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[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
The galaxy s3 is awesome because I am not eligible for an upgrade and it in no ways tempts me to buy a new phone. I can now happily keep my s2.

Its basically an s2 with a quad core. Quad cores individual cores are usually slower which means my s2 will still be faster in single threaded applications and since there is no point in running more than 3 applications at once I doubt it will make a difference on that front
[Galaxy S III General] Chochiwpg:
It might even come with 4G capabilities :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] AllGamer:
i'm tempted to get the Padfone as well, unfortunately it's not AWS 1700 compatible, and there are no plans to release an AWS version of that phone :(
[Galaxy S III General] 2hvy4grvty:
This is just plain wrong information.
[Galaxy S III General] me_is_rushin:
Actually "Inspired by pebbles" might be very smart on their part. According to this article it says this was done to avoid patent infringements on Apple.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...irst-smartphone-designed-entirely-by-lawyers/
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Originally Posted by 2hvy4grvty View Post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9f...eature=relatedAnd also, I think it's absolutely hideous. "Inspired by pebbles?" Honestly, who could even say that with a straight face. Oval phones are just... not smart.

First off that is not true. Curves are actually very nice, definitive, adaptable, and smart. Most people actually instinctively like curvy things. Woman, electronics, cars, and so forth. Is it the most elaborate unique design out there? No, but it sure is light years from ugly or stupid. You do not have to favor it either.

Could it have been more hardware wise? Definitely. Is it the same ground breaking mode Samsung always sets? Sadly not. This does not make it crap or mean it's not top dog still.

Sadly no A-15, but the SOC in it is still definitely in race of best and HD Amoled even though pentile is still superb. Not to mention the fact the phone is still almost same size as S2. It's funny how people complain about the phone size because of screen size even if they are ok with a phone that size if the screen is smaller so that it has a gaping bezel.

You also have to remember that Samsung has given it some new, unique, and brand spanking only to S3 software feats as well. Much improved 12MP cam woulda been nice, but the 8MP is plenty for most and is greatly improved. Samsung has been top dog in cams for a long time only truly rivaled by Nokia(I know what people and reviews say I speak from actual picture samples).

All this with 64GB + 64GB card, 2100MAH(though still wish for Lithium Polymers one day) and luckily still hardware buttons(also a very smart move on Samsung..I do not believe phones are close to truly jumping to no buttons because no software is perfect and these are still early stages for such things and the use a physical button can most likely never truly be out done) brings an amazing device. It's not what it could've been or was hyped to be(kick Sammy) but still beautiful.
[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
If you write a program it is going to run sequentialy on a single core unless you thread it. Even when you thread you get a loss of performance due to synchronization overhead. Most programs are not written to run on more than one core because this requires more work .

The advantage of a quad core is that one can run more instances of a single threaded program but in mobile this is easier said than done hence why you wont see a mind blowing difference by cramming a quadcore in it and if you are keeping cost fixed you will see a decrease in performance in single threaded applications because you get more individual clock speed per core per dollar on less cores

Now could you explain why it is just plain wrong?
[Galaxy S III General] iwasblown:
And it seems like tmobile get all the best spec phones too also
[Galaxy S III General] iwasblown:
You do rwalize that 42mbps is 42000 bits per second. It actually ends uo being more than five megabytes a second at full speed, and if anybody is getting that hooray for the marbles that Tmobile has, other than that, no one will get over 20 mbps or 20000 bits per second, or just to say 2.4 megabytes per second right now I want to be poved wrong, but how?
[Galaxy S III General] zander21510:
About the Gnexus screen buttons...why would you waste expensive screen real estate for 3 white buttons served just fine by black plastic and a white backlight before?? Menu, home and back are neccesary for android IMO, makes it a true techie phone, unlike iOS where every back button (if it exists) is in a different spot and god forbit they give you an easy way to reach a menu/settings from within the program...no you have to back out, goto the main settings screen and set it there, if the settings even exist :P.
[Galaxy S III General] Saxysaxplayer:
People expected the GSIII the be a big leap in tech?

