  gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
 ·Bright House
| Samsung needs to get their act together. I've owned numerous Galaxy S phones and until they address the GPS issues with seem to plague only their phones, the poor battery life (my HTC phones have much better battery life) and their horrid support, they will not be known as the "iPhone killer". | |
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 | | | Re: Samsung needs to get their act together. I've seen some poor GPS performance in the original Galaxy S phones, but I haven't seen as much in the S II and none in the S III at least yet.
Battery life in the SIII is decent although not as good as the razr maxx. | |
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| | | | Re: Samsung needs to get their act together. said by delusion ftl :Battery life in the SIII is decent although not as good as the razr maxx.
If the quality control turns out to be good the Galaxy S III is clearly the best all around Android phone. All top Androids compared to each other have various strengths and weaknesses but overall the S III seems the best.
The battery life is just fine for the average user. It is only the heavy daily users where the battery becomes an issue.
The life of the Motorola Razr Maxx, (one of the genuinely top Android phones), as only a slightly longer battery life. However, you pay $100 more for the battery on that phone as compared to the standard Motorola Razr which again is more than adequate battery wise for an average user. | |
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| | | I have had my GS III for 2 weeks battery is a 2100 mAh which will last me over a full day. And GPS is solid...I think you are talking about the Galaxy S 1. | |
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| I own a Samsung Galaxy S II from Sprint since September last year with zero problems. GPS works fine and the battery life on this phone is the best I have had in any smartphone. I now go through the whole day without even having to think about my battery dying. This phone replaced the HTC EVO 4G which was a nightmare on battery life. | |
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| | | I have my Galaxy S III for 3 weeks now and I am amazed at the battery life. First phone EVER to run all day on a charge. In fact, after a day of HEAVY use i still have around 30% left by the time i go to bed. I owned an S2 before that, and had to buy spare batteries to get me through the day; one of them always sitting in the charger being filled while the one being used about 20% per hour of usage. | |
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|  BootesPremium
join:2005-01-28
Palo Alto, CA | I've been trying to use the Galaxy Nexus I recieved recently, but the GPS is terrible. It's completely useless for directions, because it can't keep track of where I am for more than 5 minutes. The battery life is also pretty bad compared to my iPhone 4. | |
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| | gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL | Re: Samsung needs to get their act together. This is a common issue with these phones. All I ever hear is "there's a fix coming soon" but it never comes. I refuse to buy another Samsung phone because of this. Anyone who says there isn't an issue says it because they don't use GPS. | |
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| | | | You should probably get a replacement. The GPS on my Galaxy Nexus has been rock solid. You may just have a flawed unit. | |
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| | | gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL Reviews:
·Bright House
| Re: Samsung needs to get their act together. This is a widespread problem with Samsung Galaxy phones. I've noticed anytime I mention this, I get bombarded with people saying it's a fault phone, yet many people have this issue. Perhaps Samsung should focus on quality control (if in fact there are this many faulty phones) rather than putting out a new phone a week. | |
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| | | BootesPremium
join:2005-01-28
Palo Alto, CA | Have there been reports of them replacing/fixing phones with this issue? I feel like this is something that would be pretty difficult to get help with.
I would expect them to just say that GPS signal can be affected by many things and I can't say for sure that there's something wrong with the hardware. I would normally assume it wasn't a problem with the phone. However, my iPad, iPhone 4, and HTC Titan II don't seem to have these problems. | |
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| | | | gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL | Re: Samsung needs to get their act together. My iPad 2 and iPhone 4 pick up a GPS signal in about 5 seconds. | |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | have one on order here. Will be upgrading from a DroidX.
Heres to hoping Apple does not bribe a judge to ban this phone too.
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| ScrawnyB
join:2004-05-18
Carlisle, PA
kudos:1 | Re: have one on order here. I'm also upgrading from a Droid X.
