Candid first impression vs Evo 4G LTE

[odice4]

Can you talk and surf on the SG3 on 3G like on the EVO?

 

[Ingry79]

Awesome, thank you I have decided to get the sg3.

 

[Ingry79]

That's a good question odice, I would like to think so, hopefully someones tried it and will tell us.

 

[sandman132]

Yes that works

I'm on the phone right now and surfing the forums.

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[smooches680]

Alright I can't wait to get my hands on one.:thumbup::thumbup:

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[dowhtiwnt]

Hey guys i'm stuck between getting the S3 or the Evo Lte. I'm leaning to the S3 because a non removable battery just kills the Evo for me but I can't help wanting the Evo. I have the S2 right now and its not bad but I hate it compared to the original evo I upgraded from. My biggest gripe is the touch sensitivity on the S2 sucks too me. I have to take time to purposely tap the home, back and such buttons before they respond. Same thing as hanging up the phone after a call. I have to sometime hold the end call button to hang up. The main reason I can't help to want the Evo is because I listen to music and watch video more than anything else on my phone. Whats your opinions. Should I go with evo becahse the screen is awesome, it has Beats audio. Or get the S3 because its just as awesome and has a removable battery? I'm buying one of the phones tomorrow. Any opinions would be great. Right now i'm getting the S3 but.....

So, I'm going to take a stab at this one without being too long-winded. The short version is I use my phone heavily for music, and I especially like my EVO for that (but not because of Beats Audio).

Like you, I was trying to decide between the two devices. My experience on Android began with the original EVO, and I later switched to the Nexus S 4G. I ended up having a terrible experience with the Nexus, and the radios were awful. That made me very hesitant to buy another Samsung. With all the hype surrounding the III, I thought maybe things had improved, but at least some comments in these forums have validated my concern. Sprint's signal is weak enough, and I didn't need a new smartphone (especially one on a 2-year contract) to exacerbate the problem. Since I was able to get a great deal on the EVO, and it was available when I was at my wit's end with the Nexus, I let that be the initial deciding factor. I have found that it has served me well. I don't root, so I wanted a phone that was good to go out of the box.

I have had the EVO for about three weeks now. I appreciate the many blogs that posted reviews and picked apart the technical aspects, but my question was would it work for me, and I could only figure that out by getting the device. There are so many things I learned about it, that I didn't read about on the blogs. I won't go into detail about all of them, but I'll briefly talk about the music applications. I haven't decided whether Beats Audio is just a gimmick or not - I find that when I used my on ear headphones, I really enjoy the sound. When connecting through an auxiliary cord, sometimes I'm happy with the sound, sometimes I'm not. When it's charged, I carry my old iPod Touch with me. To test out my theory that the sound quality on the EVO wasn't up to par with my iPod, I played the same song on both devices and switched between them. I found that the iPod's sound was crisper, cleaner and louder than that of my EVO. I also was able to pick up finer details in songs than with the EVO. That discovery frustrated me at first, and playing with the sound enhancer didn't really get me the same sound reproduction as the iPod (you can turn Beats off and choose from other presets). That aside, when I'm not comparing the EVO to my iPod, I tend to like the sound just fine. It's not poor by any means.

As for the built-in music app, I REALLY like it, but I don't like that it doesn't integrate with Google Music (meaning the cover art isn't displayed within the HTC music app). The HTC app serves as a music hub, allowing you to link to music apps of your choosing). It displays cover art beautifully whether in the app or using one of several widget options. When you connect to Google Music you miss out because you're taken to the Google app. Based on my experience, the cover art integration only works with music you have installed on the phone or on your SD card. For the music on stored on the phone/SD card, I love that the app pulls in album and song details from Gracenote. If you choose to (and I highly recommend it) you can have all of your album artwork updated (so long as Gracenote can find the album). The result is nice looking, high resolution images.

As for video, I was shocked by the quality when watching a couple of things on YouTube the other day. The clarity was amazing, and just simply looked great.

I am very happy with my purchase, and for once I can see myself being satisfied with a device for more than a few months.

I still may stop by a store and check out the III, but I haven't really heard about any killer features that will make me switch over.

 

[Ngmasterj]

Hey guys i'm stuck between getting the S3 or the Evo Lte. I'm leaning to the S3 because a non removable battery just kills the Evo for me but I can't help wanting the Evo. I have the S2 right now and its not bad but I hate it compared to the original evo I upgraded from. My biggest gripe is the touch sensitivity on the S2 sucks too me. I have to take time to purposely tap the home, back and such buttons before they respond. Same thing as hanging up the phone after a call. I have to sometime hold the end call button to hang up. The main reason I can't help to want the Evo is because I listen to music and watch video more than anything else on my phone. Whats your opinions. Should I go with evo becahse the screen is awesome, it has Beats audio. Or get the S3 because its just as awesome and has a removable battery? I'm buying one of the phones tomorrow. Any opinions would be great. Right now i'm getting the S3 but.....

