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WP7 owners, love it, hate it, or ...

Unlike those of us in the US, others can buy Win Phone 7 devices. So what do you think?

I have not tested it yet as mine is arriving shortly.
I think that it does look good and that Microsoft has the right idea.
The only issues that I can see with it is the SDK limitations and the general os limitations.

i love it, it has it's limitation but it will get better.

Used an HD7 for about 30 minutes in the T-Mobile store here. Smooth like butter, and it has 16GB storage.
I'm definitely leaning towards getting one.
Finally an OS that performs like one should on this hardware. Can't even imagine what performance will be like on next-gen hardware.

Up until 28th November I was an Android Fanboy - G1 when it was launched, Desire as an Upgrade.
I now actually prefer Wp7 to Android and love the fact I went and bought a HD7. My desire is now untouched, I put it on Ebay

i just played a bit with one at a t-mobile store... (htc mozart)
very smooth handling in every condition
i dont like pinch to zoom in any browser i used before (opera, safari, whatever android has...) but i like it in wp7 very much
but then there are the known limitations and some of them i realy dislike...
if there was a way to use wp7 device as mass storage my decision would be clear pro wp7...

Had it for 3 days, love it.
Blazingly fast and super solid - yes a few things are unavailable at the moment but its only been out for a matter of days.
Genuinely excited for the future of this OS.

Thanks for the replies. Sounds great. I was hoping to move away from AT&T but, if the WP7 devices are good maybe I will stay with them.
BTW, does anyone have a standalone Zune and care to compare the functionality of the WP7? I have a Zune 80 and love the Zune Marketplace and Zune client.

Love it as well. I miss the the messaging apps available on iOS and Android and some apps are a bit slow to launch, but it is a polished OS especially for a 1.0 with a lot of attention to detail taken on it. In a way it makes Android look like a toy, Aesthetics wise, and it is much smoother natively.

agreed with the ones above, had my HTC Trophy for over 2 days now and i'm really liking it. I see the Trophy as the base model for all Windows Phones. There is no stand out feature in this phone at all, it's all minimum spec, but it works... exceptionally! Games are a little slow on loading, but that's ok, the gameplay itself is fine. This limitation is due to the use of microSD (which you'll probably see in the other HTC phones). But I don't plan on voiding my warranty, and my carrier throws an extra year on top, so i have 2 years warranty. I don't use it for music all that much as i'm more of a radio listener... and let me tell you, when i fired up the radio for the first time this morning... man was it a really nicely designed radio. Simple, only get a bar with the radio frequency on top, and you just scroll left/right, and find the frequency you want. Favourite it, and done. SO NICE!

hmm looks like im really gonna have to get this lol

all good comments.. i suppose to have my HD7 with me right now but my friend could not pick it up in singapore for me... now i have to wait till dec 1st as i cant make it to SG till then..

I LOVE IT. its that simple. There is a few very tiny glitches but i had that with android blackberry and sare i say it ios as well. I do have a couple of poiunts for a few people that moan about some missing features though.
Mass storage - why oh why would you want to use your phone for this i don't get it? the memory inside is for the phone not your pc. Get a memory stick they cost about £20 and will sit on your keyring they are faster and easier to use.
Flash - this is coming very soon adobe and Microsoft have confirmed this.
Copy paste - as above (i suspect the January update for both though flash may come as its own download)
Multitasking - just a battery drain and all the main features do this anyway, the phone is quick at swapping between apps. I don't get why you would want to multi-task beyond what it already does if anyone can give me a good example i will retract that but so far its just "cos we like it that we can" i personally prefer a battery that lasts unlike the desire.
removable storage - once again why would you want this? I have an idea don't buy a load of small cards just get one good one. You can argue that the on board amounts given at launch are poor (i to stated this) BUT, America will get the focus this can be upgraded so to can the dell. The HD7 can be also if you don't mind getting under the back cover. I suspect as with the hd7 we will find others. So there are options even for the most data intensive. Your phone is not a memory stick people.
I personally think wp7 has it right esp for a brand new os that has not even had, dare i call the January update this, service pack 1. I don't like to say i will never touch things again because the world is constantly changing but i will say for now i am so glad i sold my desire and got a hd7 it beats anything else hands down.

