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[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
I agree that the S3 is a totally capable and device. I would spend the 200 to upgrade a better screen and cpu but I don't think it's worth giving up the carrier upgrade for the next 2 years.
[Galaxy S III General] me:
Thanks for the reply, but it is not clear to me.

Are you saying (first part) that to you it would be worth spending $150 more to get the S4?

Second part- you wouldn't give up the carrier upgrade? Does that mean you would not get either for a two year contract? In fact, by the end of this year, T-Mobile USA will no longer have carrier upgrades, no subsidized phones. (They already don't have them directly, only through third party resellers.
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
I myself on attending with 2yr waiting period would not do it. If were you on tmob and upgrades are a year apart, then I would definitely upgrade.
[Galaxy S III General] :
yes, touchwiz lags a lot on the galaxy s3 even when you unistall all that samsung bloatware...

now i have cyanogenmod and with more than 140 apps installed it is pretty fluid..

my sister has the gnexus and it is 10 times better than the s3...

Now i'm waiting for the next nexus...
[Galaxy S III General] babe1:
Tmo will let you put a down payment of $100.00 (online) for an S4 and pay $20.00/month for 24 months.
[Galaxy S III General] ynsider:
touchwiz lags very much after installing very much apps...

have to try a custom rom
[Galaxy S III General] .:JoT@:.:
I have de i9000, i9100 and i9300... the change i9000 to i9100 is big, but the change i9100 to i9300 isn't a big change... I supose is the same in the change S3 to S4... but the jump S2 to S4 is more big.
[Galaxy S III General] fotbal5:
I think that if for you the jump from i9100 to i9300 isn't big then from i9100 to i9500 is not that big as you think !:laugh;) Because if you go from 9300 to S4 the only real difference is the camera and the display (speed is the same), but from i9100 to i9300 the big difference is the display and again the camera. You can argue that S4 has IR and new software,some new sensors, more ram (there is a i9305 whit 2GB) and a better look (for some) but still in my opinion the new S4 is not worth it ( look on sammobile and see "Report: Samsung reducing component inventory order for Galaxy S4" and you will see what i say), Samsung made a big move in front whit the new phones, but the software dev is still back and can't or won't keep up so the new hardware is getting pull'd back by software, that way you can't see a big difference in every day usage in the two terminals (except using the new SOFTWARE (not hardware) feature on the new S4).
[Galaxy S III General] ashisharia:
how is one x+ compared to s3? i am talking about 1 gb ROM version of s3
[Galaxy S III General] andrewhahalee:
S3
[Galaxy S III General] kangerX:
s3 is anyday better than HTC one x

Sent from the state where marijuana is illegal
[Galaxy S III General] Arjav23:
How is xperia zr?
[Galaxy S III General] Regash:
today i played a little with an i9505. i was very dissapointed. i installed the latest firmware. the s4 has a good screen but the software and the features is worse. the smart screen and air gestures are useless after 10 minutes and the software is lagging hardly when i browsing on the internet. The phone is too warm when i used.I think the s4 is no too good when i compare my s3

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[Galaxy S III General] vaibhavn1:
not upgrading

not worth upgrading
[Galaxy S III General] tangoman99:
Cant remember what Touchwiz was like on stock, but now running Chaos ROM with Nova Launcher.

140+ apps installed and phone flies. No lag anywhere.

Can't think what would make me upgrade - not the S4 for sure. Maybe the S5?
[Galaxy S III General] adamsky00:
There is Samsung s4 active version to be relased soon by samsung.

It has qualified protection from both dust and water, and the fully sealed design means the phone can stay submerged for up to 30 minutes at a depth of one meter.

is anybody heard of it so far?
[Galaxy S III General] fotbal5:
Now i think that SAMSUNG did it:

Samsung did a good thing by making a S4 Google edition , and if you look at this "http://www.sammobile.com/2013/06/28/install-android-4-3-on-your-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-ported-from-google-play-edition-gt-i9505g/" you will see that you can get the google firmware on no S4 google edition, this is really nice BUT !!!!!! :

This i think shows that Samsung is not selling the S4 , maybe because many think like me that if you got an S3 there's no point of getting a S4 (don't say that they sold so many devices, because in reality the sold them to shopsor GSM providers but the shops or GSM providers didn't manage to sell them).
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Whatever phone you choose make sure it's not one with Exynoss!! S4 octa core users are already experiencing problems, not many roms due to lack of sources (yet again), no Google edition rom for their phones, etc.

