Samsung Galaxy S III Jelly Bean review: Bread and butter

1 October 2012
The official rollout of the Galaxy S III Jelly Bean update has finally started. In the next few weeks it should land on just about every Exynos-powered S III unit out there, letting it have a taste of the latest and greatest from Android...

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  • m86k
  • m86
  • 02 Oct 2012

Too bad that we see a lot of "just like IOS6" concerning Blocking Mode.

You could have said instead : just like "many of these auto-profiles apps from Google Play market" (Phoneweaver / Settings Profiles / etc..), that i have been using for almost 2 years now.

I know it's a review site but that shows some missing knowledge about Android platform and hence all those references about IOS and its so large/ questionable catalog.

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    • anony
    • pJU
    • 02 Oct 2012

    Anonymous, 01 Oct 2012true. ios6 is much better imho, lots of new features and ze... moreIt is freaking less customisable duh

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      • AnonD-54125
      • jxX
      • 02 Oct 2012

      Ok. Jelly bean it is for my gs3 then. Gunna compare this to my future xiaomi mi2 and lumia 920. Wanted and oppo find5 but i think 5" is pushing it... Maybe next year. My girlfriend is mad cuz I wont buy her the iphone5. Lol my money my decision. Hahahaha

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        • thundercy
        • 3pR
        • 01 Oct 2012

        the best phone got even better .those who have it enjoy it,those who don't just go get one .

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          • Anonymous
          • v0X
          • 01 Oct 2012

          AnonD-15123, 01 Oct 2012iphone 5 is so much faster and better than galaxy s3 true. ios6 is much better imho, lots of new features and zero disadvantages.

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            • James
            • y$g
            • 01 Oct 2012

            I think you are right when you say "you just get to enjoy the novelties".
            There is no real new software. It is all to do with the speed of an experience.
            This suggests Android is peaking in terms of real innovation, and whilst I have a Note 1 which is a great camera and good for one on one presentations, and discounting the odd web browsing, there is nothing in Android unless you are a gaming freak.
            There is too much emphasis of synthetic benchmarks or so called customisation but no real spectacular software developments.
            Come on Google. You are getting boring.

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              • AnonD-72369
              • fsf
              • 01 Oct 2012

              ICS SGS3 owned JB SGS3 in benchmark results! and JB GNexus owned both in benchmark results! LOL

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                • oujisan
                • fqk
                • 01 Oct 2012

                moe., 01 Oct 2012There is a Polaris office v.4 already available & compa... moreThat explains that 25 mb update i got todat however 4.1 still uhavailable in my reagion

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                  • Ultimatescar
                  • m{A
                  • 01 Oct 2012

                  Eagerly wating for my SG II :)

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                    • moe.
                    • fXC
                    • 01 Oct 2012

                    There is a Polaris office v.4 already available & compatible with Jelly Bean 4.1.

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                      • pmyt75
                      • 0Zq
                      • 01 Oct 2012

                      Blankman, 01 Oct 2012The real test will be for the SGS2, and how Jelly Bean real... moreGood point mate, GS2 is the REAL test

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                        • AnonD-55045
                        • N9x
                        • 01 Oct 2012

                        BananaMan, 01 Oct 2012LOL. The phone is actually slower, according to the benchma... moreTrue that. Gaming/graphics performance will be a tad worse. However, it's mainly due to Project Butter, which will make the perceived smoothness in everything else better. The new features alone are a worthy reason to upgrade. Hope an Office documents viewer is coming soon enough.

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                          • trollstjerne
                          • nbY
                          • 01 Oct 2012

                          Not sure if its been covered before but what about battery life? Is it improved or did it get worse?

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                            • BananaMan
                            • s3J
                            • 01 Oct 2012

                            LOL. The phone is actually slower, according to the benchmark tests.

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                              • AnonD-55045
                              • N9x
                              • 01 Oct 2012

                              Ale, 01 Oct 2012And exactly when is this update supposed to be arriving?? I... moreThere are many reasons to launch an update in batches, but the strongest two are:

                              a- Having the update proven in a pilot market (the selected market gets the privilege of an earlier update, but they're kinda Guinea pigs at that moment).

                              b- There are firmware differences (mostly regional) in the hardware batches, which is kinda sucky 'cause this is one of the reasons for updating delays.

                              This is mostly why I'm planning to get the Note 2 off contract from Amazon.de, even if I have to pay a small premium over the US versions. They were the reference market for the 1st Note because it was announced in the IFA last year and history has been repeated this time, so I expect the German Note 2s to get Key Lime Pie before the others.

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                                • guyver
                                • 011
                                • 01 Oct 2012

                                AnonD-15123, 01 Oct 2012iphone 5 is so much faster and better than galaxy s3 In what planet????

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                                  • Ale
                                  • mpA
                                  • 01 Oct 2012

                                  And exactly when is this update supposed to be arriving?? I hear is already online in Poland, so why are the rest of us waiting?

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                                    • AnonD-15123
                                    • KId
                                    • 01 Oct 2012

                                    iphone 5 is so much faster and better than galaxy s3

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • PvY
                                      • 01 Oct 2012

                                      rip windows phone, and iphone 5 :/

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                                        • 2x
                                        • Ss@
                                        • 01 Oct 2012

                                        Don't expect LG to release any updates to their phones, my Optimus 2X still hasn't got ICS and it only got 1 update to 2.3 since february 2011...