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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Well I do have a ipad3 sure it may have a lower dpi than the iPhone 4

But honestly I don't care about the Res any more (main reason I bought it) I don't see all too much of a difference between this "low res" phone and high res tab

And for the pentile screen sucks argument would be that I love the og epic and that was pentile

Plus I hear you don't really notice the annoyance unless its around Max brightness and I'm always on low

On another note I was expecting Sammy to bring their game up. I mean LG is bashing the galaxy s series

L ****ing G guys

How does the worst phone manufactorer get to do that to one of the best
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lviv73:
I have nothing against apple I just sold my imac,looking to upgrade to mac mini but hate new lion osx,so im still undecided I might just get a pc.And I used to own two iphones,yes I gave iphone 4s a chance but like amoled better.

Two things need to happen for me to get iphone:

1 bigger screen

2 amoled display

When iphone meets those specs I will gladly get one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
Fair enough. I agree completely on the screen size. 3.5" flat out sucks, The E4GT's screen was IMO the de-facto perfect-o size-o.

And yeah, Lion sucks. I can't wait for the new MBPs to come out, but I will probably try to downgrade it to Snow Leopard when I pick one up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
I dont know if this has been posted yet but the more tests that are being done the more awesome its looking....the latest from anand... read the last para

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5811/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-preview
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
Alot of those scores are on par with the Evo CPU. Hmmm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
I have an iPad 3 as well, and now when I look at the iPad 2's screen I want to gag. The difference in resolution is striking, to say the least.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yourbrotherrex:
I agree completely, and I think that the guys at Samsung think that because they sold whatever jillions of S2 phones, there's nothing wrong with the basic design factor, (because they obviously spent no time at all on the hardware design side of things) and they can just keep on cranking "the same" phone out, while just upgrading some of the innards. The only company that has proven to really be able to get away with that is Apple, but of course they have no competition for an iOS device.

With Android devices, there's tons of HUNGRY competitors who will leave you in the dust if you decide to simply stand still (yes, even LG.)

Just my 2 cents, but I know that I definitely won't be buying an SIII.

(If I were to get a new device, right now it'd have to be the HTC One X, but I think I'm probably going to just stand pat for a while...)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swamp goblin:
Impressed by the specs, although it will most likely be dumbed down here in the US. I'm guessing sprint will also change some things on it to make it unique.

I personally no longer feel the "urge" to upgrade to this device. I'm happy with my e4gt, I may hold out a little longer to see what the end of this year brings in the smartphone world.

Might even hold out to buy the iPhone 5.............. LOL I KID
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
I've run it on a 2.8ghz p4 with 2gb and it ran extremely well. Now if you are thinking Vista, then yes, it would crawl. Anyway, carry on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PinnerProxy:
Are you just looking at numbers lol? Are you some kind of stupid? The front camera can record hd now instead of ****ty vga like quality. The 8mp camera has no shutter lag and well its an upgrade from the current camera and software updates that are up to date. . . Ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yourbrotherrex:
Exactly.

Very much a "2+".
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
Hey hey now, the front camera has zero shutter lag as well :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darrien13:
I feel the same way
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] misterzeno:
I agree as well, this phone has so much potential and life left.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
After seeing the specs I see no reason to upgrade from the epic 4g touch to the galaxy siii as long as we keep getting CM9 updates for this device. I am 100% happy with my current device and I think that's the first time I could ever say that about any of the Android phones I have owned.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elvelozpotosino:
I am sure we will be using part odd that phone technology on our phone, i'm sure that some skills devs will be able to port some of those goodies to our phone, like the feature that keeps the screen on if you are reading or looking at the phone. My phone will be with me for a long while

sent from my awesome phone!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anuben:
Jus waiting ...someone have s3 and dump the stock rom for devs so they can port it to SGS2 :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] takeheart:
I'm planning on upgrading to either the S3 or the new Evo, but only because I have a second line on my account and can get annual upgrades as a result; without that I would skip this generation altogether as it's pretty underwhelming.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
We'll have to wait for the CDMA version to be leaked
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Its the same **** every time something launches

iPhone 4s:nothing new

GNex: Worst launch in the history of the world

If I hold the SGIII in my hand and like it plus get LTE in my area Im sold. I cant bring myself to get a EVO if I cant change the battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sewhuy:
How's the LG True HD IPS display compared to the new galaxy?

Sent from my HP PornPad
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] satur9ine:
My sentiments exactly. I'll save my upgrade for the next Nexus or GS4 next year. My E4GT is still a beast and development is only going to take off from here once we get kernel source.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
Well I just saw the back cover and I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the smooth, glossy finish. Yes I'd put a case on it but I still really like the pebbled back cover on my E4GT for the times I use it with the case off.

