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[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
I can't get over how beautiful and perfect the SGS3 is. Coming from an SGS1 to an SGS3 and loving it

It's as if Samsung keep an eye on the forums here. All the "little things" I used to add to my phone with custom roms and themes and apps - they seem to have implemented them into the stock rom. All the things that we said "would have been great if it had this", the III has (1 example a notification led.) TW5 is gorgeous too.
[Galaxy S III General] johku12:
Yes you can.

Forgot to mention in my previous post that the pentile matrix won't bother me at all as pixel density is high enough that human with hormal vision cant see the pixels from 10 inches away. No matter how much HTC adwertises the rgb matrix in hox and how it has more sub pixels per square inch it doesn't really matter as if I cant see individual pixels the screen is good.
[Galaxy S III General] hells_dark:
I've just got my blue GS III.

The color and the finsih is wonderful. And it's really light !

It's loading right now.. Will try it tonight :)
[Galaxy S III General] Mimsy:
Same! I was very sceptical at first, but now even design seems awesome. Display is great, phone is smooth and I haven't encountered any problems so far.
[Galaxy S III General] Vaddy23:
How does the display compare to the note? The black wash on the note can be dissapointing at times especiallh when the brightness is turned down. Is the screen better on the sgs3?
[Galaxy S III General] ethanfel:
I've got no issue like that with mine but well i come from a SGS1, so everything is far better.

Btw i can't use my old sgs1 anymore, i was fine before but now i fell like i'm traped in a little box (i fell the same with one of my mates iphone 4s).

SGS with CM9 was great (obvious choice since samsung stock rooms were poor) but the stock one for the sgs3 is great i dont feel the need to change it, everythink works fine, battery is great and overall the system feel extremely fast. i can use all day my phone (nearly 6hours strait with the screen open with browsing a lot of gaming (a lot of shadow era and dangerous) i'm left with 40% battery, that's fine for me :)

I'm happy :)
[Galaxy S III General] Mr_Twist:
Thanks, now waiting for a bigger model and its killing me :)
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
I bought the intl version and using it with tmobile and it keeps losing signal and calls drop in the middle of the conversation. does it sound like it is the networks fault or it is the phones antenna? I should say I have never had such issues in the past so I believe it is the phone...ideas?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I assume you are talking about T-Mobile, USA? Since you can only use it with EDGE on T-Mobile, it's probably a pretty good idea just to set it to GSM only.

Settings>More Settings> Mobile Networks>Network Mode
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
Yes is tmobile. Thats what i always do with my phones because it also saves battery i have heard. I guess it is a better idea to return it and wait for the tmobile's version..
[Galaxy S III General] ExTREmE99:
those with the blue gs3, does the purple-ish home button annoy you? i really want the blue version, as opposed to the white that i currently have, but the purple button annoys the crud out of me!!
[Galaxy S III General] DJ Palmis:
No, not at all.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Still smooth after two weeks and firmware update. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Not only the home button is "purple", the bezel is purple too.

In the videos i like both, but hands on with both my taste goes for white.

If you've a chance compare each other personally
[Galaxy S III General] ExTREmE99:
interesting, in the pics/videos, the home button sticks out like a sore thumb to me! i love the white that i have, but im scared my dark blue jeans will end up staining the phone!
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Hum i don't think so.

The hyper glaze coating will protect from staining, i think ;)

I use a really good gel case, so staining won't be a problem to me.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Besides, staining from jeans shouldn't happen if you have washed those jeans a few times.
[Galaxy S III General] ExTREmE99:
i wear only raw denim, which has a tendency to rub off on just about everything heh
[Galaxy S III General] teatime0315:
i know that feel brah
[Galaxy S III General] Vaddy23:
I'm really thinking about buying a GS3 from Expansys today and selling my International Note. I'm a hardcore gamer (Nova 3, Real Soccer 2012, Modern Combat, FPSE) so I really need the quad core soc. Can someone tell me how the audio quality is on the GS3? The Note leaves a lot to be desired in that regard.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Tested the battery out. Charged it up and then pretty much used it until it got to 10%. Results are pretty good. :)
[Galaxy S III General] paqbro:
Will receive mine in a few moments, delivery on the door :)

