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[Galaxy S III General] divided by zero:
I only got my S3 2 months ago, but it was a killer deal. My mum was extending her contract which she needed anyway so she let me buy the S3, it cost me a total of whooping $80 :D

I did get moderately excited to see the N4's specs (it looks really good, too), but I still can't justify the switch. It took me about a month to realize I'll need an SD card very soon on my 16GB S3, which means the limited storage space on N4 would be a dealbreaker even if all else was ideal. The decision to give the users so little space honestly confuses me. I can't imagine the 8gb version selling big at all. If they offered 16 and 32GB, respectively, they would have stood a chance at really making an impact, especially at the prices the N4 is going for via Google Play.
[Galaxy S III General] more2come:
Yes, it does. Every time you stress the CPU a little more (gaming, for example), the CPU will clock down or even deactivate cores to keep a cool head.

This really bothers me, it seems that LG did a pretty bad job with the cooling elements. I'm kinda glad I didn't sell my S3 too quickly.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Exactly.It happens on the S3 too,but once you overclock enough or stress the CPU really really bad.The fact that both the Optimus G and Nexus 4 throttle the CPU (and probably GPU too) that quickly can,as I see it,mean one of the following things:

-The S4 Pro,possibly because of the Adreno 320,produces too much heat for a phone to dissipate.

-LG has done a pretty bad job at giving these devices a way to dissipate heat,so even little heat is enough for them to overheat.

-The software begins throttling at too low temperatures,so with modding the kernel it'll be better.

Whatever the reason is,it sucks.Not that these phones won't perform well at lower clocks but wtf,it defeats the purpose of having that kind of silicon.
[Galaxy S III General] dikime:
My reason not to change?

Galaxy S3 is built with the idea of being a flagship device - no compromises.

Nexus 4 is all about cost-savings, and that alone is enough in the long run. Even if it was a Samsung/Sony/HTC/*insert_brand*.
[Galaxy S III General] Waffles92:
The only thing I truly like about the Nexus 4 is it has stock android, even if I wanted it I'm with Verizon, so no Nexus for me. Unfortunately Verizon pretty much dominates the air in my area. Switched from AT&T earlier and the difference in service is substantial, constant 4G beats the Edge and weak 3G signal that other carriers here provide any day.
[Galaxy S III General] haydar100:
Well the only thing that i like is the vanilla android on the nexus 4

that's why i wont sell my S3 for the nexus 4. But still i hate samsung for the fact they didnt give us the exynos sources yet. And i think it wont happen anytime soon.
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Mainly through drivers, if you have a badly written driver the hardware will not run as well, whilst Google write the nexus software, I'm betting there's a little input from LG on how to get hardware working best, or in LG's case not it's best, it clearly isn't using the full power of the hardware it is therefore unoptimized.

The system doesn't throttle due to thermal reasons until it gets too hot, it may throttle to save power, and when the power is needed (like benchmarks) it switches everything up, until it starts to overheat then it will throttle to bring the temps down.

If the phone is throttling just after a reboot, when it needs the power there's something seriously wrong with either the software or the hardware.
[Galaxy S III General] sgill74:
I sold my s3 for nexus 4
[Galaxy S III General] robogo1982:
Thoughts? Impressions?
[Galaxy S III General] dan_hin:
Having used a nexus 7 for the last week I can totally understand why someone would do this. Stock android is delightful.
[Galaxy S III General] BaronInkjet:
I sold my Nexus 4 for I9300. Reason was headphone audio quality, which was atrocious to my ears on Nexus. Added bonus I didn't realize until afterward was aptX HQ bluetooth on I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] Motogp1:
I'm lucky enough to have and use both , the nexus 4 is a great phone and 4.2 is very slick.

Personally I dont see a huge difference between in everyday use especially after updating the S3 to 4.1.2.

My biggest issue with the N4 is no removable battery, yesterday I was out all day and most of the evening and knowing I was going to be using my phone alot the S3 with a spare battery was the only option. Other than that it's a great phone.

I honestly couldn't choose between the two.

