new galaxy s3 owner - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Since the original expire date was dec 22 my Dad decided to do an early upgrade so me and my bro was going to get the samsung galaxy nexus, but we wanted the s3 instead and these went on sale during black friday and my Dad took advantage of it so I got a white one and bro got the blue one got them activated today and I'm loving this phone so far. Coming from the lg optimus s to this, this is one huge upgrade so I may have questions!

It's a pretty legit phone.
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It is a great phone, the bad thing is that the network provider hold the phone back.

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livito said:
It is a great phone, the bad thing is that the network provider hold the phone back.
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Your right about that...Though 3G has gotten a little bettter....minus Hurricane Sandy...I think that put Sprint back....The network hasn't been right since...NYC I get good reception though when I am at work.

I just got mine a couple of days ago to replace my broken Epic 4G Touch, but the jump from an Optimius S is HUGE! There's plenty of helpful people here, so enjoy your new phone and ask for help when you need it. (After searching first, of course... )

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I just got mine a couple of days ago to replace my broken Epic 4G Touch, but the jump from an Optimius S is HUGE! There's plenty of helpful people here, so enjoy your new phone and ask for help when you need it. (After searching first, of course... )
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I've owned all the galaxy's on Sprint.. (See sig) Just got my S3 as well. Love it so far.. Rooted (of course) running The Peoples Rom, and it's smooth as silk. Overall i'm impressed with it. Coming from the S2 so we see over the days how it goes. (Just got last night) But as was stated, Enjoy it! Galaxy's are great phones (No matter which model you try)

I made the jump from my Epuke 4G to the SGS3. Wow, what a difference a couple of years makes. Sprint still sucks for coverage down here in San Diego, but the fact that I got the phone dirt cheap makes up for crappy coverage.

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Not sure if I should buy the Epic Touch.

I'm really on the fence when it comes to buying this. On the one hand it's seems like a really great phone with really great specs. I would be coming from the Samsung Epic.
On the other hand I'm really puzzled by how this phone is being released. Unlike the Evo,Epic and Nexus there is really a lukewarm reception as far as the retailers go. We're at launch day and places like Best buy, Radio shack are not really showing much interest.
The phone was released in Europe 10 months ago and seems like the US retailers are treating it as such. The low price $99 from Walmarts to the lackluster offerings from the retailers.
With the changes Sprint has made canceling Premier cutting the return time from 30 to 14 days and increasing the ETF. I wondering if they are just trying to get people to use their upgrade on what they consider a lesser/cheaper phone. So less people will use it on the Nexus Prime,Iphone 5.
I would really appreciate people opinions on this. I have my upgrade and cash in hand today. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
I'm right there with you. I've had my upgrade for a while and have just been waiting. I am honestly now waiting for the iPhone 5 specs to be released. Depending on how it looks I will buy it or the epic touch. I still prefer android but I like trying all os's. As far as the prime goes..I don't think sprint will get it in 2011
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I'm right there with you. I've had my upgrade for a while and have just been waiting. I am honestly now waiting for the iPhone 5 specs to be released. Depending on how it looks I will buy it or the epic touch. I still prefer android but I like trying all os's. As far as the prime goes..I don't think sprint will get it in 2011
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If Sprint doesn't get the Prime this year then I'm afraid I'll have to ditch my Nexus S and get the Epic Touch. I just hope it gets Cyanogen Mod
OMG! It is hard to make decision about this E4GT, I know it has the best camera and high resolution as far as I know. I am using Photon 4G, it is great phone as well with dual networks (world phone), it is convenient when you step out from USA, you just pop in pre-paid gsm card, then you can connect the world. Gee, the hardest decision that I need to make. Any thoughts?
I am truely upset about how Sprint went about releasing this phone. I was able to preorder the EVO 3D a month before it was available at Bestbuy. Now, Bestbuy doesn't even know what the Epic Touch is. And it's release day....
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I am truely upset about how Sprint went about releasing this phone. I was able to preorder the EVO 3D a month before it was available at Bestbuy. Now, Bestbuy doesn't even know what the Epic Touch is. And it's release day....
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Sprint seems to have a much better relationship with HTC. They really go all out with regards to advertising and release hype.
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If Sprint doesn't get the Prime this year then I'm afraid I'll have to ditch my Nexus S and get the Epic Touch. I just hope it gets Cyanogen Mod
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I am kind of with you. I want the prime so I am waiting at least a few weeks I think to see.