Finally flush my LG Optimus x2 through the toilet.
[Galaxy S III General] superj3211:
what does everyone think of this compaired to the note....i am about to replace my captivate that i have had forever....i was looking forward to the note but i can get this cheaper than the note with my upgrade....i just love the note cause it is so big but wanted to see what everyone here thought.....
[Galaxy S III General] jamiemorris:
GSIII vs Note

I haven't used the note for extended periods ( only messed about with a friend's) but I would say that in terms of hardware the GSIII is FAR better design, as the note is very wide and impossible to use with one hand. The rounded shape of the GSIII makes it feel slightly smaller and more ergonomic than the screen size suggests. And 4.8" is big enough unless you want a tablet!

Also, using a cheap capacative stylus on the S Memo app on the GSIII is surprisingly accurate, so the advantages of the S Pen are minimal IMHO.

The screen on the S3 seems nicer too (similar resolution in a smaller device) and you get ICS out of the box and a better processor
[Galaxy S III General] Minoza:
Let me just say this, I tried S3 in a store, it had around 150MB of free RAM yet it was running smooth and fast, I tried to open more stuff, tortured it as much as I could, but it remained fluid... And we're talking about a device that gets used all day by the customers. Care to explain?

If your phone is slow, it must be a defect unit, cause I've experienced something quite contrary to what you're saying.
[Galaxy S III General] gavinfabl:
After the latest firmware update, memory management is much better. ICS always has little ram free. It is a feature that keeps it running smoothly. What the system does is close least used apps when needed to keep memory from tipping over.

I read a tip that said it is best to exit an app using the back button, and this will exit. If you want the app to take up memory hit the home button.
[Galaxy S III General] ashmont:
I've been using a TouchPro2 for nearly two years and other WinMo HTC devices prior to that. I decided I wanted to get a smartphone with a decent camera that would nearly be as good as a standalone camera. Initially I was leaning towards the HTC One X as I rather like Sense and prefer some of its software. I read about the Galaxy S3 and thought that may be better as it has a removable battery and a separate SD card slot. I've also heard varying reports - mainly awful - about the One X battery life. Thanks to this thread I settled on the S3 as it has received overwhelmingly positive feedback. There seem to be other serious issues with the HTC i.e. movie recording frame rate and call quality. The phone hasn't arrived yet so hopefully I'll be pleased with my choice.

It's funny though, there were millions of S3s pre-ordered and the advertising campaign has been intense and yet I still haven't seen a single S3 in the wild. It's still iPhones and Blackberrys everywhere I look!

Ashley
[Galaxy S III General] @home:
Home button colour isn't an issue - If it's an issue to you stay with the white.

I waited for the blue cause the white is just eww - again it's horses for courses - i detest the white as a whole.

Blue all the way for me
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
WOW dude that's insane battery life 5 hours of screen time!? Wow
[Galaxy S III General] superj3211:
just pre ordered mine for my upgrade.....cant wait to get it.....whats the word on some of the best ROMs for the SIII.....

---------- Post added at 02:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:05 AM ----------

my order says will ship on or before the 21th......hmmmm
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Note was my previous device.

I'll tell you why i change it.

- Gigantic screen, i thought that one hand use was possible but it's almost impossible

- Sound quality not the best

- Quad VS Dual

- Future proof

- Design

- Community

- Camera

- Display quality, ok some users have real issues with the display, but let's be realistic, it's gorgeous. More accurate colors and less oversaturated

Cumps
[Galaxy S III General] superj3211:
thank you for your thoughts....i am glad to hear from someone who had the note and switched....
[Galaxy S III General] Yusei:
Don't get me wrong, Note is a great device.

But in my opinion SIII take the throne.
[Galaxy S III General] morpheus9394:
Impressions from an EX GNEX Owner

I've had my GNEX since launch and WAS very happy with it till I started hearing about the new Quad Core phones.

After doing lots of reading and finally settled on the S3 and got it yesterday.

