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[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
The great thing I'm seeing her though is what Google wanted a varied and open ecosystem, Samsung have done there thing with Android building on top of it. The Nexus line is Googles vision for android, the Galaxy line is Samsungs. It's finally now at the point where Google has a solid cohesive and starting to be consistent Nexus line over varying form factors.

The lack of SD card slot has been discussed by Google and I highly doubt it will be coming back to nexus devices along with removable batteries. It's the way the overall market is going really, it adds to leak design and general consumer ease of use. If you look at flagship devices across the ranges you'll note that GS3 is about the only top end phone with an SD card slot. At the end of the day Google is an internet based company making money through advertising via it's services, it wants to encourage you to use those services and it's movies and music stores, all with cloud based storage and streaming. It doesn't make sense for them to provide large volumes of storage so you don't need to use these services so much.

With regards to a new device being announced in 6-9 months, well that's just inevitable. Technology is and always will be a fast moving industry. If that's an argument for not buying then are you really interested in the latest and greatest? Any piece of tech is outdated in a few months and always has been, its the nature of the beast.

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Why post if you don't want to join the debate? It's an enjoyable debate about the pros and cons of doing it. There is no need for a comment like this. A discussion about these things is always good, can assist in swinging things in either direction. It's also a good way to find interesting people you may have not met on the forum before too. It's hardly pointless and will not be closed.
[Galaxy S III General] shenery:
Totally agree. I also bought this device knowing the resale value should i want to get another phone.

My last contract was originally a Sgs1.

On the same contract i had a sgs2 and galaxy tab. Lol
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
The GS3 with 2GB RAM is a US variant with a dual core processor, to allow for more power to be dedicated to the cellular radio necessary.
[Galaxy S III General] papakaliati:
Btw about google direction on Nexus phones, while i like the software ,i dont think its such a great idea to have the same physical appearance for the last 3 phones... Some color never hurted anyone...
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
*Off topic I know but*

What is this 'Folder Sync' you speak of? Sounds like a must have application, will need to hunt it down, thanks for the heads up.
[Galaxy S III General] nucgaek:
Sorry, should have clarified, gonna go look at some proper portable audio sources, not at mobile phones for music. Not really a solution for all, but the benefits to sound are worth it to me.

And there's most likely not s3 experience that will match the nexus 4 in terms of usability. Even with all of the greatest tweaks ever designed... The vanilla nexus 4 will come out on top, plain and simple.

All in all, I see that for many people, the microsd or other negatives of the nexus make the s3 a better alternative, and we're having a healthy discussion of both sides
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
Yeah I've had two 24 month contracts in the last few years and so many handsets I've lost count. I always sell my phones in contract to get the next best thing IMHO anyway. It's why it's essential to find the good contracts, last two have both had truly unlimited data, I always get amused when people reach there caps and don't understand how I can get it uncapped, it's just a bit of research and shopping around.
[Galaxy S III General] Gr3m1in:
You're forgetting the I9305, also a Galaxy III but has quad core + LTE and 2GB of ram and that's available in Australia where I currently own it and in other international markets.
[Galaxy S III General] papakaliati:
By the way i think its not gonna be easy selling a used S3 while the N4 has such an amazing price.
[Galaxy S III General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
Good point well made, though that phone is nearly double the price of the Nexus 4.
[Galaxy S III General] BR377:
I'll just get a N4 and keep the S3. Why sell it? With the N4 going so cheap you can afford both. Backup phone IMO.

Everyone seems to be complaining about lack of storage and SD support but i have 9gb free on my 16gb s3 with already too much crap on it. I understand if your a music hoarder I guess its a problem..

Sent from my Viking ROM GT-i9300.
[Galaxy S III General] swift2fly:
i would. only thing is, no sdcard support. i think the S3 is hype anyways. to me any phone with android are not really different from one another, especially when rooted.

sent.
[Galaxy S III General] Flastroon:
I was planning to buy the Nexus 4, but 16 gb without external storage is annoying
[Galaxy S III General] :
Had the same thought... Nexus for does loom amazing but I honestly need a micro sd card... On my s3 I am using a total of about 20+ gig already so a 16gb would be too less for me.. Especially now when games are coming out that are 2+gb in size... If the nexus 4 had a 32gb version or at least had a sd slot then I would have sold my s3 and ordered yesterday.
[Galaxy S III General] Skander1998:
I am keeping my S3. getting a Note 2 and Nexus 10/Asus Infinity 700.