My Pebble Blue Galaxy S3 32GB was just shipped like 2 hours ago (FedEx overnight, but since tomorrow is holiday, arrival on Thursday or Friday).
I ordered like first thing when it went on pre-order, right around 7am when it finally showed up on the site.
Yay Verizon for shipping earlier than they told people. And my unlimited data plan  | |
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| | thecp
join:2004-07-15
Sacramento, CA | Re: have one on order here. I also ordered the blue S3 32gb one at the same time as well, even got up way earlier than I normally need to to be among the first pre-orders. No tracking # and no charge on my card. On some of the other forums there are people who ordered hours later than me the exact same phone and have already had theirs shipped. Grrrr.. | |
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|  digdugPremium
join:2008-02-01
Mount Vernon, WA | Yes, pre-ordered last month to save my unlimited data plan. Hoping the Otterbox Defender case will be available in time as well.
Will be moving up from the Omnia 2 | |
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| | | I will also be upgrading from a DX to this. I think a lot of DX users will be making the switch...it's two years since DX release | |
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| | Don't forget US Cellular They're getting in on this one too, it's shown on their website in both white and blue, 16GB and 32GB versions.
I don't know what their launch date is. I have 9 months before my upgrade, I have an HTC Merge, and I can't imagine any phone having worse battery life than this. | |
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| TebTeb
join:2009-01-28
Columbus, OH | Re: Don't forget US Cellular Try having a Thunderbolt... | |
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| | Wont be disappointed I get to use most devices from most carriers and I can say relatively confidently that you will be impressed for various reasons when moving from the iphone 4.
Disclaimer: I have not used the verizon version yet. | |
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| | | Re: Wont be disappointed said by delusion ftl :I get to use most devices from most carriers and I can say relatively confidently that you will be impressed for various reasons when moving from the iphone 4.
Disclaimer: I have not used the verizon version yet.
Having gone from a Droid X to an iphone 4s, you will miss iOS. Why? The Android experience is not that good unless you do everything with Google. My Droid X had a horrible IMAP client, blew through battery life, was finicky with everything and just not as good of an experience as ios. | |
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| | thecp
join:2004-07-15
Sacramento, CA | Re: Wont be disappointed It's unlikely he's going to be moving from the 4s to the Droid X and the fact the Android experience varies from manufacturer to manufacturer makes your comparison a bit irrelevant. Also, that was not my experience with the droid x, not sure why you couldn't use a 3rd party e-mail app or google's own if you didn't like the default one. | |
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| | I'll wait Having both an iPhone 4 (personal) and a Samsung SII Galaxy, I'll wait for the next iPhone.
I have nothing really against Android outside of consistency in OS (no ICS available yet on SII for US) and battery life. | |
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| | | Re: I'll wait ICS is already available on the Galaxy S II for both t-mobile and ATT. Sprints (which i presume you are alluding to) should be available soon. | |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| I have the SIII I've had my 32GB blue Sprint SIII for nearly a week now. Battery life isn't the greatest, but it's improving as I stop fiddling with the phone 24/7 and actually settle down into a normal use case.
From my perspective, this is the most advanced phone, bar none, available right now, besting even the HTC One X variants, and it's advanced enough that I probably won't mind when the LTE iPhone comes out in another few months (then again, the only iPhone I've owned was the first-gen, though I own a third-gen iPad).
One interesting dichotomy about Sprint's SIII vs. Verizon's: Sprint's version came out earlier but can't get LTE anywhere quite yet (except in a pocket around Waco, TX, where the network is being field tested prior to launch in a week or two). Verizon's version isn't out quite yet but when it's launched the phone will be able to take advantage of an enormous LTE network right away, albeit with data caps and overage fees.
One pro of the Sprint version though is that it has Google Wallet (due to the upcoming Isis tech, Verizon's version doesn't have the payment platform). The Sprint version also includes 50GB of Dropbox storage, something that I probably won't use much due to the 25GB I have on Google Drive and the 48GB split between my phone and my microSD card (I'll probably upgrade the microSD to 64GB, for 96GB total, in a month or two). But it's still cool. Just like using a not-credit-card to make credit card purchases at McDonald's and the like.
