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Anyone planning on moving to the new Galaxy S3 ?

if the Galaxy S3 has the same horrible radio that the Galaxy S2 has then I am not getting it, the radio in the S2 is hands down one of the worst I have ever experienced with a phone.

the signal would degrade dramatically when inside of buildings and when I step outside the signal would be only be slightly better, that is pretty much the ONLY thing I hate about the Galaxy S2.

does anyone know if Samsung fixed the horrible radio with the Galaxy S3?
 
I just (like last week) got the E4GT as a work phone, and I just love it. The only bad thing is only Sprint carries it and I can't get Sprint signals at my house unless I'm outside and pointed a certain direction. Verizon has the best signal out there, so I'm replacing my personal phone, a DroidX with a GS3 when it comes out. Trying to decide if I want to preorder it to keep my unlimited data plan, but I hate buying a phone sight unseen.

But just wanted y'all to know my personal phone would also be a E4GT if Sprint had a stronger signal where I live. I love this phone.
 
2horses said:
I just (like last week) got the E4GT as a work phone, and I just love it. The only bad thing is only Sprint carries it and I can't get Sprint signals at my house unless I'm outside and pointed a certain direction. Verizon has the best signal out there, so I'm replacing my personal phone, a DroidX with a GS3 when it comes out. Trying to decide if I want to preorder it to keep my unlimited data plan, but I hate buying a phone sight unseen.

But just wanted y'all to know my personal phone would also be a E4GT if Sprint had a stronger signal where I live. I love this phone.
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Talk to Sprint, they may provide you an airvana signal booster.
 
jerofld said:
Talk to Sprint, they may provide you an airvana signal booster.
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Great suggestion. About a year ago I called to cancel my service because I couldn't get service in the house at all. They sent me a free airrave and it's been working great ever since. I can't wait till they can broadcast LTE on their 800mhz frequency. They should solve a lot of these in-home/building problems.
 
I will do that, will need it regardless. Although, it rang well enough this morning for me to called into work....
 
nomunk said:
if the Galaxy S3 has the same horrible radio that the Galaxy S2 has then I am not getting it, the radio in the S2 is hands down one of the worst I have ever experienced with a phone.

the signal would degrade dramatically when inside of buildings and when I step outside the signal would be only be slightly better, that is pretty much the ONLY thing I hate about the Galaxy S2.

does anyone know if Samsung fixed the horrible radio with the Galaxy S3?
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Not even as good as S2. The S3 is HSPA+21 as opposed to 42.(Tm)
Though I'm not sure if they didn't use a different, better manufactured radio this time.
 
The SGS3 dissappointed me to be honest. I still have some time until I can upgrade so hopefully the SGS4 impresses. Or maybe I'll have a jab at HTC...
 
davis.rob said:
Now that we have firm release dates for Sprint (and every other carrier!), just curious if any E4GT owners are planning on the move to the Galaxy S3?

I've still got another year on my contract (which I suspect is the case for most E4GT owners), so I'm not looking at an upgrade any time soon. Plus, it feels to me that the E4GT is still a pretty up-to-date device ... haven't experienced any major new-phone-lust just yet :).

I think an upgrade to ICS (any day now, right?) should keep this phone pretty "current" for another year.

Rob
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Yes, I'm in Sprint management and will be getting it in early July. I can't wait! After doing the training for it, all I can say is that it's "one bad mother"!
 
nomunk said:
if the Galaxy S3 has the same horrible radio that the Galaxy S2 has then I am not getting it, the radio in the S2 is hands down one of the worst I have ever experienced with a phone.

the signal would degrade dramatically when inside of buildings and when I step outside the signal would be only be slightly better, that is pretty much the ONLY thing I hate about the Galaxy S2.

does anyone know if Samsung fixed the horrible radio with the Galaxy S3?
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I'm afraid the radios are still pretty poor. I don't know about the call quality because I didn't make any calls, but the internet DL speeds are still slow. Not AS slow as the Epic touch, but only a smidge better. I played with a couple at the spring store and my EVO 3D was done playing several 2-3 minute videos before either my Epic touch or the SGS III could load them. Speed test reflected really poor results (like 87 kbps) while my EVO 3D was getting 600-1000 kbps.

Sad really. The screen is a BIG upgrade IMO, absolutely beautiful (better than the HTC IMO), but I have the leaked version of ICS on my EPIC touch and there is nothing felt missing. The SGSIII is NOTICEABLY faster though. I mean the thing is instantaneous! The Epic touch is fast, but somehow samsung made a faster phone.