Seems perfect to me that way.
[Galaxy S III General] josefmawas:
There is no reason for me selling the galaxy s3 (a very good phone) for a nexus 4(maybe better phone), but I am definitely buy the nexus 5 next year
[Galaxy S III General] damindra:
you can check the comparison on the link below.

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone2=5048

I would stay with the SGS3 and wait for the 4.2 update or if you are feeling brave, go for the leaked versions when they start appearing!
[Galaxy S III General] bbboldy:
Google offering a good price for Nexus 4.. tempting.. but i doubt it would be available in my country with that price.. :(
[Galaxy S III General] shenery:
Why does everyone seem to think the next nexus will be 5" ? Haha
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
suits their egos ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jetbruceli:
Is the price of 300 without contract? If so I will keep the s3 and just buy a n4 but then again lg isn't the best
[Galaxy S III General] Surfy89:
Nexus 4 is cheap as chips! Very tempted to buy it but knowing i've got an S3 it's just not reasonable. Using an official 4.1.1 JB on my S3 everything is smooth and fast enough.
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
The Nexus 4 is almost too cheap for it to be considered as being a premium phone, and I am worried that that is going to affect the quality of components used. The SGS3's only faults are the lack of release date updates, and build quality. I'm really interested in seeing how well the Nexus 4 handles audio(the Optimus G was criticised for being subpar in this area) and how well the camera performs.
[Galaxy S III General] danielsf:
For the people who are worried about build quality of the device because of the price, please think about this. It is pretty standard for electronic firms to try to make about 50% profit on their products whole sale price. Google can do something Samsung can't (apple could do this too, but they are cheap :D) as in not make money on the hardware, but what is in the software instead like app purchase or advertising through google search. Google can make a lot of money with this approach rather than relying on selling hardware at a profit. This isn't uncommon, amazon does this too. So lets so some maths, you would expect a phone like the n4 to cost about £500-600 if it were by HTC or Samsung when first released. 50% off that is £250 which is a bit less than the 16gb one costs. So we are getting a high end phone, build quality wise etc just without the profit from the hardware that most companies want. In other words, it's a bargain :) Sorry if I haven't explain this very well :)

Also, just sold my s2 for £170 and will be able to sell my galaxy tab 10.1 for about £150 in a couple of days. I plan to buy the nexus 4 the day it is released and then wait for it to arrive. I will then compare it to my s3, and if it is a lot better (which I suspect it will be with that CPU, and I am fed up with the s3's lack of brightness and pentile screen. Oh and out tiny home button.) I will then sell my s3 and which a little extra money I have saved up buy the 32gb Nexus 10. So at the end I will have the n4, n7 and n10. Hopefully. Please don't get me wrong, I like the s3. It is just it's screen isn't bright enough and it's gpu even overclocked to 533mhz just doesn't cut it with the games I want to play. But mostly the reason i am fed up with the s3 is that i can't get CM10 due the Samsung and the source code and documentation. It's a real shame, the s3 had so much potential... which is just wasted. I will miss the s3 if I choose to sell it when my nexus 4 comes. These are just my opinions anyway. :)
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
so you are saying LG are making the phone for no profit? Erm......
[Galaxy S III General] danielsf:
No, I am saying they are probably making it with tiny profit margins relative to the likes of the iPhone 5 and galaxy s3. It's a fairly common practice in retail.
[Galaxy S III General] blazevxi:
Google are probably selling the phone for 300 but the carrier price would probably be nearer double that
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
My view is that hardware like speaker and camera will inevitably be sub-premium standard at that price point
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemeister:
Im gonna sell my second/spare phone which is the Galaxy S2 and use that money and some extra money to buy a Nexus 4. Never tried a Nexus device so we will see how that goes. Im kinda sick of the bad support by Samsung and CM10 on the S2 is very laggy. Hopefully the device isnt instantly out of stock :D.
[Galaxy S III General] streety12:
Why should I keep the S3 ?

