This is outstanding and would be like the iPhone of the smartwatch world. If they can pull it off, a new era for Android might emerge.
http://www.gizmag.com/im-watch-smartwatch-wristwatch/19176/
This looks neat.
Is it an Android innovation/watch?
Compatible telephones:
iPhone 4
Android devices
Black Berry (January, 2012)
http://www.imwatch.it/en/smartwatch/specs/
I swear I saw a Android wrist watch touch screen phone on eBay. Months ago. I think it was Chinese.
I tell ya...there's a market for just this sort of thing if they can just get it exactly right and marketed just right. Put a small high res IPS display on it and give it proper speakerphone sound...or integrate it with a BT headset...and give it iPhone-4 quality battery life. Then make the UI super fluid and intuitive and it would take off...at the right price point.
As title, the specs are quite good and the handset looks pretty nice at least to me. Gonna definitely try to sell my O3D this month and pony up for SIII. How about you guys?
Android 4.0
TouchWiz
4.8-inch
720 x 1280
Gorilla Glass 2
1.4GHz Quad-Core
HD Super AMOLED
1GB RAM
16/32/64GB + microSD
1.9-megapixel
8-megapixel AF + HDR
HSPA+21 / LTE (Regions)
802.11 b/g/n with Channel Bonding, HT40
4.0 Low-energy
GPS, GLONASS, Accelerometer, RGB Light, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor, Gyroscope, Barometer
Additional specs include NFC, wireless charging capability.
Tons of software features/enhancements/innovations.
Some new innovations and one copy of siri
One: Smart Stay. It takes advantage of the phone's front-facing camera to recognize when you're looking at the screen. Even if you don't touch the display for an extended period of time, the GS3 won't go into standby so long as it senses you're still looking at it.
Two: S Voice sounds like Samsung's answer to Siri, and while it's hard to deny the inspiration from Cupertino, Samsung's working to make S Voice its own. Some of the features the company demonstrated today include bringing up the phone's camera and waking the GS3 from standby with your voice. The software will allow you to define five custom voice-actuated commands.
Three: Samsung's Direct Call is a smart use of your phone's sensors to offer some context-sensitive gesture control. If you're reading a message from someone and raise the phone up to your ear, software will make the connection that you're trying to call this person, and automatically pull up their contact info and start dialing.
Four: Samsung mentioned an interesting multi-tasking system that will be present on the GS3. Called PopUp Play, you'll be able to collapse a video you're watching down into a floating window, which you can continue to view in the foreground as you pull up new apps to work with beneath it.
Five: Finally, the Galaxy S III will introduce some enhanced camera functionality to Samsung smartphones. Zero shutter lag should mean fewer missed shots, and a burst mode captures up to twenty sequential images; the phone will even attempt to automatically pick the best pic for you. The new Social Tag feature will let the camera tag faces of people pictured in a shot, while sending them all their own copies.
sak500 said:
As title, the specs are quite good and the handset looks pretty nice at least to me. Gonna definitely try to sell my O3D this month and pony up for SIII. How about you guys?
Android 4.0
TouchWiz
4.8-inch
720 x 1280
Gorilla Glass 2
1.4GHz Quad-Core
HD Super AMOLED
1GB RAM
16/32/64GB + microSD
1.9-megapixel
8-megapixel AF + HDR
HSPA+21 / LTE (Regions)
802.11 b/g/n with Channel Bonding, HT40
4.0 Low-energy
GPS, GLONASS, Accelerometer, RGB Light, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor, Gyroscope, Barometer
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just waiting for the quad exynos' benchmarks !
sak500 said:
As title, the specs are quite good and the handset looks pretty nice at least to me. Gonna definitely try to sell my O3D this month and pony up for SIII. How about you guys?
Android 4.0
TouchWiz
4.8-inch
720 x 1280
Gorilla Glass 2
1.4GHz Quad-Core
HD Super AMOLED
1GB RAM
16/32/64GB + microSD
1.9-megapixel
8-megapixel AF + HDR
HSPA+21 / LTE (Regions)
802.11 b/g/n with Channel Bonding, HT40
4.0 Low-energy
GPS, GLONASS, Accelerometer, RGB Light, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor, Gyroscope, Barometer
Additional specs include NFC, wireless charging capability.
