Samsung Galaxy S3 Thread

[Sever]

Originally Posted by sdamaged99

Got an email off Amazon UK. Phone delayed a month, how can Samsung mess up something as big as this?

only the blue model has been delayed by a month. white model is released already.

samsung had an issue in the blue model where, after shipping 600,000 units, they realised that the front panel and rear panel were using different shades of blue... so they recalled all blue models and are remaking the rear panel.

[sdamaged99]

Originally Posted by Sever

only the blue model has been delayed by a month. white model is released already.

samsung had an issue in the blue model where, after shipping 600,000 units, they realised that the front panel and rear panel were using different shades of blue... so they recalled all blue models and are remaking the rear panel.

Yeah i see last night the price of the white one was up to £599, now it's gone back down again. Odd.

[Symbiosis]

Received my white S3 in the post this morning from o2, after a quick setup and play around I have to say this is a very slick and fast phone.

One thing I will say is that the phone is large (more then I expected) however the new more rounded style fits easy in the hand, I can imagine though that if you have small hands this phone is not for you.

When I get back from work I'll post some pics showing the size difference against an Iphone.

[kitch9]

Originally Posted by eclap

i've played about the one x and it's screen was awful, compared to my s2 it looked badly washed out and very dull. Blacks were dark grey.

lol.

[scoutingwraith]

Originally Posted by Symbiosis

Received my white S3 in the post this morning from o2, after a quick setup and play around I have to say this is a very slick and fast phone.

One thing I will say is that the phone is large (more then I expected) however the new more rounded style fits easy in the hand, I can imagine though that if you have small hands this phone is not for you.

When I get back from work I'll post some pics showing the size difference against an Iphone.

If you can you give a quick review?
Also how is the new TouchWiz interface handling? I really like the stock Android 4.0 but not sure about the TouchWiz layer because I got rid of it from my phone.

[deltatux]

Apparently the Canadian version of the Samsung Galaxy S III will include 2 GB of RAM. Both the LTE and non-LTE variant will also be powered by the Qualcomm S4 MSM8960 SoC.

Originally Posted by MobileSyrup.com

• Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm MSM8960 Chipset
• OS (Shipping): ICS 4.0.4
• Data: LTE (SGH-i747 variation) and HSPA+ 42 (SGH-iT999 variation)
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
• Weight: 133g
• Memory: 16/32GB internal memory (SGH-i747)/ 16GB internal memory (SGH-iT999)
• Expandable microSD up to 32GB
• Display: 4.8 HD Super AMOLED 1280×720 (306ppi)
• Connectivity: NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, MHL Video Out
• Camera: 8MP Rear-facing, 1.9MP Front-facing
• Battery: 2100 mAh

Other:

• TouchWiz with Motion UX
• S Beam
• AllShare Play enhance functionality
• MP3/AAC+/WAV audio player
• DivX/Xvid/MP4/WMV/H.263/ H.264 Video Player

More details here: http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/30/of...e-and-2gb-ram/

deltatux

[Hilbert Hagedoorn]

Just got mine, very fast and smooth. kickass screen.

The again, I'm coming from an SE X10

[sdamaged99]

Originally Posted by deltatux

Apparently the Canadian version of the Samsung Galaxy S III will include 2 GB of RAM. Both the LTE and non-LTE variant will also be powered by the Qualcomm S4 MSM8960 SoC.



More details here: http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/30/of...e-and-2gb-ram/

deltatux

Why does the canadian version only come with a dual core?

[Lane]

Originally Posted by sdamaged99

Why does the canadian version only come with a dual core?

LTE version... international 4G is with the Samsung quadcore .

[sdamaged99]

Sounds like Canada got chumped.

[Sever]

Originally Posted by Lane

LTE version... international 4G is with the Samsung quadcore .

actually, international version doesnt support 4g. it only supports hsdpa/hspa up to twenty something mbit.

at the moment, there are no quads commercially available that support 4g/lte.

however, because of this, there is a race between nvidia and qualcomm to see who can be the first to release a quad core that supports 4g/lte. nvidia have just got their icera modem finished so they'll be supplying those as an add on chip to add 4g/lte support to their tegra3+ launching later this year, however, their chip only supports up to 50mbit.

qualcomm at the moment have their quad core krait CPU launching later this year with the adrena 320 gpu. this one is coming in two flavours, one with their own integrated 4g/lte module that supports up to 100mbit, and one without a modem but with the option for carriers to supply their own modem.

havent heard anything about samsung releasing an exynos chip with 4g support out of the box yet though.

[Symbiosis]

As promised here is a quick pic to show the size of my S3 compared to the iPhone 4, certainly something to consider if you have small hands...



This is my first Android phone and I still use the iPhone 4 for work but I must say the speed of the S3 with slickness of ICS is winning me over from Apple.

[georaldc]

Originally Posted by Symbiosis

As promised here is a quick pic to show the size of my S3 compared to the iPhone 4, certainly something to consider if you have small hands...



This is my first Android phone and I still use the iPhone 4 for work but I must say the speed of the S3 with slickness of ICS is winning me over from Apple.

Man, the screen is as big as the iphone itself lol. Guess its pretty close to the Vita (which was 5in if I'm not mistakened)

[deltatux]

Originally Posted by sdamaged99

Why does the canadian version only come with a dual core?

It's the LTE version. Samsung's Exynos quad cores aren't compatible with LTE.

Originally Posted by sdamaged99

Sounds like Canada got chumped.

I wouldn't say that since the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 is known to kick NVIDIA Tegra 3's ass. Now there has yet to be benchmarks against the Samsung Exynos quad cores, but seeing how the Snapdragon runs a heavily modified Cortex A9, the architecture alone lets Qualcomm to beat its Cortex A9 counterparts.

