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[COMPARISON] Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs. Samsung Galaxy S III

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We got the S III last week, and been wanting to put up some comparison shots between the Nexus and the S3.
disclaimers:
- I use the nexus on daily basis, and have been for the past few months, so my opinion might be biased.
- the nexus is modded. the S3 is stock.
Feel: both phones feel about the same weight, however, to me, the S3 feels bigger when holding it (probably because of the bigger screen size). The nexus' textured body gives a much better grip than the S3s smooth body.
Display: You probably can't tell from the pictures, but the nexus has a curved display and the S3 doesn't. both displays are great, and with the right ROM/Kernel, they'd both look beautiful.
Performance: S3 feels faster than the nexus.. even with the stock ROM. Their hardware specs aren't the same, so no surprise there.
I was really waiting for the S3 to come out, as some of you may have as well. Let me know if you have any questions, and I'll try to answer all that I can.

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Is the Nexus running JB?

Probably not, a friend of mine also has a S3 and I own the Gnex of course. The Gnex is faster than the S3 with Jelly Bean on the homescreen and opening apps. The downside is of course the hardware and the S3 is way better in benchmarks, but anyway, jelly bean makes the Gnex really unique, at least until the S3 gets jelly bean.

Michealtbh said:
Is the Nexus running JB?
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running ParanoidAndroid

$350 vs. $650+
Nuff said.
+15-20% performance for almost double the price.
S3 is a very nice phone that has very poor value.

You think the Gnex dislplay is beautiful? Pffft, that phone feels so ghetto after getting my One X.

i prefere the pure unlocked UI untouched google phone! and that is Gnexus 4ever!

Using a non Nexus phone makes me feel like a 2nd class citizen as far as software-side is concerned, and I concern about that. I went through 4 Android phones in the last year and the Nexus is where I'm gonna stay until there's another Nexus that's worth upgrade to, likely next year.

Q&A!

I have both s3 and nexus I think with jelly bean nexus is fast but all I
Over s3 is better.
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ali4ek said:
$350 vs. $650+
Nuff said.
+15-20% performance for almost double the price.
S3 is a very nice phone that has very poor value.
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+1 not worth almost double the nexus.
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I have a GNEX running JB with Franco Kernel and personally it is pretty much perfect for what I use it for. I gave up buying the latest must haves a few yewars ago as I found that I wasn`t really using them to anywhere near their true potential.
I can`t see me changing my current phone for sometime yet. Just does all I need.

Displays look nice but that hardware button on the s3 really throws off the looks for me...

ilogik said:
You think the Gnex dislplay is beautiful? Pffft, that phone feels so ghetto after getting my One X.
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This was a stupid comment. You probably never been near a real ghetto to even be able to make that comment. Just sounded cool, huh?

There is a thread in the stickies for phone comparisons.
Thanks
FNM

I love my GS3

Tell us why you still have your GS3 and why you love it?
I love mine bc for the last 2 years I have beat the crap out of it, with installing Roms, mods, updates, tweaks, and everything I threw at it, and it's still ticking! Great piece of equipment.
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I actually feel the same way. I had the itch for a new phone a few weeks back, have played with a Moto X etc.; don't get me wrong there's a lot of really nice, fast phones out there, but after the 4.4.2 update, debloating, and putting some ktoonsez kernel action on my phone, it really flies. I'm not certain a new device would really add that much value to what I already have.
No complaints whatsoever, still performs like a new device. Camera is still solid. Battery gets me through the day (I can usually eke out ~2h of screen-on time and have just under 50% battery left, and this is with the original stock battery than came with the phone).
All around a great device.

dirkdigles said:
I actually feel the same way. I had the itch for a new phone a few weeks back, have played with a Moto X etc.; don't get me wrong there's a lot of really nice, fast phones out there, but after the 4.4.2 update, debloating, and putting some ktoonsez kernel action on my phone, it really flies. I'm not certain a new device would really add that much value to what I already have.
No complaints whatsoever, still performs like a new device. Camera is still solid. Battery gets me through the day (I can usually eke out ~2h of screen-on time and have just under 50% battery left, and this is with the original stock battery than came with the phone).
All around a great device.
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Same here. I'm up for an upgrade but I'm totally happy with the S3. It does everything I want in a phone. Great battery life. The camera is superb. All the apps I want run with no issues. Couldn't be happier with it.