I'm really looking forward to LTE going live though...Sprint's network is going to be just as lightly loaded at that point as AT&T's is in their LTE areas, but with more closely spaced cell sites taking the place of wider bandwidth to deliver a comparable experience to Verizon and AT&T, but without data transfer caps. Not that I'd run into those now if they existed on Sprint...I'm well under 1GB most months due to a combination of WiFi and lackluster 3G...but on LTE the ability to sit down wherever and watch a Netflix video without worrying about being able to check my e-mail later is a great place to be.
It'll be extra-fun to have this phone where my parents live, since their town is part of the San Antonio launch market, but is small enough that I'll bet only a couple dozen people will be connected to LTE across the whole area. Out west of town, I might have the entire LTE side of the tower, a couple miles from my parents' house, to myself! | |
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|  LightSPremium
join:2005-12-17
Greenville, TX
·Time Warner Cable
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: I have the SIII Living in Waco - a coworker of mine ordered the SIII and is going to try out the LTE (obviously)
I have Verizon's LTE on my Galaxy Nexus & love it. I regularly see speeds of 10mbps on a slow day, and around 8mbps for the upload speeds.
I can't wait until this is more common everywhere. | |
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| | Got S3 on att I got my SIII on att june 21, they may be sold out and on preorder but they were availble and got mine on the 21st of june. | |
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| | Ordered I ordered it from Verizon about two weeks ago. They said they expect to ship it on the 11th and I just checked the status and it's still on the 11th. It kind of sucks that they will be in store on the 10th.....so does this mean I'll get mine early? Hope so.
In any case, I started at an iPhone 3G and had lots of problems with it. Upgraded to Droid X and love it, but wished they would continue upgrading it. I decided to get the S3 because of the openness of the phone and it seems like it has great support in the hacking/customizing community. | |
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| | have some fun with this.. Samsung should put a disclaimer across their product: Samsung, NOT an Iphone, Ipad! | |
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 mromeroPremium
join:2000-12-07
The O.C.
kudos:1 | Will this work? 64 GB SD card
Will this work in the Samsung Galaxy SIII? thinking about getting it for my Verizon preorder when it comes in. | |
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| iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Re: Will this work? Yes, it will. I'll be grabbing a 64GB memory card at some point soonish...my 16GB card from my last phone is slow read/write wise so that's a big reason I want to upgrade. | |
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| | | No, it has to be a MicroSD card, the full size SD cards will not fit. | |
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| | Had mine since 06/22/12 AT&T Guess the pre-orders came in early. Had it for 2 weeks already. Best phone ever! | |
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| | | Re: Had mine since 06/22/12 AT&T Too bad you missed the Galaxy Nexus.
Running Jelly Bean on mine (try that on a S3).
Mmmmm jelly beans | |
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 IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
·Comcast
 ·Verizon Broadban..
| I'll stick with my iPhone Rumors are very strong that a new iPhone is coming out in upcoming months and some VZW store employees are speculating that it will have 4G LTE.
A very good indicator that a 4G iPhone is in the pipeline is the 4G iPad.
My upgrade date is in November 29, 2012. Hopefully we'll have a 4G LTE iPhone by then. | |
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|  Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere | Re: I'll stick with my iPhone said by IowaCowboy:Rumors are very strong that a new iPhone is coming out in upcoming months and some VZW store employees are speculating that it will have 4G LTE.
A very good indicator that a 4G iPhone is in the pipeline is the 4G iPad.
My upgrade date is in November 29, 2012. Hopefully we'll have a 4G LTE iPhone by then.
I had an upgrade available and was going to do the same thing but then i found out that verizon wont be allowing you to keep your unlimited plan unless you upgraded prior to a few days ago. Supposedly the only way you can keep your unlimited plan would be to pay the full retail price.