Does anyone know if I will be able to get the phone at a discount price, since I'm not eligible yet till 3/23/2012. The phone plan is 3 Evo's and another cheap phone that does have an upgrade option. I want to get this phone, but I'm also interested in seeing the iphone 5
I just got it about 20 minutes ago and couldn't be happier. Coming from the evo 4g, the difference is night and day. You can natively ditch any bloatware. So much faster and lighter. I absolutely love this phone...and highly recommend it.
Btw, and im not sure how, but my gf and I both upgraded our phones on the same account and it only cost us $200 combined. We both sold back our evo's for $88 each. This was all done throu a sprint store...Brent, if you happen to read this THANKS BRO!!!
Finally, they confirmed that the nexus prime will be a verizon only phone. Not sure if that is true or not so you can take that for what you will.
Now bring on root
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I just got it about 20 minutes ago and couldn't be happier. Coming from the evo 4g, the difference is night and day. You can natively ditch any bloatware. So much faster and lighter. I absolutely love this phone...and highly recommend it.
Btw, and im not sure how, but my gf and I both upgraded our phones on the same account and it only cost us $200 combined. We both sold back our evo's for $88 each. This was all done throu a sprint store...Brent, if you happen to read this THANKS BRO!!!
Finally, they confirmed that the nexus prime will be a verizon only phone. Not sure if that is true or not so you can take that for what you will.
Now bring on root
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Verizon has exclusivity for the nexus prime but no one knows for how long. It's gonna have to be released on the other carriers but may not for some time.
Also, I just got back from my Sprint store where I played with the E4GT and it is simply mind blasting! The screen is so beautiful..my NS4G screen was dwarfed next to it...and of course the employees had downloaded all the benchmark apps. Quadrant was 3400 I am really having trouble fighting off the urges to get this phone...screw the iphone 5, lol
This phone is simply fantastic. So very glad I got it.
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I bit the bullet and got it!! haha well at least i have 2 weeks to decide to keep it. hopefully by then the iphone 5 will be announced and unless it is mind blowing, ill keep E4GT
I am in the same boat as the OP, I am upgrade eligible but don't want to jump in because of the next few phone announcements. I am also puzzled about how hush hush this release is, makes it seem like the phone is not important.
I was playing around with it in the Sprint store today and it is an absolutely beautiful phone. I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I love that device, hopefully the phone has good battery life as well. The only thing I was not sure about was how large the phone is, may not be so comfy in your jeans.

Should I get the Epic 4g Touch?

Ok so I currently have the nexus s 4g, i am due for an upgrade. I was just curious whether you guys think i should upgrade to the epic 4g touch, or wait for a better phone down the line (galaxy nexus). These are my thoughts:
The epic 4g touch, in many ways IMO, is the best phone out on the market now. I have played around with it in the sprint stores and love it. But I have a few questions...I have read that the Epic touch has NFC technology, is this true? Also are there a lot of nice ROMs for it, i have searched the dev section but really theres no way to tell the quality of ROM by just looking at the pictures and posts. Also do you guys think i should save my upgrade for something thats coming down the line? I have googled searched as much as possible to see if there are any new sprint phones coming down the line and i cant seem to find anything that beats out the epic touch, besides the galaxy nexus which is not even confirmed for sprint yet, and no announcment of a WiMax version so im thinking if sprint even gets it it wont be until they get there LTE network up which will be for a while. Gimme Your thoughts...thanks in advance.
Be patient and wait for the Galaxy Nexus. wait for the news about it, see if they are going to release one for Sprint... if not get the Epic Touch 4g.
No NFC for the epic touch 4g. also, not many roms. development is slow but it will take off with a little more time.
I'd wait for the Galaxy Nexus.
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First things first, there's always going to be a newer bigger and better phone coming down the line no matter what phone you buy. Even if you buy a phone on launch day there's always something new in the works. That's technology, its constantly evolving. And don't go chasing fairy tales of a Nexus that isn't even announced to be coming to Sprint. Even if it was it would be an LTE device and that's a long time from now.
As for lack of custom Roms the epic touch hasn't been out all that long so there's only a few custom Roms out. But truthfully there's not much that needs changing or modifying to make this phone awesome. Straight out of the box you won't find much to complain about if anything at all. I was asking myself the same questions and I come to the conclusion that the epic touch is definetely worthy of an upgrade and even worthy of keeping for twenty months. Sprint. LTE. is a ways off so by the time that starts rolling out in a timely fashion, you'll be nearing your next upgrade anyway. Go buy the epic touch and give it a try for a few days. I promise you will not want to return it and go back to your current phone. Trust me on that.
The Galaxy Nexus probably won't come for quite a while so if you're anxious for a new device and don't want to leave Sprint, then the Epic Touch will be great. There are some issues such as loss of signal and no NFC included as stated earlier. I came from the original epic and I upgraded to this one since the next Nexus seemed like it would take a while to get to Sprint.
