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so do you think the iphone5 puts the galaxy s3 to shame?
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I like the iphone but I am on Verizon. I want to be able to talk and surf the Web. It's a very useful feature. It's a shame that the Verizon and sprint Iphones are being crippled on lte.
The galaxy s3 can do it on 3g and 4G lte. It also has nfc.
It also has a micro sd card slot.
The galaxy s3 can do it on 3g and 4G lte. It also has nfc.
It also has a micro sd card slot.
You are doing Android wrong. You should just root and flash in stock Jellybean or ParanoidAndroid ROM. Then you can disable system apps you don't use so they will not run or show up in the app drawer. Then download Chrome or Firefox. Then stop using Mail and use GMail. Then download the best apps in Google Play.
Yes, that is a lot of "work". Techies love to do that sort of stuff though. It's fun customizing every little detail of the phone until it fits perfectly into your life. At least, for me. If you do not enjoy it, stick with iOS or WP 8.0 as they are closed platforms so they can not be messed with by other phone manufactures. The problem is that Motorola, Samsung, HTC, etc. always try to modify Android (except the Nexus line) and it is mostly detrimental.
Horse for courses. Android doesn't really float my boat (even the newer versions), but I could see the attraction of a bigger screen and the OS has come a long way since its first iteration. Besides, we don't really know that much about the iPhone 5 yet because users haven't had a chance to use it yet. Comparisons at this point seem premature to me.
Respectfully... Your ignorance is showing.
It's 2012, plastics that flex are the chosen material for 98% of all front and rear bumpers (called "bumper covers" in the industry) of automobiles from every country. For automobiles from $10,000. To $400,000.
The overwhelming superiority of thin lightweight flexible incredibly strong & durable plastics is evident in the vast majority of products we use daily.
That you would see that in a negative light so bad you actually think it degrades the phone is a very distorted view on your part. So vehemently skewed, you're actualy trying to mislead others.
Perhaps the highest & best use of your time, would be spent educating yourself so as to avoid attempting to use FUD to influence your peers.
Good Luck.
I was hoping that the iP5 would blow everything out of the water, IMHO, it provides nothing extra and sometimes less than what my S3 does. Shame, I was looking forward to something special as well.
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Both are the best of their classes at the moment and have minor benefits over each other.
Probably won't take long for the S3 to be toppled now as a leading android handset given the fast pace of android development but it is still a great price of hardware.
Roll on the S4, iPhone 6.....
Probably won't take long for the S3 to be toppled now as a leading android handset given the fast pace of android development but it is still a great price of hardware.
Roll on the S4, iPhone 6.....
This is the exact thing that makes Android (and the S3 and friends) both a great system, and a terrible system. it has great potential, but it's just too much work for the average consumer.
The new iPhone is very impressive, cant wait to get mine. I love the design, the build quality, Ecosystem etc. Does IP5 put the S3 to "shame"? No, not really. They are both great phones. It's still the Honda/Toyota, Coke/Pepsi, Crest/Colgate debate.
It feels cheap in the hand. I say this from experience, and I have not read a review on the internet that does not mention how cheap the phone feels. It's one of the first things mentioned in every review I've read.
Does anyone complain about the plastic bodies on Lumias or the One X feeling cheap? No they don't. Are their plastics breaking from not being durable enough? No. The S3 has no advantage over other plastic phones by having this nasty feeling plastic, all it achieves is to make it feel cheap.
I don't own an iPhone, my phone is an HTC HD7, also made of plastic and also been dropped countless times. It has no marks on it whatsoever, not even "three dings" on the corners. It also does not feel cheap.
People using that cheap plastic battery door to access their user replaceable battery and MicroSD card slot are likely to disagree.
That's something it has over the One X and Lumias
Yes that is an advantage, but a phone does not have to feel cheap to have a battery door. My HD7 and my previous HTC Desire had battery doors but they feel great, strong plastic with that soft touch coating.
So now a material that is flexible and resistant to breakage is cheap ? What world do we live in that durability is now considered a negative point.
So now a material that is flexible and resistant to breakage is cheap ? What world do we live in that durability is now considered a negative point.
Indeed, it demonstrates that it is durable, but such bendiness has negative connotations from when smartphones weren't as popular as they are now and thin plastic was the primary component in feature phones.
There are two kinds of people in the world. The kind that control their phones, and the kind who are controlled by their phones.
Guess which one is which.
Just kidding. To answer the OP, no the iPhone 5 does not put the S3 to shame. I think if we were all being honest, we'd agree that we were expecting a little more out of the iPhone 5 especially after being teased with it all this time.
Guess which one is which.
Just kidding. To answer the OP, no the iPhone 5 does not put the S3 to shame. I think if we were all being honest, we'd agree that we were expecting a little more out of the iPhone 5 especially after being teased with it all this time.
Well all can say is i havent had those problems. Everything has worked well for me.
So now a material that is flexible and resistant to breakage is cheap ? What world do we live in that durability is now considered a negative point.
I have never broken a battery cover on my Samsung phones as i usually use a case so i dont care how it feels without one. However, if you do break the back cover, they are cheap under $10 to replace. Unlike the back glass of an iPhone that shatters and it costs you upwards to $100 to fix.
I have two battery covers i can throw on now if i break one. I just got them because they are different and look good and together they cost me $11. One is metal and the other has leather on it.
I just dont see how this is an issue at all. Many other covers you can put on that have a different feel and many cases to choose from.