totally agree.

i love my galaxy s3 cause well i just got it honestly and its a very good phone (coming from a person that was in love with the Infuse 4g) well there's a lot more things i can do to this phone and i have done quite a few just love the fact that i get 4.4.2 KK TW stock rom on this phone the infuse was left behind at 2.3.6 GB and only taste of KK roms were AOSP......so i just love my Boost S3
Oh yeah here's how I have my home screen stock 4.4.2 ND8 with the NDC modem and S5 launcher and theme engine that came with the launcher from Wicked X Rom with the Sense 5 or 6 theme and the Blue Balls live wallpaper from CarbonRom

The gs3 was still the top smartphone at the time I bought it, and even 2 years and 2 generations later, i still think it's the top galaxy device. The s3 and s4 vary so slightly that when i updated my rom and debloated it i felt like i had the s4 pretty much. And with the difficulty in just rooting the s5 and the fact that it has a locked bootloader, i am still in no way jealous of any s5 owner (although the dev version is pretty cool). Despite all that, I've also thrown so much software at my device and it still runs great.
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My kids have the s5 and n5 and I still love my s3. The n5 is nice but my phone is better than that. I have thrown every tw rom and aosp rom at it in the last almost 3 years and its still awesome. Especially since xPosed was introduced. I'm running SlimKat 6.4 and will stay w SlimKat. I also have a backup s3 who's power button broke on my son. I got him the s5, which is very pretty Btw, and I fixed the power button. Also on SlimKat. Works like new. Ill keep it if mine f's up.
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I could upgrade, but still can't get over the whole no data while on the phone issue that all the new phones have. Not willing to take a step backwards when my S3 still works so well.

No reason to upgrade whatsoever... the S3 is smooth as butter on SlimKat. Plus I don't want a 5"+ inch phone. The devs have supported this device very, very well. I upgraded from the Epic years ago, which is still well supported.

envioussob said:
I could upgrade, but still can't get over the whole no data while on the phone issue that all the new phones have. Not willing to take a step backwards when my S3 still works so well.
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Couldn't agree more! I can upgrade also (LG G3) would be my choice. Our S3 is the last good phone to offer 3G SVDO and SVLTE. Guess I'll have to wait for atleast VOLTE to deploy before upgrading ...Im still sporting a WICKED SENSATION knox FREE, MD4 bootloader S3!!.
I dont think ANY new phone will support 3G SVDO in the near future, do you all agree?

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SGSIIIJB said:
Couldn't agree more! I can upgrade also (LG G3) would be my choice. Our S3 is the last good phone to offer 3G SVDO and SVLTE. Guess I'll have to wait for atleast VOLTE to deploy before upgrading ...Im still sporting a WICKED SENSATION knox FREE, MD4 bootloader S3!!.
I dont think ANY new phone will support 3G SVDO in the near future, do you all agree?
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nobody will support SVDO because data demand and im still running MD4 bootloader and ive beat the hell out of my s3.No KNOX,MD4,and I can run any modem,bootloader and no ND8

I'm with all of you. I had stock AOSP, CM, PA, PACMAN, Slim, Carbon, Vanir, etc...
I'm just settling on Conquest TW rom. Always had issues with reception and GPS on AOSP roms. Conquest is the best of both worlds.

S4 is the perfect phone.

I was using my buddies note 3, and it was way too uncomfortable to use, and the pixel density, and speakers sucked.
S4 is like an iPhone (size and usability wise), mixed with a note (bigger than iPhone).
Perfect phone. Never gonna buy another one.
Agree?
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Until you get the S5 or the other S6 or the ................. S17. ?
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PanchoPlanet said:
Until you get the S5 or the other S6 or the ................. S17. ?
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Nope. S4 til I die. Or until I get the s8. Keeping this beast for a while.
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I will maybe upgrade to s5 but I do not like s6 having no way to change battery. I use a 7800mah anker and I can't give up 3 days without charging...
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I agree, it is also the perfect phone for me. However, I will upgrade probably when the next flagship is announced from HTC or Samsung
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I will maybe upgrade to s5 but I do not like s6 having no way to change battery. I use a 7800mah anker and I can't give up 3 days without charging...
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Everything you hear about it right now is just a rumor til it gets announced

serio22 said:
I agree, it is also the perfect phone for me. However, I will upgrade probably when the next flagship is announced from HTC or Samsung
Everything you hear about it right now is just a rumor til it gets announced
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HTC Hima (One M9?)
The portal has leaked images and specs. Apparently, it'll be running the Snapdragon 810 that Samsung just scrapped for the S6 in favor of it's Exynos chipset.
I've got my eye on it

