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[Galaxy S III General] ashmont:
Two questions:

1. Can you set it to see next calendar appointment on lock screen or do you need a 3rd party app for that?

2. Has anyone also owned a One X and have some insight into which phone is better?

I'm considering buying either One X or Samsung and be interested if anyone has experienced both.

thanks,

Ashley
[Galaxy S III General] MarkieSA:
Bit off topic, could you please open Chrome and take a photo of Chrome running on that fine phone of yours?
[Galaxy S III General] ste1164:
How do you change the quick launch applications in the lock screen?
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
someone asked for a picture of the phone so I was just doing him a favour, and show off at the same time. LOL!

Jokes aside, here u go:

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Go to "Settings" --> "Security" --> "Lock screen options" --> "Shortcuts".

Please do note that you will be able to do this only with the swipe lockscreen, correct me if I am wrong. =] Have fun!
[Galaxy S III General] thebobp:
Is the pink tint supposed to be there?

Reminds me of this thread.
[Galaxy S III General] winwiz:
Just got my phone, wow love it!

Just noticed it gets very hot! Installing all my apps and the back is pretty warm! Awesome phone though, super super fast!
[Galaxy S III General] MarkieSA:
That does look a bit pinky, I wonder if it's the device that took the picture or the actual phone's display, hope it's the latter.

Hmmm, if you look at the first picture of the phone from the other dude I don't see any pink in the display, must be the device that took the 2nd picture then
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
Here you have a sample of 3G browsing on the S3. The browser performs very well even on my slow 3G connection (I was up in the hills when shooting the video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAtHJXPONI

And some pics for those who wished for :)
[Galaxy S III General] winwiz:
I have owned both phones, and the galaxy S3 is miles better.

There is nothing "extra" in the One X to distinguish it against other android phones. The SGS3 has all the smart features, voice, etc. I got bored of the One x really quickly.

The other annoyance is the pain in the backside unlocking bootloader issue. For that reason I will never go back to HTC. Samsung phones are so much easier to root and mess around with
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
The same dude took both pictures.
[Galaxy S III General] winwiz:
there is no pink tinge on the screen mate

using the browser now and it is A OK!
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemeister:
Got mine a few hours ago :D
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
Galaxy S III Camera samples

Here are some sample images I took with the Galaxy S III, in auto mode.

Stay tuned to my YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/ionustoica) to watch a... different camera test ;)
[Galaxy S III General] :
Keep 'em coming..

I would like to know from everyone things they didn't like about the phone. Anything irritating that you find. Would be great if you also post full 8MP shots from the camera (probably use a google drive for upload). Also if you have a GS2 or any other phone, please post a comparison shot.

cheers!
[Galaxy S III General] Ladrero:
Got it yesterday
[Galaxy S III General] georaldc:
The tint looks like a side effect from looking at the screen from an angle with oled tech. Don't know about previous galaxy s phones but my Wave shifts to a bit of blue when viewing it at an angle. Vita does the same as well.
[Galaxy S III General] BicolXpress:
I believe the pinkish tint is from the xda site. If you look closely, the chrome tab is white.
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
The background on the xda forum site isnt pure white (more of an off beige I would say) so you are correct there is absolutely no point testing the hue of the display by looking on xda lol.

Try google.com the background on there is pure white.

There's 2 in my local orange shop so after a bit of lunch I shall be popping over there to pick mine up :)

Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
You aren't going to start the camcorder, drop it down the toilet and flush it are you? :eek:

That would actually be a cool test if you could retreive the camera afterwards lol.

BTW you need some petrol mate ;).

Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] winwiz:
Gotta say guys the build quality is excellent.

