a little more info on my reception results so far....
first off on my drive to work this morning, there are three exact areas where, with my DINC i would lose all service completely. This morning i paid attention to my phone when driving through those areas.
area 1 - 4G @ 3 bars maintained
area 2 - 4G @ 2 bars maintained
area 3 - was on the phone, call never dropped, no reception issues at all.
My main office was also kind of a problem area for my DINC. I would typically maintain 1-2 bars of 3G, sometimes spiking up to 3 to full. but when doing speed tests i was always running slow in there.
GS3 - 4G @ 2-3 bars maintained, speed tests still up in the 10mb range down, 2+ up.
Also, battery life has been very good. I took my phone off the charger at approximately 8:30 this morning. and granted i haven't done a ton on my phone, but it is receiving email from 4 accounts (one an exchange push), google talk used frequently, and my co-worker basically raped my phone for about 30 minutes this morning.... :smokingsomb:
and i'm sitting at 81% still. which is better than what my DINC would be at right now.
I'm still being very critical of this phone, and will verify reception is good everywhere my DINC was, or better, because of the signal is degraded all over, its going back.
I am heading to canada this week, so i will get to test the service all the way through northern MN.
Maybe I got the only good device in the upper midwest so far, because if you asked me to give it a rating at this moment, after the experience i've had with it so far, i'd give it a 8-9 out of 10. only because there some touchwiz things i'm still trying to adapt to.
I'm coming from a rooted/flashed device, so going back to a stock image is different for me.
I've been looking at the dbm's somewhat, and they have maintained from like 92 up to 106. but i'm more concerned with how the phone actually works, not what those numbers say.
I'll give another update next week when i get back from my fly-in trip.