Asus Zen2 looks mighty interesting.
I'm considering this for my next phone, hopefully some dev will take a shine to it and concoct something.
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Agreed. Still my daily driver. Definitely love the screen size to phone size ratio..perfect! Developers are still active for this phone (Thanks!). Looking forward to the S6, but it's hard to let go of this phone!

It is the perfect phone
I completely agree. I bought the S4 in 2013 (M919) and lost it. I waited for the S5 and seeing it was crap, I bought the S4 again.
Recently I broke the screen and thought I'd check out other phones.
After filtering my constraints :
- 5 inch max cause I use the phone one handed
- Micro SD
- Physical buttons
- Removable battery
- Full HD display
GSM Arena phone finder returned just one result. The S4
Guess this phone is going to be with me for a long time.

vortexmak said:
I completely agree. I bought the S4 in 2013 (M919) and lost it. I waited for the S5 and seeing it was crap, I bought the S4 again.
Recently I broke the screen and thought I'd check out other phones.
After filtering my constraints :
- 5 inch max cause I use the phone one handed
- Micro SD
- Physical buttons
- Removable battery
- Full HD display
GSM Arena phone finder returned just one result. The S4
Guess this phone is going to be with me for a long time.
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This phone has everything you need, man. Every time I think about upgrading I find some downside that makes me remember why I shelled out so much for the S4 in the first place; this phone has top notch specs that'll last for YEARS as long as you take care of it. I still have the original battery and charger, and I've only had to change screen protectors twice in almost two years. If I were to take off the Otterbox and screen protector, you wouldn't be able to spot the difference between my used S4 and a new one right out of the box.
I'm in no rush to upgrade. I think the only reason that I have anyway is to change it up and try something new. Pound for pound the S4 still holds it's own against current flagships.

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Don't know what that was, but here's mine.
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Moved from a regular edge to the plus? Feedback requested!

I just picked up a edge plus to replace my normal edge last night, both gold 64gb.
At first I was smitten with the giant screen but after less than 24 hours I'm starting to miss the smaller, easier to use one handed edge. The exact reason I wanted the plus was for the larger size, the edge was the smallest phone I have had in a bit but now I'm actually missing that form factor.
I still have both and will take the two weeks to decide, maybe going back and forth a bit.
Anyone else make the swap? What are your thoughts?

I made the swap from a regular edge to the plus and I love it. Way better battery life from what I've seen so far.
As far as the bigger screen being harder to navigate with one hand, try hitting the home button 3 times. This puts the phone into 'one-handed mode' which shrinks the screen down to a smaller size into the bottom right/left corner.
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The settings for this are in Settings > Display > One-handed operation
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I have watched tons of reviews of the phone and nobody ever showed that, it does not work for me but maybe that's because I'm using the gel launcher.
I too have noticed better battey life but wanted to give it a few days before I know.
Edit** One handed mode had to be turned on, works great! Ty
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SInce it's AMOLED. I'm not sure why I don't make the outside area all black to save battery when the phone is in 1 hand mode.

tengtengvn said:
SInce it's AMOLED. I'm not sure why I don't make the outside area all black to save battery when the phone is in 1 hand mode.
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Good point! But I think I personally wouldn't have liked having most of my gorgeous screen off, like it's out of order or something (the way it looks on iPhone 6 plus), besides since one wouldn't use one-handed mode for long period of time, it wouldn't make a lot to difference on battery.

i made the swap and couldn't be happier. I debated over a week and then finally bit the bullet. from s6 edge 32GB to Plus 64gb. the Plus for me has better camera settings, it's smoother and more responsive, that extra 1 GB ram does help IMO. The increase in size does not bother me at all, a few days with it now and I forget how the regular edge feels.

I'm definitely happier making the switch and everything seems smoother and less lag.
Gold colour looks far better then the black sapphire.
Battery life is better and smoother.

