PRICE DROP: Samsung Galaxy S III (AT&T and Verizon) for $99.99 @ Amazon (NEW contract)

Quote from boobernackle : Had the same exact problem with mine, so I went back to my 4S. Told the AT&T rep about it and still got hit with a restocking fee. Loved the phone, but too much Samsung bloatware you can't remove and the heat issue turned me away. That epic screen it has beats anything else out of the park.

you can try the custom roms. that's onle of the benefit of using a popular android phones

Quote from poppew : So here is my short list of arguments for the S3 over the iPhone 4s (and arguably the 5) 1. Bigger screen (once you go over 4.5" it is hard to go to anything smaller (insert that is what she said joke...)) 2. Best picture capture mode. This is a really sweet feature that snaps a string of pictures and picks the best one. 3. NFC. This is going to be a huge feature in the next couple years so if Apple skips it, that alone would kill the iPhone 5 in my opinion 4. Avoid getting locked into Apple. Ever try getting your contacts off of an iPhone or out of iCloud to an Android device. The AAC iTunes format also sucks. I much prefer Amazon MP3 5. Better navigation 6. Great integration with Google voice and Google talk 7. Quad core processor (although this is something I would bet Apple wins at. The sheer amount of silicon they use for each chip is significantly more than competing chips)

US variants use the S4 Krait chip which is dualcore. It's a beast though coming quite close to the quad Exynos.

Basically every LTE higher end phone in the US has it now. Atrix HD, One X, One S, SGSIII, Razr HD...

I've been an iPhone user since it's 1st gen release. I just switched to the Galaxy S3 from the 4S. It's a great phone. It does everything the iPhone does and more. It's super fast too. The only issue I have is battery life. With the iPhone I could get 1.5 days on a charge. I find with the S3 I'm charging this thing in the evening every day. It never quite makes it a full day on a charge. I turned off many of the auto notification settings to save some batter life. That worked but it still eats more battery than the iPhone did. That also has to do with the processor on this thing.

Another thing that's a minor annoyance is that the volume buttons and power buttons are at the same location but on opposite sides of the phone. I find that I often hit the volume buttons when i'm waking up the device since they are both at the same level. That has taken some getting used to.


All-in-all, I think this phone is great. It also comes with Android's version of Siri which works really well. Not to mention the turn-by-turn voice navigation that's included in the Android OS which is not on the iPhone.

Quote from rgf207 : I've been an iPhone user since it's 1st gen release. I just switched to the Galaxy S3 from the 4S. It's a great phone. It does everything the iPhone does and more. It's super fast too. The only issue I have is battery life. With the iPhone I could get 1.5 days on a charge. I find with the S3 I'm charging this thing in the evening every day. It never quite makes it a full day on a charge. I turned off many of the auto notification settings to save some batter life. That worked but it still eats more battery than the iPhone did. That also has to do with the processor on this thing. Another thing that's a minor annoyance is that the volume buttons and power buttons are at the same location but on opposite sides of the phone. I find that I often hit the volume buttons when i'm waking up the device since they are both at the same level. That has taken some getting used to. All-in-all, I think this phone is great. It also comes with Android's version of Siri which works really well. Not to mention the turn-by-turn voice navigation that's included in the Android OS which is not on the iPhone.

I think battery life depends on the user really. My shit thunderbolt has to be charged about every 3-4 hours but I'm on the damn thing all day long for business, school, mexican hat dancing. The wife's S3 lasts nearly a day and a half and she's on it about half the time. My friends who all have the Iphone4s have to charge it every 5-6 hours but they use it as much as I do.

I love the Samsung Galaxy series of phones.. and I do mobile phone development for both iOS and Android.. so I'm pretty unbiased. In general I like the capabilities better in the Samsung phone as well as the physical device capabilities. Apps though work better in general on Apple devices for one simple reason, they're all targeted for an iPhone or iPad rather than numerous varieties of phones/tablets.

I would get this is the upgrade price was $99

If I can't upgrade for $9 9, can i order as a new connection and then link it to existing account?

Quote from SPL3NDA : I think battery life depends on the user really. My shit thunderbolt has to be charged about every 3-4 hours but I'm on the damn thing all day long for business, school, mexican hat dancing. The wife's S3 lasts nearly a day and a half and she's on it about half the time. My friends who all have the Iphone4s have to charge it every 5-6 hours but they use it as much as I do.