I just realized i was so busy fending the so called downsides i forgot to look at why wp7 is the best.
Xbox live - this is so good it makes my nuts tingle though it was a lil slow at first once it has had chance to sync everything up it is amazing. I can see all my avatar stuff in 3d i can see my mates avatars in 3d i can compare gamer scores, i can earn achievements on games i can send messages to my live friends and see what they are doing. Basically all the same stuff i can do on my xbox but on a phone. Plus they will soon have multilayer games not just turn by turn and intergration into actual xbox games.
Zune - By far and away the best music/media experience you can get. Makes iphone look old and rubbish. I have loved Zune since i got my zune hd imported last year. Zune software is easier to use then itunes. It is far better at managing your media and is so good at getting the track data. Plus unlike itunes if it cant find it automatically you can just find it yourself easy as and make sure all the tracks have the right names with a no fuss at all. Put it this way my itunes on my mac has about 80% of the right art my zune has 100% (and for about 8 months i had to use the mac as my main pc due to frying my motherboard so it is nothing to do with me not careing about getting it sorted).
Hubs/live tile - just genius i hardly use my facebook app as i don't need to my friends are asy to contact and find and my pictures are all in one place. Yeah you can collect data together on android but until you have used a wp7, and i do say if your unsure go to the store and play, its hard to explain why its so much better but it just is. updates are right there on the home screen and even the lock screen.
Speed/transactions - This is a zippy os everything is smooth and looks sexy, this isnt a big point for many people i know but, there is no better feeling then when showing someone an email or a text or anything on your phone and it flys there but at the same time looks like something from minority report.

The phone is fantastic. The system is very smooth! The zune feature wit zune pass is great. One thing though, notification sounds for txt and email are very, very quiet (HD7). I can hardly hear them

robart76 said:
The phone is fantastic. The system is very smooth! The zune feature wit zune pass is great. One thing though, notification sounds for txt and email are very, very quiet (HD7). I can hardly hear them
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have you updated the audio controller from htc as it may be coincidence but i thought it was quieter before i did that.

lumpaywk said:
Multitasking - just a battery drain and all the main features do this anyway, the phone is quick at swapping between apps. I don't get why you would want to multi-task beyond what it already does if anyone can give me a good example i will retract that but so far its just "cos we like it that we can" i personally prefer a battery that lasts unlike the desire.
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I disagree. There are cases where multitasking would help, one area would be instant messaging. Also, I have looked at most reviews out there and battery life is on par with similarly specced Android devices. For example, the HD7 vs. EVO/Desire HD. Even my developer WP7 devices battery lasts around the same time as my Captivate.
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There is no denying the fact that multitasking would help in many cases. I am glad that MS never said they wouldn't allow 3rd party aps to multitask. I am sure it's already in development... may be being tested as we speak

Went from HTC to Samsung Focus, so far i do love the smoothness and speed. Active tiles are a huge plus and can see where this can be beneficial in various ways. Only 'major' things needed is tethering or turning the phone into a WiFi Hotspot (and would like bluetooth rSAP support).

emuneee said:
I disagree. There are cases where multitasking would help, one area would be instant messaging. Also, I have looked at most reviews out there and battery life is on par with similarly specced Android devices. For example, the HD7 vs. EVO/Desire HD. Even my developer WP7 devices battery lasts around the same time as my Captivate.
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You're wrong.
With Push Messaging, you get you IMs without the app even running. Multitasking IM applications is a huge waste of battery.
Do you even have a clue what you're talking about?
Also, the HD7 has a weak battery in it. It's around 1230 mAh, IIRC. Most decent phones have 1500 mAh batteries in them. Check that before you make a comparison. Also, use patterns on the two phones may not be identical. It's almost impossible to conduct a decent test for battery life outside of a controlled environment.

Lumia 900 No Pentile

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/1/11/2699574/lumia-900-amoled-display-no-pentile

Its getting harder for me to avoid trading my Titan for one of these when its released... I love my titan but washed out blacks of SLCD isnt cutting it anymore (after coming from a Vibrant and SGS2 in my case) expecially when most of WP is black

i'm 100% trading in my focus S for one in cyan.
i'll take 4G, gorgeous design, excellent (on paper at least) camera for my focus s' thinner chassis.
especially if it's not a pentile display.

It's great!
But the resultion is still 800x480

For me the sticking point is still storage. I bought an unlocked Focus on release day in 2010, have had 40GB on it since day 1, and every time I see one of these terrific new designs I fall in lust and dust off the wallet right up to the point that the specs show it only has 16GB. (which generally works out to about 13-14GB usable).
32GB Androids are becoming pretty common these days and the iPhone has been available in a 16/32/64GB option for some time. It would be nice if someone out there would show us power users a little storage love.
Until then I'm going to be taking very good care of my Focus (and my Wife's 32GB Trophy) and looking wisfully at all the Lumia 900...

MKohlman said:
For me the sticking point is still storage. I bought an unlocked Focus on release day in 2010, have had 40GB on it since day 1, and every time I see one of these terrific new designs I fall in lust and dust off the wallet right up to the point that the specs show it only has 16GB. (which generally works out to about 13-14GB usable).
32GB Androids are becoming pretty common these days and the iPhone has been available in a 16/32/64GB option for some time. It would be nice if someone out there would show us power users a little storage love.
Until then I'm going to be taking very good care of my Focus (and my Wife's 32GB Trophy) and looking wisfully at all the Lumia 900...
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well than make your focus the mp3 player with music etc. and the nokia lumia 900 your phone.

