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galaxy s impressions...

anyone else seen the galaxy s phone yet? it released on Tmobile last week same day as the droid x... unless you were following it you probly dont know... I dont have t mobile so I didn't know it came out yet, but my friend got it and I have to say the 4 inch super amoled screen is beautiful and the 4 inch size is virtually perfect... every company is making their own rip off of htc sense anymore so it doesn't really matter... I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the phone after what I dealt with having my omnia... but most of that was winmo problem
the display made my friends iphone 4's "retina" bs look like an omnia, our screens just dont get that bright and vivid, avatar looked beautiful on it
drop your impressions or comments below

The Galaxy S forums are over that way.

Aerv said:
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really? no way?
I own an incredible and must say that that phones super amoled looks great... no wonder samsung is hoarding all the amoled displays to themselves... when the galaxy s comes to verizon I will be switching, unless the incredible starts printing me money and doing my laundry

eh, have fun with that. I love my exclusive incredible on Verizon because everyone has the same phone that posts something about it..with Samsung having the same phone on all four networks..i guess it's cool, but there will be several diff radios to tinker with since it's on TMO, ATT, Verizon, and Sprint..

Are you saying that the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Incredible isn't as good as the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Galaxy?
considering their tech specs are so close, and their sourced from the same manufacturer, not sure where you're coming from on this one.

giantcrazy said:
Are you saying that the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Incredible isn't as good as the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Galaxy?
considering their tech specs are so close, and their sourced from the same manufacturer, not sure where you're coming from on this one.
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Um yes there very different. That's like saying a lexus and a toyota are the same even though they are both made by toyota.
The Galaxy S screen is gorgeous. And easily outshines our regular AMOLEDS. Yes the difference really is noticable.

giantcrazy said:
Are you saying that the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Incredible isn't as good as the Samsung AMOLED screen on the Galaxy?
considering their tech specs are so close, and their sourced from the same manufacturer, not sure where you're coming from on this one.
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The difference is Incredible has the AMOLED and Samsung Galaxy has SUPER AMOLED...

Honestly77 said:
Um yes there very different. That's like saying a lexus and a toyota are the same even though they are both made by toyota.
The Galaxy S screen is gorgeous. And easily outshines our regular AMOLEDS. Yes the difference really is noticable.
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Actually Lexus brand is a US thing. The Lexus line up of cars are marketed as toyotas in Japan. So you know there's that.
And I've seen them. My AMOLED screen looks just as awesome as a vibrant's. Especially when they are sitting right next to each other, playing the same movie. So there's also that.
Go have fun with your Samsung, but please stop talking.

Cronus1995 said:
Actually Lexus brand is a US thing. The Lexus line up of cars are marketed as toyotas in Japan. So you know there's that.
And I've seen them. My AMOLED screen looks just as awesome as a vibrant's. Especially when they are sitting right next to each other, playing the same movie. So there's also that.
Go have fun with your Samsung, but please stop talking.
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Um well I live in America. A Lexus is a Lexus. I could give a **** about what it's called in japan. And BTW Lexus is marketed as Lexus in 70 countries. Even japan. The bottom line is that Toyota makes BOTH Brands. Which means that my point is still valid. He was saying there wasn't a difference or that the tech was so "similar" that there wasn't a difference. The SUPER AMOLED has a higher dpi as well as better viewability in direct sunlight and less power consumption. Also images don't look "jagged" like they do on my incredible. Did I say the screens didn't look similar? Nope. I said the SUPER AMOLED is better. Which in all accounts it is. Better power consumption, better readability in direct sunlight and in non direct sunlight. Higher dpi which means much crisper and detailed images. Plus better viewing angles. So you stop talking. Troll. I own an incredible btw. I can't own a Galaxy S variant on Verizon. It isn't released yet.

I'll stick with HTC.... the galaxy s screen is nice tho.

