[aggie]

No I sure had it. There were several things I liked but what didn't work was horrible. My usual data usage is less than 200 mb a month, with the G3 I used 2.5 gigs in under a month due to the fact it wouldn't stay connected to my wifi. I am disabled and seldom get out.

I need a totally dependable phone. The G3 failed. I really tried to like it.

I have an apple airport extreme router and I had to go into the wifi settings and force it to stay on the 2.4 ghz band versus allowing it to automatically select. Not sure why it doesn't play nice with dual band routers. I've had other android devices behave in the same manner.

As for sending sms/mms over wifi I have had no issue. Maybe the fact that you weren't holding a solid wifi connection was keeping your MMS from going through. Should not however create an issue with SMS

[robstunner]

I actually had this EXACT same error where wifi would constantly be dropping and reconnecting, and the battery life on the S3 was terrible. I had to return it and the new one worked fine, but man seriously the constant dropping of wifi all the time made it terrible and made me want to go back to the Iphone 4s. Having the 4s for a month it was a nice experience to have imessage and it really should not be underestimated how nice that program is it is slick and nice to be able to send all those things over wifi.

Don't blame your phone, it could just be your wifi router needs some tune-age.

[barskin]

Well, my only prior experience has been with BlackBerry, and now I have spent a whole week (yowza!) with the SG3, forcing myself to face the prospect of giving up my physical keyboard in order to move into more advanced smartphone territory (RIM put out its latest development, the fabulous new BB7 a year ago. You can't move that slowly in technology). Well, I am loving it. I have the 5 gig plan to avail myself of the mobile hotspot functionality. I just checked, and I have used all of 87 mbs. I guess I won't be going over this month.

I cannot imagine why the OP has had so much trouble with wifi. I have certainly not heard of any major problem in this regard (as with the Asus Transformer Prime, for instance). If he prefers the iPhone, however, he should by all means go back to it. This is just a device, a piece of electronic equipment, not a religious icon. People should use whatever seems best to themselves.

[tohio]

According to Apple's latest TV commercials, Apple owners are too lame to know how to use their devices independently and must rely on a "Genius" to figure it out for them. So I guessing the OP's inability to deal with a bad network, operator errors and or bad phone is understandable.

Come on, this guy's a troll. Why else go to the trouble of posting his disdain for the SG S III and his love of Apple. If he really was just a dissatisfied owner he would have returned the phone and moved on with Apple. But no, he has to let everyone know of his plight: troll or lonely attention seeker (aka Apple fan boy).

[20blks]

I actually had this EXACT same error where wifi would constantly be dropping and reconnecting, and the battery life on the S3 was terrible. I had to return it and the new one worked fine, but man seriously the constant dropping of wifi all the time made it terrible and made me want to go back to the Iphone 4s. Having the 4s for a month it was a nice experience to have imessage and it really should not be underestimated how nice that program is it is slick and nice to be able to send all those things over wifi.

I can "GUARANTEE" you that Chaton is way better than imessage. First of all, you can use it on other platforms. Give it a shot

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[Rooster7six]

My sIII drops wifi a lot. Same problem for me. I'll be at my house and my laptop is showing full wifi signal, but my phone drops. Should I exchange it?

[RyDawgBoston]

Sometimes a modified luxury car is not for everyone. Too big, too much to handle, and too many bells and whistles.

A Yaris is simple, small, and just works with no thought.

[Raneciansamaiya]

Being a long time iphone user since the iPhone 3g... Ive had every iPhone since then. Traded my iPhone 4s in for my SG III and to be honest I love them both. They both two amazing devices. I love the simplicity of the iPhone. Its straight forward. With my SG III I love being able to customize my device to my liking. Which is one of the main reasons for switching.

I own a MacBook Pro every since I had my iPhone and the one things is miss is iTunes. Things were so easy and free. I didnt have to buy an app that would sync my music. Kies is a 50/50 for me. Its just syncs my music but not my playlist which is annoying. I dont think I should have to buy a app to do something so simple. Other than that I like them both. Andriod in my opinion is a little more complex. But its good cause you can pretty much do what you want. With the iPhone you can if you jailbreak.

So to me they are both amazing phone its just a matter of how into your phone you are. If you want something simple and straight forward iPhone is for you. If your a person who likes to completely personalize and customized your phone SIII or Andriod is for you.


Just My two cents...

