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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Serinety:
Ya, there seem to be people on both sides. much like ford vs chevy. I personally think the build quality of HTC is incredible, i love the flush buttons, the red glow, seemed like a very fine and quality slab of technology. I think sense is amazing, sense 4.5 is incredible. The radios on HTC phones are top notch, my wife still has her rezound and she always has 4g where I don't. Our house has very poor 4g service, my s3 cannot hold a data connection at all. We use our phones to tether our laptops (we dont pay for cable.. ) and after switching from the rezound to the s3, I can no longer tether reliably. When its getting its 1 bar of 4g, it works fine, but after a few min it drops to 3g or 1x or nothing at all, I spend more time fiddling with airplane mode to try and get 4g back then I do getting any work done. So I have had to use her phones wifi tether to get anything important done.

The GPS on the s3 works kinda. We were in San Francisco a few weeks ago, I have a mount on my dash that holds my phone (not a dock, just an adjustable mount) and my phone is always in it for navigation. We had to swap phones because the s3 kept dropping the gps lock, and telling me to turn on streets that were either not near me, or in the wrong direction because the phone though I was pointing a differnt direction than I was, or that I was not moving when I was. Put her rezound in there and it worked flawlessly, even on the lower deck of the bay bridge.

Don't get me wrong, I think the s3 is a great device, (which is why I own one) But I also switch phones A LOT. I have had almost every flagship device on VZW. My experience overall with quality and reliability have always been HTC, where I think samsung always wins in the sexiness department.

At the end of the day, I jsut want my phone to work when I need it to work, being in a big city and needing to get from point A to point B, and having your 600 dollar device fail to provide that basic functionality in a reliable manner is something I have come to expect from Samsung.

I have had the all of the major Samsung devices on VZW, and all of the HTC phones. My opinion is based on using those phones every day while I had them.. just this last year alone (since sep last year) I have had the incredible 2, droid charge, rezound, nexus, and s3, and soon the new HTC.. I am the only one I know who gets a new phone ever 2 months or so
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
Isn't that artical quite a bit old? If we haven't seen anything more current about it i doubt its real. Either way there is no way i could afford to upgrade again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Serinety:
ya it is..

here ya go!

http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTCs-monster-1080p-mystery-device-gets-Bluetooth-certified_id34222
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tynman11:
After having burned through 16 replacement rezounds I think I'll stick with Samsung for a while...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Serinety:
That sucks.. Depending on when you got the phone and when you got the s3.. Isn't that 1 phone every week? Factor in shipping time.. You would have had to be calling to get a replacement every 4 to 5 days since you purchased the original phone..

I smell bs :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
I had like 6. And how can you factor in anything if you don't know his circumstances? I had two phones that had issues right away. from them and they overnight my phones to me every time.

GS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deleted member 3976874:
I prefer samsung and I'm so happy with the SIII, most probably i'll just wait till the S IV is out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tynman11:
True story, but it was two of my lines that both had rezounds. I bought them both back in November and had nonstop issues out the gate. Eventually I was able to convince Verizon to upgrade me to the gs3 though. :)

Edit: when I say I... I really mean my wife! I LOL

Here's my thread on it if you want more detail.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1833875
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SymbioticGenius:
Ive always been a huge fan of Motorola phones. I got a Fascinate for my mom, but kept it till my Droid X came in. Samsung impressed me back then. I took a leap of faith on the S3 and I'm loving every minute of it. But with HTCs piss poor track record *ahem Thunderbolt, Rezound* pre-ordering that would be like jumping off a cliff. I'm still waiting for Moto's next big thing, but as good as the S3 has been... I might give the Moto to mommy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
I really have been liking moto as of late with the new motoblur. As for HTC I like the design of the white one x but I haven't had any person experience. I absolutely love the s3 though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sylund:
1080p display? seriously? wow....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elite49:
Its a tablet, so no I don't care. Though if it wasn't then that would be sweet, but I finally got a great phone on release so I'm fine with my phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
I've had my share of HTC "firsts" and after switching to the S3,it'll be tough for HTC to get me back. I'm tired of being their ginnie pig. The better build quality theory is nonsense. It's heavier and bigger but that doesn't make it better. There's a reason their stock has fallen so far. I'm done buying their polished turds.

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Serinety:
Funny, thats how I feel about samsung devices. We can agree or disagree about what we feel is better build quality, it all comes down to preference. But there is empirical evidence showing that the radios in Samsung devices is garbage compared to the competition. If you look in almost all samsung forums (nexus, charge, captivate, g3, g2, so on) you will see posts from people talking about crappy reception and piss poor gps functionality. You will not find these threads in HTC forums because its a non issue.

Now, on this part, we don't have to agree, and I do respect your opinion, but if I may..

