Now that Android has got rid of the "lag" how do you guys think it stacks up to IOS.
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Oh lord another Android vs iOS.
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It lags, occasionally. I prefer android, always had always will .
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Needs more and better designed apps.
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IOS lags....you just don't see it cause of the heavy handed transitions.
Google finally realized it and has worked on their own transitions to mask it in JB as well. JB is faster than ICS but the transitions is what makes it buttery.
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Shark_On_Land said:
Now that Android has got rid of the "lag" how do you guys think it stacks up to IOS.
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I had an iphone 4 for a few months just to see what the hype was about. I didn't get it. Phone is smooth, but jailbreak it and it's a laggy mess. I had to unjailbreak it cause I couldn't stand it. It was such a relief to have my hands back on a good android phone that didn't make me use itunes to control everything I wanted to put on my phone. Before I got my nexus, I used my old evo 3d for a few days. I would even choose that over any iphone that is currently out. Maybe the next iphone will be the bee's knees, but what can it bring that isn't out? Still tied to itunes, no text reflow, and still no way to put downloaded music from your email into your music player list (wtf.) I'll take a small bit of lag in android as a trade off for freedom. Still, i'm no apple hater...it's a good phone for my almost 60 year old parents.
And I'm not sure how this fits in, but I find it hilarious. I help run a couple private training studios. We have 2 owners. I oversee both locations doing a little bit of everything. We have a marketing director. We have 4 managers between both locations. That's 8 people. I have the Nexus. They have 7 iphones. And it has nothing to do with work. And not one of them can give me a real valid reason to have it over an android. The brainwashing is incredible, I'll give Apple that.
I have to be honest. I own both devices. I originally left android because of the fragmentation. Even when I bought the nexus s, I didn't get timely upgrades because it was the 4G (sprint version). Now, I can truly say that Android has caught up and possibly surpassed iOS. Only problem is, that I still finding myself wishing I had certain features from my iPhone on my GNex (GSM!!!! F*** CDMA). For me (remember, I'm only 1 person out of however many billion people there are in the world), I wish my GNex and iPhone would have a mutt baby with the features I like from both.
I love my Nexus, yes, but I also love my iPhone. That's just me.... Then again, I might just be a confused guy... It took me until I was 16 to realize I couldn't be from Boston and like both the Sox and the Yankees... So I chose the Yankees.... lol, just kidding, I bleed Boston!!!!
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I have to be honest. I own both devices. I originally left android because of the fragmentation. Even when I bought the nexus s, I didn't get timely upgrades because it was the 4G (sprint version). Now, I can truly say that Android has caught up and possibly surpassed iOS. Only problem is, that I still finding myself wishing I had certain features from my iPhone on my GNex (GSM!!!! F*** CDMA). For me (remember, I'm only 1 person out of however many billion people there are in the world), I wish my GNex and iPhone would have a mutt baby with the features I like from both.
I love my Nexus, yes, but I also love my iPhone. That's just me.... Then again, I might just be a confused guy... It took me until I was 16 to realize I couldn't be from Boston and like both the Sox and the Yankees... So I chose the Yankees.... lol, just kidding, I bleed Boston!!!!
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Only things I dislike about android is we are forced to wait months later to get games iOS already has, an there is no google music purchases outside the US, no google wallet an no google voice service, an no fast updates unless you flash yakju, I guess that why apple are still ahead as their sh#t works in every country.
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IOS lags....you just don't see it cause of the heavy handed transitions.
Google finally realized it and has worked on their own transitions to mask it in JB as well. JB is faster than ICS but the transitions is what makes it buttery.
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You have no idea what Google did, they increased the framerate, by waking up when you touch the screen, the screen also follows your finger faster, the lag isn't masked like on iOS, its just plain gone, the use vsync to sync the framerate to the screen refresh rate, when switching homescreens keep your finger on the screen and you'll see how much smoother it is that ICS, the transitions are the same speed, they're just smoother, some are faster indeed but still smooth. Not to mention it is hardware accelerated unlike iOS and galaxy s3 which are both mainly pre-rendered frames that's what makes those smooth
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Only things I dislike about android is we are forced to wait months later to get games iOS already has, an there is no google music purchases outside the US, no google wallet an no google voice service, an no fast updates unless you flash yakju, I guess that why apple are still ahead as their sh#t works in every country.
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How many android devices are out there and how diverse are they ? Don't compare it with apple's ****, why do think that hey try to van android, because iOS is being outclasses, and If they manage to ban android i wont buy an iphone
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Only reason I use iTunes is because I can't buy my music on my galaxy nexus using play store because I'm not in america what's the deal with that, yet I can rent movies on play movies, the diversity of android phones has nothing to do with buying songs from the play store, all gsm nexus should get ota updates around same time not months apart, flashing proves the updates work with all gsm gnex's yet the way their updates are passed on to consumer is seriously screwed up, google are their own worst enemy not apple, they need to think about android universally not just US users that get all the features an updates, they will never succeed with that attitude, by the time they do get it right it will be too late.
The lag isn't totally gone, so it's moot to ask.
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IOS lags....you just don't see it cause of the heavy handed transitions.
Google finally realized it and has worked on their own transitions to mask it in JB as well. JB is faster than ICS but the transitions is what makes it buttery.
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No. The the main reason is the FPS has been boosted.
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Needs more and better designed apps.
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What's wrong with the current apps???
Play Store has just as many professional Apps as the App Store(this name is [email protected] "app store").
last time I checked, I see a bunch of horrible apps on the iOS App store.
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What's wrong with the current apps???
