Do You Still Love Your S3?

[danoffset]

Hi guys,

I see a lot of people on here complaining about their Galaxy S3. For me I'd easily say it's the best device I've had, and believe that iphone has nothing on it. And I'm an android man all the way. I just love how customizable they are, you have to jail break iPhone to get it to do what android does from the start, and even then it's nowhere near good.

Ofcourse no device is 100percent perfect, but is improving over time.

Surely there's more of you that think they're awesome?

Cheers guys

 

[tmoney82]

Hmm, yeah!

 

[GoldenDiamond]

firstly, you have to understand that this is a help forum. People come here to post their problems so other people can help solve their problem.

secondly, yes, I'm sure lots of us still love our SGS3.

 

[SUroot]

Yes. I went through a phase of wanting to sell for a note 2 but i'll probably stay as I am

 

[stringfiend]

definitely the best phone i've ever had and I was an apple fanboy before this with nearly every apple product. I still love apple computers and tablets but the iPhone is no where near as cool as my S3

 

[danoffset]

firstly, you have to understand that this is a help forum. People come here to post their problems so other people can help solve their problem.

secondly, yes, I'm sure lots of us still love our SGS3.

I understand what forum this is about. Thankyou. Just wanted to remind s3 owners that we still have one of the best devices on the market, and to not be disheartened by minor bugs that can be rectified.

 

[dan55]

eh! why would you hate it? its awesome imo - but agree that nothing is perfect - think it could be smoother though, given that it is a quad and all :/ ....but hoping that JB sorts that for me

SU - im shocked ....i did consider the note briefly, but it is SO big

 

[hbryder]

love it more everyday! In fact I loved it so much I went out and bought the Note 10.1! Love it too!!

 

[dan55]

congrats

....i noticed that the photo optimising when viewing was a bit laggy - but might just be my app maybe

 

[nailzer]

How can you not love this? Overnight battery discharge!
This is the 2100mah battery that came with the GS3.

 

[thahim]

How can you not love this? Overnight battery discharge!
This is the 2100mah battery that came with the GS3.

JB solved the battery issue.

 

[nailzer]

JB solved the battery issue.

Some don't think so.
From the Jellybean like and dislikes section..

yeah battery life has been drastically reduced, hope they issue a fix. I'm on Vodafone UK network the phone is unbranded.

 

[Haris]

best phone I've had yet.

not perfect, but best thing on the market imho

 

[BigCiX]

I hated my Captivate with a passion because Samsung took forever to get froyo on it and they never fixed the GPS.

 

[Sandroidfan]

Some don't think so.
From the Jellybean like and dislikes section..

I think Jellybean greatly improved battery life from ICS at the OS level. I saw hugely improved battery life in my Gnex with JB update. Easily more than 50% better. I never saw this kind of battery life enhancement with any OS update before.

But the problem is it brought host of new services apps like Google Now and Current that can add extra battery drain through location services and frequent syncs. I think those complaining battery life on JB are the ones just refusing to turn off any location settings in google now, map even when not using it.

 

[Sandroidfan]

I hated my Captivate with a passion because Samsung took forever to get froyo on it and they never fixed the GPS.

So you are still living in 2010?

SGS1 was samsung's first serious entry into android phone and it had its share of issues like you had. But now it's 2012 and GS1 is two generations behind GS3.

 

[gingersnapgirl]

I still love mine. It has its quirks, but nothing I would consider going back to Apple over.

 

[t35rk]

Uh huh!

 

[kiz88]

Best phone I have ever had and the battery life is not bad im shocked to say.

 

[andy9l]

For me I'd easily say it's the best device I've had, and believe that iphone has nothing on it.

Although I agree with most of your points, I can't agree that the iPhone has "nothing on it". I mean, they achieve the same things from a hardware perspective. iPhone scores higher, considerably higher, on benchmark tests. Does it really matter?

If you're comparing the S3 to the iPhone, compare the physical handset, not the OS. The OS is not "the S3", that's Google's territory. If Samsung made an OS, rest-assured it would be an absolute shambles.

I really like my S3, but I don't see it as any better or worse than the iPhone 5 - simply an alternative which happens to run an OS with more customisation options. That's either a blessing or a curse depending on your "techie" abilities!

Perhaps that's just my opinion? I try not to be biased towards or against Apple or any other reputable company. You can see from my signature, though, that I was/am a sucker for Apple simplicity. I still moved to an S3 after 4 years of iPhones though - so I'm no "fanboy".

 

[SUroot]

The OS is not "the S3", that's Google's territory. If Samsung made an OS, rest-assured it would be an absolute shambles.

Maybe you'd be surprised how much of the android OS on the S3 Samsung is actually responsible for. The software differences between the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy S3 are huge. To say the OS is not the S3 is inaccurate. Its as much the OS and kernel as it is hardware that makes the S3 great

 

[RickyDavis1051]

I LOVE my s3 but as someone said earlier, I too was thinking about going to the Note 2 but the size is a turn off for me.

 

[Wisenos]

still loves mine for sure

 

[Stuntman]

The one big near deal-breaker for me is the lack of a physical keyboard. If my carrier (Bell) comes out with that landscape keyboard slider version of the SGS3, I may make the switch. For practically everything else, I love it.

 

[johnnylighton]

Although I agree with most of your points, I can't agree that the iPhone has "nothing on it".

I really like my S3, but I don't see it as any better or worse than the iPhone 5 - simply an alternative which happens to run an OS with more customisation options. That's either a blessing or a curse depending on your "techie" abilities!

This. Truth. The iPhone has plenty on the S3. But for me, the S3 has a lot *more* on the iPhone than the iPhone has on the S3.