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[Galaxy S III General] whoisboss84:
true bro.. i bought s4 octa version in india but sold it due that reason only and bought the 9505 snapdragon version :D
[Galaxy S III General] saprer:
what kind of problems? :mad:

i see on videos at youtube that the octa core is really fast and good.

it has the powerVR graphic chip (my fav)
[Galaxy S III General] whoisboss84:
it doesnt have any problem bro i sold it only coz it has less dev support:(
[Galaxy S III General] Arjav23:
From where did u get 9505 in India

Idk if it is even released!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] ahlMAR:
i think the biggest pro for a s4 is the google edition with good driver support and the big battery 2600. so it makes a super nexus of the s4. :)
[Galaxy S III General] whoisboss84:
ebay india bro..
[Galaxy S III General] Arjav23:
I don't like online shopping

Any store has it?
[Galaxy S III General] leboreiro:
i think the gs3 is a very powerful smartphone BUT i think the international version needed to have 2gb ram .

i say this because in games lice "man of steel" i get FC everytime the graphics goes to high or the game demands more memory from the phone. so it basically shutdown the appliation. the gs3 with 2gb ram on international version would be epic.
[Galaxy S III General] fotbal5:
I9305 has 2 Gb and is international.
[Galaxy S III General] shouk_1987:
Owner of S3

But S4 is better ofcourse than S3

But not worth the money of changing from S3 to S4
[Galaxy S III General] Ripolin2:
I buy sgs4...depend use...

My sgs3 go perfect too....

Sorry bad english...

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[Galaxy S III General] Braeburn:
i have an s3 too.. the new galaxy s4 is not too far from the S3, the big jump made by samsung from S, S2, S3 is not comparable to s3 -> S4,
[Galaxy S III General] erto90:
Here my story

I was an happy owner of an international s3, running ARHD

When the s4 sorted, the monkey won,and i bought it

After just 5 days i was disperately trying to throw the s4 out of the window..full of bloatware,useless sensors and laggy browser..but 2gb ram

Then i returned to s3( i hadnt sold it) but.. 1gb ram was a objective step backward.. I loved the better s4 muktitasking a lot

Then,a day, had the opportunity to play with an HTC One..

Tried 10min, 20min later i bought it

Now im using it, its superb,really

Powerful cpu, smooth as butter UI, very good battery life and incomparable multitasking

Always like 1gb free ram..

Guys, this is the right choice if you are to move to another phone

Trust me
[Galaxy S III General] fotbal5:
I agree whit you, to bad you didn't had a i9305 then you didn't need to spend the money on new hardware, as for Htc, yes is better that S 4 , but not if you use the google edition rom !! The software on normal S4 is his weak and strong point.
[Galaxy S III General] sdlopez83:
The s4 Google edition has different drivers I take it? Any different than hardware?
[Galaxy S III General] exynoss:
Loved this honest review by Subrata Chakraborty on flipkart for htc one (Like it or Hate it, But I Agree... Still Happy With My galaxy s3) :

sure htc one and s4 this are best smartphones but lets get real what people do with their phones ..

my personal opinion listen music light internet surfing take pictures, when i have a situation like I don't have my SLR or my super zoom camera nearby and may play little-bit of game for time pass and also Facebook twitter status check up a descent dual core phone with 8 mp camera is enough for this. u really don't have to waste 40000 for this. First of all quad core processor what a waste of time and energy can it run Photoshop or play a descent 3d game like crysis 3?! o sorry that are not for this platform so what good it is, it cannot run any powerful application or game because they are not based on this platform its build for mobility so lets make device that can help you with it.. its processor use so much battery that u loose basic feature like mobility.

i am not joking saying it from experience i am using it for last 20 days and believe me its a power hog!

camera just another joke sure its better than any mobile camera but lets get real on big screen it sucks! And if u can afford a htc one u can afford a slr and if u cannot than u r wasting ur money on wrong thing even a 16 mp digital camera takes batter shot than it its just a big joke

And gaming let me not begin with-it nova 3 temple run 2 ?! o cum on this such games or any latest are jokes, in the name of "games" PC have better games than this even 10 years ago in 2003

if u really want to play game and maintain mobility go and get a alienware m17x or something like asus g series believe me it will blow your mind and u can also carry it anywhere.