Play Store has just as many professional Apps as the App Store(this name is [email protected] "app store").
last time I checked, I see a bunch of horrible apps on the iOS App store.
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I think I know what he means. Apps that are vibrant and uniform in their look. Android has some great apps out there but their graphics (icons, backgrounds, etc) could use some work. Hence why Google released some templates to make apps in the latest SDK after Google IO
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I don't know what people are referring to when they say limited app offerings. Android lags a bit on games and, certainly, tablet apps. Android is on par with iOS when it comes to other apps. As far as the OS itself goes, Android is a far more feature rich system. That is why half of the features Apple "invents" are ripped off from Android. This has gotten more blatant with each iOS release. See the feature list on their two most recent updates as a reference. I use my devices for work and am a scatterbrained person, so I multitask heavily and iOS would not be an option. There was a time Apple had more polish, but those days are long gone. In recent years, Android and Linux, as a whole, have shown that you can be open, easy to use and refined.
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lol...
Omg...I thought the inspire threads were a mess before the mods cleaned them up. It is ridiculous that so many pointless threads get made around here Lmao.
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Posted over at DroidDog, it appears that the new Galaxy Nexus is currently the fastest phone available when it comes to the browser:
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And while the browser benchmarks are impressive, DroidDog did go on to say:
"But while the G-NEX kicked but[sic] in the browser test it couldn’t compete with the iPhone in the graphics department."
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Hopefully, we'll get to experience the quickness very soon whenever Verizon gets off their hinds and releases our phones.
might want to change the title of this thread, it is disingenuous to say the least...
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might want to change the title of this thread, it is disingenuous to say the least...
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I disagree. A majority of the review sites use the Browser benchmarks as the ultimate decider on how good a phone is. A phone isn't used for gaming very often...but *is* used for browsing. The browsing score is much more important to most people than the gaming scores. As long as it plays most basic games I'm fine with it...but having the browser be the quickest is very important to me.
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I disagree. A majority of the review sites use the Browser benchmarks as the ultimate decider on how good a phone is. A phone isn't used for gaming very often...but *is* used for browsing. The browsing score is much more important to most people than the gaming scores. As long as it plays most basic games I'm fine with it...but having the browser be the quickest is very important to me.
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oh okay, fair enough.
The browser is damn fast on the thing, i love it.
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oh okay, fair enough.
The browser is damn fast on the thing, i love it.
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Well when Verizon steps up their game I'll be excited to try it out haha
browser improvements seem to be mostly linked to ICS as well as the TI OMAP having to do a little with it.
The Nexus S with ICS seemed to get a huge boost in browser performance.
Let's see how GSII and other devices stack up against the GN once they get ICS.
The Galnet ICS port for GSII shows it getting faster sunspider score than the Galaxy Nexus by a bit. Though this one is clocked at 1.6ghz. I'd say its an even battle.
Would be nice if people actually link to Anandtech as thats where the original graph came from in the original post.
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Would be nice if people actually link to Anandtech as thats where the original graph came from in the original post.
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It would be nice if people were actually informed and read the article in the OP. Mail Online conducted the test and posted the original graph. Apology accepted.
Please read the original Mail Online article.
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Please read the original Mail Online article.
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I stand corrected.
PWNT, burned at the stake, then buried. *runs away with tail between the legs*
lol. You think the *Daily Mail* are capable of running benchmarks?
They nicked the graphs from anandtech. They even admit it...
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might want to change the title of this thread, it is disingenuous to say the least...
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Exactly! My Optimus 2X getsa score of 113592...way faster :-D.
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browser improvements seem to be mostly linked to ICS as well as the TI OMAP having to do a little with it.
The Nexus S with ICS seemed to get a huge boost in browser performance.
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You're right. They've optimized the browser "dramatically" (lol) on ICS. From the Android site: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html
Across all types of content, the Android Browser offers dramatically improved*page rendering performancethrough updated versions of the WebKit core and the V8 Crankshaft compilation engine for JavaScript. In benchmarks run on a Nexus S device, the Android 4.0 browser showed an improvement of nearly 220% over the Android 2.3 browser in the V8 Benchmark Suite and more than 35% in the SunSpider 9.1 JavaScript Benchmark. When run on a Galaxy Nexus device, the Android 4.0 browser showed improvement of nearly 550% in the V8 benchmark and nearly 70% in the SunSpider benchmark.
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-BoneZ- said:
Posted over at DroidDog, it appears that the new Galaxy Nexus is currently the fastest phone available when it comes to the browser:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...hone-4s-and-droid-razr-as-fastest-smartphone/
And while the browser benchmarks are impressive, DroidDog did go on to say:
Hopefully, we'll get to experience the quickness very soon whenever Verizon gets off their hinds and releases our phones.
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Browser mark is flaky at best. I've played with a Bionic and gotten like 93k then 98k with a RAZR. The scores fluctuate a lot. My concern is they said the phone stutters, the display is pixelated and the audio issues. Plus Verizon is gonna bloat it down sad day for me.
Too bad the Note "smokes" the Nexus. ;p
browser speeds are cool(if you're into that), but who uses stock browser anyway? Its all about, how well does it multitask? Handle 720P video playback? GPS lock? Does it get hot easily like HTC phones? Will the screen bother your eyes like the RAZR?..
And Ofcourse, FPS on Angry Birds? SIRI(IRIS) issues? ;P
I get 4000 in quadrant and the only thing in the graph on anttoto that is faster than my note is the transformer prime.
Also getting 1900 in sunspider on a big stock galaxy note. I think the note will kick even more as a when ICS is released in jan/feb.