What are phones for? making calls right? Im going to toss GPS in there as well, since we have had the ability to triangulate location since sony Ericsson T68i in 2002.

When you get right down to it, HTC does a better job at getting the basic functionality right. Radios.. they just work, GPS, phenomenal, the rezound had the best screen on the market, it has a higher PPI than the G3, so one could argue that its better than the GS3 display. The camera is one of the best you can get on a smartphone (yes the gs3 camera is equally as bad ass) . People like to toss out the thunderbolt, ya it was a ****ty phone, but samsung has put out some pretty ****ty phones too.. (samsung captivate anyone? lol) so lets compare apples to apples here.

Id say the samsung phones are polished turds, they look AWESOME, sexy, sleek, professional, eye popping.. but damn if you can make a phone call on it or navigate to starbucks...

ya ya i know, yours works perfectly, and for that, I say congrats. But I promise, and I will even put $100 from my paypal account into it, that if you take the gs3, and the htc rezound, side by side for a month, you will come to this conclusion...

the rezound does things like phone calls and navigation much better than the gs3, and if you were out in the woods, or deep in the city, you would reach for your rezound to save the day, not the gs3.

Don;t get me wrong, I love the gs3, I have one, i just got my dad and my mom into one, and my bestfriend just came from the nexus to one, all on my recommendation. I have no bias, This is all based on pure and simple use and comparisons on MANY phones over the years. Samsung has yet to impress me with their radios, and HTC has yet to impress me with their sexiness.

but a quadcore 5in 1080p edge to edge phone, with their awesome radio hardware, and im game for sure.

im serious about the $100 by the way, use both phones for a month (or just use the rezound for a month since im sure youve used the gs3 for that long now) and at the end, let me know how that goes. I want to love samsung phones, trust me I do, I hvae a samsung TV, a samsung fridge, 2 27in samsung monitors.. i LOVE samsung, I just wish I could love their crappy radio having phones too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Serinety:
um.. no? its a phone with a 5in screen. And besides, are you telling me you still put your phone to your head to make phone calls? Hell if my tablet could make phone calls, id drop the phone all together.

with my jawbone era, i can make and receive all calls while the phone is in my pocket, id love to leave my tablet in my backpack and make phone calls from it, that would be bad ass!

besides, 5in is barley bigger than the gs3, bigger is better :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
I'm not going to argue with you but I will take your $100. I had the Rezound since day one. I started my Android experience with the Dinc, then Tbolt, and followed it up with the Rezound. Everyone of them on day one. So I've done your side by side and I totally disagree. I went through two Rezounds in less than a month. By the way, have you spent any time in the Rezound forum? It's riddled with people *****ing

Currently not being productive on my S3.

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Continued...

About the phones and how crappy they are. Here's my experience with the Rezound. Loss of 4G to 1x constantly, if phone dies, good luck getting it to charge or boot back up, crappy battery is an understatement. Pink buttons, light seeping through bezel, dropping hot spot, sense lags and lock ups, constant application force closes...

I don't have these problems with my S3 . Thanks to Verizon, I was forced to get this phone. I didn't want it...... I'm glad I have it now.

Let me know when you can send that money. :D

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
+1 every device I've owned by HTC had had serious battery problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
I think at the end of the day, I just have immense respect for Samsung's strategy for the GS3 of producing two models, the US and the international version, of their flagship phone, and cramming it down carriers' throats. No more of this 30 different models that don't get updates crap, but instead two models that will get updates. HTC fell on its face trying to do the same thing. I might own a HOX, but instead I own a GS3 because HTC couldn't standardize across carriers. That comes down to clout though--Samsung had the clout to do it, HTC didn't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
+1

Definitely a bonus when you own 1 of 20 million phones.

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
Something tells me I'm not getting my 100 bucks.

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
Sorry I guess you weren't too serious about the $100 were you? Not only is the Rezound forum filled with complaints and defectors(to the S3 by the way) , you've got questions about issues with your wife's Rezound.... Great phone huh? I would have let this die but, I can't. Your lack of response is what's egging me on.

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmeadows013:
The DLX won't have the battery that the S3 does. 1080p screen will suck up the juice like no tomorrow. Sure, S4 Pro, but still.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rams99:
I to came from a rezound to the s3. Found someone on craigslist that was willing to trade me straight up. Don't get me wrong the rezound is a great phone. But in no way does it compare to the s3. Sure the rezound has a great radio by far. But overall the s3 is a better. We'll see how HTC steps up with there new line of phones coming out soon. Tbh I have never owned a HTC phone in my life until I got the rezound. They are good phones.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luis86dr:
D, when you coming to the dark side!? :p

Samsung Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
You should not say you are serious about $100 if you are not. Also, it is based on opinion so how will you prove someone wrong?

My wife has had a Rezound for the past 6 months and it does nothing better then the S3. Will it show an extra bar, sure. Will it make a call better or get a better speed, um nope!