I agree with you. I'm on it a lot too (as I was with my 4S) but i still tend to charge more frequently with the S3.

I'm on an iPhone 4 and this will be my last Apple product regardless of what Apple brings to the table. Them constantly suing people and thinking that they own the world is the last straw for me. That on top of them constantly fixing jailbreaks in new iOS updates and locking us down with iTunes...

Once I see the new Windows phones and new Android phones I will be making a choice and moving over. I'm ready to actually feel like I own the device I paid for instead of having big brother watch over my shoulder and make sure I'm using it within his specifications.

Samsung Galaxy S3 is an amazing phone and the only thing holding me back from getting it now is future devices coming out.

just a quick note, if u want the blue white or red version thru ATT you have to do a search for the colors. same price, I assume its the same for verizon

Quote from Toydawg : No, it will not work unless you wait for T-Mobile to complete their network refarm, which will open up the same band that AT&T uses (and that's only in limited areas). The second thing you could do is unlock the phone, root it, then flash it with a different radio to use T-Mobile's frequencies. In my opinion, you're better off getting a T-Mobile branded one. Too bad you missed T-Mobile's $99 GS3 sale yesterday.

Where's the T-Mobile GS3 sale? Too bad I missed it too.

It should be noted that the Sprint S3 is also $99 for new customers.

http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsun...7368005433

actually the battery difference is because of LTE. the 4S does not have that technology which is the biggest difference, the Iphone 5 likely will though


[QUOTE=rgf207;53123904]I've been an iPhone user since it's 1st gen release. I just switched to the Galaxy S3 from the 4S. It's a great phone. It does everything the iPhone does and more. It's super fast too. The only issue I have is battery life. With the iPhone I could get 1.5 days on a charge. I find with the S3 I'm charging this thing in the evening every day. It never quite makes it a full day on a charge. I turned off many of the auto notification settings to save some batter life. That worked but it still eats more battery than the iPhone did. That also has to do with the processor on this thing.

Quote from stuckonashelf : actually the battery difference is because of LTE. the 4S does not have that technology which is the biggest difference, the Iphone 5 likely will though

I don't have LTE where I live

Quote from poppew : So here is my short list of arguments for the S3 over the iPhone 4s (and arguably the 5) 1. Bigger screen (once you go over 4.5" it is hard to go to anything smaller (insert that is what she said joke...)) 2. Best picture capture mode. This is a really sweet feature that snaps a string of pictures and picks the best one. 3. NFC. This is going to be a huge feature in the next couple years so if Apple skips it, that alone would kill the iPhone 5 in my opinion 4. Avoid getting locked into Apple. Ever try getting your contacts off of an iPhone or out of iCloud to an Android device. The AAC iTunes format also sucks. I much prefer Amazon MP3 5. Better navigation 6. Great integration with Google voice and Google talk 7. Quad core processor (although this is something I would bet Apple wins at. The sheer amount of silicon they use for each chip is significantly more than competing chips)

1: Bigger screen is a personal preference. Even with decent sized hands as a man I cannot touch the top opposite corner of 4.6" screens using the phone with 1 hand.
2: Few iOS apps do this already.
3: NFC is just a short-range radio protocol. Apple will back Bluetooth 4, which uses less power and connects faster than NFC. It also has the advantage of only needed 1 bluetooth chip in a phone rather than one bluetooth and 1 NFC. It will also allow mobile payments without rolling out expensive NFC stations.
4: There are a number of contact importing/exporting apps, even Verizon has their own.
5: iOS6 maps have been pretty impressive for me. Not sure if you have used iOS6 beta?
6: Nothing compared to Siri.
7: S3 does not have quad core, and doesn't matter much anyway. Every Apple phone ever released crushes the competition in performance.

Here are some benchmarks when the 4S was released.

http://images.anandtech.com/graph.../41612.png

Biggest difference: Apple phones are not made of shiny, cheap plastic that look like they were sold in a toys-r-us. Edge to edge glass front and back, aluminum, stainless steel, etc.

Looks like the iPhone 5 will have an aluminum unibody shell however.