Got my case today so I can finally start actually carrying my phone around. I was going to get the official samsung flip-thingy but everyone on Amazon seemed to point out that it's of horrible quality so I went with some brand called mumbi instead. I have to say, I'm pretty happy about my purchase. The cover cost me about 10 and the phone fits perfectly, the case looks nice (imo) and it doesn't feel cheap at all.
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Samsung Galaxy S III (new flagship Android phone from Samsung)
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Superimposer
This is getting weirder all the time
Does the front part attach to the back in any way, like with magnets or anything? I bought the official one and my main problem is the whole thing sliding around when I flip the cover back. If that makes sense
There's a magnet, yes (in that little flap-thingy). Seems to be a relatively strong one as well. I can lift the whole thing just grabbing the front cover and it'll not open. Though it's new so that might change soon.
Could you link to the Amazon page for this? I searched for it and strangely I wasn't able to find it.
Colonel Nasty
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I went to Dallas this past weekend for the Bucs game and I had the best service of all my friends. But my GF on Verizon has a 4s.
The Faceless Master
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Do you not use Google Voice? Best thing to ever happen to voice mails.
Well T-Mobile has visual voicemail which is actually really good. (Though you have to pay for speech to text, it includes everything else you'd want from a visual voicemail system for free.)
That and Google Voice.
Just convince all your friends that use Facetime to switch to Android and use Google+!
Zoe
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Not on Sprint
Dreams-Visions
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what kind of battery life are you guys seeing?
The Faceless Master
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my brother and i use Tango. there's also Fring, Qik, Skype, ooVoo, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk and some others.
edit: all 4 major US carriers have Visual Voicemail. Free on 3, but text transcription would cost you. Verizon isn't free.
AT&T Visual Voice Mail
T-Mobile Visual Voice Mail
Sprint and Verizon versions should come pre-installed on the phone if supported, and there are APKs floating around for custom rom users.
there are also 3rd party apps that offer it for free, even on Verizon.
1) Google Talk, Skype etc etc.
Yep. But you can easily configure it to run through Google Voice, giving you free visual voicemail, transcription, voicemail by email and so forth.
Google+, and its cross platform with up to five people in a video/audio chat. You also get a peristant instant messenger that supports pictures that's also cross platform. It also integrates beautifully with Android and your contacts. Talk (should come stock on your phone) will also work, but less robust. Both can communicate with desktop clients as well. Your iPhone friends don't have to switch, but will have to download either the g+ app or talkatone (for gtalk)
For voicemail, just use Google's own free Voice. You can check your messages on the desktop as well.
An aside, now that you're on android, take full advantage of Google services. You will be able to do practically everything you could with your iPhone and more with less restrictions.
Edit: forgot to add, but G+ acts as your cloud storage for videos and pictures recorded with your phone. Again, I highly suggest taking advantage of these services.
I couldn't get Google Voice to work for me, kept getting an error (AT&T)
What carrier are you with? I have Sprint and have visual voicemail. You can also download Youmail in the market for free visual voicemail if your carrier doesn't offer it.
The Abominable Snowman
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Battery's better than iPhone 4s at least.
Also, vmail programs are carrier specific unless you get Google's own or the dodgy 3rd party ones.
Also.. Better front facing camera (1.3MP v 1MP
)Battery's better than iPhone 4s at least.
Also, vmail programs are carrier specific unless you get Google's own or the dodgy 3rd party ones.
Also.. Better front facing camera (1.3MP v 1MP
Front facing camera on the S3 is 1.9MP.
It's better then pretty much any other front facing camera.
scoobs
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My phone lasts the entire day... compared to my old droid X, this battery is actually incredible.
1. Google+
2. Google Voice (even has a widget to show voicemails without having to go into the app)
Basically what we're saying is just sell your soul to Google and they will give you visual voice mail and video chat.
Fair trade.
The Faceless Master
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pretty sure several non-Google solutions were already listed.
Ya, but might as well fully invest in the best services available.
The Faceless Master
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500k installs, 4 star rating = "dodgy 3rd party app"Battery's better than iPhone 4s at least.
Also, vmail programs are carrier specific unless you get Google's own or the dodgy 3rd party ones.
Also.. Better front facing camera (1.3MP v 1MP
....
Anyway, I'm using an AT&T SGS3 and it doesn't actually check for firmware updates. Whenever I try it states that it failed to connect to the AT&T servers and asks me to try again in the next 48 hours. When I check again it says that I am using the latest version (despite the check failing a few seconds before) and then tell me that I need to wait 24 hours to check again (wtf AT&T?).
I'm using "3.0.8-704434-user" and have no idea if that is even the latest version.
Gotta say, every single thing about AT&T has been annoying me lately.
Like I said, I've been using YouMail for years on my Blackberry and I can't really complain about it. I agree that it certainly isn't "dodgy."
When I was stock my battery was horrible and wouldn't last a day. Now I'm on CM10 and I finish the day with around 30-40% depending on use.
Running stock touchwiz I finish each day with about 65-75% remaining.
I also have six widgets on my various homescreens (weather, google voice [for visual voicemail], and a separate screen with the following 4x1 media player widgets [google music, pocket casts, tune in pro, and audible])
I've heard that widgets were battery killers but it hasn't panned out for me. I do take a couple of overt steps to try to save battery life. All of my apps are set to only download/stream when on wifi, I have the brightness set to auto and the screen timeout set to 15sec, smart stay is off (it never works anyway), the only motion gestures enabled are direct call and palm swipe, and haptic feedback is off.
I also have six widgets on my various homescreens (weather, google voice [for visual voicemail], and a separate screen with the following 4x1 media player widgets [google music, pocket casts, tune in pro, and audible])
I've heard that widgets were battery killers but it hasn't panned out for me. I do take a couple of overt steps to try to save battery life. All of my apps are set to only download/stream when on wifi, I have the brightness set to auto and the screen timeout set to 15sec, smart stay is off (it never works anyway), the only motion gestures enabled are direct call and palm swipe, and haptic feedback is off.
Running Stock Touchwiz (official) and I finish the day with anything from 10-40% left (today I have 30% left and that's still with fairly heavy usage, mainly web). I have completely used it up before though, when I've done a crap tonne of web browsing coupled with heavy use of GPS (long drive), calls and Whatsapp.
Dreams-Visions
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CM 10 is custom firmware, I assume?
don't spend much time talking on the phone, do ya?
Basically a Custom Firmware based on the latest Android version (In this case Jelly Bean), retaining almost the same experience you would get on a nexus phone with Jelly Bean but with support for several other devices, thus removing TouchWiz and other things manufacturers put on their phones.
1/2hr to an hour each day
Going to bring this back up.
After doing a bit of a research I ended up with a pair of NOCS NS200H earphones and the controls work great with my Galaxy S III. If you're looking for more traditional headphones, Beats stuff will probably work as long as it's not iPod/iPhone-specific, due to an addition to the headphone jack that Apple made.
The Faceless Master
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30 second Samsung spots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKh68YfQYkE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c-LZ_hraQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKh68YfQYkE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c-LZ_hraQo
virtuoso88
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Play store has a bunch of apps for a quarter. I picked up 8 apps so far.
Dreams-Visions
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Yep. 48GB of storage on my phone and I didn't even have to add $200 on top of the base model to do it.