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Where are the US GS3 reviews?
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Guess I spoke too soon. http://www.tmonews.com/2012/06/t-mobile-breaks-up-galaxy-s-iii-launch/
Sorry, but paying $329 for a fully qualified upgrade is horseshit.
Sorry, but paying $329 for a fully qualified upgrade is horseshit.
MavericK
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Wow, those are expensive upgrades. I'm only paying $170 through Verizon for my pre-order.
Wow....I keep saying how happy I have been with T-Mobile, but this just pisses me RIGHT off. I JUST signed another contract with them, where do they get off charging 80 bucks more than everyone else???? I'm going to look for a way to cancel and move to AT&T.
Just got off the phone with T-Mobile. I've had 3 lines for nearly 2 years and just extended. Havent used my upgrade yet. I told the rep I wanted to un-do the new plan and just go back to the last month, that I would finish it out and then I'd go to AT&T. Of course she said I couldnt break the contract.
She did say, however, that the 279 after rebate is "not your price, sir". She didnt give me a definite price, but did say she'd cut me a deal comparable to the other carriers. We'll see.
She did say, however, that the 279 after rebate is "not your price, sir". She didnt give me a definite price, but did say she'd cut me a deal comparable to the other carriers. We'll see.
Let us know how that goes. I'm seriously thinking of canceling. I was going to jump on the One S when it came out. They had a trade in deal at that time, trade in an android phone and get $100 off, I waited because the S3 was being announced a few days later, May 3rd.
I patiently waited and passed on all HTC One S deals, including a 99.99 upgrade from Best Buy, and FREE after MIR this past weekend ONLY because they hadn't announced pricing for the SG3. Had they done this earlier, and you knew they had pricing then, I would've made arrangements to get a different phone. Their moronic secrecy is now costing me more money if I want to upgrade.
Yeah I thought I wanted the One S until I saw the reviews and vids of the SIII.
The rep is supposed to call me back in a few days when she knows the price she can get the Galaxy for. Even if they give me the phone for the same 199 as everyone else, why the hell should we (VALUED customers, as they love to tell me!) have to jump through hoops?
It's a slap in the face.
The rep is supposed to call me back in a few days when she knows the price she can get the Galaxy for. Even if they give me the phone for the same 199 as everyone else, why the hell should we (VALUED customers, as they love to tell me!) have to jump through hoops?
It's a slap in the face.
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Looks good. But IMO no LTE radio, no dice period.
Looks like the Sprint version also has an embedded sim! Boo! No hope for a world phone, yet again!
And looks like I was right about the smoothness had to do with the new exynos. Sense UI is once again better than Touchwiz under the same SoC. So... I will wait for the snapdragon S4 pro phone and stick to my Epic Touch.
And looks like I was right about the smoothness had to do with the new exynos. Sense UI is once again better than Touchwiz under the same SoC. So... I will wait for the snapdragon S4 pro phone and stick to my Epic Touch.
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Well, it does support 42mbps HSPA+ if that's any consolation. That's plenty fast enough for me considering bandwidth caps.
Were you thinking that this would be a world phone? Cause I never did.
Wonder when the embargo lifts on the Verizon GS3, obviously reviewers already have these phones. So far the signs are encouraging, carriers haven't messed with the software or disabled any features (besides Dropbox), but you can never be sure with Verizon 
I think the Verizon and ATT/TMo versions can be used as a phone abroad, but not with 3G data.
AT&T is probably most compatible... its radios work with most 3G networks in the world, and potentially some LTE ones as well. Just needs to be unlocked
Verizon is supposedly allowing the phone to be 'software' unlocked to roam on foreign 3G networks. Apparently the LTE radio defaults to GSM bands, so it can use it - no idea on whether data will be available though
Anandtech's review of the AT&T and T-Mobile versions.
We don't know about Verizon's version yet. But most if not all of their HTC LTE can do 3G international after an update. I wish that Samsung troll we have here stop trolling and just answer our questions.
Why change the design, Sprint?!
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MavericK
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Still have to wait until July 9th or something for mine to ship from Verizon.
How did you get to $170, did they apply the upgrade fee as well?
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Well that's $170 + $30 upgrade fee = $200, so yeah. I had the $30 discount for upgrading, but the retarded upgrade fee cancelled it out.
So I guess really it's $200 from Verizon for most people. Still that's quite a bit cheaper than T-Mobile apparently.
I was going to switch over from AT&T to TMobile tomorrow and pick up the GS3, but due to lack of the white GS3 being available, I guess I will be waiting a bit longer.
May as well wait a little bit longer for the white version with Verizon and their LTE network.
Ah well
May as well wait a little bit longer for the white version with Verizon and their LTE network.
Ah well
I was going to switch over from AT&T to TMobile tomorrow and pick up the GS3, but due to lack of the white GS3 being available, I guess I will be waiting a bit longer.
May as well wait a little bit longer for the white version with Verizon and their LTE network.
Ah well
Why?
It's more for you with T-Mobile.
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anand put up a review too.
After all this, and the fact that I cant get out of my contract, I might just go for the One S at 200. S-Voice, by many accounts, doent work very well, and I like the physical design of the One S better anyway. I could use it for 2 years and then go ahead and upgrade to the next big thing at that point.
It's looking like we dont even know when a regular T-Mo customer will get them anyway. Sour grapes and all that. Just hoping maybe the price of the One S will drop a bit tomorrow, if it goes to 170 or hey maybe even 150 I think I'll just go that route.
It's looking like we dont even know when a regular T-Mo customer will get them anyway. Sour grapes and all that. Just hoping maybe the price of the One S will drop a bit tomorrow, if it goes to 170 or hey maybe even 150 I think I'll just go that route.
That's the general consensus I've seen
Great hardware and performance, removable battery, great camera and screen, etc. but TouchWiz needs to go
Nothing a ROM can't fix of course
Well hasn't samsung been a big supporter of roms?
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They act like they are, by not locking down bootloaders and such, but many aspects of their phones are hard to reverse engineer, and they use many hacked up, nonstandard methods to implement basic functionality, making ROM development harder than it has to be....
Even so, Cyanogenmod 9 nightlies are already up for the GS3 international version because of how similar the SoC is to the Galaxy S2.... so thats something to keep in mind...
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It may be a little bit more expensive, but I lose reception inside my house with AT&T for some damn reason. (Seattle)
Verizon and Sprint are just fine as well, just an issue I am having with AT&T specifically.
Deal-breaker for me.
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Nice, thanks Maverick, watching it now
No problem. Keep in mind, though, that I think they reviewed the international version of the SGS3, which is a bit different. Feature-wise it is pretty much the same, though.
hell yeah! 42mbps would be enough for me. i'm on verizon/lte right now and it's VERY nice, but i'd be open to switching to HSPA+. HSPA doesn't eat the battery like LTE does and with verizon doing away with unlimited data, it might make me jump ship.
It's a beast and you will not be disappointed. I am getting 8-10 down on AT&T HSPA, and the battery lasts between 24-36 hours with 4 hours screen time give or take. It's really a great option.