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Galaxy S3, Available on 5 US carriers

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s44 said:
The one carrier that hasn't announced the June 21 date is AT&T, so I'm worried that they may be planning to screw their customers.
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Preorders start June 6th. Can't be much later for the actual sale. Also, looks like ATT is getting an exclusive RED color option. I doubt ATT can resist a Red, White and Blue promotion for July 4th.
 
I have been "eligible" for an upgrade for a month now. Any reason not to get this phone on June 21? Do prices drop a week or month after launch?

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I figured the S4 Snapdragon because of the LTE and HSPA+ 42 but 2gb ram is nice surprise.

I'm mildly tempted since I have 2 available phone upgrades but I will pass and let my T-Mobile contract expire in July so I can jump ship to Straight Talk prepaid. I can't bring myself to buy S3 knowing Samsung and US carriers will not update the OS on the phone in timely manner. Hardware is important but the OS is equally important. iPhone and Nexus are the only two phones with the hardware and OS updates and only phones worthy of my money.
 
Lte penetrates buildings so much better. I get edge at work but would get 15mbps with a thunderbolt in the exact same spot
 
glen said:
what is the difference between LTE and HSPA+?
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LTE tech is newer and tends to provide faster speeds than HSPA+ tech. That said, most current LTE radios eat more battery compared to HSPA+ radios. That is at least the case with AT&T's LTE. To complicate things further, T-Mobile has an upgraded HSPA+ network that in many markets provides LTE-like speeds.
 
lothar said:
Why would anyone give a crap about that when it has a MicroSD slot?
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multiple storage can be a hassle, there are still a lot of Android apps which won't let you install to MicroSD. And nothing that uses a Widget will probably ever work running from an SD. I would take 32 gigs internal with no SD slot over 16 internal with a 64gb sd. But that's just me.
 
QueBert said:
multiple storage can be a hassle, there are still a lot of Android apps which won't let you install to MicroSD. And nothing that uses a Widget will probably ever work running from an SD. I would take 32 gigs internal with no SD slot over 16 internal with a 64gb sd. But that's just me.
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If you have over 16gigs of app data that you can't move to the SD card then you probably want to look at the way you use your phone a bit more carefully. :what:
 
sciwizam said:
Verizon, being sneaky bastards.

Verizon’s Latest Double Data Promo Ends June 5, the Day Before You Can Pre-order the Galaxy SIII
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Sooooo... as someone mentioned in the article, would I be able to just buy whatever phone tomorrow and return it on the 21st and grab the SGS3 and keep my extra data? All these carriers have no risk 14 day trial periods and such right?

Edit: Seems at worst I would have to pay a $35 restocking fee. Worth it. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/support/return-policy
 
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Very tempted to pre-order this. My Droid X is on its last legs and I don't think I can wait until the iPhone 5 is released. It seems like this has better specs than the Galaxy Nexus, but will run TouchWiz on top of Android 4, right?
 
Bateluer said:
News, AT&T isn't getting the 32GB version.
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Why the &%*$ is there even a 16GB version in the first place? It's 2012. Flash memory is super cheap. Hell, cheaper still for Samsung who manufactures a large percentage of the world's supply themselves.

32GB should be the bare minimum that high end phones these days release with.
 
MrChad said:
Very tempted to pre-order this. My Droid X is on its last legs and I don't think I can wait until the iPhone 5 is released. It seems like this has better specs than the Galaxy Nexus, but will run TouchWiz on top of Android 4, right?
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It does run Touchwiz but that isn't as bad as it sounds, it's by far the best of the Android skins and includes an improved browser and lots of other useful features like picture-in picture so you can watch videos in a small window while doing other stuff on the phone, a substantially improved dialer, and eye tracking to keep the phones screen unlocked while you are looking at it.
 
Headcase_Fargone said:
Why the &%*$ is there even a 16GB version in the first place? It's 2012. Flash memory is super cheap. Hell, cheaper still for Samsung who manufactures a large percentage of the world's supply themselves.

32GB should be the bare minimum that high end phones these days release with.
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Because...choice. I don't use storage intensive things on my phone, and I'm a power user. 16 gb is plenty.
 
It doesn't have to be a choice though is what I'm saying. Flash memory is to the point of being so inexpensive to produce that it would be trivial to include 32GB standard. But no, they want to continue charging a $50 premium for $3 more of storage.
 
Headcase_Fargone said:
It doesn't have to be a choice though is what I'm saying. Flash memory is to the point of being so inexpensive to produce that it would be trivial to include 32GB standard. But no, they want to continue charging a $50 premium for $3 more of storage.
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How dare they try and make money.

It's like they're trying to run a business or something. :colbert:
 
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