Verizon Galaxy S III, i love this phone and have gone extra mile to fix the issues.
Yea. I traded in my Razr Maxx for this phone. Though I miss the battery life - this is an awesome phone. One difference that I wasn't expecting was that the wider screen on the S III compared to my previous phone would make such a huge difference but it does.
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One difference that I wasn't expecting was that the wider screen on the S III compared to my previous phone would make such a huge difference but it does.
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I was comparing the stock email app UI with my Droid Incredible the other week and the Galaxy S III display, speed, etc. made my Incredible look like a toy.
Without the Galaxy S III around for reference, my Incredible is absolutely cool and smooth looking+feeling. Bring the Samsung into the field of view and that impression gets thrown out the window . . . with the window and the wall that held the window.
- ooofest
About the Incredible - that phone is still probably the nicest phone to hold from a size/texture perspective.
I also got the white S3 and having a white border around the screen also made a much bigger difference than I thought.
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Man I'm coming from the ORIGINAL Motorola Droid a couple years back. This has been my first upgrade since. Yea you know it... love this phone!
I got verizon to swap my Droid Razr ( Not maxx) for a S3 for FREE. This phone rocks, thanks verizon for giving me a phone that works with flash player again and has a working Wifi and GPS.
That with 4G that is not trash so far that's nice too. ( They fixed my 4G issue's with the ICS update on the razr, but WIFI,GPS and FLASH PLAYER all got shot + more.)
Edit: "Old Droid razr Video" in my sig shows why I started hating that phone. ( If you wanted to know, before taking up for the Razr.)
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About the Incredible - that phone is still probably the nicest phone to hold from a size/texture perspective.
I also got the white S3 and having a white border around the screen also made a much bigger difference than I thought.
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Yea. I traded in my Razr Maxx for this phone. Though I miss the battery life - this is an awesome phone. One difference that I wasn't expecting was that the wider screen on the S III compared to my previous phone would make such a huge difference but it does.
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lol i bought mine from craigs list for 400 and sold the maxx for 380 =) was a great day.
Oh and i bought a 4200 battery from amazon and loving the battery life like i did with the maxx
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These are the two I'm looking to replace my beloved infuse. They're bother bigger but not NOTE big lol any opinions? I would love some feedback from my infuse brethren.
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These are the two I'm looking to replace my beloved infuse. They're bother bigger but not NOTE big lol any opinions? I would love some feedback from my infuse brethren.
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Oh man brother! im trying to make that same descision !!! Im thinking .. hmm ceramic, quad core, +++... or huge ol' georgous phantasy beast of a phone
Im curious to hear what other brothers are sayin' as well
I wordering how long it would take for someone to make a post about the SGS3 and HTC One X. Lmao. I have read in a lot of other forums and most are not happy with SGS3. From what I read it doesn't seem like it has a lot going for it other than a quad core and I doubt that it will be utilized that much. The nifty upgrades to the SGS3 can probably be ported to a device with like hardware. In my opinion, its barely better than the Note. All in all I would still pick the SGS3 over the HTC One X. That's just me though.
Get a Galaxy Note. Tehehehe :thumbup:
Who's selling their Infuse.
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The SIII looks UGLY!! I am going to replace my R with One X. Tegra 3 is awesome as F***
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The SIII looks UGLY!! I am going to replace my R with One X. Tegra 3 is awesome as F***
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If you buy the international One X you'll get Tegra 3 and options of 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB storage.
The ATT version runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 and has 16GB of storage with 12GB user accessible. The battery is not swappable and there is no microsd slot. Also, the bootloader is locked.
The ATT SGS3 variant is rumored to also run on the S4. If everything else remains the same, I think it's the better phone:
1) SuperAMOLED: at 1280x720 you will not notice its pentile.
2) Larger removable 2100mAh battery.
3) 16 GB internal storage with a microsd expansion slot.
Those 3 things are enough for me to decide on the SGS3.
I wrote off the One X when I first heard of the battery and microsd slot issue.
Screw those phones and get a Pantech Burst.
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Well i have had 4 galaxy s2, I have had an htc one x and i have had a galaxy note.