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Browser mark is flaky at best. I've played with a Bionic and gotten like 93k then 98k with a RAZR. The scores fluctuate a lot. My concern is they said the phone stutters, the display is pixelated and the audio issues. Plus Verizon is gonna bloat it down sad day for me.
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Where did you hear the display on the Nexus is pixelated? Every review I've read highly praises the display, going as far to say it's one of the best, if not the best, displays out there. And Verizon's gonna "bloat it down"? Two apps, both required by Verizon so the phone can be used on their network. If that's "bloating it down", then yeah...dunno what to say.
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But while the G-NEX kicked but[sic] in the browser test it couldn’t compete with the iPhone in the graphics department.
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Well no Duh! Apple took a year old phone, slapped 2 pieces of upgraded hardware and sold it as new. The sad part is that its not faster in every department. If there gonna sell a year old phone as new, they better have the stats to support it.
The funny part is a Lot of Apple customers wont admit it, but they really want a bigger screen. So Apple can do either of 2 things, make the iPhone 5 with a 4.5inch screen in which case I will love to watch all the iSheep who said that they loved having a small phone squirm. Or keep it small to save face and make the iSheep suffer with the tiny ass screen.
I love watching how frequently Apple grasps for fallacious arguments just so they don't have to admit that they were wrong. Not a Humble corporation.
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Well no Duh! Apple took a year old phone, slapped 2 pieces of upgraded hardware and sold it as new. The sad part is that its not faster in every department. If there gonna sell a year old phone as new, they better have the stats to support it.
The funny part is a Lot of Apple customers wont admit it, but they really want a bigger screen. So Apple can do either of 2 things, make the iPhone 5 with a 4.5inch screen in which case I will love to watch all the iSheep who said that they loved having a small phone squirm. Or keep it small to save face and make the iSheep suffer with the tiny ass screen.
I love watching how frequently Apple grasps for fallacious arguments just so they don't have to admit that they were wrong. Not a Humble corporation.
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What are you taking about? The 4S is a beast. It owns in the spec department. No denying that. And who says all the "iSheep" want small screens? Read more Apple forums - there are varying opinions. A big screen was one of the most wanted things for the 4S. Also, what do you mean "The sad part is that its not faster in every department."? Are you talking about whether the 4S was faster in every department than the 4? Cuz it is. EVERYTHING on the 4S is speedier than the 4, whether it's app loading, games, animations, browsing, even data speeds.
Get off your high-horse, and realize that the Nexus and iPhone 4S are basically head to head. No one is better than the other - it all depends on what you want. Both have very distinct and exclusive features that you can't replicate on the opposing handset. It comes down to what you need. Both are amazing.
I have to admit I have been a bit miffed at what Verizon has done with the Galaxy Nexus. I think it is a great phone but I think Verizon has stripped allot of what was special about being a nexus from the phone.
Apparently someone from Droid Life feels the same way. Here is their article on Verizon and the GNex
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/30/verizon-needs-google-opinion/
What are your thoughts?
This person is also wrong.. they complain about google wallet not being included but it isn't included on the GSM nexus.. it isn't part of AOSP. Also.. the only differences between Verizon and GSM include two semi useful apps that you can remove, a battery cover without Google, and no free tethering. It's not even a big deal.. most of the comments on that article bash the author anyways because he doesn't appear to know anything.
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I still think the Galaxy Nexus is the best phone out there. It just seems like it is becoming less of what I thought a Nexus was. Maybe I had the wrong impression of what a Nexus was in the first place. I am no dev, I've just had the feeling it is headed in the wrong direction... slowly
Best phone I have owned.
Compared with the htc hero , desire HD , iPhone 4 , htc sensation and log optinus 3d I have owned.
+ points :
Screen , amazing simply. Colours are bright and vibrant , text and outlines are crisp. Can really tell a difference over the other phones.
Speed. No lagg what so ever , plays gta 3 perfectly whilst listening to music . Can have a little slowness if I am using a heavy live wallpaper.
Honeycomb inspired apps are fantastic. I own a Motorola Xoom which I have been totally impressed with , the music app especially are brilliant , as well as icons and multi task bars. Having it ported over to my mobile has blown my mind.
Battery life : there has been a fair few complaints but as I posted in a battery thread mine will last a day with heavy usage (will include screen shot at the end)
Quality , granted its plastic but it feels like a premium product. Doesn't have the look of the iPhone 4 but the full glass front , no button set up gives the phone a real sleek look. Back plate is flimsy but once its on it feels well built.
Camera: decent picture quality , zero shutter lagg is great . Haven't taken that many photos so I won't comment to much.
Connectivity , GPS and Bluetooth have all worked seamlessly as expected.
Only downsides :
Apps: some are still incompatible which is annoying , its new software so I wouldn't really count this as a issue as it will be fixed.
That's it really , bought this sim free for £529.99. Was unsure and really hoped I wouldn't be disappointed after I had spent that kind of money. I am happy to report that it is the best tech purchase I have made. Well done Samsung & Google , thoroughly impressed
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that reporter from droid life needs to crawl out from under the rock...he is clueless!
The biggest compromise, imho, had nothing to do with Verizon, but was made by Google to Texas Instruments: the TI OMAP processor. The Samsung-made Exynos processor from the SGS2 is widely viewed as the best smartphone processor on the market, so why did Google force Samsung to compromise with the TI OMAP? Nothing against Texas Instruments (they have great products, by most accounts), but Google should have let Samsung make this phone with its own chips imho.
