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[Galaxy S III General] ultramag69:
Apple does have its good points in that all software developement is universal but it has so many more cons than pros its not funny...

The biggest thing I don't like about ios is EVERTHING is locked down... You need to get everything through istore and if you want to side load an app you need to jailbreak it 1st.

Android at least gives you the option to turn on side loading....

If you like the EXACT same phone for the next 50 years Apple is the way to go. IOS won't change too much, EVER... The only time something is changed by Apple is when Android gets too far ahead in the race...

Why do you think Samsung is the one Apple is going after in its lawsuits, its the only serious threat to Apples hold on the smartphone market...
[Galaxy S III General] fendushi:
S3 and iphone 5 are both good phones.

NOW BACK TO TOPIC:

Did the iphone 5 put the S3 to shame in terms of quality materials and finish used for the phone. YES, absolutely! All glass and steel construction and sapphire glass cover for the camera lens VS flimsy plastic cover and chrome plastic edges. Too early to tell for build quality but judging from apple's history, should be exemplary. The are visually more attractive than the S3, it's like a piece of jewellery. (Im starting to sound like jobs!)

Did the iphone 5 put the S3 to shame terms of functionality and overall user experience of the phones... absolutely NOT!! I love the S3's big screen, I can't live without Google Now, customisability of the S3 is uncomparable. I can make it as easy to use as the iPhone (or even make it look like iphone's UI) or as complex as I want with rooted roms, over clocking... etc. And i can do this back and forth with ease, not so easy on the iPhone. Especially flashing previous firmware. Jelly Bean is now better (imo) than ios in terms of user experience.

iPhone 5, the thinnest, lightest smartphone in its class... yes!

Galaxy S3 is also the thinnest lightest smartphone in it's class... with a user removable battery and expandable memory slot! :)

I like them both! :)
[Galaxy S III General] gookernj:
like a joke
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Wonderfully eloquent and well thought out post. :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Most .....tedious....thread.....ever.....round....and......round......and .......round......and......round......and........round........and......round........and.......round

Die thread, die

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[Galaxy S III General] russeini:
Hahahaha.....good point
[Galaxy S III General] vnamee:
I suppose you could use it as a phone? Not everyone needs like 64+ gigs of space in their pocket, and depending on your use of the cloud, maybe you can get by w/ limited storage (see HTC One X, Nexus, etc). I'm not saying that having expandable storage isn't a plus, because it certainly is, but I don't know if that's necessarily a knock against the phone itself or that it makes it 'trash.' It just requires a different way of using it, much like going from a regular laptop to something like the Macbook Air. And that they have the A15s in the Iphone 5 probably make it more future proof than the S3 at this point. There are plenty of reasons to not like Apple, but I'd have to give them the nod in the hardware department, even if I still think their screen is too small.
[Galaxy S III General] a67543210:
If you are into games, a musician, or like movies, then you'll understand that you can't substitute a micro as slot with any amount of cloud storage, due to your data plan limitation, smoothness at which things like video is played, especially if you have to frequently forward and rewind e.g. during guitar practise

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If you are an actual S3 user, then you won't credit the iPhone for it's lack of removable battery and micro sd slot. Sure, the build materials are superior
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
The iPhone 5 is pretty crappy to be honest. The 4s is a little slower but otherwise should be superior because of the 4:3 aspect ratio. 16:9 is great if the screen makes use of it but the vertically challenged in landscape mode(the height in landscape mode is effectively the same as a 3.5 inch screen) certainly won't do 16:9 any justice. In portrait mode the width of the screen is what matters and is the same size there.

Also, we are so used to seeing the iPhone 4 and associate it as a proportioned phone. This effectively makes the iPhone 5 look deformed vertically which is really damn girly looking not to mention ugly. The thinness only exasperates this.