The build quality on the Samsung`s is better than the htx one x, it`s screen is not attached to the body correctly it creaks and moves when pressed and the colours go crazy, I prefer the htc one x screen quality apart from the yellow spots, not a big fan of oled technology.
The Galaxy Note was my favorite, but i returned it as their is a problem with the video playback and other screen issues, a dame shame.
John.
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Screw those phones and get a Pantech Burst.
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U r right its clearly an android killing machine
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I have no idea.... the sg3 is ugly, (btw it should be the skyrocket hd ahem, look at the pics of them both). Honestly im thinking about the gnex, off contract it is 400 bucks here in the U.S. Idk though, if i can not get the gnex then the att one x is next, even though it has the horrible rooting stuff to it, and flashing roms can at the moment only be done through the computer. Then third sg3. I think all the options suck in a big way, maybe ill just keep my infuse for now until the Note 2 comes out not much later, that will be the epic phone killer.
I personally think Samsung is making by far the best android phones out there right now
I would definitely pick S3 for sure
We all have such different opinions but I don't see why u guys say the S3 is ugly, looks nice to me honestly... I was pulling for the One-X until I saw the s3 and watched the videos.
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I gave the one X a spin @ my local at&t store, it was phenomenal. The screen was gorgeous and the UI was so fluid.
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Get One-X
I think Galaxy S3 is ugly as well and the pen-tile screen isn't appetizing. One X have this brilliant real hi-dpi screen that provides crisp image, not pen-tile. iPhone 4S is not Super Amoled as well but I would still prefer crisp screen.
And I don't see how quad-core and dual-core(assuming it's US version) would make a big difference they're both enough. I bet less than 1% of the time you would notice the significant difference. And quad-core probably drains more battery.
I love my infuse, too. As we have ICS I'm not thinking of changing it in a year.
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I think Galaxy S3 is ugly as well and the pen-tile screen isn't appetizing. One X have this brilliant real hi-dpi screen that provides crisp image, not pen-tile. iPhone 4S is not Super Amoled as well but I would still prefer crisp screen.
And I don't see how quad-core and dual-core(assuming it's US version) would make a big difference they're both enough. I bet less than 1% of the time you would notice the significant difference. And quad-core probably drains more battery.
I love my infuse, too. As we have ICS I'm not thinking of changing it in a year.
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s3 kind of looks like the old omnia2,w/o the hardware buttons, just hit tmob nowwww
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I gave the one X a spin @ my local at&t store, it was phenomenal. The screen was gorgeous and the UI was so fluid.
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If the one x can prove to me these two things: the build quality is better then the international one x and the bootloader gets fricken unlocked soon then i will get the one x. I would still use my infuse for the heavy tasks like listening to music, and being my "school" phone because i need the extra storage, not some cloud stuff i can access that eats my data plan tremendously.
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...not some cloud stuff i can access that eats my data plan tremendously.
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Lmao someone actually noticed their plan
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Lmao someone actually noticed their plan
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Hello low quality streams.
Thinking out loud, does it have that usb-otg or whatever its called?
Doesn't solve streaming but helps with no SD card?
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Waiting for note prices to drop enough to get one, It may have ATT ICS by that time.
One X for me please...Samsung messed up big time on the design of the gs3
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Waiting for note prices to drop enough to get one, It may have ATT ICS by that time.
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Idk i may get it depending.... i want the s4 instead though .
Ive been debating on returning this phone for a Samsung galaxy note. I love flashing random themes etc. But I'm inpatient.. would the note be a better choice or should I just suck it up and expect great things to happen
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Suck it up. One x is miles ahead of note in terms of, well, everything. Other than screen size. But 4.7 superlcd2 just blows it away.
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The note is very akward. We really just got this ones x thing in some sort of working order a few days ago. Roms are starting to show up, themes are coming. There is no phone better than this.
I'm coming from the galaxy nexus I just think I'm having withdrawals lol
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I'm coming from the galaxy nexus I just think I'm having withdrawals lol
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I had the galaxy nexus...horrible phone. Camera sucks, battery was the worse battery i have ever delt with. And besides miui, all the roms are the same IMO, stick with this beast of a phone, once kernel source is released this will take off.
