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[Galaxy S III General] raymondswong:
@asdamixedherbs

i feel you!

can you do us all a huge favor since no one's replying... can you install the Button Saviour app and try how it performs with the s3?

It's a free app from the appstore :)
[Galaxy S III General] rpmaverick:
Hi I got my galaxy s3 about a week ago and I'm really happy about it (I came from a feature phone :)) ) they only had it in white in my country which wasn't a big deal for me :))

I have a few problems though

*My smart stay has never worked.

*After a few days my s memo has become buggy and it lags a lot.

*My battery is short maximum 4-5 hours of screen time on power saving, while playing games ofcourse :)). But I think that's my fault coz my initial charge was only about 3 hours and it wasn't continuous because I had to go to school. If I drain it and charge it overnight do you think it will still count?

*My phone is slightly laggy

*And I have that holographic thing when you put the back cover under the light ( but that doesn't bother me at all

None of these are to severe butility do you think I should get it replaced because of these?? I'm sure they're things that an update can fix.

Other than that the phone is perfect :)) no tint no nothing :))))
[Galaxy S III General] colonel:
Just upgraded from an iphone 4S to the SIII (at CPW UK)

Yes, its the best phone around at the moment although I rate the HTC One X and Nokia Lumia 900 very highly, the SIII is not only the best it is also likely to stay the best, in hardware terms, after the iPhone 5 is released shortly.

Lets get the downsides (to some not all) out of the way. Its plastic fantastic! Thats Samsung philosophy. love it or hate. They love low weight. The screen glass is beautiful but the phone IMHO needs a hard shell or case on it to make the user feel more secure ;)

Saying that, the build quality is as good as, or better, then Sony and HTC

Its big. But surprisingly not that big for a 4.8" screen. The extreme slimness makes up for this (its lighter then the iphone 4S for example).

Plus points:

1. AMOLED HD + screens are the best. No question. Only slight hand to IPS in bright sunlight. Samsung is the panel leader.

2. 1280x720 - wow. Best for browsing on the way to work

3. 4 cpus. no app uses their power yet, but its nice to be on a curve that puts you at the forefront of receiving software for the next 2-3 years

4. SD card as well as 16mb internal. This is so good !!! I am surprised Apple, Nokia and HTC have blown this one. Oh well!

5. Samsung have toned down their UI so its mostly unobtrusive. Android does what it needs to.

6. Multimedia options to lengthy to list here, but if you are into sound and video the SIII blows everything out of the water

Strong recommend, even at £499 - never though I would say that about any non-Apple phone .....
[Galaxy S III General] HooliganBG:
Hi,

I came from S2, have it for year and today can't resist and buy S3. It's a good upgrade for me.
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
Just got my white SGS 3 today so here are my initial impressions:

No Android lag said the reviewers. That is just not true. I experience lag here and there. However it is quite a lot more response and less laggy than the SGS 2 which I had before. Once things are loaded and nothing is running in the background, it's incredibly smooth.

The screen is amazing. The colors are natural and beautiful. Although the autobrightness shoots too low for my likings. Nothing to throw me off though. I notice pentile dots once in a while, but it's not too bad. I can live with it at this level without problems. And I have been *****ing quite a lot about it because I even notice the dots at up to 40 cm's away. But like I said it does not bother me.

The hardware design is beautiful. There could perhaps be more harmony to the shape of the phone and positioning of the various elements, but I love it.

The camera really is snappy. But not zero lag. It's still quicker than any digital camera, I have ever seen though.

GPS is fast and precise.

I have always liked the TouchWiz apps so I'm biased. However they fixed the things I didn't like before. I love the fact that you can now sort the app drawer grid and the home screen is now the middle one by default, which you could change before.

I will probably root it at some point but right now, I don't really miss anything. So why bother.

Over all initial conclusion: Worth every penny :-) And wow is it big. If you are not a fan of big phones, go somewhere where you can try it in your hands without a bulky alarm attached to it and take your time.
[Galaxy S III General] djkinetic:
4-5 hr of screen on time is short?? thought 3-4 is about average for most android devices...most Gnex users would love 4 hrs of screen on time.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I just upgraded to the newest firmware (Sri Lanka-Unbranded) today XXALEF. Hoping to see if that fixes the cell standby 'bug'.