Honestly77 said:
Um well I live in America. A Lexus is a Lexus. I could give a **** about what it's called in japan. And BTW Lexus is marketed as Lexus in 70 countries. Even japan. The bottom line is that Toyota makes BOTH Brands. Which means that my point is still valid. He was saying there wasn't a difference or that the tech was so "similar" that there wasn't a difference. The SUPER AMOLED has a higher dpi as well as better viewability in direct sunlight and less power consumption. Also images don't look "jagged" like they do on my incredible. Did I say the screens didn't look similar? Nope. I said the SUPER AMOLED is better. Which in all accounts it is. Better power consumption, better readability in direct sunlight and in non direct sunlight. Higher dpi which means much crisper and detailed images. Plus better viewing angles. So you stop talking. Troll. I own an incredible btw. I can't own a Galaxy S variant on Verizon. It isn't released yet.
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Legitimately just made an account to say that it's couldn't*, not could give a ****. Also, no one ****ing cares, so chill out.

Yet you legititmately made an account to correct an error i made on purpose and to tell me you don't give a ****. Yet i should calm down? Lol...

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Yet you legititmately made an account to correct an error i made on purpose and to tell me you don't give a ****. Yet i should calm down? Lol...
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You were going out of your way to make the situation much more ridiculous than it is. Not going to argue about it online. Got plenty of other things to do.

Lock please.

blah blah blah.....
I own a Dinc too. Maybe I should start posting about it in the G1 forums. You know just because I'm a troll.
You still need to stop talking.

1. I didn't start this thread
2. I just stated my opinion in a nice way.
3. Your the one attacking my analogy of lexus etc even though your wrong. I didn't troll ****. I offered my opinion on a screen I've seen in person when most haven't to let them know there is quite a difference.

..... anyway....
My son got the Captivate from ATT. It's a VERY nice phone. Good size, great screen and just as fast. I think my wife will finally upgrade from her Q9h.

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..... anyway....
My son got the Captivate from ATT. It's a VERY nice phone. Good size, great screen and just as fast. I think my wife will finally upgrade from her Q9h.
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Played with one today as my sister in law got one. Nice screen, great hardware all around, but the dog slow response time of the home button and other capacitive buttons was killing me the whole time I was trying to set it up. For now I'll keep my Incredible.

the difference between the AMOLED and the SUPER AMOLED is lower power consumtion for one, and the Super AMOLED has both the sensors and display all in one thinner peice making more room for the other hardware. I personally dont think the displays are visibly any different

hey nexus ONE owners...why do you stay with the Nexus one? i

just wondering. i can pick one up locally. brand new, for 250.
why do you guys stay with the nexus since it is not made any longer and what do you love about it?
also..hows the battery life compated to a galexyS phone? ( i have the vibrant)

Personally it's because newer devices haven't offered me anything which I really want/need. I am tempted to go with a HC tablet which will give me access to Tegra2 specific apps/games which is all I feel I'm missing when comparing the N1 to newer handsets. It also runs CM (Never mind the plethora of other ROMs) and trackball alert really is hard to beat once you get used to it

i had one right when it came out. there were no roms really yet for it and it was on 2.1 i think...i cant remember how "fast" it was..i do remember i liked the screen, but im concered about battery life..
i LOVED how thin the phoen was...

dvigue said:
i had one right when it came out. there were no roms really yet for it and it was on 2.1 i think...i cant remember how "fast" it was..i do remember i liked the screen, but im concered about battery life..
i LOVED how thin the phoen was...
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I get great battery life but it will obviously depend on the user. A combo of setcpu and a decent kernel will definitely help extend the battery. I found that ROMs really kicked off when Froyo hit. Although it has slowed over the past few months the N1 still has great support, especially considering it's nearly 18 months old.

$5 internet and Roms

KROMO50 said:
$5 internet and Roms
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what do you mean??? $5

because no other device so far has the same build quality, materials, sexy work-of-art look and feel of the nexus one. plus no other phone has color trackball alert to set ANY notification to ANY color you want. just glance at my phone, blue-new twitter, red-new gmail, yellow-missed call, etc. that is just a necessity once you have it, and not a single other phone is coming out with even a regular notification light, let alone colored.
plus the nexus one is the size of perfection, not so big monsters like these other phones lately. and it still has the amoled screen, not great in the sun, and not as good as super amoled, but all the same indoors.
i just cant find something to replace my nexus one with

