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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kilroy672:
Hmmm I wonder if Samsung knows about this? I hope there will be a software update that will help that out. Still a month away before we can get our upgrade, by then the hype and the supply might settle down and might be easier to get.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] uoY_redruM:
hmm, I think you understood wrong. The Galaxy SIII is great on over the air audio quality. I was complaining about the Galaxy Nexus in-call audio quality :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kilroy672:
Sorry I missed read it. After a second read through I understand now. :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dave2metz:
No problems here... This phone is a beast! I couldnt be happier.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Craigh83:
I was there as well :-)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Metallic-Force:
Ok useless things about the phone,

- Wake up for S voice when the screen is on and on the lock screen... Like really? couldn't they have done it when the screen is off? I feel the battery drain of that would be worth it.

- Turning on the screen simply by picking it up, this only works with missed calls and messages (sms) I have this phone for so much more than that (What's App, Line 2, 6 e-mail accounts) So I'd like it to wake up if there are any notifications at least. (If it lights up, it should wake up!)

- Motion controls, need a little more refinement in my opinion, the tap on the top for example, I think it uses the top mic to detect the tap?

- Stay on that is suppose to detect your eyes, so far that hasn't worked, I was in daylight and indoor. I see the little icon once in a blue moon. I tried uncomfortably staring wide-eyed, didn't work.

- The new swype keyboard is worse, there is no comma on the keyboard but a period. So you have to either press on the word on the predictive text, then hit comma up there, or hit space to enter the word, erase then hit the damn thing. Also, if you screw up and you select the word, in the previous editions it would show you the words for the selected word when typing. This one doesn't and it bugs the heck out of me.

Anyway, I hope this helps, I'd love to hear more.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jayroam:
Anybody notice the phone charges really slow. I wonder if it's because of the higher capacity battery, but my rooted g2x was fully charged in about 45 minutes.

Otherwise great phone. Super fast, super smooth. Touchwiz seems a lot smoother and more intuitive than the version I remember from my old Vibrant. The screen is so bright and crisp just like I expected from Samsung. Looks like pictures aren't oversaturated or overprocessed like in the past, but they still look very bright and sharp. So far, so good!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
I have a defective model my Bluetooth stereo headsets cuts in out every few minutes or so, my WiFi strength is horrible I Damn put the phone on top of the router and only got 1 bar strength.I'm really angry going back to t-mobile tomorrow try get a warranty exchange
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gharris040604:
3hrs of screen time 50 percent battery left
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] 1SiK1500:
Did you try checking which channel you were on? Maybe try a less crowded one? Im not sure how many wireless devices you have in your house..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] expl0it4:
I'm really on the fence with this one. I've got the t-mo sgs2 and I just can't convince myself to fork out the money for this. Things like s-voice are already ported to the sgs2. Decisions, decisions. :eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CitrixLemon:
I think monitoring for a wake-up call while the screen is off would take a prohibitive amount of power, although I suppose they could have made it an option and let the user decide.

Yeah the S3 is using a T9 predictive keyboard not Swype, not sure why they dropped Swype since I think you're right, it was better. The other weird thing is sometimes when you type (not "Swyping") it suggests a different word than what you typed, for example until doing it several times (I think now it's learned), when I typed "NE" (i.e., North East) it would suggest NEWS instead and I would have to physically tap the actual word I typed, very strange.

I also thought it was taking awhile, it does last a long time though. I charged to full out of the box and then wanted to run it down once so I was playing movies at full brightness non-stop for several hours and I only got it down to about 30%.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sergent D:
I love the new phone. The new TW is fine for now but I prefer CM9. I am struggling with how to get data from a few apps (like PowerAmp) without being able to use Titanium Backup. I do, however, hate the physical home button. You get so used to being able to just barely touch a button that having to press the key is not a natural movement any longer.

