Ya i had to go with a three year with telus. My only real options are Telus or Bell since those are really the only companies that work well throughout the eastern provinces. I'm already with telus, and the telus pre-orders don't give any other option than a three year contract.
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Samsung Galaxy S III (new flagship Android phone from Samsung)
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crazy monkey
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don't you just hate oligopoly we have in canada? I would hate the day when I will have to get service from
them again.
them again.
Pretty much how the cell phone market is here in Canada. Low population, not much variety. The big companies try and push the little ones out.
Would have avoided the 3 year plan if I could, but it was more than I would have liked to pay. I just wanted to get rid of my BlackBerry.
So your phone is 3 years old? What is it, some kind of G1?
I have a original S1 but I didn't pay any attention to smart phones when I bought it and the S2 came out two months later. Big mistake, so now I am paying almost the full price of a new standalone SIII to upgrade to the SIII on a three year contract due to my outstanding balance on my S1
crazy monkey
Banned
I did not canceled it mine but when it was over I said fuck you and good bye lol. We really need more competition. At least we are getting some in major markets. Now I am waiting for some competition in cable market. For now Tekseavy and other small companies are providing great internet so I use that to watch tv.
I use Audiogalaxy. I have roughly 36,000 songs on my pc and can access them all from my phone, zero issues.
No full review yet, should be soon. Here is an initial hands on.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/06/04/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-initial-benchmarks-and-hands-on-impressions/
well, this is definitely something you won't find on a one x hahaha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702635
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702635
Dead Prince
Banned
we know if this is still coming out tomorrow or has it been delayed?
shinshoryuken
Member
well, this is definitely something you won't find on a one x hahaha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702635
Yup!
between this, pink tint issue and the black crushing issue, it will be fun trying to get a perfect screen.
Let see how many people will be "You can't see it under normal condition"
just like people that defend pentile "You can't see pixle under normal condition"
Next week has always been the official date for North America
Forsaken82
Member
I don't know about other carriers, but I can confirm July 9th for Verizon (i put my preorder down yesterday)
well, this is definitely something you won't find on a one x hahaha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702635
wtf happened?
Can you see it under normal conditions? The pics in question were 20 second exposures at ISO800. If you take a picture of a normally lit scene at those settings it will look like a supernova.
The Faceless Master
Member
HTC PR invading XDA
shinshoryuken
Member
If you read some post on the thread, there is issues were its really bad that you can see the black ink when watching youtube videos and looking at dark images.
If I'm going to buy a 600 dollar top of a line product, I would want it to be as perfect as possible.
If no one complain that mean Sumsungs QC is doing a fine job, which I believe is not that great.
So what if you buy a unit and it has this issue, would you be perfectly fine with it?
Good Job Bob
Member
Do not touch the internal antenna ... how is that copying Apple?
Samsung copies Apple again.
Crappy PenTile AMOLED screen shit itself, nothing new.
Is it comfortable living inside of a cupboard with a time-slowing machine?
shinshoryuken
Member
So if you buy a gs3(if you're even planning on getting it) and it has this issue, you would be perfectly fine with it?
The issue of spots that show up during a 15 second exposure while I talk to the Indians inside of the cupboard?
shinshoryuken
Member
So its not an issue to you then?
Or you're not even planning on getting the gs3 ..so why would you care?
Using anal retentive xda posters are a quality standard will leave you never loving any single device you ever buy.
If those spots show up on anything day to day then it's obviously defective and you run down to the store and exchange it. You don't use a 15 second exposure to find out whether you have a bad unit or not.
brb, Let me grab my strobe light and 1,000 fps camera so I can expose the lack of 120hz refresh rate on my mobile device.
shinshoryuken
Member
I'm guessing youre not even planning on getting the a gs3, cause you can't answer a simple question.
I need to plan on getting a specific device to comment on the ludicrous assertions being made by the crazy people on xda that are based on 15 second exposures in a cupboard to be able to detect if something is "wrong" with a screen?
herp derp
You better get back to that comparison* pamphlet.
*only to columns per page
herp derp
You better get back to that comparison* pamphlet.
*only to columns per page
shinshoryuken
Member
Well I was right then.
high five.
shinshoryuken
Member
*high five*
Apparently my Galaxy Note might be affected by a similar issue.
I haven't noticed yet. I'd consider myself quite sensitive and discerning to these sorts of issues... but to pick up on those sorts of blotches means you probably can't be satisfied by any display - they all have their pros and cons (increasingly more pros and less cons, but not 'perfected' yet).
The SGS2 has serious burn-in problems and blue-shift issues for starters.
shinshoryuken
Member
You're right. I can live with it.
The main issue I have is that some units have it some dont. The only trouble is exchange unit for one with less screen issue.
Samsung copies Apple again.
Crappy PenTile AMOLED screen shit itself, nothing new.
*brofist*
I don't get it
Light bleed has been a huge problem with LCD screens that nobody really cares about unless they put then in situations where they're apparent.
Like a samoled screen showing pure black in a cupboard and photographed in a 15 second exposure.
Oh, that sucks. But I wonder how much worse it would be if was displaying a black background instead of that shade of grey.
He banned himself till 2021, well he let gaf decided really. That was his first mistake.
Yeah just saw that. He could've waited after WWDC. He could've gone all out in there and go out in a giant flash of glory.