(Seriously, that's my worst complaint about a phone I have yet to touch or use)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Now I really don't know what to get with my Nexus line upgrade. Wasn't our Epic Touch the best of the S2 versions though? Maybe the S3 will be the same once it gets to us

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
I am 99% sure the US varients will look much different. They always do. The international Samsung phones always look so plain and when they reach the US market they almost always have the carriers own spin on the device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dcowboys2184:
Optimus lte has 2GB RAM... That itself got my attention
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Yes devices need to step up ram. 1 gb is not enough anymore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
I hope so cause I have 2 updates coming
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Meh I think 1gb of ram is more than enough for our devices. Android as an operating system is pretty light on the resources it uses. So even after android uses its necessary amount we still have plenty for apps and stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bubur_bewok:
Thats 2gb of rom not ram..;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
No it is ram. Not rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
You're kidding right? It's a phone, 1gb is PLENTY.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
So not true at all. Application developers have been demanding companies to install more ram. Applications are getting more and more demanding and when you have a device that is using over half of the available ram at start up there isn't much left for apps to use and that's for only one application. You can forget about multitasking
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Read above again it is no where near enough anymore. At start up half of each ram is gone in nearly all devices now because of android and the custom ui
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
I don't have the galaxy nexus on hand but here is a screen shot of the epic touch and lucid both with 1gb of ram at restart after sitting for 5 minutes. Nothing was opened but the task manager app
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Well more ram is always better but you stating that more ram is an immediate requirement is an objective opinion. Maybe the answer is better coding. Increasing hardware power isn't an excuse for poor programming. Aosp android doesn't use close to half the ram after a fresh reboot. I currently have 600mb free of ram on my epic 4g touch. I just checked.

Edit: ha your screenshot just proved my point. Not even close to half.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Thats actually very close to half you need to look again. Only 800 mb of ram is available. And on too of that only nexus devices and a few select phones run aosp. I'm talking about the other 99%
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I have an upgrade in 3 weeks. It sure will be tough trying to hold off on getting a phone on June 1st. Hopefully the official build drops to distract me because I have zero will power..lol

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ungovernable1977:
possibly they are holding back the S3 so the next nexus doesnt launch outdated... I could handle that. It would be nice if we could see this device to its full potential before half the people jump ship for the next thing. Reminds me I need to flash the old ladys OG Epic to something new... that phone is leaps and bounds better than when I handed it to her and I got this. Now if they would only drop ICS official for this baby... yeah, I said it...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
ICS's ram management works pretty well though. I mean the Nexus S still runs ICS solidly and it only has about 380mb of ram to work with. 2GB isn't "needed" yet, but it would be cool to have for multitasking purposes. For instance a web browser opened with multiple tabs, then switching to the music player to start/change songs, then opening up gmail, and then going back to the browser without waiting for it to reload the websites that it was on because the phone had to clear the ram during the task switch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Somairotevoli:
Show me a screenshot with all ram used.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chaosbelow247:
Sorry updated post with correct info on release date. :rolleyes:

*Transmitted through my Samsung Universe T 45
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Watch what this guy can do with 1g of ram

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=9S65h7cT0bo&v=9S65h7cT0bo&gl=US
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yokken:
If I open Task Manager at any given time during the day, it's probably sitting around 480MB used. If I clear it I can get it down to 350MB. I don't do this except before benchmarks and speed tests. I have no problem with 1GB of RAM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Ha wow I guess my math is bad... You must not know much about how your phone works. 200 of that 1gb is reserved for the OS. You have almost 500 free. That's half last time I checked. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
How do you figure 500? The first ss is the lg lucid and that's a mid range device. The second is epic touch running fd26 stock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
I agree but if ours doesn't have the exynos processor or the Mali 400 I will skip buying it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
I bet it will. Also did you see the mali400 performance? It blows away every other gpu with this quad core processor
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
Aren't we already on the mali-400 GPU?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Somairotevoli:
Still plenty left
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
With a quicker main camera, better front camera, and ics, I couldn't care less about. To me, those aren't major enough "improvements" to justify getting one. I'm not a iPhone fan, even though I had a 4s for a couple months, but when apple upgraded the CPU/gpu, put a slightly larger capacity battery, upgraded the camera sensor for higher resolution and low light sensitivity, to me, that was something to consider over the iPhone 4. With the camera, a coworker had a 4 and we both took picture of same thing at night and the difference was obvious with the 4s in a no flash situation. I just took a no flash picture in low light with the night setting with my e4gt, then looked at the picture's technical info. It was a f2.6 shot. The g3, in a post a while back in this thread, said their pic was a f2.65.

