this phone is amazing it has everything i want and more ive had the original galaxy and the transition to this is easy as pie and the s voice is awesome
Just purchased last week and so far I absolutely love this phone! Its so fast and easy to use. My only two complaints are the location of the power and volume keys...they should not be directly across from each other, its makes it hard to depress one without pressing the other. Also the e-mail client does not support a "select all feature" or an "empty trash". Otherwise this phone is almost perfect! Watch out i-phone here somes sam'iii (pronouced "sammy"). So what that I named my phone! :)
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Lightweight, fast, easy to use, easy to share, lots and lots of features, s-voice, great camera
Cons: placement of volume and power keys, no "select "all" or "empty trash feature in email, keyboard is so-so/downloaded touchpal
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Doesn't live up to its hype
on August 2, 2012
Posted by: TechnoGeek
from Houston, TX
Expertise:Expert
CONS: As far as speed, I haven't noticed much difference from the Epic 4G. To preserve battery life, I've been using wifi. I get a lot of network errors (timeouts, disconnect, no network available). Turning on mobile data doesn't seem to make a difference in connectivity. Sam doesn't work most of the time (strange errors that require the programmers to fix, she doesn't understand most of my commands). The volume controls are opposite the power button, which makes it hard to use one without pressing the other. The eye only seems to turn on sporadically, and doesn't keep the screen up while I am reading it. I was looking forward to the sound silencer (turning phone face down or covering the screen with your hand). It only worked once. I need to look at manual again, as I think there are some exceptions. I'm surprised the phone didn't come with an sd card. I find it strange that Google can't sync to the phone and you have to use third party sw.
PROS: Screen is nice and big. Phone is thin and light. Camera works well, I like the burst feature and the auto-flash. The included ear buds are very nice! The music player is pretty good, I like the idea of the music square. I love the assistive light, it is very bright! I like the new function to change the screen font and size!
I don't know anyone who has an S3, so I haven't been able to test the beaming or sharing features. It sounds cool!