I was in your situation and decided to go ahead and get the Epic 4G Touch. I haven't had any problems with it at all so far and love the phone. There's lots of development going on for it too if you're into custom ROMs. The Nexus Prime will probably be great, but who knows when we'll see it. Like others have said, there's always going to be something newer on the horizon.
Get it its a beast by th time you think about it. Newer phones will be out just enjoy the now
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Get it!!!!
I made the jump from the Evo to E4GT and I couldn't be happier.
If you keep waiting for the next best thing, you will never get anything. No one even knows for sure if Sprint is getting the GN
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Don't get it and makes others not get it
Hi I own one and though the phone is great, the Samsung support is non existent. Also with Samsung you have to buy new phone to get the upgrade to the OS. I am waiting for HTC to announce their next sprint phone like Vigor. My experience with HTC has been much better...The only way Samsung with unlearn what they learnt from Apple is to let their sales get affected. I am telling this to everyone who goes ooh aah over my phone.
If you are planning to stay with Sprint and not looking to switch carriers, I would say buy it and enjoy it.
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Hi I own one and though the phone is great, the Samsung support is non existent. Also with Samsung you have to buy new phone to get the upgrade to the OS. I am waiting for HTC to announce their next sprint phone like Vigor. My experience with HTC has been much better...The only way Samsung with unlearn what they learnt from Apple is to let their sales get affected. I am telling this to everyone who goes ooh aah over my phone.
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I think the phone is great, despite having left mine for ohhh say 30 mins in a steamy bathroom. No water damage signs inside sprint told me (I didnt tell them what happened obviously) but two weeks later after tons of complaining I got a new one and I am happy as a pig in poo. This "smartphone" maybe because it is my first one, but I can't imagine being without it.
When I purchased it was a couple days after I found out that sprint was getting the iphone, and after about two weeks of hard research (it was released in US MID september to the best of my knowledge) so I am looking forward to spending two years with it now. The two weeks (really 10 days because I rigged it up to work and got extra battery that I had sprint credit to my account.
The old phone already had drop marks and stuff, the new one go a TPU treatment right away and steinheil sgp screen protector 24 hours later. This, IMO is the perfect trio. Size of the iphone IMO is better, thats it. The screen on this thing will wow you with pretty much all you look at, it is fast, every iphone person that sees it LOVES it (ICouldGAF after reading jobs bio - ****), precesses fast, battery is nice, feel nice, fit finish nice. I dont want a metal phone, even though when I dropped it a few times, the edges that were worn looked a heck of alot like some sort of metal and it bent like metal in places, I also read it is somewhere (of course cant find link but maybe somewhere on Samsung site proper)
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I would get it. I doubt the galaxy nexus is coming to sprint. This is the best phone out for Sprint and will be for a long time.
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I would defintely get it, i came from AT&T's Motorola Atrix(the first one) and it was a great device and still is, had it since launch, but i been wanting a Galaxy S phone. So i decided to go into the sprint store and check out the E4gT, and loved it, the phones that i was tryna decided between were the E4gT and the Evo3d, i didn't want the photon cause i don't really like motorla, and the iphone 4s was too high, plus i really don't like iOS(i love mod'n my devices and u really can't do much with iOS), and the Galaxy Nexus is WAAAAAYYYY OVERRATED, sure it's gonna come with ICS but nobody's gonna keep it stock for long, they'll end up throwing a rom over it, and the devs on the E4gT are active and will keep you happy with enough roms(and updates with them), mods, and themes until ICS comes to the E4gT
But back to the topic at hand, i definitely suggest this phone, buy it, give it a few days before u decide to root it to test it out, stay up to date with the forum and if u decide to root, the instructions are super easy and you'll have plenty of help if u get stuck(eventhough some may give u a hard time) but i'll definitely help u if needed just like i was helped.....now GO FOR IT! lol
Its aight. Once the LOS is fixed (hopefully) it'll be the a great phone to hang on to.
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when its 100% it is an awesome phone and there isnt one out that Id want more, but because of the bugs me and the wife both slightly wish we waited longer to pick these up or got different phones without the bugs this phone has...
Id say wait for samsung to send out the update to fix the phone, then get it.
I have 3 Sprint phones in my possession right now. This one, the EVO 3D, and the Nexus S 4G. They are all great phones & each has some sort if advantage over the other. The Nexus S, will surely get ICS shortly after the Galaxy Nexus comes out. It is a great little phone. The EVO 3D is a nice phone & with the CM7 alpha on it, it's every bit as fast as the E4GT. HTC has already announced they well be updating it to ICS. The E4GT has a beautiful screen & is fast as hell. It's simple to use, root & also easy to fix if you mess something up from flashing. I would go to the Sprint store & play with these 3 devices & decide for yourself. I don't think Sprint well get the Galaxy Nexus until mid next year. Samsung has not mentioned one that ics is coming to this phone. The others have already said they'll get it.
