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Galaxy S3 vs iphone4S
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In terms of raw spec the galaxy s3 will be "better" than the 4s.
However the iphone has proved that spec isn't the main factor in a good phone.
To be fair the iphone has never been the best specced phone out there.
The thing that made me leave android was the fragmentation and the lack of polish, although to be fair android is improving, and there is a lot more you can do with an android phone than you can do with an iphone.
Although from my short experience with an iphone, what the iphone does do is slick.
What relevance is my post to the thread, well I know the s3 will be "better" than the iphone in terms of specs, that is a FACT, however it will take more than spec to get me back to android.
I want less fragmentation and more polish and then I'll happily leave apple and go back to android.
edit: Just to add the galaxy s3 vs iphone 4s is the same as a windows pc to an imac, windows pcs can be much more powerful, but that doesn't make them "better" than using an imac, it comes down to the user and what they want out of a product.
Apple in my mind rarely make the most powerful products and very rarely shout about specs, their products come across to me as more software focused wrapped around in slick looking hardware.
However the iphone has proved that spec isn't the main factor in a good phone.
To be fair the iphone has never been the best specced phone out there.
The thing that made me leave android was the fragmentation and the lack of polish, although to be fair android is improving, and there is a lot more you can do with an android phone than you can do with an iphone.
Although from my short experience with an iphone, what the iphone does do is slick.
What relevance is my post to the thread, well I know the s3 will be "better" than the iphone in terms of specs, that is a FACT, however it will take more than spec to get me back to android.
I want less fragmentation and more polish and then I'll happily leave apple and go back to android.
edit: Just to add the galaxy s3 vs iphone 4s is the same as a windows pc to an imac, windows pcs can be much more powerful, but that doesn't make them "better" than using an imac, it comes down to the user and what they want out of a product.
Apple in my mind rarely make the most powerful products and very rarely shout about specs, their products come across to me as more software focused wrapped around in slick looking hardware.
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hardware has hardly ever mattered when comparing same generation devices between iOS and android.
i used to have an htc hero and it was horrible. i thought it was because the specs were just low so i couldn't get the 'full' android experience.
fast forward several years and now i own a samsung galaxy s2. WAY better than the htc hero and spec-wise it that matches or surpasses the iphone 4s in various ways.
except, it's STILL a crappy experience after all these years.
i used to have an htc hero and it was horrible. i thought it was because the specs were just low so i couldn't get the 'full' android experience.
fast forward several years and now i own a samsung galaxy s2. WAY better than the htc hero and spec-wise it that matches or surpasses the iphone 4s in various ways.
except, it's STILL a crappy experience after all these years.
Sounds like you would be the perfect guy to comment on the S3 vs 4s, yet you talked about the S2 and hero instead?
I understand that when the S2 came out in reponse to the iphone4, most peeps around here liked the iphone4 more because of the OS.
Now the 4s just came out, and the S3 will be be launched in response to it.
Do you think the S3 will have ICS as well as better specs than the S2?
Do you think you might trade your 4s for a S3 ???
Sounds like you would be the perfect guy to comment on the S3 vs 4s, yet you talked about the S2 and hero instead?
I understand that when the S2 came out in reponse to the iphone4, most peeps around here liked the iphone4 more because of the OS.
Now the 4s just came out, and the S3 will be be launched in response to it.
Do you think the S3 will have ICS as well as better specs than the S2?
Do you think you might trade your 4s for a S3 ???
why confused? the s3 doesn't EXIST. so all we can go on is potential tech specs. my example was to show that tech specs didn't even matter that much with my experience with android whether it was super slow or a top end android phone.
the s2 will also be getting ICS (although for me, it won't be until april 2012).
the only way i would trade my iphone 4s for an s3 would be when i already own the next iphone.
thats how i got the samsung s2 in the first place. i traded my old iphone 4 for one. but i only did that because i have an iphone 4s as well.
i just happen to like playing around with different gadgets and i need them for my line of work anyway. but no way in hell would i go ONLY with android. i'd be missing out on way too much.
Impossible to get an objective opinion from some of the apple fanboyz .... Geez dude
So true, they are a bunch of drones.
Not really. The s2 and the iphone4 were shipping almost a year apart. 07/2010 for iphone4 and 05/2011 (09/2011 in US) for the s2. In terms of dates the s2 is closer to the iphone4s.
I don't agree with you at all, the S2 was definitely in response to the iphone4
So does that mean you'd trade your 4s for the S3 when it comes out in a couple months, (sounds like you would) -
If that is true then it is a very late response. Well over a year in case of US release dates. And 1 month later the 4s started to ship.
Well, look at the 18 months it took Apple to respond to their own iphone4 -
How they managed to incorporate serious batt probs and yellow screens during that time is beyond me -
Well, look at the 18 months it took Apple to respond to their own iphone4 -
If you are going to quote numbers at least get it right. It was 16 months.
I hope you're not being serious?
I didn't quote anything, (do you know what the word "quote" means)
Get real dude
The us release date is irrelevant; you need to look at where it was released initially. I believe the uk amongst other places were the first to get it and it was released in may, some five months before the iPhone 4S. The us version(s) of the device have only minor hardware changes.
Thank you matt - I'm not trying to start a fight here, just want some honest, unobjective opinions -
ihone4 vs SGS2
iphone4s vs S3
These are the model numbers that are riviling each other -
(lot's of "i"s in riviling)
I hope you're not being serious?
I didn't quote anything, (do you know what the word "quote" means)
Get real dude
OK .. if are you are trying to make an argument, at least get the dates right.
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The S3 is not out and we do not know when it is going to be announced or shipped. For all we know it might be middle of next year even later.
Holy Mackeral thunng8
4 off topic posts in a row, clearly you are the one trying to make an argument Have you even given a moment's thought about the original question?
(have you even seen the original question, here it is if you missed it)
"It is relevant for US customers.
Anway 5 months is well less than the almost 11 months between initial iphone4 and S2 shipping dates,
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Holy Mackeral thunng8
Have you even given a moment's thought about the original question?
(have you even seen the original question, here it is if you missed it)
Holy mackerel, you're the one who started the s2 is response to the iphone4 argument
Right but Samsung can't respond to a device that hasn't yet been released. I know these tech companies come up with some pretty wonderful products but I don't think they've figured crystal balls out yet
Besides.. Why do a comparison against a product that doesn't exist yet.
You've already made up your mind. You want the SGS3, let alone mentioned in previous threads that you want to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 4S with the intention of selling it just to get this phone.
So just do it. No more incessant whining about it in this or any other thread is going to make the SGS3 come faster or whet your appetite. So you're either going to be sitting and waiting for a jailbreak, or sitting and waiting for the SGS3. Either way, you sit and wait. So just do as such.
BL.
You've already made up your mind. You want the SGS3, let alone mentioned in previous threads that you want to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 4S with the intention of selling it just to get this phone.
So just do it. No more incessant whining about it in this or any other thread is going to make the SGS3 come faster or whet your appetite. So you're either going to be sitting and waiting for a jailbreak, or sitting and waiting for the SGS3. Either way, you sit and wait. So just do as such.
BL.
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Really. Android users are the most arrogant users. Yet when you call them fanboys who drink the kool aid they get pissed.