clearly she has a super juiced s3....took my 4S off charge at 5:15 am.....it is now 1:00 pm and I still have 84%
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Traded iPhone 4S for Galaxy S3....Big mistake
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clearly she has a super juiced s3....took my 4S off charge at 5:15 am.....it is now 1:00 pm and I still have 84%
Or. The SIII battery is better than the 4s battery.
I love my iPhone. But I can admit there are some things it's just not the best phone on the market at. It always baffles me how some apple fans refuse to see any good points about other phones or bad points about iPhones.
Or people use there phones differently. I took mine off charge at 7am, it's now 2:08pm and I'm at 53%.
I more-so am telling him there is no way his friend is getting 2 days with the S3....I had one and got a full day at best with the same usage as a 4S.
The same user doing the same things with two different phones.
You do realize that Android now has the same problem with Flash, correct? They no longer support it anymore and it has been removed from the Play Store. It was terrible anyways. So good luck with that.
I once traded my iPhone 4 for an HTC inspire when it released. IDK what they slipped in my drink that made me do that , but make a long story short. I "returned" the inspire at full price and payed $300 more just to get a new iPhone 4 back. Biggest mistake ever
Earlier this year I bought a Galaxy Nexus (switching from a 4S) and I loved the phone but missed my iPhone and iOS too much so I went back after 2 weeks and gave it to my sister.
Now I have a Galaxy S3 which I bought about a week ago and I have almost no desire to go back to my 4S. What changed? Me probably because the Galaxy Nexus was definitely a great phone and I probably would have gone back to it if it hadn't gotten stolen from my sister. I guess I reached a point where I got the most I could out of iOS and I was just really bored even after having jailbroken my phone and tweaked the hell out of it.
One thing that has been said in other threads, you shouldn't switch from an iPhone to an Android phone and compare your new phone to your old iPhone. They just work differently and you either adapt or go back to your iPhone.
Now I have a Galaxy S3 which I bought about a week ago and I have almost no desire to go back to my 4S. What changed? Me probably because the Galaxy Nexus was definitely a great phone and I probably would have gone back to it if it hadn't gotten stolen from my sister. I guess I reached a point where I got the most I could out of iOS and I was just really bored even after having jailbroken my phone and tweaked the hell out of it.
One thing that has been said in other threads, you shouldn't switch from an iPhone to an Android phone and compare your new phone to your old iPhone. They just work differently and you either adapt or go back to your iPhone.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 to see what all the fuss was about, I knew that I wouldn't like it so I kept my iPhone 4S for a month so I could change back and sell my S3. I was wrong, I sold my 4S.
I have an HTC One X and an iPhone 4 and there's no way I could go back to using the iphone as my daily driver. I do get the ios itch (mostly apps) at times but everytime I notice the lag and restricted playground I quickly run back to my HOX.
Although I am thinking of passing on an android tablet for the ipad mini if it comes to fruition.
Although I am thinking of passing on an android tablet for the ipad mini if it comes to fruition.
Where do you experience lag with iOS, specifically? I have an iPhone 4 with an iOS 6 beta, and it seems pretty lag-free with me, for the most part. Just curious.
I have my gs3 international model and i no regret it of the change it's work perfect i don't have any app cratches bad signal it's work great but i will look foward to tbe iphone 5 when come if i like i sell the gs3
You can tell me all you like. I've seen it with my own eyes. Several times a week since she got the SIII. The battery is better than the iPhone.
Haven't tried ios 6 beta but with 5.1.1 everything seems to take longer to respond. Shutter lag in the camera, cover flow is slow & lethargic, loading web pages takes forever, apps closing by themselves etc. I've tried a host of fixes and either they're temporary or just flat out don't work.
Does she like not use it at all? What's her screen on time? Is she on edge all the time?
How can you list no removable storage as a con vs the iphone when the iphone has the same issue. I think you should revisit the galaxy nexus on Jellybean. The GPU has no problems running programs in it. The new gpu drivers are so much better.
