The Pros of S3 include clearly:
- Display (although many complain about the PenTile Matrix, I feel the display but still than with currently the best on the market, it offers the same sharpness as the One X and Xperia S, but I like the colors and the contrast in the S3 best) However, it is in direct sunlight then something difficult to read, but here you can from my own experience and from what I've heard that convince the Xperia P.
- Good to excellent telephone acoustic (! Very good intelligibility on Mobile site both speakerphone and the ear, I too am coming, I am told, very understandable and natural over)
- Very good signal strength at very low SAR value (0.342W / kg). Again, Samsung Top, we have very thick walls and I still 4 to 5 bar (O² network). When HTC there were mostly 2, the Xperia 3. And the 3-4x higher SAR values (One X 0.91 W / kg and XPS 1.25W / kg !!)
- Furious fast and absolutely smooth operation, here Samsung is really top and both the One X and the XP's superior
- Great photos, very detailed and colorfast (knipse with 6MP because the photos only in 16: 9). The S3 is here on par with the One X, the XP S it is slightly superior.
- Excessive top music sound with headphones Aureol Groove in-ears, but which also is surprisingly good on the hands-free mode. The One X with Beats offered a similarly strong sound that XP S disappointed here compared across the board, the sound came over getting a little dull and unnatural.
- Design. There is no aluminum or metal, but the front looks like the 4S as a unified whole, there are no gaps where ever accumulate dust and lint, which were really bad just the XP S and the One X is not exactly nice. In addition, the S3 is great in the hand because it is swinging elegantly and, in my opinion by far the best that design is really very well matched.
- Battery. First exchangeable! Namely, it is now only my 2nd charge but the battery is significantly stronger than the One X and XP from S. Although still no battery wonder but I did it yesterday failed to get the battery is below 20%, and it was almost alone 4.5 hours the display to 100% brightness active, have about 45 minutes on the phone, surfed a good hour and written several SMS and rummaged in the Play Store. Both the One X and the XP S battery activity has always been good for about 3 hours at 100% brightness display only at 20%. This shows, I think the advantage of PenTile matrix.
- Storage by SD Card expandable at any time
Informed LED status indicator, which is a good size and very well seen (was the One X this barely perceptible really tiny and in light areas) etc at a about inputs of SMS, missed calls -
- SMS to Call (look for read SMS S3 easy to the ear and will call the sender) is one of the few new features that work perfectly, but only with the SMS program from S3, with GO SMS PRO works for example not (perhaps comes with an update of the app)
- (Up to nothing really represent all hedge to the S3 from simple wipe on face recognition, voice recognition, PIN or password) Many unlocking opportunities
Among the cons
- Most of the new "features" are sometimes useless to immature. Smart Stay will only work in bright rooms, S-Voice is understood (in German) sometimes not what one says, scrolling by tilting folds to 80% just as little in the browser, the double tap with jump up in e-mail program also works usually only the 2 or 3-up. But is everything eh only gimmick I do not use therefore falls to me not so significant
- Video quality of the camera indoors or in low light conditions very noisy and blurred, outdoors but quite good. Here iPhone 4S, One X and Xperia S had the overall impression a bit better, but which were filming at similar days less fuzzy and noisy in a slight decrease in light were coming.
- The placement of the camera. If you hold the S3 side could not be easier on the lens because it is very near the top, you have to touch the S3 when knipsen cumbersome so as not to obscure. It would have been smarter to put the lens a little deeper.
- Widgets. Here clearly wins the One X with Sense and the Xperia S. Samsung has been insufficient. Why are there no contacts widget where you can create up to 12 Favourites on his side with photo? Why should be only in the widget with the weather widget always AccuWether and why is this not animated? Why is there no SMS widget that displays a directly the latest news on a page. Why you can not coils directly in the song in the music player widget? So here I am a little disappointed with Touchwiz because I expected more.
As you can see, it is not gold that glitters. Most could be improved via firmware Samsung however. But does not alter the Samsung offers here the best overall package, of course the hefty price in my opinion not enough memory for the money (we should obstruct 32GB like the One X and Xperia S for the same money, but at least he is expanded at any time, even though internal memory is always faster than any SD).
