Are you guys getting the Galaxy S IV or you're keeping the S III ?
I think I'll upgrade to S4. Not a fan of HTC one M7 and Xperia Z is definitely eclipsed by S4.
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Nope, wait s5 better
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Where's the "Hell no, I'm buying something that isn't made by Samdung" option?
I'd pick that, since I got burned by defective SII and SIII eMMC. It wouldn't surprise me one iota if SDS crops up in the S4 also. Lesson learned.
Skipping S IV. There is nothing it will offer that is worth an upgrade so soon after S III.
I'll keep it for awhile. The best phone ever and it will be strong for years.
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Are you guys getting the Galaxy S IV or you're keeping the S III ?
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YES....2gb...etc,,,etc....smoother than s3 with only 1gb.
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I think we should wait for another 6 month. Just to make sure there's no sds issue on s4. Lol. Nway, my s3 is nearly reach 6 month mark and still no problem. Guess I'll get it the same time I got my s3.
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im getting the s4.
keeping the nexus 4 for klp.
The battery life is horrendus on the nexus 4. Drains so quick its not even funny.. lol
With exynos 5 and 2600 mah. Battery life should be around the note 2. Note 2 battery life was awesome.
waiting for another release of S Series,
maybe S 5
but if this concept becomes true, i will buy it as soon as possible.
Only thing that interests me is using it with gloves because could help a lot at work, But I've been sticking the tips from some of those cheap capacitive gloves onto my work gloves and works fine, and apart from that I see no reason to give up my S3.
No not that much difference it isnt just bout specs
S3 will have all s4 features soon they look alike.. and 1 thing i wont forget by samsung is the sources
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I'm actually liking the S IV more and more when i read about it and watch vids.
I really like the software improvements in the SIV, those features will be released to SIII with a software update, maybe. :fingers-crossed:
I will keep the SIII for a year maybe...The SIII is still a beast, maybe the next Galaxy
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Nope, wait s5 better
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Pffft........I'm waiting for the S6.....even better
Nope,my S3 is still around 4-5 months old and this year if I upgrade again it will be Xperia Z not S4 & I don't see a point upgrading S3 this much sooner either.It performs more than enough for now,for at least around another year & half S3 should be a beast.There is nothing in S4 that wow'ed me like S3 or Xperia Z did when those were announced.I don't need floating touch or online translator app(for that we already have google) + we will get most of new features in S3 after some time via upgrade hopefully
And I don't need a 8 core processor in my phone,hell 4 core i5 760 is even more than enough for my gaming rig.
I usually upgrade every year, but here's why it's a no from me this time around...
(AnTuTu scores)
Galaxy S1 (~3000)
Galaxy S2 (~6000) (200% increase from S1)
Galaxy S3 (~16000) (267% increase from S2)
Galaxy S4 (~21000) (130% increase from S3)
So unless you want it for DC-HSPA+ / LTE (which I'm not going to see any time soon), it's probably not worth it.
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I usually upgrade every year, but here's why it's a no from me this time around...
(AnTuTu scores)
Galaxy S1 (~3000)
Galaxy S2 (~6000) (200% increase from S1)
Galaxy S3 (~16000) (267% increase from S2)
Galaxy S4 (~21000) (130% increase from S3)
So unless you want it for DC-HSPA+ / LTE (which I'm not going to see any time soon), it's probably not worth it.
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otester said:
I usually upgrade every year, but here's why it's a no from me this time around...
(AnTuTu scores)
Galaxy S1 (~3000)
Galaxy S2 (~6000) (200% increase from S1)
Galaxy S3 (~16000) (267% increase from S2)
Galaxy S4 (~21000) (130% increase from S3)
So unless you want it for DC-HSPA+ / LTE (which I'm not going to see any time soon), it's probably not worth it.
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LMAO OH My...
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I love my s2 but... I have an option to buy a galaxy note by adding about 50$
Need advice, should I stick to my i9100 or should I go for the note?
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Answer is simple, if you can bear that monstrous size, yes.
If not, you know.
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Note is just like a bigger SGS2 with lesser Development
Not worth it as SGS3 is around the corner
For me it's also a way to keep the value of my SmartPhone high
When s3 will be out the s2 price will fall hard, the note on the other hand won't drop that hard I think
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For me it's also a way to keep the value of my SmartPhone high
When s3 will be out the s2 price will fall hard, the note on the other hand won't drop that hard I think
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I'd like to think the same thing too, but if that's your main driver for swapping phones then I'd be against it. I don't think the Note is going to keep its value either because the market for a 5 inch "phone" is very small. I recall the Dell Streak on eBay very well, and just because they're advertising it during the SuperBowl doesn't mean it will guarantee people are going to buy.