Sent from nexus 4 or SGS3 using xda premium.
[Galaxy S III General] marvi0:
I also had the chance to use but, having impulsively bought a nexus 4 and at the end of the day, for me I decided to stay with s3,for the memory, as can have as many games on the memory cards and I also move around with over 10 000 songs and most importantly the ability to change batteries when am up and about is a really helpful feature of the s3.
[Galaxy S III General] Roidred:
If it is pure android experience ....there are pure experience rooms available for. S3
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
All of which have, to a greater or lesser extent, issues due to lack of sources from samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] NatTheCat:
The fact Carphone Warehouse are selling them at a £100 markup makes me feel sick..

The lack of SD card is a killer for most of us.. If Google had done like the rumour suggested more than one manufacturer, we may have gotten an SD card.
[Galaxy S III General] Matrix_19:
Is the battery on the nexus 4 that bad ??

http://mobileraptor.blogspot.ca/2012/12/google-nexus-4-battery-life-tests.html
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
Google don't want SD card in nexus line, and I don't see that changing the problem, from my point of view, is that without unlimited data I can't afford to store all my stuff in the cloud so need the flexibility of an SD card.
[Galaxy S III General] dazza7111:
After seeing a lot of reviews on YouTube

Im so glad I have s3 and not nexus 4.

Bad battery life, no removable storage,

Should have been 16 - 32 GB, distortion on the ear piece, camera not as good and headphones output not as good.
[Galaxy S III General] Poshdaz:
This thread will be of more interest in 18 months when the s3 is still stuck on 4.1.2, as the s4/5 will then be getting all the attention.

Do Samsung still remember the s2 exists?.....
[Galaxy S III General] Angelus1984:
dude, I had HD2, that was originally on Win Mo 6.5 and I had all android versions on him, even jellybean, and WP 7.8... so I'm not afraid not to have new versions of Android on S3... because S3 can have custom ROMs and with that all new updates...
[Galaxy S III General] bassie1995:
HD2 != SIII.
[Galaxy S III General] Poshdaz:
Sadly none of which are likely to be fully working as Samsung keep their hacked source code used by the mobile division to themselves. They only release the chip divisions source that is useless in anything except bare bones Dev boards.
[Galaxy S III General] RahatKhanRK:
S3 better than Nexus 4

I am having a Galaxy S3 and a proud owner of it,when i saw the Nexus 4 first,i planned to get it and sell my s3 but some disadvantages like no memory expansions,a bit smaller screen,more motion features in s3 than in nexus.But Nexus 4 is a choice if you want Pure Android,latest updates of android,faster processor(Snapdragon S4 is the best mobile processor) and etc !
[Galaxy S III General] baste07:
Smaller screen? By what? .1 inch?
[Galaxy S III General] flavioramos:
Better sell your S3 before it dies.
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Heh
[Galaxy S III General] CHEVYbarracuda1:
I got 32gb s3.. wont go for nexus..will wait for simple cm10 release then flash it on s3 and stay happy
[Galaxy S III General] -A-P-M-:
nexus 4 looks great in Verge video. For me 16gb is enough, other specs are great (better than sgs3). Interesting is it costs less than our sgs3, but got better hardware, looks more premium (gorilla glass 2 on front and back) and will always run latest Android. Its brilliant phone and I cant wait to get it.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
It has a glass back?! Utter fail in my book.....twice as much glass to break! Give me "cheap plastic" any day!
[Galaxy S III General] cmajetic:
With the buy of the s3 we got 50gb of Dropbox, we can still use it when we sell the phone or am I wrong?

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[Galaxy S III General] josefmawas:
I am not gonna buy it, but the nexus 4 looks just sexy
[Galaxy S III General] shenery:
Yeah you can use it on other devices.

Anyone know how to integrate your dropbox files with the gallery app.

Would feel like the nexus had an extra 50 if we could do this.
[Galaxy S III General] ixon2001:
I'm more than happy with my GS3, so won't be getting a Nexus 4, even though the specs are better and software support million times better, it's things like the Camera, Wolfson DAC, Expandable Storage ect ect, that keeps me with the Galaxy S3 until next year.

When the Galaxy S4 is released & i've no doubt at all those that are saying oh i'm getting shut of my Galaxy S3 because of this and that, will do the exact same again when the S4 is out, oh im getting rid of my Nexus 4 because of this & that.

