galaxy siii Samsung Galaxy S III is official: 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, quad-co

[Elliott]

I don't mind the looks (the white one looks pretty sleek), but that PenTile screen... :x

[Brandon H Supervisor]

I don't mind the looks (the white one looks pretty sleek), but that PenTile screen... :x

I don't understand all the disgust for the pentile screen on the phone, it looks just fine to me 0_o

[Shadrack]

Wow, it really dwarfs the iPhone. That thing looks beastly but still nice and thin. I like some of the ideas going on, but I think the S II and the Galaxy Nexus were more pleasing to the eye. I wonder how much further they are going to push the screen sizes... Are we going to see 5.5+" of phone this year?

[Boz]

Wow didn't even see the Anandtech review. This thing annihilates benchmarks and iPhone 4S as well. No wonder other sites who favor Apple compare it only to HTC One X and other Android phones and curiously omit iPhone 4S from these benchmarks now.

[Vice]

Wow didn't even see the Anandtech review. This thing annihilates benchmarks and iPhone 4S as well. No wonder other sites who favor Apple compare it only to HTC One X and other Android phones and curiously omit iPhone 4S from these benchmarks now.

Of course it beats the iPhone 4S it has a Quad Core CPU at 1.4GHz. It also beats every other phone in existence.

[Hardcore Til I Die]

I expected the stuff that was speculated before the official announcement, such as the ceramic cover, 2 GB RAM, non-pentile display, 12MP camera, software buttons, etc. This might sound insane for today, but will probably be just average by next year.

Actually, there were some quite significant differences between the SGS1 and SGS2. Just to name a few: double RAM, Super AMOLED+, slightly higher resolution, HSPA support, much better camera, etc. It was clearly a good reason to upgrade.

What's the point in a 12mp camera? Bigger file sizes without any benefit to quality..pretty stupid if you ask me.

And no Android phone needs 2GB of RAM yet. Android frees up RAM when applications need it. Even in a year I doubt well need any more than 1GB unless changes are made to the multitasking system.

And last but not least, the pentile display is much more power efficient with only a minimal effect on display quality.

You want specs without actually considering whether there will be any benefit to having them. :rolleyes:

[iron2000]

From the keynote it seems like it will be a good phone for the average user.

Very feature packed software, kind of a shame if its flashed with CM9.

I don't know how much they talked about is already available in apps already though.

Reminds me that a phone is not a PC as all those ROM and kernel flashing made me forget :p

Somehow from there stressing that the S3 'listens, response and know what you want' reminds me of this video:

[moloko]

Looks beautiful but so HUGE. Each generation these grow and grow. Damn too big for me.

[Syanide]

I expected the stuff that was speculated before the official announcement, such as the ceramic cover, 2 GB RAM, non-pentile display, 12MP camera, software buttons, etc. This might sound insane for today, but will probably be just average by next year.

Actually, there were some quite significant differences between the SGS1 and SGS2. Just to name a few: double RAM, Super AMOLED+, slightly higher resolution, HSPA support, much better camera, etc. It was clearly a good reason to upgrade.

Oh cry me a river... Quad core processor that annihilates anything on the market, larger display size, HD resolution, gazillion software improvements, free dropbox, wireless charging. And that's not even all, and it's not significantly improved over SII? Also, some of the things you're bitching about (non pentile display) would be barely noticable, while others are completely useless (ceramic cover would just break more easily, have you seen the plastic cover on an s2? You can flex the edges and it won't break; megapixels don't mean ****, and software buttons can be an annoyance).

Also:

"This might sound insane for today, but will probably be just average by next year."

Welcome to the world of technology, where time doesn't stand still. Despite that, this is a phone that will serve anyone well for at least two years. There are still millions of people using the original Galaxy S who are perfectly happy with their phones. If you're just chasing specs, you're never gonna be happy about anything, ever.

[jakem1]

According to Ubergizmo it still suffers from that predictable Android lagginess despite the hardware that's been thrown at it.

[guru]

meh design .. i wish they had kept the S2 design. i wonder of they changed their design because of Apple litigation

[AJerman]

So I think we can all say that this is currently the best smartphone on the market. Specs and capabilities overall are insane + Dropbox and other stuff.

And why is everyone complaining about pen-tile display.. this is 1280 display with SuperAmoled technology. The Galaxy Nexus screen I have is just stunning. Don't diss before you actually use the device.

I've used the device, the pentile SAMOLED HD is ****. Just because SOME of you can't see the difference doesn't mean others of us don't. I personally don't understand how you can't see the difference. I've used a phone with a pentile SAMOLED screen for a substantial amount of time, then upgraded to a phone that had a SAMOLED+ screen, and I won't go back. I've used the Galaxy Nexus, and I can very easily tell it's pentile, and it looks terrible to me. Yes, it's not as bad on the HD screen compared to the 800x480 screens, but with size increasing also, this screen will look even worse than the Galaxy Nexus.

As for the Dropbox thing everyone seems to be quoting, if it's anything like all the other extra dropbox space offers, you'll be able to throw the APK on any phone and get the upgrade. I'd think with 50 GB they'd be more likely to try to restrict it a little, but either way I'm currently using less than 700 MB of my 9 GB on Dropbox, so that's not going to make a decision for me at all. If it does for someone else, great.

As I live in the US, my local phones would be dual core if I want LTE, or I can order international and get Exynos without LTE. Similarly with the One X, I could get Tegra 3 or the dual core with LTE. Personally, I think I'd actually rather have a dual core A15 with LTE than the quad core A9. Performance is better a lot of times in non-multitasking situations (which really is most situations on a phone), and battery life is better, even with LTE added.

