Reply With QuotePhone looks pretty flipping awesome. The Galaxy S line has basically been a hit each generation, and this one looks to be great. I'm eligible for upgrade in Sept, and that's probably what I'll pick up next.
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AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon are all getting (essentially) the same device, difference being in mode of 4G connectivity supported. They're all rocking the battery-efficient-A15-esque-but-shitty-GPU S4 "Krait" dual core processor, at least 16GB of storage (some carriers might sell 32GB models for more), and a whopping 2 gigs of RAM.
Coupled with Android 4.0, an enormous flipping screen (albeit pentile), a sizeable battery, and a replaceable SD card, this is a launch to rival the OneX--and on more carriers to boot.
Of course, the suspected release date (June 21) puts it just outside of the rumored cutoff for Unlimited Data grandfathering for us Verizon 3G folks, so I'm gonna go talk to my local store today about buying a G-Nex prior to the grandfathering cutoff and magically getting sick of it and deciding to return it for this new Glaxio Essthree I keep seein TV commercials for once it launches.
Sorry, but if my phone's gonna start pulling faster data speeds than my PC, I sure as shit don't intend to cap myself at 2 gigs for the privilege.
Phone looks pretty flipping awesome. The Galaxy S line has basically been a hit each generation, and this one looks to be great. I'm eligible for upgrade in Sept, and that's probably what I'll pick up next.
Probably getting one for me and one for the wife. The easy sharing stuff should really come in handy and I know she'll be glad to ditch her Photon. 32GB here I come (going with the blue).
Some folks on reddit are reporting that 3G Unlimited customers who lock in the plan with a June 6 preorder will get to grandfather in even if grandfathering is stopped before the S3's still-secretive release date on Verizon, so I am almost certainly doing so.
I picked up an Evo 4G LTE (Sprint's One X variant) Saturday, and could technically return it and wait for the GS3 if I wanted, but I am 100% in love with this phone -- and given that reviewers rated its screen and build quality as better than the GS3's, I'd be trading down on those things for the extra GB of RAM. I'd like that extra GB, to be sure, but not enough to give up the aesthetic stuff, I don't think.
I'd definitely recommend anyone buying a GS3 on Sprint or ATAT to compare it to the One X variants; they're so similar spec-wise that it's likely to come down to vague subjective preferences ultimately.
As I described to someone redditside:
EVO has the best screen in the world ATM (humble opinion, backed up by the fact that it's objectively better in outdoor lighting and objectively puts out more actual pixels), a kickstand, SenseUI, and a good history of hackability with some recent questions regarding its continuance. On the other hand, no removable battery and serious reported issues with multitasking due to an overly aggressive memory manager.
SIII has a more vibrant screen (objectively deeper blacks, probably more intense colors in indoor lighting), a removable (and larger to begin with) battery, double the RAM, TouchWiz UI, and a decent history of hackability. On the other hand, it will be hard to use outside and sports a bizarre button layout.
Given that they're running virtually the same SOC and that the Galaxy's screen's powersaving when displaying black probably just about cancels out the extra power draw from the extra gig of RAM, it's almost certain that the Samsung phone will achieve better battery life overall, but AFAIK, no one's run a test between these two particular models of the S3 and OneX lines.
I am down for the extra ram, removable battery, 32GB internal memory option and I've just grown to prefer Samsung's screens.
Plus, with the dimensions being the same accessories, cases, etc should all be very plentiful options.
Both phones are a heaping pile of awesome though.
I object to this-- I have a tablet with an AMOLED screen that's not great in direct sunlight, but it's perfectly usable. LCDs are still better, but I wouldn't necessarily call AMOLED screens bad.Originally Posted by Armando Penblade
Is this a Gigantor phone like the Galaxy Nexus?
Yes, but I've read that the curves on it make it very comfortable to hold and use. Being very thin and light doesn't hurt either.
By modern standards, the Galaxy Nexus has a small screen (4.65"; the One X is 4.7" and the GS3 is 4.8"). The GS3 and One X are both thinner than the GN, but if you don't like the size of the GN, you won't like these, either.
One S might fir you better, it's a much smaller phone than the One X.
Aye.
Available as One S on T-Mobile, Verizon's variant is the Incredible 4G or DROID Incredible LTE or some other branding-crafted clusterfuck of a name. You lose true HD resolution and a sizeable chunk of battery mAh, but no one is really making top-end phones in the sub-4.5" market this year with the (possible) exception of Apple.
The One S is still a top-tier phone, it's just in a slightly different form factor. The total size and screen is smaller but it's still got the same internals(Snapdragon S4) as the X.