Yes, I definitely despise Verizon's treating of this phone as the ugly stepchild of its Android lineup (like they also did with the Fascinate), but, hey, we still have a top-shelf Samsung product on a reliable network, and with (not so reliable, but still better than HSPA) LTE to boot. Plus, it seems to me that Verizon's handling of the Gnex (and the Fascinate) is more a knock against Samsung than Google...
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The biggest compromise, imho, had nothing to do with Verizon, but was made by Google to Texas Instruments: the TI OMAP processor. The Samsung-made Exynos processor from the SGS2 is widely viewed as the best smartphone processor on the market, so why did Google force Samsung to compromise with the TI OMAP? Nothing against Texas Instruments (they have great products, by most accounts). Yes, I definitely despise Verizon's treating of this phone as the ugly stepchild of its Android lineup (like they also did with the Fascinate), but, hey, we still have a top-shelf Samsung product on a reliable network, and with (not so reliable, but still better than HSPA) LTE to boot.
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Lte is part of the reason. Exynos doesnt play nice with lte. Yet at least. And ti offers a better chipset overall than exynos mish mash of components.
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Lte is part of the reason. Exynos doesnt play nice with lte. Yet at least. And ti offers a better chipset overall than exynos mish mash of components.
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Hmmm... I learn something new every day... Thanks for pointing that out about the LTE issue Hey, maybe Samsung will have that matter resolved by the time they release the *cough cough* Continuum 2
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that reporter from droid life needs to crawl out from under the rock...he is clueless!
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Go back to covering cough cough Motorola phones, Droid Life
He is right about one thing, though... the U.S. carriers are given way too much leverage over manufacturers (on the other hand, good luck with getting that subsidized upgrade overseas ).
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Whiney article is whiney.
Maybe he should stick to teh iphonez wit da bigger gb's.
Is Verizon and the Nexus good enough to leave Sprint and my Epic 4G Touch ?
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(on the other hand, good luck with getting that subsidized upgrade overseas ).
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What do you mean by that? Subsidies in Europe are way better than the US lol. They often 100% subsidize the phone (even top-tier devices) for only a 2-year contract, and the service still costs 1/2 of what we pay in the US. AND the non-contract options are still amazing.
Don't kid yourself. We have it worse in every way here.
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Is Verizon and the Nexus good enough to leave Sprint and my Epic 4G Touch ?
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Been discussed everywhere. That's your personal call man. There are A LOT of factors, and its not worth trying to de-rail this thread to get an answer...
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What do you mean by that? Subsidies in Europe are way better than the US lol. They often 100% subsidize the phone (even top-tier devices) for only a 2-year contract, and the service still costs 1/2 of what we pay in the US. AND the non-contract options are still amazing.
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Hmmm... I didn't know that... I had read before that most European carriers didn't subsidize... Two derps in a row for me today
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Lte is part of the reason. Exynos doesnt play nice with lte. Yet at least. And ti offers a better chipset overall than exynos mish mash of components.
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Exactly, that's why the T-Mobile Galaxy SII, came with a different processor, to allow their crazy 40+MB/sec modem. The Exynos wouldn't do that.
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I've been an apple user for quite a long time in the mobile area (ipods and the phone) and recently switched to galaxy s3 because the android os seemed very interesting and it is. A lot of diverse development going on in the xda-forum and elsewhere.
I've been using the phone for the last week and recently tried to export stuff from my iPhone today and to my surprise the grip and feel was really weird. The iPhone was tiny compared to the S3 and I thought to myself how the f**k did I manage to do all the things I needed to on the small screen. The S3 is still getting used to from the inner software (mostly) and the holding the device. I can fully grasp the iphone and cover it up with my fist while I cant with the S3 and the screen of the S3 is just fantastic. Thinking back on playing the games on the iPhone is funny as I don't get a cramp from playing on the S3 compared to the iPhone.
I've read rumors about the new iPhone being longer in length but width wise is the same. That to me is a huge mistake as the width needed to be increased and not the length.
Anyways thats just me blabbing about how I feel about the S3, coming from a iPhone user. Made a great decision.
welcome to android!
You popped your droid cherry
Welcome
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Yeah an iphone feels kinda like an itoy or phone for tiny people after using one with a decent screen size.
-Hai guise I haz problems on the pre-alpha release and I don't know why.
Héhé Android is just better than ios (that's my opinion) and i would never change to an iphone
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Welcome to amdroid ,the only thing I miss of my iPhone is getting new apps in the app store like every week a new cool app will come out ,on android I don't see that(been a long time android user and had my iphone 4s for 7 months) other that is great, if you like tweetbot try out tweetlanes ,is not the same but is the closest that I can find with mice UI
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Intercrew said:
I've been an apple user for quite a long time in the mobile area (ipods and the phone) and recently switched to galaxy s3 because the android os seemed very interesting and it is. A lot of diverse development going on in the xda-forum and elsewhere.
I've been using the phone for the last week and recently tried to export stuff from my iPhone today and to my surprise the grip and feel was really weird. The iPhone was tiny compared to the S3 and I thought to myself how the f**k did I manage to do all the things I needed to on the small screen. The S3 is still getting used to from the inner software (mostly) and the holding the device. I can fully grasp the iphone and cover it up with my fist while I cant with the S3 and the screen of the S3 is just fantastic. Thinking back on playing the games on the iPhone is funny as I don't get a cramp from playing on the S3 compared to the iPhone.
I've read rumors about the new iPhone being longer in length but width wise is the same. That to me is a huge mistake as the width needed to be increased and not the length.
Anyways thats just me blabbing about how I feel about the S3, coming from a iPhone user. Made a great decision.
