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[Galaxy S III General] cyrodiil:
I'm on a 2-year contract and I'll have to wait until September until I can extend my contract and get a discount on a new phone.

That's the main reason why I haven't upgraded yet.

I'm running Paranoid Android 3.99 RC2 on my S3 at the moment and it's still running very fast.

Right now I'm waiting either for a recent 4.4 PA port (BETA3, or maybe I'll wait a bit longer) or a more stable CM 11. I guess, that should make it even faster.
[Galaxy S III General] mik.russell:
I think its a great phone very fast compared to my s2
[Galaxy S III General] mrstatler:
For me S3 have enough power, I don't play games, for me this phone is organizer and remote control. I need only more screen. I'm waiting for Note4

Jacek SGS3
[Galaxy S III General] dr_sb:
hi, i bought mine shorty after the s4 launch when the prices dropped....i got the lte version with 2gb ram...i would prefer it to be abit smaler but is so nice...fast....still very handsome not to big..if you optimize your settings you can get 2days battery life time...
[Galaxy S III General] Gravaze:
it's enough for me. i don't need a 13 mp camera and faster cpu and gpu. full hd screen for a 5" screen? i think it's not necessary for a phone. i'm using a 768x1366 pixel 15.6" laptop. i have many reasons for s3, but now? i don't think change my phone until s6 comes.
[Galaxy S III General] bdsee:
Simply put, it hasn't been out for long enough and I'm not willing to spend hundreds on a new phone for minimal gain.

I really want to replace it with a Xperia Z1, but I am just forcing myself to wait seeing as it won't make hundreds of dollars of difference to my life. ; D
[Galaxy S III General] hundred_miles_high:
Only bought it brand new, sim free in October 2013. Paid £250 for the Onyx Black version so will be rocking this handset til 2015 (bar any unforseen disaster) It's still a massive step up from my last handset (Galaxy W) so I've got no probs with it not being the latest and greatest handset (still wouldn't mind a Note 3 though :cool: )
[Galaxy S III General] TheoDores:
This phone is great, and I heard rumor that this phone would also receive kitkat update by march or april.

I9300 + original battery 3000mah = awesome.
[Galaxy S III General] MEHDIMYADI:
Rumored kitkat dont release soon
[Galaxy S III General] JerSki:
I'm still using GS3 because it has all I need. It's very fast with the newest neatrom (compared to my old GS+), it has a good camera and with the Zerolemon battery a fantastic battery life! And it also cost me a lot of money. :D
[Galaxy S III General] tshoulihane:
Apart from when the eMMC goes awol for 20 minutes, I can convince myself that the s3 is still working. Also hanging on to see what the next gen devices this year bring. If I dropped it today, might go with moto-G as a stopgap (and feels like that would actually be an upgrade at times)
[Galaxy S III General] jean.poub:
Why a lot of people don't change their s3? Simply because new phones don't offer real new features people want. A little more powerful... For 700$ ?? Not for me

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[Galaxy S III General] ageback:
Because I've just got it for less than one week, :laugh: at 1400 Chinese Yuan, about $231 USD.
[Galaxy S III General] hezirance:
There hasn't been any phone for the past year or so that has caught my attention honestly :p Besides, the community of the S3 is quite active compared to others hehe
[Galaxy S III General] E.Vogel:
The Phone is still fast and capable, and the alternatives are not that much better that i should spend 500$ on an upgrade.

Besides by the end 2014 there should be new releases with much better specs, such as 64bit, 4Gb RAM, flexible screen, stronger battery (I hope) etc.

I will change from my SGS3 to either Nexus 6 or Note 4 (or something else).
[Galaxy S III General] jetbruceli:
This is why you should love your s3

http://m.cnet.com/news/galaxy-s3-claims-top-spot-in-smartphones-worldwide/57546823?ds=1

sent from my iPhone 6s 64gb 5.7inch Super Oled screen and spen
[Galaxy S III General] nomancoolboy:
There is simply no reason to change it ....

Maybe its not the fastest phone out there ..but its still fast and capable to handle any game or app available..
[Galaxy S III General] glockaki:
if sammy give us kitkat on march i see no reason to change my phone.
[Galaxy S III General] vyp54:
I am very happy with S3. S4 came as a disappointment to me. Same design and not so better specs that make you want to change your S3.