Had to just exchange my wife's Rezound beause the screen we not registering touches anymore. The great quality of HTC.

Also, these are not just phones but they are mobile devices. More and more people do not use their device for calls. I use less then 60 minutes a month in calls but over 5 gigs of data just over 4G, more if you count wifi. You tell me what is important to me in a device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luke1333:
I disagree. I used a rezound from the day it came out until the day the galaxy s3 came out. The rezound radio was superior by far, and the screen. Battery life wasn't even bad on the rezound. Be prepared for htc to blow the galaxy s3 out of the water with the new phone! I use over 12 gb a month and touches on the phone could be because of many different reasons but when you use a rezound as heavily as i did and it still looked brand new and i sold for more than i paid for it year later it had something going for it! Still love it's screen over the s3!!!

Not an iPhone.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JBO1018:
I don't get so why people get son obsessed with "bars." You do know the software basically decides how may bars to show based on signal strength and that it varies greatly by manufacturer and even phone to phone. So while your HTC phone shows 3 bars and your Samsung shows one its very possible they are both getting close to the same strength.

Also FYI there is no "2 bars" of 4G. The bars represent the signal strength of the radio for calls/txts. The 3G/4G icon represents whether or not you are connected with mobile data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xsteven77x:
Tell it jb!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
That's you and a few others experience. Battery life was atrocious for me with an extended 2750 battery on too

Gs3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
So why not go back to the rezound since you like it that much better?

HTC will never blow samsung out of the water...how about a apple to apple comparison bud? the one x was released around the same time as the gs3, so why dont you have that device? i highly doubt the new flagship htc device will be any better than the s3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Coolfreak:
Um.. He probably got the s3 since the One X didn't come to verizon.. Just saying..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
LOL, no they are not getting anywhere near the same signal.

I own both phones, I am looking at a Rezound right now on my desk at work.

I could care less how many bars are showing, the Rezound radio is head and shoulders better than the G3 in side by side comparisons.

I have no bias whatever, I love both phones but my G3 almost NEVER gets a 4G signal where I work and the Rezound is getting a solid 4G connection 99% of the time.

This not a deal breaker for me as everything I do at work can be done just fine with a 3G connection. I recently took a two week business trip & half of it was out of the country. For that trip, I took one of my three Rezounds as I knew the reception was better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rams99:
I take back those comments I said. You are so right. My s3 holds 4g at my house just like the rezound. I live in a fringe area to.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] IrvChynaman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpUNA2nutbk

This pretty much sums up the mentality of everyone on these forums. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fusiongalaxy:
I can't comment on this whole HTC/samsung debate. But I just checked ebay and unless your S3 is brand new in the box 32gb you can expect to only get right around $400 for a nice used one. A few new unopened 32gig model have gone for $500+ so good luck with that!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Marcismo55:
I'm glad I left my Rezzy behind...I was ready to move onto something with moar horsepower :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] david_hume:
I'm gonna be straight right now. I will NEVER get another HTC phone again. The battery door was garbage and battery life was complete garbage. Screwed USB ports and occasionally nonresponsive touchscreen. I got an HTC phone (Incredible 2), expecting a good quality phone. Instead, I got bad updating schedules from HTC and all the problems listed above.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not supporting Samsung either. But at least Samsung can give a date for updates (at some point in time) and KEEP their promises (HTC missed the update schedules more than once). HTC may have better feel and quality than Samsung, but Samsung gives better battery capacities. Bigger battery means better battery life! HTC fails in that aspect when compared to Samsung. I've tried the Rezound and it was full of disappointment. So I returned it and got the S3. Haven't been disappointed since.

Samsung's build may not be the best but at least it WORKS well! HTC needs to revamp their quality control before I'll ever consider it again. Lousy P.O.S company.

sent from my Redneck phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luke1333:
Only the screen i like better than galaxy. And when rezound was out it was top phone.

One x isn't on Verizon or i would and the new htc phone on Verizon will be on par with note 2 maybe better and blow away gaudy s3. Quad core, same ram, 5" 1080 screen....galaxy is best in only 1 htc in 2 so htc wins in my book. Just wait

Not an iPhone.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
My wife and I compared screens because I thought it would make her feel better about having my old phone..... Major fail. The S3 was more enjoyable to watch hands down. I was shocked and even more impressed with the S3. The colors on this screen poped so much the Rezound almost looked Black and White. Throw in the size, and it's a clear winner in my book.