So don't waste your money on product that are too good for its class what is the advantage of having a powerful device if u cannot use its power because battery will die.

So my conclusion is its a good device if u can afford more than one it will solve your battery issue otherwise spend money on correct products if something comes with a lot of promises its common that it will not fulfil any one of them properly .

there is nothing such as a perfect product

i got a galaxy grand and put my htc one black for sell on Quikr and if u just have to have this device go to nearest mobile store u can get it at 40800 at least i go mine.

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Lol~!!
[Galaxy S III General] medeka:
Its really worted this SGS3, I am from HTC Sensation.

I look review SGS3 Vs HOX, and the winner is HOX. better camera and performance. but i dont really like HOX because Tegra. i think tegra device hard to develop CMIIW (i have experiance from O2X Tegra2. very long time to get android 4.0.4). and then HOX just Got until android 4.2.2. from what i read SGS3 will got until android 5.0 (I Hope so..).

How about SGS3 Vs N4. RAM... its enough 1Gb ram for next gen android 5.0?
[Galaxy S III General] tolis626:
Given Samsung's software,1gb of RAM isn't near enough even now.And I don't think the situation will improve from now on.If you are getting the S3,go with the I9305 which hasa 2gb of RAM or even the Note 2.The difference is,sadly for us I9300 users,night and day.Although I'd suggest going for one of the newer devices,like the S4 or HTC One or the Nexus 4,if storage isn't an issue.Sad fact is that,most probably,the I9300 will leave you yearning for more,much more.
[Galaxy S III General] PsychoWhiz:
u r so right, had i paid proper attention i would have gone for the i9305 instead of i9300. Nothing ever seems enough and always wanting more. The battery issue is just extremely terrible. So much so called power, but no i cant use it cause i have to conserve my battery....nonsense
[Galaxy S III General] Glebun:
there's a button for that
[Galaxy S III General] samokko:
new phone

I have been pretty unhappy with my i9300.. Feels laggy, and when i find a rom what quite smooth, battery drain is quite high.. wont even last a day in my use.

Getting new phone @ Q4.. done with the galaxy series for the moment.

Any suggestions for a smooth phone?
[Galaxy S III General] Glebun:
read this thread
[Galaxy S III General] KishlorN:
Same probleme, honestly I'll banish Samsung for my next phone. Feedbacks I'm getting on nexus 4 are quite good.
[Galaxy S III General] Danny044:
Have you tried any 4.2.2 leak based roms? For me battery holds much,much longer with 4.2.2
[Galaxy S III General] freitascba:
i love my s3 ;D!
[Galaxy S III General] adrenalin100:
Sgs3 a successful model . The price is good and almost the same functionality .
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
Such a great and honest review. And I fully agree that even if you have the most powerful device,usually you don't use it's all power because battery usually is weakest devices side and other side is that devices such Samsung galaxy s4 are overpriced and for the same or even lower price you can buy much better device. And actually I watched some s4's reviews and I can say that it's ran quite slow if to compare to LG nexus 4, nexus 4 ran much better than galaxy s4,and it's older device but sometimes older devices are better ones than newest ones. :)
[Galaxy S III General] ciprigeorgiu:
I have stock S3 and I honestly say I don't see any lag unless I use Power saving option. For the first time in my smartphone history I go 2 days easy with moderate use so I can't complain about battery life either. For example I now have 54 hours on a charge with 2 hours of screen on time and I'm on 45%. Could I ask for more than that. I don't even think about rooting even though in the past i flashed hundreds of roms on my devices.
[Galaxy S III General] Paenguin:
AW: Samsung Galaxy SIII vs S4 (or any other phone) comparison

Has anyone informations, how much does it cost?

