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[Galaxy S III General] disclaimernotice:
I agree that the S3 was quite a letdown, but not for those reasons. Pentile screen isn't that bad. The Nexus looks pretty good next to the S2. Plastic is the best material for phones as it is both light and doesn't interfere with signals. Besides, only girls would care about how a phone looks.

Now, why I think the S3 is a letdown is this:

The only ways to improve the S2 were with a bigger screen, a quad core CPU, better gpu and more ram. Sadly, the S3 only has 2 of these improvements. ICS is a ram hogger (I know it manages ram better, but it has a higher basal level of ram usage) and we all know that ram is the cause of lags on high end androids so I won't explain this point. Instead of giving us more ram and a better gpu, Samsung chooses to give SOFTWARE features that we will hardly use. Who would use the eye tracker to supposedly save battery when keeping the camera on all the time would consume so much battery. I'd rather disable that feature and turn the screen off and on when I need to. As for S voice, it won't be reliable, just like other voice assistants, including Siri. After all, there won't be a reliable voice assistant until real AI, capable of UNDERSTANDING human speech is invented. Until then, voice commands on phones are just gimmicky and for fun. Besides, even if we wanted these features, they would soon be ported to other phones like the S2. Hence, there's no reason to buy the S3 if you already own a dual core phone. But it might still be worth upgrading from an S1 to the S3.
[Galaxy S III General] chefnoob:
This is to date, the best thread I have subscribed to.

I find it hilarious that some of you guys fight over who has the best phone.

IMO, it all falls down on WHAT YOU REALLY NEED.

Samsung phones are fast, I give you that. They update their hardware better than any other brands out there. However, how fast do we really need to get? Take for example the quad core that the SGS3 has. Theoretically, it is better than dual or single core...but how many programs actually use that feature? Devs haven't even begun taking advantage of dual cores and pushing its full potential. True, the SGS3 is one ugly phone compared to its older siblings, but if you're okay with that then it wont really matter.

-IF YOU WANT A RIDICULOUSLY FAST PHONE FOR SOME REASON, THEN THIS PHONE IS FOR YOU.

HTC...well.

I really cant comment on HTC simply because...I haven't experienced using one. As a matter of fact, I dont even know what category they're good at.

Sony/Sony Ericsson on the other hand, is not that gifted (hardware-wise) as compared to samsung. Their updates takes ages to arrive and their firmware development is not that sharp either. (I'm still on GB simply for that reason). My 2011 phone still has single core and 512MB of ram, which is not that bad - but its not top-end. Their 2012 phone only have 1.5ghz dual core and 1GB of RAM.They do pack a really good camera though. Its does not only have high MP ratio but the quality is good also. My brother has the SII and even he is envious of my camera - and I my phone doesn't even have the top-end camera(just 5MP).FYI, The new 2012 Xperia has 12 MP built into it!

Even the flash is just right.(Try taking a picture of someone with an S2 in a dark room. The flash is so bright that he'll get a migraine with just one shot.

I myself travel a lot so I do need a good camera handy, which is why I prefer to stick with Sony.

IF YOU WANT A GOOD PHONE WITH A TOP QUALITY CAMERA BUILT INTO IT, THEN GO WITH SONY.

As for the Iphone, we'll I think their best asset would be...SCROLLING...and they're really good at it!

IF YOU WANT TO BUY A SMART PHONE SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO SCROLL ON THE APP MENU, THEN THIS PHONE IS FOR YOU.LOL!

Just to add:

IF ALL THIS TECH STUFF BOGGLES YOU AND YOU JUST NEED A PHONE TO CALL AND TEXT PEOPLE, THEN FORGET ABOUT THESE PHONE AND GET YOURSELF A NOKIA!
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
as compared to HOX

SAMSUNG - Superior R&D, Superior sound, Superior video, Superior hardware, no build quality issues that plague the HOX, [Subjective - Better looks, the most beautiful phone ever designed]

I understand a htc fanboy coming here to chat but lets keep things factual eh? stop trolling.

