shinshoryuken
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Will have to import the roger version then.
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Samsung Galaxy S III (new flagship Android phone from Samsung)
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Will have to import the roger version then.
The Faceless Master
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I'm on Sprint!
<3 SERO
my sister is on Virgin Mobile though.
i've just liked smartphones ever since i got my first WinMo phone back in the day...
because you want a 32GB version?
shinshoryuken
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*brofist*
I was turned after I begrudgingly accepted an HTC Shadow over a Moto SLDR.
Good Job Bob
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Awesome, his adjustments always make the shitty PenTile AMOLED screens slightly less shit.
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The Everyman
oh ok
Initial impressions of Bell GS3.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/06/04/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-initial-benchmarks-and-hands-on-impressions/
Say what you want about touchwiz but it is by far the smoothest fastest skin period, even smoother than stock ICS. (speaking from experience here, my gnex is jittery, laggy etc compared to my gs2)
This is good, no more bastardized carrier versions that take forever to get updated.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/06/04/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-initial-benchmarks-and-hands-on-impressions/
Say what you want about touchwiz but it is by far the smoothest fastest skin period, even smoother than stock ICS. (speaking from experience here, my gnex is jittery, laggy etc compared to my gs2)
This is good, no more bastardized carrier versions that take forever to get updated.
So much irony in that statement.
Heh, sure, but do we really need 10 versions of the same phone?
Ecto311
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Damn I'm amped for this phone. I was ok with it at first but seeing its the same design all around and has a physical button is awesome. Now case makers will have a phone that is worth taking the time to make cases for. I would really like to see some cases come from uncommon and similar companies. Also with the home button I can mash it from my bedside and have light/info from the phone. That was almost impossible with the OneX since it was only one button on the top and hard to find/push in the dark. And to top off the entire thing is 2gb ram and the 4s camera. Sounds too good to be true.
Probably asked here before but is anyone else sending back their one x and preordering the s3? How does it work with the preorder if you are waiting for the eligibility to be reset for the upgrade.
Probably asked here before but is anyone else sending back their one x and preordering the s3? How does it work with the preorder if you are waiting for the eligibility to be reset for the upgrade.
We need a nexus for the rex of us!
Those are coming.
I do <3 my Gnex even with its flaws but the GS3 is winning me back. Can't go back to my GS2.. that low rez.. ack!
Win one of three GS3s.
http://pages.samsung.com/ca/galaxysiiicontest/English/
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The Everyman
samsung is taking updates seriously? that's a good sign.
so how common is the pink screen problem?
Those are coming.
I do <3 my Gnex even with its flaws but the GS3 is winning me back. Can't go back to my GS2.. that low rez.. ack!
Win one of three GS3s.
http://pages.samsung.com/ca/galaxysiiicontest/English/
Yea, I might pick up one later this year since I have a contract up for renewal. I just wish it didn't have hardware keys.
Community Forum
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shit do I pull the trigger now (Verizon) or wait until iPhone is announced hmmmmm
Samsung has always been pretty good with updates, for the international versions of their phones. Its the carrier branded ones that suffer, don't think thats all sammys fault. Not sure about the pink screens, check xda.
yea im in the same boat as well :\
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My current phone is fine, Droid X. Does what I need it to. I don't really have an "allegiance" to any OS, and I won't lie, I played around with a new iPad a couple days ago (for the first time) and I really really want one now.
Im not even worried about this phones updates. 2GB of ram? Shit, it will get JB for sure. I am interested in whether or not JB will be as huge a jump as ICS though.
In that case I would consider an iPhone. idevices work fantastically together, and it sounds like you are going to eventually get an iPad. At the top end of smartphones, as a general user you arent going to really be hindered by any of them. S3, 4S etc etc, they will all be great upgrades from your X, so buy the one that will have the most synergy with your one concrete future purchase.
In that case I would consider an iPhone. idevices work fantastically together, and it sounds like you are going to eventually get an iPad. At the top end of smartphones, as a general user you arent going to really be hindered by any of them. S3, 4S etc etc, they will all be great upgrades from your X, so buy the one that will have the most synergy with your one concrete future purchase.
JB requires tetracores dude.
if you have unlimited 3G data on your droid x, the only way to get unlimited LTE is with this phone or another released phone. by the time the new iPhone is out (possibly even within the next 2 months), verizon will have switched to shared family data plans and the only way to keep your unlimited plan is to buy the phone at retail.
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if you're on at&t or T-Mobile, yes. Don't think verizon has stooped that low yet, and they might not since they will successfully snare plenty of people into leaving unlimited data with the change later this year.
honestly, you could always get this phone and come October, sell it and put that money towards the new iPhone.
shame, rozay, shame.
I'm due for an upgrade on Sprint this month and I'm having a hard time deciding between this and the HTC EVO 4G LET (essentially One x). Ugh, so unsure. I really don't want Sense, but that screen issue is a real annoyance to have to worry about when picking one up - that and the whole pentile thing.
The Faceless Master
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Thank you! So mine.
The button on the blue looks ugly and out of place. Does this really not bother anyone at all?
shinshoryuken
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I actually think the gnex looks better...
It looks out of place because it's actually a purple-ish color instead of the same blue as the front of the screen. Not sure why they chose to do that. Maybe they just didn't have the right paint for that part.
longdi
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the quad s3 is clearly smoother than the quad one x. one x performance at times felt like my old s2. but dayum one x screen is best mobile screen yet. better than psvita, better than ip4s, better then new ipad.
perfect android would be one x screen and externals, s3 internals, and running stock ics. that would blow away wp and go toe to toe with apple.
perfect android would be one x screen and externals, s3 internals, and running stock ics. that would blow away wp and go toe to toe with apple.
shinshoryuken
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Yes only if the gs3 had a better screen.
Now that its readily available, more and more reviews are showing up, and Its clearly in favor of the one x screen.
Seem like the earlier reviews, Samsung gave them an early "first look" review unit as an exchange not to say anything bad about the phone..including the pentile screen.
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The Everyman
could i get a link to some bad reviews? im honestly asking because im interested
shinshoryuken
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The screen is not that bad, none of them are saying its bad...its just not class leading, and its pentile...
I was hoping the samsung will "bring it" with there flagship phone..
HTC did, and Apple will definitively do ..
here's 2 new ones
http://www.androidnz.net/2012/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-real-user-review.html
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-review
and countless of people who has both device echos the same conclusion...