MKohlman said:
For me the sticking point is still storage. I bought an unlocked Focus on release day in 2010, have had 40GB on it since day 1, and every time I see one of these terrific new designs I fall in lust and dust off the wallet right up to the point that the specs show it only has 16GB. (which generally works out to about 13-14GB usable).
32GB Androids are becoming pretty common these days and the iPhone has been available in a 16/32/64GB option for some time. It would be nice if someone out there would show us power users a little storage love.
Until then I'm going to be taking very good care of my Focus (and my Wife's 32GB Trophy) and looking wisfully at all the Lumia 900...
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I have had a Focus since Nov 8th, 2010 and have played about 5,000 songs on it, watched about 100+ movies, and taken and viewed 1,000's of photos. Downloaded 100's of apps, (not all did I keep) all on the 7.56GB usable storage, oh yeah and the skydrive storage too. I thought I would "NEED" more storage but the really with the Zune pass and Skydrive for photos I really didnt need the space I "WANTED".
Moving forward, with the improvements to Skydrive and the strong development of app's utilizing Skydrive and Home PC/Server control 16GB will be more then enough for day to day usage. Sure, come armengeddon a 64GB+ would be prefereed, untill my battery dies

I would have really liked 32GB of storage, but I am ok with 16GB (I've made my 8GB focus work just fine). I have unlimited data, and the zunepass for music so that alleviates a lot of my storage needs. I'm hopeful that the OEM's release something for the masses with 32+GB storage with Apollo though. They do need to have an option for those with more storage needs, and you cannot have everything linked to the cloud as most people have limited data plans and performance will always be better if its stored locally.
I will definitely be getting a Lumia 900 when its released. I hope I can buy one unbranded. Anybody have some news on that?

Shouldn't have to wait for apollo for a 32 fb phone. Can get a 32 gb or more android or iOS device now. Apollo is like 3 quarters away from release. That's way too long.
With ICA bringing native MTP support for Android, it's actually starting to look über as a media platform when you factor in the google and amazon mp3/video stores and superior camera software on those phones (and 1080p recording).
They need to deliver quickly. Hardware and software/capabilities.
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That's good news. Looking at a pentile screen is like looking through a screen door.
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balcsida said:
It's great!
But the resultion is still 800x480
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Yeah. It sucks. I won't buy at this moment .
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Samsung launches Omnia M

Samsung has launched Omnia M ( GT-I8350 ), a Windows Phone smartphone ideal for social and entertainment multi-taskers. Company says “Play and Share with Samsung Omnia M“......
http://mirolta.com/2012/05/11/samsung-launches-omnia-m-a-windows-phone-smartphone/

Looks nice, Good sized screen, but just 4GB storage,I know Skydrive is the in thing but I would hate having to stream all my music, Photos aint so bad, That doesn't really leave alot of room even for apps, Even if the whole 4GB is usable? If anything surely storage sizes should increase?

Looks like nice, though not revolutionary, hardware. The 4GB storage is a pathetic joke, though, unless it's easily expandable. I mean, 8GB was bad back when the Focus launched 1.5 years ago, and we're an iteration of Moore's Law from that point. Storage should have doubled, not halved... Also, the choice to stick with the 1GHz CPU seems odd; the gen1 Windows phones perform great (still) but I'd have expected a faster chip just as a matter of progress.
The inclusion of HSDPA (rather than something like LTE) makes me wonder if it'll be the first Samsung Windows Phone to come to T-Mobile in the US. I'm a bit surprised by the choice of data tech, though, to be honest; is Europe still predominantly on 3G techs like HSDPA? The US hasn't entirely decided what "4G" means yet, but "faster than 7.2Mbps" is definitely a part of it and all the major carriers offer such a technology.
My guess? This is a low-end budget phone, intended to bring people to WP7 for cheap. With 384MB of RAM, it'll run Tango fine, but that's still less than most gen1 phones. That's fine by me if it helps increase the platform's user-base, though!

Might be a decent pre-pay phone but you would be much better off getting a first gen focus unless you HAVE TO HAVE a FFC.

Two Windows Phone by Samsung in one week ! What happenned to them ?
They sayd that, WP7.5 is a mess for them and they will focus on WP8 but this 2 devices are clearly here

Not many people wil buy that phone.
I hope the WP8 Phones from Samsung will look better like a mix of Galaxy S2 and S3

Omnia M looks and feels quite good in hand actually (I was lucky enough to get it in my hands today). It is nowhere near the feel of Omnia 7 - it is not metal after all. But it felt quite solid, more than Galaxy S .
It was sporting 4GB storage only though, which is serious bummer. But it felt snappy just as some regular nonTango-specced device.
Depending on the price it could be really good buy. But the 4GB :/....

Look good but memory?

Looks good? Looks great!

Recent iPhone users who migrated to the GS3 - Favorite Features?