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I had the galaxy nexus...horrible phone. Camera sucks, battery was the worse battery i have ever delt with. And besides miui, all the roms are the same IMO, stick with this beast of a phone, once kernel source is released this will take off.
I agree but I did enjoy the liquid rom. But I hate Verizon lol
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I had the galaxy nexus...horrible phone. Camera sucks, battery was the worse battery i have ever delt with. And besides miui, all the roms are the same IMO, stick with this beast of a phone, once kernel source is released this will take off.
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Couldn't agree more!
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I'm coming from the galaxy nexus I just think I'm having withdrawals lol
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Withdrawals from what? Slow processors and crappy pentile displays? That's like saying you can't smoke chronic because you're withdrawing from schwag.
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Lol what are you guys going on about? The Galaxy Nexus is a crazy good phone. Hahaha its easy to make judgments when you've never owned one.
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Lol what are you guys going on about? The Galaxy Nexus is a crazy good phone. Hahaha its easy to make judgments when you've never owned one.
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I did own one. The only thing that makes it "good" is the software and even stock ICS wasn't good enough to make me keep the mediocre hardware that it was running on. It was quite the downgrade from my E4GT, and can't hold a candle to the HOX.
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I had the international One x sold it because of screen getting yellow spots and it was overheating. Just got the GN and is far better smooth and very fast. Faster then HTC One X. And its still stock.
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How is it mediocre hardware?
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lol @ the galaxy nexus being a "better phone".
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How is it mediocre hardware?
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Mediocre is a little too harsh, but the GNex is one generation old now.
The Snapdragon S4 on the One XL is a beast compared to the OMAP4 (Cortex A9). The SAMOLED HD display is nice, but the SLCD on the HTC is just superb. The One XL also does LTE. The construction on the One XL is very nicely done and the camera is incredibly nice and fast.
The biggest gripe about the One XL is non-replaceable battery (and perhaps the HTC Sense skin).
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How is it mediocre hardware?
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Because it is made by Samsung, the world largest plastic consumer.
I personally like sense4 when its modded a little bit I have the gnex and the Rogers hox... The one x is clearly a better phone just in build quality alone. I kept my gnex for tinkering and when the next big release of Android comes out
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I had the international One x sold it because of screen getting yellow spots and it was overheating. Just got the GN and is far better smooth and very fast. Faster then HTC One X. And its still stock.
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Seriously, with posts like this you lose all credibility.
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I returned my one x the other day and I don't miss it or regret it. With the WiFi issue and the horrible battery life the phone was a rip off. The sad thing is that manager of the ATT store I took it back too agreed. He said they sold 28 units since the release date and mine made 12th return since the release date...and he went as far as to shoe me the returned units in the back store room. I'm back on my vivid and going to wait for the new GS3 or order the galaxy nexus. That's what I get for falling for the hype over a new release phone...which turns out that's all the One X was....hype. The manager said the that ATT corporate is already told them to drop the price to 149.00 starting in late June which is the quickest they have ever dropped the price of a new phone. That says a lot to me. I'm just glad I was able to get a refund and he was kind enough to waive the restocking fee and some is able to get the system to show that I still have an upgrade to use.
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I returned my one x the other day and I don't miss it or regret it. With the WiFi issue and the horrible battery life the phone was a rip off. The sad thing is that manager of the ATT store I took it back too agreed. He said they sold 28 units since the release date and mine made 12th return since the release date...and he went as far as to shoe me the returned units in the back store room. I'm back on my vivid and going to wait for the new GS3 or order the galaxy nexus. That's what I get for falling for the hype over a new release phone...which turns out that's all the One X was....hype. The manager said the that ATT corporate is already told them to drop the price to 149.00 starting in late June which is the quickest they have ever dropped the price of a new phone. That says a lot to me. I'm just glad I was able to get a refund and he was kind enough to waive the restocking fee and some is able to get the system to show that I still have an upgrade to use.
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Not sure if serious...
My last two phones were a droid x,x2 both rooted&modded and they still didn't run smooth enuff like my s3 which is still stock unrooted, the droid x was my first touch screen phone thought that 4.3 inch screen was big enuff but now my s3 screen hits that's sweet spot....any how was reading which I do tons of came across this thought I'd share it was funny to me.