I actually think the design is pretty nice... wish they had a black model though.

The only thing I really expected to be different was a higher resolution and lack of pentile, other than that, the GSIII is bringing new things to Android.

We can't really have PC like specs on ones atm, we're already pushing with quad core processors and 1gb+ ram. The big leap in specs like we had GS to the GSII just can't really happen anymore. For the next few "generations" of phones, I'm really expecting more of a focus on software and features, rather than hardware and specs. Because all those specs really mean nothing if we don't have the software features to make it standout. That's why iPhones are popular (to an extent), and if we really want Samsung to take over iPhones then we have to focus more of software.

Besides, most people won't even care about most of the specs. I think most people look at: 1. ffc, 2. camera resolution, 3. screen size (not type) and 4. Android version.

We have our "Siri" and the HTC camera features, and even NEW features.

The only thing I'm worried about is that some of those new feature are really gimmicky and just completely doesn't work in real world applications. Besides that the GSIII WILL be popular, and a lot of us WILL get it.
[Galaxy S III General] narlynarwhal:
I agree completely. And I dont know about anyone else here, but I prefer my buttons to be stationary.
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Majority of people don't have issues. Outdated? Its physical button areas. We are still in early areas of the on screen like this. Very far from outdated
[Galaxy S III General] chinnygamer:
Might just the One X

After this release I might just get the HTC one x....its one HELLUVA screen s3 didnt really impress and will take another year for it to come out on tmobile :(
[Galaxy S III General] BruceWayneForSenate:
I've been following the development of this phone very closely. This is leaps and bounds above the current hardware, IMO. For the average user, the differences may not matter, but I use my Android devices as PC replacements. I own a PC, but my SGS2 is honestly more powerful than my PC. Also, I've been seeing reports that our "red headed step child" will possibly be the only quad-core SGS3 made available in the US. Most other carriers are opting for the less expensive route, while TMobile is taking advantage of the fact that they single-handedly launched the Android platform. I'm very excited about getting my hands on a pebble blue version! ((:

#BruceWayneForSenate
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Actually Samsung waited til the S3 was almost ready for international release to announce and get ready to release it. It should be around the corner.
[Galaxy S III General] bchon:
Device looks promising.. itching to find out what the US specs will be.

Sent from my SGH-T989
[Galaxy S III General] :
Its not leaps and bounds still a9 processor same mali gpu clocked higher. Only thing worth mentioning wolfson dac. All other features can be imitated by apps. Once Qualcomm comes out with adreno 320 gpu you'll see why. The U.S.A carriers mains ones will all use Krait s4 225 gpu clocked higher up to 400mhz like the original mali in the Galaxy s2. The phone is essentially a slight upgrade.

Developers won't bother to make their apps multi-core capable because it won't improve the performance at all! And even if Android 5.0 is optimized for multiple cores, only HD gaming will see any improvement from it.
[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
If devs had infinite time and were like some xda posters that wouldnt be accurate

"more cores more better"
[Galaxy S III General] Chochiwpg:
Found this on Phandroid. It was announced today that the Galaxy S III will be coming to the Telus network in Canada in the Summer. Not ground breaking news I know, but at least it is confirmed now. Peace.

http://phandroid.com/2012/05/07/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-coming-to-telus-4g-lte-network/
[Galaxy S III General] :
Lets add in that the android eco system has to many hardware differences for developers to be optimizing apps for specific quad core gpu configurations. If having more cores is better battery life it would be the same for the pc market.

amd has some 8 core processor. I7 quadcore is still faster than it and more battery effective than the amd processor.

Most the application or android are single threaded the dual core krait is far more optimized for than the exynos quad core. for every day use. http://img216.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=218216163_Untitled_1_122_448lo.jpg

Before you say but the gpu is so powerful in exynos quad core guess what it will never be used to the full potential. those 100 fps with your screen off won't matter because it will be locked at 60 fps. Especially when you will be outdated when most oems start pushing quad core a15 processors.