Currently not being productive on my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ercDROID:
Sadly, whoever started the HTC Sammy debate was correct. The gs3 is filled with features and is impressive with its specs, but it fails in the most basic of features. The radios are garbage. I normally have -107 to -113 at my house on gs3. With my thunderbolt I was -80 to -85. Also because of the week radios my thunderbolt was much faster downloading. There are many areas where I have no signal at all now where I had strong signal before. My wife's sg3 gets the same #'s as well. Two other coworkers get the same #'s as well. For me Sammy ruined this phone because of this.Verizon is giving me $30 credits every month because of the poor signal for the 2 sg3's on my plan. Hell, the phone doesn't even reach out very far to pick up WiFi signal. Thunderbolt easily got full WiFi signal from the router downstairs in my game room. Both sg3's got 0 or 1 bar. Ended up getting a new router which produced the same results. Only thing that let me use the WiFi in my house was the purchase of a WiFi extender. Sammy better fix the radio problem on future phones or I won't buy another Samsung phone. I'm not even in a "fringe" 4g area....I'm right outside Pittsburgh which has always given me a strong signal. Its a shame because as far as features this is my favorite phone ever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] david_hume:
It might only be your phone. My phone is perfect where I am right now and WiFi connection works better than my old Rezound and DInc2. Sure the phone has some problems with signal, but its not totally bad enough to the point where I miss my old HTC phone. -___-

sent from my Redneck phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ercDROID:
In the post I stated that 4 sg3's are the same. Its all about what area you are in. Most people having problems live just outside of strong areas. Its the phone. Verizon told me that this is a problem that Samsung is aware of. Verizon is giving me $30 off per month on my 2 sg3's. If it was just my phone id get a replacement. Its all that I have tested in my area. The HTCs never had this problem for me in my area.the droid charge that my wife had also had this problem. Droid incredible, 2 thunderbolts and a rezound were all rock solid for me in my area. I talk the sg3 up cause I love my phone but my friends with I phones and other non sg3 phones can make calls and use the internet when I have no signal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] david_hume:
Really? I've never had that problem at my hometown (I'm in college right now). My hometown is nowhere close to a metropolitan area, but it still works pretty well to me (always has at least 1 bar of service). So calling and internet is never an issue (but no 4G :'( )

Is Verizon the best service in your area by any chance?

sent from my Redneck phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
What's the top carrier in your area? I work on the 17th floor of my building with nothing but iphones and they can barely surf the Internet and stuff while my gs3 is surprisingly sitting nicely on 4g making calls and surfing. But I'm in Baltimore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmichaels1982:
massive issues

I really not a big fan of this phone.

1- My rez def had more signal , Right where always sit at my desk , my rez had 89 db , my sg3 never has anything better than -107 . I am constantly dropping 4g, and btw , this is with 3 diff sg3, two diff sims

2- My rez can take pics while on calls , this one , of course not. Work around : play store app

3- My rez can bluetooth a call while aux is plugged in , this one , of course not. AUX in = no bluetooth . YUCK !!! workaround, an app that have to press while driving to direct the phone call to bt every time !!! not sure how safe it is .

4- GPS locks and accuracy are about 20 % behind the rez.

5- This phone is nothing but gimmicks, a lot of stupid motions, super fast cpu and buck load of ram , great , we have pcs for that. BUT a phone is as good as the signal it gets. At the end of the day , its IS a means of communication.

6- oh and BTW tethering with password = fail

7- and USB tethering = NO fast charge with any kernel

8-oh and camera and screen are also not as good as the rezound

WHY ARE PEOPLE RAVING ABOUT THIS PHONE ?

Right now HTC is offering 265 for this phone if i buy theirs till oct 28th . I AM hoping to GOD they will release their new eidition before that, and i am dropping samsung like its hot !!!

Battery life is good, but what the hell is the point of a great battery life if i cant tether properly, i cant call properly and i cant drive properly either lol !!

I think after all my years of wisdom and experience, fell for another hype. I feel like a teenager boy who wanted the hype and not care for functionality, I Am super disappointed in my self

The problem is , most of these problems are scattered all over the place, and there is no way of teling them, until i actually own the phone

I am so so glad i did not drop a penny on this phone .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WizeGuyDezignz:
I'm surprised more people aren't talking about Sense. That along with poor battery life is what encouraged me to drop my Rezound for this phone.

Sense is just a laggy piece of crap. From the first day that I owned my Rezound until the day I got rid of it, I was always baffled that a phone with that much under the hood could lag so much. Sense was the culprit.

Even on a phone as powerful as the One X, the lag is still there. Most specifically on home screen scrolling. It's unacceptable and the main reason that I won't touch another HTC phone until they create a better UI.

Samsung did a really nice job with Touchwiz on the S3 and I am much happier with this phone than the Rezound. Just my $.02.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmichaels1982:
sense 4.1

if you tried sense 4.1 , you will think touch wiz is a joke and now newt has fixed ril for 4.5, this thing flies and side to side, 4.5 takes a smelly dump on touch wiz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] txkorm:
Blah blah blah, you owe me $100!

Currently not being productive on my S3.