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So tomorrow is finally the day I get to upgrade my phone, my fascinate has treated me well these past two years, but its a bit dated now. So I've been following the forums and threads on the S III but I didn't see much people saying anything about specific hardware issues with the phone. When I go tomorrow to purchase my phone, is there any hardware specific stuff to look at to make sure my phone doesn't suffer from quality issues or run tests apps like display tester to test out the phone so I don't come out with a lemon and have to come back to exchange it? Any suggestions on making sure I don't get an lemon is much appreciated.
I wouldn't worry about it. Mine has been rock solid, even after a trip into the pool.
Enjoy your new phone. I'm sure you'll love it.
RyanW114 said:
So tomorrow is finally the day I get to upgrade my phone, my fascinate has treated me well these past two years, but its a bit dated now. So I've been following the forums and threads on the S III but I didn't see much people saying anything about specific hardware issues with the phone. When I go tomorrow to purchase my phone, is there any hardware specific stuff to look at to make sure my phone doesn't suffer from quality issues or run tests apps like display tester to test out the phone so I don't come out with a lemon and have to come back to exchange it? Any suggestions on making sure I don't get an lemon is much appreciated.
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As someone who had a launch fascinate, and upgraded to an s3 in July, let me add my opinion.
Gps. Though still not bulletproof and instantly locking like my wife's iphone 4s, it is way better than the stock fassy and even cm builds
Rom. Stock Rom is way less bloated and tw is way better with a smaller footprint.
Quality. About the same. I miss the 4 capacitive buttons actually. Still find myself hitting the android options key when trying to get to the launcher
I still have my fascinate in case this breaks and needs to be swapped. I do not miss it at all though. I could never find a perfect Rom for it. Something was always broke or buggy. I love my s3. Was going to sell it to get an iphone 5, but I am going to keep it now.
jtiger12 said:
As someone who had a launch fascinate, and upgraded to an s3 in July, let me add my opinion.
Gps. Though still not bulletproof and instantly locking like my wife's iphone 4s, it is way better than the stock fassy and even cm builds
Rom. Stock Rom is way less bloated and tw is way better with a smaller footprint.
Quality. About the same. I miss the 4 capacitive buttons actually. Still find myself hitting the android options key when trying to get to the launcher
I still have my fascinate in case this breaks and needs to be swapped. I do not miss it at all though. I could never find a perfect Rom for it. Something was always broke or buggy. I love my s3. Was going to sell it to get an iphone 5, but I am going to keep it now.
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Glad to have someone who has experience with the fascinate and gs3. I was concerned with the gps since the gps on the fascinate was pretty wonky. I guess the gs3 isn't much different in build quality with the thin plastic battery cover.
I previously owned a Fascinate as well, it was a great phone but outdated.
I was first worrying about the size being (alittle) too big, after few days it seems to be perfect size.
I do not like the physical home button and the external speakers location. The battery cover is a thin flexible plastic cover, atleast it will not shatter if dropped on hard surfaces.
And the most important of all, it is not an iphone. Unless you have a lemon or defected phone, you will love it.
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I previously owned a Fascinate as well, it was a great phone but outdated.
I was first worrying about the size being (alittle) too big, after few days it seems to be perfect size.
I do not like the physical home button and the external speakers location. The battery cover is a thin flexible plastic cover, atleast it will not shatter if dropped on hard surfaces.
And the most important of all, it is not an iphone. Unless you have a lemon or defected phone, you will love it.
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Yeah, I was worried about the size until I tried out a floor model and to me, felt fine, different from the 4 inches of course but nothing like the galaxy note. I think one major difference is what you mentioned, the physical home button, coming from 4 capacitive buttons to just 3 buttons with one of them a physical one, is pretty different.
A lot of us come from the fascinate. Me too. I find this phone has built nicely on the original fascinate. Adding things that needed along with the general hardware upgrade. Or now thinking on it, Samsung or Qualcomm should have given us a quad core but such as life.
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tonu42 said:
A lot of us come from the fascinate. Me too. I find this phone has built nicely on the original fascinate. Adding things that needed along with the general hardware upgrade. Or now thinking on it, Samsung or Qualcomm should have given us a quad core but such as life.
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Yeah such is life, but having the dual core hold up to that quad core is nice.
On another note, didn't get my galaxy s3 today. So I have unlimited data on my plan and went though hell to try to find a way to keep the unlimited data and get the phone at the discount price. I might of done it, but won't know until verizon sends me my phone in the mail. Will know in a couple days.