Many people with the brightness bug in this s6 edge plus?

After a few weeks I'm now happy I made the switch.
The regular edge always felt too small, the plus is perfect and feels faster somehow. I have both side by side same apps, same firmware and the plus is faster.
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Moved from a regular edge to the plus? Feedback requested
I want to know is there many people with the brightness bug in this s6 edge plus?

I am. I tested many and many s6 edge plus in a lot of stores and they all nave this bug. I am starting to think samsung made this for some reason
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I love this phone coming from a Note 3, no note 5 in Holland, I love it and can barely put it down for too long.
Only issue I have just like my Note 3 I have WiFi dropouts.
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Overall speed

Would you say that the Samsung Galaxy S7 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Samsung Galaxy S7 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Speed is just awesome ... it's a flagship ... not expecting anything else

Performance is good but i think there is a problem that lags the keyboard.

I Don't know its my phone or else, but in some games, its little bit lag when loading some scene. But one thing that I notice that my S7 signal is more weak than my previous phone (on LTE), it's very noticeable that sometime I have to restart my phone or change it to 3G first than switch it back.

I have had similar signal issues while my other gs7 had a good signal. Replaced the device now the signal is good..
As far as speed, it feels slower to me then my s6 and note5 games dont run as smooth, gear vr jitters or glitches quite a lot, something the note5 never did. And it doesnt register touches well. I have had these issues on 3 separate gs7. 2 mine and the one i returned and swapped mainly because the signal and i could see glue separations and striations in sunlight between the lcd and screen. I have really come to dislike this phone, a first for me with samsung.

My S7 doesn't seem much faster than the LG G2 it replaced. Might this have something to do with the higher resolution?

Much faster and snappier than lg g3 i have ownded previously.
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Sometimes lags (barely visible)

This is my new account and was here since my galaxy s2 and I really looked deeply into the matter.
Improved to an S4 later and tuned the hell out of it. And now having an S7.
The Hardware and the processor improved really much since then, so it's not an hardware issue, it's allways a configuration and software issue, if the phone lags.
I can't understand why people are unhappy with their phones, that aren't "snappy" enought.
It's their fault, because they accept the default settings most of the time and don't care about improving their phone by themself, by optimizing settings, disable useless/unused features and remove all that bloatware and spyware crap.
Also with a good custom rom most of these problems are solved anyway, even by default if the developer did the optimization for you... lazy ass
Maybe start with something like that:
Activate Beast Mode on Galaxy S7
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Excellent CPU ,OS,RAM optimization
superb performance,I am fully satisfied
-Device G930FD(Exynos)

The speed of galaxy s7 is awesome, you can say Much faster and snappier

speed is acceptable. Lags are experienced, but compared to S6 it is a bit better.

torr310 said:
speed is acceptable. Lags are experienced, but compared to S6 it is a bit better.
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I am running King rom with prometheus kernel with no lag and I mean absolutely no lag. Here is AnTuTu not that benchmarks mean anything right?
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Delivered by my Silver S7.

mandroid717 said:
I am running King rom with prometheus kernel with no lag and I mean absolutely no lag. Here is AnTuTu not that benchmarks mean anything right?
Delivered by my Silver S7.
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I would be much happier if our Verizon varian could be on the custom ROM/kernel too! And... also has the Exynos on board!

torr310 said:
I would be much happier if our Verizon varian could be on the custom ROM/kernel too! And... also has the Exynos on board!
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Ya that blows. : (
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arefin_sajib said:
Excellent CPU ,OS,RAM optimization
superb performance,I am fully satisfied
-Device G930FD(Exynos)
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Same phone and ditto. Then again coming from a Blackberry running 4.6 I would be very unhappy if I wasn't satisfied

mandroid717 said:
I am running King rom with prometheus kernel with no lag and I mean absolutely no lag. Here is AnTuTu not that benchmarks mean anything right?
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Still satisfied?

Everything is super fast. apps open up instantly, I really like double tapping home button for camera. overall speed is great. been using it for few months, never had any lag.

mandroid717 said:
I am running King rom with prometheus kernel with no lag and I mean absolutely no lag. Here is AnTuTu not that benchmarks mean anything right?
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Nice...
Prometheus out of the Box or some tuning?
If it so can you share your settings?

agree speed is top notch.