However I am waiting for the rumored Galaxy F line which is supposed to be a metal made S line. Or a S5 Active with proper screen unlike the S4 Active.
[Galaxy S III General] ChaneHD:
The s3 is a nearly perfect phone for me, the battery is pretty good, the camera is awesome and it's also very fast too.

For me theres no need to buy a new phone.

The only bad thing happened to me was the sudden Death. :/

per Galaxy S3 via Taptalk
[Galaxy S III General] saulee.:
It's fast enough and you can run every app & game. Truth be told, It's not the fast smartphone out there but It's more than enough. I think that when I change it I will pick up something similiar to the Moto X (someday in the future ....)

Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S III General] rick james b1tch:
with the great dev support see no need in changing when phones specs are still good.
[Galaxy S III General] guimas:
I won't upgrade my S3 just because there isn't any really better options out there. I have my eyes on the Moto X, but the hardware is practically the same (a better screen, maybe - not resolution-wise, but quality-wise).

Also, phones here in Brazil are expensive. The Nexus 5 just launched, and costs around US$700,00.
[Galaxy S III General] fabecoool:
What phone should I go for now?

I posted on this thread a couple weeks ago, when I had just bought my phone, and no luck, I did not know about Knox and let the OTA update install. Lucky me, I was able to sell my phone for the price I've paid, to someone who does not want anything else than stock ROM.

Now I am considering buying that same phone again (and not update, so I can flash custom roms all I want), but I'm just not sure about it. The thing is, I wouldn't mind buying the I9300 instead, there are many more ROMs for it than for I9305, and I don't need 4G, but I just cannot find any. All stores only have the I9305. So I was considering an upgrade to the SGS4 (not that I can really afford it, but hey, just looking...), but fortunately I saw that there are several versions of it, and the I9506 that they sell here does not have ANY custom ROM! (I'm in Finland, by the way)

Getting a used I9500 or I9300 would not help either, because their owner would most probably have updated to 4.3 with Knox on it.

I come from an old SGS I9000, and I really love SlimROMs, but it kind of feel slow after I've played with the SGS3 LTE for a few weeks, and anyway, it shows signs of ageing. It won't go on forever.

Sooooo... Here's the question: what phone should I get? I don't need a flagship or anything, I just want a phone on which I test a few ROMs until I find one that I like. If it has Slim, that would be the best :) Too bad there are not more ROMs for the Galaxy Xcover 2. That would be about the perfect phone for me.

A Nexus 4 or 5 would be OK, but Google does not sell them directly to customers here in Finland, and the Nexus 5 costs 500€ in the stores, which is too expensive for me. Plus I've heard that the battery life is not that good, and since it is not removable, well, you can't really boost it, right?

So what do you think? Any suggestions?

Cheers!

Fa
[Galaxy S III General] duncan_donut:
I have flashed a few 4.3 stock roms, no knox on them. AFAIK there is none yet on I9300
[Galaxy S III General] k-semler:
I actually just recently upgraded to the i9300. I was running a Samsung Infuse 4g for 3 years.
[Galaxy S III General] maxq1:
'coz the S4 looks deceptively like an S3...and I'm waiting on sammy how they gonna put out the S5 and on sony for the z2. interesting weeks/month ahead
[Galaxy S III General] BaronInkjet:
I would love a new phone. But everything new stinks in one way or another. I bought LG G2, and it is amazing in many ways but audio stinks. And it brags about its audio. iPhone screens are too small, among other things... HTC One sucks if you are a photographer who knows what a telephoto lens is. GS4 audio is worse that GS3. Everything stinks in one way or another.
[Galaxy S III General] ^Jason^:
Because believing this phone, spec, is consider nice and useable in at least 3 years time ^^

only minor problems on minor lag & battery life issue

loving it~
[Galaxy S III General] SteveDeckchair:
Just installed Archidroid and it is like having a new phone! Kit Kat-tastic!!!!!!!!! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] otigoc:
Can't afford to until the end of my contract, another 8 months yet.

I can't wait to. It's become very unstable, occasionally sluggish. Even fresh firmware hasn't resolved it. Thinking it's a memory issue.
[Galaxy S III General] johan81:
Then claim warranty! If there is a hardware failure it will be covered under warranty.
[Galaxy S III General] coldrazor:
+1

No money, no need.

