Comments on: Verizon’s Developer Edition Galaxy S3 Finally Up for Sale, Starting at $599 for 16GB

By: Davis Darvish

Davis Darvish — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:28:00 +0000

okay bro while you may think it is a non issue it still certainly is esepcially if you used an s3… my gf has a gnex as does my bro. i got verizon to swap out my gnex to an s3 because of all the complaining i did. yeah explain to them why i still have 70% battery and get a 4G signal while they are down at 1X and their battery is nearly at 15%.. oh yeah and they phones are so hot you can fry an egg on it… yes i have tried every combo of radio leaked or not on their phones and yes they have had multiple replacements already as well..

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:51:00 +0000

The Gnex and the S3 have the exact same display. And the radio issue is not an issue anymore. There have been multiple radio updates that have fixed it.

By: leoingle

leoingle — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:45:00 +0000

They said a lot of things during that trial to try to prove their agenda. Those phones were sold
somewhere or we wouldn’t be able to use them on Verizon network.

By: Ravi Rao

Ravi Rao — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:14:00 +0000

There may be, but publicly, Samsung says that the sales were terrible. They even stated that during the apple trial.

By: leoingle

leoingle — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:03:00 +0000

There is alot of GNex’s out there….

By: leoingle

leoingle — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:01:00 +0000

it took me a week to sell mine on craiglist for 200. And it is in perfect condition with a Skinomi screen protector and Diztronic TPU case. So there must be more going cheaper. It’s crazy what you can get that phone for now.

By: leoingle

leoingle — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:00:00 +0000

I got mine off craigslist from a guy that had only had it 3 weeks, still had the screen plastic on it with a new otterbox defender case also. I sold the case on craigslist for 35 bucks. So i got a almost branch new VZW S3 for $315

By: joemiggs

joemiggs — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:46:00 +0000

Go on xda there’s so many threads explaining how to do it. Its not that hard at all. Theres even a bunch of youtube videos about it. Just do as they say and you will be fine.

By: Jim McClain

Jim McClain — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:09:00 +0000

I have to admit that my wifes GS3 is really impressive on battery life,but after I flashed Jelly Bean over a month ago,my nexus is great and after I flashed the new radios that were leaked, my signal is better than hers, took a trip to our place at the beach and all the way there we were comparing and I had great signal in places she had none, so I’m not sure what phone I like the best

By: StompIt

StompIt — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:26:00 +0000

Thanks!

By: StompIt

StompIt — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:26:00 +0000

Thanks too!

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:38:00 +0000

Also, still no razr maxx dev editions anywhere, what the hell happened to those things. Nice to see Samsung came through though with a dev edition, but they underestimated those wonderful hacker geeks, truly no mission to impossible for them.

By: Abhijeet Mishra

Abhijeet Mishra — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:50:00 +0000

It’s the same tech, but improved even further. GNex’s screen is great, but the SGS3 screen is even better. But Nexus devices FTW, no thanks cartoon fest UIs like TouchWiz and late software updates (talking about GSM Nexus, not the awesome Verizon Nexus )

By: Ravi Rao

Ravi Rao — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:48:00 +0000

So now Verizon and Samsung can say that it was offered and nobody bought it (just like Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus poor sales), which they can use to support their locked bootloader philosophy. Well played!

By: Robert Boluyt

Robert Boluyt — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:36:00 +0000

Wouldn’t the vSGS3 and the Dev-vSGS3 be essentially identical after the normal one was bootloader unlocked? I expect roms cooked for one would work fine on the other.