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[Galaxy S III General] xdboyxd:
i bought a white one :) and i love it :D

currently i have the CheckROM EvoHD™ V1.5
[Galaxy S III General] docsamsom:
Performance difference between US and UK phones?

Hi,

I understand that the US version of the phone has 2 GB RAM with dual-core processor as opposed to 1 GB RAM and quad-core for the UK version.

Are there any significant performance issues with the reduction of RAM in the UK versions?

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] angler:
Yes. You may press the home button or the power button to turn on the S3. You may choose face unlock or pin unlock after turning on the S3.
[Galaxy S III General] gerald7:
didnt know there was a thread for this haha!

I just posted my thoughts on my 'new' SGS3 Marble white. on my blog http://bit.ly/QiAY9C.

Actually I have been using it since 1st of June till now. Loving everyday with it. A well worth upgrade from my aging GT-i9000. I thought it looked awesome from the photos.. even better than expected when I held it in my hands. comparing the SGS and SGS3 I was surprise how small the SGS it felt when I was taking photos of the phones last nite. :laugh: Best device ever!
[Galaxy S III General] Trunkam:
after a 10 days usage my comment are that samsung could have done the perfect phone because :

battery usage is simply great, never had a device during so long (obv not thinking or my "only phone" before iphone and SGS)

is fast and smooth in everything and everything has been said

and s voice is really helpful when driving and work really better that other similar software (at least in italian)

why cutting off usb mass storage?

why not having ICS look and feel instead of seeming ginger???

ok there are solution obv but.. my 2 cent :)
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Gingerbread feel? Really? You didn't buy a GS2 by mistake did you?
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
I am disappointed about GPS losing satellites lock after minutes of use. GPS works great when it works...

Here's the full story:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1734899

No permanent fix for it at the moment...
[Galaxy S III General] Trunkam:
Probably exagerated...but Sam's ui is really far from ics imho.. but using a launcher it's not a problem!

...Tapatalk'ed
[Galaxy S III General] pGuerrerox:
I got my SG3 yesterday, its a great phone so far,, i just dont like the touchwish UI, also I want to get rid of all the carrier float apps, and a more vainilla ICS experience,,,,

that all said I love the design, the camera, and the screen!
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Touchwish and float apps?? I must have missed those on mine.......

Root and freeze apps you don't want. Install another launcher to your liking.
[Galaxy S III General] Nankov:
pngface! whats up man havent seen you in here since the x10 days :) just got the pebble blue s3 as well :) Nice phone.
[Galaxy S III General] miketwn:
got a pebble blue on June 20 and I must say Samsung did a good job. They added certain things to the rom that were missing on the S2...(eg., % percentage, extra notification toggles, alphabetical grid order in touchwiz UI, etc....just to name a few)

Im satisfied. Going to use stock for a bit as there are many new features exclusive to our phones. May try custom roms later .....

my 2cents;)
[Galaxy S III General] ctpan23:
Got my SGS3 at 1st day launched in Malaysia ..how lucky am i , got it absolutely free from Lucky draw which i pre-registered with telco (Celcom)

Jump ship from iPhone now i love SGS3 and android rocks :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General] gerald7:
WOW! congrats!
[Galaxy S III General] es10n:
Moved from iPhone to S3

Hi all,

Last Friday I picked up my Pebble Blue S3 from UK carrier Three.

I was previously (and for 2 generations of the phone) an avid iPhone user. In our office at work I am the 3rd iPhone to S3 convert.

So far I'm loving the S3 - it's light, it's responsive and the learning curve isn't too steep.

Any criticisms? Only one. The screen isn't great in bright sunlight. But, if indoors - it blows people away.