Also A15 cores haven't been confirmed yet and even if it was, iOS 6,7,8,9,10 etc will never make use of them if they keep it locked down. The people that jailbreak might make use of them if the A6 actually kicks in during heavy loads. Then again, it might not be programmed to kick in regardless.

Based on these factors, I have no idea how anyone can give the design to the iPhone 5. Yes, it has a fancy sapphire camera lens and some precision materials and is thin but the screen is forced since it would have been a better phone at 3.5 inches and the speakers are different sizes and it looks like a deformed iPhone 4s. That sounds terrible to me despite the nice materials.

The GS3 on the other hand is quite brilliantly designed in a lot of ways. Packing a battery that large in a 8.6mm chassis is one such feat. Making a 4.8 inch phone feel amazing in the hand and look like a 4.3 inch phone is another design marvel. I thought 4.8 inches would be too big for sure but they pulled it off easily and with grace. The iPhone 5 doesn't have any design element as impressive as that from what I see. Of course I will have to play with one to know for sure.
[Galaxy S III General] hollow1:
So how can I show you that I'm a real now using S3 ?

I just changed from 4S to S3 about two months ago, because I love the big screen!
[Galaxy S III General] furt890:
I'm really disappointed to the point that I can't really joke with my friends who worships Apple about how "innovative" iPhone 5 is. Usually when a new iPhone come out they like to rub it on facebook but now, I just don't know whether to pity them or laugh at them. Every post pretty much shows how they try to find a sliver bit of excitement from this new product.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
90% of my friends are iPhone users. 90% of those have already pre-ordered the iPhone 5. Mostly because they are coming from the 4 and the few who aren't just want to have the newest thing. Just like we do with out Android phones.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
On a related note. A lot of people selling Galaxy S3's on craigslist in Vancouver BC. Not looking good. Haha. Apple is still winning everywhere it seems. Let's hope the people selling are getting the Lumia 920 and not the iPhone 5.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I just can't get into Windows Phone. I think it's the 1980's Tandy TRS-80 graphics on the home screen and app drawer that turn me off.

That and you can't customize it in the least bit.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
IOS has wallpapers but the live tiles on windows phone 8 are a lot more customizable than iOS icons though. So I would have to say windows is okay customization wise.
[Galaxy S III General] Phillmitchell:
anyone slagging off the iphone 5 is simply putting a brave face on things.the S3 is already dated with no 4g above all its a very ugly device.
[Galaxy S III General] JohannP:
Both phones are nice. Gs3 and iphone5. I cnt live with iphne... my gf cnt live with android. Evryones diff. More choices for us is gud. So more power to both apple and android.
[Galaxy S III General] satan66:
Agree with the 4g.The sgs3 is meant to be Samsung's flagship phone which has not been out long is now a flop and been put to shame.it should have been released 4g from start
[Galaxy S III General] Hell Guardian:
a flop? are you serious! its kicking iPhone 5 ass even though it just got released! and about the 4G thingy you can't use it and make calls at the same time in iPhone 5 so even with 4G the US version will kick ass! and knowing that the CPU is not in hell A15 or they would have screamed it out everywhere its probably something like the QUalcomm's Krait something between A9 and A15 which means you will get the same performance as the US version + you get better 4G + android 4.1!! and LG will announce their new Quad Krait Powered phone tomorrow which means double the power of the ifail 5! if you will call something a flop the ifail 5 is will suited ;)
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
The S3 is a flop?

I'm in **** now!!! Is this the verdict that's been handed out at the water cooler??

**** me.... what am I going to do now?

Please help me.... is it too late to buy an iPhone 5??

*Ends sarcasm*
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Actually it is... LOL.
[Galaxy S III General] :
The reason I switch from the Galaxy S3 to iPhone is:

- The S3 is a little too big for me to walk around with all day. Would rather have the smaller iPhone. Though the S3 is better when its not in the pocket.

- S3 is not as good to use out in sunlight or even at night. I think it's too bright at night compared to my old iPhone 4. I have to use the screenfilter app to come to same brigtness level. I just don't like the fact to turn that on and off all the time..

