I love my S3 and in case if you want to see how good the camera is, check out my microscope photos taken from my Telus S3 at:
Photomicrographs of Minerals
While some people may not be happy with the camera, I love it. That's what I like about the most!
Those are gorgeous pictures. I used to be somewhat of a rockhound. Did you have an adapter that held your phone in front of the microscope eyepiece? If so, what did you use?
Coming from the iPhone 3G, the S3 (AT&T) is a huge step up. I like the screen size and display, speed (fast CPU and 2G RAM), 4G LTE service, Jelly Bean (I like Google Now, Google Play for music streaming), call quality. The camera is good enough for my purposes, although I'm aware that maybe the Lumia 920, iPhone and HTC One may be better.
I wish the battery plummet issue was non-existent.