I'm looking forward to enjoying the phone and Android more.
[Galaxy S III General] ratedr75:
Can I ask mate did you get yours on PAYG or contract, asking because I was told by a guy in the Three store near me that they cant sell PAYG until Sunday 1st July.
[Galaxy S III General] es10n:
I got mine on Contract (£34 p/m)
[Galaxy S III General] Red Wolf:
Yesterday received my S3 international version pebble blue. Its too smooth so some time I thought I might drop it :eek: and the ICS is awesome. I had htc evo 4G, so the quality is awesome and I am really loving it. I am a die hard android fans lol and S3 is the best android version out there I guess. :fingers-crossed: I tried note for few days and returned it cause black clipping issue and its too big but S3 size, shape everything so perfect :cyclops:

Only 1 problem so far I am seeing bottom parts of the phone gets kinda hot or warm :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] yeahmon:
Nova launcher works well with the III. I think Apex has some issues with it.
[Galaxy S III General] Neil294:
Not had any issues with Apex. Have it running on top of Omega's ROM and it's very smooth
[Galaxy S III General] NatTheCat:
Lord Sugar has just got an S3. Head over to Twitter and let him know we are here to help..
[Galaxy S III General] Nickel Dime Bay:
Just got my S3 today, this thing is amazing!! I thought i would miss my One X screen but i am already in love with this one.
[Galaxy S III General] master4android:
i bought 2 of them one for me and one for my girlfriend.

I like it, however did some customizations:

-hyper galaxy rom

-removed the dock via appex launcher

-switched of vibration feedback

-switched of the software button led lights

-when i am @ home screen and i press the home button, the drawer opens

-removed as much animations as possible via appex
[Galaxy S III General] n6n43hix:
I also bought 2 of them, one for me and one for my girlfriend.

The Phone is pretty amazing. The Display looks very great.

Did some customizations:

- Omega 7.0

- Apex Launcher

- Phenomenal 1.0 Kernel (Medium)
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Where did you see that Samsung will roll and update to fix the homescreen reloading? That would be great.
[Galaxy S III General] C0NAN:
Just got my pebble blue S3 yesterday here in the Philippines. Coming from an HTC Sensation the S3 is blazing fast. Though I miss the HTC weather app and the HTC widgets. The S3 stock widgets seem to be so few.
[Galaxy S III General] LordSeifer:
Hi mate, I mainly found out through the S3 software thread over at the whirlpool forums, although I am unsure which thread it was in. If you go to the "Android Phones" section of the forum and look for the thread titled "Galaxy S III Owners - Mods, Tips, Qs" and ask in there they should be able to point you in the right direction :) I'd post a link to the thread, but I'm still not over 10 posts yet....

I did manage to find a youtube video showing the S3 with this patch running, so if you search youtube for "Samsung Galaxy S3 SIII Firmware update - Fixes home screen delay / re-drawing issue", you should be able to see how the screen no longer redraws the entire homescreen! Theres also a link in the video to download the UK 3G version of the ROM should you want to use it :) Interestingly it also seems to have improved the screen brightness as well, which is a massive plus! Not sure when us Aussie users or the USA users will get the update tho :(
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
The software version in that video is already outdated as far as I know. :)
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
Just got my galaxy s3 pebble blue
[Galaxy S III General] frichael:
Got my S3 in white this morning after having an Atrix for nearly a year, sadly work have removed access to the wifi so I will have to wait til I get home before I can download my apps and have a proper play. :crying:

Looking forward to trying out the Jelly Bean roms! :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] LordSeifer:
Really? Is that just in the UK/Europe, or all international S3's? That's awesome news then, cause the unlocked Australian ones STILL haven't got any updates yet so hopefully we will soon!
[Galaxy S III General] rahulsuneja:
Hey everyone there ... Just upgraded from a Galaxy S2 to S3. This really does feel like a successor with such a beautiful screen. I simply love the design. It's so much more comfy than the edgy S2. Loving every bit of it ... :cool:
[Galaxy S III General] victorator:
Got my pebble blue S3 a week ago. I must say I was a bit sceptical about whether I would really like a device bigger than my I9100 but all my worries disappeared when I grabbed it in my hand. After years of experiencing the evolution of android devices and making a jump from the first android devices, then a leap to the I9000 from there to the I9100 and now the brand new I9300 I urge everyone who has doubts about getting this device not to worry. It is really as close to perfection as it can get. I am currently using a stock rom that my phone came with, I root all my devices sooner or later and install custom roms but to be honest.. stock is so fast and has so many features, there is really nothing to complain about. Try it yourself if you have a chance, I am pretty sure you will want one : )

I have skimmed thru this thread and I don't want to repeat the same things over and over. I picked one fact you should know about this device - battery life is great.

