Do you like hardware design of Samsung Galaxy S3?

[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!

[Brandon H Supervisor]

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.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

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.

[neo1911]

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]

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 Veteran]

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feel like it; if it looks like it that's bad enough for me), it's too rounded at the corners, and the screen is using outdated technology.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 Veteran]

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.

[Old Man Pickle]

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

[Mohitster]

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.

Exactly! It's still hard to believe that Samsung came up with this blunder of a design! They tried to do Apple this time by only incrementing the specifications by lot of notches without giving design too much attention but what they fail to realize was that Apple was continuing with legacy and proven good design of iPhone 4 (and only some fanboyism :p) while Samsung was supposed to come up with a new one at this point in time....especially in the times of Lumias and HTC One Series!

[Ice_Blue]

It's design is rather unimaginative. After all the hype, I was sorely disappointed to see something from the last decade.

For a phone which will be that expensive, I would expect something that stands out.

Plasticky, cheap looking design.

Nah. Not me.

[Ambroos]

I'm glad I went with the Xperia S two months ago :)

[alphaomegainfinity]

If they were so concerned about rectangular design, they could have carried over the Galaxy Nexus design. The size is too big and is bordering on tablets. Operating it with one hand will be cumbersome.

[Mullins]

Honestly it is one of the ugliest phones I have ever seen.

[Hitman2000]

i hate the design, looks very ugly.

some of the earlier concept pictures had me all excited, but now im dissapointed with it.

Lumia 900 is one of the more good looking phones and i hope windows 8 phone is the same.

[Mohitster]

i hate the design, looks very ugly.

some of the earlier concept pictures had me all excited, but now im dissapointed with it.

Lumia 900 is one of the more good looking phones and i hope windows 8 phone is the same.

I have Nokia Astound, a symbian phone which I still like more than Galaxy S3....it is sleek, not too big on screen front, and light as feather!

I loved the Lumia 800 the moment I saw it and grabbed it in my hands....it felt awesome...the whole unibody design, finish.....but I have reservations regarding lumia 900 since it has a bit of screen extruded or something(reportedly) on the front, and more so since I haven't seen it yet in my hands!

[GuJu]

I was expecting something visionary or revolutionary. meh.

iPhone 5 should deliver.

[TangoEight]

I'd prefer it to be a bit more square but it would probably grow on me. Definitely don't like the software, stock ICS looks much better.

[Noir Angel]

It's not as nice as the new HTC phones, but it's not terrible by any means. It is however sad that Samsung lacked the nards to stand up to the bullies in the Apple legal department and designed a phone around lawyers.