Samsung basically jumped on the tegra 3 bandwagon come out with quad core get the consumers to think that 4 is better than 2. Which is not the case. Better benchmarks do not mean better experience. If you looks at ics and the galaxy nexus you do not need a powerful gpu to play majority of the games on android. Which I mind you are not even mind blowing.
[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
I was agreeing but being sarcastic because a lot of regular folks do think that
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
They used Samsung because they have made most of the biggest advancements in phones for a good few years now
[Galaxy S III General] :
Sorry no. Not a single one. Intel CPUs do cost more, but not only are they faster, they also use less power and produce less heat. However AMD is still a favorite for those looking to build low-cost systems that still perform decently.
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
How is HD less than QHD?
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Really? Lame repost? Yeah sure whatever say is correct then.
[Galaxy S III General] :
If you wonder why most computers pre built have intel not amd they are more efficient especially in laptops. Desktops are exception as you can add your own liquid cooling or etc. Amd still have overheating problems which haven't been fixed. Trust me I had plenty of amd burn out on me with a capable gpu unit and motherboard. Desktops especially. In a couple of months with a fully compatible motherboard and gpu.

Nothing even competes with an i7 sandybridge. Most things in i7 are overkill for the normal user anyway. Amd is not a bad processor. Its a good one but its just not as good.
[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
Where does this 1000 dollars more number come from? Was a million too large a number to pull out of thin air.

Kill by nature is right. The basic reason is more cores equal more heat and power requirements which means more design costs passed on to the consumer. It would take a lot of money to match the performance of a core on a 2 core to a 4 core hence why i7 chips cost more.
[Galaxy S III General] :
I believe amd most powerful one 8 core is bulldozer don't remember exact names. But i know an i5 out does it as well. intel i7 isn't that expensive either. the highest i seen them was about 150-300 in price range.`Which tell the truth is not that expensive. Apple regardless still uses intel i think at one point they used amd.
[Galaxy S III General] 2hvy4grvty:
Apple never used AMD CPUs, they use ATI GPUs though.
[Galaxy S III General] :
I know awhile back they used nvidia for their laptops but that stop quickly. Last i saw they were still using intel hd graphics.
[Galaxy S III General] mackster248:
S3 specs are nice, but overall the phone doesn't make me want it that badly.
[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
They use dedicated nvidia gpus on their high end macbooks the $1700+ ones although a same spec Asus will run you 700-900.
[Galaxy S III General] gatorstew:
This
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
I didn't pull it out of thin air. That is based on truth from places like tiger direct, new egg, and so on. Also I can see this is not worth my time and this is not about Intel and amd. Its about the Galaxy S3
[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
Really a $1000 dollar difference between and i7 and other CPUS on newegg:rolleyes:

the most expensive i7 in all of Newegg is $1029 (a six core extreme edition)

therefore the other CPU you are comparing it to

to get $1000 dollar difference you would have to compare that CPU with the cheapest CPU on newegg $29 single core amd.

For your comments to have any basis in reality you would have to be seriously comparing

this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115079

to this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103944

and even then you would have to ignore that one comes with a fan and the other does not

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
As said the Galaxy S3 is pretty awesome
[Galaxy S III General] s1lenz:
my only question is this:

since all of these new features for the SGS3 are software based, and I'm assuming they're all tied to touchwiz, what happens when you get rid of touchwiz?

If I flash CM9 on this phone, will I lose all the software features? That leaves me with what, an $800 updated Galaxy Nexus? O_o
[Galaxy S III General] goldeman:
am i the only that thinks theses phones need more RAM? 2 gigs of RAM would make me jump on the bandwagon!
[Galaxy S III General] AllGamer:
+1

i think the same
[Galaxy S III General] goldeman:
theres not enough specs to make me jump. i made the jump to a vibrant for a bigger screen, the jump to lg2x for double core more nvidia chip more ram and front facing camera, jumped to s2 for faster cores and bigger screen/better resolution and camera. at this point the only thing im wililng to jump for is ram!
[Galaxy S III General] ragnarok12:
That's a really good question. :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] BruceWayneForSenate:
If you don't like Android, there's always rim, ios, and windows mobile. I'll stock with my modded roms on my amazing hardware. I'll stick with Sammy. I'll be loving my s3. (:

#BruceWayneForSenate
[Galaxy S III General] 2hvy4grvty:
Easy. It gets ported.