I can easily sell it and buy a nexus 4 and still have money left.

There is just no reason to stay with the S3 ( for me )
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
For starters, the S3 has a removable battery and an sd-card slot whereas the N4 has neither.
[Galaxy S III General] setspeed:
And the S3's resale value takes a nosedive :-/

I really want the N4 but I just don't think I can make do with 16GB. I might try an experiment and take the SD card out of my S3 for the next two weeks to see if I could make it work.

I also don't want to drop camera quality or sound quality if possible, as I use my phone quite a lot for these features.

I am very disappointed with the battery life I'm getting with JB on my S3. And although development has been busy in the forums, this means nothing if I am constantly changing ROM because of the battery life issue. To be honest I'm pretty sick of flashing all the time and I just want a nice stable AOSP experience.
[Galaxy S III General] jhericurls:
No point keeping 2 devices that have the same eco-system.
[Galaxy S III General] :
You can't beat stock android, doesn't matter what Samsung do with Touchwiz. Stock and googles full support is a total winner for me regardless of 16gb max. I got unlimited data anyways and use Google music.
[Galaxy S III General] Olean:
just sold my s3
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
Nexus devices never have expandable memory because Google have obviously been taking lessons from Apple, so I'll never buy a Nexus because they sometimes have at least 1 decent feature a few months ahead of competition but I'm not desperate enough to have the latest thing slightly early just to have to live with those restrictions.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Stock android <3 :good:

When I had my Gnex, I never even came that close to filling 16GB, and when I later on found that I wanted movies and such, I bought an OTG cable on ebay to use with my 64gb usb stick
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
Using a Flash Drive and OTG cable means you have to seriously compromise the same way iPhone users do when they try to convince people it's alright to keep deleting Apps every time they run out of memory, and why the Hell should people have to go through crap like that on an Android when the basic ethos of Android is "Freedom"?

So no offence but saying that you almost have the mindset of an Apple user.
[Galaxy S III General] icebox4u:
Kind of surprised, although I guess I shouldn't be about the lack of a MicroSD slot. Sigh. I too will be holding onto my S3. I simply refuse to drop 64gb of useful music, movie and app data space. Not a cool move Google. Did this with the Nexus 7 as well.

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Disagree with you there, just because one individual doesn't use 16gb of data space doesn't make him an "Apple" user. Probably 60% or more of Android users never cap out there available storage space. Doesn't make them Apple users.
[Galaxy S III General] nucgaek:
Any ideas on the value of a used but well looked after 16gb blue? Not sure how I should price it on ebay, though it looks like prices have already taken a hit.
[Galaxy S III General] blazevxi:
I got the GS3 because it was the phone I wanted at the time. There's no real point in waiting for the next best thing because then you'll never be satisfied.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
"mindset of an Apple user'

Care to explain? What else should I had done? I had a usb memory and i ordered an OTG cable so I could watch movies without having to delete stuff from the internal memory.
[Galaxy S III General] Aitch:
Looks like the N4 doesn't have FM Radio either? Why would they not include this?

Anyway, will the super low Nexus price, force Samsung to drop their own prices now?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I don't believe any nexus phone has had fm radio support.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
They're aiming for a really cheap cost but great specs. If the nexus line gets momentum and can sell as much as an sgs3 and Iphone then I'm sure it would include these kinds of things.
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
It means Apple users always try to convince themselves they don't need all the features they missing and I see Nexus users all the time who are so determined to have a pure Android phone and say they don't need the things it's missing even when they forced to start deleting things and attaching flash drives for all their media.
[Galaxy S III General] memebr:
LOL, i really don't see how you guys can fill 12gb of stuff in a phone.

I'm with my SIII for about 4 weeks now, and i still have 8gb free, i use it as a phone should be used, not like my personal computer, for that i have my laptop.

