Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

Davie89 wrote: »

Whats the leather one like? It looks quite nice? Does it fit okay?

I got a gel one in the post today. It does not fit right at all. Avoid. The seller is Flaaskmart_uk on ebay.ie. Sending it back!

The Gel one I linked to fits perfectly but as I said I felt mine needed a bit more protection.

The leather one fits perfectly, no issues whatsoever. Will defo help the device stand up to the abuse it will no doubt get.

Four of a kind wrote: »

yep. Not the phones fault though.

For anyone that wants to unlock their S3 I found this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1718665

I bought mine of a guy on Gumtree and he said it was unlocked but when I put a spare O2 micro SIM in it asked for a network unlock code. I didn't mind as my actual contract is with Vodafone and it's locked to that network so all worked out in the end.

Cheers,
M

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Does that mean you can always receive texts and calls? and that your signal issues are just that you have no 3G signal for the internet and video calls?

Yes when you have it set to the default gms/wmdca mode you'll switch to vodafone network if your out of 3 coverage.

kippy wrote: »

The Gel one I linked to fits perfectly but as I said I felt mine needed a bit more protection.

The leather one fits perfectly, no issues whatsoever. Will defo help the device stand up to the abuse it will no doubt get.

Are all the ports accessible while the cover is on yeah?

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Theres no charge for using the vodafone network is there? I presume Three have a deal with them?

Sorry for all the qs!

No problem. Yeah there's no charge at all, you just switch over automatically. Apart from a few no 3G signal issues every once in a while, 3 is the best deal I've ever had on a payg plan. Really is brilliant!

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Sound. Thinkin of getting Three on Bill Pay, wouldve gotten it by now if I didnt read so many bad reviews of the network here. Pretty sure ill get it now though.

Check out Meteor, imo they are the best value for this at the moment. That and I cannot complain about the quality of the network at all, ive been with them for 3 years now and always good to deal with.

god's toy wrote: »

Wife picked up hers blue one just now. Setting it up and so on. It's a close call between the white and blue, they both look fab.

If I didn't have the white I suppose I would always get a darker phone but now I have the white this last (almost) month, its opened a new world of choice and I really do love how it looks!

I love my white one too, having always had dark phones i'm liking the change of scenery. Personally glad I didnt go for a blue one!

Hi

Thinking of getting an s3 and ditching my iPhone 4.

Just a quick question on firmware updates:

Who issues these? With apple, you get the new iOS from them and that's it.

With android, as I understand it, there are 2 things going on: the OS and the UI, one coming from google and one coming from the handset manufacturer.

Is that correct?

So if I go with the S3, I may get a UI update from Samsung that might change the way it looks and how I interct with it, and then I may get another update from google that changes sonething under the bonnet. Is that how it works? How well do the phones cope with newer versions of the OS? Will I get a couple I years out of the S3 before it won't be able to run the latest firmware?

Sorry for the newbie questions, it just seems a bit more complex than iOS.

Here is a good vid on utube showing what you can connect to your S3.
Ok it's 27mins long (full HD too) but it's really opened my eyes to how I can use this phone now USB Dongles, Keyboards, mice, Controllers, Hard-drives, and more, but all at once?? yep!.

*me rushing out for a host mode connector!*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IiRyigUH0

NeitherJohn wrote: »

If you own one of the Nexus phones, their updates come direct from Google. Nexus phones come with unchanged Android straight from Google. Samsung put TouchWiz over Android, HTC put Sense over Android.

Nexus phones get an update almost immediately, but you'd be waiting a month or two for the other manufacturers, as AlmightCushion said, to make their additions/adjustments.

So does that mean that the OS will behave differently depending on manufacturer? So in 6 months time I might update the OS and the phone might be a little better, but someone who bought a cheaper phone might get a much better update because their manufacturer put more effort in?

Generally no. Take the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Nexus for example. They both run Android 4.0.4.

They'll run exactly the same apps in exactly the same way. They'll just look a bit different because Samsung slap their own custom user interface on top of the "straight-from-Google" Android user interface.

Also, best thing about Android phones in general is the ability to root them. You can install any ROM you want to manipulate the phones functionality without having to depend on the manufacturer to come out with an update.

Check out xda-developers.com for rooting information!:)

kenyard wrote: »

second thing is stock keyboard is shockingly poor...
not gonna complain though.

Swiftkey 3 came out fully today, worth the small pricetag.

its a great phone and ditto about the battery.

Was at a family event last night and two others have the GS3 - I enabled the share shot feature and it automatically shared any photos taken by any of the 3 GS3!

Very very neat.

BearNecessities wrote: »

Coming from an S2, all I can say is WoW!
Side by side the S3 doesn't look that much bigger really (it's kinda like the S2 ate all the pies).

A full 24 hours later, lots of "new toy" usage and it's still at 54%. That's stock ROM with no tweaking yet. So far so good.

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056677034

Scary scary stuff indeed!!