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[Galaxy S III General] daleski75:
Not seen any further information and pricing I suspect won't be announced until the event on the 14th of March.
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
I guess it'll be similar to s3 rrp or similar to HTC ONE for competition..
[Galaxy S III General] daleski75:
I did hear it would be £499 for the 16Gb in the UK but that is purely just speculation so take that information with a pinch of salt.
[Galaxy S III General] XDA mark:
I heard/read recently that the "adviced" price for the HTC One is 679 euro or something? I'm pretty sure the S IV will be somewhere between 550-650 euro. Or higher. But I don't see it being cheaper then 550.
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Heh if its any more than £500 they can shove it where the sun don't shine
[Galaxy S III General] Turbotab:
HTC One fans are spewing a lot of hate at Samsung, now I've had my issues with the big S, but I can't help but think they are going to be crying very soon, I expect Exynos Octa to be a performance beast:p
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
I can't wait for thursday, gonna put a lot of rumors to rest and ppl back in their place lol. Gotta say that samsung did a fantastic job at keeping the phone as secret as possible.

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I'm with you on that.
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Yep, it was odd seeing so much hate from such a minority... :laugh:

The HTC One looks fantastic as a device but I'm afraid that HTC will not be able to compite even with the revised strategy and focused lineup.

Samsung will not radically depart from what we are expecting, but it will surely be a performance monster.

I'm just hoping for no more eMMC screwups, I won't be an early adopter for sure.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Chillz88:
Its simple human nature .... more fame and when you are on top of the chain= more hate.. you cant stop it.. htc forums talk about samsung more than they talk about their own phones..it shows that samsung is doing things right and getting in their head..

I m sure samsung will blow out the competition.. though htc did a good job..

Tapatalkedddd...!!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] Turbotab:
The chassis of the HTC One is beautiful, but the majority of those phones will end in a case, which basically kills the old plastic vs metal debate;) I believe that the S4 will be an evolution of the Note 2, hopefully Samsung will tone down the shiny plastic a bit, and give us something slightly more matte, similar to the black Lumia 920.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
Exactamondo, more fame, more hate, that's what it is at the end of the day.
[Galaxy S III General] -A-P-M-:
Galaxy s4 leaked?

Galaxy s4 leak?

Source and more info/photos:

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/11/is-this-the-galaxy-s-iv
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
I think design could be dummy , they did the same with last year's s3 leaks.

Antutu clearly shows SGX544MP GPU still sammobile say 8 core Mali 678 GPU ...lol we won't see that till 2014.

But it is exynos 5410 octa afterall:D

sent from an Galaxy s3 GT I9300

Running perseus kernel 33.1 , XELLA 4.1.2 leaked build

:D xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1784401

Dont click,you might regret , I won't be responsible if you brick ur head
[Galaxy S III General] daleski75:
The htc one is a very good phone but they tweak the android experience a bit too much for my liking (2 buttons, vertical app drawer) etc and it's them small things which bug me and as much as I would love to get a htc one I think the small changes would end up bugging the hell out of me.

How much better the SGS4 will be who knows? But it's a safe bet getting a Samsung phone imho.

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I hope for sammy's sake they meet the expectations met by all the rumours and anything less than an octo-core now would be very disappointing (in reality it will still be very fast if not faster than the one)

All this hype really reminds me of a pre-apple launch event and then there is the subsequent moaning and *****ing when the hype does not meet the reality I guess that's a price you pay for becoming one of the biggest android manufacturers.
[Galaxy S III General] harise100:
If this is the real deal, the material would be disappointing: Not that flimsy, glossy finish, again!

On the other hand, rounded corners are much more comfortable to hold than i.e. Xperia Z, so the shape would be ok for me.
[Galaxy S III General] daleski75:
I am hoping it's just a heavily disguised SGS3 lookalike and the real deal will look much better but regardless if it's flimsy and glossy, it will still sell by the boat load.
[Galaxy S III General] :
This photo looks

odd

. I am not exactly sure what's wrong with this side-shot:
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
Maybe? But this one looks like...:D

Can't get a solid conclusion from this ,something is wrong either the body is not final or maybe leaks (suspicious they are).

