All the mastodon but discreet in shape.

Coming Wave 2 was my best smartphone, I naturally turned to the GS3, the current high-end Android brand.

Difficulty:

Lightweight, surprisingly light! Only 133g for this size. The iPhone 4S is a little heavy for much smaller (glass and metal). It does not slip and is well in hand. Its handling has a hand is pretty easy. There just the upper right corner is too far. The screen is great, but bizarrely the device does not give that impression. It is thanks to the absence of corners and finesse. Do not like a brick he is very discreet in his pocket.

I even compared to the screen of PS Vita. I really struggled to believe that these two devices are of very similar size screens (5 inches for the Vita). The console is almost 3 times as big and heavy! I must admit that Samsung has been very strong on this point by offering a discreet but impressive device!

!!! HULL IS NOT PLASTIC POLYCARBONATE BUT: (All the videos that were devoted to it should have put a flea in the ear of his critics!)

It is a materials offering better flexibility and strength than plastic. He 300x better withstand shocks and to perpetual claws caused in everyday life. This is the equivalent of the hull kevlar last Razr! Just see the flexibility of the hull. It would simply have to realize that the material is different from the brittle plastic. Unfortunately I see in the comments that many manage to deceive about this shell, and use it as a negative argument. In short the new materials do not always get the reception they deserve!

The screen is no exception as it would use a new type of protection. It still remains fragile. Remember to apply a protective film before its first use.

The frame of the device is made of plastic.

Although safe if drops the result will not be as different as if ca was a more robust smartphones (who says Iphone? !!).

The 2100mAh battery is removable and you can add a micro SD memory card. So I do not see the point of wanting to do pigeonner and wait for the 32GB or 64GB model which couterons much more expensive (method inspired from who? !!). When I reach with mine 48GB with 32GB memory card obtained for less than 27!

Battery life:

By disabling the wifi, 3G, synchronization, notifications and brightness revised downwards. The GS3 takes 3 days if you do not use it much. While if it is used regularly, a day is not enough to drain the battery.

OS:

I had some fears OS level because many say the very comprehensive and therefore more complicated to master. To Bada level remained quite sober. In the end I'm pretty well suited for this system because the features are very similar.
At first start, the appliance using a configuration. Once done there will still be all that is customization, appearance, widget, etc.

Namely to purchase the device already has two full pages of applications of all kinds.

Responsiveness is very fluid regardless of the launched application. Namely, 4.1 version of the OS will further improve performance and frame rate! Internet, Facebook etc are fluid and easy to access.

Screen:

Type Super Amoled displayed colors are very vivid and so far from reality. However, relying not do photo retouching on a smartphone. This screen offers some comfort when navigating through menus and on the web. The easy to read small print on a large screen no longer requires to play with the zoom on a web page because it remains readable even in full screen!

The Super AMOLED technology from Samsung offer a 5x higher readability sun first type of AMOLED.

Applications:

Dropbox is very well integrated with the GS3. Besides offering just over 50GB for 2 years it will download all our photos and videos taken via the dice smartphone that is connected to wi-fi. So I can wipe smartphone all that was sent to Dropbox to make room. Namely it is possible to impose restrictions that Dropbox does not download your family videos ...

S Voice, or "good joke Samsung" against Siri. To be clear, these are two completely useless to classify applications in entertainment. It reminds me a similar function on the Nokia N-Gage in which a damsel in 3D reacted and answered our texts! I would have preferred this version to the final because the entertainment was purely visual ... ...
For the rest there to S Memo is a notepad fairly complete and the S calendar in which I indicate my entire schedule.
The Samsung Apps will increase the number of applications available in addition to the Play store.

The alarm clock:

Namely, the Wave 2, which is also a Samsung but only the OS is different can sound the alarm while having previously been switched off! ca parrait beast like that but when you can configure more than 7 fully customizable alarms and more power off the smartphone overnight, there were obtained the best alarm clock ever.
It's been a task can on the side of Android smartphones that need to be lit in order to sound! In my case it was necessary to buy a good wake but will not have more than 2 alarms ... So it's a bad point for Android.

Multimedia:

It devours all known formats, MKV, FLAC, DivX and even subtitles! No conversion required before reading the file. "Drag and drop" into the unit and it's ready.
Needless to say, playing movies on such a display is comfortable enough. And that the speaker is good at low level.

The music player is what I use the most. So I'll talk a little more.

To know that I only use bluetooth devices. A2DP has become very reliable it is no longer necessary to connect a cable to want this smartphone.
I use headphones philips shb 9100 (or HS3000) which when coupled with the GS3, showed however like music without distortions by transferring 100% digital and not analog (cable). It's like comparing the DTS (optical) and stereo (analog).

All the more reason if you have a compatible device APT-X codec which is superior to SBC to read than 320kbps audio file via bluetooth. At home I use a Creative D200 speaker that is compatible with APT-X.

The samsung audio player is classic but it is also one of the best offered on a smartphone. Sorting of music can be done by artist, album, track name, etc. In short, nothing has changed in recent years. This simplicity seems to please the plupare. Creating a list of favorites is also easily achievable.

The GS3 sees its audio player is equipped with a new feature called "music corner". Imagine a square divided into 5 along its length and across its width. Each side corresponds to a style: calm, exciting, joyful and passionate. Once synchronized the library, simply select the part corresponding to his desire to only certain music being played.

Photo / Video:

The tests highlighted the superiority of the camera in areas with little light. Otherwise the GS3 is the same level as the 4s (no offense to anyone) and HTC One X.
Facial recognition is up to detect a face on a billboard located off into a corner of the picture!
Videos can be realized in 1080p at 30 fps. I'm not much use to me but the media are rather satisfied.

The rest:

Communications are clear. RAS on that side.
Creating SMS via dictionary can be very exhilarating at times. He sometimes put a different word from what I wrote. So it must be read before sending.

What I think:

With all due criticism of any fanboy of Apple. I would be of the opinion that this smartphone deserves its 5 stars despite blackheads as I could raised (alarm, SMS).

Not being on the side of any competitor, it would be impossible for me to excuse bad faith, pseudo defects that would only serve to make the pub to Apple!

Finally and whatever they say:

Samsung has signed here a super smartphone full of surprises.

PS: This is indeed a recap !!!