16gb is more then enough for a phone.

as soon Google roll out the sell, i'm selling my SIII and grabbing a N4 and a N10.
[Galaxy S III General] danielsf:
TBH I want that brighter screen on the nexus 4. The s3 is just so dim when trying to do anything in sunlight compared to even my old s2. I need to see if I can live with 16gb so I have just taken out my 32gb sd card and put 1gb of music on my phone for when I don't have 3g and my other 9gb of music will be going on Google music as it is finally coming to England in a couple of weeks. I have truly unlimited internet on Three and good signal so google music should be good. I have uninstalled all apps I don't use. I have now spilt up all my gameloft games and other large games between my nexus 7 and s3. I am now left with about 2GB on my s3 to do nothing with. Not to mention the nexus 7 has 13gb user accessible memory so I hope the n4 does too. And I am left with 2gb on the s3 which only has 11gb user accessible. What I am trying to say that I think I can live with 16gb without much compromise just to have that fantastic gpu, better cpu and much...much brighter screen. Even though the memory is low, it is better to have a great GPU and be able to play a couple of amazing games than have a lot of amazing games stored on your device which can't play them nicely. That how I am starting to see it anyway. The mali-400mp4 even overclocked to 600mhz just doesn't cut it for me anymore.
[Galaxy S III General] shaolin95:
I think you missed the whole smart phone concept......they are designed to do it all now...this is not the razr days mate. I guess if you don't need storage then the rest of the world HAS to be the same ..right?

Sent from the Mighty Note International!
[Galaxy S III General] Idan73:
But then again, for a phone per se, so is 20 dollar nokia.

Try a few new Gameloft games...or take full resolution let's say 10 five minute videos...and see that space quickly fill up. Oh sorry, you only want to use it as a phone...

Testing JKay alpha on GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] _MrAwesome_:
I'm happy with the s3
[Galaxy S III General] eseregin:
Can not imagine game that will be slow with sgs3 8-)

Might big in 2045 year or near 8-)
[Galaxy S III General] memebr:
Nope, don't need to be the same, but ppl can learn how to delete things they don't use anymore, now speaking of the phone itself, I use as a camera, also to browse over the Internet, as a work tool, music player, pretty much i use everything this smart phone have to offer, i don't think I'm missing the whole smart phone concept.

I'm with Asphalt 7, dead trigger, bad piggies and angry birds (i know those last 2 don't consume space at all), 12 music albums of some of my favorite bands, 42 pics on the max resolution, and 1 dvdrip movie, and i still have 8gb left, i use to remove stuff i don't use, i don't let it there just using space if I'm not using the thing. if i watched the movie, i just delete it! i never have more then 12 music albums, if i need more i just download it from my Google Drive.

I use my PC to hold the massive storage and The Google Drive to hold some extra musics and documents i need to work.

I'm sticked with the idea that 16gb is a pretty decent amount of storage space for a phone.
[Galaxy S III General] d0nald01:
You would think they could afford to put more storage in considering how cheap it is at the moment, 8gb is just sad
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
It seems obvious why Google never includes external memory is to force you to go online and use Cloud services where Google can make more money and they know because they have the Google branding that they one of the only ones that can get away with doing that.

I mean the Nexus 7 is the ultimate example of that because they only gave the base model 8 freaking Gigabytes when it could have been a good tablet with all of it's decent specs.
[Galaxy S III General] clamitas:
I went from LG O2X to SGS3 and is very happy now. I don't like LG phones and will probably never go back.

I think the Nexus 4 might be better since it is a Nexus but still, no more LG for me.
[Galaxy S III General] POLO_i780:
With over 50GB of storage in my GS3 there is NO WAY im letting that go for a paltry 16GB, so no, im sticking with my S3 and will probably get a Nexus10.

WRT the Nexus 4 being an LG, people be logical, the updates will be from GOOGLE THEMSELVES! If you had bad SW support in a previous LG dont let that determine whether you get N4 as N4 is a Nexus!
[Galaxy S III General] brooon:
There is a new point popping up on my mind...as stated in this thread, someone might think about the difference in the SAR ratings between the S3 and the Nexus 4.

As I stated there:
[Galaxy S III General] nutttr:
Hmmm... If you want it as a phone, then good... Otherwise.

