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Old May 4, 2012 | 06:46 AM
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I think I'll wait until the end of the month and then upgrade to one of these.

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...o-know-1078676
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Old May 4, 2012 | 06:58 AM
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Got to wait till July till the 4s can be replaced but unless something new and better comes out I'll be replacing it with one of these too
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:22 AM
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apple playing catch up ,once again
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:36 AM
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probaly going to get one of these myself after just not getting on with Nokia Lumia

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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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Very nice

Think I've got about a year left on my SGS2 contract so will probably be upgrading to the S4 when that runs out

Now await the rush of jealous Apple fanboyz trying to justify why their iPhone 4S is better than this
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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Isn't anyone getting bored of this now?
It's a phone that a bit faster, bigger and more expensive than the last one.
A mate of mine was like an excited little school boy when he ordered his HTC One X. He was telling me that it could do this and that and how it would change his life.

Then, a week after having it, he hates it. A lot of the apps have bugs, he can't syn he calender without it freezing the phone every time and apparently, the 5th 'slow processor' to help run back ground apps and save power, isn't working as the software ......has a bug!
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...le-May-29.html


Samsung Galaxy S3 launch: Android's 'iPhone killer' brings eye-tracking and voice control technology to the smartphone battle


  • Samsung unveiled latest flagship smartphone at Apple-style launch party in London
  • Eye-tracking and voice-control revealed as key new features
  • Owners get 4.8" screen, quad-core processor, NFC payments, and face-recognition
  • Wireless charging kit removes the clutter of wires
  • Mail Online verdict: 'Samsung has raised the stakes here - and Apple will have to do something truly special to beat this'
The tech reads good. Iphones do suck though
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:10 AM
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Not a patch on my Nokia 6210
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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Oh goody the 3rd S3 thread in two days.......
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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i loved my nokia's. hope they get their act together though i think they should adopt the androidOS to keep costs down. blackberry are pulling out of the consumer market and just concentrating on the business sector, nokia could jump in with a cheap unit that could get in there and fill the bb market.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Ant
Oh goody the 3rd S3 thread in two days.......
More popular than an iPhone too
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:09 AM
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Will the mOds please merge the galaxy s3 threads or just dump them in the trollfest.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:14 AM
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Going by the amount of posts CD I doubt it.....
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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I'm getting pretty bored of it all now. I just think everyone should get a phone they are happy with and leave it at that. It was fun for a while but it's been going on for months now.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:28 AM
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Too big, as always. My iphone 4s is the absolute maximum size of phone I would consider. The 3GS was too big, which is why I didn't have one.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:29 AM
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has it got the snake game on it?
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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Snake has never been as good as it was on the Nokia 5110
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:09 PM
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Snake has never been as good as it was on the Nokia 5110
I think you will find that it was best on the 3210 and 8210!

God I am showing my age.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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The 3 and 7 was obliterated on my 3210
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:21 PM
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RIP Apple.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:22 PM
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Apples profits beg to differ
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:25 PM
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They are deffo going into administration, they just can not match HTC and Samsung.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:26 PM
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isnt it a bit big? ile stick with my 3gs, its not to big and does everything I need it too (im no fanboy)
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamo
isnt it a bit big? ile stick with my 3gs, its not to big and does everything I need it too (im no fanboy)
When I still had my old Blackberry and had a year to go on my contract, I desperately wanted a HTC Desire S.

Now I have it, with a year to go, there is nothing out there that I want.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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see the car phone huerhouse are giving away a galaxy tab with a preorder SG3. £36 a month. released on 29 may.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
see the car phone huerhouse are giving away a galaxy tab with a preorder SG3. £36 a month. released on 29 may.
The had an allowance for the first 1000 customers to get a tab and they were all gone by 1.30pm. If I wanted a big Samsung I'd get the Note otherwise I'd still get the S2, quad cores just don't seem to be as powerful as they should. After seeing that the Htc One S is as quick as the One X and a better feeling phone, I can see the S3 being in the same sort of problems.
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Old May 5, 2012 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by belliott69
The had an allowance for the first 1000 customers to get a tab and they were all gone by 1.30pm. If I wanted a big Samsung I'd get the Note otherwise I'd still get the S2, quad cores just don't seem to be as powerful as they should. After seeing that the Htc One S is as quick as the One X and a better feeling phone, I can see the S3 being in the same sort of problems.
have to admit i was very disappointed by the spec of the new S3. software gimmicks are no substitute for better features. 12MP camera, 64GB, 1.8Ghz Quad core, 4.8inch screen 2100ma battery. all that would have been nice. it is really not much better than the S2
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Old May 5, 2012 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
have to admit i was very disappointed by the spec of the new S3. software gimmicks are no substitute for better features. 12MP camera, 64GB, 1.8Ghz Quad core, 4.8inch screen 2100ma battery. all that would have been nice. it is really not much better than the S2
It does have several of those.
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Old May 5, 2012 | 02:58 PM
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held back the camera, memory and more importantly the cpu is only 1.5Ghz
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Old May 5, 2012 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamescsti
I'm getting pretty bored of it all now. I just think everyone should get a phone they are happy with and leave it at that. It was fun for a while but it's been going on for months now.
This.

I have an iphone 4 32gb and does all I need and has all the storage I need. I have no intention of changing it until it breaks. I really don't understand people who constantly change to the newest model of phone. Buy one that does what you want in the first place then there really isn't any reason to change - unless of course you need eye tracking
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