Comments on: Galaxy S3 16GB on Verizon Drops to $139 From Amazon

By: raider24

raider24 — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:07:00 +0000

HA same thing happen to me! got my VZGnex for 150 then went down to 50!!

By: KleenDroid

KleenDroid — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:49:00 +0000

The SIII doesn’t come in sizes but the rest of what you said is pretty much correct.

Those that down voted you probably didn’t understand what you wrote. You had too many words that were over three letters…

By: KleenDroid

KleenDroid — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:41:00 +0000

That is correct Manny. Roms and kernels can make a good phone a great phonefor those that want to do it. And as he ssaid… ROMs can keep a phone up to date long after the manufacturer stops supporting the phone. “Which is about a year or less”

Developers are still keeping the Droid 1 up to date. There is a Jellybean ROM for the Droid 1…….

Of course the manufacturers would prefer you don’t keep your phone up to date because you will go get a new phone sooner.

By: Juan Fabregas

Juan Fabregas — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Yes you can keep unlimited data. I’ve done it twice.

By: Gebinsk

Gebinsk — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:45:00 +0000

Is it ever?

By: Gebinsk

Gebinsk — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:43:00 +0000

I like that the iPhone 5 is now speculatively being called an “Android killer.” How times have changed….

By: AnGeLFaCe777

AnGeLFaCe777 — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:51:00 +0000

You need to call verizon to make sure, you can loose the unlimited data.

By: AnGeLFaCe777

AnGeLFaCe777 — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:50:00 +0000

They have never convinced me. Samsung sucks !

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:34:00 +0000

Yes please tell us if there is a FULL RETAIL Price Drop, that’s what really matters.

By: T4rd

T4rd — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:37:00 +0000

In a fraction of the amount of time it took you to post this, you could have looked up the specs of this phone and found that all of your assumptions here are wrong.

By: Nathan Patel

Nathan Patel — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:52:00 +0000

Agreed. Thank you

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:49:00 +0000

Yes it is now on Verizon, and please excuse that condescending comment. You should not have to explain the fact of why you were uninformed about the issue. In a friendly online community, you would hope that it’s rise above belittling other users when they seek answers, and instead you would hope that they gladly answer them in a welcoming manner. This seems too much to ask of this site sometimes, let’s change that.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:41:00 +0000

Sorry to hear that, it’s always a kick in the rear when a price reduction happens that close to a purchase. I doubt they have any guarantee where you purchased the phone, but maybe it couldn’t hurt to ask for the price difference from them. Even if you get told “No.”, at least you can be content knowing you at least tried. I feel your pain and am very sorry to hear that.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:32:00 +0000

Are you telling me that the Galaxy S3 comes in sizes? Does it also have the other iPhone selling model facet, of not having a removable battery? That is truly sad to me that they have “versions” of this phone, and not simply just one that the user is free to adjust the storage size to their choosing, such as picking up a 32GB or 64GB SD card, and swap them out at the user’s leisure . Did the former Galaxy S, and S2 also not have this user choice and freedom? I think the Galaxy line of phones is truly brilliant, including the Nexus. But it saddens me every time I see another top tier new smart phone that releases, that ditches user choice, which was always a hallmark of Android as opposed to Apple, and instead adopts the iPhone selling model.

While it’s true that the basic core system of the Android architecture allows and encourages a gigantic sense of freedom, independence, resourcefullness and exploration for the Android user. Well, it will always be distressing to me to see my very favorite smart phone brand, lose any sense of that freedom and user choice, regardless of whether it’s the carriers or Google themselves perpetrating it, and usually only doing so for the sole sake of monetary gain to be had by eliminating user choices. With the pattern that I see here and the apparent Android user apathy. Well, maybe I’m correct in my fears that my HTC Rezound might have truly been the last top tiered Android smart phone, that still offered a removable and replaceable storage and battery. Wow, that is just a sad day for Android indeed if that is the case, and or if it turns out I’m correct. I’d be than happy to be wrong in this instance.

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By: DroidzFX

DroidzFX — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Called Verizon and they do not seem to be budging on the topic of keeping unlimited data. You upgrade you lose…. Swappa.com here I come.