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I have 3 Sprint phones in my possession right now. This one, the EVO 3D, and the Nexus S 4G. They are all great phones & each has some sort if advantage over the other. The Nexus S, will surely get ICS shortly after the Galaxy Nexus comes out. It is a great little phone. The EVO 3D is a nice phone & with the CM7 alpha on it, it's every bit as fast as the E4GT. HTC has already announced they well be updating it to ICS. The E4GT has a beautiful screen & is fast as hell. It's simple to use, root & also easy to fix if you mess something up from flashing. I would go to the Sprint store & play with these 3 devices & decide for yourself. I don't think Sprint well get the Galaxy Nexus until mid next year. Samsung has not mentioned one that ics is coming to this phone. The others have already said they'll get it.
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ICS is coming to this phone
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ICS is coming to this phone
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How can you be so sure? Not a flame, just an honest question.
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Def a good phone if the galaxy nexus does come it wont be for at least 6months
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Def a good phone if the galaxy nexus does come it wont be for at least 6months
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Sprint has alot more to worry about than making the nexus a priority as their next samsung smartphone offering. They have their hands full with backorders of Epic 4g touches all over. I have been on the phone for a week, try getting one in a rapid fashion when yours malfunctions day 15 - one day after the 14 day trial ends - Jump through hoops. Been a customer since 1997 here....
As far as ICS, I wont hold my breath, what were working with seems well enough, no?
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Wait for S3 or get S2/Touch now (currently have Epic)?

My wife currently has the original Epic and I have the black S2...I love my S2 and so does she (the screen size + the speed). We took a look the other day at the white Touch and it's pretty slick looking.
Her contract is up in September (July with the grace period), so, my question is, should she hold off for something newer (I've heard rumors of the S3 coming in the summer to Sprint) or buy out her contract and get the white Touch now? She's really annoyed at how slow her Epic is compared to mine.
Some things to consider, she rarely (if at all) uses Wimax 4G (so LTE vs. Wimax isn't really an issue) and she'd like to get the most out of her (very good condition) original Epic on eBay. Also, since we'd both have S2s, I could use the same custom ROM for hers that I do for mine...keeping things simple in the household .
What do you guys think? She's really on the fence right now about it. Amazon Wireless has the white Touch for $149.99 right now (with upgrade), so the contract buyout + phone would be around $220...you factor in that she could probably get $75-100 out of her Epic, it might be worth it now.
Thanks...Sturmie
I'd wait it out a bit. Seeing that we are Also getting the Gnex this year in the coming months when they start rolling out the LTE she could even like that as well. The S2 is great and I'm sure the S3 whenever it gets released will be amazing as well. I'd hold out a bit and wait till your (her) contract is closer and see what's around then that you both might like even more then the S2 right now.
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I'd wait it out a bit. Seeing that we are Also getting the Gnex this year in the coming months when they start rolling out the LTE she could even like that as well. The S2 is great and I'm sure the S3 whenever it gets released will be amazing as well. I'd hold out a bit and wait till your (her) contract is closer and see what's around then that you both might like even more then the S2 right now.
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Thanks.
Apparently, the buyout cost drops $10 per month at this point and bottoms out at $50. Meaning, come April+ (which would be 5 months prior to September), the cost will be $50 regardless. Right now, the cost is $80 and goes down to $70 in February, etc.
While nice for power Android user like myself, I don't know that the Galaxy Nexus offers much more than the S2 for her...other than the sweet shutter speed on the camera (my co-worker has it for Verizon). She doesn't care if she has ICS or not...she's happy with 2.2 right now on her Epic from an OS standpoint .
Just wait, an early build of CM9 with working Wimax just hit for the Epic...wait for a different phone.
You'd be a fool to leave from a phone with wiimax to get a phone with wiimax at this point -_-
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Just wait, an early build of CM9 with working Wimax just hit for the Epic...wait for a different phone.
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You mean for the original Epic? I have her running Bonzai's ROM right now, but would love to get her on a CM ROM. As you can tell, I don't really keep up with the ROMs for her phone .
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You mean for the original Epic? I have her running Bonzai's ROM right now, but would love to get her on a CM ROM. As you can tell, I don't really keep up with the ROMs for her phone .
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yup they have cm with wimax available for epic 4g
Buy sgs2 off contract, and wait for sgs3
.: sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch :.
