The Official Samsung Galaxy S III Thread

Robbo · 2 May 2012 at 23:29

Dangerous said:
I will try not to buy this phone! I am really happy with my CM9 SGS2!!

I'm very happy with the One X but I will end up getting this if it raises the bar significantly in most areas. Perhaps not right away though.

I'm excited all the same, there's that small chance that Samsung will really deliver an absolute monster...

A TouchWiz revamp will be nice too, if they can just tidy it up a bit (aesthetically) I think a lot of us would be happy to use it. And/or perhaps rename it, as it sounds like something out of a children's colouring book.

Fallen god · 2 May 2012 at 23:29

Dangerous said:
It all depends on how long it will take to get rooted.

Really like CM9 and until that is picked up then I'm not keen to jump.

Need root for at least backup pro so I can have all my data when I move over. Hoping O2 has a nice deal thou since I'm sim only deals for last 1 year.

Danger Phoenix · 2 May 2012 at 23:30

Dangerous said:
It all depends on how long it will take to get rooted.

Really like CM9 and until that is picked up then I'm not keen to jump.

I'm sure it will be pretty quickly, so I will buy it and then move over from my SGSII when it has been rooted... otherwise I can't Titanium Backup my applications and data across.

Dangerous · 2 May 2012 at 23:31

Robbo said:
I'm very happy with the One X but I will end up getting this if it raises the bar significantly in most areas. Perhaps not right away though.

I'm excited all the same, there's that small chance that Samsung will really deliver an absolute monster...

A TouchWiz revamp will be nice too, if they can just tidy it up a bit (aesthetically) I think a lot of us would be happy to use it. And/or perhaps rename it, as it sounds like something out of a children's colouring book.

If Samsung release it with TW5 and AOSP style I'd think about buying it before it was rooted.

Fallen god said:
Need root for at least backup pro so I can have all my data when I move over. Hoping O2 has a nice deal thou since I'm sim only deals for last 1 year.

Yeah if O2 release it as £399 again PAYG then I will defo buy it! That was a bargin last year and I managed to get 2 of them

Danger Phoenix · 2 May 2012 at 23:36

Dangerous said:
Yeah if O2 release it as £399 again PAYG then I will defo buy it! That was a bargin last year and I managed to get 2 of them

Wasn't it £450 when it first came down, and then was reduced to £399?

I plan to buy it from O2 as well unless it is significantly cheaper elsewhere because they will unlock it for free for me (that's if its locked in the first place).

Dangerous · 2 May 2012 at 23:38

Danger Phoenix said:
Wasn't it £450 when it first came down, and then was reduced to £399?

I plan to buy it from O2 as well unless it is significantly cheaper elsewhere because they will unlock it for free for me (that's if its locked in the first place).

Nah it was £399 and you had to buy £10 top up - Bought mine week of release.

Danger Phoenix · 2 May 2012 at 23:40

Dangerous said:
Nah it was £399 and you had to buy £10 top up - Bought mine week of release.

You are right, just checked my emails

Dangerous · 2 May 2012 at 23:43

Still good second hand value on the S2 but that will drop tomorrow I guess.

mattjd · 2 May 2012 at 23:52

My iPhone 4's contract is over in June. I am thinking of getting this phone to replace my ageing device, how much (roughly) does the handset cost on a £30-35 contract? (Going by the S2)

kona786 · 2 May 2012 at 23:54

Tomorrow will be the decider on how soon I get this. That and a great deal on the handset.

grudas · 2 May 2012 at 23:55

Erm we dont know! :-(

it will depend on the contract obvsly but i would expect preorders as low as 2
5 pm with free phone like it was with one x

Robbo · 2 May 2012 at 23:58

mattjd said:
My iPhone 4's contract is over in June. I am thinking of getting this phone to replace my ageing device, how much (roughly) does the handset cost on a £30-35 contract? (Going by the S2)

Depending on minutes etc, probably nothing.

mike.grayizzle · 3 May 2012 at 01:25

With the hype and increased awareness I hope the pricing does not go crazy. Still can't my head around how much more you have to pay for iPhone and blackberry when compared with the galaxy.

Am I right in saying the contracts offered when it was released were reasonable. I got stung by blackberry by taking the torch without doing proper research, it's been painful paying 40 quid a month for the last year knowing I could have got the galaxy for 25 if I had of been smarter.

grudas · 3 May 2012 at 01:53

mike.grayizzle said:
With the hype and increased awareness I hope the pricing does not go crazy. Still can't my head around how much more you have to pay for iPhone and blackberry when compared with the galaxy.

Am I right in saying the contracts offered when it was released were reasonable. I got stung by blackberry by taking the torch without doing proper research, it's been painful paying 40 quid a month for the last year knowing I could have got the galaxy for 25 if I had of been smarter.

i got mine for 20

Intratech · 3 May 2012 at 02:30

2100 mAh

grudas · 3 May 2012 at 02:40

Intratech said:
2100 mAh

sounds good

priced similar to s2 on launch? - yesterday or November then?

Nexus18 · 3 May 2012 at 02:53

If that is true then we should see some pretty good battery life, on par with the one S or slightly better.........

grudas · 3 May 2012 at 03:05

Nexus18 said:
If that is true then we should see some pretty good battery life, on par with the one S or slightly better.........

or better

i mean its not like you own a one s or anything

a lot depends on cpu/screen etc.. so it can be better not just slightly :cool:

WatchTower · 3 May 2012 at 03:13

Contracts are evil in every way. Gonna buy this phone if it's great as soon has I can afford a sim free version and bang my GiffGaff sim in it.

Nexus18 · 3 May 2012 at 03:27

grudas said:
or better i mean its not like you own a one s or anything a lot depends on cpu/screen etc.. so it can be better not just slightly

Why does it matter if I own a one S?

The one s has the best battery life out of the box for android devices except the rzr obviously, so not think it is good to compare the 2?

Also do you not think a 4.8" 720P SAMOLED+ screen is going to drain a lot of power especially when compared to the one s screen?

Of course the processor will also play a big part in the battery life as we have seen with the XL (which uses the same CPU as the S) compared to the X but I can't see it making a huge amount of difference between the S and GS 3, like what some may think....... I reckon the GS 3 will get an additional 30-60 minutes (60 max) of on screen time compared to the one s at 40% brightness, so in total about 4hours 30-45minutes of on screen time with ease and pushing it about 5 hours of on screen time.

Of course I could be completely wrong but it is fun to guess!

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