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Samsung S3 versus iPhone 4S... 80's Style!!

Found this funny video from TechRadar on the youtubes. Searched the forums to see if it had already been posted but couldn't find anything.
Samsung Galaxy S3 - the lost advert from 1985!!
[Since I just found out I can't post outside links yet] - go to youtube and search Samsung S3 lost advert [/link fail]
Made me giggle! S3 kicks its ass!!!
Thank me if you like (I'm new here).
Starchini

It is quite good the style is spot on and yes, I do remember the mid-eighties rather well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq6RsImt0LU
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Then it will look like this:
Thanks for the vid!

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From within the XDA app (which I probably use 99% of the time, it looks like this
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Thanks for the YouTube linking tip Noted for future reference.

Good work finding this, hilarious
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HTC lets you try out the One flagship before buying it

"HTC is giving potential buyers of the One a taste of what it’s put into the recently-announced flagship with a new interactive site."
http://blog.gsmarena.com/htc-lets-you-try-out-the-one-flagship-before-buying-it/

Only needed three minutes with it to pre order it

R89SONY said:
Only needed three minutes with it to pre order it
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Only needed some hands on videos in my case
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NiCk.JaY said:
Only needed some hands on videos in my case
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Well I had no hands on videos to watch as I was straigth down to oxford street as soon as I saw on phone arena that phones 4 u bond street was doing the launch went there played with the camera/video and music for 3mins and said good bye to the xperia z

R89SONY said:
Well I had no hands on videos to watch as I was straigth down to oxford street as soon as I saw on phone arena that phones 4 u bond street was doing the launch went there played with the camera/video and music for 3mins and said good bye to the xperia z
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Lucky you, I haven't really used the phone in person yet, I hope to do so soon
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And the award for most misleading title of the year goes to....

Still waiting here in India for online retailers like Flipkart to start taking pre-orders for One

Beats Audio or just Beats?

Have a look on the back of your phone.
Is the word Audio missing after Beats?

compact_bijou said:
Have a look on the back of your phone.
Is the word Audio missing after Beats?
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No.

Same as this guy: (Skip to ~5:00)

bazzag said:
Same as this guy: (Skip to ~5:00)
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Decent review.
No gaps, the trim round the ports looks clean cut, too, and the word Audio is missing.
Wonder how many went through QC before they noticed.
Makes you wonder what else QC might have missed.

What is this thread about?
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NiCk.JaY said:
What is this thread about?
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I find the best way to discover what a thread is about is to read the title, read the first post, read the subsequent posts then watch any accompanying video.

NiCk.JaY said:
What is this thread about?
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On the back of the HTC One devices there is normally a logo at the bottom that says "Beats Audio". However, some devices only have "Beats" written.
Hence the discussion. Perhaps concern about QC?

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Yeah lol sorry, maybe I should retire for the day, can't understand how I missed the OP
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beats audio is a brand and beats audio is the trademark of that brand.
Some HTC One phones only have the word beats on the back of the case; the word audio and the ™ symbol is missing.

Mine says beats audio on the back

compact_bijou said:
I find the best way to discover what a thread is about is to read the title, read the first post, read the subsequent posts then watch any accompanying video.
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Haha, well played!
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compact_bijou said:
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^^made me :laugh: out loud in my office at work!! Thank you for making my ****ty boring work day a little better lol!
in regards to OP, it's interesting. I wonder whether or not it's either a change in the development timeline that perhaps the earlier phones had beats audio or visa versa. Or perhaps a sign of 2 different factories producing slightly different handsets?
I'd be interested to know if there was any correlation between the handsets with beats/beats audio on to the ones with the gaps/no gaps, as that could give some idea on if there is an issue in production in one particular factory making the phone. Or if it's to do with the release date.....
For those I have lost with this semi-rambling post.....Example;-
All the phones with beats audio on are the ones that also have the gaps in the build and are all the earlier released phones.....
or
All the phones with beats audio on are the ones that also have the gaps in the build and although produced at different times since the phones release they were all made by the same factory.