Check this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
Script that manages resources better. Increased my quadrant score (not that I needed is ) a bit on my E4GT. And apparently it does WONDERS for older/slower phones/
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yup they have cm with wimax available for epic 4g
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Thanks...maybe I'll update her this weekend to a CM ROM and see if that'll get her better performance...might hold her off until summer then.
Do you recommend going with the latest CM7 build or the new CM9 alpha? Which would be better performance-wise?
Why buy out her contract? Look on craigslist in your area... You should be able to find s2 on there... I did and only paid 200... Make sure you activate it before you had over the money... You can use the money you were going to use on the buyout of contract... You save yourself having to renew and wait till the new s3 comes out... After all she is your wife.... Surprise her... If shes happy, your happy...
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Why buy out her contract? Look on craigslist in your area... You should be able to find s2 on there... I did and only paid 200... Make sure you activate it before you had over the money... You can use the money you were going to use on the buyout of contract... You save yourself having to renew and wait till the new s3 comes out... After all she is your wife.... Surprise her... If shes happy, your happy...
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$200? Most of the ads I've seen are for $300+ and no one has the white Touch for under $350 in my area.
Sturmie, try that script I posted earlier, it should speed up ur wifes phone significantly.
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Sturmie, try that script I posted earlier, it should speed up ur wifes phone significantly.
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot this weekend.
Umm I was going to wait for the S3 but the wife surprised me with my now S2 although I'm ecstatic with my phone I now have to wait two more years for an upgrade. Hopefully in two years Sprints LTE will be up and running.
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Umm I was going to wait for the S3 but the wife surprised me with my now S2 although I'm ecstatic with my phone I now have to wait two more years for an upgrade. Hopefully in two years Sprints LTE will be up and running.
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Dude I was just reading that Samsung should have the Galaxy S3 out by march. I feel your wife jumped the gun. Also sprint is taking preorders for the Gnex. Not that I dont love my phone buuut I really want the SGS3 fo sho.
s3 for sprint wont be out again till September ish again...
if you need a phone now, just buy it off contract for 300 for a touch.
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s3 for sprint wont be out again till September ish again...
if you need a phone now, just buy it off contract for 300 for a touch.
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I know nothing is confirmed, but how reliable is this information? I could defintely talk the wife into waiting until March (mentioned above), June would be tough and September would be near impossible.
International GS3 will be out sometime in late spring or early summer and the US variants will be here in early-mid fall, if the pattern holds. This seems the most logical and most profitable. I wouldn't expect a GS3 on Sprint until at least September.
Compare the release dates:
I9000 - 6/2/10
Epic - 8/31/10
I9100 - 4/28/11
Epic Touch - 9/16/11
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Why buy out her contract? Look on craigslist in your area... You should be able to find s2 on there... I did and only paid 200... Make sure you activate it before you had over the money... You can use the money you were going to use on the buyout of contract... You save yourself having to renew and wait till the new s3 comes out... After all she is your wife.... Surprise her... If shes happy, your happy...
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Before Your Epic 4G Touch & Where you're Headed?

So all of us here are using The epic 4g touch. I was just curious and thought it would be interesting for everyone to state what phone they came from..how they ended up with this phone. And you're future with this phone (keeping it, upgrading, etc) ..please don't say "I'm leaving this phone because it sucks, something is wrong with it, etc) this is just a light friendly topic
And if something is wrong with this thread ..the mods can feel free to remove it..I mean no harm at all :thumbup:
I'll start:
Well I came from the Samsung intercept from Virgin mobile ..had that phone for a while...actually that was my real first smart phone ..I never been a big phone person until I hit xda...anyway me and that phone didn't get along at all lol, so last December (haven't had this phone that long) I was randomly walking past the Sprint store and decided to look at phones..didn't want an iPhone.. so I got the best phone in the store which was this (best decision ever)
My future with this phone, I love it and was going to give my mom this phone since she loves it over her iPhone and get myself a note 2...which will be great because this epic 4g community is awsome and taught me a lot
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
I had the Kyocera Zio from cricket and because my battery was getting to be terrible and did not last any more than 4 hours I decided it was time for an upgrade.
Cricket did not have anything that I was interested in at the time and since I was working for AT&T doing technical support for U-Verse, I was trying to get the Skyrocket, AT&T wanted a crazy deposit even though I was an employee... I walked over to a Sprint kiosk, and told them I wanted the Galaxy S II, they tried selling me an iPhone and I said no, I want the S2. There was a $0 deposit, so I jumped on the deal.
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I came from an Evo 3D which didn't suit me very well because of the lack of updates at the time. Plus the 3D was useless if no one else I knew had it. I played around with an epic 4g touch. Instantly I fell in love with the design and camera, regardless of the LOS fear 3D users used to keep people from jumping. Now my future is that I'm jumping over to a Galaxy nexus but still keeping up with the E4GT since my brother and friends own it.