Taking out of the box my first thoughts were "The build quality is MUCH better than the nexus". Then when I turned the phone on my next thought was "WOW, what a beautiful screen". I though the Nexus screen was lovely but the S3 blows it away.

I rooted it straight away and changed the launcher to the Nova Launcher but other than that I have kept everything stock, for now. (my GNEX had AOKP build 39 with Franco Kernal)

The phone is VERY fast and smooth and the battery life is incredible for so such a high powered phone. I am not sure about all the Touch Wiz stuff, some bits a quite handy but I prefer a more vanilla Android ROM like AOKP or CM9.

I am really looking forward to seeing that the developers can come up with custom ROM wise but even in its stock state the S3 is a amazing phone.

I am very unsure about upgrading from the GNEX and I am SO glad I did.
[Galaxy S III General] mark.m.moran:
In exact same boat here. Had the Galaxy Nexus before the S3 and the screen on S3 is much better. Getting used to a home button again and the button layout will take a while. I hope AOKP comes out for it soon as loved that on the Nexus.....
[Galaxy S III General] Tusku:
got mine from orange. am loving it :D

but it's getting heat if i play a game continuously for 20m :p
[Galaxy S III General] Bhawk:
I got mine yesterday. I live in the Caribbean and I can totally see the screen outdoors. I noticed you have some apps available from Samsung (A barometer, a mini diary, a family story, etc) The phone is way smoother than the SGS II running a custom android ROM (Resurrection Remix by westcrip). Webpages load really fast and the camera is good, I need to get used to that zero lag shutter since I have the sounds muted and I am always wondering if I took the picture and end up with several pictures of the same because I click the shutter several times thinking it hasn't shot the picture. The battery life is great so far testing the phone since this morning and 11 hours later I still have 40% (definitely not normal use and above heavy use since I've run all sort of benchmarks and played a lot)
[Galaxy S III General] DJ Palmis:
For you!

See attached file..

:)
[Galaxy S III General] ashmont:
Love it! Hopefully it will still fit in my pocket.
[Galaxy S III General] DJ Palmis:
Pocket is not a problem.

Handbags (if you are a girl) can create some scratches and/or damages.. In my opinion.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] morpheus9394:
:) Yes it is taking me a while to get used to the change in buttons too.

Another improvement of the GNEX is the signal strength.

I am getting full bars on H+ almost everywhere I go on Vodafone and Wifi signal is also much stronger on the S3.

GPS locking is super quick. It locks onto the SAT before I can even blink. AMAZING!!!
[Galaxy S III General] mercado79:
I once had my phone's screen get scratched due to a small rivet near my jean's front pocket. this was a few years ago and it's likely that gorilla glass should be enough to protect against a repeat, but... something to keep in mind.
[Galaxy S III General] BuddyLee:
Any difference in the stock of blue coming from us store like negri as opposed to the uk distributors that havent shipped yet?

Reason why i ask is because I have a preorder with handtec ... but seeing that negri has them in stock. If the negri stock is the new updated pebble blue, ill cancel the handtec.
[Galaxy S III General] El Mariach1:
Bought mine today... hardware-wise, it's absolutely perfect. The only faults I could find are touchwiz-related - no wallpaper scrolling (or did I miss the setting?) and a couple of smaller ones.

Coming from a Wildfire, it's a big upgrade and I'm really satisfied (so far) :D
[Galaxy S III General] fatboypup:
you can thank apple for that .... :mad:
[Galaxy S III General] Minoza:
I've seen several workarounds so it's not really a huge deal.
[Galaxy S III General] nats81:
Apple have scrolling wallpaper? I had never noticed that

The hardware is not quite perfect IMO, the home button is too small and a little bit difficult to press
[Galaxy S III General] Outtaspace_galaxy:
so why does htc sense still have scrolling wallpaper??
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Apple doesn't have scrolling wallpaper -- not without a jailbreak anyway. :)

