[packermaniac04]

My first and only smartphone was the DROID x which I loved. I have been reading rumors and specs on the gs3 since March. I have always thought I would end up with the phone. Recently I have been reading a lot on the iphone 5. I understand that these answers will be incredibly biased but assuming all the rumors of the iphone 5 are true, why should I get the gs3? Thanks!

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[PeteJE]

Apple's infrastructure and the pay to play that will enter your life no matter how much you want to avoid it.

[ansextra]

Until the iPhone 5 actually comes out rumors are only rumors. If you want to base your decisions on rumors then enjoy yourself. I prefer hard facts.
And quite honestly I know there are people that want and enjoy iPhones. I don't happen to agree with them but I never try to convince them to go to Android instead (although I do strongly tell them that I don't agree with them). I'm not taking the blame if they base their decision on my advice and then they decide they don't like what they've done. Nope. No way.

[junglesnake98]

God I hate threads like this. I'm not trying to be an *** but why don't you just wait for the next iPhone to launch and make a big boy decision about what to buy. Then you can convince yourself!!

[asmallchild]

My first and only smartphone was the DROID x which I loved. I have been reading rumors and specs on the gs3 since March. I have always thought I would end up with the phone. Recently I have been reading a lot on the iphone 5. I understand that these answers will be incredibly biased but assuming all the rumors of the iphone 5 are true, why should I get the gs3? Thanks!

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You should get an iPhone5 if you need people to convince you of cell phone purchase decisions.

It's a simpler kind of phone for a simpler kind of mind.

[06cbrf4i]

You should get an iPhone5 if you need people to convince you of cell phone purchase decisions.

It's a simpler kind of phone for a simpler kind of mind.

Exactly what I was going to say. Flip a coin, either way you will end up with a nice phone.

[derek5l]

You should get an iPhone5 if you need people to convince you of cell phone purchase decisions.

It's a simpler kind of phone for a simpler kind of mind.

Lol

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[Shiftastic]

You should get an iPhone5 if you need people to convince you of cell phone purchase decisions.

It's a simpler kind of phone for a simpler kind of mind.

+1

If you even put the iphone into your list of phones your thinking of purchasing then I'm guessing your not using your android like most people in these threads. If you want smartphone go with android, if you want a toy go with iphone.

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[Premium1]

1. the iphone 5 is supposed to be just a stretched iphone 4. 2. if something happens do not have to run to an apple store to get it fixed. 3. customization out of the box with android( i had a 4s didnt like the grid of icons) Also a lot more apps are free on android that cost $ on IOS.

[packermaniac04]

Just thought I'd get an opinion on why or why not you believe the gs3 is better than the iphone from people who know more than me. Guess I misunderstood this whole forum thing. If you hate these types of questions don't respond. You don't have to be a ****.

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[Everythingbuthegirl]

Because apple sucks. That why.

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[DEman19901]

By the time the next Iphone comes out, it will already be outdated. I have been open to switching to IOS, but every time the next device comes out it is already outdated. That was up until this year. Now due to all of the ridiculous lawsuits, Apple has turned me away from buying anymore of their products. I do love my Ipod classic though. So I guess that means go GSIII.

[ibcop]

You have to have people convince you what phone to get???? And from people you don't even know???

[dkeven]

well to put a fine point on it, asking someone to compare something they have to rumors of something that is supposedly coming is kinda an unsmart question. Perhaps waiting till its arrival and the final wave of lawsuits aiming to stifle the competetion are settled is your best course of action.

[sayheysarah]

Switched from an iPhone 4s and I am not looking back

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[Shiftastic]

Just thought I'd get an opinion on why or why not you believe the gs3 is better than the iphone from people who know more than me. Guess I misunderstood this whole forum thing. If you hate these types of questions don't respond. You don't have to be a ****.

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Well don't say "convince me" then, ask for our opinions.

If you thinking about the iPhone 5 then think about the other phones that might be announced around then as well not a phone that's already out. Possibly a new nexus, note 2. Who knows but by the time the iPhone 5 is out a newer better android will be out as well.

If you want a new phone now of course get the S3 or Gnex. If you don't mind waiting then wait and see what else is coming out.


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[EvilMonkey]

Just thought I'd get an opinion on why or why not you believe the gs3 is better than the iphone from people who know more than me. Guess I misunderstood this whole forum thing. If you hate these types of questions don't respond. You don't have to be a ****.

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I honestly don't know why everyone's turned into jerks here every time someone asks a question about the iPhone. Ignore them. Wish the mods would crack down, as the forum is becoming pretty hostile all around.