- The simplicity. Its fun to customize everything and install roms, but now I don't have so much time for that (I don't want to use touchwiz). I like the fact u turn on the iPhone and that's it.

- Apps. I don't know who got the better apps, Android has a lot thats better, like dropbox, youtube app, but in my country there are some apps only availible to the iphone, like weather app, tv app, stuff like that is way better on iPhone. Their version on android is just not worth having
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
Well looking at your posts I would think you are just trolling however seems you and Android aren't a good match so think you should go to Apple
[Galaxy S III General] omgabunny:
Having a differing view than yours doesn't mean he's trolling. It's called an opinion. Grow up.
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
Laughing Out Loud @ s3 being a flop.

:victory:
[Galaxy S III General] satan66:
Bottom line no 4g on a recent device is a big fail.
[Galaxy S III General] Hell Guardian:
-well i dont know anyone who had the problem with the size unless you are a female of course

-you can edit highest-lowest with simple mod

- the simplicity, uhm am sorry i really have to disagree with that, i highly doubt at this point that you really used the S3 or any android phone, you can customize your main screen to have all the things you want with fast access to wifi/4G etc with a simple click on a widget, i only hear that iPhone is simpler from those who never used android, check that famous iOS vs Android videos where you will get my point, you have to go from an option to an option to an option to do something as simple as turning wifi on! and you dont have to keep swinging in page full of a cluster of apps! the apps you want are there on the main page, you sure you had an S3? :)

- well that's your opinion and i totally respect it, but believe me having a weather widget (i dont know how in hell a weather widget doesnt work in your country) is way better than going to that apps cluster and keep trying to find the weather app then opening it and waiting for it to get the results!
[Galaxy S III General] matttye:
I think he was talking about the iPhone 1000:
[Galaxy S III General] omgabunny:
I had a lot easier one handed operation witty my iPhone and I'm male. I've seen a couple of articles online supporting apple's choice in size. Guess we're all female according to you
[Galaxy S III General] matttye:
Jelly Bean is still not quite as smooth as iOS. It's a definite step in the right direction, but it's not the same.

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Sure, but they have to recoup R&D and market research costs. A lot more work goes into creating a device than just building it.
[Galaxy S III General] darenas:
The title of this thread it is a nonsence. Apple iphone 5 hasn't any better specifications of sgs3, and has many functions missed..
[Galaxy S III General] Smartie36:
Not in my book it's not, it's going to be a while until 4g is widely available and affordable to use. I hear 16 or so city's are being enabled for 4g here in the UK, that's useless to me as I don't live in a city and an area like this will probably never get 4g.

H and H+ is more than enough for browsing and streaming while out and about.
[Galaxy S III General] dave6018:
Reason why I chose android over ios is the freedom android gives you e.g. you can make it your phone!! Fans go on about how smooth ios really who cares about that? I would rather have features and choice even though my s3 is silky smooth. Apple have dropped a major clanger as it doesn't support the 4g frequencies that o2/Vodafone UK will be using. We won't know if the iPhone puts the s3 to shame until benchmarks are run
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
Foxconn CEO is a dumb fk.... Same POS iOS in a different shape... Where's super AMOLED, quad cores, and the rest?
[Galaxy S III General] Hell Guardian:
he was talking about the size in general not the better one handed operations which OF COURSE will be easier in the iPhone, you know what will also be easier in one hand than an iPhone ? a nokia 1100! easier <> better when you have to search in a huge list of apps :)
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Not really. HSPA+ is plenty fast enough for my phone. It's not like I run a web server.

