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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tekkneke:
Keep in mind, though, you are comparing two phones that have very solid signal/radio quality. Atrix 1 and 2 and 3GS are some of the best (especially the Atrixes) signal quality and sound quality I've had on a phone before. I haven't used the SGS3's phone yet, but IMO the SGS2 wasn't any better at signal quality or phone sound quality than the HOX is, so I don't expect much more out of the SGS3. I can definitely tell the difference between my last phone (Atrix 2) and the HOX in phone quality, but I consider the Atrix 2 a very underrated high bar to measure up to in that regard.

Ehh, that is something that will be just a distant memory 3 months from now. Many phones have had availability issues, or just bad carrier distribution. Two of the most widely developed phones of last year (SGS2, Nexus) had their own issues. That said, I do agree that SGS3 will have "more" development, but I think both phones will have plenty to suit anyone's needs.

I too despise Sense. For now we have roms that clean out most of that garbage. Or if you don't want to go that route, launchers like Nova or Apex can minimize how much of sense that you actually have to see. Eventually you can just go with stock ICS. Might even see stock on the HOX before you see it on SGS3 (US version).

Not trying to change your mind... if you prefer the SGS3, go for it. It looks like it will certainly be a great option. I just wanted to provide my input on some of your reasoning for switching.

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Maybe I'm just biased because I'm frequently getting 4 hours, probably 3+ on average, so when I see others say they are getting 4 in the battery threads, that's what sticks out to me.

I had expected to need to use something like Juice Defender on this phone when I was reading reviews, but I haven't come across the need yet. I do leave wifi off all the time unless I explicitly want to use it for something, but I doubt that is the main factor accounting for good battery life.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Silellak:
Personally, I'm 90% sure I'm sticking with the One X over the GS3 (having originally come from the iPhone world), but some of the GS3's specs (like the RAM/camera) and the possibility of better dev support makes the GS3 more tempting than I thought it would be.

Still...I think it'd be hard to go back after using this screen, heh. Fortunately, this is definitely a #firstworldproblem...both phones seem pretty fantastic, and it'd be hard to go wrong either way.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] play2lose:
Got it from Amazon and they don't even have the White HOX listed anymore and the Grey is back ordered so I'm guessing it'd be hard to get a replacement. You're right though it might just be a bad battery.

My guess though is that it's the bad performing radio that's draining the battery. I have reallyyy bad AT&T service at my house in Vegas, but all my prior phones (iphone 4, 4s, galaxy note) were still able to get 1 to 2 bars and at least stay connected. My HTC One X by far gets the worse service and i'll go hours without service sometimes and miss calls and texts until I reboot the radio (airplane on and off)

I just don't understand why I can manually turn airplane mode on then off and get service 100% of the time...but when the phone loses service and tries automatically reconnecting it usually doesn't work. And I'm guessing this is what may be causing my drain? But my battery stats still show the screen using almost all the power most of the time and I only keep it on auto
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tekkneke:
Truer words were never spoken :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dkirchik:
I used iPhone for 5 years. Switched from the 4S to the galaxy note. Then to the HOX. I could never go back to Sammy after using the HOX. Main reason Black Crush which most to all amoled / Pentile screens suffer from. Movies photos star charts loose a lot of their lushness from black crush.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
Boo this man
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] qnet:
I just like the look of the One X a lot better. The SGS-3 is a nice phone but I like the One x better overall. I was going to get the S3 but, kept watching vids about the One X and had to go with what I really knew I liked.

The S3 does has some advantages such as the removable battery and more storage. However I like the HTC sense integration much better than touchwiz. HTC sense changes ICS but in a cool way IMO. Touchwiz on the S3 just looks like Touchwiz on every other Samsung phone, which I never liked that much.

The S3 has some nice features but, not enough to replace my One X. I may get one just to play with and review on my Youtube channel but, I may not. I'd have to get a really good deal on one.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
I don't understand these battery life problems... This is what it's looking like for me right now...

16%

Running for 15h 19m and 27s on batter

Screen on: 3h 15m 24s

Voice Calls: 1h 19m 38s

Cell standby: time without signal was 33% bad coverage area, if it wasn't tracking it'd be better

I'm keeping my HOX
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] roscoejackson:
I get 5 to 6 hours of screen time consistently with auto brightness, WiFi on, and poor signal at times.

No LTE yet here in MI. Also, I use as few widgets as possible and sync stuff as infrequently as possible.

I can't even fathom 3 hours screen time unless we were talking over a 36+ hour time period maybe.

I agree with whoever said call quality lacks on this phone. Id say its more of a speaker problem, though. Including the speakerphone. Just not loud enough compared to my old Atrix.

I'm a fan of Sense 4 though.