When one of their Threads start with the words "I struggled to buy a defect-less One X unit" There's a problem there.
[Galaxy S III General] BarryH_GEG:
When you aren't winning the debate, change the topic. Let's be realistic, the SGS3's really an evolution of the both the SGS2 and GN. The most outstanding difference is it has a next gen SoC which it needs to be competitive with phones releasing with Teg3 and S4. The display's nothing we haven't seen before, it has a 8MP camera which might be somewhat improved, the audio's never mentioned so I wouldn't expect something that's vastly improved, and the battery's bigger but we don't know if that's a gain because of all the overhead it'll be carrying. So what's left?

You give names to random features like referring to putting the phone to your ear in the middle of a text as "Direct Dial." You say things like the phone "understands you." You make references to the earth and organic shapes and name your colors after rocks. And then you wrap it all in a marketing campaign that says the phone's "for humans."

Via marketing and not upgrades, they're positioning an evolutionary phone as revolutionary. I think people that see through that are the one’s that are feeling disappointed.

It'll be a fantastic phone and the bigger display, faster CPU, and more capable GPU make it competitive with other next-gen phones that'll be out this year. But it doesn’t raise the bar to the degree people expected or Samsung’s capable. Samsung will sell gillions so while it may not have been their best effort does it even matter?
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
We can't get much better specs every year. I think Samsung did a fantastic job. For example if we had quad core A15, what should they do next year? The CPU/ GPU is more than enough power that all of us need. The look of the GS3? Not as beautiful as the one x but still looks very good in my opinion in fact, I like it better everyday.

The phone looks super fluid, has removable battery and memory expansion, very thin, large screen ( yes pentile but I own a nexus and i cannot notice it at all), lots of new features too. I don't know what people exactly wanted them to do. Ok if you don't like the design or screen I can understand ( not your in particular I'm speaking in general) but to say its a disappointment is ridiculous. Phil at android central, guys at adantech all said that at first they were underwhelmed by the phone but when they got to play with it things quickly changed. Imagine the things this thing can do with its quad core exynos processor. It is future proof and it is gonna kick some serious booty. And by the way I think apple tactics are great.
[Galaxy S III General] don2012:
I was expecting )

1-ultra amoled hd 3d display

2- near 2gb ram because many games and apps is future will require more and more ram.

3-better shape design.

4-well camera has been improved even it is 8mp.

5-hd resolution ......

Others were fulfilled basically the software features are awesome but design and shape is pathetic and as for hardware nothing is new or special I believe it depends what people expected from then .....

Ok wait WORST PART#### Samsung galaxy s3 featuring exynos is bad As sense 2.1/30.3.5/4.0.+

Would never be ported As it will be impossible reason - exynos chip does not support sense we would need to remake the ui ....

I will stick to S2!!!

And as for S4 next year there will be multi core processors like 6-8core !

Sent from my GT-I9100 Powered by sense 4.0 pre-alpha by don2012!
[Galaxy S III General] eksasol:
(in Lil' Jon voice) WHAT?

I really can't find any info on why Sense won't work on Exynos chip. The other two are a bit ridiculous expectation for now, especially Samsung said they aren't making 3D phones for the immediate future.
[Galaxy S III General] BarryH_GEG:
Drinking the Koolaid are we? I bought one of the literal first SGS2's available in the UK. I own a 3G UK G-Tab 10.1. And now I own a One X. I'm no fanboy to any manufacturer. You want to compare launch issues? When the SGS2 was launched the first couple of months of runs had: fingerprints on the inside of the display, wide swings in color temperature, USB ports that pushed up in to the phone, units that shut down from overheating, light showing through the edge of the bezel, and wireless that was pitiful until two updates were pushed out. All went away and it went on to break sales records. Speaking of Samsung launches, the GN's launch wasn't exactly a walk in the park either. There's nothing to indicate the One X issues aren't just typical launch stuff that every device experiences. And as complicated as the SGS3 is, and being the first device to use a new SoC, your naive if you don't think the front page of this forum is going to light up like a Christmas tree once it's released.