Also, my Unlimited Data plan is $10 per month. If I had a branded LTE phone it would be $30 a month for 3GB. Not worth it.
[Galaxy S III General] omgabunny:
That dumb **** has earned money than you ever will.
[Galaxy S III General] clay101eve:
Who needs "true 4G"? Your carrier is going to throttle you down after around 2Gb of data usage, you will literally CHOMP through data faster than you realize and H+ is plenty fast enough for almost anything you need to do when WiFi isn't available! (Which, let's be honest, is difficult as WiFi is available free almost everywhere for most people)

Clay

Team Pirate

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[Galaxy S III General] Hell Guardian:
relax man, do you work with apple or something? you keep raging lol
[Galaxy S III General] matttye:
Super AMOLED isn't necessarily an improvement over what the iPhone has. I prefer it to IPS but many don't.
[Galaxy S III General] antdawe:
Weather is in the notification centre on ios so that's easy.

IPhone is simpler to use.

If you want customisation android is the boy.

If you want simplicity and aesthetics iPhone wins.

I find my s3 is a bit big in the hand.

I prefer the app store to play store. Ios apps I find are far more attractive.

Don't get me wrong some games on Android are phenomenal.

99 per cent of the Cross platform apps are better on ios.

All these posts, some insulting, some bashing. iSheep, iFail etc is very sad. Apple fans enjoy apple products and those fighting s3's corner are Samsung fans. Each will go out and buy their respective new phones and that's yours and my choice.

One last point, I have an old 3gs and in a weeks time that will be updated to a version of ios 6. On Android this doesn't happen, not efficiently anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
You think? You have no idea who I am or what I earn. Let me tell my net income is probably about 10x what he would earn. omgabunny = yet another dumb fk :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] mobilevirus:
Where can I find this fix?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] clay101eve:
I'll take 1% of that, I'll get you my PayPal later.

Clay

Team Pirate

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[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I think I need my hip boots. It's getting deep in here.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Personally I'm using my waders to keep all the sh*t away, new objective this week....pursuade mods it's time this thread was killed! :thumbup::D:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] Hypnosis4U2NV:
LOL! Good luck walking around town with what looks like a remote control sticking out your back pocket..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Galaxy S III General] omgabunny:
This thread is nothing but a circle jerk. Now its attack the guy who has a difference in opinion. All these posters who contribute nothing useful. You don't see our from contributers spouting off at the mouth but instead spending hours of their personal time to bring us their work. I try to make a fair observation and instead I get flamed. Goes to show you people are as crap as everyone else. I'd love to hear you talk like this in public about something that's actually important and see how ****ing dumb and narrow minded you sound. I try to let you guys see a fair view on both products yet you refuse to acknowledge anything else but your little Android world.. **** this thread. Its pointless along with the flamers. I'll stick to the development threads where people have half a wit.

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See this crap? Sounds like a teenager trying to fit in with the trolls. Grow up.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Calm down! You have thrown enough insults to make the above rather hypocritical in tone to say the least! So you really expect an easy ride when you defend Apple in a galaxy S3 forum?

It takes a man to walk away and not bite the bait, but you do just that and then call people childish.....after some of the responses you have given?!

Pot.....kettle....black ;)
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
cmon guyz, its just our phone... No need to trash talk...
[Galaxy S III General] Hell Guardian:
none of us are trolls you are the ONLY troll in here, no one talks to you and then you keep sticking your nose in posts that has "Anti-Apple" opinion

believe it or not most of XDA users are android/WP users, and still we were reasonable, you? you just kept trolling and insulting everyone and raging like a 9 years old

relax man you are not going to gain anything from Apple for raging so much for them
[Galaxy S III General] kulisap:
No need to flame each other guys. These are just phones.