Just use Wallpaper Setter and another Launcher for scrolling wallpapers.
[Galaxy S III General] NaabKing:
I'm really happy with my device too ^^ Everything is working very well, some lag here and there, but it's perfect :P What is "laging" are maps on the homescreen if you wanna open them, it's not smooth :P
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
I just got my pebble blue one, couldn't wait for North American version. Gorgeous phone! I like it much better than the One X so far. The only thing the One X has over this is the auto brightness setting IMO. Sweet sweet phone.
[Galaxy S III General] banone:
I cant tell you how pleased i am to see this. Poor signal strength is the main reason i am moving from gnex to s3. Hopefully i will have it sometime this week.
[Galaxy S III General] ashmont:
Isn't it dreadful that so many manufacturers copied Apple's supposedly "great" ideas just because the iPhone was so successful? The one that immediately springs to mind is the removal of all but barest minimum of hardware buttons. Removal of a physical camera button being the most stupid and even Apple has now realised this by introducing the Volume button fudge. Why they thought it was more important to have a mute button than a camera button I'll never know. I bought my touch pro2 after having an HTC Tytn 2. I really missed the camera button the scroll wheel and the D pad even though the bigger screen was a great improvement. I assume the stripping away of those buttons was HTC's nod to the iPhone. At least with SGS3 and HOX they can be forgiven for not having a camera button as they have camera and video buttons both available at once.

Ashley
[Galaxy S III General] morpheus9394:
The incredible thing about the S3 is I can even get a GPS lock inside my house, that's how good the signal strength is.

Everytime I pick up the phone I :D to myself.
[Galaxy S III General] nickkyboy36:
+1

the GPS is incredible!
[Galaxy S III General] vinuneuro:
GPS lock must just be an improvement in those antennas and chipsets. My One X was able to get nearly instantaneous lock indoors too.
[Galaxy S III General] superj3211:
i thought the AT&T SIII was gonna have the quad as well....but i just read a review that said it wouldnt.....anyone know anything different
[Galaxy S III General] Scotlac:
Definitely not the quad. All of the US carriers have the dual core S4 processors.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Since it was announced, everyone knew it was going to be dual-core. All of the North American LTE variants are. Nothing new.
[Galaxy S III General] superj3211:
damn.....that was my reasoning to getting the SIII over the Note...../sigh
[Galaxy S III General] Underking:
Would really like to know this too as I haven't been able to find the option. Anyone stumble across a solution for lock-screen music controls?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
They are available in the pull down Notification area...
[Galaxy S III General] Underking:
We are looking for is lock-screen controls.
[Galaxy S III General] mercado79:
I think I remember seeing an option that allowed accessing the drop down notification tray while on the lock screen.

Sent from my Touchpad
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
You already can with ICS. That's always been the case.
[Galaxy S III General] bigriggy63:
Baldi,

Love your Wallpapers..you have long been my go-to guy!
[Galaxy S III General] Humma78:
So you can have 50GB free storage for 2 years??????

Maybe just maybe that is the reason :o
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
I have no black borders(try an app called "crop wallpaper" to make your own wallpapers fit)? Also it's not Samsung's fault you cannot use the TouchWiz widgets with the apex launcher.

Seriously I see no reason for your comment about Samsung launching the phone too soon. I have not run into a single bug as of yet.

EDIT: Are you sure you have the phone as the glass is definitely not completely flat? Put it under a light and you'll see how the reflections bend.
[Galaxy S III General] androiderrr:
Congratulation to everyone who purchased their phone on first day of release.

Kindly tell us how much RAM is actually available for user?Also it will be very helpfull for us if anybody can run some multitasking test by opening as many apps possible
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
780mb :)
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
though 780mb is known,its good to see 300 +mb of free memory, looks like s3's touchwiz is not resource hungry
[Galaxy S III General] Eodun:
Just bought mine, 609€ (+insurance) in The Phone House, SIM free, Spain.

Still too soon for a review, but it's filling my expectatives for now :D:D:D

I thought not to root yet, but I found a con: I NEED titanium backup...
[Galaxy S III General] pratik_91:
can all u guys who have purchased the phone, tell us @ what price have u bought it... it will help us to get a rough price before the launch :D
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
Hi, don't get me wrong. I have been using the galaxy s series since the first phone was out. I'm not blaming Samsung. I love the Galaxy S phones! I even got both my sgs2 and sgs3 on the first day of launch.