The so called cheapo plastic is a myth. It is very nice indeed
[Galaxy S III General] touness69:
Thanks for the sharing, would you mind looking at the firmware you are running on your beast :)

Is it LE1 or something newer like LE8 ?
[Galaxy S III General] weezul:
been fiddling with mine all day, since about 10am.. its very slick and nice looking device, no slowdown, seems to work well. Not as customisable as the blackberry when it comes to ringtones/profiles and im still making mistakes on that bloody touch screen. I also can't find a way to put my gmail/imap/excahnge/sms all into one "messages" thing. I was suggested "Social Hub" but it's not there. Anyone help a brutha out? Hope you're enjoying your phones
[Galaxy S III General] winwiz:
Use the EMAIL app buddy

Also, am I the only guy that absolutely LOVES the new TOUCHWIZ????
[Galaxy S III General] nintendolinky:
Anyone want to trade my iphone 4S, white, 32gb for there SGS3.
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
My sgs 3 is running on LE8. regarding the pink tint, I can assure everyone it's not the screen's problem. Probably the room's lighting caused that. I was trying to avoid taking the picture from a higher angle as that would cause the reflection of the lights to be seen. I also took the picture with a sgs 2.
[Galaxy S III General] g4rvd4:
WHAT!! Android not customizable??!

You know you can assign anything as a ringtone right??
[Galaxy S III General] touness69:
Thanks, too bad that's not the full-featured LE1 that was running on the May 3rd event :(

I would have asked you to make a dump of your firm if it was the LE1 as it's nowhere to be found, but it's not..
[Galaxy S III General] testicle:
Got mine - still charging

smaller photos later :)
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
I don't have the phone yet but I can answer for everyone who does. NO.
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
I supposed an updated firmware should be around the corner once sgs3 is available worldwide. =]
[Galaxy S III General] will6316:
LOL How dare you even mention that phone on this thread the i what
[Galaxy S III General] Reckless187:
lol, good luck! :p
[Galaxy S III General] vinuneuro:
Hi owners, could you please post regarding how well the screen resists/picks up fingerprints. Also, how well can you see the backlit buttons on the white model?
[Galaxy S III General] TJEclipse:
No one wants that non 4g Garbage!
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
Nope :) already put it vs a dslr ;)

PS: filled the tank this morning :D
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
the screen does well against fingerprints, as with the SGS2. as long as your fingers are not oily, fingerprints are almost never picked up by the phone. Also, the backlit buttons are very noticeable even with the pearl white model. Be it under the sun or in a well lit room. =D
[Galaxy S III General] Lefty2Gunz:
I just skipped away from work (gave myself an extra 30 mins break!) to buy it from Westfield Stratford City (London). Pixie Lott, the singer was there for the launch and wasted 10 mins of my time!

My first initial impression.....WOW! This phone is great! Amazingly fast and slick. The web browser is unreal. Clicked on a link on twitter and the page loaded in literally 2 seconds(wifi)...no joke!

To the guy asking about finger prints on back and screen, it is prone but not really a issue for me to be honest.

The funny thing is that I bought a HTC One X only 3 weeks ago instead of this, but just didnt really click with HTC. The browser was slow, clumsly and laggy for me. It was a good phone, but not for me. This phone is clearly better. Anyone stuck between the two should go for this!
[Galaxy S III General] vinuneuro:
Could those of you who have also had the One X please compare how the two feel in the hand, and how easily you can reach across the screen and hit the home and backlit buttons with one hand. GSIII and the One X are nearly identical dimensionally on paper but the profile of the backs are very different.

Please also post impressions of the screen vs. the One X.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] touness69:
Oh that would be awesome if they do so before I got my hand on mine (blue one, yeah still waiting), because I will really miss all the subtle menu animation, those shadowed widgets, the AllShareCast features etc and all those functions that were present on the LE1 firmware and then removed from the latest LE8, LE6 versions :(
[Galaxy S III General] WhiteHartMart:
To me the phone feels more comfortable in the hand due to the smoother, more rounded edges of the casing although the One X had the better quality feel imo - just the materials give a better feel. The GS3 does not feel cheap imo though in anyway.

Because of the rounded back I can reach across the screen easier and one handed operation of the back and settings buttons is about as easy as its going to get with a device this size.

Screen is definitely brighter than my Galaxy Nexus and looks a tad sharper to me - probably due to the brightness. Compared to the One X it still looks fantastic although it just loses out on that 'floating icon' look of the One X.

Only had the phone a couple of hours so haven't really given much thought to colour reproduction etc yet.

