Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III hands-on: First look

3 May 2012
Samsung very recently climbed to top as the phone vendor with most units shipped, but more importantly, it also became the maker with most smartphones shipped. The company is a big player in the Android world, so with the announcement of its...

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  • AnonD-53397
  • Pkg
  • 04 May 2012

Tests inconsistent. Compare these two links. Example: SunSpider - Galaxy SII 3385; BrowserMark - Galaxy SII 58502. How can I trust the tests provided by the site?
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_s-review-729p3.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_unpacked_2012-review-756p4.php

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    • Moi
    • pwS
    • 04 May 2012

    Not impressed! Ripping off Siri as well as the design idea behind the Motorola Pebl from 2007 isn't going to win me over Samsung.

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      • Kiaki
      • fnq
      • 04 May 2012

      Hw cn samsung cmpete wit apple wen dey r sumhw imitatin apple..d designs is sumhw similar 2 apple iphne 4..seriously W.T.F??

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        • 037
        • 04 May 2012

        nothing new

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          • AnonD-8676
          • Pxx
          • 04 May 2012

          OH YEAH!!! I want to lay my hands on this phone!

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            • Anonymous
            • sya
            • 04 May 2012

            Thank you Samsung for showing me the way to iphone 5 with this piece of crap....

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              • pRG
              • 04 May 2012

              306 ppi only! why Samsung Nexus has better ppi than galaxy s3 316 ppi!

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                • Jose
                • P1w
                • 04 May 2012

                Anonymous, 04 May 2012Can you download maps to use navigation off-line? One X can.So? need help finding a mcdonalds?

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                  • peter.
                  • swh
                  • 04 May 2012

                  Samsung is STINKY PILE OF HOT SMOKY SHIT! I'm always go around it, before be contaminated with some skin and brain disease.

                  First - TouchWiz. "Improvement" from yellow Samsung guys, who are so skilled, that they can break any OS. Just look at services list on your yellow samsung phone. What you see? At least 40 services runnning. All the time. Day and night drowning your battery. Sending packed private data to hell you know where. Mosad or North Korea maybe. Look at services list on pure Android phone. 4-5 tops. System only. I could write book "Why Samsung makes shitty phones" and sell it more than King his stories. But I'm too tired.

                  I always asked myself - why there is NO other Android 4.x phone than made by Samsung? I think, answer can be simple: Android 4.x has been broken by Google and can't be installed on any new phone yet. Proof? Paused OTA Nexus S update December 2011. "Because of wifi, battery and stability problems". Not resumed again. People left with their black bricks.

                  And Samsung shown Galaxy Nexus. Another developer phone with pure (without samsung touchwiz shit) Android 4.x. New era of problems: hanging up, wifi not works, battery dead in 10 seconds after disconnecting from wall charger. List goes on and on.

                  Did anybody at all, saw PURE, WORKING Android 4.x phone without some sort of problems? I bet nobody :D

                  I'm sorry to say that, but Android 4.x is a beta OS. Coming in pair with Samsung made shitty phones, is a always BETA CALLING EXPERIENCE. Only for stupid customers. Or just brave.

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                    • Sevvvv
                    • y@W
                    • 04 May 2012

                    Yeah I admit that Samsung galaxy s3 is awwwwwwsomeeee, but guys look at the big picture.....HTC is arguably Samsung's biggest competitor and they have changed their game plan. wait for 2.5 ghz snapdragon s4 krait and HTC sense.....the perfect package....and also samsung galaxy s3 does not feel original.....cam features and Dropbox collaboration was HTC original..COPYCAT SAMSUNG...AND DESIGN IS CHEAP

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                      • amirahim
                      • u7m
                      • 04 May 2012

                      Im a htc one x user,why some of u hate htc so much?u can choose by urself which phone u like....dont just like to critics...cant afford just shutup..

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                        • No_Matter
                        • 0xy
                        • 04 May 2012

                        another cheap toy soap from samsuhtc

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                          • notedmirror
                          • t}a
                          • 04 May 2012

                          why is there no mention of push-email.

                          hows the browser? does it have text reflow ?

                          does S3 not have these basics?

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                            • Hkq
                            • 04 May 2012

                            s3 fan, 04 May 2012They are jealous my friend, s3 rocks!!!Yeppp they are..!!

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                              • JAG
                              • Hkq
                              • 04 May 2012

                              olasuneri, 04 May 2012You just have to accept the truth. it is and ugly, I mean v... moreI agree the design of s3 isnt best.. But it beats HTC ONE X in performance and features.. Now u accept it buddy

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                                • PSv
                                • 04 May 2012

                                Maskakos, 04 May 2012So many people are trushing the S3 as a minor update and no... morevery well said..

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                                  • john
                                  • RXg
                                  • 04 May 2012

                                  Everything is perfect except the fact that the shape is ugly. The most important feature...

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                                    • Alui
                                    • Am9
                                    • 04 May 2012

                                    AnonD-51228, 04 May 2012Benchmarks don't really matter. After all, it's not like an... moreI had until now a Samsung Galaxy S(for two years). Bought it second hand for 180 Euros(from a guy who had it for a few months, and just bought an iPhone 4), after selling my three months old(benchmarks don't metter) Nokia X6. This week was the first time I noticed the phone(SGS1) is slow when playing a game(Fantasy Kingdom Defense HD). If you don't want to change your phone every few months, you better put the money into the best, and be safe for about two years.

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                                      • AnonD-51228
                                      • 4Z$
                                      • 04 May 2012

                                      Benchmarks don't really matter. After all, it's not like any sane person (benchmark fans are not) would want to play Crysis on a phone.

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                                        • Alui
                                        • Am9
                                        • 04 May 2012

                                        AnonD-43136, 04 May 2012Got to admit though one x sound probably better with beats audio!The quad-core Tegra 3 has worse benchmark results than dual-core Krait. So the ranking is as follows:
                                        1. Quad-core Exynox(SGS3)
                                        2. Dual-core Apple A5(iPhone 4S)
                                        3. Dual-core Krait (HTX One XL)
                                        4. Quad-core Tegra 3(HTC One X).
                                        Do you want the fourth fastest phone on the market instead of the first?