good a Nav as Google Maps which is free, you have to spend to do so. Thats all.
There are other Navs on Android too, i just havent tried any of them.

Im not going to bash iPhones apps. I like many of them and they are good. There are some that the market dont have and vice versa.

 

[Vegastouch]

I simply prefer one physical button versus four capacitive. In fact I find the four to be utterly annoying. If I had to use capacitive buttons, I'd prefer three over four. And if the SIII has only two with one main physical button, I'd prefer that.

Question remains if North America is getting a different placement of buttons. I don't think it's a given simply because of past differences. Like I said before, if they opt for four capacitive, I wouldn't even consider the SIII.

I prefer physical buttons over capacitive in general.

The fact that I could potentially add a 64 GB MicroSD card to the SIII makes the amount of onboard storage a moot point.

Consider this though. On the iPhone you have the home button, but if you want to go back a page on something, the back button is at the top left. All the capacitive buttons are together. To each their own but having buttons in different places is more annoying to me but it isnt like i didnt get used to it.

If history holds true, the USA wont get the home button but either way, im still getting one. Prefer the capacitive but it isnt deal breaker. No Micro SD slot is the only deal breaker for me on a phone and why i wont get the One X. Of course the iPhone didnt have one and i was fine but once i got a phone with one, theres no going back.

 

[lordofthereef]

Consider this though. On the iPhone you have the home button, but if you want to go back a page on something, the back button is at the top left. All the capacitive buttons are together. To each their own but having buttons in different places is more annoying to me but it isnt like i didnt get used to it.

For this specific example I would much rather see a quick swiping gesture than having to press a button at all.

 

[blairh]

Consider this though. On the iPhone you have the home button, but if you want to go back a page on something, the back button is at the top left. All the capacitive buttons are together. To each their own but having buttons in different places is more annoying to me but it isnt like i didnt get used to it.

If history holds true, the USA wont get the home button but either way, im still getting one. Prefer the capacitive but it isnt deal breaker. No Micro SD slot is the only deal breaker for me on a phone and why i wont get the One X. Of course the iPhone didnt have one and i was fine but once i got a phone with one, theres no going back.

Top left? What exactly are you referring to? The app I use the most on my iPhone, by far, is Safari, which has it's back button on the bottom left.

 

[Vegastouch]

Top left? What exactly are you referring to? The app I use the most on my iPhone, by far, is Safari, which has it's back button on the bottom left.

Back button on the last OS i used on iPhone(3.2) was the top left for like going back on messages and such. Still it isnt in the same place is what im getting at. Either way IMO it isnt a big deal. I got used to where the back button was and got used to the capacitive buttons being where they are.
Power button/screen lock on the iPhone is on top and my android is on the right side towards the top where my thumb usually is. Got used to that and prefer it now. Change dont take long to get used to.

 

[blairh]

Back button on the last OS i used on iPhone(3.2) was the top left for like going back on messages and such. Still it isnt in the same place is what im getting at. Either way IMO it isnt a big deal. I got used to where the back button was and got used to the capacitive buttons being where they are.
Power button/screen lock on the iPhone is on top and my android is on the right side towards the top where my thumb usually is. Got used to that and prefer it now. Change dont take long to get used to.

I know the back button in the Mail app is or tends to be in the upper left. Honestly never noticed the different placements of the back icons in different apps.

I find the four capacitive buttons to be wildly cluttered. The less buttons, the better IMO. Nothing beats one simple home button. Hard, on screen, or capacitive. Which is one of the things that I like about the SIII.

 

[Furifo]

My last 3 phones:
iPhone 3g -> iPhone 4 -> Galaxy Nexus

My sis needed a phone so I gave her my iPhone 4 and bought myself a Galaxy Nexus because I wanted to give Android a try.

I like the big screen, I like the customisation options and I love how my 720p videos look on the screen. I loved this phone when I first bought it but after a few months I really started noticing the flaws.