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[Galaxy S III General] xeizo:
Waiting for the S5, it must be shockingly good hardware to be worth it, only obvious technical shortcoming of the S3 is the low amount of RAM. And as someone said, it do have great audio when using headphones, if you use a custom kernel. Most droids have crappy audio, Iphone have fine audio but it is a./ small and b./ apple.

The S3 do look cheap, except the screen which is gorgeous, anyway no premium feeling whatsoever but on the flip side so have I dropped it numerous times on hard surfaces and the cover plus battery usually flying in different directions but it is still kicking! A premium looking phone might not have fared so well.

All in all looking in the back mirror so was the S3 an excellent purchase two years ago, and the community support is better than I ever expected!

My hope, like so many others, is to the S5. Galaxy Note is a little too big for my taste ...

edit. I hope Samsung doesn't ruin audio for the international S5 by only using the built in sound dsp in a Qualcomm soc as it is nowhere near "Head-Fi" quality, I would love the return of a Wolfson chip as in the S3, but it looks like it's a miniscule chance that it will happen. The Korean version with Exynos 6 will most likely use a Wolfson chip ,,, if things turns out the wrong way the S3 could still be the better sounding device for us non-Koreans ...
[Galaxy S III General] liadanaf:
im broke

me got no many
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
Money

And because it does everything a phone is supposed to do.
[Galaxy S III General] depecheguevara:
because I changed my stock 4.1.2 to CM11 Kitkat builds. Now my phone smooth as nexus 5 :D
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Not true my friend.

I bought the Nexus 5 and it was way way more smooth than our SGS3. I returned it and went back to SGS3 because of other issues. I've also tried many 4.4 roms (including CM11), and it's not that much more smoother than Samsung's 4.3.

My biggest problem right now is the inconsistent animations. They are bugging me. I've turned them off, but it's no solution...
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
Yes,because Nexus 5 has much newer hardware than SGS3 so I don't wonder.And if we talk about stock Samsung's Android Jelly Bean 4.3 and Android Kitkat on custom roms,there is quite big difference to me,fir example on Android Jelly Bean 4.3 Dolphin browser performance was laggy and slow,and also the same with some other apps,and these apps that lagged and worked slowly on JellyBean 4.3 on Android Kitkat are working very smoothly without visible lag.

BTW I am using Resurrection Remix Rom with latest Boeffla Beta kernel (so with custom rom I would definitely suggest you to use Boeffla's kernel and play with some options.
[Galaxy S III General] diegonnc:
Because of money of course.In a couple of days im selling my s3 and next week im getting a brand new note 3. Although not sure if i should go for the LTE version or the GSM one . For my country doesnt have LTE, so i believe it makes no difference whatsoever
[Galaxy S III General] ForeverTroll:
I got a Note 3 at the end of last year, kept it 1 month, then sold it to a friend and went back to my GS3.

The Note 3 has a very nice screen and a better camera, but my feeling was it is too long to put it in a jeans.

Plus I didn't use the pen at all and did not find it was a significant upgrade for the money.

I think my next try will be in a year for a Windows phone.

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[Galaxy S III General] Soryuu:
I got my SGS3 last November, so I haven't had it for very long. Its going to be my primary device over the next year simply because its sufficient for me and my usage. At the end of the year, who knows, the Note 4 will probably be an option (cause I'll be going into uni).

Also, obviously cause I don't have enough money - I'm still a high-school student.

Motorola's non-existent in NZ, and Nexus devices (and devices in general) aren't sold at the ridiculously cheap prices they are in the US and so on. (On launch, the Nexus 5 cost NZ$699 unlocked, ~US$564. In contrast, apparently the 32GB model is US$399 in the Play Store)
[Galaxy S III General] depecheguevara:
Yes, the hardware matters but I think resurrection or temasek they are both great roms. Of course I fly when comparing with N5 but my phone smooth that it has never been to. [MENTION=2783013]Sensamic[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
New phones aren't MUCH smoother,that's why there's no big need to change the phone. My friend has Nexus 5 and I can't say thay my phone is any slower or something and he doesn't say that either. He likes SGS3's camera more,tho. But both phones are fast and work as they should and none of us are unsatisfied.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
For casual user you dont need a phone more than a dual core and a gig of ram.

For hardcore user there is no limit on hardware side. That's why phone hardware is being upgraded so fast, but thats useless for me as I'm a casual user.