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I feel the same way - left the iphone for the S3 after being locked down with IOS for 4 years, even with that giant scree the S3 feels much better in hand than the 4/4S. Could not stand the square edges and much prefer the rounded edge of the S3 or 3GS for that matter -
I can actually hear people too with this phone - lol
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You popped your droid cherry
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Actually he only popped his android cherry. He hasn't had the pleasure of using a Verizon DROID (insert random noun, verb, or adjective here).
-Hai guise I haz problems on the pre-alpha release and I don't know why.
The funny thing is with an otterbox case on the s3 feels way smaller than an iPhone 4s with an otterbox, it was like a little brick and the s3 feels great.
I was a long time iPhone user. I get the 4s even tho I was disappointed with it. I never liked it. had to wait 3 months for a jailbreak got it and still wasn't happy. Was just waiting for an Android to wow me I got the HTC one x on launch day and bricked it after a month my fault. Then goe gs3 on launch day. I love this phone its everything I ever wanted in a phone and more. Android 4 life!!!
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It's funny, my wife's coworker told her that her iPhone has been doing for years what the SGS3 can do. You have to laugh at that, where would I begin.
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It's funny, my wife's coworker told her that her iPhone has been doing for years what the SGS3 can do. You have to laugh at that, where would I begin.
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Bwahahaha! That's a first I've heard of an iphone user saying that about an android phone.
Make us laugh some more with examples...
The next iPhone will have moving backgrounds. Then every icool will want to show you what their phone does.
Apple will apply for a patent and somehow win.:banghead:
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man I remember my first time switching.
It was a suggestion too from a friend. When I had the iPhone I couldn't use it without Jailbreaking it. There was just no way to operate it in the stock state. As with rooting Jailbreaking did have it's plus and cydia was great. Still I wanted more and my friend...at the time had the new evo rooted....and when I saw the endless possibilities, flashing different Rom's I was sold. Matter a fact I sold my iPhone and bought me the evo and never looked back.
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I have an old iPod touch 2G and trying to type and use it compared to my phone it's just too small.
Switched from iPhone also love android os but miss the weekly great apps and games that come out for iPhone each week. I wish developers would release for Android like they do for iphone. IPhone os sucks over android but apps on iOS or much better especially for games. However sgs3 rocks.
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Today I was using my wife iphone, screen is nice and camera is great but man such a small phone it felt like a toy lol
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Has anyone noticed that after a week or so with your GS3 that the screen doesnt occur to be as big as when you first saw it? I remember when I first saw the demo unit in T-Mobile and it blew my mind by how big the screen was and now, it doesnt feel that big anymore. But still, When I hold an Iphone (I wash my hands after holding one lol) I laugh at how puny the screen is... And holding my G1, its just ridiculous!
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Ill go back to iphone android still have issues i just gave away my s3 now useing my 4s permanantly . Love how the speaker is so loud and takes better picture , and the fact it never freezes or lags .out of all the high end android i bought ,the galaxy note was the best one i give android 4 out of 10 the fact u have to root to enjoy it and fine apps to fine tune and that my friend can take months.not all apps are supported on ics hell google wallet doesnt work still on s3 . A month from now you will go back its the same thing everday nothing new im already sick of flashing roms cause its the same but minor updates that still have issues .not to bash android its cool to mess around if your bored after a while you wanna get something new for me im bored of the s3 already only had it for 5 days .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784513 skyrocket 4 fs/ft
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I've been wanting the nexus for a long time now and am able to buy it. But i'm in doubt to buy it because the next in the nexus series is coming around soon (I think?)
I live in Belgium and it takes a while before the nexus is available here and the thing is I'm quite unhappy with the Phone I'm using right now. It's slow and buggy and I want jelly bean.
In oktober the nexus 7 Will finally launch here and I'm planning on buying it as my first tablet. This might temper my wanting the nexus Phone But do you People think it Will be long before it's announced?
Many greets
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Nobody really knows when the next phone will land. This phone is fine. If you can wait then wait and see in a couple months but for now we don't know about a new nexus.
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Yes.
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It's not a smart move. The phone is laggy, no micro-sd slot. I'm one of the owner of Samsung Galaxy Nexus and hated it so much.
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It's not a smart move. The phone is laggy, no micro-sd slot. I'm one of the owner of Samsung Galaxy Nexus and hated it so much.
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Hahaha laggy? Are u kidding..with jellybean this things a beast...one of the fastest phones I've used... including s3....
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It's not a smart move. The phone is laggy, no micro-sd slot. I'm one of the owner of Samsung Galaxy Nexus and hated it so much.
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You're doing it wrong. :laugh:
SD cards, even the highest performing ones, will never perform as fast or as stable as internal storage. That's the reason Nexus devices don't include one. Whether you think it should have one or not, Google does know what they are doing. I've never experienced any lag, either. I run stock 4.1.1 build JRO03U. Sprint variant. My battery life is also phenomenal.
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SD cards, even the highest performing ones, will never perform as fast or as stable as internal storage. That's the reason Nexus devices don't include one. Whether you think it should have one or not, Google does know what they are doing. I've never experienced any lag, either. I run stock 4.1.1 build JRO03U. Sprint variant. My battery life is also phenomenal.
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You actually managed 4h+ screen time using a CDMA device, wonderful!
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Hahaha laggy? Are u kidding..with jellybean this things a beast...one of the fastest phones I've used... including s3....