I just need a rubber case and I will feel 100 percent at home with the s3.
[Galaxy S III General] Ditchmond:
I just picked up the GS3 (Rogers) a few days ago. This is my 4th Android phone, and I have to say, from having the first one (G1) ever, and now with the GS3 I have to say Android has come a LONG way. This phone is absolutely amazing so far! My previous phone was the NexusS which is still a great phone (and will probably get official JB before the GS3 does, is still working hard and will now be my wife's phone (I did the upgrade to the GS3 on her line, but I got the phone ;))
[Galaxy S III General] inmnbob:
Got my phone white 32g and played with it a lot this weekend. After a couples of factory resets I got the phone to where I am able to enjoy it. I purchased this on a new line so I could test it without interfering with my existing HTC Evo Shift. I installed google voice on both and with the integration with Sprint I am able to place and receive calls on both phones with one number. I also like that I cane make calls with either and the caller I'd shows one number. Very cool.

A couple of issues .. The exchange server integration has a couple of bugs and it is not as smooth as the HTC implementation but very usable .

The radio isn't as strong as the HTC or the previous windows phone. In my office I had all three phones today and the only one roaming was the S3.

The battery life with two exchange email accounts isn't very good but with the removable battery it is less a concern.

I a really love the speed and size.
[Galaxy S III General] Freka:
Just sold my HTC One X after I was fed up with all the issues I was having (wifi, screen flickering etc.) and came to the S3 boat :).
[Galaxy S III General] sonspot:
Picked up my GS3 last week (Rogers :( ), most of you have said what I'm experiencing with this phone already so yes I love it :). this is my 5th android phone 3rd Samsung.. Sorry HTC, you could've had me but...... (sold me HTC evo 3d (two of them lol) few months back, waited a long time for the GS)
[Galaxy S III General] dr.m0x:
Had my white, international, 32gb GT-I9300 since the weekend. Like others have already spoken of in the thread this is a simply amazing thread. By far the best phone I've ever owned (and I've had a few) and I'm really struggling to find issue with it. I will probably keep this phone until the S4 comes out, or maybe I'll even skip the S4 and wait for the S5. Time will tell.
[Galaxy S III General] PacketJ:
awesome

Just got my phone last Sunday and this is freakin awesome. Like what other users said, I don't even need to tweak anything from the default setup.. Everything is sleek and fast. Wow just wow
[Galaxy S III General] ratedr75:
Just got my pebble blue 16gb S3 yesterday, traded in my one-x @Carphone Warehouse. Actually their trade in offer is possibly the most useful thing they've ever done.

Loving it so far........................
[Galaxy S III General] PacketJ:
Yep best android phone so far!
[Galaxy S III General] Spewy1:
Got my pebble blue on Sundays coming from the one x, love it so far, just miss text reflow (although chrome is a good second best) also the home screen redraw is a pain as very common but at least is relatively quickly. With the one x if it decided to redraw the home screen it took about 30 seconds where the s3 is about 3 seconds, still a poor effort for the top spec android phone.

But still glad I made the switch. :D
[Galaxy S III General] brizzle7:
So I was just using the S3 to read something online in complete darkness and noticed a very faint red light coming from what seemed to be the front camera. Anyone know what that is?

Bit weird.
[Galaxy S III General] glenncain:
hi guys~ just inherit this phone from my dad after his one week use. he didn't like the size and switch it for my S2. rox my sox off
[Galaxy S III General] mal808:
Woo-Hoo!!

After weeks of reading this thread I FINALLY got my hands on a Galaxy S3!!!

I have to say I'm LOVING it!!

I am coming from a HTC Legend so it's a bit of a step up. :D

It's everything previous posters have mentioned, super fast, super slick!!

One thing I'm amazed by is the look of the phone, how can something that looks so ugly in photos look so different in person???

I had intended to get the pebble blue from the start, and I stuck with that - but I must say, the white S3 looks much, much better in real life, I was actually torn between the two for about 10 minutes in the shop (don't think the sales guy was impressed) the white phone looks to me like it'll be less of a smudge magnet than the blue one, finger prints and such show up a lot easier on the blue version, so if that bothers you the white one might be the better option.