The stock ringtones also lack a simple ringing tone. That is annoying.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kurplop:
Yeah I agree, home button is odd. Just never had one before.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elterible:
I feel like Samsung's in general charge slower. Same issue with my GSII but every HTC I've owned charged much faster

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+1 x 100!! I guess "T-Jingle" will do for now... :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gary.lavin:
I'm not liking what they have done to the Sammy keyboard, anyone been able to replace it? Not available in Play.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shorty87:
I use Swiftkey, best keyboard in my opinion.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zonly1:
If you like Swype, just install the Swype Beta.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gary.lavin:
Tried that, ended up with the same keyboard, may just switch to another, going to try Shorty's suggestion...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shorty87:
I used to use Swype but I kept making errors. Tried Swiftkey free for 30 days and loved it. Can type as fast as you want and it will fix all the words almost perfectly. I ended up paying for the full version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kelmerp:
I wouldn't upgrade from the GS2. I had the GS2 and my wife was kind enough to let me use her upgrade for the GS3. She had a Mytouch 3G Slide. For her, going from the MT3GS to the GS2 was a huge upgrade. For me going from the GS2 to the GS3 is not a big deal.

That said, there are a lot of little thing to like in going from a GS2 to GS3. The screen resolution actually makes a huge difference if you actually use the web browser. You can get the full desktop web page loaded on this tiny screen. It's quite remarkable. It's crazy that you can actually make out the tiny, tiny text and then pinch-zoom to the part of the page you want to read.

The stock battery life is a little better than the GS2. It's thinner/lighter/bigger. Is it $280 better? Ehhhh....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Paging Dr B:
Simple. Be patient and wait a month, that way both of you can get the S3. The S3 isn't more complicated than the S2, so throw that first time galaxy stuff out the window. Wait a month and you'll have the best of the best at only $199 without a MIR. In the meantime head into a store and look at the blue and the white. I leaning towards a white one but we'll see.

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Throw it up on ebay or craigslist. You should be able to sell it for over $250, then apply that towards an early upgrade.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dr.Stainedglove:
Battery life.

Fully charged over night.

8hrs 40 mins and I am @ 21 percent

Heavy use.. Screen on 40 percent 3 hours

NO battery saving steps, everything on gps syncing all original bloatware widgets.

Corporate email at push all others set to every hour.

Not too bad.

Also I am not having any trouble with the screen tracking my face and staying on. Works great.

I DID have data issues yesterday.. Data just stopped.. 4G icon and arrows and bars all still showing. Called tech support all the normal suggestions. I already tried.. Pulled the sim card for a 3rd time and rubbed it pretty vigorously on my jeans, and now no issues.. Was seriously about to go back and throw a fit..

Amazing phone coming from vibrant
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Voltage Spike:
Enable Swype (under the keyboard options, it's called "Continuous Input" ... I'm not sure if it is actual Swype technology or just similar).

Or, as others have said, get a Swype Beta account.

I switched to Swiftkey for 30 days, and I was never really happy. It had excellent correction, but I never once felt it was faster to choose the word from a last as opposed to just typing the entire thing out. I feel more productive using Swype (I haven't actually measured it) in a way that I don't with the other keyboards. The only time it fails me is when my fingers are slightly damp and won't slide. :p

I know the feeling. CM9 on my Vibrant is absolutely fantastic. The Galaxy S III would get me a bigger, sharper screen and faster GPS locks, but I'm sure I would end up using Apex Launcher on it. (You can change out Launchers without hacking the phone, right?)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CitrixLemon:
Under the Samsung keyboard settings I see T9 trace which requires Predictive text to be on to function. Where do you see "Continuous Input"? I'm not finding it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ibous:
A few additions particularly audio.

A lot of things have already been covered in this thread but I'd like to add the following after spending 24hrs with the phone.

IMHO the audio is very good all things considered. First off the headphones that came with this phone are the best I've gotten yet from a phone; far better than the ones that came with my original Vibrant and the G-Nex.

