[mallyuk]

There will always be those folks that think the grass is always greener etc. The One X is an excellent phone.. I'm sure the S3 is too, and despite the minor plusses/negatives which folks can list from now til doomsday they're very closely matched. Anyone who switches will probably feel no happier afterwards than they were before. And will probably want to switch again when the next new top-end phone comes out.

But go for it. The brief buzz of setting up something new is always good for a few days at least, until familiarity sets in.

For the rest of us One X owners, rejoice in your sleek sexy superphone and revel in all the cool stuff it CAN do. Personally, I love mine to bits. It's not perfect but no phone is or ever will be... but damn that screen is gorgeous and it feels sooo good in the hand

[cgardnervt]

Been here done that! I jumped off a few weeks ago! My HTC One X has been returned and my upgrade status has been fix. Now I am awaiting for the SIII's release on June 21st!

[speculatrix]

I'm hoping for a SGS3 based version of a Galaxy Note2 ;-)

[techgeek32#WN]

What was the selling point for you , screen is better on X that's about it

S3 has more RAM
larger screen
much longer battery life(allegedly)
Faster phone
Camera's a wash from the video review I saw (pics better on X, vids better on S3)

The S3 does look like a stupid pebble/Rock though at the end of the day

You also forgot to mention that only 1MB of RAM is used anyway for processes of the smartphone, so there really is no difference in processing power between the 2MB SGIII and the 1MB One X. I have a GNex that uses the same 2100 mAh battery as the SGIII will have and you won't make it through an entire day unless you keep the screen on 5% brightness and don't use it. SGIII power users will need extra batteries just like the rest of us. The only Android phone that can't be killed in a day is the Droid Razor Maxx. The other glaring point is that as pretty as the SGIII will be it will still have Samsung's bad radios for cell signal, WiFi and Bluetooth. Unless they have finally changed their focus on radio quality I would not expect anything different and I have owned every major Samsung smartphone since they have started making them. Hopefully they have improved them in the SGIII.

[benga]

I have a one x's cousin so my thoughts count...
I loved wimax and video calling on the evo 4g, but after multiple exchanges, it increasingly sucked ...then came xda + others(thanx) after sprint and HTC tried (kudos).

I've thus far loved the Evo Lte, especially after getting a sneak peek of Lte speeds, no sluggishness, awesome camera! ... But sadly sprint cut my Lte on day 3, no game loft support and other similar complaints as all u peeps... But I realize I'm a fan of HTC and've been since the t-mobile Shadow, so I'm sticking it out!

In the end I would rather complain about one phone and be done with it cuz ppl have already started working on patches, mods, and probably a battery extender (seido plz come thru 4 me again soon cuz I'm a gamer).

HTC has no xcuse to make mistakes on an almost perfect phone, but I look at it this way... the economy sux and making mistakes is good bidness for after marketers and developers... I think?

I would like to play with the gimmickeries on the s3 at a store but based on my galaxy tablet experience, they rarely update but instead come out with other products with the promised version u were hoping for. I would be more impressed if they could update my girls s2 and include some gimmicks!!

2014 when my contract is up I expect to have this same conversation again.

[swazedahustla]

LOL, this is hilarious. Anyone with common sense knows that both phones are as similar as they can be. The One X screen crushes the SGS3. The rest is personal perference.

But I wish people would stop talking about 64GB phones, I have yet to hear one carrier who is selling it so until there is a carrier who sells it, it doesn't exist. However you can easily take a 64GB SD card and put in your phone like I do.

[numb683]

My decision is made pretty easy. I like my HTC Incredible 1 and love Sense, but I have Verizon and the One X is not available to me. I know they are supposed to be coming out with some kind of amazing HTC phone by fall I believe and because of Verizons intent to force those of us that have unlimited data to tiered plans if we are not already 4G I decided not to wait to upgrade and did it while I could still keep my data plan. My only other reason for getting this phone is to try something new and maybe I'll move back to HTC at some point.

[nlocurto]

I have the One X (AT&T) and I have a GSIII Pre-Ordered as well. Once the SIII Comes in I will compare the two for a few days to a week and decide which I'm keeping.

..Gromet

[jwburkhard]

Camera in the s3 is better. the hox has the same sensor thats in the galaxy s2 while the sensor in the s3 is a newer modified version of the one in the iphone 4s. both give you fast shutters, iso's and have decent apetures. alsp the processors may be the same but the larger amount of ram in the s3 will increase performance which does equate to a faster phone at the end of the day. especially on a unix based system. then you have removable battery and expandable memory so yes the s3 is leaps and bounds ahead of htc one x. also multi tasking isnt broken on samsung.

Everything about this post is completely false and based on fanboy opinion.

The HOX produces better stills and has truer colors over the S3 and outperforms in low light situations every time, this has been proven. Image Sense and F Stop.

The S3 wins in video capture, that's all.

The increase in RAM on the S3 is to compensate for TouchWiz running on the dual core LTE chip. You won't be faster at anything and likely won't see any more free memory then you have on the HOX.

Ram doesn't equal speed or performance boosts. You'll also drain your battery faster.

