Samsung S3 - Saxperience

Yamaha318 · 17th January 2013, 02:14

So ordered the S3 last night, Finally got rid of EE and Blackberrys for good!

Anyone had it for a while on here? And can tell me what they think of it?

Also best apps to download!

Cheeeeers

Gabbastard · 17th January 2013, 15:47

I managed to get one really cheap, so Ive had mine about a fortnight. Wasnt too fussed about getting a smartphone but fuck it lol.

I do like it, very easy to use, excellent screen. Found that - contrary to what most people were saying in reviews - the battery life isnt bad at all: I use wi-fi on it a lot, mobile data sometimes, and send quite a few texts and shit and find the battery can least easily over 24hours

Camera in burst mode seems to turn out some surprisingly good shots

App wise Im using the accuweather thing, bbc news, whatsapp, Xbox smartglass,cut the rope, instagram and a free sudoku thing. Havent really had that much time to look into more apps but Im doubtful Id need many more tbh.

fossie · 21st January 2013, 20:43

How do these compare to the iPhones. Had these for the last 4 ish years and thought its time to change so bought an s3.

Gabbastard · 21st January 2013, 21:20

Iphones are better in every respect.

Saxjoe · 21st January 2013, 21:27

I have an sII and love it, as far as I know sIII's are the same just more powerful in terms of processing power and RAM, and also feature a few extras like s voice or something lol

GolfJay · 21st January 2013, 21:57

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Originally Posted by Gabbastard

Iphones are better in every respect.

Disagree totally. S3 overnthe iphone any day!

fossie · 21st January 2013, 22:24

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Originally Posted by Gabbastard

Iphones are better in every respect.

Really. Care to elaborate chief

Or you in the same boat as me and only ever had an iPhone lol

Sam^p · 21st January 2013, 22:25

Girlfriends got an S3 and ive got an S2, both awesome phones but her screen is alot sharper. As said above the battery life is good, nothing like an old Nokia 3310 but it will last 24hours with not excessive usage.

Gabbastard · 21st January 2013, 23:59

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Originally Posted by fossie

Really. Care to elaborate chief

Or you in the same boat as me and only ever had an iPhone l.l

I dont know, never had an iphone but everyone i know who has an iphone says everything else is nowhere near as good. I have an s3 btw!

matt_vtr_15a · 22nd January 2013, 09:45

Had mine about 4-5 months now.

I do love it, some of the updates and features are sweet!

I love now that I can browse the internet on half the screen and look at facebook on the other without having to pull out of an app and go into another...

it's handier than i expected... I can now text and look at facebook without messing about... brilliant for a snaker!!

I don't bother with many apps, I always get bored after a week, I literally just use it to text, facebook, browse internet, pof and spotify

The only thing I would say is some apps don't support android users as much they support apple...

I had Iphone 3g, 4 and 4s... and decided to go with this instead of the 5...

I'm glad I did.

GolfJay · 25th January 2013, 12:14

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Originally Posted by matt_vtr_15a

Had mine about 4-5 months now.

I do love it, some of the updates and features are sweet!

I love now that I can browse the internet on half the screen and look at facebook on the other without having to pull out of an app and go into another...

it's handier than i expected... I can now text and look at facebook without messing about... brilliant for a snaker!!

I don't bother with many apps, I always get bored after a week, I literally just use it to text, facebook, browse internet, pof and spotify

The only thing I would say is some apps don't support android users as much they support apple...

I had Iphone 3g, 4 and 4s... and decided to go with this instead of the 5...

I'm glad I did.

How do you do this half screen thing?

Gabbastard · 25th January 2013, 15:16

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Originally Posted by GolfJay

How do you do this half screen thing?

Access the pull down menu and select multiwindow

Saxotim · 25th January 2013, 15:24

love mine, had it a few months, word of warning dont crack the screen without insurance as its £200 for a new screen and associated gubbins fitted.

2 of my mates went from iphones to s3 nd they say the s3 is better in every way.

app-wise ive been using iplayer a lot recently and ts great, along with the usual twitter facebook etc. got camscanner for scanning documents into pdf's which is really good.

GolfJay · 25th January 2013, 16:48

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Originally Posted by Gabbastard

Access the pull down menu and select multiwindow

Can't find that option lol