Hope that helps
[Galaxy S III General] vinuneuro:
Thanks, that's very helpful. Please do post more impressions of the screen as you use it more, especially quality of text vs the One X.
[Galaxy S III General] xath23:
Just got my phone and sadly it's already back in the package(gunna replace it tomorrow). I got a red subpixel stuck in the upper third. I'm really pissed.. mostly because I LOVE the phone but I can't start enjoying it with a stuck pixel, I'm very OCD with my gadgets. Other than that the screen is perfect, pentile is visible a bit but not much of a problem.

Anyone else getting stuck pixels? (they are very small) test with *#0*#

I had to exchange 5 PSVita to get one without stuck pixels I'm really afraid I have to go through this again...
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
LOL i traded my 4 32gb and paid extra 360$ for SIII.

Anyone else noticed no Galaxy SIII logo or anything other than Samsung on the back cover. WOuld have liked to have same SIII logo on the box or when it shows while booting.
[Galaxy S III General] gazeddy:
mine landed at work with me and today has been worse than waiting to get it in my hands not being able to use it
[Galaxy S III General] AlexxxR:
Worst thing about my Pebble BLUE SGSIII? It's still not in my hands yet! :mad:

The company I pre ordered from (Ironically the company I work for) didn't process the orders through so I'm stuck waiting till mid June :mad:
[Galaxy S III General] the2rrell:
im so hoping that handtec ships out the white tomorrow.......i would love to get to work and have nice box delivered to me so i can get all excited. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
Congrats to the early owners of the SGSIII.

There aren't many pictures or videos about this phone yet so who ever has the phone and has some time please do :)

I have one question about the SIII, when you multitask and push the processor while playing games does it get hot like the GS2? If there is any heating whats the difference between the two. Some one here mentioned that it gets hot but not much info though.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] dai_griff:
Never seen a phone load up and install apps so quickly......

The video player trick where you can watch on any screen (pop video is it called) is very cool.

One thing that I HAD NOT SEEN said in reviews was that it uses microsim....... lucky I had one for a aborted 4s upgrade and O2 did the sim swap no problem......

So far, fecking amazing phone,it's on its first charge now so will play more tomorrow....
[Galaxy S III General] Droid Junkie:
I love mine, so much faster than my S2 and I'm really impressed by the screen, it blows away my S2. Had to go with a white in the end due to the shortage of blues but the white looks better in person than in the pictures.
[Galaxy S III General] mskip:
I havent really done much with mine yet as its been having a nice long drink before it goes to work but if you have any questions or want any pics taken of any of the screens then I dont mind.

Mark
[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
mskip thank you for the quick reply, and a screen comparison would be great as well. Although we see reviews from many sites I just feel that when we have feedback's from real owners it helps getting a good picture how the phones looks/performs etc.

Please when you have some time it would be nice to know if the phone gets hot while pushing it to the limits. Most of the phones do get hot when playing games or doing heavy multitasking but some get hotter than others. I have a GS2 and it does get hot at times so hopefully Sammy has done some improvements at how hot the CPU gets. Btw the CPU performance looks very fast :)
[Galaxy S III General] thedalmeny:
My S3 came today, i've had a little bit of time to tinker with it.

First impressions:

I'm coming from an iPhone 4, so it's very nice to actually be able to hold a phone in my hand comfortably again. Don't get me wrong, i love Apple's design, it's just not entirely practical.

The screen is mind blowing, yes up close you can see ever so slight jagged edges, thanks to the pentile display. However, when you look at it from an average distance (basically the distance you view the phone 99.9999% of the time), i can see no difference between the S3 and my iPhone 4 in terms of smooth text. I'm glad to see that the high resolution eradicates that issue, for me it's as good as S2 i used to own.

It's was quite amusing hearing heavy criticism of the S3 display after it was announced, as the phone was so close to my face in order to observe the problem, i was almost went cross eye'd. I have spot on vision aswell.

Quality wise - it feels premium in the hand in my opinion. The press shots really didn't do it justice, while you don't get the finished body in the same way you do from a One X, it really is a minor thing.

Overall, i'm a very happy man currently. Then again, i knew it would be a corker of a phone. The cherry on top was CPW giving me a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 32GB on for free with it. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Thor:
I got mine earlier today aswell.