It's a great choice ! You will be glad you took the upgrade ! I even enjoy the phone out of the box . This phone is going to be limitless .
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So tomorrow is finally the day I get to upgrade my phone, my fascinate has treated me well these past two years, but its a bit dated now. So I've been following the forums and threads on the S III but I didn't see much people saying anything about specific hardware issues with the phone. When I go tomorrow to purchase my phone, is there any hardware specific stuff to look at to make sure my phone doesn't suffer from quality issues or run tests apps like display tester to test out the phone so I don't come out with a lemon and have to come back to exchange it? Any suggestions on making sure I don't get an lemon is much appreciated.
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Let me be one of the first to say Welcome to the VZW GS3 Family! I may be on GS3 #3, but I think I finally got a keeper. The phone kicks my bionic's a** left and right, and I feel the GS3 is the best phone on the market atm.
As for me being on GS3 #3, I wouldent worry about build quality. First one had the screen gap issue (was back when the GS3 had 1 forum for all carriers), second one had dead pixels, but this current one is a keeper!
I am also new to the verizon fam. Came from sprint and am so happy with this gs3. So much to do that sometimes dont know what to do on the phone. What cool tricks do u suggest. I habeny been on this site in years.
To update everyone, I got my phone today and was able to activate it and keep unlimited! The sweet sweet smell of a new phone with unlimited 4G.
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To update everyone, I got my phone today and was able to activate it and keep unlimited! The sweet sweet smell of a new phone with unlimited 4G.
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Did you specifically request to keep your unlimited? I am just curious because I preordered mine and was able to keep it. I am not sure if they are still allowing anyone who has unlimited to transition to the S3 with unlimited or only people who specifically request it... anyone have more information??
The phone is fantastic. I've had no issues with it. Welcome to the family!
I love my GS3. It's a great phone and build quality is pretty good. But I did have a few things though most of them are minor. Do check them out within your return window:
1. My 1st GS3 had GPS issue. Took forever to lock and wouldn't stay locked. Got an exchange for that and the 2nd one is way better, still not perfect but totally usable.
2. My 1st GS3 came with a tiny scratch on the screen. I found it after using the phone for < 2hours. At first I thought I scratched it. Then after keeping the phone in the same pocket (completely naked) for 3 weeks, and then having the 2nd one for a month, no scratch whatsoever. Now I'm pretty sure my 1st one came with the scratch. It's a very tiny scratch can only be seen from certain angle. But it annoyed the hell out of me.
3. Both the 1st and 2nd GS3's back cover have a squeaky spot. The 1st one right behind the volume rocker, the 2nd one behind the home button. Not the worst problem but can get annoying.
I saw other people report screen problem (dead pixel) so running a screen test is probably not a bad idea.
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Did you specifically request to keep your unlimited? I am just curious because I preordered mine and was able to keep it. I am not sure if they are still allowing anyone who has unlimited to transition to the S3 with unlimited or only people who specifically request it... anyone have more information??
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As far as I know if you take a discounted price on a phone, you have to take a share everything plan. Op how did you keep your unlimited?
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Dirty13ear said:
Did you specifically request to keep your unlimited? I am just curious because I preordered mine and was able to keep it. I am not sure if they are still allowing anyone who has unlimited to transition to the S3 with unlimited or only people who specifically request it... anyone have more information??
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I didn't, after June 28th you can't request to keep it. See below how I did it.
moun7ain said:
The phone is fantastic. I've had no issues with it. Welcome to the family!
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Thanks!
simollie said:
I love my GS3. It's a great phone and build quality is pretty good. But I did have a few things though most of them are minor. Do check them out within your return window:
1. My 1st GS3 had GPS issue. Took forever to lock and wouldn't stay locked. Got an exchange for that and the 2nd one is way better, still not perfect but totally usable.
2. My 1st GS3 came with a tiny scratch on the screen. I found it after using the phone for < 2hours. At first I thought I scratched it. Then after keeping the phone in the same pocket (completely naked) for 3 weeks, and then having the 2nd one for a month, no scratch whatsoever. Now I'm pretty sure my 1st one came with the scratch. It's a very tiny scratch can only be seen from certain angle. But it annoyed the hell out of me.
3. Both the 1st and 2nd GS3's back cover have a squeaky spot. The 1st one right behind the volume rocker, the 2nd one behind the home button. Not the worst problem but can get annoying.
I saw other people report screen problem (dead pixel) so running a screen test is probably not a bad idea.