Still not enough of an upgrade. Phone feels big in my hand (and my hands are big).
 
Not upgrading because there is no [ and probably will never be ... :rolleyes: ] LTE coverage in my area [ Denver, CO ].. Hell, even 4G is spotty and 3G is well..worse than dial up!

Also, because of poor GPS! I mean I almost have to reboot my GS2 every time to get a lock on the GPS :mad:

I wish I had stuck with my EVO 3D now... :( Oh well..
 
My epic touches GPS SUCKS so bad!! I am in contract untill October, I will wait to see if the s3 gps is any good - if not I might switch to the dark side. I need my gps to work & the S2 gps just is a total pain! The rest of the phone I'm fine with
 
Nope! I've only had the GSII since March and I've had no problems with it this far. Going from the Moment to the Epic 4g... The Epic 4G to the Epic Touch 4G I am definitely impressed with this device... and what makes it even better is that I was able to get it in WHITE! :D

I saw the GSIII and i'm not impressed at all. 4G LTE - Woopdie Doo! I get Wimax in my bedroom and my phone automatically connects to my Wifi Hotspot when I get home so I'm good on that. The screen may be bigger but hell, this phone already feels like a mini-tablet in my hands. And that button at the bottom only looks like its going to be a problem. No thank you Sprint!
 
Seddy said:
Nope! I've only had the GSII since March and I've had no problems with it this far. Going from the Moment to the Epic 4g... The Epic 4G to the Epic Touch 4G I am definitely impressed with this device... and what makes it even better is that I was able to get it in WHITE! :D

I saw the GSIII and i'm not impressed at all. 4G LTE - Woopdie Doo! I get Wimax in my bedroom and my phone automatically connects to my Wifi Hotspot when I get home so I'm good on that. The screen may be bigger but hell, this phone already feels like a mini-tablet in my hands. And that button at the bottom only looks like its going to be a problem. No thank you Sprint!
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The home button is a problem. There should be no buttons other than on screen.
 
No.
The physical micro-switch button is a step backwards from the SII.
Mechanical = wear & inadvertent activation.
The phone checks in a bit bigger than the SII, which I'm not interested in;
the SII is plenty big enough and has an amazing screen coupled with great battery life.

I won't buy another Samsung phone anyway because of their piss-poor ICS support; it should have been a slam-dunk by now but they are holding back with the release for obvious "marketing" reasons.

I look forward to what Moto, Google, HTC offer late 2013 or into 2014.

The SII is win.
 
The front button is a step back?

How do you guys then bring your phone back from sleep or the screen to come back? If anything always having to hit the button from the side sometimes can be a pain.

I don't know....I don't even know why I'm saying anything anymore. Never trusting them again. The s4 has probably reached development completion and the first instructions have been sent to china/Korea for manufacture.
 
Did you know that you can but a 2 year old like-new car for a fraction of the price of a new one? I like to get things brand-new, but can't ignore the big savings! And I really can't tell that there was a previous owner after a good detailing.

What does this have to do with the S3? Money. I just plunked down $300 plus taxes and fees, plus another 2 year contract extension for my S2, which is only a few months old. It's got the new phone smell. Why on earth would I get rid of a phone that had a full retail price of $700 when I bought it, but has depreciated to maybe $100 now that the new model is out, and then go spend the $700 full retail price that I'd have to pay because I have slightly less than two years left on my two year contract, just to get the latest thing this month? I'm not Mitt Romney, my friend.

I glanced at the specs, and didn't see anything head-turning for the S3. No super-fine double resolution display, no startling increase in data throughput (not in Madison, WI) and no big increase in CPU power (not in the US where only 2 of the 4 1.4GHz cores are usable). Even if the S3 was magical, I'm not losing a grand on something that's just not that important to me.

I like a nice big full-HD screen and a real, full-sized keyboard and mouse to use. I don't think that playing "I'm crushing our head" on a touchscreen is especially cool or ergonomic. I've never ever had the need to download a DVD ISO image to my phone, so EVDO Rev.B works just fine for me. The main reason why I got the top of the line S2 in the first place was so it would keep up with the apps for long enough. With my CPU utilization below 10% and my RAM usage about the same, I'll be quite happy with what I have for many months (or years) to come. I bought the S2 when my Motorola RAZR ($500 full retail, EVDO Rev.A) finally quit after like 5 years. That's $100/year or $20/year since I got the "2 year discount". $20/year vs. $1000/year...think about it.

I'll take all that money and buy a nice full-sized tablet instead. And I'll still have money left over to pay for a memorable night of hookers and blow...
 