The earphones compare reasonably (not equal) to my Sennheiser MX880s and Yuik PK3. They have neither the extension nor the low end clarity of Westone UM2s but better not to go there. Although, they have a smoother roll off on the high end.

I'll see how the phone does driving something like my Denon D2000s later tonight (not that those are too hard to drive, but it's the only big can I got these days).

Bluetooth audio quality streaming in the car was very impressive. I think I saw somewhere that the phone supports APT-X and it shows.

The samsung music player appears to read ID3 tags embedded in FLAC files at last; although, no luck reading the embedded cover image and as covered elsewhere, there is no lockscreen music controls from the samsung player.

Exchange active-sync support is really good, I can see why Samsung is taking that SAFE initiative. I've easily been able to setup my account and sync email, calendar, and tasks despite my company's ubber security policy demands.

I've also formatted my sdcard with exFAT and the phone has no troubles with it. In addition, the windows drivers on Samsung's site work in Windows 8 RP and I had no issues pulling the stuff from my vibrant and moving it to the S3 in the MTP mode and this included non Media files and folders.

Finally the one serious issue I have so far is how slippery this thing is, I really wish they'd gone with a back like the G-Nex.

Now if only we can get root going, I'll be very very happy.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
Trust me that is not the case this is every router
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fineazbro:
Got my 16gb blue from t-mobile web site and receive it today, i like the phone but i feel down a little bit i was hoping for more, quick question tho mine get really hot while charging..does anybody else phone does that?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jblade1000:
Does wifi hotspot work without having a tethering add on for your plan? That is the one thing that I really need and it's something that even if it does work now, they could always prevent it with an update since its Tmobile ROM
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] expl0it4:
For whatever reason the t989 t-mo s2 seems to hold its value really well. I've been browsing to get an idea of going rates. Some of these that have sold or bidding is close to ending have lots of cosmetic damage and such and still selling over $300. Mines had a professionally installed screen protector and the protector that covers the whole side bezel minus the power and volume buttons abd mic's since the first week of purchase. It's truly mint, that and a d30 case and 32gb samsung class10 sdhc I know i could get $400 possibly more seeing what these are selling for.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] smtzy:
Just got mine yesterday from Costco in blue. I upgraded from an HTC Amaze. It's not a huge leap from that phone but it is definitely an improvement. The screen on auto adjustment is way too dark and doesn't show how awesome the screen is capable of looking. I set mine to about 50% and now it looks much better. I like the color but I think I might return the phone back to Costco and look for a white one from walmart instead.

By the way, he phone is really fast. Hasn't stuttered yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] deeznutz1977:
It's light almost 2 light
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RikF:
And.... it's dead already :( Rebooted this morning to find the touch screen completely unresponsive. Buttons (including touch) work, but the screen won't respond to anything. Tried a hard reset but no joy. Well, this is going to be interesting - it's hard enough to buy, let alone swap out!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] georgei11:
I know I'm late with this info, but I've been messin' with the phone ever since I got it yesterday.

Ordered on tmo website on June 21, w/Overnight shipping.. Blue/16gb

Really enjoying the phone, i'm coming from HTC Desire..

Screen is great, but a bit too dark on auto brightness, will wait for some fixes on this.

Not seeing any of this pink tint on the screen that's been going around

already rooted and removed some bloatware, and installed a whole bunch of games and apps to try.

enjoy everyone!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RikF:
No replacements at my Walmart. /sadface Anyone know anywhere that has them in stock between Oxnard and Los Angeles? ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] smtzy:
Got the phone to lag a bit

ok, so up to this point the phone had been smooth (like butter) until I tried playing a video on (picture in picture thing) other screens. it makes scrolling from one page to the next laggy (stutters). other than that, it's all good. the blue color is actually not bad. it's growing on me. I was thinking about exchanging it for a white one but i'm having second thoughts now.:good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JUSMEJOSE:
Had the white international and sold it.. and yesterday i got the pebble blue... and love it...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Docavelli:
Dudes were hatin' on the blue but I love it. And the ugliness of the home button was greatly exaggerated. You barely notice the difference.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] witeboy07:
The button reminds me of the trackpad croon the HTC g2..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] orlando0563:
Nice Device

So I am a little late to this thread. I have been really busy at work and with the family, BUT, the SGS3 for T-Mobile is a nice device.

