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[Galaxy S III General] kikikrco:
Note3 or xperia Z2 will be my next phone. Sgs5 is fail for me

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[Galaxy S III General] drgreenth:
Samsung failed a big time now. Well ill keep my s3 and keep updating my software instead of hardware.

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[Galaxy S III General] gsw5700:
Xperia Z2 or HTC M8 for me, S5 is slight upgrade over S4 which was slight upgrade over S3. Was hoping for something awesome.
[Galaxy S III General] NikosR6:
No Radio?

No radio ??I will stick with S3 i think.....
[Galaxy S III General] nomaj:
No! S3 kitkat no - Samsung anymore ... simple...
[Galaxy S III General] Erik1805:
Going to buy the Sony experia z2. I have a s3 now. Love the design of the z2

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[Galaxy S III General] rorm2010:
will stay with my S3 it is better than any other device:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] Cavalera90:
Like rorm2010

Going to stay with S3 for a while. Still no drawbacks for me. Right now, S5 or Z2 dont offer any game changing upgrades besider water resistance. For me theres nothing that can't be done only on this years flagships. If S3 receives Kitkat, it's gonna stay even longer!
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Your going to regret it.

Read the Z2 forum on XDA.

It has many many problems, mainly overheating that shuts down the camera.

Bad choice.
[Galaxy S III General] maremma:
one plus as soon as he wil be availiabel....
[Galaxy S III General] Erik1805:
Yes i read it. It is mainly with 4k video recording and not everybody has that problem. I will still wait 2 months before buying and see where it stands then. But i love the design and camera.
[Galaxy S III General] techno-np:
I am going for the Galaxy Note 3 !! Ultimate Beast !! Can only be dethroned by Note 4 !! On a league of its own ..
[Galaxy S III General] revilionz:
No more samsung and touchwiz, probably getting a Xperia Z2, since nexus isn't selling in my country
[Galaxy S III General] gfreeman86:
Only Nexus... no more touchcrap neither any stupid android modifications. Only vanilla experience.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Don't really have much money,so I think S4 will be my next.

Or LG G2,maybe. Stil have to choose.

Maybe even HTC One. Dat Sense 6 and design. Ohh.
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Not much money but have enough for the m8?
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
I was about M7. It got sense 6 update.
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Oh hmm. Sry for the misunderstanding:o
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Oneplus one phone has good specs and very reasonable price
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Oh,yeah,lol :D

Forgot about it,gotta have a look!

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No problemos.
[Galaxy S III General] gsw5700:
One plus one does look good but... No removable battery and check 4g coverage, I'm looking forward to oppo find 7/ LG G3 reviews
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
LG G3.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
Whatever has a removable battery when that day comes. It is a must for a flasher and modder like me when things go wrong. :P

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[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Why is it a must to have removable battery if u are a flash and modder when things go wrong? U know u can just hard restart right?
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
I know, but a battery that i can remove physically just feels safer. ;)

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[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Actually no. Hard restart is safer than pulling ur battery.
[Galaxy S III General] Curst:
How can that be if i remove the power source on a hung phone?

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[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Sometimes a process is running and suddenly there is no power source, u might corrupt the memory block or file. But hard restart, it turns it off normally but not suddenly turning the phone off.
[Galaxy S III General] gsw5700:
Gotta have a removable battery as lion/poli batteries start wearing out from day 1, can generally reach 80% capacity or less in less than a year. Plus I like to bring a spare battery with me when travelling.
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
Personally I used to insist on a removable battery but since I've had my S3 (getting on for two years now) I've never removed it. I would prefer the safety net of a removable battery should my phone get immersed in water, unless of course it's water resistant.

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[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
I'm liking HTC One Mini 2.

Or G3 if it's not too big and expensive.

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is this true?

I was thinking of buying a new official battery to improve battery life. Should I? Or the increase would be minimal?
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
You can always buy another one and swap it in, and use your old one as a spare. Them you can almost get like twice as much battery life as similar phones !
[Galaxy S III General] franatic08:
Not updating the S3 to kk just pushed me to another brand indefinitely.

