Comments on: Samsung Galaxy S3 Review [Verizon]

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:11:00 +0000

Anyone have any idea why I can only read personal emails but nothing from companies etc who use a different form in their email?

By: metkaz

metkaz — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:14:00 +0000

Is there an easy way to switch between 3G and 4G?

By: metkaz

metkaz — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:13:00 +0000

Has anyone figured out how to get Skype to work correctly onthe Galaxy s3? It does not load contacts and will not call a contact once you get some on a list.

By: tb

tb — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:57:00 +0000

constant “no sim” errors in marginal 4g areas with constant dropped calls! Google it and you’ll see some long threads. This phone is a FAIL!

By: Dj Hidro

Dj Hidro — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:58:00 +0000

Copped a white 16gb GS3 on ebay for $500. Best buy wanted $700 and Verizon won’t sell any 4g phones unless its a new activation or an upgrade.I probably won’t have the phone till Thursday or Friday but I’m happy that I got it for $200 less then Best buy wanted. I’ll miss the battery life of the Razr maxx that I got as a replacement after 5 defective Gnexs.

By: Jon Lobo

Jon Lobo — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:27:00 +0000

My phone keeps freezing after 10 seconds or so when using the browser. Then I’d get the error “Unfortunately, the proccess com.google.process.gapps has stopped”. It renders the browser useless cause it keeps popping up. I ended up downloading Chrome and that seems more stable.

By: bpow

bpow — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:30:00 +0000

This, the nexus, or the maxx?

By: autoverse

autoverse — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:49:00 +0000

Wow – a lot of phone snobs ’round these parts.

1.) Verizon blows, but guess what? So does everyone else! Unless you’re going prepaid (where you won’t be able to get THIS phone), you’re going to have to deal with crap. Verizon actually has the best customer service. It’s terrible, but I’d hate to see what others offer if Verizon’s the best.

Oh and Verizon’s 4G is fast, and in more cities than any other service. I was getting 20/20 mbps the other day.

2.) “Unlocked Bootloader.” For those of you who actually know what that term MEANS, you hopefully also know that you still have root access, and you can still load a custom rom. It’s harder, and you’ll have to deal with TouchWiz a tad longer, but eh. whatever.

3.) Nexus phones have two advantages – they’re the first to get any update, and developers get wet over them. Aside from those, it’s still just a phone. Guess what? When I put CM9 or 10 on my phone, the fact that it’s “nexus” or not becomes irrelevant!

4.) How much do you really have to hate a phone? I’ve been on the forums (XDA, other android sites), and I’ve seen the people who proudly display that they change their phone 3 times a year – I’m sure some of you are that person (family plans not withstanding).

How do you even have time to like or hate a phone when you only hang onto it for 4 months???

The fact is that this is a great phone. VZW is going to voluntarily unlock the bootloader (supposedly), and 99.9% of everyone’s gripes will suddenly vanish.

Sure it’s not a Nexus device, but when I have to choose between a Nexus or a more powerful device, Power will win 100% of the time.

By: cloutist4

cloutist4 — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:07:00 +0000

Did the G-Nex really have connectivity issues? I just had VZW customer service give me an alternate device replacement from the Rezound to the G-Nex specifically because of so many connectivity issues on the Rezound. I love the G-Nex so far; here’s hoping connectivity issues don’t plague me again.

By: Guest__Comment

Guest__Comment — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:12:00 +0000

> its still annoying that the phone is constantly urging you to backup
your
> media and contacts to their Backup Assistant Plus service

We haven’t seen even *ONE* such message with either of our Verizon S3s.
Why are we never seeing those… and you are getting them constantly?

By: Guest__Comment

Guest__Comment — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:09:00 +0000

> Just remember that they still need to skin it with TouchWiz

Why in the world would it take 6-8 *MONTHS* to add a skin… to an OS… when you *ALREADY* had a fully working skin… with an extremely similar OS… fully working in the prior version?

It’s not like Android is 100% lines of totally new code… and the skin certain won’t have to be 100% lines of totally new code.

What actually goes on week after week… month after month… to make a very similar skin work on an OS 4.0 to 4.1 bump? Even if the skin added *ZERO* new features from the ones it already had last time.

We’ve written a lot of code here over the past 20 years… many things with “skins”… but we’ve never seen it take *MONTHS* to modify an existing skin.

Unless… the skin is written in poorly designed spaghetti-code by unknowing coders.

By: SteveJobs

SteveJobs — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 06:04:00 +0000

TLDR; It’s Android!

By: steelcity1

steelcity1 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:42:00 +0000

I had to get one of these to replace a dying DROID. It was a pleasant surprise. The phone looks great in person and it is blazing fast. I’ve been able to customize just about everything I want even with the locked bootloader. Touchwiz is not even that bad on this one.

By: J Dub

J Dub — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:48:00 +0000

I do consider the Nexus chipset old. I have thought about just getting the Nexus, but can’t do it do to the superior hardware of the SGS3. If you are going to be stuck with a phone for 2 years IMHO I feel like you should go with the best hardware available at the time. Which,again IMHO, is the SGS3 right now on VZW. I have to keep reminding myself that the phones hasn’t really even been out a week yet. Heck, it just got released to stores yesterday. The dev scene is only just now starting to ramp up.

By: CapnShiner

CapnShiner — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:59:00 +0000

I’m just another DL reader, pointing out the truth. Email holds virtually no power from a legal standpoint. Anyone can create a free email account or hundreds if they want.