Hi guys.
So it seems like a number of people here have recently migrated over from iPhone, just curious what are your all favorite features/apps since you switched over.
I used an iPhone 3 from 2008-2010 and then an iPhone 4 from 2008-Sept 2012. I was jailbroken on those devices but still pretty blown away by many Android functions. I loved loved loved my iPhone when I first got one, back in the day they were so damned ahead of the curve, but over time HTC/Samsung has caught up and they are no longer making truly impressive devices worthy of me overpaying for them, and to have the Nanny state of Apple telling me what apps I am capable of using. Those are the main reasons I made the switch. Although I still kind of miss the smaller size of my iPhone.
ANYWAYYYYS....things I love since I made the switch:
1. TORRENTS! You could never ever get a Torrent application from the Apple App Store. I use "adownloaded" via the Google Play Store. I love mainly the ability to switch between various torrent trackers and even grab torrents from some of the private torrent sites I use (ones for music / video). If I feel like listening to some old album I don't have on my PC at home, simple just grab the torrent. Forgot to DL the new Boardwalk Empire, just grab it off a tracker via Adownloader.
2. Power management options. Having an app to turn off power hog features (wifi, mobile data, gps, etc) when the screen is turned off and then booting them all back up quickly when I turn the screen back on. I use "Go Power Master" for this and love it. You don't need to be rooted to do it either.
3. Themes / visual customization. Animated backgrounds, etc. Some of those things were available to jailbroken (and JB saavy) iPhone users but it was extreeemly buggy and problematic when I tried to mess with visual display customization with my jailbroken iPhones. Here its entirely simple to do for non-root and root users.
4. Battery replacement / external memory. Bought 2 extra batteries and an external battery charger off ebay for only $20 all included. Yes maybe that's a testament to the...not so amazing battery life of the GS3, but I still love the option of having extra 100% charged batteries at home and in the office in case I forget to charge my GS3. Down to 10% and no time to charge? Pull off the ottebox and throw another battery in. Also love the external memory, bought a 32GB micro SD as soon as I got my GS3. Blows my mind that Apple charges $100 extra to go from 16gb to 32gb and to 64gb (when it's been proven online it only costs them $10 to raise the memory....a 90% margin customers have to pay....retarded. A lot of my iPhone devotee friends would just tell me to get the 16gb and keep all my extra music/movies "in the cloud". Fuuuuuuck that. Why blow my wireless data plan constantly DLing albums from my Cloud account rather than just having a phone with a decent amount of memory.
5. Video playback. GS3 has flawlessly played everything I've thrown at it, without any conversion. AVI's / XVID / X264 / MKV / VOB, MP4, alll of it. It's a far far cry from trying to get any bloody files to play on the iPhone, iTunes was so prickly with formats that even many .MP4's I downloaded wouldnt sync properly with iPhone. It was a major pain in the ass to throw videos on the iPhone because so many would require conversion. Even the third party apps in the app store that could play SOME AVI/XVID would get buggy and be unable to play back 50% of anything I threw at it.

Don't forget you can play flash movies on net
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Sianspheric said:
Hi guys.
So it seems like a number of people here have recently migrated over from iPhone, just curious what are your all favorite features/apps since you switched over.
I used an iPhone 3 from 2008-2010 and then an iPhone 4 from 2008-Sept 2012. I was jailbroken on those devices but still pretty blown away by many Android functions. I loved loved loved my iPhone when I first got one, back in the day they were so damned ahead of the curve, but over time HTC/Samsung has caught up and they are no longer making truly impressive devices worthy of me overpaying for them, and to have the Nanny state of Apple telling me what apps I am capable of using. Those are the main reasons I made the switch. Although I still kind of miss the smaller size of my iPhone.
ANYWAYYYYS....things I love since I made the switch:
1. TORRENTS! You could never ever get a Torrent application from the Apple App Store. I use "adownloaded" via the Google Play Store. I love mainly the ability to switch between various torrent trackers and even grab torrents from some of the private torrent sites I use (ones for music / video). If I feel like listening to some old album I don't have on my PC at home, simple just grab the torrent. Forgot to DL the new Boardwalk Empire, just grab it off a tracker via Adownloader.
2. Power management options. Having an app to turn off power hog features (wifi, mobile data, gps, etc) when the screen is turned off and then booting them all back up quickly when I turn the screen back on. I use "Go Power Master" for this and love it. You don't need to be rooted to do it either.
3. Themes / visual customization. Animated backgrounds, etc. Some of those things were available to jailbroken (and JB saavy) iPhone users but it was extreeemly buggy and problematic when I tried to mess with visual display customization with my jailbroken iPhones. Here its entirely simple to do for non-root and root users.
4. Battery replacement / external memory. Bought 2 extra batteries and an external battery charger off ebay for only $20 all included. Yes maybe that's a testament to the...not so amazing battery life of the GS3, but I still love the option of having extra 100% charged batteries at home and in the office in case I forget to charge my GS3. Down to 10% and no time to charge? Pull off the ottebox and throw another battery in. Also love the external memory, bought a 32GB micro SD as soon as I got my GS3. Blows my mind that Apple charges $100 extra to go from 16gb to 32gb and to 64gb (when it's been proven online it only costs them $10 to raise the memory....a 90% margin customers have to pay....retarded. A lot of my iPhone devotee friends would just tell me to get the 16gb and keep all my extra music/movies "in the cloud". Fuuuuuuck that. Why blow my wireless data plan constantly DLing albums from my Cloud account rather than just having a phone with a decent amount of memory.
5. Video playback. GS3 has flawlessly played everything I've thrown at it, without any conversion. AVI's / XVID / X264 / MKV / VOB, MP4, alll of it. It's a far far cry from trying to get any bloody files to play on the iPhone, iTunes was so prickly with formats that even many .MP4's I downloaded wouldnt sync properly with iPhone. It was a major pain in the ass to throw videos on the iPhone because so many would require conversion. Even the third party apps in the app store that could play SOME AVI/XVID would get buggy and be unable to play back 50% of anything I threw at it.
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I am like you; long time iPhone user. then my wife upgrade her old iPhone to Galaxy S3 (for free), but she did not like it too much, so I offered my iPhone 4S switch :cyclops:, I still love my iPhone, but I don't know I wanted something different, and I am glad that I did switch with my wife. What I really like about Andorid phones is abilitity to do everything you wish, not like closed guarded iPhone OS thingy to deal here. S3 is a bit laggy because of TouchWiz, but once JB hits, I am sure this Galaxy S3 will be flying....

