yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] malih16:
I like the Smart Stay, Android 4.0.4 and ICS-y TouchWiz (now we know why SGS2 get Gingerbread-y TouchWiz).
[Galaxy S III General] slapshot30:
It isn't near as bad as many people are making it seem. It's just because of how big of a deal Samsung made it that makes it more of a let down. If this was just announced normally at an event like MWC then people wouldn't be having that big of an issue. It's just how it got over hyped with Samsung sending it out to be tested in secret boxes, no leaks for anything at all, it's own big press conference, etc. It was sickening reading in the One X section with all their biased opinions on a phone they've never even seen or tried first person. Give it a chance.
[Galaxy S III General] mcord11758:
Features look neat, design is terrible.
[Galaxy S III General] Presterin:
+1

Really, nice specs but it's hideous.
[Galaxy S III General] furt890:
I gotta admit, It's a bit of a letdown. It looks a bit goofy but I have the feeling that a proper first hand hands on will turn my opinion around again, they are going for function over form with this one I guess. Also It has a pentile screen but seeing from videos and hearing description of reviewers is not enough to judge this category. Overall, I think the hate from many place will die down once it is released just like iPhone 4S, people are shouting, mocking, and taunting because it's only an iteration but suddenly no one is hating it anymore.
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemotto:
Specs great

Design Disappointing
[Galaxy S III General] tkolev:
That's because no-one cares for the iPhone. They get what Apple gives them. Period. Android users do have a choice and over-hyped products that look like something blue and ugly crawled from the sea, made sex with a pebble and then gave birth to this thing, rarely stand a chance. It will still sell but won't be the success S2 was.

I really thought Samsung would put something nice on the table this time. Now I know why they didn't show it on MWC. Side by side with the HOX it would be a media disaster for them.

And all the fun we have with it at the HOX forum, is because the Samsung fanboys who never owned a HOX were saying for the past month "S3 will blow it out of the water" and now we saw what they meant. Noone wants to be in the same ocean with something as ugly as this thing. In a year and a half *maybe* there will be some apps that will run slightly better on the S3, but it will still be as ugly as it is today with the same ugly pentile screen.
[Galaxy S III General] TheSG:
Cant go wrong with sammy.
[Galaxy S III General] MafiaDroid:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W33NPDutOcw

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qbwoHyCos

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnNkZyX7P7s

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXpZELOWTY

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs62tfQs9SE

The New Samsung GALAXY SIII A GALAXY Unpacked 2012 Video LiveStream

Enjoy :D
[Galaxy S III General] DJSave:
I wish I had enough money to buy both :(
[Galaxy S III General] Limaspt:
Love it :o

Gonna buy it !

Thats all i have to say!!

Best regards !
[Galaxy S III General] MidnightDevil:
Awesome specs, design ain't so good. But for christ sake, what a hell of a specs.

I'd give my someone's left nut to have it :D
[Galaxy S III General] Steve_God:
+2!

Had the original SGS and was originally holding out for the SGS3, and opted to go the HOX when it came out given the specs and couldn't be bothered waiting for the SGS3, and timing with my contract coming up for renewal.

S-Voice - Interested there's finally competition to Siri, but something I wouldn't use anyway.

Wireless Charging - Slow and a novelty.

Vibrate when pick up phone for notifications - Very neat, but if I'm picking up my phone, 9/10 I'll be looking at it anyway :p

Eye-focus thing - Very neat, only big feature I would quite like.

Now so glad I didn't wait around for it.
[Galaxy S III General] Yorzua:
Samsung Galaxy S III Full HD PSD Vector

Last work of my Design Factory :

5 diferents Samsung Galaxy S III Full HD PSD Vectors available at http://tinyurl.com/cdl79nh :D

Proud to have made the very first Samsung Galaxy S III Full HD PSD Vector available in the web !!! :cool:

Perfect for your screenshots on this beauty :p

Happy theming !
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemotto:
I guess all those leaked fake sgs 3 pics raised my hopes too high :p
[Galaxy S III General] sblantipodi:
am I wrong or the GS3 is made of brushed metal?
[Galaxy S III General] Brac20:
The specs on the S3 look very good. For some reason there were alot of rumours suggesting it would blow the One X out of the water, which was a bit silly since Samsung wouldn't have time to significantly change the specs by the time HTC revealed the One X.