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I was checking for everything, can you tell me more about the back cover squeaky spot, been squeezing it, haven't had any squeaky spots, I assume that means I don't have that problem.
Vorfidus said:
As far as I know if you take a discounted price on a phone, you have to take a share everything plan. Op how did you keep your unlimited?
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I did a cross upgrade, I was able to transfer my upgrade to a different phone and then have that line upgrade to the s3. When it came, I just esn swap (transferred the phone to my line). Note this only works with ordering from the website. At the store and anywhere else they will force you to switch. Trust me, I banged heads with a lot of people over this.
Vorfidus said:
As far as I know if you take a discounted price on a phone, you have to take a share everything plan. Op how did you keep your unlimited?
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When I got mine at full price they made me switch before they would activate it but I'm fine with it.
RyanW114 said:
I did a cross upgrade, I was able to transfer my upgrade to a different phone and then have that line upgrade to the s3. When it came, I just esn swap (transferred the phone to my line). Note this only works with ordering from the website. At the store and anywhere else they will force you to switch. Trust me, I banged heads with a lot of people over this.
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Ahhh that makes sense then. I was pretty sure they weren't allowing people to do that anymore no matter what but the way you went about it seems to be a few and far between sort of thing. Nice work on keeping that unlimited data though. props
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Glad to have someone who has experience with the fascinate and gs3. I was concerned with the gps since the gps on the fascinate was pretty wonky. I guess the gs3 isn't much different in build quality with the thin plastic battery cover.
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It feels solid to me. Its a thin cover but its all packed together in that slim body pretty tightly so it doesn't feel cheap (at least not to me). You can't tell its a thin plastic back unless you remove it as it doesn't move or give at all when it is on the phone. I think the fascinate felt worse
The GPS is no problem at all on the S3 but I never had issues with it on my fascinate either although I know a lot of people did.
I am seriously considering it. I have tried so hard to get used to the long phone with power button on top. I cannot get to the notification bar without a shimmy which scares me I'll drop it.
I went and played with the S5 today and it does not have any of the lag the S4 had. They made TW similar to Sense where a scroll left brings up "My Magazines" like Blinkfeed. It feels great in hand and I can reach the bar and power button with no problem.
Nope, not here. I love how people always tell me how nice my phone looks. You won't get that from a galaxy phone.
True
If you don't like it go for it. But I'm not letting this go. I balance the phone on my pinky and I can reach the status bar easily.
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EVOme said:
I am seriously considering it. I have tried so hard to get used to the long phone with power button on top. I cannot get to the notification bar without a shimmy which scares me I'll drop it.
I went and played with the S5 today and it does not have any of the lag the S4 had. They made TW similar to Sense where a scroll left brings up "My Magazines" like Blinkfeed. It feels great in hand and I can reach the bar and power button with no problem.
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I fyou use Nova launcher you can set gestures. I have a downward single finger swip set to pull down the notification panel and a 2 finger swipe down open quick settings as an example which would completely do away with your issue.
Not here.. Seriously disappointed with Samsung right now. Had a Note 3 that lasted 4 days before the flash stopped working. Went to return it and the stores demo note 3 was defective also. Also Samsung doesn't seem to pull as good RF as HTC, since I'm in a bad service area that's important
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I'm returning mine for an iPhone !! Lmao jk of course.... I luv the M8
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I'm returning mine for an iPhone !! Lmao jk of course.... I luv the M8
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Coming from a G2 , I am very happy with the switch. Definitely keeping mine.
Was between this and the S5, and I just can't stand it. Played with it at my local best buy and just felt super cheap, TouchWiz is horrendous, and just couldnt stand it!
Nova launcher:
-swipe down to open notifications
-swipe up to open quicksettings
-double tap to sleep (with the help of 'screen off and lock donate edition').
Haven't had any size problems after that!
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HughesNet said:
I fyou use Nova launcher you can set gestures. I have a downward single finger swip set to pull down the notification panel and a 2 finger swipe down open quick settings as an example which would completely do away with your issue.
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Good call on Nova. Forgot about that.
I was considering it but seems that I keep falling in love slowly with it . just the overall feel. Just feels good on hand. Can't wait till some roms pops out for this.