Tons of software features/enhancements/innovations.
Some new innovations and one copy of siri
One: Smart Stay. It takes advantage of the phone's front-facing camera to recognize when you're looking at the screen. Even if you don't touch the display for an extended period of time, the GS3 won't go into standby so long as it senses you're still looking at it.
Two: S Voice sounds like Samsung's answer to Siri, and while it's hard to deny the inspiration from Cupertino, Samsung's working to make S Voice its own. Some of the features the company demonstrated today include bringing up the phone's camera and waking the GS3 from standby with your voice. The software will allow you to define five custom voice-actuated commands.
Three: Samsung's Direct Call is a smart use of your phone's sensors to offer some context-sensitive gesture control. If you're reading a message from someone and raise the phone up to your ear, software will make the connection that you're trying to call this person, and automatically pull up their contact info and start dialing.
Four: Samsung mentioned an interesting multi-tasking system that will be present on the GS3. Called PopUp Play, you'll be able to collapse a video you're watching down into a floating window, which you can continue to view in the foreground as you pull up new apps to work with beneath it.
Five: Finally, the Galaxy S III will introduce some enhanced camera functionality to Samsung smartphones. Zero shutter lag should mean fewer missed shots, and a burst mode captures up to twenty sequential images; the phone will even attempt to automatically pick the best pic for you. The new Social Tag feature will let the camera tag faces of people pictured in a shot, while sending them all their own copies.
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I will pre order it as soon as it arrives on my fav website phones4u lol...
Meemo23 said:
I will pre order it as soon as it arrives on my fav website phones4u lol...
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Already there http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=609243
Given the huge expectations, I'm not impressed.
Hardware button? Cheap plastic? Pentile matrix screen? Really Samsung?
I much prefer the One X instead of this.
sak500 said:
Already there http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=609243
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But But i like the sense UI..
botson71 said:
Given the huge expectations, I'm not impressed.
Hardware button? Cheap plastic? Pentile matrix screen? Really Samsung?
I much prefer the One X instead of this.
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Check some of the threads on HTC One X board.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1534#
Seems we are lucky to have only software issues with LG O3D. They seem to have tons of hardware / build quality issues going on with HTC's flagship phone.
One of the ugliest designs I've ever seen on the phone. But awesome specs. And you know damn well that this phone will have huge support.
Eh I'm a bit disappointed, plastic again ? Just swapped my SGS for O3D few days ago just because SGS was to plastic for me, same as Xperia Arc. Lets just wait and see what hardware/software issue will it have hehe
Screen looks nice ! all the rest of new features are pretty useless for me and SGS, O3D or even iPhone4 is good enough. I would like to se a business edition of some android phone with the same abilities that Sony P1i had with its software ( best smart phone ever, and believe me I had many )
Seems it's now the fastest phone beating Htc's One X
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_unpacked_2012-review-756p3.php
WOW Who cares of course except the producers, pr, mobile networks, and others who sell sell sell
MinedSafe said:
WOW Who cares of course except the producers, pr, mobile networks, and others who sell sell sell
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Clearly you care to come to this thread to post "who cares" reply.
edit: @minedsafe GOT your point now
You must have misunderstood me. Every time the new phone comes out they advertise it as the best, the only, and all that crap. What I have meant is that they are all sellers and will make you buy one, even if you don't want to. Its nice to see that this phone is SO fast, but most people will use it to watch movies, make appointments and send emails
the specs are quite impressive, but the problem is (at least for me) the size, come on 4.8 inches???
I prefer teh xperia s, even though it has no quad core processor
I'm torn between getting the Galaxy Note or waiting for the Galaxy SIII....
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1.4ghz....i was hoping 1.6+ghz but the resolution is amazing im gonna w8 and se i only got my O3D 3 months ago
EDIT:some dude on youtube with alot of expierence reckons it should be able to get overclocked at a possible 1.9ghz and tge battery it come with is 2100 mah battery but its like $800 for 16gb so its bloody expensive
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SGSIII is a great phone. I was thinking to have it but I have no budget for this expensive phone.