RogerPodacter said:
because no other device so far has the same build quality, materials, sexy work-of-art look and feel of the nexus one. plus no other phone has color trackball alert to set ANY notification to ANY color you want. just glance at my phone, blue-new twitter, red-new gmail, yellow-missed call, etc. that is just a necessity once you have it, and not a single other phone is coming out with even a regular notification light, let alone colored.
plus the nexus one is the size of perfection, not so big monsters like these other phones lately. and it still has the amoled screen, not great in the sun, and not as good as super amoled, but all the same indoors.
i just cant find something to replace my nexus one with
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would you consider the screen the same as like a galexy S phone? crisp/sharpness wise?
i am a HUGE rom flasher, so i think i would benefit from a phone like the N1

dvigue said:
would you consider the screen the same as like a galexy S phone? crisp/sharpness wise?
i am a HUGE rom flasher, so i think i would benefit from a phone like the N1
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it IS in fact teh same screen as the galaxy s, both screens are from samsung. both screens use the same pentile matrix pixel layout. the only difference is the galaxy s has super amoled which means the touch layer and glass layer is merged together to produce thinner glass area. the nexus one has the traditional tiny gap. indoors booth look nearly the same (nexus one is sharper because same resolution but 3.7 inch screen. the galaxy s pixels are more visible). outdoors in sunshine is where the galaxy s might be easier to see the screen.
also, not a single other android device exists that has the desk top dock and car dock. that makes the nexus one the full package that no other android device has.
of course the nexus one has the touch screen bug, cant do more than 2 finger inputs, and has the glitch issue. so its a tough call to buy it now. since its probably only 200 dollars i'd say its a no brainer. but not 500 dollars lol.

RogerPodacter said:
it IS in fact teh same screen as the galaxy s, both screens are from samsung. both screens use the same pentile matrix pixel layout. the only difference is the galaxy s has super amoled which means the touch layer and glass layer is merged together to produce thinner glass area. the nexus one has the traditional tiny gap. indoors booth look nearly the same (nexus one is sharper because same resolution but 3.7 inch screen. the galaxy s pixels are more visible). outdoors in sunshine is where the galaxy s might be easier to see the screen.
also, not a single other android device exists that has the desk top dock and car dock. that makes the nexus one the full package that no other android device has.
of course the nexus one has the touch screen bug, cant do more than 2 finger inputs, and has the glitch issue. so its a tough call to buy it now. since its probably only 200 dollars i'd say its a no brainer. but not 500 dollars lol.
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whats the "glitch" issue? also, is the screen nice and responsive?

dvigue said:
whats the "glitch" issue? also, is the screen nice and responsive?
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Every now and than (1-2 times a day for me) the screen calibration gets borked. So if you touch one spot it reads a few mm away sometimes it thinks your touching the soft keys. The way to "fix" the issue is to shut off the screen than wake it up again.
Thats the only issue I've had. Personally waiting for the HTC Sensation or the next Nexus variant to upgrade.

Free (so far) wireless tethering.
Although I am looking at upgrading to the HTC Sensation 4G when it comes out in June.

I love the n1 because it can do everything i use it for and its still a very responsive phone. I pay 15$ for a grandfathered unlimited data plan from att so until theres a superphone available that can do all mine can do plus more and on att(since im not interested in changing cell providers) then im not really in the new phone market.
i use mine for internet access on the road for work like a the airport for instance.
reference for research for anything and everywhere.
navigation for work and play
music streaming from my home pc with subsonic(fantastic app)
music playing locally while in the car
music music music
reminders and email for work
communication with co-workers and friends via trillian on msn/gtalk/aim/facebook
timewaster and newsreader for my google reader feeds
i dont play many games but the ones i do work decent enough
only drawbacks i see with it is the multitouch, like others have said it will think youre touching the bottom menu buttons for some reason, usually i run into this after i had docked it and undocked it or it had been charging. you can kind of reproduce it if youre movinga touch point in the top left of the screen and then tap towards the lower to mid-right. if you have a multi-touch test app you will see it thinking your finger drops straight down. you get used to it though, i dont mind it too much anymore. being able to rotate the map would be nice like on the vibrant but the two finger perpendicular slide to rotate isnt so bad. I still love my n1 a lot more than my girlfriend's vibrant which is tainted by the samsung ui overlay nonsense. give me aosp or give me death.

dvigue said:
whats the "glitch" issue? also, is the screen nice and responsive?
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the glitch is every once in a while the screen thinks you touched a different spot. this happens about once a week for me, mostly less than that. its easy to fix, just lock the phone then swipe to unlock, the issue goes away for another week lol. but it IS a hardware issue that can never be fixed, so we just live with it.
other than that i think the screen is just fine for responsive. probably not the best in the world, but its good to me. touch a spot and it registers immediately.