It looks like it could be moderately faster than the One X but it is very hard to tell at such an early stage. It will only be on the most demanding games that we might see a difference. Although with alot of the main Android games getting the Tegra 3 optimisation the One X might win out despite a slower GPU.

Personally I'm not a fan of TouchWiz. I am sure there are plenty who like it. It just seems to me than Samsung are unwilling to overhaul it despite the critism it gets.

I'm not a fan of voice control to be honest. There really aren't many situations where I would want to "talk" to my phone. For the moment it screams "gimmick". I am worried the eye-tracking could fit into this catagory too, I am also worried about what effect this might have on battery life. It is an interesting idea though, even if it fails I think Samsung should be aplauded for trying something new there.

I know there was real hope for a 720p non-pentile AMOLED screen. But I guess the tech just isn't ready yet. Personally I think the pentile screen on the Galaxy Nexus is lovely, nice blacks, if a bit oversaturated. The SLCD2 screen on the One X is very very nice though.

I can see what Samsung were trying to do with the design. They wanted it to look like an evolution of the S2. Unfortunately I think this has been their biggest misstep. The phone looks average, it just doesn't compare with the One X, One S or iPhone 4s in the looks department. I know it's not the most important thing but when I spend hundreds of pounds on a new phone I want it to look nice.

A removable battery and expandable memory are nice, alot of people didn't like that they were missing on the One X.

I will say now, I own a One X. Not because I am a HTC fan boy but because I had an opportunity to get a sim-free one for less than half price. I have tried to make this post as unbiased as possible because I think Samsung have been fantastic for the Android platform, and I do really like my fiancee's Galaxy Nexus.
[Galaxy S III General] wmurphy1975:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it might just be plastic. There were rumors saying that it would be some kind of ceramic but I haven't ready anything about that.

The specs appear to be very impressive. But as I’ve said in the past it takes more than powerful specs to create a good phone. It’s all about the user experience. HTC has been my favorite Android phone manufacturer for the past few years but I may have to give this phone a try.
[Galaxy S III General] RoberGalarga:
There aren't Antutu screenshots?
[Galaxy S III General] chaki-:
Many guys were complaining about HOX and keeping hope in Samsung that will blow away HTC. And now is so hard to admit that Samsung failed to do that, they are forced to like it and say " i will buy it" just because they can't admit it is a FAIL!

I am not a fan. And have too hoped and waited for SGS3 to be my another purchase.

I don't like it. Really. A9 architecture? Oh yeah 32nm! Since couple a months Qualcomm has 28nm quadcore. Till the end of this year will be on the market in some phones.

That's what i am talking about, when it comes to preserve energy.

So i can live another couple of months, maybe 6 ( i am used since i wait for OTA ICS) to have better processor at least.......
[Galaxy S III General] Grantium:
Can someone pull Flipboard off this bad boy?
[Galaxy S III General] Tythas:
S-Voice looks pretty good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qhp_Vad7k

I'd be getting the OneX if it came with something similar to this. Although I bet that S-Voice will be hacked to the OneX sooner or later.
[Galaxy S III General] Dabarr:
Hey,

Since my old DHD is going to the craps I find it very dificult now to choose a new phone.

It will most likely go down between the S3 and HOX. Since every phone has it's advantages and disadvantages I would love to know which one will have the better and longer developer support on XDA. Are there any predictions you guys could give me? This time I want to keep the phone for a couple of years and therefore I am looking for a long-term and quality community support. (New Android versions, roms etc. )
[Galaxy S III General] mr.gibran85:
i have been using the S2 for a year now without any regrets the best phone i've used till date but i myself have been confused between the HOX & S3, i can very well exchange my s2 with the HOX for like $280 but what i am confused about is will the HOX be getting the developer support on XDA when compared to the S2.
[Galaxy S III General] abbaskip:
I'm a little concerned about the release to be honest.

To me it smells a bit of Samsung taking their position on top for granted - it was almost an Apple like release, which is something I don't like at all.

It was a huge, invite only event, separate to all the other companies as if they were above them, and for a device which is basically on an equivalent spec level to the best of the rest that's out there (the HOX).