I got the One X thinking I'd get more for my SGS2 by selling it before the SGS3 hit the streets. It was always my intention to get a SGS3. Like some others (who don't strike me as fanboys either) have pointed out, Samsung, a former A student, brought home a B. They would have been better off naming the phone the SGS2+ because that's closer to what it is. The design's passable but far from ground breaking. And not even trying to blend the sensors and lenses that are all over it in to the design leaves it looking awkward. The display should have at least been SAMOLED HD+. If they can build retina displays for Apple without resorting to PenTile why not for themselves? I'm going to keep my order for the SGS3 hoping it impresses more in person than what I've seen so far. But HTC's done a terrific job with the One X, especially the display and design. More than likely, it won't be the one that ends up on eBay.
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
@Barry

im really happy for you, i really am. that's the beauty of android is you get to choose. but i can't lie about the mistake htc is making on their new one x. have you even checked their forum section? it's full of some real problems and issues.

at this point, I don't own either one x or gs3 but after adding up the facts, s3 is a better phone. heres my post that sums it up NUFF SAID
[Galaxy S III General] BarryH_GEG:
Of course I have, I'm very active there. The biggest issue is related to Teg3 graphics and it's affecting a lot of phones. Nvidia (not HTC) is supposed to push out an update next week. The rest of the issues are what I consider typical early run QC, just like the SGS2 and GN experienced.

There are no facts. The SGS3's the reviewers have had very little unsupervised time with are all pre-production units. Anything we know is from their cursory reviews and a slew of Samsung marketing materials. Once it's in the hands of customers we'll have "facts" and can judge how well it all holds together.
[Galaxy S III General] Jeshter2000:
Well i was there in London and my first reaction was is this it. But then I could hold it in my hands and I have to say, you only can judge it when you had t your hands. It is like you can`t judge a book by its cover right. I think sammy has did a real nice job espacially the blue one is sooooo nice, with its kinde metalic finish. Specs I will not start over cause it is a done deal.

An TW made a huge step forward to keep it close to ICS itself. Some of you are complaining about TW, those boys want stock ICS, but lets face it it will never happen. And Sammy just did a good job to even please those guys to keep it as stock as possible. I can Know Ive seen it.
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
moved
[Galaxy S III General] XDA mark:
Damn I read the first five pages and was mentally destroyed.. I just couldn't' read any more silly posts.

IT'S ALL PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

For me it's the S3. And I'm not even going to give arguments.

Oh, and people using this argument against the S3:

-S3 has pentile

Should go away. People have no idea what Pentile is. Like some reviews of the S3 say, it's a huge difference if you are coming from an WVGA S2, you will go "wow". And this is what matters. Nuff said.
[Galaxy S III General] SOS38:
I sat their like Galaxy Note screen. I'm so sad and looked at it downwardly. Then later after i got home and had time to sit and look past that screen i went - why wouldn't you use it?. They made it only last year, and they can't go around creating new screen tech every 6 months just to please us. I'm sure next year S4 will have the plus with some small upgrades along side it. But that's later on.

Past all that i felt the phone was fine, but thought you need to be dam good to move out of the huge shadow the S2 created for Samsung last year. Did they with physical size lol?.

It's got to tick most if not all of the boxes. More power, more gaming power. More tech and smarter tech. If you like the larger screen you got it. If you like HD screens you got it.

But A15 isn't in town yet so the A9 will do very well. And lets be honest quad core is around to stay for now. So honestly not much more thay could have done really. And that's evident with their nature see feel thing they made into the UI. Also the accessories list look good another job to try and satisfy the user.

---------- Post added at 08:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 AM ----------

On the pentile side. After i did stop crying about it i learnt something brilliant. Unless you have a magnifying glass that zooms in 200x you will never ever see any difference with anything else on the market. It's truly a brilliant screen to look at and people like i am slightly are afraid of the word pentile!. I'm getting over it by looking more into it to understand it more, and so far from reading about it and reviews not many if any have a real issue with it.
[Galaxy S III General] dhiral.v:
At least the S3 has a removable battery and SD Card slot, for me that makes it better than the ONE X.
[Galaxy S III General] Maliacrete:
I think most of us was waiting for a "look no further" phone from Samsung and although they may have reached their Tech possibilities by delivering this phone, a lot of us are thinking "it could have been better". A friend above mentions the fact we need to hold the phone on our hands which is in my opinion the most important thing before the specs. So lets do this and then come back to argue.

I own a GN and after the 4.0.4 update I am more than happy with it and although specs wise it may not be the ferrari under the phones, it takes me easily wherever I want to go.