Do you know how much the preorder is for this phone? From the site I saw earlier, it comes out to about $800 USD. This phone isn't worth anywhere near that amount. If it was a $500 or MAYBE even a $600 phone with it's specs, it'd have an argument. For $800 I want an SAMOLED+ HD and Exynos+LTE. If just those two features were available, it would be massively better. Instead they filled it with some software gimmicks and evolutionary hardware rather than revolutionary hardware.

Also, as for S-Beam, this is hardly a SGS III exclusive feature. Beam is already a feature in stock Android 4.0, and the phone has a bluetooth 4.0 chip, which gives it the speed. I would fully expect that any other two bluetooth 4.0 devices would perform just as well with beam. They probably integrated it more in the software to make it a little easier to use, but again, it's not anything amazing, evolutionary, not revolutionary. Besides, how often would you really beam a file to someone else? And S-Beam will likely mean the other person has to have an SGS III as well. I don't know about most of you, but that brings the chances of me being able to use it down to maybe once every few months. Also, I very much question their numbers. They talk about transferring 1 GB in 3 minutes, but I've yet to see a phone that has a storage media anywhere NEAR fast enough for that.

Anyway, it's a nice phone, I'm not saying it's not, but for it's price, I'd rather have something else. They failed to deliver a product that lives up to the hype that it's had. Samsung is the biggest Android vendor now, and people look to their new flagship devices to be a step above all other phones, and I don't see how you could say this is. It has some unique features, but it also has some very poor features and seems to average out to being on par with others rather than a step ahead.

Edit: Holy wall of text, hahah.

[Auroka]

The "new" video controls remind me of WP7's:

I'm not even going to comment on S Voice... :/

[bogas04]

I have three letters to say;

WTH.

Thank you.

[still1]

Haters gonna hate and find even a small reason for it.

No phone is perfect and such phone dont exist.. everything has a flaw.

[techbeck]

Haters gonna hate and find even a small reason for it.

No phone is perfect and such phone dont exist.. everything has a flaw.

Yea, but personally I think Samsung would do better without TW. Back before ICS, I really didnt care much for the default Android look so I always modded/themed my phone. I kept the default ICS look for about 6 months before I changed it a little. Still pretty much the default look but I changed the colors. So I think the default ICS look/feel is much better over the previous OS versions.

And the screen is the other thing that did it for me. I think 4 - 4.5 inches is a good size for a phone and my GNEX is pushing it for me.

[still1]

Yea, but personally I think Samsung would do better without TW. Back before ICS, I really didnt care much for the default Android look so I always modded/themed my phone. I kept the default ICS look for about 6 months before I changed it a little. Still pretty much the default look but I changed the colors. So I think the default ICS look/feel is much better over the previous OS versions.

And the screen is the other thing that did it for me. I think 4 - 4.5 inches is a good size for a phone and my GNEX is pushing it for me.

I agree.. TW made Android 2.x better but the default ICS is a lot better than TW and the only reason that makes me hesitate.

I would probably wait for the next Nexus. there was a rumor that it will be made by samsung and will be based out of S3.

[Anibal P]

As long as ATT doesn't butcher it, I'm getting a GS3 to replace my Vibrant, the OneX was a contender, but not anymore

[Hardcore Til I Die]

According to Ubergizmo it still suffers from that predictable Android lagginess despite the hardware that's been thrown at it.

Ah yes, the non-existent lag!

[HawkMan]

Dunno, I can see it on people's SGSII's. Apps loading freeze up the device for a bit. Randomly when switching between stuff or screen it'll freeze up a bit. It's definitely there on anything from the most powerful to the weakest devices. Despite weaker hardware SE devices seem to suffer the least in fact. They probably do a better job with drivers and coding the OS for their devices.

[Belazor]

Ah yes, the non-existent lag!

Is there a particular reason why you're committing the "The issue doesn't happen to me, so therefore it doesn't exist" fallacy?

I'm sure there's a fancy name for it, -shrugs-

In either case it is a fallacy to assume that because you have not experienced an issue, the issue does not exist.

It's like saying "iOS apps never ever crash" or "There is no such thing as cancer" because YOUR iOS apps don't crash and because YOU don't have cancer.

Please refrain from posting such posts in the future. Thank you :)

[Singh400]

Dunno, I can see it on people's SGSII's. Apps loading freeze up the device for a bit. Randomly when switching between stuff or screen it'll freeze up a bit. It's definitely there on anything from the most powerful to the weakest devices. Despite weaker hardware SE devices seem to suffer the least in fact. They probably do a better job with drivers and coding the OS for their devices.

With or without TouchWiz though? A lot of Android phones suffer from heavy and unwanted customization from OEMs (things like Motorola Blur, Samsung TouchWiz & HTC Sense). It adds a very noticeable lag effect on most Android phones. Hell even on some of the most powerful Android phones it's noticeable.

My HTC Desire came loaded with HTC Sense (no idea what revision) and it wasn't until I moved to a complete stock Android ROM (Oxygen) and a Sense free environment did I see how much OEM bloatware bogs down end-user experience in terms of responsiveness.

[Auroka]

This pretty much explains why the SGSIII is the way it is:

The First Smartphone Designed Entirely By Lawyers

I just realized it doesn't even have a black option, lol.

[anarkhy]

s3 design is so fugly it makes the nexus looking good.

[ThePitt]

with the power of an old calculator and with a battery that last 5 hours, yea, sure, Im in...