I feel like Samsung have basically just done what they needed to to remain 'good enough', and ship millions of units. This is VERY Apple-like. As market leaders, and with a separate launch event I really expected them to blow us out of the water. The only thing that excited me was the 2100mAH battery. I would have loved to have seen the 720p screen by Super AMOLED Plus. Pentile just isn't good enough in my books. And whilst the processor looks good (and will surely be better than the One X in some areas) in other areas it's not as strong. Overall the processor seems just on-par with the One X, not "market leading". Finally, the camera - Nokia had a 12MP camera in a phone in 2010.

If Samsung want to be the industry leader, not just another Apple selling 'the brand', they would have done better.
[Galaxy S III General] mcord11758:
Compare the changes hardware and software wise from the gs2 to the gs3 then compare the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 4s. I do not think your argument holds any water what so ever. Apple put out the same exact phone except a dual core and personal assistant. There are a multitude of changes between the Samsung releases
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemotto:
Lets be honest here, every smart phone company (technology wise) is striving to become like apple since apple is currently the no. 1 smart phone company, selling more units than others (Samsung coming in 2nd). Its not surprising if Samsung is mimicking apple's movements.
[Galaxy S III General] RoberGalarga:
Quadrant & Antutu running on the SIII:

http://youtu.be/s2irpsE7n44

http://youtu.be/4yyVRrdukmI

Scores:

Quadrant: ~5241

Antutu: ~11871
[Galaxy S III General] Hybbie:
I was really looking forward to the release of his phone, as I was so sure this would be my next..

However, I dislike the design and build quality so much that I'll most likely go with the HTC One X.

Sent from HTC Sensation XL using Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] Limaspt:
Hello guys !

Im not here to make anyone mad or angry or with any kind of bad fellings, this is just my opinion and mine only.

This is just for everybody to understand the reason of the bad design, im gonna buy it the sec it will go on store, but that its just me, i find it a bit ugly, that's for sure, but the rest.... i think its a bit over the rest of the smartphones out there.

(yeah i know, im samsung fan ;) )

Check this article, and see why they had to make it look like that.... hugly :mad:

h**p:**www neowin net/forum/topic/1075075-galaxy-s3-designed-by-lawyers

(change the "**" for "tt", and put the dots, since i can´t post links yet... )

Best regards
[Galaxy S III General] Fmstrat:
I'll second this, anyone up for trying to do this so we can port to other devices?

Thanks,

B.
[Galaxy S III General] thelonite:
im no expert but

it seems that samsung thought that by releasing S3 within mere months of the S2 would improve their hold on the Android Market.

Seeing as how other Android devices adopted the samsung way of making phones. They wanted to be first, and continue to be the Next Best Thing but they increased expectations to a notch so high... they botched it.

the S3 hosts a lot of cool stuff like wireless charging and bop to pass... but most of these are just improvements on what is here right now. S3 didnt reinvent anything at all..

The sgN was a hard benchmark to crack. the sgBeam Projector was another hard benchmark to crack.

if S3 was flexi and 3d and supported a metallic/chrome finish then it would have been awesome. that would have reinvented Android to some extent.

alas.. S3 looked like a nokia with a larger screen ^^

they shouldve just rolled out ICS to all galaxy phones and GB to all other phones and improved on that...

s3 would have been great on 2013.
[Galaxy S III General] Lesicnik1:
>Within mere months.

Uh...it's almost year since the S2 came out.

Just saying...
[Galaxy S III General] david_hume:
Very ignorant remark that you have just made. Let's compare what Apple has done with their latest phone and compare it to Samsung.

Apple released the iPhone 4S and what does it look like? Exactly like the iPhone 4. Everything is almost exactly the same except for the inclusion of Siri, a better camera, and the A5 processor. After that, what do we have? Apple's latest device.

Samsung revealed the Galaxy SIII and it looks completely different from the Galaxy SII. Raising the screen size to 4.8" from the 4.3" screen that the GSII had previously. The GSIII also raised screen resolution to an HD display. Also, Samsung changed the way the GSII looks in the GSIII in both software and hardware. (And did Apple?)

Processor doesn't determine everything, but the GPU makes a huge difference in this regard. You say that the processor on the GSIII is on par with the HTC One X, but let's see this first. The One X has a 1.5ghz Tegra 3 quad core processor while the Galaxy SIII has a 1.4ghz Exynos quad core processor. The GSIII has a processor clocked to be slower than the One X, and it's still beats the One X in most benchmarks. Plus, the GSIII has a powerful GPU (if you've used a GSII, you'll know how fluid it was with operations). The HTC One X is no chump when it comes to the GPU, but ARM just seems to be better than nvidia's GPU.

