***The Official Samsung Galaxy S III Thread***

mrk said:
Early excitement due to all those leaked pics and info lol
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I guess the leaks and excitement around MWC and the the seperate 'Samsung event' that happened after. Oh well, longer it drags out the closer my current 24month SGS1 contract is to finishing, will have to extent it at this rate though :p
 
I've been using the $25 (w/2 year contract) LG Ally for the past two years, before I knew anything about the types of phones that were out there. During the past two years, I've been doing some serious research, and I think I'm going to treat myself to the SGSIII when it comes out. It's gonna be one beast of a phone compared to my LG Ally!
 
w1lliam said:
I have to give you that! You either hated it it's looks or learned to live with them :p

Also the apps are still small, but the push to save the apps to the sd card were numerous in the comments by desire owners ;)

Tegra 2 was a failure in so many ways and 3 doesnt better the SoC by samsung so another failure in my eyes.
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how was tegra chips a failure?
 
Nooooo!


Well, maybe :p

Just as I'm getting settled into AOKP on the S2 I'd feel bummed about not having it any more on a new phone so I think I will sit back until May and wait and see what the CM Team and Team Kang decide to add support for first!
 
Faithfully waiting on samsung to do the biz.

Sgs1 good hardware with initial poor support

Sgs2 class leading hardware with good software

Sgs3 expecting more of the same

I liked my sgs1, love my sgs2, may want to have the third incarnations children.
 
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Well, after watching a few One X vs One S videos Samsung better use Exynos 5 and not the 4412. A quad core cortex A9 at this stage is totally pointless* especially at 40nm.
Krait is faster everywhere. Opening apps, in app performance, loading web pages etc. There's just so much more bandwidth, even with MSM8260s low clock speeds.

Come on Samsung, RELEASE THE KRAKEN! :D

* Note: Software will never fully utilise all four A9 cores at 'benchmark speeds' for long, reviewers using words like 'future proof' are WAY off base. You'll need a wall socket or iPad battery for that type of power consumption.
 
sarge78 said:
Well, after watching a few One X vs One S videos Samsung better use Exynos 5 and not the 4412. A quad core cortex A9 at this stage is totally pointless* especially at 40nm.
Krait is faster everywhere. Opening apps, in app performance, loading web pages etc. There's just so much more bandwidth, even with MSM8260s low clock speeds.

Come on Samsung, RELEASE THE KRAKEN! :D

* Note: Software will never fully utilise all four A9 cores at 'benchmark speeds' for long, reviewers using words like 'future proof' are WAY off base. You'll need a wall socket or iPad battery for that type of power consumption.
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Plenty of the differences between the S and X is down to the the X has to power a much larger screen pushing far more pixels. Its not a complete apples to apples comparisson between the phones, also many benchmarks have been made by particular Chip manufactures and will always side with their own devices.
 
Good stuff, about time we got some more leaks. :D

msmalls74 said:
Plenty of the differences between the S and X is down to the the X has to power a much larger screen pushing far more pixels. Its not a complete apples to apples comparisson between the phones, also many benchmarks have been made by particular Chip manufactures and will always side with their own devices.
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Forget benchmarks, both GPUs push 720p with ease. ARM SoCs have always lacked bandwidth (Intel have been quick to point that out on several occasions :p) and you can see the big improvement with Krait. Even though each CPU core is only 20/30% faster than A9 per clock everything is faster and smoother everywhere. That's a genuine real world benefit. :)
 
mrk said:
Well I'm definitely in London, I'll be swinging by as well as long as I get up in time!

Also, I hope the S3 is not glossy otherwise I'll have to break out the scouring pad again!

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rogueblade said:
Gave up on Samsung. Going with the ONE X as are many others.
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The battery's not big enough though...
 
if the rumours are true then i dont see the sgs3 being a big enough stepup from the sgs2. i mean, not with ICS and finally a perfectly smooth launcher in nova. there's no app i use that would benefit from a faster cpu and i don't game that much.

maybe i can go for the next nexus (assuming it'll be out in jan again), but i want something on a smaller process node, better than 720p screen and between 4.5 and 5"
 
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