I also came from the samsung intercept, which was also my first real smart phone. That thing never had anything good for me. Before that I had a rant and a rumor, both which were also terrible phones. I only got this phone June 1st of this year because that's when my contract was finally up and my parents made me buy my own phone. (I'm only 18) I was looking at the phones at sprint months before my upgrade, and reading up on the ones I liked. I finally decided on this because one it just looks amazing, two all the reviews were good and three I figured it would be a good entry level phone for myself. I couldn't be any happier!
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HTC Evo until the sprint software upgrade turned it into a turd. I was due for an upgrade, so I got the E4GT. Worked great on GB for a few months until we got OTA to ICS. After *****ing to sprint and Samsung, I saw a post on AC about rolling back to GB. I did that and stayed on GB for about a month, and then started experimenting with other rooms. Once I found this place, I rarely go anywhere else. Although I'm a newbie, everyone seems cool here .
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I also came from the samsung intercept, which was also my first real smart phone. That thing never had anything good for me. Before that I had a rant and a rumor, both which were also terrible phones. I only got this phone June 1st of this year because that's when my contract was finally up and my parents made me buy my own phone. (I'm only 18) I was looking at the phones at sprint months before my upgrade, and reading up on the ones I liked. I finally decided on this because one it just looks amazing, two all the reviews were good and three I figured it would be a good entry level phone for myself. I couldn't be any happier!
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I really do feel your pain on the intercept lol...this phone was a major upgrade from that one
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
Before The Epic 4g Touch I Had A iPhone.......LMAO Right... Motorola Photon 4g...Now Im going to either a samsung note 2 or LG Optimus G or moving away to blackbery
I had a LG flip phone before this phone.. lmao.. Happy with this phone and not going anywhere. No idea what phone I will get by end of next year.
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I really do feel your pain on the intercept lol...this phone was a major upgrade from that one
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
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Yes it was one hell of an upgrade from that horrid thing! I actually would like to thank Sprint, or whoever for the ****ty ota update to ICS. If it wasn't for that I would never have ventured into root and custom ROM land. I'm happy I did though, I've been missing out on a lot!
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Before this I had the og epic 4g, and ive been loving it.
Next I don't know where I'll be going maybe the optimus g note too, or the j butterfly if it comes to sprint, but I'd prefer a Samsung.
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Before The Epic 4g Touch I Had A iPhone.......LMAO Right... Motorola Photon 4g...Now Im going to either a samsung note 2 or LG Optimus G or moving away to blackbery
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My mom just picked up an iPhone 5 last night..... Needless to say, I've been trying to convince her to take the damn thing back! I told her I won't answer her calls now lol
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Had a Evo 3D, then got the E4GT thanks to Asurion as they gave me a brand new one as a replacement for my 3D, & as of a week ago I've sold my E4GT & used my upgrade to get a GNex, but I'm not really sure yet if I'm gonna keep this or not as I have until the 29th to be able to return it & that's also the same day that Google will announce the new Nexus, but if its the same as we've been reading with only 8 & 16GB models then I'm definitely keeping my GNex.
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I had a blackberry tour and I have to say that it was great but battery was in a way awful. I went to sprint after my contract with the mentality (95%) of getting an iPhone but i saw a phone with a huge display and awsome colors. My metality dropped by about 50% in about 2 minutes. Make long story short, ended up leaving with an epic 4g touch:thumbup:. I will be upgrading to the galaxy s4 whenever it comes out. Hopefully it comes out before i can upgrade in June next year. Note 2 just looks to big for a phone and I like to use my phone in one hand. Easier to swype on tapatalk. I will stick with any Galaxy forever and ever and ever. I have had a great experience.
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Motorola cliq > MyTouch 3G Slide > MyTouch 4G > (Switched carriers due to the FAKE 4G & BS Unlimited Data ***Throttled) Evo 4G > Epic 4G Touch!!! Going to get the Note2 see you there Miguel!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Motorola cliq > MyTouch 3G Slide > MyTouch 4G > (Switched carriers due to the FAKE 4G & BS Unlimited Data ***Throttled) Evo 4G > Epic 4G Touch!!! Going to get the Note2 see you there Miguel!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Ctfuuuuu at fake 4g..and I'll most likely go to the corporate store and get mine..Clinton sprint store suck ..
