Samsung Galaxy S3

[durbster]

LordFlathead said:

So it is possible for a new desgined 8mp camera to be better than a last generation 12mp camera?

Treat a camera's megapixels like the cubic capacity of an engine. At a certain point, the number becomes less relevant than other factors.

Similarly, 720 HD video can actually look better than 1080.

[dorme]

Jesus, what an ugly phone!

you can tell, as posted earlier, this was designed by lawyers, its a complete mess!

HTC one series look 10 times better, as do most other smartphones aorund at the moment.

sort it out samsung.

[Tiggsy]

dorme said:

Jesus, what an ugly phone!

It's a phone - how pretty its bog standard shape is is about as important as how far you can throw it!

[N88]

Tiggsy said:

It's a phone - how pretty its bog standard shape is is about as important as how far you can throw it!

What nonsense. Of course the design of a phone is a factor when choosing which to go for!

[Snails]

I picked white, but now wish I'd opted for the blue. The pictures at mobile-review.com make it look less blue than other pictures I've seen.

[im]

Snails said:

I picked white

Woofta

[br d]

im said:

Snails said:

I picked white

Woofta

No, I wooftant.

The blue does look interesting, a bit different at least.

[Tiggsy]

N88 said:

What nonsense. Of course the design of a phone is a factor when choosing which to go for!

Its 90% screen, once its in a case the only non screen bit you'll see is the home button. Visual element of its form is a non-issue, as long as it feels on in the hand (iphone 4 feels like a glass block/nasty)

[Trommel]

Tiggsy said:

iphone 4 feels like a glass block/nasty

Quite the opposite - one of the iPhone 4's strong points is that it doesn't feel like something out of a Christmas cracker, which most Android phones do (S3 included from the reviews).

[whoami]

Trommel said:

Tiggsy said:

iphone 4 feels like a glass block/nasty

Quite the opposite - one of the iPhone 4's strong points is that it doesn't feel like something out of a Christmas cracker, which most Android phones do (S3 included from the reviews).

Wait until you see the 5.

[LordFlathead]

whoami said:

Trommel said:

Tiggsy said:

iphone 4 feels like a glass block/nasty

Quite the opposite - one of the iPhone 4's strong points is that it doesn't feel like something out of a Christmas cracker, which most Android phones do (S3 included from the reviews).

Wait until you see the 5.

Bigger than the 4.. So more like a breeze block than a house brick then?

[Chicken Chaser]

Waiting on T Mobile for this one. My contract is overdue and was about to pull the plug on a One X but I might just see what this is like battery wise.

[FUBAR]

Well, I upgraded from an Xperia X10 to a blue SGS3 today. Ummed and ahh'd between this, the HOX and the Xperia S ( which I couldn't get direct from Vodafone. First person my PA spoke to today at Vodafone said it would be with me at the end if the month. Then this afternoon I got a text from VF to say it was being delivered tomorrow! We shall wait and see.

[LordFlathead]

Well done! That was a done deal.. get them pictures up and look forward to a review

[bodhi]

FUBAR said:

Well, I upgraded from an Xperia X10 to a blue SGS3 today. Ummed and ahh'd between this, the HOX and the Xperia S ( which I couldn't get direct from Vodafone. First person my PA spoke to today at Vodafone said it would be with me at the end if the month. Then this afternoon I got a text from VF to say it was being delivered tomorrow! We shall wait and see.

Wrong, wrong, WRONG :-)

[ZesPak]

Trommel said:

Tiggsy said:

iphone 4 feels like a glass block/nasty

Quite the opposite - one of the iPhone 4's strong points is that it doesn't feel like something out of a Christmas cracker, which most Android phones do (S3 included from the reviews).

He said it feels like a glass block, which isn't "quite the opposite", I've never seen a glass block in a christmas cracker.

That said, I have to agree with him, despite it being small, it doesn't feel small. It feels heavy/square, which is imho "wrong" for a phone.

[Tiggsy]

I've never seen anything bigger than a nail clipper in a cracker so slightly confused by the whole comparison!

The whole "plastic feels cheap" thing is a nonsense. Does it feel comfy is the question. Iphone feels expensive, so does caviare.....wouldnt walk round with it pressed to my ear.

[im]

FUBAR said:

...I got a text from VF to say it was being delivered tomorrow! We shall wait and see.

I don't think Samsung are releasing till the end of the month Fubes.

[FUBAR]

im said:

I don't think Samsung are releasing till the end of the month Fubes.

Well, that what I thought, and placed my order for the end of the month. I started to question my own sanity about this received text, so....

I've just this second got off the phone to VF and they have checked and confirmed my phone IS in the warehouse and set to be picked today, although he did disappoint me by saying I might not get it until tomorrow.

[mathmos]

So I've been thinking of going with an S3 when I can get my hands on a sim free one. I thought I read somewhere that it comes with either 16, 32 or 64 GB of storage. I would like to have 32GB available to me, maybe more, but 32 is fine for now...so is there any reason you wouldn't just get the 16GB and use a micro SD card for the additional storage? Apart from speed (which I am not sure matters where music is concerned) it would seem to be a better idea to go for the smallest and therefore cheapest phone?