Regarding S3, I'd rather pour kerosene in my eyes than look at a samoled screen all day.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dufort:
dear god what are you doing while staying on the screen for two hours?? An example: During class I'm texting, web browsing, etc etc for at LEAST an hour-hour and a half and my battery never gets below 60...

Im assuming you game hardcore or you have a fluke battery. The hox battery life is very, very good coming from the SGII (my previous phone)

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last portion of your post im quoting for truth. same here.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kechundu:
screen HOX better, others SGS3 better.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Until we SEE benchmarks and hands on reviews of the US SHIPPING SGS 3 there's no way to make this decision. The quad core chip on the sgs 3 might be better, but unless you buy the international version of the phone you won't have it.

The US version of the SGS3 uses the exact same SOC as the AT&T One X. It has 2 GB RAM and removable battery and SD Card.

I've never seen people jump ship so fast. When the One X went on sale it's not like the SGS 3 was a secret.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mgfjd:
I like my HOX but I am worry about software development. I used to have HTC Windows phones and XDA was the place to find solutions. I had owned Samsungs and XDA was back to the rescue. It seems HTC is putting a lot of blocks to devs that any issues would take longer to solve through official channels.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bothfly:
The top reason I would jump over to the GS3 from the HOX is STORAGE.

I have very little left, around 8 gigs and that's with no music and no movies. If I put my iTunes music on the HOX I would have under 3 gigs left add a few ripped dvd's and I'd have nothing.

To me this is a deal breaker if the GS3 ends up being about the same spec wise as the HOX.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
I'm not worried. The phone has really only seen 2 weeks of sales, thanks to the delay of shipments by US Customs. And the bootloader was only unlocked a couple weeks ago. But still, there are several ROMs, and a good number of mods for various things. Lots more of these phones are going to sell. Once a few more talented devs get their hands on this phone, development is really going to take off.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tekkneke:
Stream stream stream.... I guess if you aren't in an LTE market that limits your possibilities, but I use my phone for everything you are describing, and I don't have a single bit of media on my phone.

Google Play

Dropbox

Orb

Slingplayer

Web hosting services (like Rapidshare, Megashares, etc)

So many possibilities out there. If you aren't on LTE I understand your pain, but I'm pretty sure they are designing these phones at this point with the assumption that you are.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] laxattackdog:
Has anybody heard whether the SGS3 will be able to multitask properly? That is my main issue with the HOX and the removable battery and micro SD slot would be bonuses. I don't really care if the screen is worse since all I can think about when looking at my HOX screen is that my battery is going to be dead soon.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] laxattackdog:
does it say anything about the multitasking? i didn't see anything. this thread is about the HOX and the SGS3 so the question is relevant.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
This forum is about the AT&T HTC One X so it really isn't.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gpo1956:
This thread is titled "HOX or SGS3". Virtually EVERY post on it discusses the differences of, or merits of one over the other. How the hell can you decide that this aspect of the debate is suddenly "not relevant"? Very very weak!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mgfjd:
I am keeping my HOX after a lot of internal debating. Samsung is crap and worst than HTC doing updates. I had the Samsung Captivate and the Galaxy S2 and the updates never came on time. The GPS update for the captivate took forever, and the texting problem with the GS2 never worked right. XDA was the site that fixed the problems, no Samsung

The HOX is a beautiful phone.. I havent had any wifi or battery problems with mine.. I would like to see better enhancements on the phone but hopefully, either HTC or XDA will solve the issues like the always do.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
Lol there is like 5 threads identical to this. If you really want to pit phone against phone, then off to YouTube you go.

This thread is an agent of weak
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
which is why I linked the XDA SGS III forums. :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
Didn't even know they existed. I just hate scrolling through the dozens of bogus repeat threads. Seriously if I had a dollar for every whiny battery, gs3 comparison, how do I ____, ect.

I mean peter made a tutorial for everything, ppl know just about everything gs3 related. There is no excuse.

I'm being an xda curmudgeon on this one

Sent from my HTC One X.... Harumph
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
I'm sick of it myself but I've been called names for being sick of certain things around here :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mbonus:
We'll I've been on the fence for a while now. The fact that ATT closed the root exploit for 1.85 and that all new HOX devices seem to be shipped with this sw could make the decision for me.

That being said, we'll have to see what state the GS3 arrives in and whether att trys to lock that down as well.