No more Samsung for me for the next decade. At least.
[Galaxy S III General] myshakugan:
It's really sad and utterly pathetic that samsung isn't gonna release 4.4.2 for the international version of s3. But I'm still gonna stick to my s3. It's a great phone, whether it gets official kitkat or not. Giving it up would be such a waste. As for getting a new phone, I think I'll wait till my s3 runs and lives. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Demonhotrod:
Sorry for bumping an old thread, but it's near the end of my contract period for my S3 so I thought i'd see what the wise members of XDA's opinion on the current crop of phones are.

I'm in the middle of that point in the year when all the current flagship phones came out in the first quarter and things like the Nexus aren't out until the end.. which is lousy. I had planned on waiting out my contract, going to sim only and waiting for the new Nexus (because I absolutely love stock Android) but hearing that Google are going to be dropping the Nexus line (next year?) in favour of a higher end product kind of has me excited! But it has left me at complete odds about what to switch too now :( I'm really tempted to go sim-only and save some cash for a bit, but my S3 has been temperamental at times and I'm terrified that it's going to break at a moments notice haha

The S5 doesn't interest me at all, I've had so many issues with my S3 which aren't entirely Samsung's fault but it just leaves a bit of a sour taste ya'know. The HTC One M8 looks nice, really nice, as does the Z2 but I'm also loving the look of the upcoming LG G3.. so im stumped!

It's the never ending question... should I stay or should I go? :D
[Galaxy S III General] _Beni_:
I will never buy a samsung phone again, i hate touchwize and i also don't want to give up my warranty because of KNOX.

OnePlus One will rule
[Galaxy S III General] RobinWest:
LG G3, Samsung Note3, Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime, Sony Xperia Z2 or HTC One M8.... :D

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[Galaxy S III General] gsw5700:
LG G3 - no contest, gorgeous, 5.5" screen, 3GB ram, removable battery, SD card, laser camera, great UI, bored of Samsung producing the same old phones with dodgy flash, dodgy charging ports, that are now locked. Adios Sammy, it's been good but now it's time to move on
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
Definitely not G3.

Incremental upgrade from G2 and QHD screen would be worse for gamers.
[Galaxy S III General] Bazilli:
Not because of KNOX.

My next phone will be N5 or One Plus One.
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
Mate 3GB ram and the quad HD screen are substantial improvements over the G2.The S5 is the laughing stock with 2GB!

Though S801 was a slight disappointment I suppose, S805 would have been a killer.
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
3gb ram only applies to 32gb version.

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[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
It would be interesting to see the price differential, as I highly doubt anyone who can afford the 16 GB to not be able to afford the 32 GB.

I think the 32 GB versions of the S5 and G3 will be of a similar price level. But the S5 does not have 3GB ram.
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
Carrier availability is likely to be the issue for me, the G2 was considerably cheaper than S4 I was kind of hoping the G3 to be same kind of deal, clove are offering 16gb for £499 on pre-order I believe so I'd expect it to undercut S5 by a significant margin.

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[Galaxy S III General] Demonhotrod:
Leaning towards the G3 at the moment. I'm not a gamer so the S801 + QHD is plenty for me, if the price and battery life turn out to be positive too then it'll be my next phone :) (I'd love a LG G3: GPE, but that'll never happen)
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
HTC E8?

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[Galaxy S III General] gsw5700:
G3, nothing else is near, unless 3gb s5 prime is released in next 2 weeks
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
Then, still, touchwiz lag :x
[Galaxy S III General] LordBass:
I'm happy with my GS3 for at least 1 more year :) waiting for the next gen processors
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
Well as a gamer and someone who gets a phone in 2 or 3 years ,that QHD screen would make it suffer in gaming ,I'd rather wait few months for S805 phones to come out.

Or even the S5 prime if it comes with E5430 and 3gb ram (also a good GPU)
[Galaxy S III General] ballsofsteel:
To be honest I don't think even the S805 is powerful enough to handle the quad HD screen properly.

I am reminded about how weak the Adreno 320 is for my 1080p S4, while it had most certainly triumphed in 720p phones. Mali 400 from the 720p S3 would completely destroy Adreno 320 S4 on screen. Adreno 330 for 1080p screen res is 'just ok' for the higher end games.

