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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheJanitor07:
Well I went and picked up my S3 today. I called probably 15 T-Mobile locations in or around my area and finally found one store about 45 minutes away that got in a shipment of 5, 16GB pebble blue phones. I left immediately and by the time I got there , they only had one left and I got it. The sales clerk told me he has had people drive from out of state to get a hold of one. Most T-Mobile stores in my area (Atlanta) won't get their shipment until the 27th, and even then they are only getting a select number of phones and already have a nice long waiting list. I feel lucky to have even got mine today. Anyways, on to the phone. I must say I am very pleased. I don't have one complaint. This phone is on a completely different playing field compared to my S2. And whoever said the camera is exactly the same is mistaken. I've already taken multiple test shots and videos and there is a huge noticeable difference. It's one of the best cameras I've ever seen on a phone, period. The 4.8 HD display is just beautiful. As far as speed , I haven't been able to make the thing lag once and I've been multitasking all day with it. It's lightning fast. Just imagine what can be done once it's rooted and flashed with a nice Rom. There are dozens of nice changes to TouchWiz. S-voice is pretty cool although I wouldn't compare it to Siri. It is very light and thin. All in all I'm as happy as can be. If your thinking about getting the S3, do it! It is a BEAST!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kylephillips66:
I'm still on the fence on the s3. The size of the screen and the specific additional apps are not huge selling points. I'm more looking at the performance standpoint. The 2gb of ram will make a huge difference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
Lol, please read up. That's statement is beyond wrong.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
Have you read up on the dual core vs quad core? And watched benchmarks? It's actually performs better, except when playing games.

The sgs2 has an s3 processor, and the sgs3 has a s4 which is worth the upgrade by itself.

Read up, there's some interesting stuff about this sgs3!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
Last post lol: to the person that said development was going to be slow.. not at all, all 4 us models are exactly the same, I just flashed an att rom without any issues what so ever, the rotation wasn't even messed up, and something else I found out, these roms aren't changing the radios, so the possibly of development is endless.

Yes I'm defending my sgs3, because I love it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yzf750:
Use a SG3 for an hour, pick your 2 back up, and see how fast you Craigslist that SG2 you own. At least I got 250 bucks for my 2 that way to cover half the cost of the 3 :) The phone is well worth dumping your 2 if your on the fence about it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] busab:
Not to hijack the thread but I'm curious.

How does the battery life compare with the S2 on stock ICS??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TripArtist:
Interesting. Good call on selling the S2X to the SG3. I've always held onto my phone like I'd never get another, but while it's still new, it could be worthwhile to buy one out straight. One more day to go!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pandemic187:
I got my SGS2 late in the game (only about a month ago) because I figured sure, I can wait, but what's the point? Then I would spend a lot more than I spent on my SGS2, only to have something better released a few more months down the line. So yeah, I didn't see the point. So obviously I won't be selling it to get the SGS3 already.

If I were going to sell my SGS2 for an SGS3 though, this is what I'd be thinking about: because the SGS3 is new, it's losing value much faster right now than the SGS2. In a couple of months you'll probably be able to pick a brand new one for like $500, while your SGS2 that you want to sell will only have lost a few dollars in value. Assuming my SGS2 is fully functioning, I would be waiting another month or two to upgrade. I know some people just HAVE to have the latest and greatest, but that's what I would have done.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sflagg73:
^^^^^ New SGS3 for $500 ??? Where are you guys shopping at? I just upgraded my SGS2 to the SGS3 last night on Targets website. You can get either the white or blue for 199.99 with free shipping and no tax!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] v70glturbo:
I preordered my Sprint 16gb Pebble Blue version for $199(2yr renewal) plus tax from bestbuy.com. I also signed up with bestbuy in feb to recieve a $50 gift card if I renewed my contract thru them if i ipgraded/renewed in 2012. Then when radioshack put all android phones on sale for $50 less with 2yr renewal, best buy price matched that.

$149 plus tax with a $50 BBY gift card isn't to bad when I sold my SG2 (E4GT) for $230.
[HTC Amaze 4G] howhi50:
I'm trying to get some input from those that have received replacement phones. How has it differed from your original?

My original Amaze was great with little screen bleed, no camera flash leak, its only defects were the weak WiFi signal and it would over heat from time to time until the camera burned out.

My first replacement had the same issues as my original on top of a really wonky notification vibrator.

I'm on my second replacement now and its been great. It has very little to no screen bleed which I think adds up from the capacitive lights being the same hue as the ones in the sensation instead of that bright white the first 2 amazes had. This current phone also seems to have a some what dimmer screen with a very slight yellow tinge to it.