You're talking about camera as well. Let me inform you that the megapixels don't make a cent of a difference unless you have a good sensor or lens. Nokia making a 12 megapixel camera back in 2010 didn't make a cent of a difference because it didn't have a good sensor or lens to utilize.

Finally, to end it all, you're talking about the display of the GSIII. Having a pentile display isn't as bad as you think if you have an HD display on the phone anyways. If the resolution was the same from the previous model, then that deserves a major criticism. *cough Apple.

If you're so disappointed with the GSIII, then don't buy it. Get something that'll satisfy your needs. -__-

All of this was my 2 cents added to the thread.
[Galaxy S III General] sun-drop:
i think the perspective of a few phone nerds like us is way out of wack with what will be the reality ...this phone will be a run away hit.

i mean to say sammy reasted and took their position for granted? wtf ,..have you guys looked beyond the pentile screen for 2 secs?

buddy cam, smart stay, S-beam .. and all the other VERy cool gesture touches are awesome ..if sammy was half decent at demoing these in the press conference there wouldn't be half the crap storm going on at mo about the phone.

if those features came from apple you'd have the press going on and on about how apple leading the way again .. :?

awesome phone, my S2 is going on sale this month
[Galaxy S III General] thelonite:
almost a year is still not a year

thus is still quantifiable by months

thus the term mere months

its like buying the sgs2 in february and

buying the sgs3 on november of the same year ^^
[Galaxy S III General] joe_donkor:
Still undecided

I still have my original Galaxy S from a couple of years back, now running the SGSICS ROM with hundreds of installed apps and it woks pretty well still. That said I am looking to replace it at the end of my contract, more because there are better deals out there now than because I cannot work with the phone. Right now choices would be the GS3 or the HOX. Is it right that the HOX is bootlocked or is that only phones for the US? Did the battery issues really get fixed with an update? I have seen the One S and liked the look and yes I do also like Sense so that is not an issue for me, but my experience with several HTC phones in the past leaves me a little apprehensive, I have had too many 'schizophrenic screen' incidents in times gone by. Removable battery and SD slot would be nice but with 16GB not essential. Views and answers equally welcome.
[Galaxy S III General] -DarkKnight-:
stock

sgs III + stock rom + overclock= amazing
[Galaxy S III General] PONKiE:
If you HAVE an SIII, how about backing up the Flipboard apk and posting it for us ? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemotto:
It's not even released for public purchase yet...

Edit: haha, just noticed your eye roll emoticon so ignore my comment :)
[Galaxy S III General] abbaskip:
Firstly, I really don't care about cosmetics, it's all about function for me.

Whilst they "raised the resolution", they raised screen size, so you'd expect more pixels, and they dropped 1/3 of the sub pixels, by going from Super Amoled Plus back to pentile Super Amoled.

I'm sure the Sammy processor is great, as is the One X, I'm just saying it didn't blow anyone out of the water.

The N8 was 12MP, with Carl Zeiss optics. It was a camera quality point and click, and still the best camera phone I've seen. Also had xenon flash. Pity about the rest of the phone.

Didn't say it was bad, said it was disappointing. And it is. It's higher resolution because I) It's bigger (which I think is possibly to big, but that's personal taste) II) It's pentile.

It has a LOWER sub pixel per inch count than the SGS2.. Now that's hardly ground breaking.

I'll most likely just wait. I'm not saying Samsung are nearly as bad as Apple yet, but they're that direction. They're getting complacent in my eyes, and have gone from trying to make the best phone, to trying to market something and rely on their name enough to continue selling. I'm concerned about the slippery slope.

Either way, it seems I'll definitely be going from a every generation updater, to an every other generation updater.

---------- Post added at 11:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:07 PM ----------

Guess the point is, people choose Android because it's not Apple. Samsung shouldn't forget that.

Just in addition to my last post, the sub pixel count, without even taking into account screen size (ie. Less dense pm bigger display) isn't even that different between SGS2 and SGS3.