To me, the camera performance is something I look at. That's one of the things I miss with the 4s, its camera/camcorder. I did a side by side comparison between the 4s and e4gt with the camera indoors. It was a tough call sometimes. The e4gt produced better results sometimes, but it couldn't beat the 4s in low light no flash and no visible camera shake. Apple just had that damned phone locked down too much for me.

Something with the 4s I found completely unacceptable was its lack of ability to pair via bluetooth with anything android (for file transfers). According to some devs, apple's API/sdk wouldn't allow it or they wouldn't allow deep enough access to the hardware to write an app that could do it. I digress as usual.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
Stop lying
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Yes that is what is the most surprising of all. The gpu has gotten nearly double the performance boost with the quad core cpu
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Somairotevoli:
Seriously show me all ram consumed and I'll eat crow
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
Eat a crow first then I'll show you all ram consumed. Lol

Seriously tho, more ram would be ideal. Would allow for a truer multitasking. On a next gen device, that would be nice to have.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
You can't really "max" out the ram because of how android, and especially how ICS works. Obviously because of support older devices, no single android app can take out all the memory in our devices. If we start running out of ram, the os would just shut down background apps and reload them when we switch back to them.

More ram of course would always be prefered if it was available, since having more ram just means less background apps would have to close and thus multitasking would be even better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
You didnt watch the video I posted did you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Christ, do you have like 80 programs installed or something? WTH
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tommydaniel:
It's clocked higher too, that helps with the performance boost.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Somairotevoli:
Ha, not my screenshot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
You guys should look at software too.. =P

Software changes, for those who dive into specs and don't think about software:

New S Voice Speech Software - which brings many things (don't hate) that siri brought, but better, to the Galaxy series which can be activated from a sleep state simply by speaking to your device. No buttons involved, at all.

Missed notifications are given to you again once you pick up the device, should you miss the notification.

Social tag - automatic facial recognition in photos to tag and link people with contacts at point of shoot.

0 shutter lag on camera with about 3 pics per second

Photo bursts with automatic selection of the best possible picture

NFC/S beam

Picture in picture video while multitasking. Love this.

Completely new interactive, informational lockscreen

Super AMOLED HD

Wifi channel bonding

Bluetooth 4.0

Direct phone calls from reading, responding to messages

Completely revamped touchwiz resembling more of what ICS has to offer

And these are just to name a few. I understand that specs are important in a phone. And if this thing shipped in the US with an a15 chip I'd take it over the quad core exynos anyway. But samsung fans, you can't say all these and more are not welcomed features to an already great lineup of devices.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
I really want all those features sound amazing. I want them with a exynos and mali 400 gpu tho! But ill wait till the sgs3 with s4 chip reviews come in this summer then decide!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
By mentioning "downgrading" to a dual core you are implying that quad core is superior. I believe that is where the arguments came from..

We still don't know what processor the GS3 will get in the us. Will it be a s4, will it be a dual core a15? Who knows.

What I DO know is that a dual core a15 will take a quad core what-have-you for a walk in the park.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Daddy43205:
like i said not much of an upgrade....most of this stuff they call an upgrade can be ported over to the galaxy s2 which is why this is more of and galaxy s2.5 and not 3 the equivalent of the iphone 4s
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tommydaniel:
The front camera is also BSI where the one is the GS2 is not. The rear 8MP camera is a new sensor that hasn't been announced or made available publicly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
im stoked for these new software features
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sewhuy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-Z3_f3WCE

Sure hope the US variants of the S3 comes with a better display.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] limeaid:
I'd say there is about a zero percent chance of ghat happening. The processor will change. And maybe some minor tweaks to for factor will be made. Bit the screen technology will remain the same
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
Yeah it sounds good when you put it like that. Regardless I'm gonna get it and I'm sure I'll love it. I was a software man first, before hardware (Computer tech)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_exactly:
One thing that people think is great I think is a waste. The NFC. Yes, it will be great. No more pulling out the wallet, no more cumbersome file transfer, and a quick way to share contacts. But, 99% of businesses dont have it yet and the ones who do dont know how to use it. Plus, it is all very proprietary. Like it or not, most people dont have a nfc capable phone. Plus, when apple or blackberry gets it what makes anyone think it will be standardized. So, at this point it really is just a gimmick.

The next three upgrades, the processor, lte, and screen, are nothing to jump off a cliff over either. For starters, ICS isn't optimized for a quad core processor. If you dont believe me google it. Second, there is no apps on the market that requires it. It is like owning a mustang and living in the Amazon. It might be fast and impressive but you wont be going 100 mph any time soon. Your just wasting gas.