These two minor defects actually make this my favorite amaze out of the 3. I'm getting awesome battery life with the screen on, and may actually stay on stock for a good while.

Would love to hear from you guys and see what defects are out there and to see maybe how HTC is trying to fix them with these refurbs.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Radsolutionz:
i actually bought a amaze from a guy. phone looked fine then when it got dark the soft keys stay on bright and theres a white light coming from the bottom of the screen and it does not turn off when the screen is off. i tried calling tmobile but they said my phone hasnt registered with my account in their system so they cant send me a replacement just yet. i mean i have insurance and extended warranty im not worried i know tmobile has to send me a replacement.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yahknow1:
Well, I wanted to share this for anyone that , like me, didn't think Samsung did that great a job with the keyboard on the GS3. I just downloaded the Swype Beta for our phone and played with it for a while..It's really NICE. Much better imho than that frustrating thing they used in our phones! I don't know what happened, but after using the Samsung KB for a while I started getting really frustrated. Not sure what the heck happened to my old Swype KB? Hell, that's one of the biggest reasons I was sold on my OG Epic4G! It was the closest thing to a perfect KB that I had ever found. Now I'm not saying this is perfect, but I think it's a LOT better and it's free!

Anyways, for those that may not know how, just go to the Swype site, log in or register, and they'll email you a link that you'll open with your phone. Then just follow the instructions from there. Not sure if you have to be rooted or not (I AM). It installed without even a question on my phone. Then go into you Settings>Language and Input, check the Swype keyboard if not already checked and (this is IMPORTANT) in the "Default " space make sure you select - Swype keyboard. :victory:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Glod:
been using Swype beta keyboard since i got the phone. Default Samsung keyboard is awful in my opinion
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nomad4ever:
Try SwiftKey 3 and you will never look back. Especially if you are a fast typer and write in more than one language. The predictions and dictionaries rock.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Magic Oreo:
yep, swiftkey 3 is epic.

It's been my keyboard for awhile now.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] smtzy:
I've been trying to download and install swype beta for a while now but it keeps saying there's a connection error or something of that sort. I've been making do with SwiftKey 3 but I really want swype.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] yahknow1:
Is it similar to the way Swype works, I'll try it, thanks:good:?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] kayakyakr:
Swiftkey is a hunt and peck keyboard with strong prediction, so no, not at all like Swype.

Count me in the group that likes swype more. One of the first things I installed on the phone.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Xontic:
That's just it, swiftkey requires pecking keys the old way. Since I first realized that not lifting your finger during a word and not having to hit space after it, I can't use a regular keyboard in any fashion of the same speed times. I do realize that Swiftkey has a great lead on the next word, but I prefer not having to hope that it knows what I'm going to say and lift my finger up to select it's guessed word at top when it gets it right. It is just a distraction that adds to the time it takes to type out what I want to say.

Sticking with Swype myself for the foreseeable future.

-Xont!c
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ricocollege:
I still prefer swiftkey, the prediction feature make typing so fast and easy. I rarely have to type a whole word.

Sent from my Galaxy S 3
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lopezpm:
Yeah. I love Swype. The keyboard that comes on this thing sucks. They tried to add the Swype-ing feature but failed big time.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] PatrickHuey:
SwiftKey is awesome. It learns you so well.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sleestax:
I've been using AnySoftKeyboard for a while now. It sounds similar to swiftkey 3. I'll have to try swiftkey as having a german keyboard layout is a must for me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Apocracy656:
not being able to quickly add words to dictionary on stock was the major killer for me, swype beta all the way!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nabbed:
Swype is awesome in that you can type very fast with just one hand.

I suppose that this is especially important for those do sexting:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jsmcmahon89:
I had they same issue but I was using a previously downloaded installer. Went back to swype beta site, downloaded the new one, and am good to go now
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] RandomKing:
Samsung has done a good job of accepting/copying mods and features that we've been building into their devices these last couple of years. They've also knocked off some services. While Swype was pre-included, now Samsung has made their own 'swype' keyboard. But no, it's not as good, by far.

Although out of all of the upgrades, I'm confused how we went from Thinkfree Office, to Polaris Office, to Polaris Viewer. I don't know about you gents, but I've removed the viewer crap and ported my old Polaris 3 and its 2 libraries. Works fine for me. :good:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] worldwidepmp:
Yup. I'm using SwiftKey 3. I hate Swype.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] nitekillerz:
hmmm i tried both swype and swiftkey but idk i feel swype is so much better. A lot faster and after like 10 mins it learns you. It has learned every i do perfectly . Especially since i type random stuff lot and weird words like mostest and fugly and weird ****. Swiftkey is..idk just too much pecking :P
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] djjroc007:
I used touchpal on my epic. Was far better than the swype that came with it. Very good for typing and swiping and has good predictions. Haven't installed a new keyboard on this yet. May try the new swype to see how it has improved since then.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ewingr:
I moved away from Swype some time ago, to Swiftkey, now the V3. It is excellent.