My wife lured me to the store the other day saying she needed a car charger and ended up buying herselfa GSIII. I thought for sure that would make me break, however after playing with it for a couple of days, I really don't feel the need to upgrade. Its a bit quicker, the screen is beautiful but I don't like the colors a much. That really leaves the super quick camera shutter, smart stay and lte from my perspective. My epic has actually grown on me since she got the gsiii. I'm good until the next model comes out hopefully with better radios.

The epic with ics makes the gsiii not all that exciting at all. You can see why the update was delayed. I think the epic was the best of the gs2 line with the big screen and exynos. Not an easy phone to replace. I would jump on one if I didn't have the epic in a heartbeat though.
 
heavychevy said:
Its a bit quicker, the screen is beautiful but I don't like the colors a much. That really leaves the super quick camera shutter, smart stay and lte from my perspective. My epic has actually grown on me since she got the gsiii. I'm good until the next model comes out hopefully with better radios.
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I discovered the Sprint PCS area last night, and learned that Sprint's (yet another) Grand Plan to roll our LTE is making the same mistakes that made their Grand Plan to roll out WiMAX and Grand Plan to roll out EVDO suck so much and be functionally non-existent to all of the people who don't live in the heart of a major city.

After they rolled out EVDO Rel.0 I was living and working in downtown Chicago, so my data card worked OK there. Sometimes it would even work in other parts of the city. But if I stepped an inch into the suburbs, *poof* EVDO was gone, and I'd have to restart the radio in 1xRTT mode. Even now my latest EVDO Rev.A data dongle drops down to 1xRTT often in big city suburbs and smaller cities...like Madison WI...where I live. And that's with a high-tech Antenex Phantom rooftop antenna!

I've never seen a WiMAX signal. Never. Not once. Not even in Chicago where the map says it exists. Unlike my Sierra Wireless radios that have external antenna jacks, the WiMAX radios don't, so I can't do anything to boost the signals. And I'm talking about areas that include the corporate headquarters for Fortune 500 companies Allstate, Baxter, Crate and Barrel, CVS Caremark, Fortune Brands, Illinois Tool Works, Kraft Foods, United Stationers and Walgreen's; as well as other important businesses like A C Neilsen, Culligan and Underwriters Laboratories. After 5 years of trying, Sprint can't service this business-rich area?

I don't know where you live, but unless it's at the core of one of a half dozen or so markets, you're not going to see Sprint LTE in 2012.

Apparently Sprint plans on roaming agreements with other LTE providers. The problem is that the other LTE carriers own most of their LTE spectrum down in the 700MHz band, which is a mighty long wavelength for a little cellphone. It also means that new Sprint phones will have to pack in 4 to 6 extra radios and antennas just for LTE roaming. From an engineering point of view it looks like they're going to have to sacrifice quality for quantity in their radios.

I'm planning on keeping my Sprint S2 phone for at least 5 years, based on what I've read.
 
I'm keeping my S2 until LTE is available where I am. I use over 4GB of data on 4G WiMax/month now, and about 2GB on 3G. No way am I going with a 3G only phone while I wait for LTE to be ready.
 
I was told lte would be rolled out on the 15the if this month, and reps of lte service have been surfacing all over. Onejust down the street from my house and I live 35 miles north of Atlanta, where Wimax did not reach
 
No. Sticking with the S2 for all the logical reasons about LTE roll-out already shared + the ICS upgrade, however late, snapped the S2 from any potential and impending coma. I can actually see using this phone for 3+ years now...

Screen is big enough
3G performance is damn good for most every practical use
Battery life is stellar
Build quality is over-all exemplary.

Honestly, if I was chosing for the first time - at this very moment - between the now available S3 and a S2, I'd still go S2 - the crappy mechanical micro-switch on the S3 notwithstanding...
 
I'm thinking about it. I just got the S2 in October but I'm already eligible for the full upgrade. I'm looking at the S3, EVO LTE and possible Nexus.
 
Epicblaze said:
No. Sticking with the S2 for all the logical reasons about LTE roll-out...
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If there's one single reason to hold back on getting a new SIII is if you're not getting fantastic Sprint LTE service everywhere you normally go, and/or get great WiMAX service but not LTE.

Sprint is having to do some fancy footwork to patch together little pieces of spectrum all over the place, just to get into the LTE game at all. As they add capacity in different bands, you'll need a new phone that has radios for the added bands to be able to take advantage of Sprint's LTE service. A software update isn't enough! So the more patient you are, the greater the reward can be.
 
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