I love my sexy nexyyyyyy!!!! I like trackball that's why i keep my N1.
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It's a great Developer device for those who like Flashing!
I'm keeping mine for now to see what the Pyramid looks like when released...

I can get a brand new one unopened for 250 in town....

As a vibrant, vibrant 4g, n1 owner ...the build quality of the n1 is awesome. Just tits when compared to plastics.
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1) Community Support
2) Lighted Trackball - it's a lifesaver during meetings!
3) Incredibly pocket-able..thin/light/resilient
4) It's unique - and it's not a Samsung/Moto device!

XDA is no longer worth my time.

Anyone in Jacksonville Fl with a Note?

Hi guys, I am itching to buy a note even though I am with Sprint and would nver switch to ATT. I keep convincng myself to wait but, just not sure this kind of screen realestate will surface in a phone again. I have read just about every forum and review in the past several weeks- at least twice...lol.... The only thing that is holding me up is warranty concerns and the pen tile screen. I have been bothered by every pentile screen I have seen and can clearly see pixels when others claims that you would never see them with normal use or that they don't not exist. I would love to see one in person to aid my buying decision. I am not at all concerned about the size, only the screen as I tend to watch movies, read ebooks, and surf the web more than anything? Please let me know, thanks.
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linzgeneral said:
Hi guys, I am itching to buy a note even though I am with Sprint and would nver switch to ATT. I keep convincng myself to wait but, just not sure this kind of screen realestate will surface in a phone again. I have read just about every forum and review in the past several weeks- at least twice...lol.... The only thing that is holding me up is warranty concerns and the pen tile screen. I have been bothered by every pentile screen I have seen and can clearly see pixels when others claims that you would never see them with normal use or that they don't not exist. I would love to see one in person to aid my buying decision. I am not at all concerned about the size, only the screen as I tend to watch movies, read ebooks, and surf the web more than anything? Please let me know, thanks.
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Like you I use mines for the same thing books, netflix and wed.
I look passed the pixels thing and just took the plunge and bought the Note
been happy and no complaints.
I see people talking about volume issues, screen issues, screen lock issues the only issue I had was the size. it's too small for my liking and that's cause Im coming from the Tad 7'' used as cell phone for 1 year.
like Nike just do it. lol
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Not in Jax, but in Everett, WA with my Note. Had it for about two Weeks, and I love this dang thing. Lol. The display and snapiness of the processor sold me. This is my very first Android device, and I have to say that I am very happy with it. I highly recommend this phone. Once you get this screen you'll never back to anything smaller.
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Im in Tallahassee Florida with my 24hr old galaxy note. I guess im no expert at screens but this screen is beautiful. Ive had the Tmobile Vibrant and recently just sold my release day international sgs2. The screen is not as bright as my sgs2 but its still top notch. Its crystal clear. You will NOT regret your decision.
Yesturday at work, I watch all my coworkers jaws drop at this device. Most have Moto Razr, iphone4s, streak, incredible s2, and some other new android devices.
Seems like samsung devices are subject to witch hunts, if you look hard enough your bound to find something. I can say with certainty, that I will not have another device until Galaxy Note 2 is out. Mind you Ive had every highend device thats been released in the last 2 years.

intruda119 said:
Im in Tallahassee Florida with my 24hr old galaxy note. I guess im no expert at screens but this screen is beautiful. Ive had the Tmobile Vibrant and recently just sold my release day international sgs2. The screen is not as bright as my sgs2 but its still top notch. Its crystal clear. You will NOT regret your decision.
Yesturday at work, I watch all my coworkers jaws drop at this device. Most have Moto Razr, iphone4s, streak, incredible s2, and some other new android devices.
Seems like samsung devices are subject to witch hunts, if you look hard enough your bound to find something. I can say with certainty, that I will not have another device until Galaxy Note 2 is out.Ho Mind you Ive had every highend device thats been released in the last 2 years.
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Thanks . Where did you buy yours and how sharp is the text compared to the Iphone 4?