But, I decided to try the Swype beta, and I am definitely sold.

Even though Swiftkey is great at predicting, the fact is that you still have to take the fraction of a second to watch the predictions, and select it.

As an example with Swype 4 beta, I can swype over all the chars for my entire gmail name, which is my first namelastname@gmail.com and Swype fills it in. Much better than in the past. Now, in that particular example, Swiftkey would likely be faster, because you learn that with poking the right first few keys, it will be in the prediciton, and you can click it.

Both are excellent, and maybe ultimately it is just personal preference. In my case, I have enough trouble hitting the right keys, and find Swype to be faster for me.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] ladle3000:
Prefer plain ics keyboard here. Namely this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vllwp.inputmethod.latin
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] MacTheRipperr:
I can't believe I didn't know about this sooner. Where has Swype.been my entire life?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Voltage Spike:
Switched to SwiftKey for a month. Ran back to Swype.

The brief moment I had with the Samsung implementation of swype on the SIII didn't seem bad, but I have to imagine the Swype Beta is better.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] PersonOfKnownOrigin:
I used and loved Swype but one day I tried SwiftKey and I never went back to Swype. Because of its contextual predictions there were just fewer typos with SwiftKey. If Swype's predictive engine is really improved maybe I'll give it a shot, but they would've had to really amp it up to beat what SwiftKey can do.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drwx:
no root needed. You DO Have to go into your settings and allow applications to be installed from other sources. Settings -> Security -> Check the box for "unknown sources"
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] worldwidepmp:
I have to say that I'm trying the beta right now and I'm thoroughly impressed given that I hate Swype.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] demarcmj:
You can put me in the "Swype > Swiftkey > Everything Else" camp. It's definitely going to be among the first apps I install.

Although... after coming from the 3.7" HTC Incredible, I'm wondering if my thumb will get tired swyping across all that extra real estate :silly:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] pavouk:
It is not to bad, I came from HTC Mogul with 2.7 screen and stylus typing where keys were about 2x2 mm large so no complaints here, but in landscape mode you will definitely swipe a lot...
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] tiisai44:
My words exactly

Sent from my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 16gb Pebble Blue running Stock ROM
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] artisticcheese:
Does swiftkey support swyping like Swype does or only tapping? I downloaded and installed swiftkey but did not found a way to swype accross keyboard.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] fatboy547:
It does not support swyping. Only manually typing
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] artisticcheese:
If swiftkey does not support swyping then it can not even be put in the same category as Swype. Night and day, plain and simple.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] NunHugger:
Love Swype ;)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Voltage Spike:
It seems to depend on people's style. I find suggested words to be useless as it is faster for me to complete the word than to pause and see if the phone is suggesting the correct word yet. The new Swype beta does bring in the suggested next word feature that people on Swiftkey like so much.

TouchPal, on the other hand, does everything. Prediction, swiping, and the newest version offers prediction and selection in the middle of a swipe. It's pretty impressive, but it continually felt inaccurate to me in the short, two-day window that I gave it.

Plus, TouchPal has sparkles on the swipe trail. ;)
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Diviance:
I tried Touchpal, but it was way less responsive than Swype, dramatically less accurate and its learning software, well... to say it left something to be desired is a gigantic understatement. If swype is a beta still, I would say Touchpal needs to be put back to in-house development testing. It is not ready at all.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dan0s:
I personally found swype really accurate at first but after a few weeks of use it keeps predicting the wrong words. The word i want to use is always the second prediction.

Very frustrating, anyone else have this?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Lieu10ant:
wtf installing swype is pissing me off.

i registered for the beta like 2 years ago during the g1 age... i try to put that e-mail and password, it says password or email is wrong. then i try to "retrieve" the password using that email, and it say email isn't in the system.... so THEN i try to register for swype AGAIN with that email since it's "not in the system" and it says the email is already taken and in the system...