And believe me, most of these "useful" features WILL get ported.
[Galaxy S III General] jim93:
thirded.
[Galaxy S III General] PrinceFX:
They stopped using ATi name 2 generations ago. All the GPUs are AMD now :D

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Most companies used Intel because Intel paid them to (Intel paid $6 Billion to Dell just to remain intel exclusive). Ofcourse they were exposed and had to pay tons of $$ in fines :rolleyes:

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I think its horrible that Samsung did not use a SAMOLED+ display, most of the manufacturers out there have flagship phones that will leave SAMOLED in the dust. No wonder Samsung didn't boast the display unlike last two times. :mad:

My fav one right now is Huawei Ascend Quad XL! Can't wait for this one to hit the market. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Digital1325:
Can't say I'm very impressed with the next installment to the Galaxy S series. I don't find the S3 ugly in anyway like most seem to (other than the fugly blue colour)... but spec wise, disappointed. Would have much preferred the A15 as well as many in this thread. As for the camera, can't say much about it yet and whether or not it'll be a noticeable difference or just marginally better than what we have now... The new TouchWiz and its features do seem interesting, but we're on XDA afterall, and I'm sure we'll be getting all of those new toys on our S2's eventually, so that's out. Can't say whether or not the pentile screen is a really bad thing or not... Would have to see it in person to compare. All in all, there isn't much of a wow factor to it. Battery life is a big one but I don't think it'll be THAT much of an improvement over our phone (might even be worse? quadcore afterall). The wireless charging is a nice addition, but is it worth the upgrade? Nope.

I'm more excited about all the new stuff eventually coming out with our phone to be honest, and for once, I'm pretty content about a phone since the Nexus One. I'll be keeping the S2X (or Hercules/T989) until the next Nexus comes out.
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Well only one phone right now. The new LG. I tell you though props to LG for being first, but at this point you prolly won't use it. That one feature alone is not enough to make it best. It looks promising though ;)
[Galaxy S III General] bshoop333:
Slightly off topic but in regards to "wireless charging".. I thought our phones were capable of that. As in the pads that you lay the phone on. That make sense? Or am I thinking of something else....LOL. Or are you talking about a totally different feature?
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Samsung just released GS3 sourcecode because they are awesome like that
[Galaxy S III General] Beefvvl:
Shape

I really hope they have the same shape/size for the phone throughout all the carriers and countries it's released in like the Iphone. So that aftermarket makers won't complain about there being soo many variants of shape that it would not be very cost effective for them to make a case for "our" phone.
[Galaxy S III General] mdhissam:
Prefer a better battery ( Li-Ion 2100 mAh) not good enough for Quadcore phone
[Galaxy S III General] M_aqui:
thank's :D
[Galaxy S III General] :
WOW

Incredible, I have just read through these opinions on the s3 and I must say you guys are all spot on, the ones for and the ones against. If Samsung research division actually read through this, they could make a brilliant s3. Unfortunately we are however in an era where performance is outstripping power/battery supply. Not only are we running out of natural resources to power our ever demanding society, these quad core phones have a need for power that the battery can only deal with to a certain extent. Until the time comes when our phones can run a quad core with almost no battery use, we will unfortunately always be faced with that obese debate of power/resource verses battery usage. So unless the Illuminati powers that be actually decide to unleash the suppressed technology and miniature nuclear technology that can power a phone for a century, I will always think less of a device that requires me to caress it like a toddler in vain hope that the battery might last more than a day using quad cores. But that is just my humble opinion.
[Galaxy S III General] vader540is:
can the GS3 out perform my PowerVR543MP2 in my iphone4S?

hey guys, i post this in another thread but i got no replys... so maybe i will get some here...