[Rev2010]

I would have loved the G3, but ... not being able to send messages on wifi is bad. The reception was horrible! I am within 8 feet of my wifi, and it would drop the signal land go to 4G with 2 bars! Full bars on my iPhone both wifi and cell.

The spam produced by malicious apps was unbelievable!

I think the reason your thread comes across fishy to others is because you sight an unusual amount of issues that others simply aren't having. And I think the biggest alarm bell is, "The spam produced by malicious apps was unbelievable! I have NEVER received a spam notification on my iPhone." I've never once had spam or malware on my Android phone (had a Droid 2 for nearly two years prior) so it can tend to come across as an iPhone user that read one of those old Android malware articles on the internet. Top that with you also having wifi and cell reception issues? Too many issues to reasonably believe unless you really just had one hell of a lemon. And if you did... why not think, "these are way too many issues to be anything other than a lemon especially if there aren't a flood of these very same complaints online"?

As for feeling cheap... that's always to be expected from a few users. It's an innate human response to feel that things that are lighter or thinner are "cheaper" or more fragile - doesn't make it true though. If you want a real heavy brick of a phone and can't get over the feeling of something lighter or thinner than simply go with what makes you feel right.


Rev.

[htabbach]

Maybe he was trolling but I actually switched from Android to iOS and never looked back. I owned a couple Android phones and an ICS tablet and they all gone now after my wife got an iPhone. After playing with it for a few days I dumped all my Android devices and went iOS for the first time. Look, Apple may not be the best company but they sure produce quality products, the reliability of iOS far exceeds Android. No more restarts and lag, that's a fact! Even my 4 years old, who I gave my Android tablet prefers my iPAD, go figure!

[ashykat]

The biggest problem for Android is their devices are good enough that Google doesn't have to hire "Genius's" to spoon feed the benefits to consumers. iOS users are so reliant on these bars, that they can't venture out on their own. They needed that status symbol that an iPhone produces or they aren't happy.

Choices and control is not for everyone. Some people need their decisions made for them, and that's why Apple exists. Steve Jobs knows them better than they know themselves and that is how they like it. Tim Cook takes over for them now, and as long as that apple logo is on the back, they trust Cupertino. It would be a shame to have a GS3 in an Apple fan boys possession anyway.

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This is absolutely ridiculous. The Genius Bar is set up for technical support, not spoon feeding benefits. I for one think it's great that a technology company has abundant support in store, and at least they know how to fix their users issues rather than taking your Android/BlackBerry/Windows phone into your carrier and having them scratch their head and tell you the red lines on the liquid contact indicator mean you have liquid damage. I support all good technology and iOS is far from perfect, but so is Android. That being said I still choose Android for me, but I know plenty of very tech savvy people who choose iOS because it fits their needs better. I've also known many Genii, many with more Microsoft Certifications than Apple ones, and they're not idiots either. Comments like yours don't help the Android community.

[tohio]

This is absolutely ridiculous. The Genius Bar is set up for technical support, not spoon feeding benefits. I for one think it's great that a technology company has abundant support in store, and at least they know how to fix their users issues rather than taking your Android/BlackBerry/Windows phone into your carrier and having them scratch their head and tell you the red lines on the liquid contact indicator mean you have liquid damage. I support all good technology and iOS is far from perfect, but so is Android. That being said I still choose Android for me, but I know plenty of very tech savvy people who choose iOS because it fits their needs better. I've also known many Genii, many with more Microsoft Certifications than Apple ones, and they're not idiots either. Comments like yours don't help the Android community.

I guess you haven't seen the latest Apple Genius ads. They take all of the wind out of your argument's sails.

[tohio]

Maybe he was trolling but I actually switched from Android to iOS and never looked back. I owned a couple Android phones and an ICS tablet and they all gone now after my wife got an iPhone. After playing with it for a few days I dumped all my Android devices and went iOS for the first time. Look, Apple may not be the best company but they sure produce quality products, the reliability of iOS far exceeds Android. No more restarts and lag, that's a fact! Even my 4 years old, who I gave my Android tablet prefers my iPAD, go figure!

Then why are you still monitoring and participating in an Android forum.. Yes, you have the right but do you have a reason?

[TnA206]

wow, thanks for your "contribution"

Just sounded like u were putting everything about the phone down, generally when u run into multiple issues on a new phone out the box and a factory reset doesn't fix it up take it in for an exchange -even iPhone- no pun intended just sounded like a troll. Hope it all works out for u. Don't go back!

