Samsung Galaxy S3
Discussion
I ordered the galaxy s3 for my upgrade last night, got a good deal from orange as I originally called them to give them 30 days notice that I wanted to leave. But I was thinking is the galaxy 4g ready?? If not will it be able to have an update at a later date to make it a 4g phone?? I don't want to get stuck on 3G for 24 months just as 4g is coming out??
a4cabrio said:
I ordered the galaxy s3 for my upgrade last night, got a good deal from orange as I originally called them to give them 30 days notice that I wanted to leave. But I was thinking is the galaxy 4g ready?? If not will it be able to have an update at a later date to make it a 4g phone?? I don't want to get stuck on 3G for 24 months just as 4g is coming out??
It's either 3g or 4g, I'm not aware of the ability to update. I wouldn't worry 4g will be a couple of years before it's worth having and only then if you use huge amounts of mobile data.a4cabrio said:
I ordered the galaxy s3 for my upgrade last night, got a good deal from orange as I originally called them to give them 30 days notice that I wanted to leave. But I was thinking is the galaxy 4g ready?? If not will it be able to have an update at a later date to make it a 4g phone?? I don't want to get stuck on 3G for 24 months just as 4g is coming out??
read my post above, 4g wont be of much use for 2 years and is going to cost a stack of extra cash.Worry about it for the phone after your S3.
Kermit power said:
I love mine, but how on earth are people getting 2 days out of the battery????
I'm happy if I make it through a single day.
1 day, 17 hours 23 mins so far, its at 40%. About 2 hours screen time and has spend most of the time at work playing music through headphones, I use it via bluetooth to play music in the car too.I'm happy if I make it through a single day.
It'll last into Saturday evening, say another 15 hours ? maybe a bit longer, probably be down under 20% by then.
Crafty_ said:
1 day, 17 hours 23 mins so far, its at 40%. About 2 hours screen time and has spend most of the time at work playing music through headphones, I use it via bluetooth to play music in the car too.
It'll last into Saturday evening, say another 15 hours ? maybe a bit longer, probably be down under 20% by then.
It'll last into Saturday evening, say another 15 hours ? maybe a bit longer, probably be down under 20% by then.
I'm wondering if I have a duff battery now. I struggle to get 12 hours out of mine.
DoctorX said:
james_tigerwoods said:
I've not got it yet, but does the GPS app have the maps
Pre loaded?
Uses Google maps. Switches to street view at your destination, very cool.Pre loaded?
james_tigerwoods said:
Yes, but I live rurally and Google Maps on my iPhone needed 3G, something I don't often get.... I use NavFree that at least has all the maps I need without the need for data signal.
There are several alternate GPS packages you can download off the marketplace which don't need a data connection once you've downloaded the maps initially. Kermit power said:
I'm wondering if I have a duff battery now. I struggle to get 12 hours out of mine.
If you use the screen alot that the obvious battery killer but it will be worth giving that app a go and see what it can show you.
james_tigerwoods said:
DoctorX said:
james_tigerwoods said:
I've not got it yet, but does the GPS app have the maps
Pre loaded?
Uses Google maps. Switches to street view at your destination, very cool.Pre loaded?
topalwaysdown said:
In Google Maps there is an option to make any areas you like available offline, it just downloads them and stores them in the memory. I have the area 10 miles in any direction around Nurburg downloaded so that I don't have to rely on data.
True, but it's flawed in one sense as I found out the hard way in the Lake District: you can save the map but if you want to navigate to a point you have to press and hold to bring up a feature. The 'features' (usually the nearest building) have to be downloaded. So you can't run Navigation where there's no signal, and have to manually read the map. Not a world ending nuisance but a nuisance nonetheless.tenohfive said:
True, but it's flawed in one sense as I found out the hard way in the Lake District: you can save the map but if you want to navigate to a point you have to press and hold to bring up a feature. The 'features' (usually the nearest building) have to be downloaded. So you can't run Navigation where there's no signal, and have to manually read the map. Not a world ending nuisance but a nuisance nonetheless.
That's handy to know.I generally use a TomTom in the car, so it doesn't bother me a lot, I'll mostly use it for on foot navigation if I need it.
topalwaysdown said:
That's handy to know.
I generally use a TomTom in the car, so it doesn't bother me a lot, I'll mostly use it for on foot navigation if I need it.
Have you tried running your Galaxy and the Tomtom side by side in the car?I generally use a TomTom in the car, so it doesn't bother me a lot, I'll mostly use it for on foot navigation if I need it.
I did this after noticing that the Tomtom used to send me on some really bizarre routes, including making the last 2 miles to my home take 6 miles had I ever chosen to follow it. Google was much better at providing a sensible route, and the traffic warning is hugely better.
The TMC on my Tomtom only ever seemed to work intermittently, and even when it did, it was absurdly inaccurate for anything other than long term traffic jams. To be fair, I got so frustrated with it that I gave up trying to use the TMC feature a couple of years ago, so they might have improved it in the meantime.
The only thing Google isn't so great at is providing alternative routes to miss out traffic jams. They generally try to route back on to the initial route far too soon to be of significant benefit.
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