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I think I might return mine on Monday and order another online to take advantage of the 30% off coupon or the $50 off at the very least. I have one tiny tiny scratch on it (slipped out of my pocket getting out of the car). So in that case I wouldn't mind getting a new one, 50 or 60 bucks back in the pocket would be a bonus. I think I can live without a device for the 2 days it takes to ship.
i will be keeping my m8 for the long run and never going back to samsung, enough said
jjsevier said:
I think I might return mine on Monday and order another online to take advantage of the 30% off coupon or the $50 off at the very least. I have one tiny tiny scratch on it (slipped out of my pocket getting out of the car). So in that case I wouldn't mind getting a new one, 50 or 60 bucks back in the pocket would be a bonus. I think I can live without a device for the 2 days it takes to ship.
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Several people have mentioned that it's an online only offer but I called in to customer service and told them that I would be returning it if I could not get the extra $60 off and they finally credited my account. Verizon customer service has been pretty good with me and they even credited back my $35 activation fee and I will get an additional $100 credit on my account in the next couple billing cycles. So, the price I paid was about $60 after taxes and bill credits.
I thought about returning mine for a new m8, got mine on release day. Noticed my speaker grills are partially plugged up from bad manufacturing. . A buddy just got one and his arent nearing as bad. Under my microscope at work you can see white plastic burrs and junk.
Seriously complaining about size? Lol. I have small hands, and I have had no issues
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frow86 said:
I thought about returning mine for a new m8, got mine on release day. Noticed my speaker grills are partially plugged up from bad manufacturing. . A buddy just got one and his arent nearing as bad. Under my microscope at work you can see white plastic burrs and junk.
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Well half of the grills are white underneath.
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Nope. Last year I went through all that Galaxy had.. And always wanted more.. Then I got the m7, loved everything about it.. Missed the SD card though.. So I went back to the note 3, which had some noticeable lag in areas that the m8 does not. I can safely say that I won't be giving this phone up for a long time.
I love the power button up top, makes more sense to me... And sense ui is the cleanest ui when compared to tw and the like.
When we get s-off and custom roms, this phone will be that much sweeter.
M8, nuff said.
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I don't think it is supposed to be white. that white is plastic burr crap that looks like drill shavings that didn't break free. Some holes are clean and other are not. buddies phone has a few like that but not half
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Several people have mentioned that it's an online only offer but I called in to customer service and told them that I would be returning it if I could not get the extra $60 off and they finally credited my account. Verizon customer service has been pretty good with me and they even credited back my $35 activation fee and I will get an additional $100 credit on my account in the next couple billing cycles. So, the price I paid was about $60 after taxes and bill credits.
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They wouldn't give me that credit....
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They wouldn't give me that credit....
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Call back then until they do or tell them it will be on it's way back...
Hey all
I for one will be waiting for this over the Note 4 (when it finally arrives in the UK) The curved screen technology really appeals, the slightly reduced battery capacity really does not bother me that much, for me its a small price for such an intriguing new feature. As the rest of the specs are pretty much identical to the Note 4, its down to who feels this new design is worthy of the wait.
Who's in? and how do other members feel about the extra screen real estate?:good:
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Hey all
I for one will be waiting for this over the Note 4 (when it finally arrives in the UK) The curved screen technology really appeals, the slightly reduced battery capacity really does not bother me that much, for me its a small price for such an intriguing new feature. As the rest of the specs are pretty much identical to the Note 4, its down to who feels this new design is worthy of the wait.
Who's in? and how do other members feel about the extra screen real estate?:good:
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I think I'm in your camp too. The only thing is, I have read some obscure articles claiming that this might not actually come to market for some time due to production issues and the curved glass. My contract renews in November, so hopefully we'll hear some more news before then.
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I think I'm in your camp too. The only thing is, I have read some obscure articles claiming that this might not actually come to market for some time due to production issues and the curved glass. My contract renews in November, so hopefully we'll hear some more news before then.
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My contact is up in October, but will move over to a SIM only contract until available. I can live with my faithful note 3 a little longer:highfive:
Lets hope the rumors are untrue, first time in a while I've been truly excited about an upgrade. :good:
Yep waiting on this one.... The note 4 is too close to my note 3 to be interested in it.
Waiting ... :highfive:
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I'm on Verizon, living in the Greater Manchester Metroplex (actually, a little rural town but it sounds good). The odds of our corporate store having the Edge - even ONE - are dismal. So I'm going to have to order it online at 12:00:01 AM the day of release... or pre-order, whichever comes first.
I'm really hoping I can get the Edge, although one part of me is hesitant: the MODDER part of me.