S3 is far more than capable of doing what I want it to do.
[Galaxy S III General] _Beni_:
why should i change my phone? I never had a problem with it and every game work on it.
[Galaxy S III General] Shan8:
agree with you..

:good:
[Galaxy S III General] mik.russell:
I think its a good size and has enough power for games
[Galaxy S III General] eatsleep:
Why change?

I just love this phone.....

We have so much memories together.. i just can't give it up

I will never sell this phone, just buy a new one and keep it with it. It was my first Android phone.

I also give a BIG credit to this phone for my As level (A levels) result.

Man, just love it, will never leave it :good:
[Galaxy S III General] yzfr1kong:
if there is one thing i can change on the SGS3, it would be bumping up the RAM to 2GB. Otherwise it is a perfectly balanced smartphone.
[Galaxy S III General] :
I recently swatched from HTC One. What a relief - 3 buttons, sd-card slot, much better sound in headphones. Lower ammount of RAM doesn't bother me. No more htc and their so called inventions. Maybe I'll buy Galaxy 5 later this year.
[Galaxy S III General] iSaoHatake:
Phones are going so slow on evolution, from Galaxy SII we have a lot of changes on S3, but to S4 just received magical bull****s and Full HD display that is not necessary, you can see the differences between 800x400 and 1280x720, but not from 1280x720 to 1920x1080, pixels are so smaller in a smaller screen, eyes can't distinguish anymore. I have an Nexus 4 which one i messed up buying it, my girlfriend bought from me, and i will stay with my Galaxy SIII for a long time, it's not getting slow like 2011 phones, i think galaxy SIII reach a point off lagless forever. Waiting for Galaxy S6 or S7 I don't know. I'm not an Update Addictive, phone is running good at 4.1, and is running good at 4.3, so i will stay with my GS3.
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
No money, just a student
[Galaxy S III General] Frank Kelly:
Affordable and still up to dated.
[Galaxy S III General] ackzsel:
Still a great powerful phone with great modifying potential!

* I got an after-market cover with Qi charger, so I can charge wireless. Battery is still very good after 1,5 years of continuous usage.

* Very responsive with cyanogenmod (running CM11 nightly at the moment) and very large user community.

* Has NFC, so I can enable bluetooth and start my music player just by tapping my headphone (built an NFC tag into one of the shells).

* Reasonable camera (far better than my girlfriend's iPhone 4S with indoor light level)

I have no idea when my S3 needs replacement. Probably only when I accidentally destroy it. I am quite envying some phone's IR-transmitters, though.
[Galaxy S III General] Ahad Ejaz:
Guys I'm getting a lg g pro for 260 bucks do you think it is a worthy replacement for this phone

Keeping in mind that size won't trouble me
[Galaxy S III General] romabr:
Just changed my for a Note 3.... AMAZING
[Galaxy S III General] ackzsel:
How is the size working for you? I'm sure it's an awesome device, but it looks HUGE : )
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
I can say it's not really huge. I have held it in hand and it's comfortable enough and after lets's say 1 day you will get used. Size will never bother you. You can even use it with one hand sometimes,but still you will use both hands more, though.
[Galaxy S III General] oaba09:
Because of cyanogen mod.....CM keeps my phone updated so I dont feel the need to change phones yet..
[Galaxy S III General] s14sh3r:
I live in a very rural area and really have only one choice for cell service. They don't have the latest phones. :crying:

It's time for me to upgrade and they don't have the Note 3, which I really want. They do have the Note 2 and the Galaxy S4. I'm having trouble deciding which one to get. I'm leaning toward the S4, but I'm afraid of Knox since I'll want to root and run a custom ROM. My daughter is getting my S3, she's wanting me to hurry up and decide, haha.

Why Samsung? Why did you have to push Knox on us? :(
[Galaxy S III General] lopiop:
size is only a problem when fitting it in jeans/pants, as a result, you will probably revert to taking the phone out most of the time
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
I believe people are developing Knox free roms. Whatever you do, please do so with care since Knox can easily be triggered by a user error. Check the development forum for S4.

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[Galaxy S III General] efanatic:
Because this is the BEST phone straight talk has that works on the Verizon towers. This is the best phone I have ever owned too. I really like the s3. Fast, smooth, & haven't had a glitch or hickup. Cant ask for much more.
[Galaxy S III General] romabr:
Looks huge but it isn't that big.... it's very comfortable. Not if you have small hands of course!
[Galaxy S III General] Abo3mood:
+1

WOW thats a perfect match to what I wanted to say xD

How did u do in ur IGs ?
[Galaxy S III General] eatsleep:
IGs??