linzgeneral said:
Thanks . Where did you buy yours and how sharp is the text compared to the Iphone 4?
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I truly don't understand the fuss over the iphone screen. I was without a phone for a couple of hours yesterday and used my coworkers iphone. I had to zoom in on every page unlike my sgs2, infuse and now note. If you were watching me using the phone, you would have thought I was blind trying to navigate ebay, xda, fedex, usps and a few other sites.
Not going to go into long detail but all in all I liked the tmo vibrants screen better than the iphones. Sgs2 and note in my opionion blows other devices out of the water.
Im no sales man or speaker for samsung, but I couldnt imagine using anything other then amoled displays. I went a total 4 weeks without my sgs2, and in between I had a atrix and htc inspire. They both were sold the moment I found a buyer.

intruda119 said:
I truly don't understand the fuss over the iphone screen. I was without a phone for a couple of hours yesterday and used my coworkers iphone. I had to zoom in on every page unlike my sgs2, infuse and now note. If you were watching me using the phone, you would have thought I was blind trying to navigate ebay, xda, fedex, usps and a few other sites.
Not going to go into long detail but all in all I liked the tmo vibrants screen better than the iphones. Sgs2 and note in my opionion blows other devices out of the water.
Im no sales man or speaker for samsung, but I couldnt imagine using anything other then amoled displays. I went a total 4 weeks without my sgs2, and in between I had a atrix and htc inspire. They both were sold the moment I found a buyer.
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Thanks for the feedback. Thats exactly my point. I hated the vibrant's screen because the text looks like Lego blocks. I have a Sprint GS2 and the resolution just isn't good? enough as the text could look jagged and blurry sometimes. I would match prefer the sharp and solid - e ink type of resolution/text on say an IPhone 4 rather than the sometimes oversatuarated color on the Samsungs. That's why I ask about the IPhone 4 screen, not so much for color or contrast but for the sharpness of text sine I read alot; trust me I would never buy an IPhone with a baby screen size from three years ago. The HTC Rezound is the only screen I have seen thus far that can match an Iphone 4 in this regard but that screen size at 4.3 has now become too small for my taste...lol...

super amoled display dwarfs every non amoled display existing.

People may say that out super amoled display is getting old and everything, but its only getting old compared to the super + varients and hd amoleds. so far i have not seen a smart phone capable of my vibrants supreme colors and deep blacks. dont forget viewing angles. my cuzzin was all happy cuz she got a htc vivid n thought the screen was better than mine cuz it was bigger lol. then i showed her mine next to hers and she was like wtf? it doesnt look as white or bright lol. gosh, im never getting rid of the vibrant till the hd plus varients come out. forget lcd. its just outdated and a waste of time. nokia and samsung know that

HTC has used amoled before I don't see why they don't continue and Motorola has used it Led Tech is simple better plane an simple
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The only thing I never liked was with the stock rom/kernel from when I first got my vibrant is missed calls and texts kept the screen lit, especially overnight, which in turn kind of burnt the notification bar and clock slightly into the screen that I notice on a white screen :facepalm: no fix for that I assume?
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...so far i have not seen a smart phone capable of my vibrants supreme colors and deep blacks. dont forget viewing angles. ...
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Yup, over the holidays my aunt hade a point to mention how ..er.. vibrant my screen was. Her adult sons have smartphones so it's not like she's never seen one before, but mine stood out.
Then again, maybe it was because I was letting my niece watch Spongebob.

Lol. you know idk why people over exagerate saying that our screens are not "sharp" seems pretty sharp to me. its a nice trade of for having everything else superior

Our screen does kinda suck compared to other phones... But i've noticed my screen seems to be the most durable. I've stepped on my phone a couple times, it dropped then i get out of the car and crack.... I even stepped on it one time with a rock on the side and the screen doesn't have a single scratch..
Thats about all I can say I like.