Either way you're going to suffer some devaluation especially once the S3 and iPhone 5 are released. I personally couldn't fathom using a Galaxy Note. WIth that in mind keep whichever device you think would suit you better for you in the meantime.
Believe me..you're gonna regret it...SGS II got it all......
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To be honest I would love the galaxy note over the galaxy s2, that screen size just looks fantastic But I am already saving up for the galaxy s3 (hopefully will have enough in about June, I like to wait a couple of months after release to make sure the phone is the the best and it has no mayor bugs, reason I got the s2 over the sensation as after a couple of months it was clear the sensation has a crappy dual core arm cortex-A8 cpu and a buggy touch screen + the locked boot loader was the main turn off) As long as the s3 has a bigger screen than the s2, I'll be very happy
I would suggest that the s2 would properly be better for most people, but if you can you should wait for the s3
You will look like an absolute fool and normal people will laugh at you.
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I love my s2 but... I have an option to buy a galaxy note by adding about 50$
Need advice, should I stick to my i9100 or should I go for the note?
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Well I'm selling my Galaxy S2 and will buy a Galaxy note. The S2 is the best smartphone I've ever owned by lightyears, but the s3 is around the corner so it will soon lose its number 1 smartphone status. By getting the note now I get to try something new, something that will have more resell value when the S3 comes out vs the S2. So you should go for it buddy!
Only if you have big pockets.
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I'd like to think the same thing too, but if that's your main driver for swapping phones then I'd be against it.
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my main drive is that it'll only cost me about 50$ to change it (selling s2 + 50$ = NOTE)
Archaic1881 said:
Only if you have big pockets.
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not only pockets... if you know what i mean
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i also have big hands, what did you think i meant (dirty minded bastard )
I'm going to go for a Note myself from my current S2, gonna sell my wifes Nexus S and give her my S2.. I like the Note for it's awesome screen and the S-Pen.. It doesnt suit everyone, but for me it's the perfect combination of a tablet and a phone. The screen is hands down one of the best in a cell phone today.
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I love my s2 but... I have an option to buy a galaxy note by adding about 50$
Need advice, should I stick to my i9100 or should I go for the note?
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Go for it. I am planing to do the same thing soon.
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Hello i have Samsung galaxy s ii
and i was thinking of buying samsung galaxy s iii
but i'm not very sure because my s ii have a great performance and it is not different with anything but the Cpu on s iii is quad core
should i wait for a phone that contain a 2GB ram to buy it or i should go with the s 3 ??
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Hello i have Samsung galaxy s ii
and i was thinking of buying samsung galaxy s iii
but i'm not very sure because my s ii have a great performance and it is not different with anything but the Cpu on s iii is quad core
should i wait for a phone that contain a 2GB ram to buy it or i should go with the s 3 ??
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Go for S3! There won't be S4 anytime soon, so... There won't be a better phone any time soon, so, until then S3 will be the best phone in the world!! (Just like the S2, two years in a row!)
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Hello i have Samsung galaxy s ii
and i was thinking of buying samsung galaxy s iii
but i'm not very sure because my s ii have a great performance and it is not different with anything but the Cpu on s iii is quad core
should i wait for a phone that contain a 2GB ram to buy it or i should go with the s 3 ??
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I came from sgs 2 and the original s1 and boy the gs3 is so much better
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I had both. S3 is faster but ugly
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Don't upgrade
vip57 said:
Hello i have Samsung galaxy s ii
and i was thinking of buying samsung galaxy s iii
but i'm not very sure because my s ii have a great performance and it is not different with anything but the Cpu on s iii is quad core
should i wait for a phone that contain a 2GB ram to buy it or i should go with the s 3 ??
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If u have a galaxy s2 . i dont think u should upgrade to galaxy s3
because there isnt that many new feature in it that is worth the upgrade
the galaxy s2 is a great phone and it will suit your needs for another year
so stick with s2 till s4
trust me i had s2 and i went for s3 and i didnt find that many new stuff that was worth the upgrade
The main improvements over the S2 for me are much better screen, call quality (clarity and no echo), hugely improved audio (even better than S1 thanks to siyah audio tweaks) and much much better battery life. Plus an improvement in looks IMO.
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Keep the s2. Best phone with minor things missing which can be ported from s3.
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I've had my S3 for 2 days now having upgraded from S2 and to be honest so far I think my S2 was better. I was running wajk miui on my S2 and it was great. running stock on the S3 at the moment but i'm finding lots of little bugs. motion to put your hand over the screen to stop media doesn't work, s-voice is pretty crap and it doesn't seem anywhere near as fast as my S2.