So see you there :thumbup::thumbup:
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
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Motorola cliq > MyTouch 3G Slide > MyTouch 4G > (Switched carriers due to the FAKE 4G & BS Unlimited Data ***Throttled) Evo 4G > Epic 4G Touch!!! Going to get the Note2 see you there Miguel!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Lol its all FauxG. No wireless data technology out today is certified 4G. Its all 3.9G
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Came from the evo 4g only reason I got the epic 4g touch was because I messed up and lost my wimax keys with so much flashing I did and never had a nandroid so I was stuck on 3g and couldn't take it no more so brought a e4gt off Craigslist lol. My upgrade been up since June and after checking out the battery stats post in the note 2 forum I'm thinking on jumping on that beast lol 8-10hrs screen on is insane lol.
BTW Miguel I seen you lurking in the note 2 thread
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I came from the HTC EVO 4G. I loved that phone and would have kept it longer if I didn't drop it and shatter the screen at work. I had my upgrade waiting for the EVO LTE but then I seen Apple (the Devil) cause it to get held up in customs and I needed a new phone quick.
I went to Best Buy (no need for rebates) to get the Galaxy Nexus for Sprint but they didn't carry it for Sprint. I seen they had the Epic 4G Touch for $100 so I jumped on it!
My nest device will be another HTC, can't wait to see what they come up with in 2 years lol. Although buy that time I'm sure Samsung will have the Galaxy S V.
So I guess I just have to wait til my upgrade and see whats out by then. Tech changes so much in such a short time.
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Ctfuuuuu at fake 4g..and I'll most likely go to the corporate store and get mine..Clinton sprint store suck ..
So see you there :thumbup::thumbup:
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Then head to the one at PG Mall! I might get mines full price then sell this E4GT!
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Had a couple of decent LG phones with verizon(chocolate and voyager LULZ) before getting my first real smartphone. The Huawei Ascend from MetroPCS. That was short lived due to how laggy it was. If I had seconds to live and a call to make...well, I would've died lol
I do take my E4GT for granted looking back..my future with this phone is an upgrade if the next nexus rumors hold true. Not due for an upgrade till June though.

Back with Samsung after 2 years with HTC

After two years with my EVO 4G (OG) it was starting to have some hiccups here and there. Mostly because of the power surges that came into my house and fried out 11 250 joule surge protectors, an LED TV, 2 FiOS STB's, the FiOS D-Mark, and a microwave. Charging my phone during the last strike from my local electric company had caused it to start running strangely. Or at least that is my theory.
Well, I decided I needed a new phone. I was lucky enough that I was due for an upgrade, so off to Best Buy I went. I was seriously toying with the idea of getting an SG3. My brother in law has one, as well as my wife's cousins. I thought it was a great phone and light years ahead of the EVO. Don't get me wrong, my EVO has served me phenomenally, but I wanted something nicer. I have 2 Epic 4Gs in my house, wife and son, plus I have had the Fascinate, the Moment and the Transform, so I know Samsung makes some great devices.
I walk into the Mobile center in Best Buy and gravitate towards the Sprint table and started looking at the SG3. There was nothing that really jumped out at me and there were no more HTC phones in the lineup. Sad, but never a deal breaker. Then I see it, the Galaxy Note II. I pick it up and it feels very comfortable in my hand. I am a big guy so I feel like an iPhone get's lost in my hand and this was the Goldilocks phone. Now for the moment of truth. Do they have the Titanium in stock? My EVO is white and so is my iPhone. The Note in white was just too much white. And not the cool Stormtrooper white with black accents like my EVO has, but pure stark white. That wouldn't do. The sales person approached and asked me if I needed help. I told him I wanted the GN2 in Titanium and he gave me an ashen look. He mentioned that they were on national back order, but he would look anyway. Lo and behold, he pulls out, according to him, the last Titanium GN2 in the country.
Everything goes swimmingly. They have the phone advertised for $299 for an upgrade, but I had seen it in Radio Shack for $199. I never thought to take a picture of the ad before I went to BB, but oh well. I told the new salesperson that was helping I would come back to get the $100 credit. She said she had a lot of luck beating Amazon Wireless' prices. She pulled up the site and I was able to get the Note for $199. Score! She got me up and activated in about 10 mins and I was out the door with my new toy.
Now, I swore to myself that I would test drive it for a week or two before rooting at and throwing a custom ROM. Too bad that lasted about 5 mins. I was able to root it even after doing the MA7 update. I am currently a lab rat because I actually like the stock TouchWiz. That may change but for the moment I like the Team Nocturnal ROM (great job guys!!) Battery life on this is insane!!! I charged it to full last night and took it off at about 10PM. I use it as a white noise generator and forgot to set the sleep timer, so it was going from midnight until I woke up at 7AM and I still had 90% battery. Awesome!!
I will probably spend most of my work day playing and tweaking it.
