Love my SIII

[Vettezuki]

I would like to have held out maybe for the upcoming HTC, but my DroidX GPS hasn't worked (and I use GPS a lot when it works) and the battery was on its last legs, so I got an SIII. So far, holy shit it's night and day! The DroidX was fine, this is a solid generation ahead in everything. I don't think it's built as tough as the Droid was though. It just feels a little bit of a lightweight (good and bad). The Droid you could throw at people. I know I dropped it many times and no problem at all. Never got a case for it. I immediately got a case for the SIII.

[Chuck]

Cool did you get it from vzw? If so did you loose your unlimited data?

[Vettezuki]

Cool did you get it from vzw? If so did you loose your unlimited data?

Yes and yes. Not that big of a deal because I'm usually near a WiFi. I wasn't using anywhere near 2GB on my DroidX.

[blackax]

I still love my HTC ONE X. Its built great ( I think Samsung phones feel cheap) and I get to keep my unlimited data plan (ATT)

[BADDASSC6]

I would like to have held out maybe for the upcoming HTC, but my DroidX GPS hasn't worked (and I use GPS a lot when it works) and the battery was on its last legs, so I got an SIII. So far, holy shit it's night and day! The DroidX was fine, this is a solid generation ahead in everything. I don't think it's built as tough as the Droid was though. It just feels a little bit of a lightweight (good and bad). The Droid you could throw at people. I know I dropped it many times and no problem at all. Never got a case for it. I immediately got a case for the SIII.

Ben, you only like it because you haven't experience Iphone ownership. Get off the soap box and join the party.:pot_stir:

[Chuck]

Yeah I use about 3gb but I bought my phone private party. We changed anyway due to the cost savings ($100 a month) on the share everything plan. So in November I'll have an upgrade hope something good comes out...

[Vettezuki]

Ben, you only like it because you haven't experience Iphone ownership. Get off the soap box and join the party.:pot_stir:

Among other things I design apps for iOS . . . We get all the newest Apple everything.

Anyway, my SIII is a better "iPhone" than the iPhone4 by a mile. The iPhone5 will be great. But it won't be clearly superior, nothing is in the tech world. . at least not for long. Stop being a fanboy. :pot_stir: :smack: :lmfao:

[BADDASSC6]

Among other things I design apps for iOS . . . We get all the newest Apple everything.

Anyway, my SIII is a better "iPhone" than the iPhone4 by a mile. The iPhone5 will be great. But it won't be clearly superior, nothing is in the tech world. . at least not for long. Stop being a fanboy. :pot_stir: :smack: :lmfao:

:lmfao::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao:

[Shaolin Crane]

Yes and yes. Not that big of a deal because I'm usually near a WiFi. I wasn't using anywhere near 2GB on my DroidX.

I used 2gb in 5 days.

[Ryridesmotox]

My max GB usage has been like 15gb in one day. I have unlimited through Verizon and a rooted Galaxy Nexus with all the fun goodies that make owning an android fun.

Vettezuki- did they say if there was anyway you could keep the unlimited plan? I have read some people have paid full price for a phone (or got it elsewhere) and stayed on their old plan. I guess it just goes month to month after that, but you keep the unlimited data.

[SeanPlunk]

My max GB usage has been like 15gb in one day. I have unlimited through Verizon and a rooted Galaxy Nexus with all the fun goodies that make owning an android fun.

Vettezuki- did they say if there was anyway you could keep the unlimited plan? I have read some people have paid full price for a phone (or got it elsewhere) and stayed on their old plan. I guess it just goes month to month after that, but you keep the unlimited data.

If you pay full price for the phone you can keep your data.

[SeanPlunk]

Yeah I use about 3gb but I bought my phone private party. We changed anyway due to the cost savings ($100 a month) on the share everything plan. So in November I'll have an upgrade hope something good comes out...