Or they have decided to stick with same s3 body:confused:

Only way to know is to wait ,afterall not much time remaining;)

sent fromXperia sT21i

Everything stock
[Galaxy S III General] daleski75:
It says quad core on the screenshots yet sammobile is saying it's octo-core and other sites just state quad core, is antutu aware of the other 4 cores even if they are not been used?
[Galaxy S III General] jamie.miro:
I like my s3, in here the nexus 4 and galaxy s3 costs almost same. so decided to go with the s3 and its doing great so far!! really happy. don't think i will ever get a s4. will wait for the next flagship from samsung to be released in the market
[Galaxy S III General] computerkidt:
i was totally upgrading

I used my s3 everyday hardcore and was always tweeking and playing with it to try and get more of anything i could... speed, features, space etc :P I did think it was worth it to upgrade going from dual core to quad core and added speed per core as well win-win. And the extra screen size, screen quality, features and better cameras(front&back) all together sold me.
[Galaxy S III General] moe_blacklight:
One thing that is really annoying with the S3 is that the glass is not very stable and the screen is glued to it. My S3 fell from a height of about 40cm and the glass broke immediately. Having it repaired costs more than 200€ at the local shop because they'll exchange both glass and screen. I've ordered a replacement glass for 20€ and try to unglue the screen now.

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[Galaxy S III General] kyriakosmagos:
I have s3 and I am totaly fine with it. I cant afford the s4 right now...
[Galaxy S III General] Texashol:
The S3 is a great Phone, I think I will change to the S4 if I have some more infos about the Problems with breaking Displays. But now I am happy with my S3
[Galaxy S III General] zordo:
Im thinking of upgrading my oldish GS. Price range is maxed at 400€:s, and that means GS3, GS4mini, Ascend p6 or Oppo Find5 are the highend ones for me.

I guess the safest way to go is GS3 (without lte) if i want to continue with amazing support from Cyanogen mod and others.

Although theres also Lumia 820 with 260€ price tag. Good value for money but no android :(.

Or is there a hidden gem in 250-380€ range android phones?
[Galaxy S III General] CroW_D:
Also i think that s3 is good because did you ever get usage of 2 GB RAM? And my s3 with revolt Rom and agni pure cm kernel get so snappy.

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[Galaxy S III General] sidthegreatest:
OPPO Find 5 would be a better choice IMO, especially if want CM support.
[Galaxy S III General] theprint:
S3 is good for me but i like to try s4 as well :D
[Galaxy S III General] ziwy:
I have S3... But the display of S4 is wonderful...
[Galaxy S III General] badchip:
It's larger.
[Galaxy S III General] dittu123:
GS3 vs Nexus 4

Hello everyone. First post here in XDA! Switching over from an Iphone 4 to an android based device...and it comes down to the Samsung Galaxy S3, and the Google Nexus 4.

Before I ask my query, please note 2 things, 1. GS3 and Nexus 4 cost the same where I live, and 2. Nexus 4 is something of a rarity here, so when it comes time to sell the phone (I generally keep phones for 10 months) it will be much more easier and profitable to sell the GS3 over the Nexus. 3. I have used the GS3 alot, never used the Nexus 4 though. Anyway, here are my questions.

1. Performance: Obviously due to better specs, the nexus 4 is faster, but with custom ROMs, can the TW GS3 match the speed and UI responsiveness of the Nexus? Because it was very laggy on stock TW JB. And I detest lag!

2. Screen: I was an owner of GS2 and the HTC One X...so am a bit spoilt when it comes to screens! GS3 Super AMOLED screen is fantastic (though a little grainy compared to One X), but what about the Nexus? How do they compare?

3Gaming: The Nexus is superior on paper, but what about real world performance+optimizations? Also I read on XDA it has a thermal throttling issue. How much of a difference in gaming in say, Real Racing 3 or Modern Combat 4?

4. Video: The GS3 had an awesome camera, and the Nexus has an Ok camera for snapshots too. What about video recording? I believe the Nexus 4 can be modded to have 17MB bitrate, is the video quality good with a smooth framerate like the S3? (very important factor for me).

As for other things like looks, storage, battery...doesnt matter much as the 4 things listed above. Thanks in advance for taking the time to reply to my post! :highfive:
[Galaxy S III General] fotbal5:
I9305 same speed better camera and screen lover dev and gaming ( not that much).
[Galaxy S III General] Brotuck:
I am getting a S4 I9505, but only because you can port the google play edition to it. (in my country you cannot order a google play edition)

So i am going stock android all the way this time.

I am done with the tw interface of Samsung.

The only thing that concernes me is the fact that not google, but samsung pushes the updates for the google play edition.

And we all know how good Samsung is in new versions. :p

So why a samsung and not a nexus ?

Well mainly because it can switch battery and it can work with SD cards.