Hi there, another ex-HTC-Alphabet-Soup-User. And welcome
Lots of ex-EVO4G users in here. :victory:
Skripka said:
Hi there, another ex-HTC-Alphabet-Soup-User. And welcome
Lots of ex-EVO4G users in here. :victory:
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It is scary how many of us there are here . HTC hasc really taking a dive Thanks to this phone.. I know myself I am very happy with the Jump.
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Skripka said:
Hi there, another ex-HTC-Alphabet-Soup-User. And welcome
Lots of ex-EVO4G users in here. :victory:
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That may change if HTC comes out with something better, but the Note is a great device. Now to start really playing with it. :highfive:
Glad you found your way to lab rats! Feel free to post in our thread
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What method did you use for ROOT?
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...Don't get me wrong, my EVO has served me phenomenally, but I wanted something nicer...
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Same boat here, DIE HARD EVO OG supporter. Phone still rocks, although requires some tweaking. I'm on my way to Sprint store this afternoon. What method did you use for root?
thats one hell of a post just to say you got a note 2. i think that everyone should do that. it would make the forums a super great place to get info about who has the note 2. i think we should just give up on developing and just announce ourselves. to me it just seems like a better use of bandwidth. i dont know. i wish i could just read welcome posts all day. :veryfun: :sarcasm:
Welcome to the team :thumbup: I come from all three generations of the evo. Its so nice to be able to root your phone without all the hastle. I wouldn't go back to htc even after seeing the htc one. Also, Samsung and Sprint have been doing an awesome job of upgrading their phones. I'll be waiting on the Note 3.
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Same boat here, DIE HARD EVO OG supporter. Phone still rocks, although requires some tweaking. I'm on my way to Sprint store this afternoon. What method did you use for root?
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I used MSKip's Galaxy Note II Toolkit Ver. 3.0. It was super-easy. It will still root even if you updated to 4.1.2 (MA7) I was rooted in under 5 minutes. (Excellent job MSKip!! :good: )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155
mexiking713 said:
Welcome to the team :thumbup: I come from all three generations of the evo. Its so nice to be able to root your phone without all the hastle. I wouldn't go back to htc even after seeing the htc one. Also, Samsung and Sprint have been doing an awesome job of upgrading their phones. I'll be waiting on the Note 3.
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I got all 3 generations of Evos sitting on my desk right now too. I am not going back to HTC after buying the Note 2. Samsung just does the software so much better. Like why on my evo with 16gb of internal storage do I have to move my apps between a 2gb app partition and a 8gb internal partition
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It is scary how many of us there are here . HTC hasc really taking a dive Thanks to this phone.. I know myself I am very happy with the Jump.
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Hey, I remember seeing u on the elte forums.. I jumped to the note 2, which I never thought I'd do, and 2 weeks later im still ecstatic!! I can definitely say Sammy has me hooked on some odin. So much better than having to brick my phone for root!! Thank u sammy..
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I also cone from a evo 4g. As a matter of fact, I bought the 3d for my wife and another 4g for my mom to use. Same deal here, 4g just want cutting it anymore and the note had been out for a little bit on sprint. So I got it and it's crazy impressive. The weight and the feel of it at first compared to htc devices wad misleading at first, but a good case and some time with it had made me a fan of Samsung.
My buddy at work has the htc dna and it feels like you could beat someone with it, but that's pretty much where the advantages end. This is the way to go. Fast, responsive, uses a stylus like the good old Palm days, and the battery life is amazing.
I've been with htc since the mogul days and have been a big fan of theirs, but always had to buy the extended batteries. I think the stock battery will do for this phone.
Samsung note ii
I also came from HTC. The HTC Desire HD. It was a great device.
You've got to love the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 though. :good:
An ex evo user myself. Welcome to the club....you made the right choice
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Liked my Evo 3D for 2 years. Loving the Note II for 3 months! :highfive:
I had the og evo and the 3vo and after the locked bootloader BS and htcs backpedaling on opening up to development, I abandoned them and boycotted them. I won't buy any more HTC products, especially after them threatening lawsuits for ppl hosting RUUs and modified sense roms. They have become too applesque for my taste. Samsung has been good about ease of access for development (unlocked bootloaders and easy to root, just implemented a simple custom flash counter) and releasing source almost at the same time an OTA starts being pushed.
I like to break stuff!
I too have come from using all htc phones (mogul, tp2, and evo4g) and I must say this is one heck if a phone. Love everything about it. The battery lasts me as long as the batteries from all my htc phones combined. Everyonw that I have showed it too have been amazed by it..
Cant get enough of this phone
Also a ex evolte user made the jump the days ago this phone is off the chain I honestly feel like I may go my entire contact with this one!
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