Just switched a couple weeks ago (iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4S) to the S3 - rooted and loaded a lightweight ROM.
Love it so far and very happy with the switch:
- took a while to find a browser app I like that 'feels' like Safari. I use Boat browser since I like a bookmarks link to be in the bottom toolbar (instead of clicking a button, then bookmarks like Chrome).
- Love the external SD card (64GB) + ability to play pretty much any video format I have using MX Player Pro. Instead of tediously converting to MP4s, I just load my original files and they look great in HD. Space is no concern either now.
- Love the custom launchers to customize the home screens exactly the way I want (using Nova Prime)
- Like the use of widgets
- Able to re-use my iTunes playlists and organization using iSyncr. Nice I can use one program to manage all my ipods and phone.
- Speed of everything (apps, etc) is great
- Love the much larger real estate - can no longer use my wife's iPhone 5 comfortably
Negs:
- battery life is noticeably inferior to the iPhone 4s and 5. Yes it has a larger battery and I have most power features on, but over 50% of my draw is from the screen. Totally makes sense, but I have to be more aware of where the battery is in the afternoon and re-charge it to avoid running out at night.
- Related to the above, but to avoid my battery dying to quickly, I can't put brightness as high as I'd ideally like. It's fine but not my first choice.
- Also related, auto-brightness doesn't work as well as I'd like
- basic tasks sometimes take extra clicks compared to the iPhone. Making a call and such feel like I'm making a couple extra clicks all the time compared to the simplicity of the iPhone.
- Hard closing apps is annoying vs. the iPhone. I know you don't "have" to, but I like doing it (OCC) and the Android method annoys me
Overall I'm very glad I switched and will likely remain an Android guy for a while.

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- basic tasks sometimes take extra clicks compared to the iPhone. Making a call and such feel like I'm making a couple extra clicks all the time compared to the simplicity of the iPhone.
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Not sure if this will help..but you can put short cuts on your screen for direct contacts. I have a few set for the people I call most frequently.

dawheat said:
Just switched a couple weeks ago (iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4S) to the S3 - rooted and loaded a lightweight ROM.
Love it so far and very happy with the switch:
- took a while to find a browser app I like that 'feels' like Safari. I use Boat browser since I like a bookmarks link to be in the bottom toolbar (instead of clicking a button, then bookmarks like Chrome).
- Love the external SD card (64GB) + ability to play pretty much any video format I have using MX Player Pro. Instead of tediously converting to MP4s, I just load my original files and they look great in HD. Space is no concern either now.
- Love the custom launchers to customize the home screens exactly the way I want (using Nova Prime)
- Like the use of widgets
- Able to re-use my iTunes playlists and organization using iSyncr. Nice I can use one program to manage all my ipods and phone.
- Speed of everything (apps, etc) is great
- Love the much larger real estate - can no longer use my wife's iPhone 5 comfortably
Negs:
- battery life is noticeably inferior to the iPhone 4s and 5. Yes it has a larger battery and I have most power features on, but over 50% of my draw is from the screen. Totally makes sense, but I have to be more aware of where the battery is in the afternoon and re-charge it to avoid running out at night.
- Related to the above, but to avoid my battery dying to quickly, I can't put brightness as high as I'd ideally like. It's fine but not my first choice.
- Also related, auto-brightness doesn't work as well as I'd like
- basic tasks sometimes take extra clicks compared to the iPhone. Making a call and such feel like I'm making a couple extra clicks all the time compared to the simplicity of the iPhone.
- Hard closing apps is annoying vs. the iPhone. I know you don't "have" to, but I like doing it (OCC) and the Android method annoys me
Overall I'm very glad I switched and will likely remain an Android guy for a while.
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Agree with most those points.
I'm going to try out the Boat browser, thanks for mentioning that, I also do miss the quick bookmark tabs on the bottom like I had in Safari. I think the bottom loading bookmarks is better since you dont have to do two handled tapping to get to them, the little things that make you miss the smaller size of iPhone is having to reach for top loading bookmarks.
ps. highly recommend you check out "Go Power Master" for the battery issues like you mentioned. As I mentioned in my first post, If you set the settings up properly you can get more battery life out of the GS3 by having it set to shut down certain battery hog features when youd don't need em.