480 x 3 and 720 x 2 across the screen horizontally is the same number of sub pixels. Just less dense in the 3, and in the pentile colour order.

Going down the screen is obviously a different case.
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
Samsung Galaxy s3 Benchmarked

source :android authority

srry for posting so many pictures

:confused: i think s3 has advantage in benchmarks,exyones 4212 is quite powerful than any chipsets present at the moment for smartphones,also new mali 400 is there,which would 20% less battery consumption,and main reason is that there will be more developers for s3,also i have developed quite a faith on samsung after s2,note and nexus :D

its your decesion in the end ,get whatever is better for you,and always be happy with whatever you have:)
[Galaxy S III General] winterfoxy:
in my opinion, samsung galaxy SIII is great although it could be said of the added features do not appear significant than SII, but its great
[Galaxy S III General] shchiam1978:
Hope to get one soon.
[Galaxy S III General] AlwaysDroid:
Not gonna lie, but when I first saw this I almost threw up, but it is actually starting to grow on me.I actually like it now!
[Galaxy S III General] fr33styl3r7:
The reason i would like a popular phone like this besides the powerful specs, would be for the sheer amount of devs working on it. Countless roms,kernels and customization in general...
[Galaxy S III General] paumlhp:
Some guy has posted it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25866075#post25866075

I installed and it's working like a charm, very good app.
[Galaxy S III General] Shunun:
True..

---------- Post added at 08:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 PM ----------

true..
[Galaxy S III General] :
If only they changed the design to Aluminium this would be the BEST phone > HTC!

But the plastic feel makes it seem like a toy..
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
But then it would been heavy ,expensive, overheating problems,

etc.also one x is made of same material at the back
[Galaxy S III General] bocautrang.pt:
Supper amoled on s3 vs supper amoled plus on s2. How?

http://icsforums.com
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
9 million preorders! smashes the preorder record in the world :D

i think this phone will be the winning phone of this year just like the s2 was of 2011

the specs are great!(in still waiting for the note 2 with a cortex a15 cpu;)

the design i think is great! it looks great it feels great the screen is the best i have seen(better than one x/galaxy nexus)this is an amazing phone:D:D:D:D:D
[Galaxy S III General] bajito93:
I expected more of this smartphone...
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
like what:D 2gb ram would be nice but not needed the camera is top notch the screen is the best on a smartphone................cpu is best/gpu what else?

the design is sickage
[Galaxy S III General] fitchpuckman:
read something interesting on this regard, discussing how the the larger screen would cause people to move their face further away from the phone when viewing it and help mitigate the differences and potential pixelation. i think that's a generous assumption, but have read it in a few places, nonetheless.
[Galaxy S III General] juanmoller:
HTC ONE X better than

I just got a Global (tegra3) HTC ONE X. I tried a GS3 for a month. I have to say that the software goodies of the GS3 and the extra hour of battery have nothing to do with the HTCs counterpart. OneX is better build, the screen is way better, more natural, less saturated. Everething is just a more solid experience. I rather have have my OneX with an ICS ROM that the GS3 with JB.

At the end is a mater of taste. What is your opinion?

_________________________

HTC OneX - Stock Rom - ViperX 2.7.1
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
I think s3 is better but for now nexus 4 is the best :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] maan76:
ATT IS FAMOUS IN SUPER-GLUING BLOATWARE IN OUR UNITS' ROMS WHICH SLOW THE DEVICE ,IMPAIR PERFORMANCE AND SHORTEN BATTERY LIFE.

ANY EXPERT WHO COULD ROOT CAN SHARE THE LIST OF APPS (APKS) SAFE TO REMOVE FROM STOCK AT&T ONE X ROM? AND PROBABLY THEIR FUNCTION ? ? ?

SORRY FOR THE CAPITAL LETTERS,TYPING CAPITAL L MEANS RUDE .I DONT MEAN TO BE RUDE,MY LAPTOP CAPS LOCK KEY STUCK.hahaha !

THNX
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Pirateghost:
please, for the love of pete....stop posting non-dev stuff in dev section
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Red5:
Thank you for that loud wall of text...

Thread closed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phantasybm:
Title says it all... the gs3 is basically a GN with a few very slight upgrades but I am so glad I got the GSM GN from google @ 400 without a contract than waiting for a GS3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericshmerick:
But it watches you when you sleep!