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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Decent stats on this phone but most of these new phones fail in one big area, battery life. Unless I have both in my hand I doubt that I notice the extra 50 ppi but you can bet that I'm going to notice the extra 5 hours of battery life. I've been very happy with the Maxx and it sounds like ICS is coming next week.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Looked at it specs vs my new evo. Outside of the 4g issue. I'd keep my Evo, handed down.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by HOTDON View Post
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    I average between 6-7 GB / month so the unlimited is a must for me. With a 2 GB plan, I'd be spending a minimum $40 extra / month. So its either grab this now subsidized, or pay full retail once the family plans are released.
    Wow. No kidding. I use Wi-Fi exclusively at home, which cuts my usage pretty drastically. Most months my wife and I don't use 2GB combined. I'd like to keep unlimited on principle, but the 4GB promotions they run would be more than enough for me. I'm hoping there is a family plan in the neighborhood of 3-4GB for around $40. That would drop my bill.I'd rather have the quad core too since everyone else will be getting 5G before LTE goes live here....

    I stream radio at work which pretty much accounts for most of that. So as long as there is a way to keep unlimited, I will do it.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by dmclone View Post
    Decent stats on this phone but most of these new phones fail in one big area, battery life. Unless I have both in my hand I doubt that I notice the extra 50 ppi but you can bet that I'm going to notice the extra 5 hours of battery life. I've been very happy with the Maxx and it sounds like ICS is coming next week.
    I spend 90% of my time near accessible power. My Dinc is very seldom ever below 60% battery. Give me the extra pixels!

    The MAXX battery was a great strike by Motorola. Have they painted themselves into a corner though? Can they launch another flagship without that battery? I wonder if it would cost prohibitive at anything under a $300 price point. With a couple big phone launching at $200 again that might be a tough feather to keep in their cap.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by HOTDON View Post
    I spend 90% of my time near accessible power. My Dinc is very seldom ever below 60% battery. Give me the extra pixels!

    The MAXX battery was a great strike by Motorola. Have they painted themselves into a corner though? Can they launch another flagship without that battery? I wonder if it would cost prohibitive at anything under a $300 price point. With a couple big phone launching at $200 again that might be a tough feather to keep in their cap.
    This is my thought as well.all of the chargers now days are USB so it's easy to charge it overnight grab the cord or even the wall plug as well to work with you and plug it in there as needed. If you need one for the car buy a car charger or converter. My fiance and I use a converter that has normal wall plug spots as well as USB spots so we can charge laptops and other things as well as our phones all at the same time.

    I would love to have batteries that lasted for more than 5-8 hours but it's not that hard to get around it either. Just remember it is a device with multiple radios in it (cell, wi-fi, GPS, Bluetooth, etc.) the more you turn on the more battery you are using.

    I will take bigger advancements in other areas with slight improvements to maintain battery life.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by wxman1 View Post
    This is my thought as well.all of the chargers now days are USB so it's easy to charge it overnight grab the cord or even the wall plug as well to work with you and plug it in there as needed. If you need one for the car buy a car charger or converter. My fiance and I use a converter that has normal wall plug spots as well as USB spots so we can charge laptops and other things as well as our phones all at the same time.

    I would love to have batteries that lasted for more than 5-8 hours but it's not that hard to get around it either. Just remember it is a device with multiple radios in it (cell, wi-fi, GPS, Bluetooth, etc.) the more you turn on the more battery you are using.

    I will take bigger advancements in other areas with slight improvements to maintain battery life.
    See, I'm not around power all day and there are days where I have 30 calls by noon and didn't spend a minute by any power so the Maxx is for me. I actually just got them to upgrade me early for the Maxx since my Thunderbolt isn't working right and I can't find anything coming out that I would get over the Maxx in the near future, especially with ICS.
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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    I hate being plugged in


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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by wxman1 View Post
    If the price point on U.S. Cell is $200 or less I will probably get it soon after it comes out.
    16GB will be 199.99 32GB will be 249.00.

    Not confirmed, but with Verizon and all other carriers announcing that price, USCC would be hard not to go with those prices.

    Quote Originally Posted by dmclone View Post
    Decent stats on this phone but most of these new phones fail in one big area, battery life. Unless I have both in my hand I doubt that I notice the extra 50 ppi but you can bet that I'm going to notice the extra 5 hours of battery life. I've been very happy with the Maxx and it sounds like ICS is coming next week.
    The battery is better than most. Not like the maxx, but more than most.

    Quote Originally Posted by hall4cy View Post
    Looked at it specs vs my new evo. Outside of the 4g issue. I'd keep my Evo, handed down.
    What Evo do you have?

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    I got it today. First impressions. Not sure about having a white phone. Feels faster than the GN. It's light and thin. Screen is really good. A lot of nice little touches by Samsung; usually companies just junk up phones. I'm about to root it to really get things installed and running...

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by Ames View Post
    I got it today. First impressions. Not sure about having a white phone. Feels faster than the GN. It's light and thin. Screen is really good. A lot of nice little touches by Samsung; usually companies just junk up phones. I'm about to root it to really get things installed and running...
    SO jealous. Where did you get it?

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by Cy4Patriots View Post
    SO jealous. Where did you get it?
    Customer in the UK sent it over. The motion stuff Samsung wrote is really good. If it sees your face looking at screen it will keep the screen on regardless of screen timeout mins.

    Press unlock screen and turn 90 degrees pulls up camera.

    You get 4 apps on unlock screen to instantly go to. Plus weather. Widgetlocker won't be needed now.

    Put face down on desk to mute.

    Tons of other stuff. Initially I was thinking this is marginally better than the GN; these little features are rock star.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Quote Originally Posted by Ames View Post
    Customer in the UK sent it over. The motion stuff Samsung wrote is really good. If it sees your face looking at screen it will keep the screen on regardless of screen timeout mins.

    Press unlock screen and turn 90 degrees pulls up camera.

    You get 4 apps on unlock screen to instantly go to. Plus weather. Widgetlocker won't be needed now.

    Put face down on desk to mute.

    Tons of other stuff. Initially I was thinking this is marginally better than the GN; these little features are rock star.

    Can't wait. Also I'm super excited about pre ordering and getting grandfathered into the unlimited data plan.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Just another reason why I HATE Apple.

    Will Apple Delay The Galaxy S3 US Launch?

    I also heard they're suing HTC as well.

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    Re: Samsung Galaxy S III

    Best. Phone. Ever.

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