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daviep
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got mine today 
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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On 2012-05-30 21:45:02, Tsepz_GP wrote:
Samsung Androids are probably the easiest phones to mod/debrand.
All you need is Odin on your PC and an unbranded Samsung ROM e.g. the UK one in your case, no need to root.
How about unlocking ? my S3 is locked to 3 UK.
@ Del - heh, the battery life is very good. As you can imagine, with a 2100mAh battery the phone lasts slightly longer than others. I got my phone on Wednesday and it came with about 41% charge already in the battery. I charged it straight away (whilst playing with it on and off, couldnt resist) and played with it for hours on Wednesday evening. I didnt charge it again until 11pm last night, so it was on and in use for around 30 hours without charge. When i put it on charge last night, the battery meter was showing about half empty. When i plugged in the power it said 47% charged.
So in 30 hours of moderate use (not heavy) it barely halved its battery capacity !
Im pretty sure it'll deplete much quicker when i use it as much as i do my old phone, i only havent because ive worked 90 hours over 7 days for the last three weeks so ive not had much personal time. Im also training a new manager at work so im not on my phone(s) anywhere near as much.
But yeah, the battery life is very good.
@ the others with negatives against the S3. Not a chance dudes sorry. I have to disagree with nearly everything you say. The build quality of the S3 is very good, if you didnt know the battery cover was removable you'd probably think it was a fully sealed unit. The phone imo also looks great when you actually own one. I think i now prefer it to the HTC One X look, its glossy hyperglaze nonesense does make it look more premium than the HTC phone. I understand how its disappointing in the looks when you first see it, but when you've had one for 24 hours you realise its an absolute stunner.
I also hate the nonesense about the HTC super LCD screen being better. Not a frickin' chance ! select a live wallpaper on the S3 such as the phase beam or deep sea, and stare into the absolute colour depths and contrast of the super amoled. Then stare at a One X screen. Dear me, its so dull compared to the S3.
I can see why Sammy called the phones Galaxy, because looking at this screen is like looking into the most stunning images from Nasa of nebula with brilliant colours.
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Bonovox
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Didn't really make me go wow like the Note did. And I still think the One X screen is sharper and has better colours
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Bonovox
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www.phonearena.com has done a photo shootout alongside Xperia S and a few others. They said overall iPhone 4s and Xperia S take the most impressive shots whilst GS3 takes best video.
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Hobbs
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etaab
Can you do me a favour and run a few Quadrants.Curious to see what your one benchmarks.Give me your highest and lowest scores.I usually do about 10 runs to get a good idea.
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fbloise
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got mine on launch day and have it rooted same day 
Great phone, some pictures so far here:
http://www.esato.com/phonepho[....]hp?make=SAMSUNG&model=GT-I9300
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fbloise
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etaab:
Battery gets better if you do an initial power cycle, that is fully discharge the phone then charge it again and discharge it. Mine went from 18 hrs to 26+ hrs with mild use. I never turn off HSDPA (or sync, or gmail push, or gps) and I use Wifi at home.
One cool thing is the NFC. There is an app (nfc task launcher) that you set some instructions for the phone such as turn off wifi, set max brightness, etc, when touching a tag.
One example is, I have a nfc tag in my house door, I set it to toggle wifi, open music player (and start playing music) and fire up the Bus Times app to see when's the next coming to my bus stop.
I haven't play much with the S-Voice but I can reckon is better than Siri. Also as you said, build quality in pictures looks cheap but in real life is not as bad as the media used to say. Feels solid and doesn't squeak when applying pressure on it.
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rikken
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You also have bought phones you said you wouldn't buy 
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skblakee
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From: St.Kitts, West Indies
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SGS3 has the same camera module as the iPhone 4s according to phone arena.
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fbloise
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On 2012-06-02 13:47:38, rikken wrote:
You also have bought phones you said you wouldn't buy
LOL! 
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Bonovox
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GSM Arena Blog has shown the GS3 teardown. To think all that plastic and just a few chips inside costs £500 
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Guarulhos
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Fbloise...
Fine Photos With The Ducks And The Lake Fund !
However I Had The Opportunity To Test For Galaxy S III For 2 Weeks And His Camera And Camcorder Are Wonderful !
Better Than Well The Galaxy S II ! However Images Of The S III Tend To Be Exposed and Super Cold With More Colors ! 
When It Capture New Images Confuguration Try Adjusting The Camera With Choice Of White Balance For Daylight One Set More Accurate Exposure Comp In !
And You'll Surely Get Best Results !
First Pictures Of 4 Made Here In Esato With the Galaxy S III, Were The Last 3 Captured By Me With A Test Unit Offered For Samsung Brazil !!!
P.S: This Impressive Statement Released By IFIXIT And CHIPWORKS !
The Image Sensor Integrated On Galaxy S III Is SONY ! 
Heck If That Were Really True, A is A Fact Both Unusual, Once The Line Of Samsung Appliances Galaxy S Always Been Equipped With Image Sensors SAMSUNG ! 
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Guarulhos
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Skblakee...
Are You Deceived !
Even If It's Not Camera Module IPhone 4S !
And Yes The Same Characteristics Of Architecture CMOS Sensor !
This Sensor That Was Developed By Sony, Both To IPhone 4S How To Galaxy S III !
But The Joint Integrated Optics IPhone 4S Is Designed For A Regular 35 mm Largan Precision, The Joint Integrated Optics Have The Samsung Galaxy S III, Is 26 mm Wide Samsung Developed By Itself ! |
skblakee
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From: St.Kitts, West Indies
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Just going back what phone arena said on their site
Thanks though. What are your thoughts on how well the camera stacks up against the iPhone 4s camera.
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Skblakee
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rikken
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Auto Settings, taken at 10 o`clock in the evening
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Posted: 2012-06-01 20:35
Galaxy Note III with 64gb micro SD 