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Our screen does kinda suck compared to other phones... But i've noticed my screen seems to be the most durable. I've stepped on my phone a couple times, it dropped then i get out of the car and crack.... I even stepped on it one time with a rock on the side and the screen doesn't have a single scratch..
Thats about all I can say I like.
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What other phones are you talking about here?
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Hell I like the screen on this phone even more than the one on the galaxy s 2. The galaxy s 2's screen just doesn't look as nice and the colors are weird. Maybe its cause of that blueish tint. And the low resolution on that bug of a screen? Eww
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Older phones like the HTC HD2 couldn't match our phones AMOLED display, but when your talking about the new Galaxy S2, or even a phone like the HTC Amaze both have fascinating displays.
I've compared them side by side and i personally think our phones have more of a yellowish tint that isn't so great.

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Older phones like the HTC HD2 couldn't match our phones AMOLED display, but when your talking about the new Galaxy S2, or even a phone like the HTC Amaze both have fascinating displays.
I've compared them side by side and i personally think our phones have more of a yellowish tint that isn't so great.
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You shouldn't be comparing a new phone to an older phone in the first place, chances are the new one will always be better.

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You shouldn't be comparing a new phone to an older phone in the first place, chances are the new one will always be better.
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This is true, but call me crazy I thought my G2 had a better display. and the HTC Evo was pretty sweet..
It's just something about this offset yellowish tint. The whites never seen pure, although i'll give it the black is definantly more black than an LCD.

don't you guys have voodoo control center to tweck colors?
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Samsung Galaxy III Deal Breaker Question

For those who have the Samsung Galaxy III or planning to pick one up when it comes out, what is one CON about the SG3 that would make you NOT want to buy the GS3 or return it to the stores and wait or exchange for a different phone?
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Had it just over 2 days now, can't can't really find anything that would make me not want to buy it. If anything, and can be argued, the strength of the screen. Though again, I still bought it, so no real cons from me.

I think my only real concern would be future updates. But that's about it for me.
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teh roxxorz said:
Had it just over 2 days now, can't can't really find anything that would make me not want to buy it. If anything, and can be argued, the strength of the screen. Though again, I still bought it, so no real cons from me.
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Strength of the screen? Huh?
It looks like a piece of jewelry the glass of the screen. Kinda like One X international or ATT.
I'm actually surprised but this samoled HD is actually better than the one GN in terms of pixelation (less pixelation here). But there's a noticeable black color contrast issue compared to, say, Epic Touch black contrast - the blacks were completely black on ET, whereas with this screen, they aren't quite as black.

nabbed said:
Strength of the screen? Huh?
It looks like a piece of jewelry the glass of the screen. Kinda like One X international or ATT.
I'm actually surprised but this samoled HD is actually better than the one GN in terms of pixelation (less pixelation here). But there's a noticeable black color contrast issue compared to, say, Epic Touch black contrast - the blacks were completely black on ET, whereas with this screen, they aren't quite as black.
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I noticed the color contrast as well, but its so minute, to me at least. i say the strength arguable, cuz some like it, some don't, i'm personally satisfied my G S III. //not present condition.

teh roxxorz said:
I noticed the color contrast as well, but its so minute, to me at least. i say the strength arguable, cuz some like it, some don't, i'm personally satisfied my G S III. //not present condition.
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What is strength of screen?

Its all about personal taste and the phone you are planning to replace. If your current phone is better than the GS3, then stick with it.

I don't have mine yet but the deal breaker for me is the email client ..see how well it works with exchange server and the user experience. Not sure I like black background and white text in the email client either? I am a heavy corporate mail user...

I'm only issue is not having lte in my area yet but hopefully it won't be long

after using it for the past 3 days, the only gripe I have is how fragile it feels. I couldnt see this thing functioning properly after a few falls of 3 ft or more

awesomedeals88 said:
For those who have the Samsung Galaxy III or planning to pick one up when it comes out, what is one CON about the SG3 that would make you NOT want to buy the GS3 or return it to the stores and wait or exchange for a different phone?
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I had a hard time choosing this phone over the EVO LTE. I picked it because I thought it would have better developer support than the EVO LTE since I saw a lot of OG EVO devs jump ship to SGSIII.
However, the screen is much dimmer than the EVO's. It was way harder to see in sunlight compared to the EVO. It also feels a bit more slippery and fragile, and lacks HD Voice and a kickstand compared to EVO LTE. Still, it is a very top notch phone.