Having said all that I'm going to persevere with it and try different roms til I find one that makes it run much better.
kojinmalia said:
I had both. S3 is faster but ugly
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S3 ain't ugly lol better return yours might of got the wrong phone
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Personally, right now if I had the choice of SGS3 and Note 2 I'd go for the note. Faster CPU and more RAM, bigger screen, battery and S-Pen.
Wait for the Galaxy Note 2 if you can put up with the huge screen (in some cases it's the bigger the better but that screen is a little too big for my liking)
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Wait for the Galaxy Note 2 if you can put up with the huge screen (in some cases it's the bigger the better but that screen is a little too big for my liking)
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I loved the note 2 specs but like you said i don't like huge screen
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I've had my S3 for 2 days now having upgraded from S2 and to be honest so far I think my S2 was better. I was running wajk miui on my S2 and it was great. running stock on the S3 at the moment but i'm finding lots of little bugs. motion to put your hand over the screen to stop media doesn't work, s-voice is pretty crap and it doesn't seem anywhere near as fast as my S2.
Having said all that I'm going to persevere with it and try different roms til I find one that makes it run much better.
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I think all this options like S-voice and smart stay and motion things are only for advertising
I never used my motion thing for my s 2
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Hi guys,
I purchased galaxy s3 few days ago. But at the back of my mind i always had this feeling that samsung didnot provide 2gb ram for the quad core version. Also s3 scored less benchmark score than iphone 5.
This ram thing is bugging me a lot cause im worried if my s3 would get outdated too fast. What do you people think? Should i sell my s3 and go for note 2. Is galaxy s3 one of the best phones out there?
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The GS3 won't be outdated anytime soon, so you don't need to buy the Note 2 for that reason.
Note 2 if you don't mind the size.
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nexus 4
The Note II is to big for me at least so I would probably sick with the S3, but if you don't mind that extra size, get it.
As you use your S III do you have any issues like lagging or any probs that is related to RAM? If not then RAM is not something that should be bugging you. Up until that monsterous 5 inch 1080p phones coming the distance between note ii and s iii will remain quite significant regarding size and purposes. I would stick with my siii knowing that if I had a note ii I could never handle it anywhere like a phone as I would with s iii. Rather, I would have both of them.
if you handle big size go for note if you cant then no, head over to some samsung cafe to have a demo
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Hi guys,
I purchased galaxy s3 few days ago. But at the back of my mind i always had this feeling that samsung didnot provide 2gb ram for the quad core version. Also s3 scored less benchmark score than iphone 5.
This ram thing is bugging me a lot cause im worried if my s3 would get outdated too fast. What do you people think? Should i sell my s3 and go for note 2. Is galaxy s3 one of the best phones out there?
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NOTE 2 BECAUSE SGS3 has only 780 mb ram and note 2 has about 1.6 gb ram
multitasking sucks on galaxy s3 because of that reason
and after updating note 2's firmware you get split screen multi tasking like note 800 which makes it awesome
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Dude.. s3 is an awesome phone in total. Go for the note 2 only if u want a bigger screen and a stylus. Coz, as of now, the ram of s3 is really sufficient. All games run without a lag, smooth browsing, smooth multitasking. What more u need?? So don't think that s3 is gonna get outdated anytime soon. Give for note2 if u want bigger screen and yeah it has better battery life coz of the humongous battery. Don't switch thinking s3 is gonna get outdated.. hope I helped.
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Thanks guys for all the reply's I too feel that the s3 is pretty awesome, but few things are really annoying such as the dialer and contacts lag etc which sammy should have fixed. And also they should have added extra ram. There is no huge difference between the s3 and s2. I am just a student, I saved money to buy this phone, I want it to be perfect that's all
If you want a larger screen, go for the Note II. If you don't, stick to the S3.
If you want to get Android updates first, go for Nexus 4.
^ unless, like most of us you like using an sdcard - nexus 4 doesn't... which is a deal breaker for me
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Note II is an amazing phone but the problem of the size is very critical for me and also i didn't find any problem from the RAM of s3 it's doing great , and also samsung in a last update said that the next update for s3 it will support multitask multiscreen, so they will not doing something like that if they know that the RAM will not sufficient and sutiable for that ,
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IntenseTorture said:
Hi guys,
I purchased galaxy s3 few days ago. But at the back of my mind i always had this feeling that samsung didnot provide 2gb ram for the quad core version. Also s3 scored less benchmark score than iphone 5.
