Being an iPhone user ever since 2007 (since the first model) all the way up to the newest iPhone 5, it was a scary switch, but after 10 minutes with the S3, I was completely happy with my "trade"!
Let me back up about 9 or 10 years... I've had touchscreen smartphones ever since they started rolling out in 2003-ish, starting with the Windows mobile and then Linux (and back to Windows). When the iPhone came out, it did almost everything I wanted my other phones to do. It was way more advanced and more stable. As time passed, the iPhone remained stable and reliable but did not do much in the way of change. While build quality was always improving, the performance just seemed to react better but not much change. I remember laughing at people with early Android phones and they all said "someday we'll pass you". I feel that day has finally come with the S3 plus Jelly Bean.
The S3 is everything I wished an iPhone was.. Customizable, stable, great screen. almost every app you could possibly want. There are a few things I miss, with the biggest being the iPhone has a better keyboard with better auto correct. But the SwiftKey3 download fixed that. The only other thing the iPhone has over the S3 is the camera, especially low light shots or moving objects. The S3's camera is really good, but just not as good as the iPhone 5.
Over-all.... The S3 is the phone I really hoped the iPhone 5 could have been. I was really disappointed in my iPhone 5 and really impressed with my S3.
Pros: Realistic color, customization, powerful, sync options, no itunes required!!!
Cons: stock keyboard, camera
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Smooth!
on January 4, 2013
Posted by: Bemun
from New Jersey
Expertise:Expert
I was a iPhone fan for long time, my wife surprise me with the Galaxy S3 for Christmas , I have to admit that at the begging I was aseptic about it... a Galaxy? seriously? Now I love it!!! Very nice phone with a great performance!!!
I recently bought this s3 with very high expectation, since i had heard a lot about it. among my 7-8 iphone user friend i was the only rebel to go for s3 . With this high hope and riding on the new features i started using s3 , initially it was ok but all that next big thing impression went into drain and my high expectations became low realistic expectation; still it was ok. But then there came a jelly bean update which was most talked about update i have ever heard about android BUT sorry to say after that update due to its performance (time taken and other stuff) i have become butt of jokes among my iphone5 user friends, which i'm not liking it at all.
come-on which smart phone take so much time to go from home screen to a log screen or any other screen.
Samsung please pull up your shocks for the tough comp out there. anyways i hope its only a s/w glitch in there build and hope you will release its fix or the new build soon otherwise we as in consumers will be so much disappointed by this product
Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive
Cons: Poor quality, Too big, poor performance after jelly bean
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
2
Design
3
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Samsung Galaxy SIII
on January 7, 2013
Posted by: beckyh63901
Expertise:Expert
It's the best phone I've had thus far.. I love it!