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[Galaxy S III General] BarryH_GEG:
Of all the features of the N4 its price is the most revolutionary. People that are mid-cycle in their contract can, for the first time, pick up a really high-end phone for a little more than what they'd pay at contract renewal. Also, the price makes it attactive to people who might not qualify for a contracted device who, can for the first time, affordably own a premier device. Pretty ballsy and strategic of Google.

As for the N4's "king of the hill" specs they're going to be short lived. The 5" HTC device with S4 Pro, removable storage, and a record setting 440 PPI LCD3 display is being released in the U.S (with a 2500mAh battery) on VZW in early December. I'm sure other higher-spec'd devices will start to follow in Q1 2013. By Spring the only thing the N4 will have going for it is its low price and direct updates from Google despite all the drama it's creating now. The same thing happened to the GN when it was signifcantly out gunned by the One X and SGS3 when they were released.
[Galaxy S III General] moeyk:
I will most probably keep my GS3 mainly because of the removable battery and ability to extend storage. Moreover, I running CM10 so I won't be missing that stock android feel of the Nexus 4.
[Galaxy S III General] Byakuya88:
the phone outside the playstore cost more.....

Playstore: 300 euros/350 euros

Oustide the Playstore: 599 euros...
[Galaxy S III General] crazjester:
Its not there software or there updates not a bad idea to read up on what the nexus program is and how it works. All nexus gets updates first as it is 100% Google
[Galaxy S III General] jerverg:
Well, I feel the opposite. You can always disable if not uninstall all the bloatwares you don't like thru root. Some TW features come pretty handy. The turn to silence, swipe palm to screen capture, double tap to top the email, palm on screen to silence. Power saving mode is a welcome extra too. You can always disable some useless crap like smart stay, etc anyways. I came from a GNex, switched to HTC OneX, then S3. I've been happiest with S3.
[Galaxy S III General] blazevxi:
Unless you happen to have a Galaxy Nexus on Verizon
[Galaxy S III General] exynoss:
There are 4 reasons to stay with galaxy s3. I will stick to GS3 for the followings reasons.

1. It is like naked phone. No extra goodies like in s3 which Samsung provide.

2. Build quality. From the early production Google forces lg to make nexus cheapest as possible. So their may a chance lg using a cheap internal parts.

3. Worst resell value. LG phones has worst resell value in open markets.

4. Most important.. I love to flash custom ROMs ....Samsung galaxy s3 has two bases for developers to make custom ROMs first is they can use Samsung firmwares base and second is they can use AOSPA / CYANOGEN MOD / AOKP base to make custom roms. On the other hand if we talking about lg nexus then developers has only one option to use which is AOSP/CM/aokp .
[Galaxy S III General] nucgaek:
@nishu_gamer

You're kidding me right...

Points 1, 3 and 4 are just jokes... nexus has the best firmware and roms available, and the nexus resale value won't fall be much at all considering it's current price...

And build quality, S3 isn't really up there either
[Galaxy S III General] exynoss:
Nah i am not joking. I am serious :o

and about build quality i am talking about internels ( motherboard , chips ) not external body :p

and on flashing Roms point u not understood me rightly. Developers has only one base option to make roms Nexus which is AOSP. On the other hand developers has 2 options to make Roms one is AOSP and second is sammy based for galaxy s3.

It does not matter which device has more Roms...The thing is galaxy s3 users has 2 options to select roms sammy based or CM/AOKP.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
See these 4 points, folks? Those are a perfect example of someone having no idea of what he's talking about.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
I'm one of them too! Not a clue :D

Is that nexus thingy a phone?:confused:

I thought it was a double glazing unit?:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] trein91:
1. is valid, pure android is just lame (regardless of how it looks), its so much less functional compared to touchwiz (if u hate touchwiz look, flash an aosp theme)

2. build quality, go check reviews on the internals, it being held together by tape etc