PS: LG was waiting the SGIII announcement to release their 2GB Ram phone?
[Galaxy S III General] ph00ny:
If you check any of the subforums, they're usually littered with issues. It's just the nature of these forums.

It's like people come in here and say that Device A is a junk because it has issues 1,2 and 3. However, if you take device B or C and google those same issues 1,2 and 3, you will most likely find the same issues in those products
[Galaxy S III General] harise100:
In the S2 forum everybody was complaining TW4 isn't looking like ICS.

Sense 4.0 to me looks like as far away from ICS as you can go. If you take away the animated widgets, you have a GoLauncher clone with a cheap icon pack.

Looking at the Recent Apps, Sense has a nice looking carousel. New TW has the "boring" standard list, but a "close all" and "taskmanager" button which is a million times more useful then some eye candy.

Indeed, HTC steals the show with CHEAP TRICKS!
[Galaxy S III General] rovex:
The S3 is just so ugly! Its not the shape so much, although it is bland and dull, its the colours. I hate all-white phones. If the front was black and the back white it would be fine. The blue is positively disgusting.

The S3 wins everything but the looks, but it loses that so badly i think it loses the battle completely.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
if you dont like the design(so as the few others) it dosent mean that it loses the battle! Read the feedback all over the net and most of the people indeed like the design!! ITs only the people from XDA and HOX fan boys keep on discussing the same thing again and again in various threads.

People simply cant digest the fact s3 is superior to their newly bought smartphones
[Galaxy S III General] robbiekhan:
Post #108 needs adding the Audio processor on the GS3 which is the Wolfson DAC :)
[Galaxy S III General] mrcgibb:
my one x will be going back to the supplier for the 3rd time , first 2 handsets bad bad flicker issue , this latest one has orange dots on light backbrounds , enough is enough .

i found the one x to be a good phone but screen flexing and amazingling stuttery hd video and the ui stutter at points as well ....

This is the reason i am going to the S3 HTC has had 3 chances at my cash and 3 times they failed to deliver
[Galaxy S III General] pork salad:
Not to derail the thread but - HTC has some kind of quality control issue when a new phone first launches; they rush phones to market. I'm on my 4th Evo 3D, the first 3 failed for various reasons within the first two weeks. However the 4th phone has been solid since. If I was to buy another HTC I'd probably wait a month or so after launch.
[Galaxy S III General] :
It's already there mate.

cheers!
[Galaxy S III General] niiiick:
does that say Penta-Band HSPA+? if so, will t-mobile be compatible with the international exynos sgs3?
[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
To be fair I would be a bit miffed, if I had just signed up to 2year deal to find that something better came out not long after. In fact it happened to me last time, got my Dhd only to find the SgsII came out a few weeks later I was a bit gutted.
[Galaxy S III General] Arsaw:
To me, both S3 and One X have the best processor, screen resolution, camera, UI and designed in the market. No point in comparing these two phones. I'm going for S3 for sure simply because One X is too similar to Iphone which has non removable battery and no sd card slot. The whole idea of non removable battery and no sd card slot is very bad for consumers who need more flexibility and freedom on how they use their phone.
[Galaxy S III General] duoxx:
Sealed in battery means that if the phone hangs, you can only pray that the power button shuts down the phone.

A removable battery - just take it out and start the phone afresh.
[Galaxy S III General] SimonTS:
At the end of the day that is the key reason for me as well. 16Gb on-board for the S3 is plenty for me - that can hold my apps, ringtones, photos, even my DropBox sync folders. The 32Gb SD-Card can hold all my music and videos so I can just plug it into my PC and upload them - keep everything organised and tidy.
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
Thank you for your coherent comparison; good to see there are some people who actually inform themselves from proper sources instead of eating up the BS from some news sites. Until now the most unbiased post yet.
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
This is the hard truth and hoax owners cant accept it. Go to their forum section. Its full of people in denial its sad. The hoax has some serious build issues. Thats all there is to it.
[Galaxy S III General] BarryH_GEG:
You guys are so funny. Do you honestly think the SGS3 isn't going to have launch issues too? Every phone released over the past year has. I'm getting a SGS3 so I'll be on the forum. Let's circle back about a week after it's in peoples hand and continue this discussion and based on what's on the front page can decide who's in "denial." Something tells me a lot of you are the type that post “my phone’s perfect; it must be you” in response to every negative thread. I never said the One X doesn’t have issues; only that the majority aren’t any different than what phones typically experience at launch.