so at this point, i'm like WTF so i try a completely new email i barely use. and everything is fine up until the point swype asks for my email/password during the app installation on my phone... then it says password is wrong. i use the same password i use all the time. nothing different. so then i try to "retrieve the password" AGAIN with this new email, and it says the damn email isn't in the system.... so for now... **** swype. pissing me the hell off

edit: just downloaded the ICS one. i'm SUPER familiar with that one. so i'm happy again
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] onebelo:
i only find that happening the first time i type a word thats not common or recognize but after it gets used to your typing style, it should get better. with the screen response and smoothness, its soooo much better swyping on this phone than my old Evo 4G.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] eyecon82:
the whole company that creates swype pisses me off

they don't sell the freaking app in the market...they have had these betas ever since i could remember having an android phone, and they never work properly and registration is always a pain in the butt

why in the world don't they just work like a regular app making company and try to make exclusive deals with manufacturers

swiftkey for the win!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] jiannichan:
I actually alternate between Swift 3 and Swype Beta depending if I am responding to texts or emails. I like Swype better though..or maybe I just need to mess around with the style of typing on Switftkey, from accuracy/speed.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dan0s:
Unfortunately the words that are always the second option are words i use so regularly. I cant think of any examples right now but it seems like after it got used to my typing style it started predicting the wrong words.

I might try slideit for a little while since i purchased it when it was on sale a while ago, i hope its as good as swype was!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] breakwater:
Where did you get the ics version?

go go gadget galaxy s3!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] badname:
so i have these themes swypes, but they are not the full width of the screen, and i have these older ones that are. any ideas?

omg i finally fixed it!!! by rotating the screen, and rotating back.

now its sticks proper.

wierd.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dan0s:
Already back to swype after using slideit for the best part of a couple of hours...

Where do i find swype themes and how do i theme it?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] dannieloco:
The rom I just installed (dietrom) comes with the android stock keyboard and I think its a pretty legit keyboard. Been doing well on it and I think it's now my favorite keyboard on the S3. Swype is legit too but Im gonna stick with the android keyboard for now.. i dont think ive done any typos since installing the rom with the keyboard.. Im liking it
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] knarfl1:
Swype >> Samsung keyboard

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Swype.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] lowetax:
swype beta

only way to fly !
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Aridon:
my only complaint really is the cursor bounces around way too much when trying to move it around in some text boxes. Especially on forums.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] gkinsella2:
Haven't tried Swype yet, but liking the Samsung keyboard as it has the feel of the stock Android keyboard with the added swiping feature. For those of you who didn't like it, is it more of a preference thing, or is there something I'm missing?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Aridon:
Swype is just leaps and bounds better. I find the Samsung one to be fairly terrible compared to just about any other option except maybe aosp stock.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] gkinsella2:
Any specifics? What's so terrible about it? For instance, I was using TouchPal on my OG Droid before the SGS3, and what I really like about the Samsung version is that it is more similar to the Android keyboard, especially when it comes to using punctuation. The prediction seems better too.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Aridon:
My suggestion is to try a few and see what you like better. It's a very subjective topic. I like Swype because its super accurate and fast once you get used to it. It feels natural. I really didn't care for the Samsung keyboard and felt it was inaccurate but that's just me.

Beta.Swype.com

Swift key gets decent reviews as does swipe it. I'd try all 3.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Araltd:
Swype is superior

Swype is SO much better than the Samsung trace keyboard. And the swype keyboard predicts words better too... I used the swype keyboard before on another android test phone (LG 3D) - and forgot how much I liked it :good:

ADVICE: For those asking WHY --- Just try it, its free.. its easy to use, and you WONT go back to the stock samsung keyboard. :victory:
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] androholic:
Word! Best motherflippin' keyboard ever! Kinda ironic that it's the best predictive text keyboard ever, & I first used it on the gs3 which is the worst predictive keyboard ever, lol? I couldn't live without this keyboard now, it unbelievably productive, accurate, and looks great too!
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] imnothimm:
All this talk of Swype made me download the newest beta. All I can say is that I'm extremely impressed with how far it has come. Was using SwiftKey3 but I think I'm gonna stick with Swype for a while.

(Didn't have to make a single correction or choose a different word in this entire post)

Swype'd from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Ascertion:
Overstew just posted a themed swype! It looks awesome!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1758581
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] epicnoob66:
Here is an ics blue themed Swype.

http://db.tt/rCXHEc6q
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] KreepyKen:
I was thrilled when I heard that the SGS III wasn't coming with Swype pre-installed. If they do that, then you cannot install the beta (unless you root and remove the stock version). I've been using the free beta versions for well over a year and I was very happy to know I could continue using it on the SGS III.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Davidion:
I'm not loving the latest beta version compared to the slightly older version that was on my G2. Is it just me or did they remove the accuracy vs. speed slider? The results feel less accurate.

It's still neck and shoulders better than the Samsung trace though.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Docavelli:
I can't seem to get new words to save. I used to just touch them in the word bank and they would save. Now I can't save anything. Any tips? Did they change something in this newer version.

It's still the best keyboard by far.

XDA Mobile
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Sniper_5:
I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only one using slide-it keyboard. Like Swype without having to loop double letters. Prediction is much better IMO.

Sent from my DROIDX