This is my first time using TouchWiz and while the experience is smooth, very fluid, I think Samsung need to work on look and feel of their apps and widgets. They seem to be a random muddle of bits and pieces with no consistency - they don't look nice.

Samsung could learn a few things from HTC and Sense in this regard - I've only got the galaxy a couple of hours and I'm replacing the TouchWiz apps and widgets with third party options.

I think I'll be getting a third party launcher soon enough, but I'll run with TouchWiz for a week or so and see if I change my mind.

I was expecting that TouchWiz would not be to my taste, so it's no big deal. But my other worries about...

- The look of the phone

- The size

- The weight

- The feel

.. were completely unfounded!!

It looks and feels like a premium device and the screen size is perfect!

Everything else is superb!! LOVE IT!!! :good::good::good:

Jesus, this thing is installing apps quicker than I can click the button!! I'm beginning to realise just how old the HTC Legend is now!
[Galaxy S III General] ddaniel87:
Little upset that Samsung took away the ability to sort photo folders in the gallery app. I use quickPic but like the ICS gallery better. There is an ICS Gallery app in the app store but its a little broke. Even though it has the option to put camera and downloads first, it doesnt work.

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And the home launcher refresh is becoming a pain the ... Traded in the One X for the GS3, definitely better BC it doesnt have to re load everything. But come on Samsung, The home launcher? Really? Maybe they will fix our North American versions quickly like they did the international.

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One more thing that is annoying, the auto brightness.

With that said. Love the phone,

Great screen

Great sound from the speaker

Fast at everything, except the home screen launcher
[Galaxy S III General] coukz:
Newbie playin on stock for the past week. So far, so good. Cant wait to root and unleash to its full potential!
[Galaxy S III General] mohitsharma44:
Superb

just bought this Phone yesterday.. n rooted it today..:p

Superb fone.. Great screen & battery life is too good especially coz I come from ACE..

Camera clarity & HD recording is great..

A day or Two & Il start playing with Custom Roms ;)
[Galaxy S III General] BayuDroidz:
Got my pebble blue S3 today!

Was with Note previously.

1st impression of S3...WoW! WoW! and WoW!

Didnt expect it to be this fast and smooth!
[Galaxy S III General] fireboypr:
OMG OMG OMG. I just ordered mine (finally) can't wait for it to arrive!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] Hellow95:
Hi everybody ! :)

I just got mine (white one) today after a long time searching my futur phone. After less one hour of using, it's on a whole other level than my old good friend HD2 who is on the verge of dead ( random reboot/crash and wont boot for 3/4 hours :S ).

Flashed my first rom, seconds ago and enjoying the simplicity of Odin. Because let's say it, samsung rom sucks and is so ugly :D

Let's start the review:

[+] weight, thickness, overall performance, sd port

[-] fragile backplate, heat (like my old but with a 4cores CPU )

These are the point I can note so far. A daily use for one week will surely help to improve the feedback.

Now is time to buy some cases, dock, screen protector and other stuffs ;)
[Galaxy S III General] qwerty12:
Well, my Pebble Blue GSIII arrived today and...well...I'm in love. After using my U8800Pro for so long, the GSIII with its response times feels like a fresh breath of air. Rooting this phone was incredibly easy with CF-Root (even more easier than my U8800pro which let you browse its / in GNU/Linux over USB - rooting was a matter of copying su to /system/xbin and setting setuid on the binary).

Since I've never owned a Samsung phone before, this is my first exposure to TouchWiz and I quite like it. I find the icons to be a bit of a mishmash, but other than that... I also feel like there's quite a bit of bloat - come on, Samsung, this is one of your most powerful phones yet - don't include tons of useless RAM-guzzling stuff! Since I like TouchWiz, I imagine I'll be sticking with the stock ROM - other TW-based ROMS just seem to be stock with minor tweaks. Thanks to sphinx02, I've already got the one mod I really wanted, anyway: extended power menu. (Though, I would like to try Siyah's kernel when the 1.3.x branch becomes more stable.)

The sound quality (and bass) I find to be really, really good. Also a lot louder than my U8800pro.