When I bought my O3D and O2X last month, the store have discount almost 60%, I have it both only with 500$.
superage said:
SGSIII is a great phone. I was thinking to have it but I have no budget for this expensive phone.
When I bought my O3D and O2X last month, the store have discount almost 60%, I have it both only with 500$.
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Dont worry, wait 6 months and u be able to get this quite cheap Especialy when or if they present the iphone 5 We are not to far away from that.
I like the LG because it feels like a proper phone not something you are affraid to put in to your pocket. I just had a SGS was looking at SGII and decided to go for LG.
Well i know alot of people hate LG now but i dont as i dont get lots of the bugs people complain about but i just looked up the lg optimus 4x and honestly i want it more than the sIII take a look:
http://m.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_4x_hd_p880-4563.php
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MANBEARPIG69 said:
Well i know alot of people hate LG now but i dont as i dont get lots of the bugs people complain about but i just looked up the lg optimus 4x and honestly i want it more than the sIII take a look:
http://m.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_4x_hd_p880-4563.php
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Go ahead m8, i' wouldn't touch an LG phone with a 100 foot pole after i get rid of O3D.
Well, after countless hours wasted flashing roms (as great as they all were) to have features we should have had in stock firmware. A broken power button (because the build quality is rubbish) choppy video recording at full HD (defcomg, your work was and is amazing) and now a failure of the wifi module - I'm done with LG.
I bought this phone so I could take 3D video footage to show on my lovely 60" Panasonic 3D plasma. A phone was perfect to capture those everyday moments you might miss if you had to rely on a dedicated camera.
HTC Evo 3D was rubbish, the Sharp 3D camera phones were too low in quality and LG screwed up on so many levels - its incredible to think that they are still even in the Android mobile phone market. At least they have persistence.
I wish they had shown that kind of persistence in updating our phone. Before the latest problem, I lived in hope that ICS might solve some of the problems but I'm going to go to the new Galaxy Note 2. Amazing battery life, beautiful screen, smooth jellybean OS, great video playback and recording, multi windowed support, no ram/memory issues and the Wacom style stylus will add great functionality for me (work related).
Thanks to all those that made the O3D easier to endure. Thiaiz, Samno, Meemo, Defcomg and countless others, thank you for all you offered, free of charge and out of your own Valuable time. I salute you for your efforts!
However, I'm at the end of my tether regarding LG's lack of support and rubbish craftsmanship.
Never again......
shredman09 said:
Well, after countless hours wasted flashing roms (as great as they all were) to have features we should have had in stock firmware. A broken power button (because the build quality is rubbish) choppy video recording at full HD (defcomg, your work was and is amazing) and now a failure of the wifi module - I'm done with LG.
I bought this phone so I could take 3D video footage to show on my lovely 60" Panasonic 3D plasma. A phone was perfect to capture those everyday moments you might miss if you had to rely on a dedicated camera.
HTC Evo 3D was rubbish, the Sharp 3D camera phones were too low in quality and LG screwed up on so many levels - its incredible to think that they are still even in the Android mobile phone market. At least they have persistence.
I wish they had shown that kind of persistence in updating our phone. Before the latest problem, I lived in hope that ICS might solve some of the problems but I'm going to go to the new Galaxy Note 2. Amazing battery life, beautiful screen, smooth jellybean OS, great video playback and recording, multi windowed support, no ram/memory issues and the Wacom style stylus will add great functionality for me (work related).
Thanks to all those that made the O3D easier to endure. Thiaiz, Samno, Meemo, Defcomg and countless others, thank you for all you offered, free of charge and out of your own Valuable time. I salute you for your efforts!
However, I'm at the end of my tether regarding LG's lack of support and rubbish craftsmanship.
Never again......
