iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy s3?

[DRII]

Ugh...

So the laser keyboard and holograms are complete hoaxes!

So there actually is nothing truly new or ground breaking about the me-phone 5 :O

[DRII]

:-d :-$ :-! :-$ O

[Noltae]

S3 - don't get why the i phone 5 has such a small screen - surely in the future consumers will see a greater synergy between the phone and tablets..
S3 has a removable battery so one has the option of a back up - by the way the S3 battery lasts way longer than you would expect for a smart phone.
S3 takes an SD card - which is better no question..

[Ico]

The S3 doesn't feel like a quality product. Samsung stuffed the phone with the best technology available to them, but then opted to make the housing out of cheap plastic. No thanks.

Now that Samsung can't borrow design cues from Apple, I wonder when they'll make a truly beautiful phone to match the fantastic specs they're capable of. Stock Android would be nice too.

[Rozroz]

Originally Posted by Noltae

S3 - don't get why the i phone 5 has such a small screen - surely in the future consumers will see a greater synergy between the phone and tablets..
S3 has a removable battery so one has the option of a back up - by the way the S3 battery lasts way longer than you would expect for a smart phone.
S3 takes an SD card - which is better no question..

all those options are not so important to me anyway..
my only concern might be a perfect size screen..

[BigServer1]

I've been using the iPhone 5 now for about 12 hours and so far I am really liking it. Incredibly fast and smooth compared to my old phone. Time will tell if I like it long term, but early returns are good.

[Rozroz]

Originally Posted by BigServer1

I've been using the iPhone 5 now for about 12 hours and so far I am really liking it. Incredibly fast and smooth compared to my old phone. Time will tell if I like it long term, but early returns are good.

can you watch some videos and youtube to see how the screen feels ? still small? good enough?

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by BigServer1

I've been using the iPhone 5 now for about 12 hours and so far I am really liking it. Incredibly fast and smooth compared to my old phone. Time will tell if I like it long term, but early returns are good.

i think it is still too small.

[Rozroz]

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

i think it is still too small.

yea i feel it'll still won't size up to the perfect phone size. suppose to be a bit smaller than S3

[soyizgood]

I still LOL over this vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by Rozroz

yea i feel it'll still won't size up to the perfect phone size. suppose to be a bit smaller than S3

i read that originally Apple was working on 4.6 inch retina display but scrapped it. because therer was some kind of software compatibility issue so unless apple solves this, i don't think Iphone 6 won't be that much bigger.

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by soyizgood

I still LOL over this vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM

Yea, GS3 is great but that S voice really suck. it is worse than Cylon worrior in bad mood.

[soyizgood]

I might give M$ WP8 a chance and go for the Lumia 920. I'm getting an HTC phone at work running ICS anyway. I'm not an @pple fan, so it's Android or the dreaded M$ monster I guess.

My biggest gripe with Android is that there is no real conformity (Android 2.x for both phones and tablets, 3.x only for tablets, 4.x for both), carriers take their sweet time implementing updates, and it's got the Linux blessing/curse of being free but heavily fragmented in how it's marketed and implemented.

[Power Player]

How dare you make such sense when talking about droid..lol.

Those iphone5 benchmarks are impressive..i have 2 weeks until mine comes in.

[SempreSami]

Galaxy S3 looks surprisingly flimsy.

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by SempreSami

Galaxy S3 looks surprisingly flimsy.

It has that plastic feel to it. What i hated though was touchwiz. Horrible looking and unneeded. I picked the lesser of two evils in htc sense. But they both suck imo. It would be much better to run stock android, but if you do that, then you can not update your prl and radios.

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by SempreSami

Galaxy S3 looks surprisingly flimsy.

if you put the cover on, it becomes perfect weight. it is superior to Iphone 5 in every respect except S voice.

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

if you put the cover on, it becomes perfect weight. it is superior to Iphone 5 in every respect except S voice.

Not sure how. It got crushed in all benchmark tests. Read the link i posted from PC magazine.

[Feña14]

Originally Posted by Power Player

It has that plastic feel to it. What i hated though was touchwiz. Horrible looking and unneeded. I picked the lesser of two evils in htc sense. But they both suck imo. It would be much better to run stock android, but if you do that, then you can not update your prl and radios.

Did you mess around with a few launchers? I wonder if the Jeally Bean update will change touchwiz at all.

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

if you put the cover on, it becomes perfect weight. it is superior to Iphone 5 in every respect except S voice.

There are some quite nice covers I think. I've used a CandyShell on the iPhone and it's nice, but was so tough to get off it left tiny scratches on after. The S3 version doesn't do that, luckily.

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by Power Player

Not sure how. It got crushed in all benchmark tests. Read the link i posted from PC magazine.

On my test, iphone 5 was crushed in every respect except in S voice department. Siri was far superior. Iphone 5 screen is so small, it was a joke.