My biggest gripe is that I find using the browser hard because if I, say, start scrolling vertically and then decide I want to scroll horizontally I have to wait for the vertical scrolling to stop first which is a bit slow. Still, I'm amazed at how many fingers the multitouch test app in the Play Store showed my GSIII registering!
[Galaxy S III General] atomek1000:
Satisfying

When i got S3 i was just, oh cool 4 cores but nothing special..Internet ran smoothly but no big deal..To mention i moved from Sgs I..I wasnt excited until i installed some games :D AMAZING :D i was just oh my god when after 30minutes of playing MC3 i was killing everyone in multiplayer ^^ gyroscope is so wonderful, nothing compared to on screen aiming.

I also wanted to share with you gameplays of MC3 and.. GTA3 :D which is also incredible. Just a pity that it runs only few hours on battery(intensive use)

here are videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au3UkMvPTCE MC3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDd6-Ak927k GTA3

enjoy. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Animal111:
Got me a white GSIII about 2 weeks ago. This is my first android device and I'm loving it so far. Owned an Iphone 2g, 3g, 4 and 4S before this, so was quite the "Apple Fanboy"

After playing with the GSIII at the Samsung store I knew I had to have one. The awesome screen and memory card slot convinced me :) I know a lot of people is going on about the styling of the phone, but I think its the best looking phone Samsung has ever made.

Also got me a Sandisk 64gb Class10 MicroSD wich works great. Didn't even have to format it for to phone to use it.

There isn't really anything bad I can say about the phone so far.
[Galaxy S III General] gaspernemec:
Have got my pebble blue today, first impressions so far:

-performance blew me away

-touchwiz looks much better than one is SI, SII

-bit dissapointed Samsung decided to rework back cover, i think front side loks so much cooler

-loving all features
[Galaxy S III General] mada071:
great phone overall.

Love the screen!
[Galaxy S III General] Steel-Blade:
Just bought mine 12 hours ago...
[Galaxy S III General] tomasborlin:
I was one of those who were unimpressed by the design but now that I have it in my hands its awesome. Blazingly fast but I've noticed that it takes some time to connect to my network with wifi. (Previously had a xperia arc who had no such problems.)
[Galaxy S III General] Noharmtrying:
Just got mine 2 weeks ago.

Coming from a jailbroken iphone, i must say i'm not really impressed by siii except for its larger display.

However, i am amazed at the number of tweaks/roms/apps and stuff available. They called it open source for a reason right? :victory:

However, one thing that keeps me going back to iphone is because the theming platform on android just isnt there yet.

Overall i feel the platforms needs more improvement instead of constantly pushing out high end phones with insane hardware.
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
What is the Redraw people are commenting on?

Where will I see it on my S3
[Galaxy S III General] vincom:
what? dont think so, u can theme android to ur hearts content
[Galaxy S III General] Khy50:
Got my S3 yesterday, coming from the HOX.

Initial thoughts -

WOW the pebble blue one looks and feels fantastic

The screen is awesome

Nice loud speaker unlike the HOX

Kind of prefer the capacitive touch buttons on HTC phones, not big fan of the home button

Ringtone selection for voice calls are not very good

:good: glad I made the switch
[Galaxy S III General] chinkostu:
Mines blazingly quick at connecting to wifi, both my home and work networks. Both use N aswell instead of G which amazed me, and it also seems to get a better signal in my house (old house, thick walls!)

anyhoo, got the S3 on thursday, played with it in the o2 store on the wednesday and had a fiddle with a HTConeX. Both are fantastic but the X felt a little strange and i'm not a fan of Sense.

the first thing that got me was the screen. Going from the Streak to the S3 in size was no difference, but the resolution and colours are amazing. completely blew me away. Getting used to touchwiz, but the main thing is the speed of it, blindingly quick, makes the streak (even when its overclocked) seem like a snail!

edit: the one thing i really dislike is that rear cover. hopefully won't have to take it off too many times, but they are right when they say it feels very, very flimsy!
[Galaxy S III General] cyrexking:
I have Pebble Blue and love it, everything is great apart from the cam button which is bit annoying not having a dedicated cam button on the side.
[Galaxy S III General] Noharmtrying:
If you have used winterboard, you would have known EVERY single UI is themable and may i add a click of a button. As someone who have an eye for good UI, i dont think it is achievable on android.