Only Qualcomm has a license that allows them to extensively modify the ARM microarchitecture. I think NVIDIA has one too but they're focusing that effort towards Project Denver.

Also, the Canadian version comes with 2 GB of RAM while the International version only has 1 GB of RAM .

deltatux

[Sever]

Originally Posted by deltatux

It's the LTE version. Samsung's Exynos quad cores aren't compatible with LTE.



I wouldn't say that since the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 is known to kick NVIDIA Tegra 3's ass. Now there has yet to be benchmarks against the Samsung Exynos quad cores, but seeing how the Snapdragon runs a heavily modified Cortex A9, the architecture alone lets Qualcomm to beat its Cortex A9 counterparts.

Only Qualcomm has a license that allows them to extensively modify the ARM microarchitecture. I think NVIDIA has one too but they're focusing that effort towards Project Denver.

Also, the Canadian version comes with 2 GB of RAM while the International version only has 1 GB of RAM .

deltatux

i think you made a slight blunder there. the qualcomm snapdragon s4 doesnt use the arm cortex a9 design. it uses the arm cortex a15 iirc. the architectural change is enough to ensure that two a15 cores spank nvidias 4 a9 cores.

samsung has better experience with drivers from what i've seen, so despite running the same architecture as nvidia (and on smaller manufacturing process of 32nm vs 40nm), and despite running at lower clocks, samsung's quad actually outperforms nvidia in CPU related tasks.

the quad has the advantage in that it is running an overclocked mali400 gpu. however, given how laggy the mali400 runs games in my galaxy note, im curious to see how much better the s3 can run games.

[Hilbert Hagedoorn]

We just posted a review on the phone, for those interested of course:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/samsun...-s-iii-review/

[scoutingwraith]

Originally Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn

We just posted a review on the phone, for those interested of course:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/samsun...-s-iii-review/

Thanks Hilbert....nice review

[lucidus]

Originally Posted by Symbiosis

As promised here is a quick pic to show the size of my S3 compared to the iPhone 4, certainly something to consider if you have small hands...



This is my first Android phone and I still use the iPhone 4 for work but I must say the speed of the S3 with slickness of ICS is winning me over from Apple.

Do they make Mini versions of these things like Sony does?

[UZ7]

Yeah the US/Canadian variant will have the dual core S4 which is whats powering the HTC One X. Slightly slower than the Exynos but it will also come with 2GB of ram which was shown to actually give a boost in performance with apps that eat up a lot of ram.

Not sure on this but I think Korea will be coming out with a special edition Exynos w/ 2GB of ram.

I still have the S2 so I won't be upgrading for a while but my bro will be upgrading to the S3 from an iphone 4.

[deltatux]

Originally Posted by Sever

i think you made a slight blunder there. the qualcomm snapdragon s4 doesnt use the arm cortex a9 design. it uses the arm cortex a15 iirc. the architectural change is enough to ensure that two a15 cores spank nvidias 4 a9 cores. .

It's actually a mix of A15 features on A9. A15 hasn't been finalized yet when Qualcomm was building the S4 chips.

deltatux

[Comrade_Jerkov]

I've got a iphone 4s, but I'm a huge fan of the open source goodness that is Android (used to have a Galaxy S). I want this phone but it doesn't seem like enough of an upgrade over my current one unless someone went through a similar path and says otherwise.

The size comparison makes the s3 look like a tablet! I have to see one of these in person to see if its too big.

[Mr.Bigtime]

Gave my s2 to my wifeand got my s3 . Such great screen. It clearly beats anything that u throw at it. My s2 looks funny next to it. It came with android 4.0.4. This device is best until i5 arrives

But, cant make scrolable wallpaper for the main screen as i did for s2

[UZ7]

Originally Posted by Mr.Bigtime

Gave my s2 to my wifeand got my s3 . Such great screen. It clearly beats anything that u throw at it. My s2 looks funny next to it. It came with android 4.0.4. This device is best until i5 arrives

But, cant make scrolable wallpaper for the main screen as i did for s2

Slap on CM9 and play with it !

Originally Posted by Comrade_Jerkov

I've got a iphone 4s, but I'm a huge fan of the open source goodness that is Android (used to have a Galaxy S). I want this phone but it doesn't seem like enough of an upgrade over my current one unless someone went through a similar path and says otherwise.

The size comparison makes the s3 look like a tablet! I have to see one of these in person to see if its too big.

It really depends on your preference since you're the one going to be using your devices day in and out but my bro is going from an iphone4 to the s3 and he said he was just bored of the iphone, he said its a good phone, solid build and it feeling/weight as well but he said he just wanted a change.

Iphone5 should be coming by the end of the year (maybe?) and it will be bigger so it will have a body revamp (vs iphone4/4s) but the thing that iphone has over android is the larger app market but for me its only a few exclusive games here and there, if i wanna game I got my PC . New iOS wont have googlemaps and will be using their own so thats also on preference. Just think of the things you use the phone for now and see if you cant live with some of the apps/features that the android device cant provide.

[UZ7]

ATT's Pebble Blue, yes my pic taking skills are horrible lol.

[Mr.Bigtime]

Man, the battery of the phone is unbelievable bad.

i indeed shut down SYNC and any other battery killers. even deleted all of my email accounts lol. no fancy stuff. no live wallpapers. BT is on but BT was on with IP4 and S2 too and both was doing good for 2 days. but this phone. cant make it till midnight. funny thing is when i unplug the charge cord, it directly goes to %99 .:W-T-F!!!!