I got it Thursday morning when it was released (Cherry Hill, NJ) after waiting in line for about 45 minutes and being the 14th in line, lol.

When I finally got mine and walked out the store, there were about 45 people in line waiting to be helped.

SO, while there at the store, which happened to be the ONLY one in the area except for one other T-Mobile store in PA that got some, I ended up with the 16Gig Pebble Blue which is all that was shipped. The White model was said to be released on June 27th, and maybe even closer to July 1st.

The Samsung representative was there with the White Demo version and I must say, the white model looks fake. Im kind of glad I got the blue one, it is a really nice color to say the least.

The phone itself reminds me of the Galaxy Note which I had prior to getting the SGS3. I had the AT&T Version of the NOTE which I unlocked and ROOTED it.

The SGS3 really does not differ from the Note except that it does not have the S-Pen, and it has a smaller screen. The screen actually does not look as big as I thought it would. It is a tad bit bigger than the SGS2, but seems much smaller than the NOTE.

It works as all Androids work, is pretty fast right out the box without any tweeking, and has some features and programs that most people won't use unless they are playing with the device.

Overall, it is a nice phone, but I am already looking forward to the Galaxy Note for T-Mobile which the Representative informed me would be coming out before Thanksgiving of 2012, so rather sooner than later.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dasistsparta:
I do not know what to do...buy this phone or the international?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] C_LosEvo:
The Quick icon bar animation in the top bar is also a bit annoying. Every time I swipe down it always does it I'm like "I get it! I know there are more icons to the right!"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] 1SiK1500:
The international Version wil only use Edge network for quite some time. I wouldnt advise if you are US based.. and truely appreciate quick data speeds..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cmlough:
My wife and I were there Thursday as well. We were second in line. There were so few people that we were wondering if they were really going to have them at all (with all the confusion around the launch). We ended up hearing that they had about 75 in stock so it wasn't as bad as I was expecting.

I too have no regrets over getting the blue version. I love the look but it is almost moot anyway since it will in its case most of the time. Besides, I was stuck using a my touch 4g so regardless of color this is a huge upgrade. ;)

This is my first time using the TW interface and I am impressed. Everything is so uniform and polished. Also, the phone flies in terms of speed. Data speeds and the extra ram make this a no-brainer over the quad core version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nick2k:
you've probably already seen it, but there's an in-depth YouTube review comparing the international and the American versions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XmfQZoYqbY

pretty much the final conclusion was that they both performed the same. :good: but obviously for TMOUS customers, data speeds benefit greatly from the 4G.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cmlough:
Yep, saw it a bit earlier and I was really pleased. It is an excellent comparison between the two variations.

I had heard all the rhetoric and seen all the benchmarks on both sides of the fence and initially I considered importing and dealing with the edge speeds just so that I could have a more "future-proof" version. But, as that video points out, that way of thinking is just silly. In terms of real world use, T-Mobile customers in NA are better off just buying the domestic iteration.

Great phone so far and really enjoying it. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] B-Roll:
Anyone that upgraded and was already on T-Mobile seeing any difference in their service as far as signal? I switched from Verizon but I had an S2 on T-Mobile prepaid and I feel like the signal strength on the S2 was way better. My S3 keeps switching from GPRS to 4G and back. I know my area isn't the greatest but on my S2 I had a constant 4G connection. We'll see.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sparkie6point0:
I've been reading all the first impressions of the S3. I've had a very hard time deciding whether to go with the S3 or S2. On one hand, the S3 seems to be a very light, but solid, phone after I played with one at the T-Mobile store near my house. On the other, the S2 is a good phone too, and has been modded in every way possible.