So I presume an adreno 420 on a quad HD screen would simply be a an adreno 320 on 1080p incident again. I'd wait for a generation of SoC after the 805, unless non LG manufacturers decide not to jump to quad HD screens. Adreno 420 on 1080 would be a monster.
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
QHD has ~77% more pixels than FHD and then there's the adreno 330 ,that is my only problem with G3.

I agree though Adreno 420 on 1080P ,would be my preference.

And then there's S810 coming out next year ,but it'll probably come around H2 only.
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
Next year, lol my contract finishes in August I'll be lucky if I make it that far.

TBH there's always something better just around the corner, I don't really game on my phone so the G3 with QHD will probably suffice.

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[Galaxy S III General] scubascuba3:
How long do you think S3 is good for? Ive had mine for 2 years, great phone, I change the battery once a day which is a pain,even after buying a new Samsung battery. I'm not sure a new phone will offer much more
[Galaxy S III General] Demonhotrod:
I'm at a complete loss about what to "upgrade" to next, my contract runs out in 6 days (or 5 days in 20 minutes :P) and I was fairly set on getting the LG G3 but the drain of having a QHD screen on the battery and poor contrast seem to be swaying my mind slightly... also realistically 1080p will be more than enough for my needs (my laptop screen isn't even 1080p yet! :P). So I'm stumped!
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
LG G3 isn't really worth it,it seems like that phone flawed. Galaxy S5's screen still looks much better than LG's QHD and the battery backup is also bad on G3.

As for an update,there's no need in so powerful and feature-packed phones. Note 3,HTC One M8 or even LG G2 can do the job.

Talking especially about M8,camera is good enough for an average user. Especially with your laptop or if you're only going to watch your photos or videos on mobile itself. And even on 1080p screens photos aren't looking that bad,believe me.

S5 is also isn't that bad,either. Just some random lags because it's samsung. But that camera and everything still are rocking pretty solid. It's battery lasts up to 6 screen-on hours with gaming and without powersaving mode and it's screen is really beautiful.
[Galaxy S III General] ConquerorX:
Will go for S5 Prime...

No more plastic.

The smartphone will match LG's G3 in terms of its 2560 x 1440 QHD display and have powerful internals that surpass Samsung's current flagship Galaxy S5.
[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
I doubt there is any phone out there that meets your expectations.
[Galaxy S III General] ConquerorX:
dude,then what is this?

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8227/20140610/samsung-galaxy-s5-prime-galaxy-f-sm-g906-passes-through-the-fcc.htm
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
I'll defer to your experience here, the reviews I'd seen suggest the screen on the G3 is better than any other smartphone currently out, and battery life is very good, but as I say I haven't played with either, yet.

Random lags on a new flagship device are unacceptable. I understand, from reviews again, that the camera on the G3 beats the S5 under nearly every condition. Congratulations to Sammy if they really have got 6 hours SOT but I'd need to see it with my own eyes to believe it.

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[Galaxy S III General] Jumaqidi:
My note 3 battery sot life. Wouldn't be surprised if the s5 meets it too.
[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
i already get about 5 hrs sot on my i9300 stock battery :p
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
I get 6-7hrs sot,2 year old stock battery :)

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[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
S5 prime it is.
[Galaxy S III General] Sensamic:
Completely agree.

Do people really believe lag is acceptable on a 600$ phone????? What?? Are some people so rich that they don't care the quality of the products they buy???
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
This is part of my issue with Samsung, flogging different models with minimally different names just confuses users (see also s3, s3 int'l, s3 mini).

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[Galaxy S III General] persian___boy:
strongly i will buy htc onem8
[Galaxy S III General] ridowski:
Nokia 1020

I will buy Nokia 1020, i think it is the best chose!
[Galaxy S III General] i9100g user:
well we don't have complete knowledge about its name ,it maybe a completely different name (Galaxy F)
[Galaxy S III General] johan81:
I very recently made the switch from the S3 to the S5 and couldn't be happier! I do not experience lag at all, though I am using Nova Launcher and have a debloated, but otherwise stock ROM. Z2 is having problems with bad quality when calling (pretty important to me ;) ) and screen quality.

After researching other phones I came to the realization that the hardware buttons make the screen larger because the software buttons do not take up screen room, one very important thing for me.