So far I love it, and I totally agree with everyone that the press shots and such don't do it justice. It's just overall a beautiful phone. The screen is nothing short of amazing to look at and I did enjoy watching a 720p video on it's crisp display.

The performance is epic and I haven't experienced any lag or jitter through the entire phone, I can also state that boot time is brilliant aswell. Sound is again improved from the SGS2 and Galaxy note and I can easily hear improvements there when any song is playing.

Glad I picked the white aswell, because the notification LED looks amazing on it as do the backlight keys for menu and back.

Overall I'm super happy with the device and the build quality is perfect. The phone is a perfect wait between light and heavy(very light, but balanced well). The guerilla glass 2 is easily noticed and smooth as hell.
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Oh dear, you might've just incited the pentile bashers to start up the hatemongering again, hah.

Can't wait to get mine from Handtec as well! :)
[Galaxy S III General] ashok:
does that mean Blue version was available. heard it was delayed
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
Hi all, let's all stop comparing the s3 with the 4s. They are phones of 2 different class. By the way, the 4s was way behind when it was launched. S2 had already beat it hands down.
[Galaxy S III General] istoica:
Well... browse this thread again or check my signature ;)

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Here are the original shots :)

http://www.istoica.ro/SGS3/20120521_204722.jpg

http://www.istoica.ro/SGS3/20120521_080251.jpg

http://www.istoica.ro/SGS3/20120520_221642.jpg

http://www.istoica.ro/SGS3/20120520_192131.jpg
[Galaxy S III General] varunkumars:
I have 2 questions to the guys who already received it

1) How is the Wifi performance?

2) Is the phone getting over heat while gaming for long time ?
[Galaxy S III General] :
So far no to both.
[Galaxy S III General] Celidonius:
Hey guys, stupid question but, does the pentile screen have any grainy texture when looking at a certain color?

For example on my Atrix, greens and yellows are not a solid color, they look textured like a very small checkered board.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] nageshv24:
I didn't get any answer for this in the QA section.

Can anybody with S3 please try Aldiko or Kindle apps and give feedback on how the text looks? With HD resolution I expect it to be smooth but I am worried about jagged edges because of the pentile display.

I also want to know how it looks with white text on black background. Thanks...
[Galaxy S III General] luke222010:
Matte screen protector

Anyone found a matte screen protector for this yet?

I got one off ebay from a German seller, but it isnt the stickiest and although it covers the screen well enough, the outer edges of the phone remain glueless :(
[Galaxy S III General] NaabKing:
I'm curious about "Smart Stay" or whatever it's called, when you look at the phone and it doesnt turn off the screen.

So, my question would be, if i'm on my bed in darkness, reading/watching or whatever something on the phone, would the screen light up my face enough so the camera would recognize me looking at the phone and wouldnt turn off the screen?
[Galaxy S III General] luke222010:
I was reading the sport headlines in darkness last night (partly because Brendan Rodgers will be named boss of LFC and i'm a bit gloomy about it, and partly because the missus moans if its too light and she can't sleep!) and it worked flawlessly for me.
[Galaxy S III General] NaabKing:
Thanks for the quick reply :P Can't wait to get it, but i'm waiting for an 32 or 64GB version, hopefully it will arrive soon (=
[Galaxy S III General] Maxi66:
First impression / comparison to SGS2

Hardware / haptic

Got a white one yesterday after cancelling the "blue" order. Must say that always starting with a new phone it took some time to get used to hold and operate the phone - but with this one from the first second it feels very convenient and very smooth. Sizewise I thought the SGS2 is the maximum I can handle but I was surprised how good I could handle the SGS3. I must say in this context, that the top menues which Samsung is using (i.E. contacts) is not so convenient to me, I would prefer to have the menues at the bottom or better by ICS style swiping. Backlight of the softkeys I have switched off because I found them too bright under low light conditions and not visible under bright conditions.

Screen is nice - it's hard to say whether it is better than SGS2, when I compared SGS2 with SGS3 in the shop I thought the SGS2 is more brilliant (I actually noticed that the dimming levels are very different i.e. SGS3 panel is under same light condition at a lower dimming level) and white is more "white" but now using just SGS3 I already "forgot" and feel it is a very nice panel (more similar to HTC Sensation than to SGS2). I was surprised to find that the schreen is not flat it even overrides the bezel, which makes me belive that the SGS3 will not survive as many drops as my SGS2 had. Finally LED is back and vibration pattern can be even customized (would be nice if different pattern could be used depeding on the event to be announced).