The War Horse
There was my contribution too, I being a fool lol
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lol this is true, apologies for not giving credit where credit's due it was indeed a 'special' moment

Mine says beats audio
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I am seriously wondering whats going on @ HTC.
how could they let something like this slip by?
I assume they have a slightly lower QC level due to the expense of the case itself? Does not justify it... but.

That would be my phone in the video (with my hands and voice of course ;p) and yeah no audio on the bottom just the beats portion of it.
Phone is perfect apart from that, but since it's nothing huge I will be keeping it as I can't see many of them, special edition
Let me know if I am the only One (it was too easy)

samjpullen said:
That would be my phone in the video (with my hands and voice of course ;p) and yeah no audio on the bottom just the beats portion of it.
Phone is perfect apart from that, but since it's nothing huge I will be keeping it as I can't see many of them, special edition
Let me know if I am the only One (it was too easy)
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Collectors item.
I've heard of two other phones without the 'audio' bit but there must have been fair a few unibodies go through the
screen print machine before the person watching the screen print process noticed that the silver ink had run out !
Great review by the way. Better than having a nasal American voice chewing up our language

Beats Audio on my One.

I was thinking that, maybe you have a "special" One.
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Need a detail review

i want a users review about the device, most tech sites are being paid to show manipulated results. the only feedback that is worthy enough is the direct user review.
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qazibasit said:
most tech sites are being paid to show manipulated results. the only feedback that is worthy enough is the direct user review.
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I've been watching Technobuffalo's reviews on products for years, he always gives his honest opinion and isn't afraid to tell everyone if a product sucks.
Unfortionately I'm still waiting on mine It'll be here Friday!
Video Link>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUOS2ILXD-0

Anandtech gave the most through analysis ever with no pay offs guaranteed. Check it out. It's a bloody good read.
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qazibasit said:
i want a users review about the device, most tech sites are being paid to show manipulated results. the only feedback that is worthy enough is the direct user review.
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Ouch... are you sure? I mean about the fraud? Where do you base this on? I love to see some manipulated results.

OP, clearly you didn't look very well otherwise you'd have found my review along with a load of others in that thread.

KidCarter93 said:
OP, clearly you didn't look very well otherwise you'd have found my review along with a load of others in that thread.
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+1000

I've had the phone for 2 weeks here's my review
It's dam fast dam sexy and a dam good screen hope that helps

appelflap said:
Ouch... are you sure? I mean about the fraud? Where do you base this on? I love to see some manipulated results.
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Not sure if it's paid. But I "WTF"ed when I saw S3 camera got 7 and Lumia 920 got 6.
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/C...one-5-Nokia-Lumia-920-and-Galaxy-S-III_id3285

Yeah, with all the controversy coming out about Samsung's paid 'user reviews', I would say definitely check out Anandtech's review - amazingly thorough and very hones. Covers casual and hardcore phone nerd interests very well.

Here's my review of the phone, trust me I got no extra money from HTC
http://droidhorizon.com/htc-one-first-impression/

Hey folks, planing to say good bye to my S2 to HTC One, but the questions i have are that the call quality, wifi reception, signal reception, battery and ear phone experience, any goods in HTC One?

patato2 said:
Not sure if it's paid. But I "WTF"ed when I saw S3 camera got 7 and Lumia 920 got 6.
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/C...one-5-Nokia-Lumia-920-and-Galaxy-S-III_id3285
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Oh wow, the 9 for the S4 is weird. He/she is definitely a big fan of the S4 camera. The discrepancy between the rates are too high to be taken seriously.

kobellza said:
Hey folks, planing to say good bye to my S2 to HTC One, but the questions i have are that the call quality, wifi reception, signal reception, battery and ear phone experience, any goods in HTC One?
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I have also switched from s2 to one.
Call quality - very clear and loud. Perfect.
Wifi - i have recorded speeds of 25mb download
Battery - solely depends on case by case basis i have not used it to play games or watch videos yet and lasts me days and a half before it dies.
Ear phone - its ok for free ear phone. Other members in this forum rate these better.
Hope it helps.
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I don't have the device but I went in to carphone warehouse today and they had a working demo unit and all I can say is WOW.This thing is so fast and slick,the sound is amazing and holding it in the hand it just screams quality
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Recent galaxy s4 reviews will make us all smile

If u were one of those people that was torn between the HTC one and the galaxy s4 .. well.. laggy, gimmicky, and boring design all seem to be mentioned in all the top website reviews on the final build s4. Stuff.tv and pocketnow are amoung a few sites rating the HTC one higher than the s4
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I have noticed that too. So glad I've got One.
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After having a galaxy s (still going) and seeing Samsung's lack of software support, on that alone I'd choose the HTC ONE. I'd be happy with the hardware upgrade of the S4, but the ONE seems like its of better build quality.