This has gone too far and i think should be closed.
[Galaxy S III General] omgabunny:
Just to get it clear and I'll be civil: I love my Sgs2 andy sgs3 even more so. I may have gotten a little heated since I felt because in also enjoy apple products I took it personal. I just thought there were more constructive ways of discussing diffrences between two products and not generalize users of another product. We're not all tech idiots :)

Much love tho.
[Galaxy S III General] furt890:
To be fair, calling a phone which took the throne for a little while from an Apple product a flop is pretty much asking for it, not to mention there are 4G variants available if you want to choose.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
I does have 4g in the countries that actually have infrastructures ready for it. It was calculated just like how Apple calculated that they do not need NFC or wireless charging. Was it the wrong calculation since the UK seems ready for it now. Possibly to some but it was nowhere near as wrong as the iPhone 4s not using HSPA+ and it isn't wrong for Samsung since even if they didn't have the quad core LTE variant in time, they could have just released the North American versions in the UK.

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[Galaxy S III General] matttye:
Who cares about refresh rate? I buy a display based on the quality of it. I know a higher refresh rate is good for watching movies, sports, etc, but I don't think any of the smartphone screens will have problems with that.
[Galaxy S III General] Hypnosis4U2NV:
It's a joke, relax pal.. You come off sounding like a teenager trying to act all grown up..

You do know this thread is in an Android forum, right? What kind of responses were you expecting to be mostly posted here, how great the iPhone is?

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READY.

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[Galaxy S III General] c5satellite2:
iClone 5 from crApple. Enough said. Plug all the clones into the matrix already. Like lemmings they will follow the one in front of them blindly anywhere. Just watch them wait on line on launch day. No individuality only one identity, be like everyone else, give your soul to crApple and fall in line like a good follower.
[Galaxy S III General] veyka:
Closed, consider this experiment over. Flaming and trolling will not be tolerated.
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
yeah right!
[Galaxy S III General] rovex:
Its got nothing to do with battery life, it has to do with durability. If you have an iPhone you cant replace it easily at any time, like when it starts to lose its capacity due to age, and Apple have had more than their fair share of battery issues in the past. Im pretty handy with a tool kit and of all the gadgets ive been asked to repair iPhone and iPod batteries are the number one thing i get asked to sort out, even though far more of my friends and colleagues own Androids.

I also disagree that the S3 feels like a 'cheap toy'. Its VERY well made, extremely solid, no less flexible than an iPhone and the removable back is required as a function of it having removable and replaceable consumables. It is much nicer looking and feeling in the hand than the squared edged, small and dull iPhone. I think that its about as solid as an 'open' device can be, its very impressive. Its MORE solid than the HOX, which feels like its made out of softened butter.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
But that's the thing. I never had any battery problems with the ones I had. I had the original for 5 years and it STILL holds a charge longer than my GS2 did. :)
[Galaxy S III General] rovex:
Lucky you.
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
though i dont doubt Apple's capacity and capability to innovate and to be aggressive in hardware front but i dont think they will go head to head with S3 specwise...

hmmm, maybe if they can have higher clock quad-core a15 based SOC with at least new iPad's GPU's capabilty + 2gb RAM, and 4.5inchs display in a premium unibody metal chassis; then its gonna give S3 a good fight...
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Nah, I see the screen being 4.08" (they'll call it a 4.1" screen, which is ok, because the GS2 really only had a 4.25" screen), a slightly upgraded processor and GPU and more than likely some kind of metal or composite back instead of glass.
[Galaxy S III General] Wond3r:
iPhone has terrible battery life.

I get two full days of usage out of my Atrix, stock battery. Heavy texting and emails.

I charge on the second day as I am going to bed.

Anyone I know with iphone have to charge AT LEAST once per day. Generally, multiple times per day.

16 hours on battery? Lol that is terrible
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
With an Atrix? Do you have a 6000mAH battery in it??
[Galaxy S III General] Sniper_5:
I actually just talked my dad out of going with any kind of smart phone when he comes back to Verizon. For him, they're overkill. He has no use for the data plans, as such, it will save him a decent amount of money to simply stick with his dumb phones. He only uses his computer once a week as it is.

Sent from my DROIDX
[Galaxy S III General] Wond3r:
Stock battery. When it came out it actually had the largest battery. 1800 or 1900 mah