I laugh at the people who keep saying its a downgrade. I love both android and iOS. While the S3 is not much of an upgrade, it still is an upgrade because everything the S3 does, does it very well. I the S3 plus $100 on top sounds even to me. So many biased people. I get it. Your preference, blah blah. But the face that Apple doesn't do some of this is just crazy. Expandable storage is a must these days. Anything for Apple to charge you more. They charge you from 16GB to 32GB for $100 yet 32GB micro SD cards are only like $20 on amazon? The removable battery, I would like to see that but I don't see Apple doing that anytime soon. It's crazy how some people are so biased. Just because it doesn't have a shiny apple on the back of the device, doesn't mean it's a bad device or a downgrade.....
Now let the hate comments begin....
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And yes, anything that runs Project Butter is smoother now. So the whole "android is laggy" argument is invalid. JellyBean on my S3 ran perfectly. Between the S3 and the i5, I got the same amount of hiccups, very little. The battery on my S3 lasted me all day whereas the i5 doesn't. Granted the S3 has a bigger battery but people claiming the i5 lasted longer. Get real lol by the time I get to 7 hours of usage time on my i5, I'm scrambling to get to the nearest outlet. 7 hours of ON SCREEN time (iOS doesn't measure this so it's hard to tell how long my screen had been on to get a better understanding on how long my battery lasts) on my S3, I had at least 20-30% left. They're both great phones for those that fit them well. But just because it doesn't fit you or doesn't have a shiny apple on the back, doesn't mean it's a garbage device or a downgrade at all.