You're basically finding excuses to have the latest hardware that all.:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
I agree
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
I think I will be getting it.

The main reason I bought the S3 was because I knew it would have massive developer support. With the recent departure of devs because of Samsung's closed ways I am starting to think it was the wrong purchase.

Usually, the yard stick with which I measure all phones against is "can it run the latest Cyanogenmod perfectly with no issues?"

If it can, then I get it, knowing that I will get years of support. If it can't, then it's not the phone for me.

I will probably sell my S3 and get a Nexus 4 when prices settle a little.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I for one won't buy the Nexus 4. I have despised lg phones for many years now and there's nothing interesting about them.
[Galaxy S III General] youngpic48:
I'm leaning towards the Nexus 4 also. I updated to jelly bean on my s3 and it's a little laggy and it froze up 6 hours after the update. My s3 is only a few months old. SMH
[Galaxy S III General] trein91:
Still no removable battery and sd card slot? That's just hilarious lol, just like apple and htc. 64gb sd card, and 2 removable batteries is heaven, no issues about battery life at all (with constant overclocking)
[Galaxy S III General] _base2:
I'll be coming from a gnex, but I think I'll be jumping to the n4 anyway. Finally a solid reason to ditch Verizon.

b • a • k • e • d
[Galaxy S III General] AlmightyCushion:
If there was a 32GB version or one with micro SD card slot then I would definitely consider it. 16GB just isn't enough for me. The only reason I'd want to change is to get good CyanogenMod support. Hopefully, this happens on the S3.
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
The worst thing Sammy did to us, S3 owners...is putting only 1 GB of RAM inside. Because of this...I will sell my S3 and get a......

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S4 next year ! :D

Come on guys, S3 is just enough for the next year...keep the money for S4 (which will be better than Nexus 4, but weaker than Nexus 5, doh !)
[Galaxy S III General] Nas Eiesefpi:
I'm staying with my S3. S4 will be the only device that can seperate us. Lol
[Galaxy S III General] shaolin95:
Amazing how a company that was doing so good suddenly start making stupid decisions. First the nexus 7 and now this....Why why no sdcard slot...just dumb.

Sent from the Mighty Note International!
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
I will probably keep this S3 for two years then maybe get the s5 :P lol, this device is a huge step from my last phone (xperia play) and this is so smooth compared to it I just find it like a brand new phone that was announced yesterday, I don't think I will be ditching this phone for some time.
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
I won't, mainly cos I;m on a 2yr contract, and partly because of, no sd card, no removable battery, glass on the back (it will break), LG (slap an LG logo on, and it's worthless to me) and a smaller screen 4.8in is perfect for me.

With the micro sd issue, I have 3 games, 1 titanium backup and one Nandroid (of stock JB) and i have 3.3GB left, I can fill the rest of that up in no time.
[Galaxy S III General] kalealex:
No LTE in the new Nexus 4. Surprised this wasn't mentioned. Biggest no-go for me. How they could forego that I have no idea... Just pathetic attempt. Samsung make another Nexus!
[Galaxy S III General] Crest+:
S3 is the best there is and proof is.. were almost 30m!!! N pop.
[Galaxy S III General] DonEmu:
Was also considering making the switch. Deal breaker for me is lack of MicroSD support, especially with the largest space being 16gb. A 32gb version would definitely be nice. Also that glass on the back, I often fumble my phone, not from a height that would mess it up badly (seated) and that makes 2 glass screens to be worried about breaking.

Also wonder about the camera.

Quad Core Krait and 2GB Ram means this phone would probably gobble up future OS updates for some time to come with relative ease.
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
I love my GS3, but at that price I'm off, can sell the GS3 and have enough to buy a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 7 and put in about £50 ish myself, it's also my birthday in a week so some strong hints will be layed down in the meantime :)

The screen and specs look stunning and being able to get the latest version of android from day one is a great boon too, especially with Samsung dragging there feet over Exonys support. I run Paranoid Android on the GS3 so don't use any Samsung software at all, so wouldn't be missing anything in that regards.
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
I think i'll go LG Optimus G and run the nexus software on it.