Last night I tried the frist charging cycle not using the USB power and I used the SGS2 charger which did not work. This morning I have charged with the 220V original SGS3 charger and it worked – holly moly !

Software

Sorry guys you will not like but the SGS3 is not as smooth as it is said almost everywhere. Compared to the SGS2 (latest firmware) the only improvement I could found so far is that some of the application are starting faster. Browser scrolling is the same as when I used CM9 on my SGS2 but far away from the stock HW accelerated browser (whatever that means) of SGS2. Also scrolling in contacts is not so smooth and if I scroll in a indivdual contact its getting even worse. Calendar is the software highlight to me – don’t know many which have a “Year overview”. Very nice but when you swipe from day to day the view does not always move to the exisiting schedules - here I belive (and this was the fact at SGS2) the software on the released new Samsung phones is at a very early stage (for not saying beta - in my opinion). Eye detection does not work reliable most of the time - the screen is dimming despite the face recognition shows the eye in the top bar.

Strange is also that sometimes when I’m in the settings and return to home screen – the home screen still has to be built up (like first start after rebooting)

Overall I like it very much and I hope that Samsung will improve the software in the same manner as they did for SGS2. – to be continued
[Galaxy S III General] MarkieSA:
When and if you find one could you let me know via PM where you got it from please, if you don't mind.
[Galaxy S III General] luke222010:
I was tempted to do the same, but couldnt justify paying over the odds for a 32gb or 64gb version when you can get a micro sd 32gb for just over £20 on amazon! So i did that instead. Besides, what the hell are you planning on putting on the phone to need that much storage!?!? :D

Really!?

Mine is unbelievably quick in every aspect of the phone. I've had a HTC One X since launch date which had problems from day one (albeit they're now fixed with system updates) which is going back to Amazon today as i've now done comparisons and the S3, aside from the Camera and some nifty features on Sense, is the better phone (for me anyway). In terms of eye detection - as stated above - this works fine for me, even in dark conditions. Scrolling through contacts does not have the slightest bit of lag either. I'd consider getting a replacement handset if I were you!

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I've just ordered 3 for £1.99 - something tells me they won't be matte but i'll give it a chance for that price. Unfortunately estimated delivery is not until 11th June but if they turn out to be good i'll send you a PM :)
[Galaxy S III General] -Grift-:
o.O any idea how to hack this thingy ? odin i guess ? Too bad it aint like the nexus easy and "safe"
[Galaxy S III General] NaabKing:
Well, that's a good question xD I don't know, i just wanted "superior" storage for superior phone xD Even iPhone 3GS had 32GB >_> :D

I owned Samsung Galaxy S (and sold it, cuz i will buy S3) and i had inside 16GB MicroSD (Class 4 i think) and it was sooooo slow to copy files on it, while on the phone it was much faster, so i was thinking, i can pay a little more to get 32GB version and dont need MicroSD card, cuz "Class 10" MicroSD cards are kinda high priced and for that money (price of SGS3 + "Class 10" Micro SD 16GB) i would probably get 32GB version of Galaxy S3 :D
[Galaxy S III General] manook:
32GB Class 10 is about £22 delivered from play.com

Just waiting for my S3 to arrive from three. currently got a one x so im going to sell one of them, just depends which I prefer.....
[Galaxy S III General] luke222010:
I see your point, class 10's can be quite expensive and don't always turn out to be decent cards...

Just looking at prices of 32gb S3's - coming up at £550+

I ordered my SD card from Amazon, an official Samsung 32gb one for £22.95 - down from £59.99, and it has favourable reviews so hopefully it'll be quick and reliable.

So on that note...

S3 16gb - £499.95 + 32gb Samsung Micro SD - £22.95 = 48Gb storage for £522.90

OR

S3 32gb - £550+ = 32Gb storage

I know what i'd go for ;)

EDIT: Unless of course you're going on a contract! In which case you'd be paying over the odds anyhow :D