In the stock build, I was getting about 5 and a half hours of on screen time with about 35% cell standby usage.
[Galaxy S III General] Quasar83:
Turn off power saving mode and the auto brightness levels will go up.
[Galaxy S III General] mahendra1020:
Could you please PM the links? I would also like to buy these accessories.
[Galaxy S III General] rpmaverick:
It's not that the battery is bad I'm just not used to it yet.
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
I have not used power saving mode yet and it's not on.
[Galaxy S III General] onslaught86:
1. Nova Launcher will let you place an on-screen shortcut to recent apps. Other ICS launchers may well do the same.

2. The Application Manager widget can be downloaded through the 'More Services' link in the app drawer.
[Galaxy S III General] stripealipe:
@karlusmagnus

Kies is indeed crap. I tweeted at Samsung about this but heard nothing back. I'm talking about the useless useless Mac version btw. It also runs a process in the background that constantly runs my CPU at 90 odd percent. Useless!

Anyways, to get Android File Transfer to recognise your phone, put it into the other mode when connected - camera mode or something?

It's the opposite of what mode they actually want you to put it in.

This will then work. :)
[Galaxy S III General] colonel:
1. try turning off power save. also the S-talk thing and android voice keyboard

2. yes. the best IMHO

3. completely agree. even custom roms don't hold much interest for me any more

4. Actually I first thought that. Now, because its super slim and light, I feel its quite smallish. When I look at an old iphone 4S or HTC Desire S, I am thinking", "wow the screen is so small - I could never go back to below 4.5" :D

5. indeed. Not many phones you can say that about
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
I haven't had power save mode on, yet, but the lag happens right after apps have been opened or after switching between them, so I don't think theres much to do about it. However, it is so insignificant that I don't care too much :-)

Agreed.

Same here. I don't even feel the need to switch to another launcher. Samsung did a really good job here :-)

Amen :-) I only put that in there for those who want small phones. I LOVE the size of this phone and I'm glad I didn't go for the Note. The SGS 3 screen size seem perfect :-)

No, I couldn't even say that about the SGS 2 with the first firmware back in may 2011. But this phone is awesome. Samsung Mobile may have ruined their future :-P

Nah just kidding ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Xplorah:
got it. but it wont connect to my wifi, any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III General] karlusmagnus:
On Kies - agreed. The edsel of apps.

Thx, i tried the other option, the photo protocol - no joy.

So i uploaded music to Google Play Music, and downloaded music from there.

A fix until i find a better solution, or until one of the two usb protocols works for me.
[Galaxy S III General] PointyUK:
Got my Pebble Blue SGS3 yesterday on Vodafone. WOW! What a beast, loving it so far. Very fast and responsive, not found anything I don't like so far.

Les
[Galaxy S III General] shadowhawk2020:
Anyone that has a 2Gb dual core SGIII care to share how much memory is available after boot?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Pretty sure they aren't out yet. Canada and U.S. should be getting them on the 20th or 21st.
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
Something that all the reviewers seem to miss (by that I mean reviewers from the major tech sites) is the massive upgrade to audio quality in the headphone jack. They only seem to care about the speaker.

The sound in the jack is detailed, well balanced and not a muddy mess like with the SGS 2. Listening to music on this phone is an absolute joy and I'm not even an audiophile. The difference is just so noticeable.
[Galaxy S III General] ASD007:
So has anyone ran out of storage space already for the 16gb ver. which basically leaves only 11gb for apps? I'm reading problems with moving apps to SD which was a big dissapointment tbh!
[Galaxy S III General] ECrispy:
Instead of Kies, AirDroid is a good app to transfer files/media to the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] simollie:
I'm not familiar with Samsung stuffs, still waiting for my SGS3. So maybe I'm missing the point here. But anyway, there are many options to get files from a PC to an Android phone wirelessly if they are on the same WiFi network. E.g., ES explorer does it pretty well.
[Galaxy S III General] RMXO:
Airdroid or File Expert is good to transfer files via wirelessly. You will need a FTP program like WinSCP (windows) if using File Expert app.
[Galaxy S III General] v1rtu4l:
i'd argue that Kies Air is as good as you can get for wirelessly transfering data and managing your phone.