Don't get it....

Well I scored 4 As in As level!! :victory:
[Galaxy S III General] s14sh3r:
Welp, upgraded today. S4 i9500 with 4.2.2. No Knox. I'll have to read up over on the S4 forums to see what I want to do next. My daughter is getting my S3.
[Galaxy S III General] Ahad Ejaz:
Paid 30 bucks plus my phone for a g pro and it was worth it 2gb ram makes a world of difference absolutely no lag plus the s600 and 1080p screen definitely worth it
[Galaxy S III General] efanatic:
I thought the s3 had 2gb of ram?
[Galaxy S III General] Ahad Ejaz:
Some models do some don't the best is the i9305
[Galaxy S III General] Landorin:
Simple. :D The S4 didn't offer me any new features I really really needed (unlike when I switched from S1 to S3). The S3 itself does a pleasing job for everything I need. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] daanismyname:
Because 1) my contract doesn't end till July 2) I'm waiting for the S5 and 3) The S3 still works perfectly fine
[Galaxy S III General] Frank Kelly:
Now everybody is changing their smartphone..my s3 now will only getting updates from xda..soon i will buy phones from china which is cheaper but stunning in specs.
[Galaxy S III General] mendoza101991:
Can't purchase, no budget at all, just that, but my S3 is still kicking! I mean it can still be on par with newer phones released here in our country.
[Galaxy S III General] @non4:
I bought mine preowned because I got a hard brick on my xperia sp and don't have a lot of cash :D I'm satisfied with this device and hope it lasts until my upgrade
[Galaxy S III General] claptraw:
Cause it's reliable and runs pretty smooth thanks to cm11. No need for a new phone until my s3 dies.
[Galaxy S III General] paffo:
I changed, but to the very same phone, after my last S3 LTE crashed:)

Third time bought I9305, for me and two times for my wife ;). This device has more power than we actually need.

Every has their own needs, but some features when increasing their parameters make more problems than benefits.

EXAMPLE:

- biger screen resolution consumes more power and needs a stronger GPU

- more MPix on camara with the same physical size of sensor worsens the quality of images

Main problem in every device is software, that is crappy much often and S3 LTE is good example here, cause was introduced after normal S3 and shortly before the Galaxy S4, whose sales were more important for Samsung than support for previous products.

Any Cyanogen/AOSP/AOKP could be good replacement, but has a few problems with functions that for certain users are very important (camara, compass).

2 days before I downgrade to stock 4.1.2 with JKay mod and for me this is perfect setup (with Nova launcher, exDialer, Chrome, and for tweaking: Autostart, Disable Service, Greenify Tasker)
[Galaxy S III General] abohsukampret:
While agreeing that budget is the main reason that most people haven't upgrade their flagship phones yet(me included), I'm still happy with my i9300. The screen is brilliant, resolution is good enough (who needs 1080p on less-than-5-inch screen anyway?) the camera is still the best of its range, not to mention awesome developers here at XDA.

I think manufacturers have reached a plateau in terms of phone development. I'll consider changing my phone when we see a major leap in technology, perhaps when they start utilizing 64-bit processors? :p
[Galaxy S III General] johan81:
If I didn't want 4G support, I wouldn't have bought my new S5, though I do want it ;)

The S3 is a very good phone without a doubt, good size and pretty good camera, after changing to the S5 I do not experience very big differences except for the battery time (WAY better) and the screen brightness/auto brightness. Though the 4G support was the main reason to switch here.
[Galaxy S III General] GabryBSK:
Because it's still a great phone and you have a lot of roms, kernels, etc to choose and this extends the life of our epic smartphone [emoji16]

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[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
I agree.

My main reason is that the phone is still very good and I don't want to spend 600€ every 2 years to change phones.

The camera is just amazing. To this day I can't believe how good it is. It's my second reason to not change phones. I don't know if I will be able to find one better for medium price (300€).
[Galaxy S III General] tech3475:
Right now it's because the siii is good enough and being sim only saves me some money (my bill went from £38 to £12.50).

Only reasons I may upgrade in the near future is either because of some deal, 4G coming to my area or because I have to get a new phone.