I wound up placing a pre-order for the galaxy s III in order to keep my unlimited plan and get on the 4g network, worst case scenario if I dont like the galaxy s III, I'll sell it on ebay and buy the iphone5 for full retail price in order to keep my unlimited plan. | |
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| | IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA Reviews:
·Comcast
·Verizon Broadban..
| Re: I'll stick with my iPhone I ditched my unlimited data since I wanted to have a mobile broadband card and I use about 1-2 gigs a month between the two devices. No sense in paying $150 per month for seperate plans when the share everything plan allows me to have both devices for $130 per month. | |
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| | | | said by Frank:said by IowaCowboy:Rumors are very strong that a new iPhone is coming out in upcoming months and some VZW store employees are speculating that it will have 4G LTE.
A very good indicator that a 4G iPhone is in the pipeline is the 4G iPad.
My upgrade date is in November 29, 2012. Hopefully we'll have a 4G LTE iPhone by then.
I had an upgrade available and was going to do the same thing but then i found out that verizon wont be allowing you to keep your unlimited plan unless you upgraded prior to a few days ago. Supposedly the only way you can keep your unlimited plan would be to pay the full retail price. I wound up placing a pre-order for the galaxy s III in order to keep my unlimited plan and get on the 4g network, worst case scenario if I dont like the galaxy s III, I'll sell it on ebay and buy the iphone5 for full retail price in order to keep my unlimited plan. Exactly. Did that on 2 lines on my account also.
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 chucky5150Divers do it Deeper
join:2001-11-03
New Iberia, LA | I have the first galaxy S I still have my Galaxy S from AT&T that's about 2 years old now. I'm going to switch over to verizon when they release the new galaxy. | |
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| | | Re: I have the first galaxy S Many people have been anticipating the Samsung Galaxy S III for some time. There is some criticism about the design, but Samsung hit all the right notes for this smartphone in terms of power and hardware. The Samsung Galaxy S3′s battery life isn’t quite the best, but it is one of the better ones.
»www.careace.net/2012/05/25/samsu···rtphone/ | |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·CenturyLink
1 edit | Yawn.......... I now decadent on the bed listening to a audiobook on my iPod Touch. My Irish Terriers are keeping me company. While all of you are endlessly ranting on this very lucrative battle, for Lawyers, I am listening to Dame Honor Alexander Harrington, Stead Holder, Duchess, Fleet Admiral for the Star Empire of Manticore, and Greyson Space Navy kick some more Solarian, and Man Power ass. At the consumer level we are irrelevant to this battle between two corporate cultures. I am going to continue to enjoy what my iPod Touch does for me, so why don't the rest of you do the same with your electronic compadres. Yes I know ranting and raving is so much more fun.  excuse me, Back to the "book"; Dame Honor Alexander Harrington, Stead Holder, Duchess, Fleet Admiral for the Star Empire of Manticore, and Greyson Space Navy is about to lower the boom on a Solarian Battle Fleet task force of 400 ships of the wall.
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decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| may I like the looks and stats of this phone.. I currently have an iphone 4 (not S) and this maybe the phone I go to.. But I will probably go sprint as verizon will hold my unlimited at gunpoint for the upgrade path... I don't get to travel as much as I want so coverage isn't an issue as long as when the time comes i can use it at my home (nextel tower hopefully will be converted by then) | |
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | I got mine I got mine Tuesday..
sprint version.. | |
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| | Cryptic Email I received an email message from Verizon on Tuesday. It said:
Your Order is on Hold
Dear Valued Customer,
Your order is scheduled to be processed. Average processing time is 3 days. You will receive a confirmation email when processing is complete and your device has shipped.
Thank You,
Verizon Wireless So this might mean the phones are shipping out early. I put my preorder in on approximately June 8, so not the first day I could have. | |
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