I realize this phone just came out, but my main question is how do the devs feel about it? Will it be worth it to them to mod it nine ways to Sunday, or will this turn out to be another phone that will have to fight for a spot on the XDA boards which devs don't really want to work with. Thoughts please? Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Maverick777:
Most likely going to exchange my Pebble Blue for white. In certain lighting conditions I like the Blue. But in others, it's annoyingly purple. The home button also varies greatly depending on lighting. In certain lighting, it's not too far off from the body. In other situations it sticks out like a sore thumb. I really just wish they had an all black option.

Since there isn't a black option, I went with Pebble Blue. If they had just made the entire home button silver I think it'd be less of an eyesore.

I thought I'd like the blue more, but I'm 99% sure I'm going to exchange it while I'm still in my 14 day window. The problem is now getting a hold of a white one. Unfortunately if you buy your phone at Walmart like I did, you have to exchange it at the same store you bought it at. I'm going to cross my figures a white one is available within the 14 days.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] clninja:
You realize you will have to pay a $50 restocking fee right?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Maverick777:
Not at Walmart.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AttachedSilver:
Overall I love this phone, great screen, excellent battery, nice feel in the hand and touchwiz isn't as bad as I thought. Only wish it was made like my old One S or X. They had a premium feel to it. Still happy with my purchase though :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cashyftw:
I'll be changing my blue one for a white one as well at Walmart. Hopefully before my 14days are up
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] buttsbuttsbutts:
Can't wait to get mine!:good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nick2k:
here is my 24 hour review of the phone:

AWESOME!!! FAST!!!!! LAGGED A COUPLE TIMES, BUT REBOOT FIXED IT. I PREFER VANILLA ICS OVER TOUCHWIZ. FANTASTIC BATTERY LIFE!!! WHY THE HELL IS THE CHARGING PORT FLIPPED AROUND? OH MY GAWD THE SCREEN IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry for the "screaming")

i'll post another review/progress report in a week. :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bhagiratha:
Got my t-mobile SGS3 yesterday from a seller on ebay. Unopened retail box with a tmo phone kit.

Since I was using a GSM Galaxy Nexus, I am use to the size of the phone. Didn't really feel that big. Good fit in hand!. Got the pebble blue which is my favorite color [not a big fan of white phones].

Already rooted with CMW, but no custom ROMS on this baby until after a few months when an awesome and powerful ROM hits for this baby.

Over-all, I am very satisfied with this upgrade and performance is snappy and fast. Have a case on, but debating if I should put on a screen protector. I am always so careful with my phones and just love the beauty of the screen. Don't want a screen film to take away from that. Only wished they had one that would increase the visibility in outdoor light. Was using it on my way to work this morning and it was very difficult to see much of whats on the screen, and the brightness was at 50%.

So far, the two issues I have found with the phone is that it would take me at least 10 or more tries to take a screen shot with the motion across the screen. It is never instant and very frustrating:mad:. Is there another way to do this using the motion settings without installing an App?

Second, I don't so much like the physical HOME button. Loved the touch sensitivity that the Nexus has. I feel that the button can go bad quickly with the amount of pressing being done.

Also, noticed my wifi is not very strong with this phone. I have an ASUS RT-N56U Wireless Router and when I walk to the front of the house I don't get any signal at all. How do I test the wifi strength on the phone? Was thinking a getting a wifi booster, but still can't find one for this router.

Hopefully, all of this will get fixed as time progresses. Haven't regretted this purchase, just have to now sell off the Nexus to offset a $700 price tag. :D

Happy times to all who love their SGS3 !!! cheers
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dasistsparta:
Press home+power button at the exact same time to take a screenshot.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bhagiratha:
That doesn't work for me. Nothing happens when I do it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jgalan14:
You have to hold both for a second and it will work