Not only that, but the whole PR debacle where Samsung was revealed to have been spreading bad user reviews of the HTC One also casts a shadow of doubt on anybody ridiculously badmouthing the One. Good job Samsung!
Hopefully the fact that almost all of the reviews mention the HTC One in comparison will give it the media exposure it is lacking due to minimal advertising.

Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.

Syrioth said:
After having a galaxy s (still going) and seeing Samsung's lack of software support, on that alone I'd choose the HTC ONE. I'd be happy with the hardware upgrade of the S4, but the ONE seems like its of better build quality.
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Don't make me laugh, have you even used a HTC phone? HTC drop support after like 3 months.

lavafire said:
Don't make me laugh, have you even used a HTC phone? HTC drop support after like 3 months.
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In my past experiences, Samsung was not much better. I hated dealing with their customer service as well, was a pain in the rear.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/samsung-says-galaxy-s4-delayed-191217386.html
yeah right

I suppose I could just be having a bad experience with Samsung. In a way I'm glad, otherwise I wouldn't have tried so many great ROMs. I still think it should have been upgraded past gingerbread though.

just picked up my One a couple days ago. Wow. This thing is so buttery smooth it's like silk! I'm totally digging this masterpiece.
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Syrioth said:
I suppose I could just be having a bad experience with Samsung. In a way I'm glad, otherwise I wouldn't have tried so many great ROMs. I still think it should have been upgraded past gingerbread though.
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i never had a phone from them, but i had one of their high end $ 3000 led tv got it replaced twice by amazon (thanks amazon) while samsung customer service a-hole told me (after 50+ calls over a month and 2 tv sets) they will not honor the warranty due me abusing the tv by keeping it on for more than 6 hours because the tv was reseting every 15-30 min (really i bought an lg led never had problem with and will keep on for a day sometime w/o problem), so no thanks if samsung will make the last anything on the planet i will not buy it.

Syrioth said:
Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.
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Samsung admitted paying Taiwanese college students to trash HTC on online forums

Gordo96 said:
Samsung admitted paying Taiwanese college students to trash HTC on online forums
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Wow, dam losers never learn.
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I'll just leave this here seen this on Twitter this helped me sell 4 HTC ones today
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CheesyNutz said:
I'll just leave this here seen this on Twitter this helped me sell 4 HTC ones today
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Wow that's a huge difference! Result of PPI, or is the pentile amloed the reason?

dreamdestiny said:
If u were one of those people that was torn between the HTC one and the galaxy s4 .. well.. laggy, gimmicky, and boring design all seem to be mentioned in all the top website reviews on the final build s4. Stuff.tv and pocketnow are amoung a few sites rating the HTC one higher than the s4
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If you check gizmodo's review you are going to laugh. They destroyed(trolled) S4 from top to bottom. :cyclops:

anyone noticed the clam after those reviews were published

Syrioth said:
Wow is that confirmed to be true? But yeah its some media exposure for HTC is always good.
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True. I live in the country where this news originated.
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hamdir said:
anyone noticed the clam after those reviews were published
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Sony , Nokia , ASUS, LG's problems disappeared in a second. hTC sacrifices itself to save the world.

I was one of the people who was torn between the S4 and HTC One i kept changing me mind right up to the last minute. I was coming from an S2 which i never had any problems with infact its still a great phone over 2 years old (the misses uses it now and loves it) I'm glad i went with the One though it has that WOW factor that i dont think the S4 has. i'm more than happy with my decision the One is an amazing piece of kit

I take it all but the most demented Sammy trolls are now far too busy over on the S4 forums to hang around our street corner anymore.
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