Eh, sacking the higher rez and larger (still small) battery while retaining the non-user-replacability and lack of an SD card slot turn me off from it to some extent. But I'm hardly a good representation of the average Android purchaser. I'm looking at the SGS3 and wondering why its GPU sucks and the screen doesn't have more pixels on it ;)
The lower-res is less awesome, but my old phone was 4.3" 960x540, and it's still pretty solid -- it's not one of those weak 800x480 things. I prefer the bigger, sharper screen, but if you hate big screens, you could do worse.
(And it wasn't THAT long ago that 4.3" would have counted as a big screen.)
Lately I've been eyeing the RAZR Maxx as sort of a middle ground size. I'll have to compare the form factor specs vs. the Nexus (the size of which horrified me the first time I saw one) and the S3.
Well, pre-ordered. Blue for me, white for the missus, who swears she'll probably just sell it in November for an iPhone5. I'd just wait on upgrading her line, but with Unlimited ending soon and her massive data usage, I can't afford to; the SGS3 should resell well enough in ~4-5 months as it is to cover most of the cost. Then again, who knows. . . maybe she'll fall in love w/ the SGS3 and forget about the iPhone. She claims she wants one because she grew up poor and has never owned a status symbol :P
Preorder was painless, store staff were friendly and a couple of were knowledgeable. Others, not much. One poor lady was taken by surprise that they were preordering a new phone today. Good training, Verizon -.-
Maybe hold off on the party just yet? Apple moves to block Samsung Galaxy III from sale in US
And the One X (again). And the Galaxy Nexus. Because Apple is a giant bag of patent-trolling dicks. I'd be shocked if it amounted to anything more than a 1-2 week delay, worst-case.
I'd be getting seriously pissed if I were any of the big cell carriers with millions of paid preorder customers on the hook because of this Mickey Mouse bullshit.
At some point this has to rise to the level of tortious interference, no?I'd be getting seriously pissed if I were any of the big cell carriers with millions of paid preorder customers on the hook because of this Mickey Mouse bullshit.
The only difference between MS and Apple in the current Android market is that the Android manufacturers already pay MS for use of their patents. Once the same thing happens with Apple (and it will), the injunctions will stop.
Blaming Apple for filing lawsuits to protect their IP is naive.
Blaming them for doing so only to delay the competition for what amounts to a bad joke (have you read some of their ridiculous patent filings?) is the problem.
I can only hope.
If the courts want to continue to waste time and money letting them pull this stuff over the most miniscule little trash claims whatever. When they impact my choice as a consumer by acting like a child sitting on a giant pile of money and lawyers I start to get pissy.
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That's a great image.
Aye, Samsung's already responded to Apple's claims on "large rectangle with a rectangular screen on it" and "a button centered underneath the screen" by making the SGS3 an ovalish-rectangle with a rectangular screen on it with a button hideously off-center underneath it.
Then Apple got pissed at HTC for letting people tap phone numbers in-context to get a menu of options. So HTC just replaced the menu with (configurable elsewhere) automatic actions when tapping numbers in-context. Apple claims that this is still infringement upon their "tap-numbers-to-get-a-list-of-things-to-do-with-them" despite it being, in some ways, an improvement in addition to being functionally different.
Look, I'm all for idea-creators owning their ideas and all that, but Apple has gone way past the Oracle-APIs-are-an-art-form level of IP trolling/insanity.
In no way defending Apple on this, but the USPTO is the truly insane party here. Apple are just taking advantage of their willingness to grant patents on anything and everything when it comes to software and design, regardless of obviousness or originality. And being utter dicks about it, of course.Look, I'm all for idea-creators owning their ideas and all that, but Apple has gone way past the Oracle-APIs-are-an-art-form level of IP trolling/insanity.
It's not an improvement. The way it used to work is, if you installed (say) a new browser, then the next time you tapped a link, it'd pop up a list of your browsers and ask which one you wanted, and you could choose, and say "Always use this one" if you wanted. The way it works now, nothing happens, and the link opens in the old browser, and if you want it to change, you need to navigate to "App Associations" in the settings menu and change it there.
The absurdity of the patent is obvious -- essentially any designer would come up with the same design with five minutes of thought; it's not a clever solution, just a solution -- but I still think you need to keep the blame focused on Apple. Apple could decide to use this absurd patent in their pocket for defensive purposes; or indeed could choose not to use it at all. But instead they're choosing to aggressively try to disrupt the introductions of competitors' devices.
Yes, they have the legal right to do it -- but you can have the legal right to do something and still be a dick if you do it.
Didn't they once (or are they still) try to enforce the whole "click a phone number in a text message to call that number" thing? That's the most obvious thing in the world.
I think it's absurd that patents were ever granted for a lot of this stuff, but...yeah, Apple is still going crazy about it.
Isn't patent trolling/wars basically standard operating practice for tech companies?
It seems that the AT&T version is dual core and only the 16gb version from what i am seeing. Not too happy about that. Will still likely get it anyway though.
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