The only thing the S3 had over the HOX is a removable battery and expanded storage, and for most people that isn't a huge deal. I for one stream everything and my battery lasts a full day.

Oh almost forgot, displays.

Oh and almost forgot again, the HOX isn't a Samsung product. So that's another win.

I mean if you want an iPhone buy an iPhone, don't buy an Android that is trying to mimic the iPhone.

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[cgardnervt]

You also forgot to mention that only 1MB of RAM is used anyway for processes of the smartphone, so there really is no difference in processing power between the 2MB SGIII and the 1MB One X. I have a GNex that uses the same 2100 mAh battery as the SGIII will have and you won't make it through an entire day unless you keep the screen on 5% brightness and don't use it. SGIII power users will need extra batteries just like the rest of us. The only Android phone that can't be killed in a day is the Droid Razor Maxx. The other glaring point is that as pretty as the SGIII will be it will still have Samsung's bad radios for cell signal, WiFi and Bluetooth. Unless they have finally changed their focus on radio quality I would not expect anything different and I have owned every major Samsung smartphone since they have started making them. Hopefully they have improved them in the SGIII.

I'm guessing that you meant 1-2gigs of memory. Also can you explain how the 2gigs of RAM is not fully being used? If this is the case anyways. Sorry i could have read it wrong...

Cheers...

[abhijit1289]

Seriously! You guys with your "who's switching to the gs3' and 'gs3 beats the one x make those owners of the one x who love it have second thoughts as well. If you want help deciding, you won't find that much help here. Every one has a different opinion and half will recommend the opposite of the other half. There's a reason that sites like AC and en gadget compare the phones. As for my answer to your question............. Anyone who knows squat about technology knows that phones are released so often they're getting hard to count! By the time you're settled with your gs3 ther'll be a new phone that will also have ads and disads and I can see you guys having the exact same conversation again, so just be happy with the amazing phone you have and get of this cycle of buyers doubt.

Thank me if I helped.... You know I'll do it again Oh, and by the way, Sent from my HTC One X

[Nit3m4re]

Absolutely not, yes the SIII is a brilliant phone, anyone with a One X that thinks otherwise is kidding themselves. But to go ahead with the switch in my opinion is crazy.
The One X's screen is by far superior and is something I still after over a month of having the phone can't help myself looking at just to see how good it is again. It really is that good.
Battery life for me like someone suggested earlier is perfectly okay, I get 10 hours on screen time and sometimes more out of a day, my trick is to not use data unless I need to use it, otherwise its off and WiFi is always on instead. Works a charm.
Lastly looks, which is completely down to personal taste, and for me its the One X, it feels solid in your hand, the build quality is spot on and it looks great, the S3 IMO is a step in the wrong direction. However, like I said, its individual preferences.
The other comparisons don't really bother me, I have no issue with not having a micro sd slot and multitasking is fine.
This phone as long as I don't loose it will probably be the first phone I will plan to keep for 2 years even though I've only got it on a 12 month contract, though I would like to see what they both do next for sure.

[shadowhawk2020]

Also don't forget the reason behind shipping the S4 version of the GS3 with 2GB of RAM is because TouchWiz 5 uses a good majority of it compared to the international 1GB QuadCore versions. You won't notice any performance increase and really won't have any spare RAM waiting to be utilized because of this.

This info is absolute BS... It is something an HTC fanboy (which I was up until i bought the Evo 4G LTE) made up.

On the Evo 4G LTE (and probably the One X): Once Sense and ICS + normal background apps are loaded I have 150mb Ram left over AT MOST.

So on the Galaxy, even if 1GB is ALL Touchwiz and none of the ICS or normal background stuff you will have 1GB to run ICS, Background apps, and Apps. I am guessing you will have a minimum of 500Mb left over.

[npaladin-2000]

polycarbonate is plastic. morons...

But plastic is not necessarily polycarbonate, even though I know you're trying to imply it.

[jwburkhard]

This info is absolute BS... It is something an HTC fanboy (which I was up until i bought the Evo 4G LTE) made up.

On the Evo 4G LTE (and probably the One X): Once Sense and ICS + normal background apps are loaded I have 150mb Ram left over AT MOST.

So on the Galaxy, even if 1GB is ALL Touchwiz and none of the ICS or normal background stuff you will have 1GB to run ICS, Background apps, and Apps. I am guessing you will have a minimum of 500Mb left over.

Sorry you're wrong, learn how basic processing and memory allocation work with software. Also educate yourself on how ICS is designed to use memory.

When you're finished then take a trip down quad core and dual core lane and you'll understand why the dual core ships with 2gb and the quad core ships with 1gb for the same software configuration. Samsung didn't give dual core handset owners an extra gig because they wanted to be nice, it's because their dual core version of the S3 running TW requires the extra resources to operate as smoothly as the quad core 1GB model. These are really basic concepts.



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[shadowhawk2020]

Sorry you're wrong, learn how basic processing and memory allocation work with software. Also educate yourself on how ICS is designed to use memory.