try it. all you need is a browser (java is recommended but not needed)
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
I agree 100% with this!!! You can use Kies Air to send messages, transfer music, video, pics, view your call/message log+ more....check it out in the Google Play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...MsImNvbS5zYW1zdW5nLnN3aWZ0LmFwcC5raWVzYWlyIl0.
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
I also want to say that when i compare the battery of this phone with my previous HTC one s, the S3 is vastly better. I use the phone in the same manner, do the same things and sure HTC has a smaller battery but it also has a smaller screen. I was reaching about 35% till the end of the day with HTC and I'm no less than 45% on the S3.

Another win for Samsung...!

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III General] falconeight:
Just got my blue one in the mail and I am happy. I bought it for battery life and expandable memory and it delivers. I am not happy that my HTC one x's screen absolutely destroyed this one. Its slippery but feels good in the hand and its noticeably faster than the one x international. I would also say that I like the led on the one x better. Its not that the s3 has a bad one its just really bright. Over all its a great phone and I love it.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I've had both and found that the screens are comparable. The performance of the GS3 more than makes up for any very minor screen difference.
[Galaxy S III General] falconeight:
The one x's screen looks like a page from a magazine and the s3 looks like an over saturated cartoon. It is a big difference and for once samsung lost a screen fight.
[Galaxy S III General] alexanter the great:
I got mine 3 days ago in blue!

HTC one x's screen is much sharper,in SIII you can see the pixels.Also something that bothers me a lot is that the black is not like the SII,its a little bit bright to full dark compere to the SII which was abyss black!!
[Galaxy S III General] falconeight:
i agree
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I guess I am just one that wasn't really impressed by the One X screen. Have you tried all 4 screen settings on the GS3?

I have 20/10 vision. Good enough to fly jets in the Air Force, and I can't see any pixels on either the One X or the GS3 screen.
[Galaxy S III General] falconeight:
Im not someone who looks for pixels I just think the one x's screen is very realistic and clear. Don't get me wrong the s3's is amazing but screen is samsung's strong suit and we shouldn't even have to compare them much less give the better screen to htc.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
Honestly, I think it is HTC's choice of wallpapers that have people going crazy for it. Some of the wallpapers ar brilliant and really show off the painting like look the HTC One X screen has. That said, if you choose the right live wallpapers, the AMOLED screens look incredible too and I really doubt people can see pixels on their GS3.

One thing that is great about the HTC One X screen is the auto brightness setting. It stays bright as hell and battery life doesn't seem to take a hit for it. Pretty impressive.
[Galaxy S III General] falconeight:
I would also say its the shape of the glass that gives that pop effect on the htc one x. With that said we just need to give credit to htc for raising the bar. The screen is truly amazing and so is the build quality. I still give the nod to the s3 for battery life, expandable memory, betters internals, a nice version ice cream sandwich, unlocked boot loader, power button where it belongs, and camera.
[Galaxy S III General] cooldoc007:
why is the brightness in videos low even though i ve turned autobrightness off..??
[Galaxy S III General] aami.aami:
i just got s3, i downloaded the screen test app from the play store and found the dark spots on the black screen and the blacks are not black they they should have been. also there is yellow tint when looking at the phone next to the eyes. and the menu button's light is coming on the screen. i hate samsung now. today is strike here in my city. so i cant go to the store and return. worst day of my life! :( :( wasted my $670! :( :(
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
That depends on what screen mode you use. Movie and Natural are not over saturated.
[Galaxy S III General] vasp3690:
Yes that is correct. HTC does have nice wallpapers which is why i use them in my lock screen on the S3!!!!

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III General] Grifitz:
Just got my gs3 last week, i missed several widgets found in HTC, but HTC Sense also responsible to short battery life in my old Desire HD, how i know it, i flushed it with AOSP rom, and can feel the difference the next morning.

love the weight, response and battery life, not so fond of plastic however marketing hypergloss it, i put a transparent silicon bumper from day 1. But i am very influenced by web reviews to choose gs3 over hox
[Galaxy S III General] colonel:
Excellent point

The audio quality on the SIII is really really good!