Right now you're comparing a theoretical device to one that's in production. It would be fantastic if the SGS3 is the first faultless phone released; it raises the bar for others. But I don't think Samsung didn't put their best effort in the GN and it had more than its fair share of launch challenges.

And to whoever mentioned the lack of an SD card and non-removable battery as weaknesses of the One X you're right. The SD card less so because of the 32GB of storage. But the non-removable battery and just average battery life don't make it a phone for power users.
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
So now you're coming at us with that "yours is gonna have problems too" approach. well good, there's some progress now with you accepting the hoax. At least you're not in denail.

And BTW, SGS 3 for the most part is not theoretical. Many of it's tech features such as screen and body material has been proven over and over again. Sammy makes their own chips and does well cooperating it with their software unlike the Hoax. And the FACT is Sammy has SUPERIOR R&D compared to HTC.. what do you expect right? But wait, it's not too late... You have 30 days ^_^
[Galaxy S III General] tbong777:
Bottoline.

HTC is looking and acting more like iPhone every day. Permanent battery.... no SD card slot . Only have to wait for now is "TC" Tunes.lol .

And yeah I'm a Samsung fanboy since the Captivate Before that I was in Nokia fanboy for years . Nothing wrong with appreciating a device builder until they disappoint. That's not to say there will not be some disappointment or issues on some levels after it's been beta tested by thousands of people. Most devices have glitches that can only realized after mass usage. The Captivate ended up being a great phone. WARTS and especially with that Wolfson DAC...

So far Samsung has stayed on track in my book and the idea to make a lawyer designed Phone is pure genius. Apple has been legally castrated.
[Galaxy S III General] bubigrega:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one-x/171674-galaxy-siii-one-x-camera-shots-comparison.html

Much better camera on HOX...
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
Nice Samsung Sensor there bud ;)

why don't you mention video as well?

Quoting RD NEST

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[Galaxy S III General] Gene_Bailey:
I was about to post the same thing when I saw that you had already done so :-)

Sent from a heavily customized HTC Shooter using Tapatalk 2. Favorite ROMS? CyanogenMOD, Warm 2.3 and MIUI. Go ahead, hate on MIUI, its all about options. Writer for Landofdroid.com and Android Enthusiast Extraordinaire :-P
[Galaxy S III General] :
Frankly, I am not sure. Why don't you ping Brian Klug on Twitter? He may be able to tell you better.

EDIT: Google search hardly shows any info on XMM6262. Intel product page does not have any 6262. There is one 6260, maybe a variant of that family. Better ask someone with more knowledge about this.
[Galaxy S III General] kurolife:
If you want to copy some benchmarks from a website (anandtech in this case) at least have the honesty to copy all the benchmarks and don't be selective, this makes your whole comment lose credibility.
[Galaxy S III General] stirkac:
My samsung against HTC history:

-Omnia vs Diamond. I went Omnia for 5mp camera and regret it-it had pink spots. htc also had much wider support from xda, openGL games, Omnia had modaco.

-Omnia II vs Diamond2. Went diamond because camera was now 5mp. I wish I waited longer with previous phone, both seem waste of money in retrospect.

-HD2 vs Galaxy S- I used both for quite a long time. HD2 was a beast. Then HTC f* us for winmo7 so I traded for SGS - was cheap plastic that rattles and it did not have torch. Hated it, did not want to spend on GS2 and bought sony Xperia Arc. I still have it.

-One X vs SGS3 - I work a lot with design of all sorts and I see Samsung went FULLY ASIAN on sgs3. FREAKING WATER? It made me wanna piss 3x during London launch event!!! FUUUUUUU:mad:

If not anything else, I will go for HTC because i don't want to spend 500euro for something that is UGLY at first sight. Yes there is better performance with samsung as it always was, but HOX is no slouch either IMO..
[Galaxy S III General] Chicken Nugget(s):
Fanboys will be fanboys :rolleyes: he forgot to mention tegra3 has optimised/exclusive games too, and judged that S3 has a better camera than S2 from a few close up pictures in a poorly lit environment.