Oh and to those that poo poo the external sd card in favor of streaming, I just hit 5gb in a month testing the google music app using no external storage on my i-897. However this is an excessive test as I have it so cache so I am sure that is increasing the data usage.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gpo1956:
Are you serious? What the hell does this even mean?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
It means as hox owners we are getting tired of these threads.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rquinn19:
My only issue with not having a removable battery is I can't pull it when I do something wrong. Or if it somehow bricked and won't charge I can't charge it elsewhere and put it back in to try to fix it. I used to walk around with an extra battery but its not necessary for me anymore. There's outlets car chargers and everything else. I probably will buy one of those portable microusb charging things before I go on a long (mountain) bike ride.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fernando sor:
that has to do with application development, not manufactor software skins like sense or touchwiz.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Tinyboss:
I had been planning to swap out for a SGS3, but I decided against it. I took the plunge and root/unlocked my HOX, and I've been running CleanRom Lite. Wifi and multitasking work, and right now I'm at 36 hours off charger, 2h 15m screen, 45m talk, and still 22% battery left. Unreal.

So for me, all that's left to envy about the SGS3 is the extra GB or RAM, which I admit, I would like to have. But I know the HOX has a better screen, and everything on the phone in my hand is working well, which is a pretty big deal--I'm not taking the risk on as-yet unknown SGS3 flaws. (I still feel burned about the Captivate GPS!)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
I think all of us former captivate owners feel your pain there :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
I'm seriously considering buying an SGS3 in red(want to see what it looks like first of course) off contract.

Then, I'll have both and it won't matter :p
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mbonus:
The captivate had a gps? :o I never used it.... hmmm
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] incofstupid:
+1

It's a smartphone, sooner or later you will need to charge it. Why make it hard. If you like it, just get it. If you don't, just leave it. Oh, one more thing ..... I'm keeping my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] avgjoegeek:
Lol me being one of them. Only reason I kept the phone for so long was because of XDA!

I'll keep the HOX and avoid the Barbie plastic phone. I'd feel less manly with the SGS III.

Seriously though either phone is fine. Both perform on par with each other. But both phones will rock harder as soon as we get mote ROMs available.

Last thing though. Sammy never ever releases their source or drivers. We always have to rely on the tweakers to come up with a hack/fix.

HTC usually sees things like a true CM9 port...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] avgjoegeek:
Lol mine never worked right.... Ever.

But it was a workhorse and I miss it... Until I pick up my HOX :-)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rambo8987:
I left the hox for gs3 a month ago, well I left it for a gs2 then skyrocket. I'm giving a neutral opinion. No doubt the design of the hox and LCD2 screen and that CAMERA!!!!! Was freaky bueatiful, but we that owned the at&t varient that aren't grandfathered in an unlimited data, (forcing us to eat up data) plan found ourselves deleting data off the internal memory left and right, (and this is w/o custom roms and nand backups). Internal memory was the deal breaker for me honestly. I mean I did go throw 3hox before I gave up and even experienced a lot of issues with screens and batteries burning out( all due to quality control) no phone is perfect and the s3 I'm sure will have issues especially since I'm getting one of the 1st shipments. The s3 is a solid phone it appears on paper, (I'll test when it releases) true I'm not a fan of the design over the hox but nothing that a case can't fix if I'm that bothered by the apperence. All and all, there'll never be a BEST phone as phone makers would go broke with a perfect phone on the market. I say try it and see if it fits you, both devices are the best for now.....lol we know in a few months there'll be new flagship devices
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jamesbra:
I buy my phones from amazon wireless as they come activated and allow me to use my upgrade w/o changing my plan. If I understand correctly the HOX doesn't have a sim slot. For anyone who bought their HOX from amazon wireless did it come activated and how did you link it to your account if so? Thanks, this is one of the major deciders for me whether or not I will go HOX or sgs3.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
Download Google translate and figure it out, jackwagon
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] TKTAB911:
You hold down the power button for 10~ seconds and it reboots. I've used it from a fresh boot before it even loads into the bootloader, in the bootloader, and normally from the android screen. So it appears to be system-wide to kill the power. I understand your thoughts on not being able to pull the battery, but simply put if you are too worried about being bricked, you probably don't know what your doing / can't afford getting another. And If you can't afford getting another I wouldn't do anything without reading the instructions a dozen times before even touching it. Just my 2 cents though.

The sim card slot is what makes you pick between the two..?

Well, The phone comes in a box with a little mini-Sim card shaped metal piece with a small staple-clip thin pointer coming off the side for opening the Sim card slot.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
thanked for jackwagon :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jamesbra:
Having to activate the phone through AT&T because of no sim card would have made me definitely go sgs3, but since it uses a micro sim no worries there. Thanks mate.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
embedded sims aren't here yet thank god
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Shaddy-Z.:
This should be enough for you to stay.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Tomatoes8:
It doesn't really matter if they use the exact same SOC or not. The GS2 LTE, Xperia S, HTC Sensation, and many more used the exact same SOC but that never stopped the GS2 and Xperia S from destroying the others in terms of real world performance.

