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[Mohitster]

So, Samsung Galaxy S3 has now been announced.

Do you happen to like its hardware design?

Note: We are not talking technical specs here!

[+Brando212]

the white one I personally think is beautiful

but I don't like how they tried to make the carbon-fiber of the black one look like brushed metal, it just looks cheap and tacky

[+McKay]

It just looks like a clunky iPhone 3GS

[Ently]

Short answer: No

Long answer: No, it is a horrible plastic looking design that looks very similar to the old Samsung Galaxy (not the S series) which was a budget line of terrible phones.

[+Mephistopheles]

No. I was expecting a less plastic-y, more sophisticated design than this. Also: Why does it still have a hardware home button?

In terms of hardware design the HTC One series, the Nokia Lumia 800/900 and the iPhone 4/4S (to name but a few) have the Galaxy SIII beat.

[the better twin]

Nope it looks cheap and nasty. The home button is really bad. The screen is ridiculously over sized for my tastes as well.

[Mohitster]

It's no for me as well. The design looks dull and the way Samsung was hyping it up, it seems more like a discard than an original design Samsung came up for Galaxy S3!

[+Vice]

Looks like a bigger iPhone 3G to me. Doesn't look nice. That design is dated.

Obviously design isn't everything it has amazing specifications but still when you're dropping that kind of cash on a phone you want it to look nice. I think they could have spent more time on its design.

[+sanke1]

I may have liked it if HTC One X never existed. The bar has been raised far beyond reach of Sammy's engineers for now. Samsung must go to drawing board for Galaxy Note's successor.

[+Vice]

sanke1, on 04 May 2012 - 16:53, said:

I may have liked it if HTC One X never existed. The bar has been raised far beyond reach of Sammy's engineers for now. Samsung must go to drawing board for Galaxy Note's successor.

Leaked picture of the new Galaxy Note:

[Jan]

It looks horrible.

[spacer]

No. The case looks like low quality plastic (even if it isn't and even it doesn't feel like it; if it looks like it that's bad enough for me), it's too rounded at the corners, and the screen is using outdated technology.

[Charisma]

JohnRocks, on 04 May 2012 - 08:06, said:

I'm losing patience with Samsung and reluctantly contemplating going for the iPhone instead.

You do have other options without having to resort to that.

[The Teej]

I have to say I was very underwhelmed. Not that I was going to get one either way, but I can at least appreciate a decent looking phone when I see one (iPhone 4S, HTC One X, and my own Lumia 800) - this phone doesn't come close to these 3.

[tenpoundmouse]

It looks cheap and tacky (like a budget phone). Me no like.