In fact the SIIII is so well rounded I am struggling to find anything I don't like, except that no one seems to have come up with an app that uses the screen resolution and 4 cpus to its full, unless anyone knows of one ??
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
There is a very annoying background hiss on the FM radio which a real disappointment on an item that costs £500+.

So far that's my only gripe & it's bugging me to hell :mad:
[Galaxy S III General] Mafiatounes:
If you have a good dataplan i would like to recommend the TuneIn app uses internet radio, and is of way better quality than FM radio.
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
I get where your coming from but it still sort the FM radio problem which shouldn't be there.
[Galaxy S III General] mercado79:
Mind sharing a link to the wallpapers?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Galaxy S III General] GDF01:
Google Play. HTC One X wallpapers
[Galaxy S III General] aaa:
I got my SGSIII for a couple of days now and...

It looked like that it is unbranded altho' I ordered it via O2

CSC: I9300DBTALE5

This is unbranded as far as I recognize

Dunno for sure tho'
[Galaxy S III General] Skenzin:
Can any one comment on the phone voice quailty? I returned my One X due to it being a poor phone. People complained I sounded bad. The listening volume was not the greatest. (I have crappy ears). The signal was not that great in my area.

Other than that te OneX was a great device. Aside from I really thought Sense was a stitched together mess. Returned because I like the fact i can swp out batteries on s3 once it starts to wear.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
No complaints on either end with mine. Very good audio from the earpiece speaker and people say I sounds nice and clear on their end.
[Galaxy S III General] Sheeples:
Had it since Saturday now and no complaints on audio quality on my end, even loud speaker is pretty decent.
[Galaxy S III General] mercado79:
I'm assuming this is it:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kov.gallery.onex

Looks good.
[Galaxy S III General] daniel9522:
just got my galaxy s3 and there are no lock-screen music controls for the Samsung music player but i do get the Google play music lock screen only with face unlock and pattern. is there a setting to get the music controls on Samsung or Google music player without a pattern or face unlock

thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S III General] MentaLrz:
Good phone, fast, responsive but the only let down is the battery in some ways.
[Galaxy S III General] Scotlac:
Which ways? It seems most people are raving about the battery life.....
[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
Thank you for sharing your impressions in a detailed way with us. It will help a lot of people who are waiting for the blue version :)
[Galaxy S III General] katamari201:
Doesn't matter how good your vision is based on the 20/20 scale. It's only a rudimentary gauge of vision anyway. Some people will naturally blur the lines and dots together in their brain. Others will not. Like how the GS3 and One X both have 8MP cameras, but take very different looking pictures, all based on how the image chip and software (the brain) interprets the image and handles noise, sharpness, color, exposure, etc. Just saying, it's all in the brain, and no one sees exactly the same thing.
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
:))))) You say that some of us should hang on to their pentile eyes 'cause they're good enough? :))

On the other hand... Me and a friend took the S3 and a 4S and took pictures of each other's screens with the same photo displayed, same distance, same angle, both in auto. He wouldn't post his pic... wonder why :D When zoomed to 100%...
[Galaxy S III General] katamari201:
Well if your brain can't tell the difference anyway, it can be a real hassle to try and replace your pentile eyes with little or negative benefits. I guess if you really don't like the blue tint in your iris...
[Galaxy S III General] ASD007:
Thanks for that review. Were you able to fill up the internal storage so quickly with apps and games? I'm a bit concerned about not being able to move apps to external SD card and some games data download to the internal storage. Would be nice to know your thoughts on this.
[Galaxy S III General] irishbogman:
Not a heavy user but on its 2nd charge 63% left after 1day 34 mins, 3 hrs screen on, seems better than the Desire HD it has replaced
[Galaxy S III General] Skellig86:
I came from a phone with barely 200MB internal storage so the S3 is a massive eye opener.

I bought the 16GB version of the S3. You have

11.35GB

of actual usable storage from that 16GB. I'm assuming the rest is taken up by Android/Touchwiz etc.

I currently have just over 600MB used out of the 11.35GB. I estimated that I will probably use 4GB when I get all the apps I want.