That way I get awesome hardware and the timely updates from the Nexus4.
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
I'm probably selling my SGS3 too for the nexus after seeing that amazing price. If it had been more expensive then I wouldn't change.

I prefer IPS to amoled.

This issue with the exynoss documentation and developers leaving is another reason. Better leave before the boat completely sinks.

I'll use my nexus 10 to store videos and heavy stuff.

Jelly Bean on the SGS3 has been a disappointment for me. Still lag in some transitions and animations. You go from good battery life in ICS to worst in JB. This kind of poor software development makes me wanna go to the nexus too. Stuff like the home redraw issue...
[Galaxy S III General] Maesedroid:
No reason to sell, just absurd consumptions.

S3 is the best smartphone of the year PERIOD, Any other complaint?
[Galaxy S III General] DonEmu:
Which assumptions are absurd?
[Galaxy S III General] funnyangrykid:
The NOTE 2 is better. specs wise I mean.

Sent from my Incredible, very Vivid, One X'strordinary S-off HTC Rezound

http://www.speedtest.net/android/216418366.png
[Galaxy S III General] mdemons12:
I almost would but I really think Google had to stop this crap with excluding micro SD, its why a lot of people go with android. And I don't think my parents would allow me to seel my Galaxy S3 after what I did with my TF700T haha
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
The only thing that will seperate me from my s3 i9305 is s4
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
I'm really surprised about the number of people quinling over a 2.5mm difference in screen, this is negligible difference. As for LG software complaints its a Nexus device so it's stock android all the way, with good room for numerous future android releases.

With unlimited data and Google Music, storage space is fine at 16GB, as far as backups go, the average size of a stock rom us approx 220Mb compared to 700-800MB for Samsung.

As for sale of GS3,been looking around and ebay they're selling for £350-400, used and unlocked. As I previously stated can get a phone and tablet with just a little of your own cash. The Nexus is carrier agnostic, so being stuck in a contract is no reason to not do it as well.

The glass on rear is maybe a slight concern, but with the N4 being so slim a thin case should alleviate those concerns without detracting from the phones look and usability too drastically.

Live my GS3, never used a phone so much, but the N4 is a well thought out and designed phone, well worth the swap.

My second 2 cents.. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Ausboy 2011:
good points +1 :)
[Galaxy S III General] funnyangrykid:
nuff said lol
[Galaxy S III General] victorator:
16gb is a joke. I have 80gbs total right now and about 10gb free and not really too much unuseful stuff.
[Galaxy S III General] Idan73:
Good luck with that locked and encrypted bootloader :D

Testing JKay alpha on GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] stefankorun:
I hate it a bit that google(and a lot of android production lately) is going down the apple road - no sd slot, removable battery and FlashPlayer..
[Galaxy S III General] Idan73:
Something to ponder.

If Google does with nexus 4 as they did with nexus 7, then in january we can expect 8 gb version to be phased out, replaced by 16 gb in that price bracket and introducing 32 and/or 64 gb models. That's when I just might consider it unless the build quality is like nexus 7 (which is falling apart in my hands with minimal usage) or camera, or speaker are subpar.

Latest gsm arena shootout between LG flagship that is basis for nexus 4 and sgs3 is not too promising, considering generational gap in hardware.

Also considering rumors of 5 nexus devices? Sony and htc are still missing in this partners lineup?

By then traditional January/February rumor leakage of next sgs might just delay that purchase...

If they only had a slot.... I might have been their slut...

Testing JKay alpha on GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] nucgaek:
More like March/April, when the S4 should be pretty much leaked anyway...
[Galaxy S III General] more2come:
This is very tempting, but I think I'll keep my S3. My biggest concern with the Nexus 4 is that those stupid software buttons are always present. Hated those on the HOX back then.
[Galaxy S III General] KMino:
Honestly you'd think Google would want sdcard storage on a unit with only 8 GB of storage.

Obviously they don't wish people to keep on buying applications from the market when there storage is full...

Anyway, Lucky Goldstar enough said..

Waiting to see if Sony does 5 better..