3. no idea

4. 2 base > 1 base
[Galaxy S III General] brooon:
Interesting to see that there are still people out there thinking that "the S3" has LTE. 30 million S3 units have been sold. How many of them do have LTE (9105 / USA version)? 10%? :D
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I'd prefer a solid, clean-looking base over anything, i.e. vanilla android on a Nexus phone. Vanilla android on the GS3 is functional by all means, but not fully-functional nor solid.
[Galaxy S III General] -A-P-M-:
Do you know how much money costs phone to develop? Apple’s iPhone 5 16GB costs approximately $168USD to build ( http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/09/14/apples-iphone-5-16gb-costs-approximately-168usd-to-build/ ) and this price is similar for SGS3 etc. So LG and Google still get something since N4 costs 350$ in Play store and even more in countries where buying in Play store isnt available ( 550 - 600 EUR which is 700 USD). Don't forget Google didn't spend a lot of money on R&D for device, since N4 is based on Optimus G. Also there you have complete list with product numbers of hardware in N4: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1964850 . Chipset is Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064, CPU - Quad core "Krait v2" , GPU - Adreno 320 etc.
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
So in Google store they will make approx 100% profit, looking for 400% on open market, wish we could make that kind of profit in my line of work.
[Galaxy S III General] aaa:
Hmmm...

Let see the bad things from Nexus 4:

- no MicroSD

- From my experience, I do not want to have anything to do with LG anymoe, unless I really really have to

Bad/weaker things from SGS3:

- Exynos is slightly weaker than S4

- Samsung's devices with Touchwiz!!...do not expect too much for updates...SGS3 will be soon forgotten and get no updates anymore...I am already having doubts for 4.2 to come to SGS3 officially [Main problem if you are used to Nexus gadgets]

- Only 1GB RAM compared to Nexus 4

- Less pixel density compared to Nexus 4

Result: SGS3 is weaker and more expensive than Nexus 4

However....

Even now I am still strugeling about selling my SGS3 and get the Nexus 4...I have always bad experiences from my LG products :(
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Lucky for you it's designed by Google, containing pure Android without any manufacturer bloat.
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
But built by LG.
[Galaxy S III General] brooon:
...and LGs built quality is pretty good ;)
[Galaxy S III General] XDA mark:
Indeed, All sites loved the Optimus G, it felt more premium then the S3/Note II. Better materials.
[Galaxy S III General] slind:
I'm owning an int. S3 and haven't been disappointed so far. But three things make me really want a Nexus:

- The fact that important sources have still not been published and we will see more and more devs abandoning the device soon.

- 1GB of RAM and upcoming Updates. I really doubt we will see 5.0 on the SGS3

- Really poor reception Quality in my area, be it EDGE or 3G / HSDPA
[Galaxy S III General] blackdust:
Better make sure LTE reception is better then, before switching to Nexus! ;)
[Galaxy S III General] slind:
That was supposed to be funny, but actually wasn't. Why would I even bother about LTE, both devices dont support it.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] exynoss:
Joke of the Day

All peoples accidentally dropped their phones.....in that situation LG optimus G will not survive but Galaxy S3 will survive easily.

1st and 2nd are valid points but for third point try to change your modem.
[Galaxy S III General] brooon:
1.) It wasn´t meant to be a joke, but I´m glad that I was able to sweeten your day :p:p ;) Just read the tests and the hands.ons...

2.) This really is kind of an unsubstantiated claim ;) Just take a look into the hundreds of S3 forums all over the world. I have to admit that I really liked my S3 (it is a very good phone without a doubt), but "to survive a drop easily" is just so wrong. Some do, some don´t. Some are just getting rid of their backcover, others are getting a totally destroyed screen. The moral of the tale is: NONE of all these smartphones are made for being thrown around. Neither the S3, nor the Optimus G.
[Galaxy S III General] exynoss:
@brooon your 2nd point is right.....Actually i have galaxy s2 in past that fall down to marble floor many times but that **** survived every time only.....So i am thinking this on my last post :p

Sorry for OT - i just have a thought.. Can i change my back panel / battery cover with some good looking covers like pink , Red ?? My S3 is marble white. May be PInk / red back panel looks cool.
[Galaxy S III General] aaa:
Hmmm...you are correct if you plan to use Nexus 4 only for 6 months.

I can not forget my LG BL40 (Chocolate)....gave it to repair after 6 months...get it back...go to repair again 3 months later...get new unit as replacement...and the new unit died 12 months afterwards...

No droping, no soaking in water...nothing

Again...my 19" LG LCD Monitor (sorry forgot about the type) from 5 years ago...5 months...repair...4 months...replacement unit...3 months...dead...another replacement unit....I caliming the waranty is easy but this shows quality...