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You're doing it wrong. :laugh:
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Nah i tested from AOKP, to AOSP to CM10 to stock. Tested with Apex, Nova, Stock Launcher, Go Launcher EX any goddamn launcher available. From ICS all the way to jellybean. Didn't beat S3 in many ways. My old S2 works better than this thing im currently holding. Didn't want to hurt your feelings but this piece of device does lags even with stock kernel. Don't mention franco, faux, lean, fugumod, i tried it all. Am i doing it wrong? S3 is on my right hand S2 is on my table and Samsung Galaxy Nexus is on my left hand. I tested this device for two weeks already. Maybe im doing it wrong? On the other hand Samsung other devices running on JellyBean too especially S3 with microsd slot for my own mp3 collections. Didn't lag and response fast without the need of custom kernels. Tested 1 to 1 with Samsung S3 stock Jellybean with stock kernel... better wayyyyy better in battery life than this piece of crap im holding. Run any benchmark tools in the market you will see it yourself Samsung Galaxy Nexus is nowhere. Go to Google Play download an app, minimize, open up another app. It lags like hell when Google Play is installing the app. Many more i couldn't be bothered to say. Don't waste money on this device.
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Nah i tested from AOKP, to AOSP to CM10 to stock. Tested with Apex, Nova, Stock Launcher, Go Launcher EX any launcher available. From ICS all the way to jellybean. Didn't beat S3 in many ways. My old S2 works better than this thing im currently holding. Didn't want to hurt your feelings but this piece of device does lags even with stock kernel. Don't mention franco, faux, lean, fugumod, i tried it all. Am i doing it wrong? S3 is on my right hand S2 is on my table and Samsung Galaxy Nexus is on my left hand. I tested this device for two weeks already. Maybe im doing it wrong? On the other hand Samsung other devices running on JellyBean too especially S3 with microsd slot for my own mp3 collections. Didn't lag and response fast without the need of custom kernels.
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Whatever you say. I'm sure your one personal bad experience with the Gnex must be truth, all the peoples that are happy with the Gnex, including ones that have tried both s2 and s3, must be complete morons. Because of course what you believe is always cold hard fact.
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Nah i tested from AOKP, to AOSP to CM10 to stock. Tested with Apex, Nova, Stock Launcher, Go Launcher EX any goddamn launcher available. From ICS all the way to jellybean. Didn't beat S3 in many ways. My old S2 works better than this thing im currently holding. Didn't want to hurt your feelings but this piece of device does lags even with stock kernel. Don't mention franco, faux, lean, fugumod, i tried it all. Am i doing it wrong? S3 is on my right hand S2 is on my table and Samsung Galaxy Nexus is on my left hand. I tested this device for two weeks already. Maybe im doing it wrong? On the other hand Samsung other devices running on JellyBean too especially S3 with microsd slot for my own mp3 collections. Didn't lag and response fast without the need of custom kernels. Tested 1 to 1 with Samsung S3 stock Jellybean with stock kernel... better wayyyyy better in battery life than this piece of crap im holding. Run any benchmark tools in the market you will see it yourself.
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0/10
Its the hunter, not the gun.
You ARE doing something wrong if you think this phone is "a piece of crap". Of course, its all relative. I'm holding my gnex in my right hand and my friends s3 in my left hand. Home screen scrolling was more laggy on the s3, apps opened exactly the same on both devices. Tested s3 1 to 1 with gnex jellybean...wayyy better then this piece of crap I'm holding in my left hand.
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Whatever you say. I'm sure your one personal bad experience with the Gnex must be truth, all the peoples that are happy with the Gnex, including ones that have tried both s2 and s3, must be complete morons. Because of course what you believe is always cold hard fact.
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I didn't say they are complete morons like you do to backup your claim. It's really up to individual to write about the device they bought and tried and what they feel. Im sharing my part of story. Woudn't recommend anyone to buy Gnex and waste their money like i do. Im sorry if you feel offended. Besides, if this phone doesn't lag someone wouldn't make LAGFIX for this phone in the Galaxy Nexus Android Development.
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I didn't say they are complete morons like you do to backup your claim. It's really up to individual to write about the device they bought and tried and what they feel. Im sharing my part of story. Woudn't recommend anyone to buy Gnex and waste their money like i do. Im sorry if you feel offended.
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The point he's making is that your experience is not the same as the mass majority. Most love their Galaxy Nexus. I've personally seen A LOT of people announce on this forum that they returned their S3 and came back to the Galaxy Nexus because it actually outperformed it greatly in their opinions. Many, many people. You came in and announced based on your experience alone that it is a crappy device and the OP should not get one. Your experience is uncommon and shouldn't be the basis for his decision.
I am sorry you've had such a bad experience. I have personally pit my Galaxy Nexus against the S3, both on stock, and have first hand seen my device run circles around it. The only thing I see as a plus with the S3 are a few extra, albeit very nice features, but ones I do not see as enough to spend so much more for it than I did for my Galaxy Nexus.
My experience has been nothing but absolutely amazing. No fanboy, I promise. Complete honesty.
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The point he's making is that your experience is not the same as the mass majority. Most love their Galaxy Nexus. I've personally seen A LOT of people announce on this forum that they returned their S3 and came back to the Galaxy Nexus because it actually outperformed it greatly in their opinions. Many, many people. You came in and announced based on your experience alone that it is a crappy device and the OP should not get one. Your experience is uncommon and shouldn't be the basis for his decision.
I am sorry you've had such a bad experience. I have personally pit my Galaxy Nexus against the S3, both on stock, and have first hand seen my device run circles around it. The only thing I see as a plus with the S3 are a few extra, albeit very nice features, but ones I do not see as enough to spend so much more for it than I did for my Galaxy Nexus.
My experience has been nothing but absolutely amazing. No fanboy, I promise. Complete honesty.