Hopefully has sdcard expansion, great build quality and the best camera etc fingers crossed! :D

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[Galaxy S III General] nucgaek:
Nexus will never get external storage options. This is something that they've repeatedly explained, so don't expect anything else.
[Galaxy S III General] papakaliati:
The music alone i have on S3 takes around 8gb... Lets say you will have around 2 gb of some basic staff installed 6 gb left... With just the basics and no games and no movies ( I use my S3 ALOT for watching movies when traveling or even at bed... ) . N4 is a great phone for 350 euro,( wont even bother talking about the 8 gb version,thats just pathetic) , but my S3 is amazing.

Many countries dont really have unlimited data plans,and even if they do, its not the same as having the songs or movies on your device...

If you want aosp feel just install Vertumus theme , and you have all samsung goodies along with aosp feel.

Hell if you have a BMW Z3 you wouldnt sell it to get a competitve Mercedes model that does 0-100 0.3 seconds faster, but for a Z4 or a next generation Mercedes.

Selling S3 to get N4 makes no sense at all,and in my honest opinion Samsung has some amazing toys on S3 you wont find on google phones. Popup Broswer is the most usefull app I ever used,and if we get MultiWindow you will hate yourselfs for selling S3.
[Galaxy S III General] nucgaek:
It's all personal opinions, but S3 JB barely beats galaxy nexus JB in terms of smoothness and ease of use, imagine how much better then nexus 4 will be. And any further improvements, it will get at least 2 or so months early (AOSP projects are pretty poor at no fault to the devs). I've finally accepted that I'm not going to get the audio quality I'm looking for from the s3 anyway, so overall I think for many people, including me, the "upgrade" is a no brainer
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
Popup Browser is an app in the play store, available to any android device?

I prefer AOSP in speed and usage and dislike Samsung bloatware, as do alot of people on the forums considering the most popular ROMs have most of it removed!

I see it more as trading n a Rolls Royce for a Ferrari, the Roller is a beautiful machine, but it just never will drive or hanfle as well as the Ferrari ;)

As for music, Google Music gives me access to 20,000 songs wherever I am, no need to keep masses on hone, if battery concern is going to be an issue for the day I just cache several playlists so I have no need to stream. Though in all honesty how often are we away from some sort of power source? With the battery size and a solid clean stock android build configured correctly there's no reason not to get a full day or even two out of a single charge.
[Galaxy S III General] papakaliati:
What makes you think you'll get better audio quality on Nexus 4 than with S3? And about smoothness,well S3 JB is well... just great .

Its ofcourse a matter of personal opinion,but as i said i cant even consider a phone with 16 gb memory. I wont bother wasting my time with trying to find what i can delete so to free up a few more Mb...

Btw we are not comparing Vanilla S3 here, we are comparing S3 with Custom Mods vs vanilla Aosp experience. Ofcourse you will remove the Bloatwares,you have that option and its so easy to do so .

Ofcourse as i said, Nexus 4 is almost have the price i would preffer if i was to buy a new phone now.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
I like watching people trying to justify to themselves why they are making x or y decision.....highly entertaining! Bit like the sound of one hand clapping......it's nice to know there are lots of people with the spare money to guinea pig these devices for us so us plebs can make rational decisions based on real tried and tested reports.......keep up the good work guys n gals :thumbup::D:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
One thing it's got 2 gig of ram which will make the phone faster and smoother then the galaxy s3
[Galaxy S III General] RichardLSX:
S3 also has 2GB RAM.
[Galaxy S III General] gavin-phelan:
The intl s3 dont
[Galaxy S III General] drknezz:
To anybody switching to the Nexus, we dont care.

Goodbye, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out..

It's almost as pointless as the "who will switch to the iPhone5" thread.

Inb4 closed

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] shenery:
I swear. One of the things that drives me up the wall with stock jb on this phone is that the back button doesnt take you back a page on the browser. You have to press it like 4 times rapid to get it to go back. Jb butter is so much nicer to use than ics but theres still a lot of niggly bits in jb and the aosp roms are just not good enough due to sources. And as i said. I have subsonic with 2 tb or movies/music i can stream anytime anywhere.

Ive even found that using an app called foldersync that integrates your dropbox account with your stock gallery so it gives you the illusion of having an extra 50 of pics and vids ;)

Thats why i be moving