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[XChrisX]

The biggest problem for Android is their devices are good enough that Google doesn't have to hire "Genius's" to spoon feed the benefits to consumers. iOS users are so reliant on these bars, that they can't venture out on their own. They needed that status symbol that an iPhone produces or they aren't happy.

Choices and control is not for everyone. Some people need their decisions made for them, and that's why Apple exists. Steve Jobs knows them better than they know themselves and that is how they like it. Tim Cook takes over for them now, and as long as that apple logo is on the back, they trust Cupertino. It would be a shame to have a GS3 in an Apple fan boys possession anyway.

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This post is so ignorant I don't know where to begin, but I will give it my best shot. Vanilla Android on it's own is a spectacular OS. However the OEM's skin it so badly and remove certain key features that in some ways the experience almost becomes quite dreadful.

Having the genius bar for the iPhone, or any Apple product for that matter makes owning an Apple product that much more pleasurable especially when you need it. It's so easy to disregard this fact when owning a device that doesn't offer these same benefits. I dread the day my S3 needs physical repairs, and I have to send it back to Samsung when I know I could have gotten it replaced for free had it been an iPhone.

Some people need their decisions made for them, and that's why Apple exists.

Some people need a phone that just works out of the box without having to mod or "tweak" their phone to get it to perform simple tasks. Not everyone needs a special keyboard that can't even get basic text prediction correct, or a separate e-mail client just to manage several accounts. Or even worse, a phone that requires the user to disable half the functionality of the phone just to get it to last most of the day.

Don't get me wrong, there is a lot I love about my S3, and I have no regrets making the switch. However it irks me a bit when I ready unfounded ignorance such as what was posted above. Sorry for the rant but it had to be said.

[locote25]

One thing is for sure, with iphone you have the assurance that everything will work right off the bat. Let me say this first... I love android and love my SGS3 but.... It is very frustrating the fact that native apps like S-Voice sucks sooooo much.... I would understand if it would have been a third party app.. but no thi sis a NATIVE APP... is no NOWHERE... again NOWHERE near Siri. Of course.... rooting it and installing a custom ROM like CM10 once is ready... may resolve this. But I understand the author of this thread. Now once thing is for sure I grew up tired of the same UI in the Iphone.... and the same desing. But again..... reliability = Iphone HANDS down... Now let the games begin.. I know there will be some fire after this post.... ready, set go.... Lol!!!!

[tohio]

This post is so ignorant I don't know where to begin, but I will give it my best shot. Vanilla Android on it's own is a spectacular OS. However the OEM's skin it so badly and remove certain key features that in some ways the experience almost becomes quite dreadful.

Having the genius bar for the iPhone, or any Apple product for that matter makes owning an Apple product that much more pleasurable especially when you need it. It's so easy to disregard this fact when owning a device that doesn't offer these same benefits. I dread the day my S3 needs physical repairs, and I have to send it back to Samsung when I know I could have gotten it replaced for free had it been an iPhone.


Some people need a phone that just works out of the box without having to mod or "tweak" their phone to get it to perform simple tasks. Not everyone needs a special keyboard that can't even get basic text prediction correct, or a separate e-mail client just to manage several accounts. Or even worse, a phone that requires the user to disable half the functionality of the phone just to get it to last most of the day.

Don't get me wrong, there is a lot I love about my S3, and I have no regrets making the switch. However it irks me a bit when I ready unfounded ignorance such as what was posted above. Sorry for the rant but it had to be said.

What about Apple's latest ads depicting Apple device owners as incompetent boobs who need a "Genius" to figure out how to get their devices to work? Now quite how you portray the Apple Geniuses. Android phones out sell Apple with out a Genius to tell Android users how to wipe their.........
screens.

[icwhatudidthere]

One thing is for sure, with iphone you have the assurance that everything will work right off the bat. Let me say this first... I love android and love my SGS3 but.... It is very frustrating the fact that native apps like S-Voice sucks sooooo much.... I would understand if it would have been a third party app.. but no thi sis a NATIVE APP... is no NOWHERE... again NOWHERE near Siri. Of course.... rooting it and installing a custom ROM like CM10 once is ready... may resolve this. But I understand the author of this thread. Now once thing is for sure I grew up tired of the same UI in the Iphone.... and the same desing. But again..... reliability = Iphone HANDS down... Now let the games begin.. I know there will be some fire after this post.... ready, set go.... Lol!!!!

Eh. Complaining about S-Voice is like complaining about AT&T Navigator. It is in fact a third party app: it's from Samsung, not Google.