ANDROID RULES!!!!
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i agree
I too came from a DX and the SGS3 is way better.... But that is to be expected sine the DX is over 2 years old. It is gonna take some time to get used to the difference in a Moto and Sammy device. But at least we have a unlocked bootloader
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Just wondering are you guys getting as good of data signal as you did on your Droid Xs.
I get a good signal for the most part, but we all know moto makes better radios then Sammy
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Just wondering are you guys getting as good of data signal as you did on your Droid Xs.
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Also came from the Droid X. Data signal on my S3 seems fine; I'm primarily in a 4g area. Could have been something specific to my phone, however, Spotify streaming was a joke on my Droid X via 3g. With the S3, I can actually listen to non downloaded tracks consistently without any pauses from the buffering.
I came from a Droid X then an LG Revolution and this phone is definitely MUCH faster than either and the battery life is excellent
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Hey all. Keeping one of my nexii but was thinking about getting an siii? How do u like the improvements or what do you find worse than the nexus now that the BL is unlocked.
Thanks.
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I did. S3 is way better. Signal, battery, etc are better.
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I did. S3 is way better. Signal, battery, etc are better.
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Screen is also way better... My gnex had a yellowish tinge to it that I eventually got used to, but i pulled it out today to play with it and it was hugely noticeable now that I've been staring at this beauty for a while.
Also, it took me a little while to get used to the size and shape, maybe a week or 2, but now I prefer it...
Physical home key is a different story, but that can be fixed with mods and roms
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Well for the yellowish tint I use trinity kernels to fix the gnex and as for screen size I've had a note so if I can handle that I think I can handle anything under that
Glad to hear the radios are better. My gnex has never had a problem but my gf's gnex .....well let's just say we had to go through a few to get one that actually held a signal. Glad to hear battery life is better. Even with the 2100 mah extended on the gnex my batt life is still worse than anything I had before.
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I came from gnex. The sgs3 is better then the gnex in every way. Screen is brighter an more natural colors. Signal, always have some bars. Battery life destorys the gnex IMO.
Only thing I miss from my gnex is the worry free feeling when flashing ROMs. There wasn't much to screw up on the nexus as opposed to the sgs3.
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I hear ya about worry free. Had my fair share of locked down moto devices and worries of hard bricks. Decisions decisions....
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I'm rooted but still stock an this phone is perfect. One reason I'm hesitant to flash a custom rom is because all the stories I hear. Two, this phone is absolutely perfect Imo stock. Everything works perfect and I have no complaints. For this reason, I'm not sure I want to start flashing roms. I was addicted to flashing on my nexus lol. I always did it looking for faster performance an better battery life. Well I have that stock on this phone finally an hate to screw with it. It just works.
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I came from gnex. The sgs3 is better then the gnex in every way. Screen is brighter an more natural colors. Signal, always have some bars. Battery life destorys the gnex IMO.
Only thing I miss from my gnex is the worry free feeling when flashing ROMs. There wasn't much to screw up on the nexus as opposed to the sgs3.
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I came from a GalNex also, GS3 blows it out of the water. Everything about the phone screems "advanced". True its not as easy to flash custom roms but thats not what you buy a GS3 for-its not a developer device
Came from a GNEX as well, actually still have it in case I brick my S3
I will say I missed the GNEX initially but given the unlocked bootloader, it's hard to go back to the GNEX
Now I never had signal problems and I can't say I'm an advanced enough user to distinguish between the 2 screens, but I can say with absolute clarity the camera and battery life are significantly improved. Better (and probably more efficient) processor and 2GB of RAM to boot don't hurt either
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Came from a GNEX as well, actually still have it in case I brick my S3
I will say I missed the GNEX initially but given the unlocked bootloader, it's hard to go back to the GNEX
Now I never had signal problems and I can't say I'm an advanced enough user to distinguish between the 2 screens, but I can say with absolute clarity the camera and battery life are significantly improved. Better (and probably more efficient) processor and 2GB of RAM to boot don't hurt either
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This is my exact experience as well. Still own the GNex which I'd Jellybeaned. I was missing the JB on the S3 but not anymore.
The s3 is not difficult to flash roms... casual allows us to root,unlock, cwm recovery all from one program, then you flash rom of choice. It dont get no easier.