How much development will there be for the Edge? Will there be sufficient quantities of stock to satisfy the demand on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon? Or will each U.S. carrier have maybe 50 of these things? Will developers even bother with it? Or will there be enough of a supply that developers will embrace it, root it, bootstrap it and create custom ROMs?
That is my question...
I'm waiting on this as well. At first, when I saw the details on the Note 4 when Samsung had their introduction, I was relieved because I knew I would save money since there was really nothing(in my opinion) worth upgrading from a Note 3 for.
But once I saw the info on the Note Edge, I was excited because I knew that I wanted to get it(and slightly disappointed because I thought I would be saving money on a phone upgrade this year.).
From what I've seen on the net, the Note 4 should launch in the United States sometime in October. Hopefully this means the Note Edge will launch in November.
The thing I really like about the Edge is that it will be very useful in multitasking since the access to app shortcuts will be on the Edge display. This will really increase productivity in my opnion. Even with the smaller sized battery, it should be fine since we can use the Edge display to check on notifications, etc. without waking the main screen.
I am still on my good 'ol Note 2. I wanted to original upgrade to the Note 4 until I saw the Note edge. Just wish they would give out some info
I have a GFlex now and impatiently waiting for the Edge!!!!
If the Note Edge is <$1000, I will definitely get it regardless of custom Roms, support, or reduced battery issue, simply because I want to do my part as to motivate Samsung in trying something new to smartphone world. Samsung took pioneer steps that no one else has taken for the good of the whole, instead of most company out there who only goes after their profit.
Only 1 question I still have regarding the Edge, and this is after watching all videos, articles of it. If we can turn on the curve screen for notification and such without turn on the main screen, then how do we plan to do so? I mean, should I press the power button? or a home button? Or whatever button? Wouldn't pressing those physical buttons turn on the main screen as well? Please someone tell me...
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If the Note Edge is <$1000, I will definitely get it regardless of custom Roms, support, or reduced battery issue, simply because I want to do my part as to motivate Samsung in trying something new to smartphone world. Samsung took pioneer steps that no one else has taken for the good of the whole, instead of most company out there who only goes after their profit.
Only 1 question I still have regarding the Edge, and this is after watching all videos, articles of it. If we can turn on the curve screen for notification and such without turn on the main screen, then how do we plan to do so? I mean, should I press the power button? or a home button? Or whatever button? Wouldn't pressing those physical buttons turn on the main screen as well? Please someone tell me...
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Edge screeen activates with swipe over it.....
Its some how like KnockOn...!
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Edge screeen activates with swipe over it.....
Its some how like KnockOn...!
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Hmmmm, wouldn't it burning battery, like Swipe-to-Wake? Since it's always detecting gesture, kinda defeat the "saving juice by not turning on main screen" idea.
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Hmmmm, wouldn't it burning battery, like Swipe-to-Wake? Since it's always detecting gesture, kinda defeat the "saving juice by not turning on main screen" idea.
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The g3 has a similar kernel that stays awake at all times, and it doesn't really impact battery life
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Hmmmm, wouldn't it burning battery, like Swipe-to-Wake? Since it's always detecting gesture, kinda defeat the "saving juice by not turning on main screen" idea.
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It cosume same battery as led watch.....
The swipe detection is fully baked by company....not by thirdparty which drain battery...so not to worry about much battery draining
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doanthaitu said:
If the Note Edge is <$1000, I will definitely get it regardless of custom Roms, support, or reduced battery issue, simply because I want to do my part as to motivate Samsung in trying something new to smartphone world. Samsung took pioneer steps that no one else has taken for the good of the whole, instead of most company out there who only goes after their profit.
Only 1 question I still have regarding the Edge, and this is after watching all videos, articles of it. If we can turn on the curve screen for notification and such without turn on the main screen, then how do we plan to do so? I mean, should I press the power button? or a home button? Or whatever button? Wouldn't pressing those physical buttons turn on the main screen as well? Please someone tell me...
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Edge screeen activates with swipe over it.....
Its some how like KnockOn...!
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Yea I think that the edge would be a swipe like the note 3.
if i reach for my phone the screen lights up and tells me the time and miss calls, email etc...
so I can seen samsung making a setting for picking which screen to be active for swipe.
also I believe the power button would be map for the full screen on. And they will probably have swipe over just for the side screen. It means sense to me but let's see of they do it.
I'm thinking of getting the Note 4 when it drops since the Edge doesn't look like it'll be for sale until early next year. I'm on T-Mobile so technically I could "JUMP" after 6 months (April). Whatever phone I get, strong development support is a huge factor.
