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Phones Your thoughts on the Galaxy S III

I simply can't bring myself to own a Samsung Android device. I hate TouchWiz and hate how they treat their customers in terms of software updates (The GSII is just starting to get ICS which came out last year).

So Galaxy S III or V...me couldn't care less.
 
Well it already fails because of Android OS.

But I am quite anxious from a Hardware stand point. I am hoping Samsung can match Apple quality hardware. I will forever be Apple's costumer but I like to know Apple isn't the only one trying to make great products. I'd rather have a world full of beautiful product and Apple not having control over everything than Apple controlling the industry and having **** competition.
 
kdarling said:
The polished rocks in the ad are probably referring to the (rumored) fact that the S3 will have a ceramic back.
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Someone said it would be using Liquidmetal. Could this be mistaken for ceramic, which I keep hearing it will be made of?
 
Mr. Incredible said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NnVU8R6mAU&feature=player_embedded
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Shocker at 00:51. Totally made my day.
I'm guessing curved screen, ceramic body, and 4.5 inch 720P non-pentile screen. This phone is going to be the phone to beat again. S2 won smartphone of the year in 2011, this will definitely take it for 2012. Apple is not into going balls to the wall with high end hardware. They're not into future proofing their phones. Just look at iPhone 4 to 4S.
 
DanteMann said:
Shocker at 00:51. Totally made my day.
I'm guessing curved screen, ceramic body, and 4.5 inch 720P non-pentile screen. This phone is going to be the phone to beat again. S2 won smartphone of the year in 2011, this will definitely take it for 2012. Apple is not into going balls to the wall with high end hardware. They're not into future proofing their phones. Just look at iPhone 4 to 4S.
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You'll still be saying stupid crap like this 30 years from now. Just like people like you said stupid crap like this years ago.
 
DanteMann said:
Shocker at 00:51. Totally made my day.
I'm guessing curved screen, ceramic body, and 4.5 inch 720P non-pentile screen. This phone is going to be the phone to beat again. S2 won smartphone of the year in 2011, this will definitely take it for 2012. Apple is not into going balls to the wall with high end hardware. They're not into future proofing their phones. Just look at iPhone 4 to 4S.
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No company is into "future proofing"; unless they're complete morons. Samsung, HTC, etc. are no different. Don't believe it? Buy the SGIII, and wait about 18 months. Don't be terribly surprised when they say the new version of Android [Jelly Bean?] won't support the SGIII. Or that you'll have to wait 8 - 10 months for the update, because your handset isn't supported yet, or won't be at all. It's their revenue stream, and how they make $$$. Yet an iPhone 3GS can still run the latest iOS version. Albeit not all the bells/whistles of Retina, or Siri, but it runs it...and on a handset that's closing in on 3 years old...
 
nefan65 said:
No company is into "future proofing"; unless they're complete morons. Samsung, HTC, etc. are no different. Don't believe it? Buy the SGIII, and wait about 18 months. Don't be terribly surprised when they say the new version of Android [Jelly Bean?] won't support the SGIII. Or that you'll have to wait 8 - 10 months for the update, because your handset isn't supported yet, or won't be at all. It's their revenue stream, and how they make $$$. Yet an iPhone 3GS can still run the latest iOS version. Albeit not all the bells/whistles of Retina, or Siri, but it runs it...and on a handset that's closing in on 3 years old...
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Actually that's wrong. I'm both an iOS and android user and the GSII is starting to get updates to ice cream sandwich.

Also the Nexus series which is what i use gets and will get fresher updates because its the pure version of the OS with no OEM Gui placed on top of it
 
nefan65 said:
No company is into "future proofing"; unless they're complete morons. Samsung, HTC, etc. are no different. Don't believe it? Buy the SGIII, and wait about 18 months. Don't be terribly surprised when they say the new version of Android [Jelly Bean?] won't support the SGIII. Or that you'll have to wait 8 - 10 months for the update, because your handset isn't supported yet, or won't be at all. It's their revenue stream, and how they make $$$. Yet an iPhone 3GS can still run the latest iOS version. Albeit not all the bells/whistles of Retina, or Siri, but it runs it...and on a handset that's closing in on 3 years old...
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doesn't exactly run it well does it? Besides at least with android you can update them manually
 
sk1wbw said:
Someone said it would be using Liquidmetal. Could this be mistaken for ceramic, which I keep hearing it will be made of?
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LiquidMetal is a commercial name for a particular type of amorphous alloy.

In 2010, Apple bought a perpetual worldwide exclusive license to use LiquidMetal in consumer electronics devices.

So, although Samsung used to use LiquidMetal in some of its phone bezels for scratch resistance before then, Apple has made sure no phone maker can use it any more. At least, not "LiquidMetal" (tm)" 🙂

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A radio transparent ceramic back makes far more sense from an internal antenna point of view, anyway, so I think that's what Samsung might use.

Also because of that need, I can't visualize Apple using LiquidMetal for anything more than trim around the iPhone. OTOH, Apple likes form over function, so who knows.
 
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Who waits for updates? You can root your phone in 5 minutes and be running the newest software with either a leak or a custom ROM within minutes. Only people who don't know any better wait around 6 months for updates 🙂 most leaks or custom ROMs are ready within hours to a few days. Where is the jailbreak for my 4s in 5.1? It's been what? Almost 2 months now?
 
mrbutters said:
Who waits for updates? You can root your phone in 5 minutes and be running the newest software with either a leak or a custom ROM within minutes. Only people who don't know any better wait around 6 months for updates 🙂 most leaks or custom ROMs are ready within hours to a few days. Where is the jailbreak for my 4s in 5.1? It's been what? Almost 2 months now?
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So you have to jailbreak an iPhone to update it?
 
You don't have to root android to get the latest updates. Most of the core apps such as gmail, navigation, voice actions, market, browsers etc are all updated outside the OS and have been over the last couple of years. You can pick up a Froyo handset and enjoy the latest of these apps even though the OS not current.

sk1wbw said:
So you have to jailbreak an iPhone to update it?
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kevinof said:
You don't have to root android to get the latest updates. Most of the core apps such as gmail, navigation, voice actions, market, browsers etc are all updated outside the OS and have been over the last couple of years. You can pick up a Froyo handset and enjoy the latest of these apps even though the OS not current.
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This. No, you don't have to jailbreak the iPhone to get the newest OS but thats only once a year. Why is it taking so long to jailbreak 5.1? Android devs can make a device available for root within a few days. Only one phone's hardware and one OS to worry about with iOS 5.1 Rumor has it that Apple is doing things to make it harder to jailbreak. I bet they can get it pretty much locked down by iOS 6 where there won't be any jail breaking at all. Just another example of Apple trying to take more control over what you pay for. Unlike Android where Samsung actually gave some well known devs a few phone for them to test out, build custom ROMs and offered to support them with any help they needed. Also a company like HTC who announced they were going to encrypt their phones backing off and keeping them unlocked after being hit with tons of emails from people saying they would never buy their phones if that happened. I guess some people like Apple having control over everything they buy.
 
- I hope it has a flexible screen
- Samsung's phone design has been boring so far, unlike Sony Ericsson (but the new Sony phones are FAIL by not having a card slot).
- It's a bummer it won't be 3D, so an unbreakable Galaxy Note is the way to go if you're going to accept not having this feature.
 
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