When you're finished then take a trip down quad core and dual core lane and you'll understand why the dual core ships with 2gb and the quad core ships with 1gb for the same software configuration. Samsung didn't give dual core handset owners an extra gig because they wanted to be nice, it's because their dual core version of the S3 running TW requires the extra resources to operate as smoothly as the quad core 1GB model. These are really basic concepts.



Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

So if Sense+ICS+ background processes use up 850mb of 1GB useable memory you have 150mb memory to load apps, correct?

If Touchwiz +ICS + background processes use 1.5GB of 2GB you have 500mb memory to load additional apps correct?

We are talking about leftover memory after the system uses the required resources.

[jwburkhard]

So if Sense+ICS+ background processes use up 850mb of 1GB useable memory you have 150mb memory to load apps, correct?

If Touchwiz +ICS + background processes use 1.5GB of 2GB you have 500mb memory to load additional apps correct?

We are talking about leftover memory after the system uses the required resources.

Except that you're just making up numbers to give you a magical 500Mb of left over memory. Same as your memory leftover on the HOX. The memory allocation of TW on the S4 is going to far exceed what you're expecting to keep it performing on par with the quad core version.

The net result is the same performance with 200-300mb leftover, similar to what is leftover on the quad core version. In 8 days go pickup an AT&T version of the GS3 and check for yourself. The extra Ram will not have any noticeable affect on the phone, this isn't news.

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[mgfjd12]

Well, consider yourself lucky if you have never experienced it.
Try this:
1. Launch the stock notes app, compose a random note.
2. Tap the home button (or recent apps button), launch the camera app, take a few pictures.
3. Launch the email app, view an email.
(Optional: also go view a webpage in the browser app)
4. Switch back to the notes app.
What happens? Is it where you left off?



Developer of Dock for Android/iOS/webOS, Panes for iPad, Glimpse for TouchPad

Yes, it was.. Learn how to use the phone before posting

[jwburkhard]

This info is absolute BS... It is something an HTC fanboy (which I was up until i bought the Evo 4G LTE) made up.

On the Evo 4G LTE (and probably the One X): Once Sense and ICS + normal background apps are loaded I have 150mb Ram left over AT MOST.

So on the Galaxy, even if 1GB is ALL Touchwiz and none of the ICS or normal background stuff you will have 1GB to run ICS, Background apps, and Apps. I am guessing you will have a minimum of 500Mb left over.

So it took all of 2 minutes to find why they're shipping the dual core with 2GB of RAM and it relates to TouchWiz. To make TouchWiz run as fluidly on the dual core as it does on the quad core they're dedicating 1GB to the GPU thus leaving nothing extra left over. Listen to the latest Android Central pidcast, they detail it.

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[shadowhawk2020]

Except that you're just making up numbers to give you a magical 500Mb of left over memory. Same as your memory leftover on the HOX. The memory allocation of TW on the S4 is going to far exceed what you're expecting to keep it performing on par with the quad core version.

The net result is the same performance with 200-300mb leftover, similar to what is leftover on the quad core version. In 8 days go pickup an AT&T version of the GS3 and check for yourself. The extra Ram will not have any noticeable affect on the phone, this isn't news.

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I am using actual numbers from from my Evo 4G LTE. While running Sense I have between 125-150Mb left over at bootup.

You are right I am guessing about the galaxy, BUT even if the GSIII uses a full GB (the total amount of the EVO, One X) it still has 1GB to run everything the One X runs minus having to run Sense.

I guess we will see in a few days how much ram Touchwiz requires, but the reports I had read is that it uses 1 of the 2 GB installed in the GSIII.

[Kevin O'Quinn]

People really are taking this a little personally.

I'm not trading my One X in. I like it.

To set the story straight on camera....the One X has superior hardware, and better low light performance, but suffers from greater compression, which means that when you crop the images the S3 is superior. Color and saturation are better on the One X, though, so it's a trade off. The S3 has better video capture, this is pretty much undisputed by anyone.

Battery life should be really great. Larger battery plus a really efficient chip. Look at the difference between the International One X and the AT&T version. Think about that.

[jwburkhard]

Biggest issue with photo quality on the HOX is changing the default camera settings from Widescreen 16:9 to normal 4:3 which takes it from 6mp images to 8mp images.

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[snoopgoat]

Yes, it was.. Learn how to use the phone before posting

Dude. There's no need to talk down on people. I'm pointing out an actual valid issue. I'm a developer (and observant user), so I actually "know" how to use a phone. The multitasking is broken, as many people have echoed. This is a fact. We are not all stupid. We are not using the phone "the wrong way". If you haven't noticed it, that's fine. You don't have to insult people that have noticed it...


Developer of Dock for Android/iOS/webOS, Panes for iPad, Glimpse for TouchPad

[impulse101]

I am, The One X is such a huge disappointment. I can't multi-task. Sense 4.0 is a bloated ugly disgusting pig. I can't remove my tiny battery that only lasts 12 hours. No SD card. Half the RAM. Christ I can go on and on. The One X was almost as disappointing as IO6 was to sheep.

[impulse101]

Yes, it was.. Learn how to use the phone before posting

You are a liar