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Hey all
I for one will be waiting for this over the Note 4 (when it finally arrives in the UK) The curved screen technology really appeals, the slightly reduced battery capacity really does not bother me that much, for me its a small price for such an intriguing new feature. As the rest of the specs are pretty much identical to the Note 4, its down to who feels this new design is worthy of the wait.
Who's in? and how do other members feel about the extra screen real estate?:good:
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I was at the UK Samsung Experience. store at Stratford and was told the Edge is not coming to the UK as an official device release.
i'm waiting for Edge. I think if Australia release is 5th Nov, US would be before that. All carriers still have this as "coming soon". I wish Samsung was as aggressive as Apple in marketing and releases.
Just heard this will be a very limited release. Not for the UK or US.
went to a best buy.
only thing i saw was the contact thing, which is just a tab.
i tried turning the screen off to see if i can get the edge to display anything, but the BB demo kicks on.
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went to a best buy.
only thing i saw was the contact thing, which is just a tab.
i tried turning the screen off to see if i can get the edge to display anything, but the BB demo kicks on.
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It's not a long list. But..they could easily add new things. And do it via the play store. Be cool if they released an api for it.
could somebody list them? im guessing the best buy demo wasnt letting me do everything
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could somebody list them? im guessing the best buy demo wasnt letting me do everything
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rubbing up and down the side reveals a clock and some other screens. There is a way to add a score ticker and stock ticker to it, but the BB demo blocks it.
cant do too much but I do use an app called Sidebar and i use it A LOT so the edge will come in handy for that app. also will be using an app called drupe that recently released. to take advabntage of the edges. i still cant believe i spent 998 on a phone though. im not telling people how much i paid for it. they'll be quick to judge
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rubbing up and down the side reveals a clock and some other screens. There is a way to add a score ticker and stock ticker to it, but the BB demo blocks it.
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so it wasnt just me, the demo does block things.
trustedreviews.com/opinions/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-features
thats all of them right?
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rubbing up and down the side reveals a clock and some other screens. There is a way to add a score ticker and stock ticker to it, but the BB demo blocks it.
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Watching a video review, that function looks very laggy. Rub rub, the phone thinks for a while, and then the clock appears. I think it's too slow to be useful. They should have added something like Moto Active Screen or MS Glance Screen onto these phones.
You guys have to wait. The edge will become more and more functional with updates.
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went to a best buy.
only thing i saw was the contact thing, which is just a tab.
i tried turning the screen off to see if i can get the edge to display anything, but the BB demo kicks on.
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I don't think it does anything the regular S6 can do. The dual edge glass is pure aesthetics.
Maknora said:
You guys have to wait. The edge will become more and more functional with updates.
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is that what happened with the note edge?
Just wait till the modding community take a look at it.
Yes
The S6 Edge has few extra features that the S6 doesn't have.
Peoples Edge
Edge Lighting
Notification
News Ticker
NIght Clock
& 50 mAh more battery than the S6.
My wife's S8 plus just went bad overnite. Half of the screen is black the rest of the screen is in blue colours. Needless to say she didn't drop the phone or anything like that.
sghitza said:
My wife's S8 plus just went bad overnite. Half of the screen is black the rest of the screen is in blue colours. Needless to say she didn't drop the phone or anything like that.
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Im trying. It wont let me upload. It says network error.
Try to boot into recovery mode and see of the screen is cleae and easy to read.
I believe its bixiy button vol- and power
My wife has the phone. She will go to a sprint store to see if she can swap it for a brand new one. Ill let you know what happens later on today.
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Here you go.
My wife had to go to a repair center where they looked at the phone and the manager was cool enough to add the necessary notes on the account so she could call Sprint and order a replacement phone.
At the store they couldn't figure out what is wrong with it.
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Wow. Hope they send a new one quick
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Really hope its just an isolated case and we won't have huge issues with this phones. So far so good with the other phones we ordered. Keep figures crossed...lol
sghitza said:
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WTF?! How the hell does that happen?! That's just crazy, especially since your wife didn't drop it. I've never seen that happen, without any physical damage done to it...
Yep. Crazy. At 6.30 am i was calling sprint to activate her old note 4..lol..
Same thing has happened to my S8+ I've been using it for a month was sitting and using whatsapp and then my screen started looking exactly like your screenshot. I'm going to claim warranty tomorrow.
Did you ever find out what happened to it?
Hi all the same thing has happened to my sons phone how do you fix it please?