The lte is the only thing I think is great. I live in KC and we are one of the first cities to have it. But, just like wimax, if you leave the city it goes too. And, i never need it anyways. I have wifi at work and home.

The screen is awesome. Maybe my eyes are going bad but the pixels on the sgs2 arent bothering me. So, it is a mute point too. Why bother watching something on a 5 inch screen in 720 when I can watch it on my 52" in 1080?

I think the phone is a step forward but only a half. Similar to the 3g and 3gs, then the 4 and 4s, or the Nexus One and Nexus S. You really dont see improvement unless you skip a generation. Imagine if after the Nexus One we got the Nexus Galaxy.....

So, that is my take. Comparing this phone to that isnt much. I am betting the next SgS4 would blow your mind if you compared to this phone. Just like the Iphone 5 will in a few months.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
agreed fully. Its an upgrade but not like the s2 was to the OG evo. Im more interested in all the new software enhancements. Even though they may get ported to other phones also
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tommydaniel:
Here's a size comparison next to the Epic Touch I made.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kawaski47:
Wow this makes me want the Evo LTE for sure
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
Upon further review of all the materials available (again, withholding final judgement until I've held the phone in my hand) I think I'd really just like all the software upgrades ported to my E4GT and skip the hardware upgrade at this time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Becoming:
Why? It was comparing the Galaxy Nexus display to the new mystery LG display.

Being the Galaxy S3 display is improved in some ways from the Nexus, and we don't have any idea what the LG display really looks like side to side with either the GS3 or the new Evo...

Your assumptions confuse me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
But isn't us version going to come with dual core s4? Man I'm confused as hell if I wanna get it or not. I just wish our epic had a HD screen I would keep this phone for years!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] guyver2077:
The only thing that really peaks my interest is the larger stock battery..

The camera on the evo though is calling for me...that and i kinda miss sense..dunno why but tw and stock are just boring the hell outa me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sewhuy:
http://www.oled-display.net/liti-la...ess-suggest-high-resolution-oleds-in-q2-2012/

This is what I'm hoping Samsung will come out with in the near future. "HD Super Amoled Plus"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kawaski47:
Ya I guess both the evo LTE and the S3 have slightly different screens. Ill definitely want to see the comparison of the devices mentioned when they are fully reviewed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
Couldn't we port most of these to the e4gt?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Depends how many features rely on hardware. Will the shutter lag, burst shooting, sensor additions rely on the camera and sensor hardware? Maybe. Or the sensor that captures eye motion to make sure the screen doesn't dim while you're looking at the device? That might as well be new sensor hardware backed by software.

The NFC/Beam certainly will rely on hardware, obviously.

Some of those are indeed software which can be ported, but we won't know just how much of it will truly perform the way it was intended to until we have a look at the software. The touchwiz interface, the new applications, voice enhancements, etc will all likely be able to be ported. However, thinking EVO running sense 3.0, will the dual core exynos handle it? Yes the EVO could handle sense 3.0+, but tbh, it wasn't the most fluid experience. The lack of upgraded RAM to run whats being pushed out is a good thing for us, however.

But still, a 1280x720 display. HD ffc. Excellent storage options. Wireless charging. Bluetooth 4.0. Wireless channel bonding. And what I feel is an excellent looking device (as long as US doesn't spoil it) I think its definitely a buy IMO
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I will bet that using an extended life battery will lose the ability for wireless charging. Another feature, that I like and consider helpful/important is a notification led. The g3 doesn't have one? I wish Samsung would make one with a multi color led like the original nexus. Different colors for different notifications.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Becoming:
It does have a notification light...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
If I get it, it'll mainly be for the wireless charging.. ide like to play around with that
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jtsv:
Since my phone is still on 1.5 yrs of contract I certainly hope a lot of it can be ported so this phone will last until time to get a new one. Really like the Note but enjoying my epic 4g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
I'm not sure there's a way to 'port', the wireless charging.. Maybe if the batteries the same size we could use it lol. Ide keep the epic 4g for a very long time then.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
Red green and blue notification hats it from what ive red.. My mothers og EVO has freaking orange green violter cyan. A lot. .. ide love that =/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Becoming:
I just want it to blink at me when I miss something. I don't need it to project a bowl of Lucky Charms at me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
That's a hardware thing and I highly doubt it will work and fit on other phones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/iphone-4s-vs-galaxy-s3_n_1477703.html?ref=technology

Interesting comparison.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
Thats depressing :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Wait it did have the wireless charging ?!