The battery on the snapdragon s3's is very good. Remember, its a 28nm soc vs 40m in the iphone. It also has a 2100 mah battery vs 1400 in the iphone. Combine that with super amoled which uses less power and you have a whole host of reasons why it drains less. The cell radio is also 28nm and built into the soc which further saves power.
You said it best and "Simplicity" is what i don't have on here.
Now i do like the LEDs or Colored notifications on front of phone.
Those are neat but even typing on this thing is different. I fortunately will have a 4S by tomorrow from a friend as a loaner until new iphone is released.
I count at least 35-40 pre-loaded apps on this phone.
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When i saw the sexy white SG SIII with that beautiful display i thought i had gotten a great deal. It looks great and feels nice but that all changed when i started to use it and all downhill from that point.
Not being able to use itunes to import music is a big problem i believe. Everyone uses iTunes. WTF?
I almost dropped it trying to use it with one hand on this big ass screen.
Think you're all being a bit overly dramatic - there are loads of us on here with the S3 who still use iTunes, but you have to actually research how to do it all without crying that it doesn't sync to your Apple computer (who have said for years they hate Google). Download an App called iSync (if you're outside of the UK) or download Easy Phone Sync (in the UK) - they both work with iTunes.
I even have my S3 setup to send my photos to photo stream.
Basically, if you want iOS and no other options and no customisation then stick to iPhone, but after 3 years of BS innovation, drip feeding features and a tiny screen (which now has been stretched by all of .5") I left the camp last week. Couldn't be happier. I find the iPhone laughable in comparison.
Some people are scared of change - if you are then stick with what you know.
I like to experience the difference
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Of course she uses it. More than I use my iPhone. 3G and wifi are on all the time. Bluetooth when needed. I was with her today. When I left. Stats said 12 hours 29 phone time (I assume that means time since last full charge). And battery was at 56%.
My iPhone is at 44%, time since last charge is 9 hours 44mins. Usage is 3 hours.
This is the typical iFan response from someone that has zero clue about Android or Google. Please don't put out bad info. Flash on Android STARTING WITH the Jelly Bean OS is no longer supported by Adobe. This does not mean it can not be used. Nor does it mean that it is no longer in the Play Store. It is still there and available for any Android device running ICS or older OS's.
And by the way, I can load Flash just fine on my Nexus 7. It just requires a work around now, whereas before it integrated itself without user input. As for Flash being 'terrible'... I don't have any issues and many sites I go to like UFC, MotoGP, Fox News still use Flash.
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Bingo. Thank you. This whole thread by the OP smells of troll bait.
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Relax, you have to give it chance too. You will only like it if you want it and allow yourself to adapt to the different OS.
You've used an iphone for how long? Can't compare the number of days to what you have used the GS3 for...it will take some time.
Just my opinion.
And this is the typical response I'd get from someone who feels threatened by facts.
I've owned MULTIPLE Android devices and skinned them, flashed customs ROM's, etc. The whole bit. I'm not an iFan, a Fandroid, or whatever else you want to call me. I like iOS and Android equally, but on my OG Droid, Droid X, HTC Thunderbolt, and HTC Rezound, Flash caused lag in my browser, the video player looked odd in the browser, as in, it'd load the video content and then reframe in a weird way. My phone would lock up when I scrolled, video content wouldn't load for 10+ seconds, etc., etc. I could go on and on. Flash was terrible, and it was the same on my cousins Galaxy S2 on T-Mobile, so I know it wasn't just me. On an Android forum I used to partake in, Flash was also said to be laggy and slow.
Flash may still be in the Play Store, but it isn't supported in Android any longer. Of course it's still supported in older versions, but in newer versions it is not, and rightfully so. You may still be able to get it on newer device via a workaround, but it is not supposed to be on there for any devices on Jelly Bean.
It's not just Android that flash is terrible on, it's terrible on OS X and Windows as well. Constantly crashing, freezing the browser, sucking up memory like no tomorrow. It's just an awful, awful piece of software, that sadly, has ended up being one of the most widely adopted. If you say Flash is fine, you're delusional. This will be my last post in this thread.
P.S. Please don't take this post as rude, as it was not meant to be.
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