Right now nothing is definitive about the iPhone 5 . If you want to go by rumors, the major ones are a bigger screen (although still small compared to the top Android models) and it'll finally be 4g. Oh....and it looks like it'll be lacking NFC, which is odd. But none of that is concrete.

What is mostly concrete though is the operating system that will be on it,: iOS 6. Which IMO is severely lacking compared with ICS, and even moreso to Jelly Bean. You can do your own feature comparison, but you'll find pretty much everything in iOS 6 has been on Android for a couple of iterations already. Yeah I'm sure there are some exceptions, but about 90% of it seems to be trying to catch up to Android features from 2010.

I honestly couldn't tell you why you'd pick an iPhone at this point. The operating system makes the phone IMO, so I personally don't care how good the hardware is since I already know what the software is like.

But only you can make that decision and decide if the phone and Android right now this very instant is worth it compared to waiting for the unknown iPhone 5 hardware with the known iOS 6 software.

[grunt0300]

Switched from iPhone4, to HTC Vivid, and loving every minute of it.

[DEman19901]

Android users demand the latest, greatest hardware. By Apple relying on others to supply parts and manufacture their phones, they're always going to be" behind the curve". Hence the 1 phone per year. Samsung and HTC are pretty much turning out phones on the fly. The only way to keep up is these crazy lawsuits.

[scorpiodsu]

Convince yourself. Wait till iphone comes out and try them both out. Or if cash isn't a big deal but the gs3 now and try iphone later. It's hard to try to convince someone to buy a device that available now vs one that will be out in a couple months. It's up to you. Either you wait or not.

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[s14tat]

You should get the iPhone 5, this way you can see how much better android is for yourself. Don't worry, you will be back =).

I have a lot of apple fans switching over the android because of the Gs3, they are all sick of the same boring IOS, and they are loving every minute of having the freedom to do things that only the IOS can dream of. They are still learning new things after a week of owning the phone.

If you like to tweak with your phones, and if you want a portable computer that fits in your pocket, you get a android phone. If you want a toy/jewelry/name brand, you get an iphone.

[NIKSTORM]

This is going to read rude and fanboy but it's not what I am intending..
Find someone with a iphone 4s and play with it. If you like it then wait for the next iphone cause it will not be all that much different. There will be changes but it will not stray that far away from what is out there now.
The reason I never got into the iphone.... The one stupid button.... I could not and did not want to get used to the one button option.
I love my ipad, but hate its one button also.

That being said I feel this s3 is a BEAST, but like all its super phone brothers and sisters it does not walk on water, and I'm sure that the new iphone will not be the second coming of Christ either.
Forget s3 or iphone and think android or iOS cause both phone are great it the operating system that you have to be comfortable with.

[mrjoshw]

honest opinion? iphone 5 will be better than s3 at a hardware standpoint. itunes is a better market.
reasons i don't want an iphone: i like customizing, hacking, and being different. also, i prefer android os.

[CHIN087#AC]

I haven't been a concrete user of android since the original Motorola droid aka OG Droid. After they retired that phone I went straight to an iPhone. I tested the water here and there with the HTC thunderbolt and bionic but I could never tear myself away from iOS. Then apple released the 4S...basically what Motorola did with the droid RAZR and RAZR maxx - it pissed off a lot of people that aren't complete iSheep. Then they rolled out iOS 5.shouldn't of been called ios six.0. I have finally had it with apple and switched to a galaxy nexus. I haven't tinkered with the gs3 yet, but based off of my nexus I will never go back to apple. Android is light years ahead of them. Buggy at times, but that's technology. Do yourself a favor and get the gs3 or even a nexus for pure android. If you love your smart phones AND WANT TO USE IT FOR SMARTPHONE TYPE THINGS (doing a little leg work to use it to its full potential), then there is no reason to cripple yourself with an iOS device. If you want an over priced gaming, multimedia, closed ecosystem etc device with last years specs that "just works"...well you get it by now. Hope this helped.

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[drmaf894c]

Biggest reason for me is customization. I like my phone to work the way I want for me not for the company. Other big reason for me is hard ware. Iphone has a dual core processor but it isn't near as powerful as my sg3. (my wife is rockin the 4s so I have compared them). Last reason (right now anyway) is 4g lte. (my wife actually stole my phone last night to shop online as my Internet is waaaay faster than her 3g.)

Those are my biggest reasons it is superior to the Iphone. Since the 5 is still all rumor can't be sure what it will actually be like.

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