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Samsung's New Galaxy S III Phone Offers 4.8-Inch Screen, Siri-Like 'S Voice' Feature
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Apple obtained 73% of operating profits, Samsung 26% and HTC 1%. You're right market share is sure important.
This would be pretty bad security system; it would be defeated by a simple photograph of the owner.
Are they going to merge a phone and tablet to one device?
OMG for what I would need 4+ inches display on the phone? Samsung - bigger != better.Marketing Hype
The Android products are driven by sales people and marketers at the cellular companies. I suspect they get a larger commission. That cut reduces the slice of pie that Samsung or any other Android manufacturer is receiving. So, Android could sell twice the number of devices and Apple would still make more profit.
As for the price, you didn't do your research. The unlocked version could be selling North of $800, making it more than the iPhone or near the same price.
I will continue to avoid all Samsung products until they stop copying Apple. I am pro-competition, just do it on your own merits. The iPhone is not just about the phone. It is about the support, infrastructure, build quality, and connectivity. Nothing else comes close.
I do not need frivolous features. I would rather have less robust features than more troublesome ones. Keep it up, Apple.
The Android products are driven by sales people and marketers at the cellular companies. I suspect they get a larger commission. That cut reduces the slice of pie that Samsung or any other Android manufacturer is receiving. So, Android could sell twice the number of devices and Apple would still make more profit.
As for the price, you didn't do your research. The unlocked version could be selling North of $800, making it more than the iPhone or near the same price.
I will continue to avoid all Samsung products until they stop copying Apple. I am pro-competition, just do it on your own merits. The iPhone is not just about the phone. It is about the support, infrastructure, build quality, and connectivity. Nothing else comes close.
I do not need frivolous features. I would rather have less robust features than more troublesome ones. Keep it up, Apple.
you heard and understand thats why you are getting emotional...lol iphone is the best and will be unless they mess up the 5..in unless
Screen size makes this an automatic nonstarter. Doesn't matter what else it has or doesn't have.
pretty is in the eye of the beholder
Check Engadget and The Verge: even the hardcore Android fanboys are hating on the looks of the SGIIIS.
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And once again we have a thread full of people stuck up Apple's ass. Shocking..
The S3's beautiful.
The S3's beautiful.
You lost all my interest in you with this first line..... good luck with your 'cheap and crappy' Note.
And just to humour you..
The guy (MG Siegler) is a known idiot. He does not even understand what he is saying. comScore reports stats for all smart phones currently in use (51% vs 31%). Siegler says that in last quarter iPhone outsold Android phones. And? Apple and oranges. One can' extrapolate that iPhone sales will continue at the same pace either because we all know that from now on people will stop buying them and wait until the release of iPhone 5.
Copycat or not I just watched a hands on video on youtube and I've got to admit, looks like a mighty fine phone!
Cool feature: Tracking your eyeballs to prevent dimming or screen shutoff when you are reading something. I fear this is patented and that we therefore will not see it on iPhone.
Overpriced Feature: Scan & Match for $10 per month or $12 per month -- iTunes Match is $25 per year. Nobody will really use this feature -- every iTunes alternative has failed miserably with the exception of Amazon MP3.
Stupidest Feature: Pop-up Play (picture in picture for Smartphones). PiP has to be the most ubiquitous and yet unused feature of modern televisions. Its something nobody ever cared about and yet we all have it (kinda like 3D TV). So Samsung thought that everybody was clamoring to get PiP on their 4.8-inch smartphone screen? Well, this is the same company that thought people were clamoring for a capacitive pen built into their smartphone/mini-tablet.
Anyway, I've seen two features in the last week that I want on the next iPhone:
1) This eyeball tracking feature from the Samsung GS3 to have the phone automatically stay on if you are looking at it.
2) The rewind-a-face photo feature on the new Blackberry 10 prototype that allows you to choose an image of the person's face just before you snapped the photo (RIM licensed this from a Swedish company, so lets hope Apple does the same). Its a gimmick that won't always help (especially if a flash was needed), but there are some cases when it would certainly be handy if you have kids.
Other than that, I have not seen anything all that cool in these announcements. If I bought a phone that large I would need to go buy some new pants with bigger pockets to fit it in.
Also, anybody hear Samsung make any claims about the optics on this 8MP camera? Usually, the thinner you go with the phone, the more sacrifice you have to make on the camera.
Overpriced Feature: Scan & Match for $10 per month or $12 per month -- iTunes Match is $25 per year. Nobody will really use this feature -- every iTunes alternative has failed miserably with the exception of Amazon MP3.
Stupidest Feature: Pop-up Play (picture in picture for Smartphones). PiP has to be the most ubiquitous and yet unused feature of modern televisions. Its something nobody ever cared about and yet we all have it (kinda like 3D TV). So Samsung thought that everybody was clamoring to get PiP on their 4.8-inch smartphone screen? Well, this is the same company that thought people were clamoring for a capacitive pen built into their smartphone/mini-tablet.
Anyway, I've seen two features in the last week that I want on the next iPhone:
1) This eyeball tracking feature from the Samsung GS3 to have the phone automatically stay on if you are looking at it.
2) The rewind-a-face photo feature on the new Blackberry 10 prototype that allows you to choose an image of the person's face just before you snapped the photo (RIM licensed this from a Swedish company, so lets hope Apple does the same). Its a gimmick that won't always help (especially if a flash was needed), but there are some cases when it would certainly be handy if you have kids.
Other than that, I have not seen anything all that cool in these announcements. If I bought a phone that large I would need to go buy some new pants with bigger pockets to fit it in.
Also, anybody hear Samsung make any claims about the optics on this 8MP camera? Usually, the thinner you go with the phone, the more sacrifice you have to make on the camera.
HTC consulted their focus groups. They say people prefer thinness over replaceable batteries.
This will play out fine.
Show me figures for other quarters when the iPhone was beaten on these carriers.
Oh and by the way, the iPhone is only available on those three major carriers in the US (plus regionals)--did you want me to list the carriers on which the iPhone is not available?
8.8% of the market and 73% of the profit. I promise you Samsung wants to copy Apple in a lot more ways than how their phone looks.
Plagiarism? Show us something Apple that comes even close to SIII. Oh, and you ARE supporting Samsung. The more Apple gear you buy the more money Samsung makes.
It's actually considered "Low level". Pattern, PIN, and Password are all higher and in that order. That being said it's still difficult to put photograph up to get through. It has to be the right angle and expression.
I don't have small hands (I usually wear L or XL gloves) and the iPhone 4S fits just right when I am surfing the web etc. whilst holding it in one hand, as I often need to hold on to something with the other when stuck in a bus or subway. Would be keen to try this phone and see how it fares in the single-handed usage arena.