Good quality guild ha?

I ain't falling for the third time!!
[Galaxy S III General] jjshinobi:
In Puerto Rico everyone thinks HSPA+ 21 or even 42 is 4G ;/
[Galaxy S III General] BarryH_GEG:
I think a lot of former LG device owners feel the same way you do. As an ex-G2X owner I share your feelings. And while it doesn't affect the N4, LG has a horrible record when it comes to s/w quality and updates. But who knows, with the right investment and commitment they could turn themselves around. If the Optimus G and N4 end up having issues they may as well pick up their marbles and go home. We'll know by mid-December when people have been using them for a month.
[Galaxy S III General] jetbruceli:
All I have to say is sell me your s3 for 300!!!
[Galaxy S III General] noobdeagle:
I'm selling mine for an n4. Can sell the sgs3 to cover all the cost with some extra left over.

Plus I'm really worried about the sgs3 cause mine is cracking around the bezel its never been drop or mistreated and its cracking I plan on contacting Samsung getting it fixed then sell it.
[Galaxy S III General] jerverg:
i was thinking about the same thing too. but came to the decision that i won't.

1. I can always have vanilla, we have lots of good devs here in XDA alone. Matter of fact i'm loving some features of TW, just removed some bloatwares.

2. No SD Card.

3. No removable battery.

4. On-screen buttons.

5. Not really a big difference with the processor, i have mine OC. On GPU, I dont play much games. I play on my PC/PS3.

6. I have all 4.2JB gapps installed, didn't like some.

7. It's LG. LG has the worst resale value in my country, lower than HTC and Sony. Samsung has the highest resale value (for android, since iPhones actually have the highest resale value), especially the Galaxy S line.
[Galaxy S III General] nucgaek:
1. Not that the devs aren't working hard, but many are leaving (especially CM team), and without the proper sources vanilla on S3 will be poor.

2,3,4. To each their own, personally hate the s3 home button

5. The difference is pretty large... not just the processor, the 2gb really should help (over the i9300)

6. 4.2 > 4.1, and the GAPPS will be optimised to nexus devices I'm guessing.

7. What is with this resale value nonsense... If you buy it for $350ish, there's plenty of countries you can ship it off to to make a handy profit, because it's a nexus device. And android devices have terrible resale values in general, doesn't seem to be just an LG problem
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
Devs come and go, and some of the most enthusiastic are those who are stuck with the device until their contract renewal, and as for the sources we'll have to see how that pans out.

On the other hand all those bleating about LG resale values, this is a Nexus device and as such resale values don't follow the norms, plus it's cheap to start with.
[Galaxy S III General] -A-P-M-:
Anandtech re-run Nexus 4 (maybe with newer software?) benchmarks and results shows huge improvement:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1977708

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/12rk7s/anandtech_have_run_new_nexus_4_benchmarks_which

Since release date is close, maybe they recieved final software.
[Galaxy S III General] jjshinobi:
Wrong my Samsung has great resell value. Especially if you sell it with a ROM or dual booted. First its unlocked and rooted and second its up to date compared to the ones you can buy at a store.
[Galaxy S III General] slind:
..... facepalm !
[Galaxy S III General] sathkartha:
Yes of course... After all, you have had to employ rocket science to do all those top drawer things!
[Galaxy S III General] ThirdEye_01:
Not having an SD slot and removable battery looks like a bad idea to me.
[Galaxy S III General] luizffgarcia:
For those saying you can always have vanilla Android with S3 and saying that S3 have 2 bases for custom roms i have a question, are you on crack???

Exynos closed source is dooming S3 development, CM10 will never live up to it's potential neither any other opensource roms due to Exynos dev limitations.

If you think you are running the full potential of CM10 or any other AOSP on you S3 you don't know what you are talking about...
[Galaxy S III General] ThirdEye_01:
What are the consequences of this, just to be 100% clear? Slower phone? Harder development of custom roms? Instability?
[Galaxy S III General] icebox4u:
.... You mean the same CM10 limitations that the Nexus 4 will have with its Exynos proc? Shame.
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
What are you talking about? The Nexus 4 doesn't have an exynos cpu...
[Galaxy S III General] exynoss:
Yes nexus 4 does not have exynos cpu.

Nexus 4 has snapdragon s4 pro chipset.