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Well im a no fanboy of Samsung S2 or S3 too. As far as ROMS development of Galaxy Nexus i am very happy but my experience with it is really disappointing. Yes he shouldn't make his decision due to my experience alone. Im not forcing him either. Maybe i started off a little too harsh. I'm deeply sorry if i hurt anyone because of my frustration and anger with this device. Peace
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Better wait a little while longer as rumors of a new Galaxy nexus in the works from Google, maybe a refresh who knows theres nothing solid as far as the details of the new phone are concerned. If your looking for a solid phone thats fast on Jellybean but dont require a good camera then go for it.
The camera isn't "the best" but I wouldn't say it isn't "good". I think the camera is quite nice.
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Well I wasn't asking if it's smart to buy a nexus becaus, s3 outperforms it. Gnex will always be better than any other Samsung device for me cause of crappy touchwiz. Even when u root ur bothered with it.
I'm a Google fanboy and my question is if it's smart to buy a Gnex close to a possible release of a Gnex 2. I don't want no ugly s3 with the stupid stupid home button and 2 ugly touch thingies. I want the Gnex and raw android.
Go back to the s3 forum please. If I'd buy an other Samsung I'd buy the note 2 cause that's a decent phone.
So I see people here telling me to wait for a release and other say just go for it.
I love the phone and its only 400 euros. (s3 600+, note 2 700+) might just buy it I tink. Uless someone here can tell me not to because.. (only reason I accept is for a new nexus or other. Can't break down the nexus for me)
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Well I wasn't asking if it's smart to buy a nexus becaus, s3 outperforms it. Gnex will always be better than any other Samsung device for me cause of crappy touchwiz. Even when u root ur bothered with it.
I'm a Google fanboy and my question is if it's smart to buy a Gnex close to a possible release of a Gnex 2. I don't want no ugly s3 with the stupid stupid home button and 2 ugly touch thingies. I want the Gnex and raw android.
Go back to the s3 forum please. If I'd buy an other Samsung I'd buy the note 2 cause that's a decent phone.
So I see people here telling me to wait for a release and other say just go for it.
I love the phone and its only 400 euros. (s3 600+, note 2 700+) might just buy it I tink. Uless someone here can tell me not to because.. (only reason I accept is for a new nexus or other. Can't break down the nexus for me)
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I've been using The Gnex for a few months now, the only reason i bought it is because of the developer support and the sexy design (without the home buttons). Even if i knew the Gnex 2 would be out in the near future, it doesnt bother me as its still a great handset to buy at the current price. If battery is an issue there is a 2000Mah OEM battery from Samsung with back case that should do the trick.
All in all your not losing out even if you buy now as the Gnex 2 is only a rumor and nothing solid has been mentioned from Google or Samsung.
I will also buy it soon. I think that even if the new galaxy nexus comes out it will be more expensive than 350$. so, even if you wait, you will pay more money.
So in my opinion, if money isn't a problem for you, wait for the new nexus, but if it is, buy this one because this is a great phone for this price.
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I didn't say they are complete morons like you do to backup your claim. It's really up to individual to write about the device they bought and tried and what they feel. Im sharing my part of story. Woudn't recommend anyone to buy Gnex and waste their money like i do. Im sorry if you feel offended. Besides, if this phone doesn't lag someone wouldn't make LAGFIX for this phone in the Galaxy Nexus Android Development.
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Lag..? What lag..? There is no lag. Never heard them,never see them. Plus, i have 2 friends, each having one x and s3, and still this baby is the smoothest among em. Of course hardware wise, i lose big time, but for the liquidity, u can always count on this.
Plus the lagfix is really kind of a 50/50 working. And its mostly for cm10 based rom,which i dont find any lag at all(my opinion). If u got the S3, they still use cm10 based rom mostly,so,still need the lagfix one way or another, but with the gnex, there is pure aosp if u dont really like cm10.
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Hello everyone, I'm just posting about my experience with the iphone 5. I bought a white one on the release date and put my trusty S3 in a drawer for a back up. We'll I didn't even last three days before I ran back to At&t and got my S3 reactivated. The iphone is nice and all that but it's too simple for my taste, I need to be able to do what I want when I want and I felt severely handicapped with the iphone 5. Not saying it's a bad phone but it's definitely not for me. Anyone else had a similar experience?
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Not too many Android users are willing to sink that kind of coin for a phone to simply try it out. Especially in this forum since we have the latest Samsung phone. Good to see you come back. I personally could never go back to Apple. Just sucks because I own a Apple TV and MacBook Pro. Apples ecosystem is great. Wish Google got with the times when it comes to cross platform support. More specifically I miss air play, ability to control all my home media with my phone etc.
And I know dlna/all cast is available but Google needs to implement something in their next OS that smokes Apples.
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I've done both android and iphone in the past. I got my wife the iPhone 5 and I do like it. I had the 4 and while it's not a huge leap in design and features the improvements are nice and it is a very smooth experience.
And for some reason it's wicked fast on the net. I like my sgs3 but don't see a fault with the iPhone 5. Phones are phones and each one brings something unique to a user
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I'm in the same boat as far as the Apple tv and macbook so I can understand where you're coming from. I might just keep it as a backup phone in case something happens to my S3...
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Not surprised that you came back to the S3
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still using the iphone 5. loving the stellar battery life.
might have to put up the s3 on ebay soon
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still using the iphone 5. loving the stellar battery life.
might have to put up the s3 on ebay soon
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Can you print to a mobile BT printer from it?
expertzero1 said:
still using the iphone 5. loving the stellar battery life.
might have to put up the s3 on ebay soon
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My wife is looking at the iPhone 5, she's worried about battery life though(she works about 10 hours a day with no way to charge her phone).