Using my S2 with stock ICS, I didn't have to use a third party application to crop my pictures (the same ones I have on sgs 2) and they worked completely fine. I could select the whole picture when setting the wallpaper. And I definitely did not think it's Samsung's fault for not being able to use the widget on a third party launcher.

I just tried watching a video using the stock player and it automatically adjusted the brightness to a lower level although I have set my screen brightness to 100% (no settings in the stock player to disable auto brightness). The same video on MX player works fine though.

I am sure there are certain things that can definitely be improved with further updates. =]

P.S. the screen looks very flat to me. U can try using a ruler and place it along the screen. There are no gaps.
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
Are you using 720x1280 size pics(how many home screens)? Also the edges of the display are rounded, don't need a ruler to confirm that. :)
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
Yes. Full resolution images. 5 home screen. Crop wallpaper works well though. But I just don't like to have a third party app for something so trivial. Stock ICS on Sgs2 has no such problem.

Did u try the video player? And I just realized there's no landscape mode in the home screen and app drawer. Both with apex and touchwiz.
[Galaxy S III General] acexii:
P.S. the screen is definitely flat. Lol. I guess the curved back gave u the illusion the the screen is curved as well, but it's not.
[Galaxy S III General] v1rtu4l:
that is the cost of a very thin bezel. that is also a huge disadvantage if you use only have capacitive buttons... they will get activated by simple touching them which does not need to be intended.

just today accidentely touched the home button on my galaxy s2, but then hit the menu button (which i wanted to touch in the first place). since the home button is physical it did not register my failed touch and everything was ok =)
[Galaxy S III General] XDA mark:
Anybody that can comment on the quality of the home button? Does it feel cheap or good? Nasty clicking sound when pressing it?

I almost never click on the S2's home button, I hate the cheap feeling :D
[Galaxy S III General] ste1164:
The home button feels very nice when pressed extremely solid.
[Galaxy S III General] Sir-Awesome:
Sigh, I'm ordering mine next week, probably receive it the week after.
[Galaxy S III General] weezul:
as a blackberry user currently, this means a lot. The GPS on those can take an age to lock on, even when stood outside in broad daylight in the middle of a city, no tall buildings
[Galaxy S III General] truewt:
I just got mine! But logging into dropbox using existing account doesn't upgrade to free 50GB. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III General] 380AU:
I don't like those grey borders on the photo screen either.

Does this mean it records in 16:9 format?

Coz you don't get the borders in recording mode.
[Galaxy S III General] ricethief:
If it is like the OneX DropBox promotion, you should get a email with a link to some tasks. Once the tasks were completed the free storage upgrade unlocked.
[Galaxy S III General] georaldc:
I hope it isn't as bad as the Vita. That thing registers presses even by simply hovering your finger above the screen lol
[Galaxy S III General] steelbeans:
hi guys, just arrived today, now sticking my Desire S up on ebay!

Love it
[Galaxy S III General] manishd3:
Just got my sexy Pebble Blue today from Three. My my I'm impressed! Have just set it up so far and now putting it on a long charge (the temptation to fiddle around with it is killing me) after putting on an Xtremeguard screen protector.

First impressions are very positive, I know it's been said about a thousand times already but the blue looks so much better in person than it does in pictures. Very happy I chose the blue over the white. The screen is gorgeous, although coming from an iPhone 4 the pentile is a little bit noticeable and text rendering is much less sharper. But all things I can live with considering the extra real estate!

Speed is also very very impressive! Coming from a jailbroken iPhone which used to lag like a motherflipper this is a great improvement!

Overall I'm a very happy chappy and my experience can only improve (hopefully!)
[Galaxy S III General] wind0zer:
Just bought the (international) white model (have Nexus One). Put it on initial charging; haven't turned it on. Reading on root/recovery info etc. It feels like I'm holding a screen. Although it's the same weight as Nexus one it feels lighter maybe because of bigger size.