Switched from a 3GS,and I love my new GS3. My Galaxy certainly feels a lot faster (I completely turned animations off in Nova and developer options, my phone is a monster now), I love the customization, and I like how it's open source.
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I actually returned my iPhone 5 for the S3. Mainly for the iOS still being the same as always. Nothing new, on this I could just flash roms for days.
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I went from a iphone 4s to a SG3 and here's what I think
Pros:
The phone mainly allows me to express my inner nerd much better.
-Networking apps: Network scanner , nmap, wifi analyzer, mac changer, SSH, free hotspot (most of these are after root though)
-Video Playback: they don't have to be apple's nazi formats
-Customization: I love skinning my phone
-Tasker: just hands down awesome
-Google Navigation is also great
Cons:
-Iphone apps crash/freeze less
-Iphone uses less clicks to get to what I need. Example: if I want to call a number I found from yelp, I need to hit the phone number, then I need to press call on the phone app where as Iphone calls directly by pressing a number on yelp.
-Battery life is not as good on the SG3, like many have noticed.
-Texting is not as nice on the SG3: iMessage was great for group texts, esp when all my friends have iphones. Also I dislike that the two text apps I've tried both cover up my conversation when I turn my phone to landscape mode. It only shows my text typing box and they keyboard. I really liked that the ios message app shows a bit of your conversation however you type. Doe anyone know how to do this on the SG3?
-My iphone was compatible with my car's digital display, but the SG3 is not.

Widgets. I love my new widgets. Why the iphone has no widgets is beyond me. Also, setting in the pull down notifications? Bloody awesome.

Not having to stand in line all day to get one ... seriously though, I personally like the screen size. Is that even a feature?

Screened size, haptic feedback, removable battery, upgradeable storage uses usb instead of 30 pin or lightening, rootable from the day I got it (thanks XDA!) as oppose to weeks or months for a jailbreak.
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you guys got most the pros and cons pretty much right.
I think having had an iPhone for many years and now having a top-quality Android device, you really get to see that there are many pretty advantages to each device. I dont think the Apple fanboys or the "Fandroids" have a perfect case to make for each device. With the GS3 I sacrifice a few things that I loved about iPhone but the things and possibilities I get in return with Android / GS3 kind of blow me away.
but I'm learning there are some shortcuts to some of the "too many clicks" issues:
if you go into Contact and want to call someone quickly, the common gripe is you select a name and instead of it launching a call to that name, you go into the contact details. there are Swipe Left and Swipe Right features in Contacts. Look up a contact and Swipe Right and it should launch straight into a call, Swipe Left and it will start a text to that name.

Battery life depends greatly on the Rom you are running, I get probably 25% better life on black jelly jb than on stock. I average 16hrs up time, 3 hrs screen, 2 hrs talk and a number of other running apps with 10-20% life remaining... depends on signal strength and Wi-Fi connection of course, but that's about my average experience. No fancy mods or anything, just rooted custom debloated Rom.
Ran iPhones from the 2 until the 4, the only thing I miss is pulling out an iPhone at a table with friends and everyone having the exact same phone and feeling cool lol. Seriously though, I have gotten the same stability with android that I had with a jailbroken iPhone, better battery life ( was never able to get past 4pm with any iPhone) swap batteries if I need to, micro sd, features years before Apple, features, shortcuts, widgets... the list goes on... for me, android and the sgs3 all the way, and these phones are just going to get better and better, it seems to me that Apple has hit their innovative wall, where as android/Google is just getting started. I can't believe the things that Google and Samsung is working on ie Google glass and the unbreakable/flexible screens and the 100% transparent screens... things that get me pretty excited for the future of these devices.
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- basic tasks sometimes take extra clicks compared to the iPhone. Making a call and such feel like I'm making a couple extra clicks all the time compared to the simplicity of the iPhone.
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Really, I either have a direct contact on my screen or in the phone book in a second, and I also activated the GS III feature/gesture/motion of when you have a contact open and put the phone to your ear, it calls them automatically! I can call someone 5x faster than someone one iphone going through their contacts

Sianspheric said:
you guys got most the pros and cons pretty much right.
I think having had an iPhone for many years and now having a top-quality Android device, you really get to see that there are many pretty advantages to each device. I dont think the Apple fanboys or the "Fandroids" have a perfect case to make for each device. With the GS3 I sacrifice a few things that I loved about iPhone but the things and possibilities I get in return with Android / GS3 kind of blow me away.
but I'm learning there are some shortcuts to some of the "too many clicks" issues:
if you go into Contact and want to call someone quickly, the common gripe is you select a name and instead of it launching a call to that name, you go into the contact details. there are Swipe Left and Swipe Right features in Contacts. Look up a contact and Swipe Right and it should launch straight into a call, Swipe Left and it will start a text to that name.
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Thanks..I never knew about that shortcut. Just tried it and works very well. Still learning more. Make sure to get the free sg3 users digest from play stores.