ICS is the best Android OS yet but there is still that extremely irksome Android lag here and there which is especially noticeable when coming from a buttery smooth iPhone. The speakers on this phone are also pretty crap and I also miss the plethora of apps (especially games) that iOS has to offer.

My biggest problem with this phone is the fact that I have an (almost) 100% apple ecosystem within which this phone, running Android, doesn't sit very well. I thoroughly miss how well my iPhone synced up with my Mac and iPad thanks to iCloud. I used to set reminders on my devices ALOT and loved the fact that I could use any device to set the reminder and have iCloud push it to my other devices. I can't really do this anymore as the Galaxy Nexus doesn't sync up very well with my other devices.

Don't get me wrong, ICS is a solid OS and it is refreshing to see Google trying to push Android forward and I would recommend phones made by Samsung, especially the new SGS3, to anybody however, I feel that my needs would be better suited with an iPhone.

Now the question is: Sell the Galaxy Nexus and buy a 4S and keep it for 12-24 months or wait until WWDC/October for the 6th generation iPhone. The galaxy isn't a bad phone by any stretch and I think it would suit my needs adequately until whenever the next iPhone is released so I'm inclined towards keeping it until then.

 

[blairh]

Here is a terrific video review from CNET UK.

 

[neiltc13]

I have to say I have never heard such excitement for a new phone release until now. I have so many friends that have mentioned they are getting this phone, or that they wish their contracts were up so they could get it.

Samsung is on to a winner here.

 

[blairh]

I have to say I have never heard such excitement for a new phone release until now. I have so many friends that have mentioned they are getting this phone, or that they wish their contracts were up so they could get it.

Samsung is on to a winner here.

It doesn't hurt that Apple is most likely waiting until this fall to unveil a redesigned iPhone, which leaves a lot of people open to jumping ship (if) a worthy alternative comes to the market in the meantime. I think the SIII has that potential for some.

 

[SactoGuy18]

My biggest question is what will the US version of the Galaxy SIII be like.

My concern is that if Samsung has to stay with the Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU because of its need to be 3GPP LTE compatible, that could mean the US-market Galaxy SIII may lack many of the software features of the GSM-only model--in effect, it'll be almost a Galaxy SII with more system RAM and a larger display. That right there could substantially hurt sales of the new cellphone.

 

[samxool]

I have to say I have never heard such excitement for a new phone release until now. I have so many friends that have mentioned they are getting this phone, or that they wish their contracts were up so they could get it.

Samsung is on to a winner here.

You're joking aren't you?

I've seen the pics.
its clearly a plastic piece of junk.
Its crap, and is massively outclassed by the iphone 4s in every respect.
Then there will be iphone 5 which will be the new best phone in the world.
Will you be waiting for the galaxy s4 which will copy the iphone 5?!

SAMESUNG products are crap!!

 

[blairh]

I think it's funny when people state that the iPhone is superior to the Samsung line because Samsung uses plastic and Apple currently uses glass.

I'll take a hard plastic phone over slippery glass any day. I have to use a case with my iPhone because it's impossible for me to handle properly without one.

The real issue with the SIII is the size. But I'll determine that once I see it in person and get to handle it.

 

[Vegastouch]

You're joking aren't you?

I've seen the pics.
its clearly a plastic piece of junk.
Its crap, and is massively outclassed by the iphone 4s in every respect.
Then there will be iphone 5 which will be the new best phone in the world.
Will you be waiting for the galaxy s4 which will copy the iphone 5?!

SAMESUNG products are crap!!

Dude, it is APPLE that is playing catch up now.

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I think it's funny when people state that the iPhone is superior to the Samsung line because Samsung uses plastic and Apple currently uses glass.

I'll take a hard plastic phone over slippery glass any day. I have to use a case with my iPhone because it's impossible for me to handle properly without one.

The real issue with the SIII is the size. But I'll determine that once I see it in person and get to handle it.

Yeah, the worst was the chrome back on the first iPod. Almost impossible to handle and scratched so damn easily.