Rooting and custom ROMs are also way easier to use with Samsung devices, I always assumed that this would be way easier because everyone was saying that on XDA, but that is total nonsense! HTC unlocking is a nightmare, you need to jump through lots of hoops and it can be quite cumbersome (I have experienced this on a phone of a friend of mine) and the instructions are very unclear on it, especially if you want to go the S-OFF method it really sucks and I love my root. The Z2 is unacceptable to me when considering root, the Z2 fully factory resets after rooting, so after every update you want to do you have to factory reset! Not for me.

Battery life is great, though the standard Samsung crapware sux, you can easily avoid or remove it. I am pretty lucky that I live in a country where root does not void warranty though.
[Galaxy S III General] jddnoob:
Gs3 is great except that Samsung didn't release the source code. That's the reason I will never buy a Samsung device again.

Well I would buy a one plus one if it would be available.

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[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
Well S5 is good , everything is better than any other smartphone , but 2GB ram is bad...... so in 2 years they can say "2gb ram only no updates gg" , nope.

I'll go for Nexus 6 or wait for S6
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
Only thing better than Z2, is processor OC.

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[Galaxy S III General] aaa:
SGS5 is a downgraded Note 3 to my eyes.

SGS5 is also ugly like hell, I know that the back cover is from the same material as Note 3 but SGS5 is simply uglier.

I was hoping for better upgrades in SGS5 like metal body, qHD screen, stronger processor, perhaps x64 proc, etc. etc. basically something awesome.

None of my expectations comes to reality on SGS5.

S5 is an epic fail.

I wish Samsung good luck selling those S5.

I get the feeling that Samsung is copying Apple's strategy with those 4 and 4s stuffs. S5 is simply similar to S4s or Note2.5 to me

I am sticking with S3 for now and will be still on my way looking for a new gadget to replace my current SGS3...hmm..Sony? LG? HTC? We will see. Perhaps it is time to start moving away from Samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] TheoDores:
I will stay with my S3. This is my first time Samsung let me down..

In my opinion, S5 is not much better than S4.

If I want to upgrade my phone, maybe I will choose another company such Sony..
[Galaxy S III General] android.zealot.fervor:
Even my balls look better than this ugly s5 .......
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
Don't care as samsucks can't beat a nexus 5 £240
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
To say ONLY 2GB of RAM is just marketing trick,like after about one year,they will say ONLY 3GB of RAM and etc..But 2GB of RAM is more than enough for daily user *just saying*
[Galaxy S III General] MattBooth:
Nope, SGS4 will be my last Samsung phone for a while. KNOX and locked bootloader's putting me off.

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Why the hell do you want a qHD screen? That's entirely pointless on a phone like this. Most importantly because the GPU performance wouldn't be any better, possibly even worse, than the last generation, since there are nearly 4x more pixels to push. Samsung did absolutely the right thing by sticking with 1080p, and upgrading the quality of the display instead. At least this way, the slight better GPU nets a slightly better performance.
[Galaxy S III General] LegendM:
Galaxy s3 is still enough for me.C'mon guys why you need newer phones?
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
Ok, Maybe I will. But only IF:

-The Sony Z2 has a crappy camera (look at comparisons of older phones Sony cameras make pictures turn out ****)

-The HTC One Two (M8) IF It doesn't include a micro SD card slot and if the idiots at HTC still haven't bothered replacing the 2009 res camera (Atleast 8mp please)

-The G3 if it still has the idiotic LG UI

The main reasons i bought a S3 over other phones is because it was simply better. Underpowered a bit? yes in comparison to other high end phones of 2012. But, the camera was better, the screen was nicer, the os was better.

Samsung phones have always had the best camera quality of any android phone. And this is important. I want my pictures to look good when I don't want to carry a Dslr. And somewhere to store them other than the internal memory.

These are my criteria for the phone to fill if i should want to get it

-Fast lag free (S4, note2 and note 3 are not)

-best camera in class

-good battery life

-actually waterproof

-Samsung **** doesn't get in the way

-better screen then others (in terms of colours)

-decent feel, not iphone like but not S4 like

If it can fill them and The HTC m8 and Z2 are what like i said above, then i'll get it.

