[Galaxy S III General] TheUnkn0wn:
Ok, lets get a few things into perspective. I've read a lot of negative posts about this phone so lets go into a more technical analysis on the matter.

CPU : Exynos 4 Quad Core (1.4GHz)

For some reason people seem to think 1.4GHz vs the Tegra 3's 1.5GHz makes the Tegra a faster processor. Not true. Yes, the Tegra has a higher clock speed but performance wise the Exynos 4 at 1.4GHz can out perform it (due to its design). Also, people seem to think the A15 architecture would make a major difference. The A15 architecture was designed to increase power efficiency which is something the Exynos 4 has done by decreasing its dye from 45nm to 32nm (from SII to SIII) and with its nice 2100mAh battery I'm sure you will have all the battery power you need. (since it can be removed I'm sure you will be able to upgrade the battery in the future, something you cannot do with the HTC One X)

Design

What's wrong with plastic? Although you may think plastic is "cheap" it may very well help increase your phones durability since plastic is flexible. Drop a plastic phone on the floor and you will be left with minor scratches, drop a metal and glass phone on the floor and you will be left with a malformed frame, shattered glass and internal damage from the shock not being absorbed. I would also like to know what's wrong with curves? A curved design will fit snug in your hand. As for the colour schemes, I guess they can be left for discussion. Although the pebble blue looks more black than anything.

I quite like its sleek design.

P.S : Watch this before you judge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzDwxpFgoDg

Screen

HD Super AMOLED is only possible on pentile displays due to the major resolution change. If the SIII was to have a Super AMOLED+ display it would not be able to brag about its 720p display since at HD resolutions a Plus display is not possible. Super AMOLED+ offers improved detail, but at 720p that detail gain would be practically none because of the extreme pixel density which basically means the HD Super AMOLED displays are far superior than the Super AMOLED Plus Displays.

What is the point in pentile displays?

PenTile RGBG layout uses green pixels interleaved with alternating red and blue pixels. The human eye is most sensitive to green, especially for high resolution luminance information. Thus the RG-BG scheme creates a color display with one third fewer subpixels than a traditional RGB-RGB scheme but with the same measured luminance display resolution (which means your eyes will notice no difference from a AMOLED+ RGB display to a AMOLED RGBG display

at the same resolution

).

Camera

Why are people complaining about it being 8MP instead of 12MP, the 8MP pictures it takes can be as good if not better than a 12MP image taken from another device. Why? Mega-pixel is the resolution of the image. A crisp 8MP image would look far better than a grainy 12MP image, the actual quality of the image depends on the CCD and I'm pretty sure that would of been upgraded since the SII.

RAM

Oh please... when will you ever use 1GB of RAM...

So lets compare this to the HTC One X (I honestly have nothing against this phone, but I'm just going to be comparing specifications)

CPU : 1.5GHz Tegra 3 vs 1.4GHz Exynos 4

They are both quad-cores so should both be able to run multi-threaded processes very well compared to dual-cores. The Tegra 3 does have its extra core for idling (when its not doing anything) to save battery life although I do feel this would be a bit pointless if the Exynos 4 can just under-clock itself to save battery when idling, this also gives it the ability to still use all four cores for multi-threading even when idling. As for over-clock ability I feel the 40nm Tegra wont clock as well as the 32nm Exynos, a smaller dye will mean less heat which will result it more stable clock speeds. But I guess we will have to wait and see. From my point of view the Exynos wins this.

[U][B]Galaxy SIII - AnTuTu Benchmark Score[/B][/U]
[B]Score : 11901[/B]
RAM : 3431
CPU Integer : 3999
CPU Float : 3053
2D Graphics : 297
3D Graphics : 1245
Database IO : 550
SD Write : 13.0 MB/s
SD Read : 42.8 MB/s
CPU Frequency : 1400MHz

[B][U]HTC One X - AnTuTu Benchmark Score[/U][/B]
[B]Score : 10539[/B]
RAM : 2169
CPU Integer : 3439
CPU Float : 2543
2D Graphics : 289
3D Graphics : 1209
Database IO : 545
SD Write : 23.8 MB/s
SD Read : 34.3 MB/s
CPU Frequency : 1500MHz

Screen : HD LCD vs HD Super AMOLED

Although they are both at the same resolution the AMOLED screen should be able to out perform the HD LCD screen with its contrast of blacks and whites. The HD LCD screen also needs a back-light to be viewed whereas the AMOLED screen emits its own light which will give it a more natural look and better viewing angles compared to the HD LCD.

[U][B]HD LCD[/B][/U]
[U]Pros[/U]
- HD Resolution with the RGB stripe array
- Overall less power consumption

[U]Cons[/U]
- Uses a back-light
- Blacks are not true black

[U][B]HD Super AMOLED[/B][/U]
[U]Pros[/U]
- HD Resolution
- Vibrant colours
- Blacks are true blacks
- No back-light

[U]Cons[/U]
- Pentile array (not as sharp as RGB stripe array)
- Overall more power consumption

Although the pentile array means images are not as sharp as the RGB stripe array; at HD resolutions its seriously not noticeable and as for power consumption the HD Super AMOLED screen actually uses dramatically less power when it comes to displaying blacks.

That's about it. So what you have there is a durable phone with the best screen, camera and processor currently available.