Generally exynos chipset use by samsung only because samsung is manufactuter of exynos chips.
[Galaxy S III General] Tones1971:
I considered it for a short while. 16gb isnt enough. A 32gb and i might have gone for it, but still the no sd card slot would have probably drove me away.
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
My phone is running like a beast, no animation laggy anymore after some configuration/tweaks in aosp rom. Just like as fast as a nexus. So I don't know why some of you want to sell your phone for a freaking nexus when s3 can choose between touchwiz and aosp rom. I love my phone : )
[Galaxy S III General] Madarox:
You are basically saying that a year from now,any android device with less than 2GB RAM won't run KLP.This means that mid-range phones with 1GB or less RAM will be stuck on jelly bean forever till 3 or 4GB RAM will be the standard in high-end phones which will unlikely happen(maybe in a couple of years).Oh,this also means that google will stop updating the nexus S,nexus 7 and gnex.
[Galaxy S III General] dumb donkey:
Google music is coming to the UK on nexus release date.
[Galaxy S III General] komugi:
I'll wait to see if there is a 32GB version. If so I'll dump SGS3, if not, I'll keep it.
[Galaxy S III General] rocketpaul:
Im more interested in the note 2.
[Galaxy S III General] Stalkalainen:
They could do what they have done with the nexus 7 and drop the 8GB model after a while.

I am happy about the UK google music release its about time!

I will wait to see how 4.2 plays out on CM before making any sort of decision.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
at the price point I reckon camera lens will be poor quality, same with speaker, in fact same with any of the bolt on bits, low storage capacity, the screen is anyone's guess.....I reckon it will underwhelm, like most nexus devices....just have to wait and see.....leave the early adoption for those with money to blow and a shepherd to lead them ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
No SD card = no chance ill ever get one, 16GB is simply not enough storage for most, it wont even be 16GB in fact it'll most likely be 12 or something...forget it.,.
[Galaxy S III General] spirol:
Pros

1. Updates directly from Google

2. A slightly bigger resolution, on a slightly smaller display

3. SoC documentation available

4. 2GB RAM

5. Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait

6. Android 4.2 out-of-the-box

Cons

1. LG (personally bad experiences with build quality)

2. No Micro-SD slot

3. Not as many color-choices

4. All the Sammy features (AllShare, ChatOn, Smart-Stay, etc.)

5. No Samsung Appstore (no free Asphalt7 and Shadowgun:The Leftover)

6. You won't get the Multi-Window update from SG Note II

My opinion

I wouldn't make the switch, mostly because of personal disappointment in previously owned LG phones. I've been completely satisfied with both the SGSII and SGS3 :)

The pros/cons list is as objective as I could manage regarding the features. As a long time AOSP-user, I don't really care for any sammy features other than the App Store with free games/promotions.

Some would argue that the True IPS HD Plus display in the LG is better than the SAMOLED display in the S3, because of the PenTile-matrix used for the latter.

There is also used different GPU's for the two devices: Adreno 320 for LG and Mali 400-MP in the S3, but as I don't know that much about performance differences between the two, I can't make a proper comparison.

My choice

If I should exchange my S3 with another phone, it would be the SGS3 I9305 with LTE and 2GB RAM... But i probably won't, because there's not nearly as good dev support for that device yet, if ever. That is something you will never miss on a nexus device ! :D
[Galaxy S III General] robogo1982:
I'll switch to a Nexus phone when all of the Google services become available over here. And when the phones start supporting external storage.
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
My brother owned Optimus 3D and it had broken on three occasions before he decided to get a HTC, within 3 months, I found the software terrible, and so on, They may be Google but I don't really like LG at all.
[Galaxy S III General] jaju123:
I am selling this phone ASAP... Can even make a profit. So good!
[Galaxy S III General] naveediftikhar:
m gonna leave s3 for sure for n4...google is the way..dont care for the storage space or the build quality as s3 isnt made that beautiful either...!
[Galaxy S III General] zzerozzero1:
Now with the N4 for 300, i doubt that you will be able to sell you sgs3 on ebay for more than that.

However just my 2 cents..
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
id like to make 300 on my phone, as I took out a new contract to get it with my nexus s breaking on me
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Lol my music collection is 24GB. And no, I don't want to stream music. 8gb version will do nice as a Xmas pressie for my nephew though
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
The super fast hardware and price of the nexus 4 is too good to pass up. It's an incredible deal! Not to mention the fact that all of the CM10 devs are selling their gs3s and buying nexus 4s. all CM10 development on the gs3 will grind to a halt.