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cheers! dude enjoy at this rate o3d forum gonna be closed before april next year haha. Enjoy your note II:good:
Hi everyone,
So I've been looking at the mate 8 as my next purchase, and Some reviews state the camera quality isn't good due to software/firmware issues. Other reviews state the camera quality is really good. I was wondering what owners opinions are? If it does have exposure and focus issues, are they sorted if you use a different camera app? I don't know if different apps can alter issues that might be related to firmware?
Thanks
Ian
I wouldn't consider myself a power user but I'm very happy with the camera so far. I would mostly be taking pictures of friends and family etc and quality is just fine for me
I'm the same, mainly I'll be taking pictures of the family and scenery, that kinda thing. I'm not what you'd call a professional photographer by any means. But it is said the best camera you have is the one on you at the time, so I just want to make sure it's a relatively good one
Thanks
Ian
Camera was bad with the first update
But with latest update it became better
But if you are seeking for great camera go for lg or sam
If you wanna a power horse phablet go for mate 8
That's the thing, I've had both Samsung and LG phones before, and while the cameras were good I wasn't keen on the phones themselves. I've had a G3, a Note 4, an S6 and a Oneplus One. I was half considering a Oneplus 2, but only because of the price. £249 is cheap for a high spec phone. I'm not keen on the nexus line of phones either. I know they are popular, and you probably think I'm mad. But they are just a bog standard android phone. If I'm paying more than £400 for a phone I want it to do more than the straight forward stuff, straight out the box. Other wise id just get an iPhone. Half the stuff on the Mate 8 I'll probably never use I admit, but the fact its there is what I like. Does that make sense?
Has anybody tried a different camera app from the play store to see if that improves the pictures, or isn't it as simple as that? I'm not sure how apps, firmware, API's and hardware all tie in together, so I apologise in advance if that was a stupid question.
Thanks
Ian
The camera is a so and so in my eyes. It's ok, but very soft, in daytime but I wouldn't pick it to take pictures of kids indoor. Right now the best all around camera I have is the Nexus 6P, mostly because it will do really good indoors and most of my pics are indoors. I read that there will be a upgrade for the camera after 162 firmwarewize. Otherwise, it's a really good phone. Apps doesn't do better than stock camera.
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The camera is fine. It's not the best camera out there in terms of image quality when you zoom in on the pictures but it does the job. It has good colors and good exposure. It's fun to shoot with. I think quality should be able to be fixed with software update. I find that some indoor night shots almost have the same amount of detail as some of the ones shoot in daylight. The processing seems to heavy creating artefacts in images taken even in daylight.
The Mate 8 is pretty much the perfect phone in every way except the camera is not top notch. Excellent screen that is more clear and has better contrast than the screen on my iPhone 6S Plus. The battery life is the best you can get on any phone now. The build quality is fantastic. Audio quality in headphones is top notch, best I've every heard in any phone the dynamic range and clarity is amazing. Even better than my Meizu Pro 5 that has an internal DAC and amplifiers in it. It is super fast and has a very smooth and responsive UI.
Thank you for your input. You guys have confirmed the fact that the mate 8 will be my next phone just got to wait for it to come into stock again now!
Thanks
Ian
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/post-camera-picture-t3303629
next time just use ForumSearch
Hi!
I'm fan of smartphones, I can help others to choose phones but I always struggle to choose good phone for myself. So I ask you to help me!
I like:
- features like glove mode, ultra battery mode, fingerprint scanner
- camera, it should at least shoot natural colours, sharp images and manage to shoot "pro" photos if you give it to someone with photo talent
- Good sound, I like listening to music so phone should play good music trough headphones
- It would be cool if it would be waterproof
- System interface it's important too, I don't like UI like xiaomi or Asus, which feels cheap and childish and just like a copy of IOS, it should look pleasing.
- Phone which doesn't overheat while recording a video, I own Xperia x now and I hate recording videos with it (it usually gets hot after 5 minutes of recording..)
- Phone should look and feel solid, it shouldn't feel like cheap Chinese aluminium
-Battery should be good, at least able to survive one day.
- Display should show natural, vivid colours, doesn't need to be 4k or something, full HD will satisfy me
- And of course it shouldn't be very slow
I look forward for your replies!