I've got a 64gb card in my 32gb S3, the card is full - only a few gig spare! Internal phone memory has around 10-16 spare, depending on the titanium back I have... I like to have my photos with me (about 10% of what I've taken) and 1/2 my music which I play on random and a couple of videos.

I can't wait for 128gb micro sd cards.... I have a 1.5gb data plan and I use that just on browsing and a few non-wifi app downloads... Unlimited mobile data isn't really available for a decent price here in Australia, so cloud services aren't really viable.
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
To be honest after trying the Nexus 7 today with 4.1.2, I must say I've decided against upgrading as stock android does not appear to be as smooth as people make it out to be(even tried enabling gpu acceleration and disabling hw overlays). My sgs3 was consistently both faster and smoother than the Nexus 7. Is there a big difference between stock and custom roms on nexus devices?
[Galaxy S III General] sidthegreatest:
I have a SIII as well as a N7, & I must say that they are both equally smooth, so it more down to personal tastes. Of course, CM10 is another matter altogether. CM10 on the N7 is way better than both TW as well as CM10 on the SIII.
[Galaxy S III General] Diaze:
I really like sammy features..i.ll not change my s3

+we will get multi window..thats the real multitasking
[Galaxy S III General] Ensifolk:
Only thing i hate id the smsller screen...dont foeget that the on screen keys take also space...other than that its the perfect device for me ! Once we confirm that the sources arent going to be released....im leaving...like many
[Galaxy S III General] Craxx:
Did somebody know if the n4 have a normal sim or can i use the micro sim from s3?

Edit.:

I searched internet and it should be a micro sim.

Craxx;)

Send from my S3 with Tapatalk :)
[Galaxy S III General] sids911:
Forget about the lack of SD card, or the LTE, or even the supposed "Samsung" features like multiview.

The biggest reason for anyone to get this device is "Pure Android Experience". It excels and feels like a cohesive operating system, bar none.

Anyone who has had a Galaxy Nexus as well as an S3 will vouch for that.
[Galaxy S III General] miketwn:
Im just gonna stay with the s3 till s4 .... and buy a new Sony hybrid windows 8 notebook now......no need for tabs now (ipad collecting dust in the drawer_
[Galaxy S III General] danielsf:
Yeah I think your right, I think the storage is too much of an issue and to try to make it not an issue is just too much compromise. 1 year ago high end games were 700mb (example: modern combat 3) and now they are 1.8gb (Example: Batman). In a years time they may be 3-4gb in which case 16gb just negate's the advantage of having that fantastic adreno 320 GPU, as you won't be able to store anything even if your GPU can handle it. I want to make the switch to all nexus after tasting how stress free my nexus 7 is when updating, but I think I will wait a few months to see if the n4 will get a 32gb option. If it does I will buy the n4 as my main phone until the next nexus, skip the galaxy s4 and keep my s3 as a expensive back up phone :D I think I will buy the nexus 10 when it comes out instead of the n4 as 32gb is all I need even on a tablet, and there is an option on that model on the n10. Plus the n10's with its incredible GPU, it should handled any game way better than the s3 and I will have the storage I need to store the games.
[Galaxy S III General] mwatson:
The speaker on my old Orange San Francisco aka ZTE Blade is the best I've ever heard still to this day. It beats iPhone and Galaxy range. It cost just £99 at the time. It also had a Samsung Amoled screen too.

I think this aggressive pricing is part of Google's strategy for overall market dominance, and I think it'll work too.
[Galaxy S III General] Geordie Lad:
A top Smartphone without much memory is like a Ferrari without fuel, because yeah it looks nice but it's almost like you only taking the phone out for the weekend.
[Galaxy S III General] BackfireNL:
Will switch my S3 for a LG Nexus when it comes out!
[Galaxy S III General] xmRipper:
I'm definitely selling my S3.

@OP: You better add a poll ^^ It will be fun.
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
The nexus has more memory than the galaxy s3 if you are talking about Ram. Storage and memory (ram) are the bottlenecks if the Nexus 4 and galaxy s3 respectively.