To be fair, this isn't a bad looking phone. The picture doesn't do it justice, videos do justice a bit more.

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I'm sorry. But this is the biggest bullcrap I have ever heard. "the S5 is just a slight upgrade over the S4" I'm sorry, but isn't the Z2 just a very slight upgrade over the Z1? And the HTC M8 from leaks looks exactly like the One and that will probably be a slight upgrade.. And in the Case of HTC One X and HTC One, there wasn't a upgrade at all! just a extra gig of ram, 1080p and a s600 and less megapixels.

Tech sites ruin phones. they leak fake info like a metal body and 2k screen and it turns out not true dropping peoples expectations.
[Galaxy S III General] Jamin_1:
Never ever Samsung again. Ugly hardware, horrible bloated software and Samsung is not AOSP friendly at all (EXYNOS :mad: ).

I agree that the S3 is mostly everything you need on the road.

Best phone for 2014 so far is definitely the Sony Z2. The S5 is ridiculous bad and ugly. RAM, processor, battery, screen - the Sony device beats Samsung without any question. Let's wait for the prices to drop or for the predecessor of the Nexus 5.

Anyways, the Nexus 5 is still the best affordable device for this year.
[Galaxy S III General] tomsi91:
Nexus 5 would be best with bigger battery. Now its LG G2.
[Galaxy S III General] hansen5265:
Samsung is turning into Nokia. More & more gimmicky features every year. I'll buy other newer device IF and ONLY my beloved S3 is dead :D

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[Galaxy S III General] pricey2009:
No way, ugly phone.

Xperia Z2 for me..
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
I

To be fair, in my case at least, I don't have a Z1. Looking at the S4 I don't really see a compelling case to update my s3 and I don't see any major reason to go with s5 either. I want a little Lee way on specifications as I will be stuck with the phone for two years, so yes the extra gig of ram will be nice.

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For now, "no one will ever need more than 64mb for a home computer" - Bill Gates, but I'd like 3GB to give me a little wiggle room

According to Android spin, the product road map suggests there maybe a octane core exynos powered S5 also in the wings, bet that's got 3GB.
[Galaxy S III General] sam145:
No more samsung. LG G2 or Nexus 5 :)

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[Galaxy S III General] ThilinaC:
No.S5 simply looks ugly and not worth the price(unlocked version will be around 800-900 USD here for coming months) or the effort to theme the touchpizz to look better.This time I'll probably move to Xperia Z 2 or HTC new one in around 8-9 months or wait for the next Sony flagship as i9300 is usable for at least for another year.Sad to see Samsung throwing such cheap looking outfit for their flagship of the year.

Only good thing about the Unpacked event was the music by Barcelona Opera house I guess.
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
maybe

since there 2 size available (16 and 32gb)

in my country the 16gb price is same as the note 3 price when it start selling in my country

32gb is slightly expensive

yet not much things that make me shock at all, wait for note 4
[Galaxy S III General] RedJohnYNWA:
Why would I buy another Samsung product after you turned my Galaxy S3 into an expensive paperweight with the last software update, if you treat your customers like that then you can shove the S5 where the sun don't shine.
[Galaxy S III General] rudidu:
Nope, I'd rather get the LG G2, the new HTC (M8) or the Sony Z2.

As much as I like my SIII it's time to move on.
[Galaxy S III General] Havoc-X:
HTC, Sony or LG for me. Samsung is a complete waste of time, i mean, their software lags, updates are slow and buggy and wow were there so many problems with the S3. The battery drain, the sudden death (I mean really, sudden death, come on) and so many others. Also, build quality is just bad. Even if they did update the i9300, wouldn't go Samsung again.
[Galaxy S III General] naathaanb96:
HTC One 2014 (m8) for me
[Galaxy S III General] Hana88:
No i won't
[Galaxy S III General] ghostofcain:
Devils advocate here, I had a HTC Desire HD the update fiasco with that was horrific updates when they happen are often much slower than samsungs equivalent. I have no issue with my S3, I took custom rom root from day one so no issues with updates no insurmountable issues with battery drain, and although S3 appears flimsy no issue with build quality here.

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