I forgive 4.7 stars, which rounded up here then are 5. The S3 is currently the best smartphone overall package which you can get! Greater need smartphones (especially the S4) now but really no longer be that more then but for home users too much so you can see nice on touch.
Addendum:
Another day with the S3 is about, here's my other experiences:
The battery lasts not only long, but also loads very quickly. I have stopped earlier once. From 9% to 100%, the S3 has only 2 hours and 19min hand over the power outlet when you consider the size of 2100 mAh which is a very good value in my opinion.
The problem with the custom dictionary has been done, it is so that the S3 to 3maligen letter remembers a word. But I've made it even easier, namely by I Swiftkey X installed, which I can only recommend to everyone! This keyboard learns on request from your SMS, Facebook messages, Twitter etc. and remembers your written words, they are then always proposed in the future immediately. Now we can write much faster and more comfortable. In addition, you can take bookings directly display umlauts on the keyboard and adjust them also in color.
After extensive testing today with S-Voice can be stated: Dictation and interjected by SMS works quite well, special nicknames are not a problem "calls on mobile X" or "Write a text message to X". "Turn WLAN off" or Bluetooth works well, only one has the pull down the notification bar of off much faster. In search functions on the Internet but is then usually final. Compared to Siri S-Voice sounds not only unfriendly but also less of course, be implemented usually 1-2sec slowly to commands, unfortunately knows less and is often wrong. But Samsung is here certainly dranschrauben, in English S-Voice is already now much better.
Renewed Addendum after the first week:
I've found on the sunny Saturday, the display is in direct sunlight at maximum brightness even read something bad. While it is still recognizable but reading all this is for the eyes very exhausting. If you imagine against the sun so that the S3 is in the shadow of his own body, but it comes. But that was with Xperia S and the One X does not even better. Only the iPhone 4S had a better brightness and was also very easy to read in direct sunlight.
But I maintain even after the first week: The Galaxy S3 is currently the best smartphone. I am completely satisfied and would not want to give it up again. I've added below to make a few small disappointments app even better recommendations to the S3.
A few small tips:
1. If you want to change the 4 Quick Links Apps on the lock screen or even remove find this option under "Settings - Security - options for blocking the ... and then click the word" shortcut "Pretty hiding the whole..
2. photos during video recording function only when the image stabilizer is turned off during video recording
3. A screenshot created either by the Home and Lock button presses 2sec simultaneously, or where one quickly wipes his hand edge left to right or from right to left over the bar. Before that you have this feature, but once in the Settings> Movement> Hand edge wipe adjust. If you do so quickly it works wonderfully if you do it too slowly replaced her page.
4. If you want to customize the LED color has to rely on an app for that, unfortunately, Samsung offers to not innately. The app is free but and scolds himself Lightflow. Thus, it works just fine with the S3. If you have problems such as the now that is spoken of must Lightflow after having adjusted the colors disable the Accessibility, retained all changed colors, but unfortunately then illuminates no Facebook and Whats App LED more.
5. If you want to rename the apps on your homescreen (some names are too long or sharing stupid on) can it on "App Name Editor" recourse. But this free app will change only the names of apps on the home screen. You need to be renamed from within the app create a new shortcut for the change to take effect. Alternatively, you can sometimes see the gratis Desktop Visualizer which offers even more features.
6. Who the homescreen folders with the Galaxy is not like in 'App Folder "adapt a good alternative to this. Post adjust not only their color and appearance but also set the transparency. There is a free and a pro version. The free only allowed 2 folder, whom that enough can use this fully.
7. With one of the best widgets in the store, the Android Pro Widgets. These offer very nice, fully adjustable widgets in all sizes for example, contacts, bookmarks, Facebook, Twitter, calendar, messages and so on. You can also choose different themes and make this also completely transparent with each widget. Basically, it's for free, some features work only when you buy a license for 1.99. Anyone looking for a widget for clock including weather (similar to those that are found in HTC Sense) take plus the HD Widgets, which are also well-configurable.