hey guys not sure if i should get this phone... im sad it will not have the overclocked Mali400 400mhz GPU.... but i know the S4 CPU with the andreno 225 is a beast, i held off the GN on big red cause of the old powervr540 GPU WTF but i know ICS is much better of using the GPU instead of 3.2 and below mostly using the CPU for graphics processing... im a big gamer , thats why i use the iphone4s i love the powervr543mp2 its badass... so... what should i get? i kinda wanna wait for the LG eclipse i hear it comes with the adreno 320, that alone makes me giddy or does any one know of any phones coming out with the exynos 5250? i hear that Mali-t604 GPU can walk all over the PowerVR544mp4 in the ipad3 so anyone please help... should i wait for phones with the next Gen GPUS ,adreno 320 and Mali-t604? or will my gaming needs be met with the GS3 with the S4 CPU running the adreno 225 GPU? im ready to get rid of my Iphone4s... but i still want the same graphics performance of the powerVR543mp2 in my iphone 4S , i love the idea of android and i cant wait to leave the dark side of apple!!!! FTW Andriod!!!
[Galaxy S III General] jay0518:
SGS 3 is a good phone and so as SGS 2. well for me i think it boils down to what the user really needs instead of wants... [IMHO] ;)
[Galaxy S III General] sonarchist:
will be wondering about the 'real' vs 'perceived' reason for the quad-core to have been paraded about, as a critical basic integral element of the opening fanfare of DEMOS + early reviews for this device, apparently never really intended for devices destined for distribution out WEST..........but, well, it made for great marketing to us soon-to-be-users + early adopters who look forward to the ample / expanded options that HAVE been included in the sgsiii layout.

In + of itself, the concept of a quad-core form factor pushing data via four cores made incredible sense to me from the simple perspective of throughput and latency......a necessary engine core-value in this media-saturated arts/entertainment contemporary s p e e d culture that we live in..........onward: exploring, content-making + whatnot (as soon as my new pebbleBlu gets shipped)............history will show that dual-core will prove ample, just don't get it w/ the quad-core provocateur antics. :rolleyes::eek:
[Galaxy S III General] :
If there was actually enough battery to run a quad core for longer than 2 days or so i would say great phone. But this sgs3 is simply another example of mass market sheep mentallity. While children are starving throughout the world we have this hype over a phone that could have honestly been designed better, shoved down our necks as if it is a new form of interstellar travel. The exterior casing is simple when it could habe been futuristic with carbon fibre materials and glass looking corners that emit a blue glow when a notification is received. But no, it looks bland, almost a reproduction of the sgs2 and Samusung trusts their mass market sheep propaganda so much that while the wool is being pulled over our eyes we salivate for a battery hungry over inflated and costly piece of already obsolete technology. Next phone i get will not be a sgs3. Samsung please do not become like the Western Mass market fat rears MCDonalds eating war mongering societies. Give us new and innovative, different and interesting.
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Weither you are right or not the S3 is the most and advanced out there so if its not good enough and is a big scam then what is better? Plus the whole people starving is an irrelevant point always brought up in forums. If it were to work out that way then we would not think about anything.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
Well while children are starving, you're using a galaxy s 2. You could have used that same money to feed the children......
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Well you have one that's dualcore s4 with 2gb ram and one quadcore with oc'd Mali gpu(stronger) and 1gb. Both are amazing. I would get that. If you must wait then I would wait for yes the 5250 dualcore 2ghz a15 device with t604 or what I would call the beast the 5450 2ghz quadcore with (I believe) t648.
[Galaxy S III General] Chochiwpg:
Heard the Galaxy S 3 in Korea will be quad core with 2GB of RAM.

http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-quad-core-with-2gb-of-ram-heads-for-korea-20120608/
[Galaxy S III General] Darkangels6sic6:
Apple is now targeting to ban the S3 from US sales because they bought the patent for smart links. (Like links in you messages) maybe one day in a better world they will be no more

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Apple/350260026008?refid=17