I came from the Gnex as well. I have to say, this phone is awesome. The battery life alone is worth the switch. I had the extended battery on my Gnex, I would get around and 5/6 hours of use. With the GS3 I get a full 10 sometimes 12 if I am on light use. And the screen is amazing, the Gnex screen was nice, but this is almost as good as the rentia displays. I highly recommend this phone.
Rocking T2 on the S3 (V)
i came from the gnex as well i kept it and put JB bugless beast on there.... its lets me know what i can look forward to when the s3 gets 4.1
Came from a gnex and iPhone 4s....
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Well I'm keeping my gnex but going to either trade or sell the gf's gnex for an siii. You guys have me convinced and we were at the vzw store across the street today and I finally got to play with one.
To me the screen does seem a tiny bit nicer. Its so light compared to the gnex. Also seems much larger, but as I mentioned I have had a GNote so the size does not concern me.
Now I just need to find a good price on one or someone wanting to go back to a gnex.
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I'm currently in the market for a new phone and these three are the top contenders. But which one to get is the questions I've seen the stats and reviews. But I'm still stuck. Also I don't really want to wait for an S4 OR X PHONE... Soo uh help me maybe lol thanks
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htc droid dna
life ! It's what you make out of it !
Why would you mention a iPhone? Do you really want that locked down price of junk? My onion is to go Samsung there not locked down' great touchwiz interface' ready to root' always has the most advanced technology
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Why would you mention a iPhone? Do you really want that locked down price of junk? My onion is to go Samsung there not locked down' great touchwiz interface' ready to root' always has the most advanced technology
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The iPhone has great resale value and the Samsung is soon to be our dated while HTC dna doesn't have external storage which I would like
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Do I dare say Samsung galaxy note 2
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Do I dare say Samsung galaxy note 2
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I don't think I want something so big lol it just to much I guess 5" is the max for now I guess
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I guess What is most important to you. The DNA will have a more premium feel and a better screen. The MAXX will have much better battery life but IMO don't get motorola yet those lying gtards don't update what they say they will.
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I'm currently in the market for a new phone and these three are the top contenders. But which one to get is the questions I've seen the stats and reviews. But I'm still stuck. Also I don't really want to wait for an S4 OR X PHONE... Soo uh help me maybe lol thanks
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Had an S3... then picked up the DNA... For me... the DNA was a bit faster.... smoother...
and I love the DNA's screen!
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I guess What is most important to you. The DNA will have a more premium feel and a better screen. The MAXX will have much better battery life but IMO don't get motorola yet those lying gtards don't update what they say they will.
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Yeah what's really important is storage I guess the s3 and maxx both have external storage and the dna and Iphone doesn't and the dna isn't sixteen gigs straight out the box
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Bump... What's xda's choice what would you guys pick need some ideas
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Phone to pick
I will wait till Galaxy S4 launch....
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I will wait till Galaxy S4 launch....
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Isn't that going to launch in April or something.. I'm so impatient lol but that would seem like the logical solution
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Well, you say that the SGS3 will soon be outdated but in all honesty do you really care about the newer hardware? The only real changes which will be made soon are 1080p screens and better processors. You will never see the difference between 1080p and 720p screens unless you're specifically comparing them side by side to see purely the sharpness of the screen, and I have yet to find an app that I regularly use that even the SGS2 can't handle with ease, so I doubt you'll find one for the SGS3. It takes heavy games in its stride too, since many devs optimise their apps for the SGS3's chipset (in a similar way that you see Tegra3 optimised games).
Having said this, the SGS3 also has a lot that other phones don't:
-There are various storage options and more importantly expandable storage
-Being so popular means that it has a huge variety of accessories (almost iPhone-like in that respect)
-It has a removable battery which means that you can fit an extended battery if you wish
-It has a menu button so you don't get the three dots softkey like you do on HTCs
-TouchWiz (whilst ugly) has some amazing features
-It still has one of the best smartphone cameras currently available
-The development community is huge
-It has a variety of colour options
Samsung galaxy s3.
I think I'm leaning towards the s3 or sucking it up and waiting for the s4 the storage for the dna is a huge deal breaker
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