Besides, 2gb of ram will make a huge difference in regards to multitasking.

Anyways, I think people here are understating the performance difference between the two handsets. I currently own a Rogers HTC One X and I can't stop it from stuttering. I have tried Nova, Apex, Launcher 7 etc. and they all stutter on the One X. In fact, the only launcher that saves the One X from stutter is launcher pro but it cuts the resolution down and screen real estate to do it.

While my friends GS3 I can't make it stutter at all no matter what I throw at it. Now I am not sure if the North American GS3 with the same Qualcomm S4 will be as smooth as the international one but the international GS3 is NOTICEBLY smoother than the HTC One X, just like it says in the reviews. This is even if you don't use sense and use another launcher.

So trust me on this, get the GS3 instead and you will be happy.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jamesbra:
I've been in the threads on the hox and sgs3 forums about which phone is best and it seems to skew to whatever forum the question was posted in. Go figure. Personally I chose the sgs3 for the removable battery and expandable memory and also for the higher resale value atm. Since it's a newer phone I can sell it for more if I don't like its plasticy body and get the beautiful hox. Why oh why htc did you make it unibody?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] robstunner:
It wouldn't be as nice of a design if the one x came with battery access. I agree with you I wish it had removable storage and battery.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] riz157:
Having bought both phones on respective launch dates. I have compared both phones and must admit both are good handsets however both have issues.

This is my evaluation of both handsets:

Look and feel has to go with HOX, this is also the opinion of vast majority reviewers.

Hardware

HOX has seen the most significant improvements from previous HTC flagship handsets.

S3 in comparison no improvement other then the obvious bigger screen, LED notification.

UI

Both are good it's a matter of personal preference.

S3 has serious lag going to home screen, home screen reloads 8/ 10 times, this is bad. However touchwiz has improved significantly.

HOX intialy did have a lag but with the software updates this is no longer an issue as compared to S3. It has improved but S3 UI is smoother.

Screen

Design and look I prefer HOX everyday. Personal preference if you like vibrant colours and proper black then S3. if you prefer more natural colours and proper white then HOX.

Camera

Personal preference, my vote goes with HOX in most conditions.

Call quality

This is easy HOX again its much sharper, clearer.

Internet browsing

Personal preference i like HOX (text reflow, copy, cut, paste function is more polished, direct calling but unavailable on S3)

Customer services(UK)

HTC defiantly more convenient. Pickup, drop off all free of charge with warranty even if boot loader has been relocked.

Samsung bit more ruthless

Memory

S3 easy

Battery

S3 again

Benchmarks

S3 again (i personally dont care about this but it's important to others)

It's a tough choice but at the moment I prefer the S3 because of LED light, vibrant colours, ext memory, removable battery. But I hate the design, plastic feel and look.

Hopefully someone will find this useful.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Orical:
That's gotta be the most honest response I've read about the subject. I personally went with the One S and though this isn't the forum for announcing that fact I still take into account the development reaches all of these devices equally.

Thanks for the input....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Guster730:
Well what I decided to do is go ahead and replace the One X. My brother wants a One X and hates the design of the SGS3, so I'm gonna wait until the SGS3 is in AT&T stores to actually try it out. If I decide I like it, I'll sell him my One X and get the Galaxy S3. That way I can get the Galaxy S3 for $200 (or so) if I decide I like it. If I don't he can just purchase a new HOX.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ealvinito:
Battery life are you kidding me?????
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
I'd say mine is probably better than his. My screen was on 6.5 hours at 45% brightness... The key is CleanRom 2.6 SE being installed. The phone can be in standby practically forever.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bongd:
Hardwise wise the improvements are welcomed but I don't need them desperately. I'm sure they'll have a lot of community developer support and released kernels and sources, and that's what's holding our HOX devices back. I want CM and AOKP again. :(

GSIII will likely get quick support and enthusiasm. I almost want to go back to my Galaxy Nexus but the wife's attached to it and really likes CM over Sense (dammit, she's learning!) so she won't trade for my HOX. Boo!!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] riz157:
Glad you found it useful. One s colours are as vibrant as the S3, like it. Plus its fast
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rquinn19:
How did I miss this??? First of all I've never bricked a phone and I've been flashing roms since I had the HTC Apache when XDA was young and Windows Phone was the OS to have on your phone. Secondly as for affording to get another I've always lived by the you pay to play motto (the price you pay modding phones pales in comparison to modding cars). I have two HOX a Note and a Thrill at the moment. A bricked phone won't ruin my day, but I nobody likes to lose money (richest people in the world included). And lastly I love my One X, but me being me at some point I'll have a SGS3.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ealvinito:
Clean Rom 2.6 SE ;)