Shame about the non removable battery and lack of sd card, but the specs and price outweigh this deficit by far.
[Galaxy S III General] Arthur Hucksake:
Depends on the camera for me.

If it's equal to the S3, I might be tempted.
[Galaxy S III General] shenery:
Really love the s3 but by samsung not releasing sources. Thats a deal breaker for me. I have 2tb of music and videos streaming to anywhere via subsonic. I also have unlimited internet so the 16gb max is not a problem.

Oh and the 50gb dropbox account and auto upload of photographs is great for flash addicts like me ;)

Anyone want to buy an s3? :P
[Galaxy S III General] jhericurls:
Just seen the N4 Verge video and I'm sold. Nexus device always get the best developer support. I'll just have to storage less music on my device, why no 32Gb google :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] faddys123:
Well the music is stored on the cloud and picture and videos
[Galaxy S III General] FailDeadly:
I'd switch in a heartbeat if it had a microSDXC slot. There is someone on here making a microusb -> microSD reader....I might have to look into making my own. If I can do it relatively cleanly and cover it with a case there's no reason to keep buying $750 Samsung phones...
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
He meant that 1gb of ram was a mistake. The upcoming update he meant was slow update, just see how Samsung deliver to us, after 4 month only update to jelly bean while nexus users already enjoyed it for months.
[Galaxy S III General] exynoss:
I read all yours valuable comments on nexus 4 .

I m not crazy for vanilla OS

Well for me -

LG Nexus + points over galaxy s3 are :--

- better software support. Future proof.

- 2 gb ram.

Galaxy s3 + points over lg nexus :--

- better display.

- better camera and front camera too.

- SD card option.

- Removable battery.

- better body.

- wolfson chip for awesome.
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
Just sold my S3, back to my semi-broken GNexus until the Nexus 4 is available. After owning two nexus devices, going back to Sammy's rom or a semi-broken CM10 is not an option to me anymore. Nexus or nothing :)
[Galaxy S III General] ricey1986:
Also sold mine and will be up at midnight ordering my n4
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
Lol s3 is pentile display, it doesn't really superior compare nexus.

Lol? Better body? A nice decent phone and premium quality than s3.

Nexus is good but it doesn't really can compete due to lack of storage and weak battery life.

---------- Post added at 11:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:54 PM ----------

Too bad when my s3 running as fast as your future nexus. No lagging anymore because of my configuration. + touch wiz. 2 boot.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
I keep reading these comments about the S3 having bad build quality.What dafuq are you people smoking?The build quality of the S3(and even more so of the S2) is excellent.I'll agree that a metal or glass chassis feels better,but build quality is something entirely different.I too would prefer something nicer than plastic,but I wouldn't like my phones internals being held together by tape,nor would I accept any of the design flaws of the Nexus 4.The S3 might feel cheap for some,but it's reliable.I bet that 3 months tops from now,people will be crying all over their broken N4's.I wish I'm wrong,but I highly doubt it.
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
At least lg come out with some decent design and premium feels. That is what Samsung lack of. This is only what Samsung have to improve. Other than that, the phone is perfect. I disagree of your last sentence. I not sure you will like if a plastic touch screen on a phone, it won't break but I definitely will not like it.
[Galaxy S III General] spacer00ster:
I agree. If you won't add expandable memory, I won't minus money from my wallet
[Galaxy S III General] jonathanyong:
The reviewer said that he had to put the Nexus 4 in a freezer to get the higher benches:

https://twitter.com/nerdtalker/status/266193079772540928

More discussion in the Nexus 4 forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33806398#post33806398
[Galaxy S III General] icebox4u:
Sorry guys, you're right. Been tossing around the specs of too many different devices. That and college classes/work is kicking my rear end into exhaustion. I stand corrected.
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
I didn't mean broken as in cracked.I meant...Well,kaput.Like bricked,malfunctioning,missing functionality etc.It's as easy to crack the S3 and about any other phone,so I didn't comment on that one and I don't complain.The advantages of using glass outweigh the possible hazards.I agree that Sammy could take some design cues from other companies though.