On Verizon you have three awesome potential phones:
1) LG Optimus G - QuadCore S4/Adreno 320, 4.7" 720p IPS LCD
2) HTC Flagship - QuadCore/DualCore S4/Adreno 320, rumored 5" 1080p SLCD-2 screen
3) Galaxy Note 2 - Quadcore Exynos 4412/Mali400, 5.5" Super Amoled (RGB, not pentile like every other Samsung 720p phone!!!) screen

Also the rumor is 3 to 5 new Nexus phones coming out at the end of the year. However, the rumors also point to them not necessarily coming to Verizon because of all the Galaxy Nexus issues.

The Galaxy Note 2 is my leading contender. The LG and HTC CPU's/GPU's are more powerful, but the Note 2 has the biggest screen and also has a removable giant 3100mah battery and an SD card slot. The other two will likely have much smaller, non-removable batteries and no SD card slots :(

The removal of that 80-pixel wide strip resulted in a slightly lower pixel density - 267ppi vs. 285ppi. The new matrix, however, makes up for that easily and the perceivable sharpness of the screen is actually higher.

It's no longer a PenTile matrix like on the original Note (which had a slight crosshatch patter noticeable, but only if you look really closely).

Perhaps these photos snapped with a digital microscope will help clear up the differences in pixel arrangements.
http://st.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-galaxy-note-ii/prepreview/display/samsung-galaxy-note.jpghttp://st.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-galaxy-note-ii/prepreview/display/samsung-galaxy-note-2.jpg
Samsung Galaxy Note screen • Samsung Galaxy Note II screen

The pixels of the Note II have one tall Blue sub-pixel on the left and smaller Green and Red pixels stacked one on top of the other. It's an odd arrangement, but it has three subpixels per pixel. The reason for the different Blue pixel is that Blue AMOLEDs typically have a shorter life and making them bigger balances things out. Also, the Blue pixel doesn't shine as brightly, which also improves its life, but doesn't affect color balance (because it's bigger).

To illustrate how the different arrangement improves sharpness we used our microscope to snap a picture of very tiny text - the line width here is 1px, the font is white.
http://st.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-galaxy-note-ii/prepreview/display/samsung-galaxy-note-letter.jpghttp://st.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-galaxy-note-ii/prepreview/display/samsung-galaxy-note-2-letter.jpg
Samsung Galaxy Note screen • Samsung Galaxy Note II screen

As you can see, the Galaxy Note II screen lights up individual pixels to display the 1px-wide lines. The old Galaxy Note, however, can't use a single pixel as each individual pixels can't make white, as it only has two of the three needed colors.

To fix that, the screen uses sub-pixel rendering, which "borrows" a subpixel from a neighboring pixel to make white. But now the line has become 1 2/3px wide.

This new arrangement seems to result in some very slight color aberrations around sharp edges, but it takes a great deal of eye-strain to try and see it.

http://1.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/gs3-vs-note-2.jpg
Size Comparison shot with an SG3.

[Chuck]

Sweet I like the note 2 bigger is better in my book (well sometimes).

[SeanPlunk]

Sweet I like the note 2 bigger is better in my book (well sometimes).

White or Grey is the next question:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/artikelen/47/note-2.jpg

[Shaolin Crane]

That thing is too big, its honestly about the size of a paving brick.

[SeanPlunk]

That thing is too big, its honestly about the size of a paving brick.

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/is-second-generation/232338-haters-gonna-hate-haters-gonna-hate-monkey-big-balls.jpg

[Chuck]

White or Grey is the next question:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/artikelen/47/note-2.jpg

Surprise me!

[Vettezuki]

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/is-second-generation/232338-haters-gonna-hate-haters-gonna-hate-monkey-big-balls.jpg

Best.Pic.Ever. :bigthumbsup:

[SeanPlunk]

I can't believe they put their logo on the button :o

http://s9.postimage.org/ufdstss4d/download.jpg
http://s12.postimage.org/7hhpe0f3f/download1.jpg

[Chuck]

Is that yours?

[Ryridesmotox]

See I don't have an issue with no removable memory. All of your pictures should go to the 'cloud' anyways when they are taken. The there is usually enough memory for a ton of apps and stuff that are easily managed. I would rather have stuff on google servers anyways... that way all the awesome naked pictures of women aren't lost when someone jacks my phone at the bar.