Android

I went to verizon yesterday to inquire about switching to them. Not going to happen
1. the s3 would need to be order and I probably wouldn't get it until July 7th time frame.
2. It would be $70 a month for a talk/ text plan plus an additional $30 a month if you want a smart phone.

screw that, I'll wait for T-Mobile

I traded my Blackberry in for a Galaxy Nexus. I was debating between the IPhone 4 (don't see myself needing the Sirus thingy) and an Android. My wife wanted me to get an Iphone so I can play Words with Friends with her. I read many of the comments in this thread (got to page 7 or 8. I liked the bigger screen of the Android which was probably the main deciding factor. I liked the color display of this phone. I think the main determining factor for me was the fact you guys (more techy than me) seem to gravitate more towards Androids than I phones. Plus I've watched my wife play words with friends. She takes too long to reply.

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I traded my Blackberry in for a Galaxy Nexus. I was debating between the IPhone 4 (don't see myself needing the Sirus thingy) and an Android. My wife wanted me to get an Iphone so I can play Words with Friends with her. I read many of the comments in this thread (got to page 7 or 8. I liked the bigger screen of the Android which was probably the main deciding factor. I liked the color display of this phone. I think the main determining factor for me was the fact you guys (more techy than me) seem to gravitate more towards Androids than I phones. Plus I've watched my wife play words with friends. She takes too long to reply.

I have Words with Friends on my DroidX...

Yeah, you can play Words with Friends or any of those games against iphone users (but you don't have to tell her that).

We're hoping to have our S3's by the 7th, haven't gotten a ship notice yet. We had to upgrade/order phones before the end of June to keep our grandfathered unlimited data plan. My wife's dinc was acting up, too and the S3 sounds great.

I picked up my s3 last Saturday from Tmobile and so far I like it a lot. It has a lot of features so that means theres a lot of settings to play with to get it set up the way you want.

Been using m s3 for a couple weeks now. Real fast and since it is real close function wise to my gallaxy tab it was easy to learn . The service with att is also real good. I use the speach to text all the time and although not perfect its good enough.

Aaron

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We're hoping to have our S3's by the 7th, haven't gotten a ship notice yet. We had to upgrade/order phones before the end of June to keep our grandfathered unlimited data plan. My wife's dinc was acting up, too and the S3 sounds great.

Mine should be here tomorrow or Monday.

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Got the ship notice today, says delivery Tuesday but they're already in West Chester so I bet we'll have them Monday.

Mine should be here tomorrow or Monday.

Got mine today also.

Just setting it up now.

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It's a blazing fast phone but I'll be happier when I get rid of all of the Samsung BS and get a stripped down custom ROM.

With ICS you can remove or hide and freeze from updates all the bloatware.

How to get rid of the pesky ongoing wireless notification:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012…on-the-verizon-galaxy-s3/

I liked my DroidX, but the SIII is way sleeker.

Haven't even started to learn it yet.

I ordered a flip case with it. It replaces the back.

How are you guys liking the s3 now that you have had a week or 2 to play with it? My iphone all but dead and I'm thinking about switching it up.

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I liked my DroidX, but the SIII is way sleeker.

I was the same. I like my Droid X but the GS3 is alot sleeker for sure.

So far I haven't put it down and I've had it for over 2 weeks. I'm definitely enjoying this phone.

I'm a few months late to the party but I got an S4 yesterday. So far I like it, I never thought my old phone (Galaxy Nexus) was slow but this thing is blazing fast. I'm not a fan of the physical home button, they probably have it so it's more familiar to iphone converts but I can deal with it. Unfortunately the bootloader isn't unlockable after the latest update so I'm stuck running the actual OS that came with the phone which I haven't done since my Droid1 circa 2009. LED notifications don't work with Handcent SMS, need to find a way around that. Screen is beautiful and bigger (5.0) than my GNex (4.65) in a ever so slightly taller/wider but thinner phone. With only half a day of usage it's hard to comment on battery life but it seems better than the old phone. I picked up the wireless charging back and I'm waiting for the Qi charger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…ductive_power_standard%29) to get here. No need to plug the phone in, just put it down on the pad and it charges which is really cool. I am constantly on my phone during the day and it's a PITA to plug/unplug it all the time to maintain battery charge for when I need to leave for meetings and such so this will actually serve a functional purpose. Also nice to be able to have a phone with a microSD slot again, it came with 16GB on board and I grabbed another 64 for $35 for 80GB of total storage.

All in all, pretty kick ass phone. Motorola just dropped a bunch of phones but I don't think any of them top the S4, it should continue to be the kingpin until at least the holiday season.

I'm very interested to see the Verizon reviews of the Moto X. With google behind them now, I imagine you will see some really competitive phones come out in the end of the year.

I got my Samsung S4 just before Big Dogs. Super fast, great battery life. Superb camera (my pics from Big Dogs are great, and I apologize for not having posted them yet). I didn't like the physical Home button.

Overall, I didn't particulary care for the S4. This was likely because I was coming from a Thunderbolt and I like the feel of the HTC interface. My brother, however, was overcome with insufferable phone envy. So I used another upgrade on my account to get myself the HTC One, and gave him my S4.

Serendipitously, a few weeks prior my brother had been pushed (fully clothed and S3 in pocket) into a swimming pool. He used his insurance and got a 'new' (refurb) S3. So he now has a nearly new S4, I have the One, and we a have a practically new Samsung S3 listed on eBay.

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LED notifications don't work with Handcent SMS, need to find a way around that.

Have you tried Go SMS?