Im sure iPhone fans will say how well the new iPhone feels even though it is much lighter. They are always hypocrites that way.
The hysterical thing is that unlike Samsung, Apple doesnt even MAKE the iphone! Its built by other companies. Hell, Samsung made 25% of the iphone 4s but Apple switched to LG for the screen on the 5 since they are butt hurt at them. Samsung still makes the ARM processors though haha. I think all that Apple does is design the A6 chip.
I happen to have great depth of experience with iOS & Android. I've used both concurrently since the very first day they were released. I only share this to give you some insight as to my viewpoint.
As primarily an Apple enthusiast who's relied on their computers for two decades, I know what Apple is capable of. I also have a full appreciation for the challenges they face as I am an experienced technologist & R&D scientist.
iOS & Android are very different & unique platforms. I happen to enjoy both, each for their respective strengths. I have _No_ desire to isolate one over the other as a "winner" because they both are.
Thats not a cop out, that's a fact. You'll also notice if you follow my posts, I'm very outspoken in favor of the truth & fair evaluation of products of any brand. The wild exaggerations about the superiority of iOS, as well as the outrageous condemnation of Android are both emotional, non scientific comments that serve no purpose.
Instead why not conduct a discussion instead of a pissing contest. Android has it's faults, but when none are cited, but instead the poster uses highly complex words and terms like "it's crap" well that reveals who that author is.
Suddenly I get the feeling that not only is this person angry & immature, but a technically challenged individual that may lack any experience whatsoever.
Going forward if discussions are held, the end result will be a valuable exchange of user experiences. It's the very foundation & purpose of a forum.
As primarily an Apple enthusiast who's relied on their computers for two decades, I know what Apple is capable of. I also have a full appreciation for the challenges they face as I am an experienced technologist & R&D scientist.
iOS & Android are very different & unique platforms. I happen to enjoy both, each for their respective strengths. I have _No_ desire to isolate one over the other as a "winner" because they both are.
Thats not a cop out, that's a fact. You'll also notice if you follow my posts, I'm very outspoken in favor of the truth & fair evaluation of products of any brand. The wild exaggerations about the superiority of iOS, as well as the outrageous condemnation of Android are both emotional, non scientific comments that serve no purpose.
Instead why not conduct a discussion instead of a pissing contest. Android has it's faults, but when none are cited, but instead the poster uses highly complex words and terms like "it's crap" well that reveals who that author is.
Suddenly I get the feeling that not only is this person angry & immature, but a technically challenged individual that may lack any experience whatsoever.
Going forward if discussions are held, the end result will be a valuable exchange of user experiences. It's the very foundation & purpose of a forum.
Well, after reading your other posts about wanting the iphone 5, I am not sure why you went through with getting the S3. If your heart and mind aren't ready for something new and very different, which requires a bit of effort on your part to learn, it is always going to be a bad experience. Anything that didn't function like what you were used to on the iPhone would have felt wrong and therefore bad. You have literally become institutionalized within the Apple iOS ecosystem.
When someone says, "there are too many confusing settings", "Stock apps like Mail and browser are nothing like iOS", and "its a mess" means they didn't care to learn how the OS works. Menu's are designed for launchers, the OS and each individual app, so that YOU control the experience and set it up YOUR way. Apple builds the experience to be out of your hands, so you can't screw anything up. The OS is designed to work for even a small child of 2. This isn't bad, it allows anyone to use the hardware, but many of us don't want our hand held by Apple.
And if you didn't like the stock mail app and browser, why didn't you bother to download something else? Safari sucks as a browser. I never, ever used it on my iPad or iphones. I simply downloaded whatever was fastest and best at the time. How hard is that?
Then you post this, "The phone is loaded with bloated apps that I don't need and you cannot remove them unless rooted". First, a quick Google search would have told you this is wrong. You can disable any app you want so you never have to see or deal with it again, unless you want to. Simply tap settings, then click app manager, click whichever app you don't want and hit disable. Done. Unlike Apple, where you are forced to keep their bloatware on the screen and can do nothing about it, unless you jailbreak. So which phone is actually easier to deal with?
"After installing many apps it keeps crashing with com.google.app notice" - did you look to see what was causing this? I had an issue on my iPad2 that was similar (caused my ipad to keep kicking me out of Apps to the home screen (This is a crash by the way, Apple just doesn't give you any info as to what caused it or why). I ev ntually figured out the culprit, but I had to do a little work to make it happen.
I wish you hadn't of posted the way you did. I think you wanted to try the S3,because you know everything it is capable of (much more than the iphone), but found it too different, too unfamiliar and you just didn't want to take the time and effort to learn the system. (This is very understandable.) The iPhone is comfortable, easy and familiar. As I said, people become institutionalized into how they do things and change becomes very, very difficult the longer you remain within a system.
This is nothing negative towards you. Much more of a broad stroke approach.
Please stop with trolling. I never said I wanted iPhone 5.. but given that you have been posting your love with iOS I have no reason to respond.
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What's that smell? I think someone got burned!
While I'm sure the iPhone is a fine phone, really it puts itself to shame. Same design. Specs that have been there already with other phones. Apple had a chance to blow Samsung away and make them ****, but they didn't.
I never had a feature phone with such flexible plastic. Doing what that picture shows to the battery door on my T610 or W810i would result in breaking both.
Bendiness is negative... really, durable plastic that can be bent and retake its shape with no apparent damage is negative...
Where do you people come from ?