[locote25]

Eh. Complaining about S-Voice is like complaining about AT&T Navigator. It is in fact a third party app: it's from Samsung, not Google.

Agree with you on that. Still though... it is quite frustrating to use it... I just went ahead and disabled it. But... lol I downloaded Vlingo in its place and when I launch the In Car mode.... It crashes... LOL..... I dont know what it is....but last time I used Vlingo.... it worked perfect.

[htabbach]

Then why are you still monitoring and participating in an Android forum.. Yes, you have the right but do you have a reason?

Because I still love Android although I think iOS is a better OS overall, not everyone is a troll!

[Da New Champ]

I came from iPhone to this phone last week, couldnt be happier! Away from damn iTunes and closed source apple.. Android is freaking awesome, the only thing that kept me on my iPhone so long was jailbreaking, and almost all the apps i got from jailbreaking on ready to download in google play out of the box. GF Apple.

[icwhatudidthere]

I think iOS is a better OS overall

Now dem's fightin words!

I actually think Android with 4.1 has pretty much caught up with iOS and surpassed it in some ways. I think the file system silos in iOS is a huge drawback and to have Apple extend that to iCloud-synced Mac OS apps is patently absurd.

And the app silos are pretty ridiculous as well. I hate how iOS apps sometimes implement their own browser so if you click a link in the Facebook app, it opens in Facebook. Whereas the eBay app doesn't but instead forces you to quit the app and switch to Safari. It actually gets pretty confusing to remember how each app will react when you click on a link.

Android's sharing mechanism called intents builds on one of Mac OS X's underutilized features, the Services menu and is very powerful...and completely missing on iOS.

And let's not get started on the no external storage on iOS!

[Newtoandroid99]

My sIII drops wifi a lot. Same problem for me. I'll be at my house and my laptop is showing full wifi signal, but my phone drops. Should I exchange it?

If you have updated your firmware on your phone to the latest version from AT&T and still have wifi issues and are inside 30 days i would return it ASAP and see if a new one works better. I have never had any wifi issue with mine.

[Rev2010]

Because I still love Android although I think iOS is a better OS overall, not everyone is a troll!

iOS is definitely a nice OS and definitely a worthy contender. I had an iPhone 3G for 2 years and the main reason I switched was simply due to the maddening experience of typing on it and it's autocorrect. So, I went with a Droid 2 (physical keyboard). That was great until 1 1/2 years later the physical keyboard started double/triple pressing keys and I couldn't take it anymore. Went to the S3 and with Swiftkey 3 the typing is a dream, blows the iPhone's keyboard out of the water.

I'm not looking to argue points but I do feel the need to say a few to address your opinion:

With Android I can use third party keyboards
With Android I can have different signatures on each email account - something that in 5 years Apple hasn't added
With Android I can create shortcuts to documents and pictures on my homescreens
With Android I can have Widgets on my homescreens
With Android I can email any file type I want, not just pictures
With my phone I can add storage and with Android simply connect my phone like a USB hard drive and transfer files easily - no need to use iTunes
With Android I can view Flash content online - listen to embedded audio/video players on websites as well as interact with their interfaces
With Android I can download .pdf's or other web documents and content to my local memory or SD card so that I don't have to visit the webpage each time (and wait for it to reload even though you'd think it should be cached)

There is so much more I can go on with but I only wanted to make a simple point. It really comes down to what one does with their phone, but if you say that you've never once been annoyed or affected by the lack of these features, plus the many more, you simply aren't telling the truth.


Rev.

[Iamdunne]

One thing is for sure, with iphone you have the assurance that everything will work right off the bat. Let me say this first... I love android and love my SGS3 but.... It is very frustrating the fact that native apps like S-Voice sucks sooooo much.... I would understand if it would have been a third party app.. but no thi sis a NATIVE APP... is no NOWHERE... again NOWHERE near Siri. Of course.... rooting it and installing a custom ROM like CM10 once is ready... may resolve this. But I understand the author of this thread. Now once thing is for sure I grew up tired of the same UI in the Iphone.... and the same desing. But again..... reliability = Iphone HANDS down... Now let the games begin.. I know there will be some fire after this post.... ready, set go.... Lol!!!!

Agreed... Have used 3 different android manufacturers and 5 different phones and don't think I would go back to IOS... Gave it 3 days on an Iphone 4s before I felt screen too small and customizations too limited, but my iPad is so smooth so I see what you are talking about.

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