Samsung Galaxy S III to be released in April 2012

kenyard wrote: »

thats at least 6 months away.....
but still very fast release alright..
dont like the fact theyre upscaling the screen again. maybe the phone wont increase much in size if they have less space for keys on it, but i reckon 5" might be going a bit extreme...

Everyone is reading it wrong, they are expected to ANNOUNCE the phone in Feb but probably wont ship it until April or May.

leemaree wrote: »

I know but this might be different. I reckon they might want to get it out ASAP to compete with the iphone 5. I know the S III has better stuff on it, but still

Seen as most of the people who like sammy stuff will be in contract until AT LEAST june 2013 or longer Id say it would be strange.

post your battery stats with screen on time and awake thingy
also you are running a jellybean rom arent you? my battery is poorer since goin on them also imo

Mine currently:

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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40min currently, not a typical day but even with more screen its not detrimental to the battery.

Thanks for the info. So I guess samsungs claim of 700+ standby hours not applicable to real use of the phone?

Would love the option to try the phone out for a week to see if I like it.

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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I use our demo one at work virtually non-stop, especially with customers who are interested in the 4S and S3.

Both phones get a lot of use, running lots of youtube videos, camera tests and music quality. Even showing how quickly they load e-mail.

The S3 tends to get a day and a half, maybe two. The 4S gets about a day.

The S3 is (imo) a far better phone than the 4S and even the iPhone5 (from what we know), however people are largely put down by the apparent size of the phone, but don't take into account the (extremely) light weight.

danniemcq wrote: »

matrim wrote: »

Also got a software update this morning. I'm using the three stock rom and got updated to 4.04 Build Number IMM76D.I9300XXBLH3

Yeah they seem to be a week behind in the OTA update. There doesn't seem to be any changes to the phone though its more of an update before the updrade.

I dunno if its just me not noticing or it turning on a setting but i can now adjust brightness from the pull down notification.

Samsung haven't released a changelog for this version so doesn't seem to be anything important.

Did anyone else on other networks get this update earlier in the week?

I haven't noticed many changes either. Stock browser has new top bar and backlight in pulldown only ones I've noticed

Sonics2k wrote: »

I use our demo one at work virtually non-stop, especially with customers who are interested in the 4S and S3.

Both phones get a lot of use, running lots of youtube videos, camera tests and music quality. Even showing how quickly they load e-mail.

The S3 tends to get a day and a half, maybe two. The 4S gets about a day.

The S3 is (imo) a far better phone than the 4S and even the iPhone5 (from what we know), however people are largely put down by the apparent size of the phone, but don't take into account the (extremely) light weight.

Sonics, just as a matter of interest, is there a spotlight search feature on the S3 similar to that on the 4S ?

Also, just for general feedback, I've always found that in weak signal areas, the 4S suffers ( when compared to say an older nokia handset ). What about the S3 ? Would users view it as an improvement over the iphone ( ideally a Q for someone who has switched from the 4/4S to the darkside )

Started trying out AOSP/AOKP roms on the S3 on Monday. One ROM ive been using for the day now is Resurrection ROM. I cant believe how much better the sound quality is with DSP Manager. Bass from the speaker is nice and clear, headphone volume goes up a lot louder and gives better bass with the same stock Samsung headphones.

kenyard wrote: »

one of the test jellybean leaks was like that. sound was amazing. think it was dli5.
either way i used to have the sound on 4-7. i tried turning it up full to see what it was like and my body pulled the headphones outta my ears at around 12 i cudnt even stop myself doing it as it actually was about to hurt it was that good!
theres a lot of room for tweaks there alright. i reckon ill wait for the official jellybean now then install a tweaked kernel which should fix all those things

I tried all the leaks and none of them had as good sound. Also not sure if its cooked into touch wizz or just Sammys music player. The loudness restriction is silly. There seems to be way too much restriction on the loudness coming from the audio jack.

Ill probably stick to stock JB for a while. I prefer the stock experience but its a bit buggy and performance isnt as good sometimes as the TouchWizz one.

I got the firmware update yesterday from Samsung (over the air update), then couldn't access any pre-installed default apps :eek: :mad:,had to then reset to factory settings and start all over again and re-install them again :mad:

madmoe wrote: »

Any sign of the Jelly bean update guys??

Cheers,
M

Sources tell me xxdlid will be out Monday. NEE AND BTU

BTU = us in ireland.
if you are on default stock 3s, you will be able to dl it via kies then, or whatever method you prefer.
if you are on a branded carrier, namely 3 are the main ones, you will have to wait i guess.

as for it, its not fully finished is why it hasnt been rolled out globally. simple issues reported. i can confirm battery isnt as good (i still get 1.5 days), and music does stutter occasionally even through normal headphones..
battery life for me goes to 99%, but thats just the inbuilt overcharging feature.
the btu update probably means half of these issues are resolved. the first ics release was mediocre also, so im expecting 3-4 updates over the coming month or 2, and then jellybean should be very nice..

p.s its still a nice bit smoother than ics, so definately update when you can

- Battery life is terrible. Drains very quickly compared to ICS
- UI lags still exist e.g. browser tabs list scrolling, gallery, widgets drawer
- UI especially lags during I/O e.g. installing apps from the play store
- My Sony MW600 bluetooth headphones. Whenever I use the buttons to pause or change tracks, the phone will disable silent mode. This is super annoying at work if I receive a call and my ringtone blares out in the office
- Playing music via bluetooth occasionally stutters / breaks up. Didn't happen on ICS.
- Charging the phone, when I unplug the phone it instantly jumps from 100% to 95%

Shlippery wrote: »

Howye lads, quick question for anyone here who uses the S3...I've been HTC user for a while, well, since I changed to touch phones anyways, as old school as that sounds. I'm hoping to make the switch in the next week or so to the S3, but one thing I'd really like to know is if it's possible to get the phonepad style keyboard on the Galaxy S3? You know, the old style numbers/letters predictive combo as opposed to QWERTY keyboards...I'm only asking cos I couldn't quite get it to work on my buddys Nexus when he got it, so wondering if the Galaxys are the same! It's only a small thing...but...

Makes me sound like an aul fella askin this but i'm way faster using predictive on the phone than a touchy qwerty phone keyboard!

You can download any number of different keyboards so you should be able to get one that allows you to use the old style!

Swifkey is the best predictive learning one on the market.

Touchpal is also brilliant if you very familiar with the keyboard layout as you don't take your finger off the keyboard when typing...works by 'swyping'!

I'm sure there are others that will give you the style you are happiest with.

I'm also a former HTC user & adore the S3!!

So go for it!!:)