How has your battery life been so far?
Thanks
only thing i miss about iphone life is the all the accessories.
car integration, sound docs, .....
but, all that goes out the window with the new lighting adapter.
Android gv you more freedom
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At least we know 5 millions new iphone 5 users disagree with you in this week alone
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don't know how anyone can argue that the iphone is not a good phone.
i like the S3 for the flexibility and total control over the phone that it allows.
I've been reading nothing but bad reviews from customers about the battery life of iphone 5. Yeah, all these main sites are comparing the battery life with the RAZOR MAXX but then in the comments section people are always complaining saying the claims aren't true.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/09/20/iphone-5-battery-life-reviews/
I'm guessing the people having the short battery life are running the phone a lot with LTE.
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I've been reading nothing but bad reviews from customers about the battery life of iphone 5. Yeah, all these main sites are comparing the battery life with the RAZOR MAXX but then in the comments section people are always complaining saying the claims aren't true.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/09/20/iphone-5-battery-life-reviews/
I'm guessing the people having the short battery life are running the phone a lot with LTE.
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I have an ATT gs3 and also the iphone 5 im testing out. The iphone 5 has amazing battery life. Was able to get 14 hours of standby and 9 hours 30 min of usage out of it yesterday with 21% remaining for the day. And its suppose to be the same battery life as the chip is the same one powering both.
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Hello everyone, I'm just posting about my experience with the iphone 5. I bought a white one on the release date and put my trusty S3 in a drawer for a back up. We'll I didn't even last three days before I ran back to At&t and got my S3 reactivated. The iphone is nice and all that but it's too simple for my taste, I need to be able to do what I want when I want and I felt severely handicapped with the iphone 5. Not saying it's a bad phone but it's definitely not for me. Anyone else had a similar experience?
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Yes, sort of.
I switched to the GS3 from a 4S about three months ago. Took a bit of adjusting to say the least. I held on to the 4S for almost a month before I sold it, thinking it was enough to wean off of iOS. I now definitely prefer the S3 for general device usage, but I miss the many apps I'd purchased on the Apple app store for the past three years, so I started looking for deals on used 4S. On iPhone 5 launch day I bought a like new 4S from a guy who just upgraded to the 5, for half of what I sold my 4S for couple months back lol. Now I can switch between them as I please.
Other than some of the apps I'm missing, it's kind of hard to go back. I think Apple is too far in the simplicity end of the scale. Just an example, iPhone gives you ZERO ability to change anything on the camera, not even change to a lower resolution. S3, never mind that I can adjust things like metering method and ISO sensitivity, I can put those control shortcuts right on the screen.
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Hello everyone, I'm just posting about my experience with the iphone 5. I bought a white one on the release date and put my trusty S3 in a drawer for a back up. We'll I didn't even last three days before I ran back to At&t and got my S3 reactivated. The iphone is nice and all that but it's too simple for my taste, I need to be able to do what I want when I want and I felt severely handicapped with the iphone 5. Not saying it's a bad phone but it's definitely not for me. Anyone else had a similar experience?
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Do you have an absolutely ridiculous amount of spare money or something?
You could have just given me $700 and I'd have told you the iPhone is poop.
The battery life is far from stellar and it still doesn't have widgets among other things I'm just not impressed with it.the new maps suck I had to create a new account for the App Store just to download YouTube and it forces you to add your credit card info before you can even download free apps ill never get of my s3 for the i5 it's just less of a phone IMHO
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I have an ATT gs3 and also the iphone 5 im testing out. The iphone 5 has amazing battery life. Was able to get 14 hours of standby and 9 hours 30 min of usage out of it yesterday with 21% remaining for the day. And its suppose to be the same battery life as the chip is the same one powering both.
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Sweet good to know, my gf is getting one once her contract is up. Galaxy S3 does a great job with battery life when you consider the much larger/brighter screen as well as the widgets and number of processes it has running compared to the iphone 5. I couldn't leave to switch to the iphone 5, way too many features lost and I'm spoiled with the bigger screen. iPhone 5 is marketed towards simplicity for the older generation transitioning to smart phones and people who don't like to mess around with their phone too much. Multitasking is absolutely terrible with the iphone, but the ios6 Siri is pretty cool I must say. Great improvement there.
I have both s3 and ip5. Been switching between them depending where I go because I don't have a case yet for the ip5 so I have been carefull with it. Both are great phones. My biggest complaint is you can't change the black background menus and white text on the s3. I almost throw my s3 at the pavement everytime I get a call outside in the daylight. I have to cover the screen with both hands just to see who is callng! With the ip5 I can see it easily even with sunglasses because it has white backgrounds and black text. Everyone talks about how customizable android phones are but this simple change to invert the color scheme is near impossible to do. Im just going to keep the s3 around to play with but the ip5 is going to be my daily driver.
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I have both s3 and ip5. Been switching between them depending where I go because I don't have a case yet for the ip5 so I have been carefull with it. Both are great phones. My biggest complaint is you can't change the black background menus and white text on the s3. I almost throw my s3 at the pavement everytime I get a call outside in the daylight. I have to cover the screen with both hands just to see who is callng! With the ip5 I can see it easily even with sunglasses because it has white backgrounds and black text. Everyone talks about how customizable android phones are but this simple change to invert the color scheme is near impossible to do. Im just going to keep the s3 around to play with but the ip5 is going to be my daily driver.
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Yeah, it's a little hard to read. If you have auto brightness enabled, it should make it a lot easier to read. As for white backgrounds, there's got to be a white theme out there you can apply to your GS3 to make it easier to read.