I honestly don't think storage will ever be an issue on this phone unless you put your videos and music on the internal. But I have a 64GB microSD card for my media.

Apps and games? Just don't download a whole bunch of 500MB ones to fill that 11.35GB. I can't imagine using 6GB with apps and games myself, let alone 11.35GB.
[Galaxy S III General] nickkyboy36:
Just ran a speedtest on my S3 on the three network here in London.

Download is 7867kbps. :eek:

used to be just over 2000 on virgin
[Galaxy S III General] sameergupta21:
Mic problems anyone??

I just bought s3 recently and have faced mic issues, its not able to pick up voice easily, have to use the other hand to cover my mouth and phone for it to be able to catch my voice!!
[Galaxy S III General] howdyace:
Take it back! Don't wait bro , that isn't normal working condition.
[Galaxy S III General] johku12:
I got my phone on tuesday evening so I have used it two days now. I "of course" ordered the blue one. It just happens to please my eye little bit more. For what all I have read from forums and looked for some mentioned issues as yellow or pink tint or battery drains etc and i have found nothing faults. I compared my device to devices on shops for view and some phones at shops had some tint but my screen was brilliant. As what comes to "ink marks" yes I have some little marks (3 or four) but on full brightness in a completely dark room I had to wach wery carefully to spot any and as I almost never stare closely totally black screen in total darkness I don't feel a need to complain as what I've heard some people having much worse screens. I use the device carefully for week and decide then if I want to cahnge. Hardware works properly and nothing to complain about that. My batterydrain in minor usage 3g on, wifi off, email sync on, some random browsing averages to 1,6% in hour. In average use it's about 4% per hour and I get around 6-7 hours screen time. TouchWiz don't seem to lag and all apps including heavy graphics games runs smoothly. I also have cept my device stock this far to see if any problems appears. All I'm going to do is apply cf root as I want root acces to some applications. The device it self looks neat and slim and the build quality seems good.

Rating: x/5

Hardware: 5/5

UI: 4/5

Looks: 4/5

Quality: 4/5

Allaround:4,5/5 (higher value for allaround use because all aspects are really good and device is most powerful and smooth)

Hope that someone got something out of this.
[Galaxy S III General] bothfly:
Wow,

Just about to walk out the door to sell my iPhone 4S for $475 and then return my ATT HTC One X since this Bad Boy showed up today.

This thing blows both of my other devices away, far away.
[Galaxy S III General] Srgsx:
How does it blow the HOX out of the water ? Just curious..
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I returned my HOX for a few reasons.

1. Very hard to hold, even with a case. Just never felt right in my hand.

2. Even with a custom launcher there was a lot of lag and slowdowns.

3. Those 3 ICS softkeys were very easy to accidentally press.

4. A lot of screen real estate taken up by Galaxy Nexus type on screen menus/buttons.

5. Camera didn't live up to expectations.

Those were just some of the reasons I returned mine.
[Galaxy S III General] DJ Palmis:
HELLO EVERYBODY!

I Just Got My Phone!!!

^_^

First impression: Stunned by the beauty of the model Pebble Blue!

I thought it was really a ugly smartphone and instead live left me speechless!!!
[Galaxy S III General] soulzero:
Tried the phone in a shop, and god the screen is amazing! I need this phone asap. People shouldnt complain about pentile, its a real beauty alright.
[Galaxy S III General] daveop:
Just got my marble white.....I take EVERYTHING I said back when it was announced. I thought it was disappointing at the time...and now I am floored!!! The display is gorgeous, the home button is AWESOME, I left an iPhone for this, so having the button was a big deal to me. The phone is just blazingly fast.
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
yes same feeling too!

the online pics just didn't do justice when we saw it the first time.

when some people and reviewers were able to keep those testing units for at least a day and we heard them say it's not as bad as it look on the pics that's the moment i knew that this phone looks beautiful in person than in pics.

and it really is.

:D
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
+1 to the two previous posts

To me it's really just completely perfect :-)
[Galaxy S III General] Plh36:
Agreed....got the white a few days ago, it's gorgeous and feels great in the hand.

This is one amazing piece of hardware!
[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
Can anybody confirm if you can transfer the SD Data of a game to the SD Card without any issues??

Thanks in advance :)