This ram thing is bugging me a lot cause im worried if my s3 would get outdated too fast. What do you people think? Should i sell my s3 and go for note 2. Is galaxy s3 one of the best phones out there?
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Bear in mind that a lot of ram is hogged by S pen. Undoubtedly S3 is the finest smartphone out there. You have money to burn, then buy Note 2.
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no there is no great difference in price of note 2 and galaxy s3
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note 2 ram + s-pen has lot of features
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If u feel being outdated bcoz iphone 5 scored better benchmarks, just wait for s4 or exynos 5250 chipset handset from samsung. S4 will be on exynos 5450 architecture. But whats the point in waiting too long when hot tech is right in ur hand. If u can afford go for note 2 all the way without selling s3.
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I simply can't believe that you asking for help to make a decision whether to get note 2. It is absolutely ridiculous question in my opinion.
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Thread title should read "Help me get even more confused guys"
Mostly everybody seems to be giving similar advise. if you are ok with bigger size+ $$ to burn, get a note 2, else you already have a s3.
Why do you think the s3 is not suiting your needs ? i eman do you have any complaints, or just the fact that your phone will be "outdated" soon ? Cos it happens among students (i noted you are one) where they try to show off the most latest gadgets, trust me, not worth the race. as long as it suits all your needs, (guessing music+pics+FB+whatsapp) then s3 is perfect (you already have it so ....)
Lot of folks talking about Multitasking ?? are you sure you actually going to use that feature ? or maybe again just to "show-off"..
I am assuming you may have a laptop already, so...... multitasking ? emails? etc... will they really make any difference ?
No offense but these were my 2 cents and the rest is upto you. my vote - stick to the s3 for now.
I am buying a phone. Should I wait for galaxy s4 ? It's releasing on March 15 ? or should i go for HTC ONE X + ? or are there any other suggestions
SIII or SIII 4G are really fantastic I am very happy with it
not sure SIV for march
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I would wait for an S4 and either choose that or an S3 at reduced price.
Nope wait for S5 .
jje
Why wait? There will always be a better phone. Learn to settle with the one that pleases you.
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The S2 is still being supported by Samsung and developers now, and in terms of Android its old... Just get the S3, its a great phone, you can't go wrong.
If you can wait for S4 and if you want to buy right now then go for Note 2. It's great device.
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The S2 is still being supported by Samsung and developers now, and in terms of Android its old... Just get the S3, its a great phone, you can't go wrong.
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S3 is mine, i'm very happy ! It's very good phone you know...
It would be stupid buying a gs3 now knowing that the gs4 is only a few months away. Not to mention all the other new phones coming out at mwc. Wait until then and compare it with all the other 1080p phones before deciding.
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xperia z, definitely
Hi everyone... i am a student and currently own a Samsung galaxy s2 for last 10 months...
Last week i got my screen cracked but everything is working fine...
I was thinking if it would be a good idea to sell this and buy a new phone instead of spending 6500 inr for screen...
If yes then which one...
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Another what shall I buy thread. Note II, Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4. All have great dev behind them
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i would buy a s2 again.
im very interested in smartphones and always buy the newest and best phones. but when i buyed my s2 a long time ago, i was so happy with it,
the cam is very very good, the speed is awesome and its not to big like s3 or the notes. as u can see its still supported even from samsung with new jelly bean upgrade. i dont know much phones which get 2 android upgrades (from gb to ics, from ics to jb) except the google phones and the s2 is still supported by good devs. so why not buy a s2?
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i would buy a s2 again.
im very interested in smartphones and always buy the newest and best phones. but when i buyed my s2 a long time ago, i was so happy with it,
the cam is very very good, the speed is awesome and its not to big like s3 or the notes. as u can see its still supported even from samsung with new jelly bean upgrade. i dont know much phones which get 2 android upgrades (from gb to ics, from ics to jb) except the google phones and the s2 is still supported by good devs. so why not buy a s2?
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I would agree in some point. Yeah it is got a very good graphics card and all. But you might wanna go a little more future proof with the 2GB RAM option. Not that you need/use it all but its worth having for the future. Im always going with the Note series now but the Nexis 4 is a pretty solid buy
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I would agree in some point. Yeah it is got a very good graphics card and all. But you might wanna go a little more future proof with the 2GB RAM option. Not that you need/use it all but its worth having for the future. Im always going with the Note series now but the Nexis 4 is a pretty solid buy
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i dont know if someone needs a quad core and/or 2 gb ram, even in the future. im very happy to have a not to big and not to small phone, which is very fast and got a very very nice cam. thats all i need, but i dont know what u need
you already have an idea what to buy ?
This guy is so easy to flash, so easy to root, so easy to handle, so easy to love
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