No deal breaker for Me
I love this thing .
Fast great Battery and Sammy dropped the source.
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Hopefully mine gets shipped this week (order the 32GB), but my biggest concerns at this point are: camera quality, screen pixelation, Wi-Fi/data/voice signal strength. The last one is my biggest concern- I've never had an Android Samsung phone that has performed well in this area from the Moment--> Epic --> NS4G, they've all had very poor reception. If the GS3 is plagued with this same issue I will swap it for the EVOLTE or await a new phone purchase until the fall/winter.

This phone is no more fragile than the S2 was. Put it in some kind of case (TPU for me) and you're fine.
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Reception on this phone is identical to the dbm levels I had on the EVO LTE. WIFI is far superior as it actually connects and doesn't hang up all the time when loading. GPS is nearly instantaneous, even indoors.
As far as the screen goes...the EVO at max was way to bright for my eyes, even in bright daylight. For me anyway, the S3 screen turned up is just right outdoors....course I don't purposely try and stand in screaming bright daylight just to try it out and worry myself over it. There is no pixelation I can see, unlike the Motorola Pentile screens which drove me nuts.
I far prefer the colors and contrast of the S3 screen to that of the EVO. I honestly see know signs of the dreaded Pentile effects and even reading text on the internet it is sharp as can be. By the way...reading text for my eyes is much easier on this phone as the text is darker due to the black levels vs the grayish text on the EVO LTE.
This shape phone fits my hands perfetly whereas the EVO with the full rectangle and square corners was a bit to industrial and not comfortable in my hand.
Lastly, if the "plastic / polycarbonate" body of the S2 with a TPU on it was any indication of the resiliency of this phone considering the number of times I dropped the S2, I haven't even the slightest worry unless it falls glass down on a rock. If you drop any of these and it lands on the corner without some kind of shock absorbing case, you are pretty much screwed.

the only thing really bugging me is that Sprint's 3G is impossibly slow. my Galaxy S II was a great phone and still had WiMax.
by the time Sprint rolls out LTE in the LA area (end of the year at the earliest) there will likely be a newer, better phone.
the SGS III is AMAZING! screen is beautiful, it feels great in the hand, it is FAST and on WiFi is a phone I wouldn't trade for anything out there. the problem comes when you are not within range of wifi.
that's not this phones fault and is not a defect of the phone just unfortunate timing that I will have to wait about 6 months to use it on a high speed mobile network.
WiMax is no where near as fast as LTE but it is way way faster than Sprints 3G.
I have 28 more days to decide how much this bugs me and how likely it is that there will be a better Android phone available when Sprint finally flips the switch on LTE.

jfenton57 said:
Reception on this phone is identical to the dbm levels I had on the EVO LTE. WIFI is far superior as it actually connects and doesn't hang up all the time when loading. GPS is nearly instantaneous, even indoors.
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Unfortunately this isn't necessarily an indication of improvement on Samsung's part because the HTC One X series has been reported to have low quality/weak reception. The Samsung radios didn't improve to be as good as those in HTC but quite the opposite, HTC's are now as bad as Samsung's. This would be the reason that I would not get the EVOLTE instead and would rather wait til fall/winter. Bottom line though, if it proves to be a non-issue then I will keep the phone.

s3xda said:
after using it for the past 3 days, the only gripe I have is how fragile it feels. I couldnt see this thing functioning properly after a few falls of 3 ft or more
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Already dropped it 3 times from over 3 ft with out a case or screen protector. passed with flying colors.

mlin said:
Hopefully mine gets shipped this week (order the 32GB), but my biggest concerns at this point are: camera quality, screen pixelation, Wi-Fi/data/voice signal strength..
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Signal strength seems to be passable, but there is definitely pixelation on the screen. You don't even need good eyesight to notice it on white pages. It's a little jarring for me compared to the EVO LTE's screen but it's not a dealbreaker.

GPS was also my biggest gripe with Samsung, being that me & wife road trip a lot. The GPS is outstanding for me on the GS3. I couldn't be happier.

Skunk Ape1 said:
Already dropped it 3 times from over 3 ft with out a case or screen protector. passed with flying colors.
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Damn, dropsy. You need to tether your phone to your wrist!