I had a 3gs for a couple years and like most I liked it alot, but the battery ended up going funky and I was out of space. There really are only 2 gripes I have about Android over iphone
First is using it in the car, Iphones/Ipods just work better for this, to be able to just plug into my stereo USB and it charge and play music while showing the song info and being able to control from the radio itself is the biggest thing I miss, so much so I just leave my iPod in the car for my music and dont use the S3...sad...The other thing I miss is Apptrackr ...They have every app there is for iPhones, I have never not been able to find the app I want. The Android underground is lacking on that side of things, the options like blapk and all that is pretty ghetto. Torrents are not that much of a help either. But I suppose this is a whole other thread....I pretty much love everything else and Im glad I switched
The pros out weigh the cons for sure and I will not be going back to Iphone ever. I just hope that the whole car integration thing can be improved so I can ditch the ipod...

All the custom stuff on Android... I was a jailbreak junky and android out the box has way more custom.. I still have my iphone 4 jail broken.. I want emojis on my keyboard on my gs3 and iOs apps are more polished but pretty much the same on android some are nice some are crappy like wise on iphone just depends on developer.. IOS got stale for me... IOS feels like it's more for basic user /old people lol

I like the "auto reject" feature, especially when it comes to block calls. I like how I can have a live wallpaper

I use a belkin blue tooth adapter for car audio. The only thing I don't like about the phone is that Google Music won't download to my sd card.
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I was gonna wait for the note 2 to be my first Android but it's just to big. The quad core would have been nice though.

Anyone Have Poor WiFi Signal Issues on S3?

Just got an HTC OneX+. Love the device (of course coming from iPhone 4 it should seem better). Chose it over SII due to a bit better screen display and Sense over Touchwiz, but if I install custom ROM, then Sense vs Touchwiz is moot point right?
Anyway I discovered a major issue with WiFi Signal being low when you hold the phone in your palm. See this YouTube video if you want to learn more:
http://youtu.be/8IUkbnj5pY0
I'm wondering if any S3 owners can confirm (with Wifi Analyzer) if you see the same issue, and this happens with all phones. Or is there anyone here that came from an One X or One X+ and switched to S3 and why?
I really like 64MB storage (already using 30 but I have a gazillion high bitrate mp3's I could pair down some). 32GB should be adequate on S3. Which Nexus 4 had 32GB. Maybe I should wait, but not waiting as long as S4 in spring.
Just want to make sure S3 doesn't have same wifi issue. Hate dealing with the idiots in the store about the stuff, they're usually clueless.

jazee said:
Just got an HTC OneX+. Love the device (of course coming from iPhone 4 it should seem better). Chose it over SII due to a bit better screen display and Sense over Touchwiz, but if I install custom ROM, then Sense vs Touchwiz is moot point right?
Anyway I discovered a major issue with WiFi Signal being low when you hold the phone in your palm. See this YouTube video if you want to learn more:
http://youtu.be/8IUkbnj5pY0
I'm wondering if any S3 owners can confirm (with Wifi Analyzer) if you see the same issue, and this happens with all phones. Or is there anyone here that came from an One X or One X+ and switched to S3 and why?
I really like 64MB storage (already using 30 but I have a gazillion high bitrate mp3's I could pair down some). 32GB should be adequate on S3. Which Nexus 4 had 32GB. Maybe I should wait, but not waiting as long as S4 in spring.
Just want to make sure S3 doesn't have same wifi issue. Hate dealing with the idiots in the store about the stuff, they're usually clueless.
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I had my heart set on the HOX before the HOX+ came out. Really loved the screen because white was white and every other S3 or Amoled based screen I looked at had blue-ish whites. The store lighting made it worse. I finally caved in and bought the S3 because of certain features...and the most important being 2gb ram. That's another story. But I got lucky. My white's are pretty darn white.
Given the choice again...I would not even consider a new device without 2gb or more ram. The HOX+ is lovely... but 1gb is not enough for the way I use the phone. Multitasking between big games and/or up to 50 smaller apps is what the S3 is good at....at least on my i747m variant on stock 4.0.4.
My previous device...the almighty HTC HD2 had the grip of death where even a loose grip would decay my phone/data signal by 2-3 bars. I used to hold the HD2 upside down in areas of poor reception to avoid covering up my antenna. Wifi...I am not sure...it was always strong enough.
Now, like the video, I have an Asus N56u router....kick a$$...and my S3. In an area of great Wifi reception on 2.4gh band, there is minimal DB reduction with a normal grip. But if I grasp extra firmly with 2 hands (what am I saying!!!) covering the entire S3, I can monitor an 8-12db loss....which is not too bad ...but it's not a realistic grasping scenario anyway. The reduction is not consistent and fluctuates. I think this is normal.
I would say that on my i747m, wifi reception is not an issue. Also when using the 5.8gh band, and when I am close to the router, I can receive 48mbps on my 50mbps package.
If your implying 64mb HOX+ vs 32mb S3...then consider you can add at least another 32-64mb External SDcard to the S3 at about the $20-$40 range and that's for good quality class 10 or better.
Finally, I disable the Touch Wiz launcher portion of my stock 4.0.4 rom and use Go Launcher EX which is fantastic. I tried living with TW launcher but it is crippled compared to GLEX. I use a lot of 3rd party apps like Widget Locker, Handcent SMS...etc., and some minor mods and tweaks...and this unit blazes. This time around, no need for custom roms. I get 99.9999 stability now. I honestly cannot believe everything actually works. I am a power user and do not leave any stone unturned....so believe me, the i747m rocks big time.
I am a bit leery of the update to 4.1.1 when it supposedly comes out in December for Rogers....because I have never had an Android rom or device run this wickedly well (and I definitely don't want a leaked version) I know that I will appreciate new features but I am sure I will spend over a month fixing tons of little nuances. Also, reading through the forums here, some experience BETTER performance going to JB...and others are extremely disappointing.
Holy long winded reply batman! Hope some of it is of some use to you and others. Cheers :laugh:

Yes, I'm appreciating the 2GB of RAM coming from HOX+. I think pretty much any new Android Smartphone in 2013 will have 2GB RAM. I actually didn't realize the S3 had 2GB until after I got it! I also like the slightly slower S4 processor as it appears to be more efficient. Battery life on this S3 seems much better than my HOX+ was with same apps running. There appeared to be an issues on my HOX+ periodically wanting to re-scan my media library (android.process.media) eating up CPU and usually "Music Enhancer" running with it which is a process related to Beats Audio according to HTC. I did have 2800 MP3 files though - maybe it was just going to take a week for it to scan all the files, LOL. I'm an Audiophile and Beats is a complete marketing joke. I want my source to be unaltered so I can set my own EQ settings depending on listening environment (headphones, car, room)
Can't wait to get the same Rock Sandblast case on this S3 that I had on the HOX+. Most cool, unique feeling and tastefully looking case I've ever seen and super thin.
Enough ranting. I'm obviously much happier with the S3. Considering it came out 6 months ago, it is a phenomenal achievement by Samsung. Their engineers really are on the ball.

jazee said:
Yes, I'm appreciating the 2GB of RAM coming from HOX+. I think pretty much any new Android Smartphone in 2013 will have 2GB RAM. I actually didn't realize the S3 had 2GB until after I got it! I also like the slightly slower S4 processor as it appears to be more efficient. Battery life on this S3 seems much better than my HOX+ was with same apps running. There appeared to be an issues on my HOX+ periodically wanting to re-scan my media library (android.process.media) eating up CPU and usually "Music Enhancer" running with it which is a process related to Beats Audio according to HTC. I did have 2800 MP3 files though - maybe it was just going to take a week for it to scan all the files, LOL. I'm an Audiophile and Beats is a complete marketing joke. I want my source to be unaltered so I can set my own EQ settings depending on listening environment (headphones, car, room)
Can't wait to get the same Rock Sandblast case on this S3 that I had on the HOX+. Most cool, unique feeling and tastefully looking case I've ever seen and super thin.
Enough ranting. I'm obviously much happier with the S3. Considering it came out 6 months ago, it is a phenomenal achievement by Samsung. Their engineers really are on the ball.
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Ok you actually got it. That's great. No ranting bro...that's happy pride! :laugh:
I come from heavy ram management experimentation back with my HD2 including using Zram and swap....and I knew the 2gb was going to be another era for me. I would even be so bold as to say, we could use 3gb...again, depending on if you use large apps and games etc. If it was 3gb, the background app limit could go from 50 to something like 85...which means...insane mutitasking...though the apps and OS must be programmed to allow them to stay there in ram. Android OS STILL seems to kill off certain apps etc., after a certain period of idle time...even if limits (50) is not hit and free ram is available.
I have heard some dual core users like us, say in the real world usage, it's just as good as the Quad Core variants. A lot must have to do with IF the apps are written to handle Quad cores.
I have never used beats but I could probably agree based on my knowledge of audio (I am a Sound Tech) It depends so much on the amp/spkr/headphone source including impedance and such. I am sure the digital to analogue conversion on the S3 is probably not the best, but it sounds normal to me. I know we are also able to output the DIGITAL audio from the USB out...in which case, we bypass all internal D/A conversions and can go straight to a external DAC/Preamp/Amp of choice etc.