Being a previous owner of an Evo 4g LTE (who returned it for a SGS3), I have a few reasons why you should go with the SGS3.

1.) Sense is laggy. There's no way around it. Everyone knows this, I don't know why some people pretend that it's not there, or that it doesn't affect day-to-day usage. I'm talking slower than my OG Evo opening and loading apps, rendering web pages, you name it. Everything from opening the app drawer, to the stuttery and inconsistent transitions moving between apps and windows (sometimes it blinks, sometimes it zooms, sometimes it fades), to it's severe multitasking woes, it will make you wonder why you blew $600 for a phone that causes more inconveniences than it's supposed to alleviate. Touchwiz is nearly unanimously praised by reviews worldwide for its fluidity and speed. Even though it's not a quad-core, it feels like a quad-core device.

2.) If battery is your issue, here's another scenario you probably didn't think of. Charging up the Evo 4g LTE takes FOREVER. It takes anywhere from 3-5 hours to charge from 0-100%. With the Evo, not only do you not have a spare battery to switch out, but your phone is also rendered tethered (that is if you're lucky enough to be near an outlet with a charger in hand to begin with). I thought these were supposed to be mobile devices? Not so, if you have to leave it behind for that long. The SGS3 charges very quickly, taking half that time, or even less. And that's a last resort option if you don't already have a spare battery.

3.) The battery is schizophrenic. I get decent results one day (15+ hours), and then the next day for no reason at all, it drops to 8 hours. That's without installing or updating apps or doing anything at all. It's so inconsistent that it makes me wonder if there's some sort of CIQ-like software that syncs in the background all my info during those days when I have those massive drops in power. Okay, maybe this one might be a little out there, but HTC has been known to not give a @#$ when it comes to these types of spyware programs built into their terrible skin (and if I recall correctly, they had their own type of built-in spyware in ADDITION to CIQ on nearly every HTC phone up until the One Series... as far as I know).

So there you have it. Three reasons why I returned my Evo and probably will never go back to them again unless it's a Nexus or what-have-you.

 

[Mercury81]

Being a previous owner of an Evo 4g LTE (who returned it for a SGS3), I have a few reasons why you should go with the SGS3.

1.) Sense is laggy. There's no way around it. Everyone knows this, I don't know why some people pretend that it's not there, or that it doesn't affect day-to-day usage. I'm talking slower than my OG Evo opening and loading apps, rendering web pages, you name it. Everything from opening the app drawer, to the stuttery and inconsistent transitions moving between apps and windows (sometimes it blinks, sometimes it zooms, sometimes it fades), to it's severe multitasking woes, it will make you wonder why you blew $600 for a phone that causes more inconveniences than it's supposed to alleviate. Touchwiz is nearly unanimously praised by reviews worldwide for its fluidity and speed. Even though it's not a quad-core, it feels like a quad-core device.

2.) If battery is your issue, here's another scenario you probably didn't think of. Charging up the Evo 4g LTE takes FOREVER. It takes anywhere from 3-5 hours to charge from 0-100%. With the Evo, not only do you not have a spare battery to switch out, but your phone is also rendered tethered (that is if you're lucky enough to be near an outlet with a charger in hand to begin with). I thought these were supposed to be mobile devices? Not so, if you have to leave it behind for that long. The SGS3 charges very quickly, taking half that time, or even less. And that's a last resort option if you don't already have a spare battery.

3.) The battery is schizophrenic. I get decent results one day (15+ hours), and then the next day for no reason at all, it drops to 8 hours. That's without installing or updating apps or doing anything at all. It's so inconsistent that it makes me wonder if there's some sort of CIQ-like software that syncs in the background all my info during those days when I have those massive drops in power. Okay, maybe this one might be a little out there, but HTC has been known to not give a @#$ when it comes to these types of spyware programs built into their terrible skin (and if I recall correctly, they had their own type of built-in spyware in ADDITION to CIQ on nearly every HTC phone up until the One Series... as far as I know).

So there you have it. Three reasons why I returned my Evo and probably will never go back to them again unless it's a Nexus or what-have-you.

Everything here is total BS.. just read the forums on the SGS3 and the battery issues, lag, screen brightness issues, reboot issues... . Just sayin

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[Ngmasterj]

Everything here is total BS.. just read the forums on the SGS3 and the battery issues, lag, screen brightness issues, reboot issues... . Just sayin

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Way to dismiss everything I just wrote.

EDIT: And make up issues. Seriously, reboots? Lag? Point me to these oh so plentiful threads you speak of.

 

[Ingry79]

I can't wait till tomorrow, its Christmas hopefully it won't be insane lines

 

[Mercury81]

Way to dismiss everything I just wrote.

EDIT: And make up issues. Seriously, reboots? Lag? Point me to these oh so plentiful threads you speak of.

1. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=184761
2. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=183858
3. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=184149
4. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=177670

By the way my Evo4GLTE take about an hour tops to recharge fully.
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[Ngmasterj]

1. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=184761
2. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=183858
3. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=184149

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1.) EASY fix. Turn off S Voice. Seriously, is this a joke? You do know why the home button takes you home 1 second longer than usual right? For the double tap to work with S Voice? That was by DESIGN, and if you don't like it, press THREE buttons and your "lag" disappears. Your Evo homescreen and app loading lag however is due to poor coding.
2.) Another easy fix. Turn off motion controls. Its not like they're missing out on anything. Evo/HOX users don't even have the option to turn these features on. Even then, there's like what, one thread on this? As opposed to 80% of all reviews on both the HOX and EVOLTE that brings up lag? And this lag is virtually EVERYWHERE, these issues are completely isolated and can be ignored/bypassed. Without rooting, HOX/Evo cannot.
3.) LOL. ONE Canadian who posted in the wrong forums about his battery life. This is clearly a noob (with all due respect). Everyone else in the thread has amazing battery life.

Geez louise, the very solutions in all of these threads are in the threads themselves you posted. Do you really need to come to your rival phone's forum to justify your purchase? Just look at your own Evo LTE forum. It is filled with PAGE AFTER PAGE of threads about issues, complaints, discontentment, you name it, about that device. I don't care what you use as a phone but stop pretending like other people's experiences with the phone, if they don't line up with yours, automatically = "BS".

 

[ectoren]

Someone brought up a good point in another thread that was really logical. How many lap tops have a removable battery in them .... Mine doesn't and for four plus years it works fine.

I heard this argument in Android podcasts. But. Really. How many of us go walking around with a lap top turned on for at least twelve hours straight on? If we did that for laptops, we would be demanding removable batteries. Actually, most of us either have the laptop connected to an electric socket or always ready to connect it to one.

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[Mercury81]

I heard this argument in Android podcasts. But. Really. How many of us go walking around with a lap top turned on for at least twelve hours straight on? If we did that for laptops, we would be demanding removable batteries. Actually, most of us either have the laptop connected to an electric socket or always ready to connect it to one.

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College students spend long days on their lap tops just comparison that makes sense most people use their game boxes for gaming not most people spend 12 hours on phone unless there are in telemarketing. Just sayin.

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[Rev2010]

7. Quandrant score is lower compared to EVO. With evo I would always get above 5000. But with GS3 it is always below 5k.. Between 4600 and 4800.. Dunno why.

Just pulled my AT&T S3 out and ran Quadrant, mine scored 4967, above the HTC One X. Can't say I'm complaining. I don't even play games on my phone and even if I did it's well above what mobile game designers are designing their games around. Don't get so hung up on Quadrant scores... I personally haven't run into a single situation in which even my previous Droid 2 exhibited poor performance in an app.


Rev.

 

[Mercury81]

1.) EASY fix. Turn off S Voice. Seriously, is this a joke? You do know why the home button takes you home 1 second longer than usual right? For the double tap to work with S Voice? That was by DESIGN, and if you don't like it, press THREE buttons and your "lag" disappears. Your Evo homescreen and app loading lag however is due to poor coding.
2.) Another easy fix. Turn off motion controls. Its not like they're missing out on anything. Evo/HOX users don't even have the option to turn these features on. Even then, there's like what, one thread on this? As opposed to 80% of all reviews on both the HOX and EVOLTE that brings up lag? And this lag is virtually EVERYWHERE, these issues are completely isolated and can be ignored/bypassed. Without rooting, HOX/Evo cannot.
3.) LOL. ONE Canadian who posted in the wrong forums about his battery life. This is clearly a noob (with all due respect). Everyone else in the thread has amazing battery life.

Geez louise, the very solutions in all of these threads are in the threads themselves you posted. Do you really need to come to your rival phone's forum to justify your purchase? Just look at your own Evo LTE forum. It is filled with PAGE AFTER PAGE of threads about issues, complaints, discontentment, you name it, about that device. I don't care what you use as a phone but stop pretending like other people's experiences with the phone, if they don't line up with yours, automatically = "BS".

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=183602

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[ectoren]

College students spend long days on their lap tops just comparison that makes sense most people use their game boxes for gaming not most people spend 12 hours on phone unless there are in telemarketing. Just sayin.

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But the point is do they walk around the University with their laptop on all that time? Nope. I work at a university. And nothing like seeing students leeching or looking for power sockets to connect. If they can't find it, they are SOL.

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[Awake]

Ok, are you familiar with external chargers, there are several different ones available and they are really compact. I know amazon has a 5000 mah thats like really cool.
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http://www.amazon.com/Anker-10000mAh-External-Sensation-Motorola/dp/B005NGKR54/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341164675&sr=8-1&keywords=external+battery

 

[Skunkape60]

I can carry 5 spare batteries and. Would still be lugging less weight and mass as one of the so called portable charging device and cable.

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[carlos516x]

I'm still undecided at this point. I'm at the beach now and I find it a bit difficult to view my screen even on max setting. I brought my old htc arrive with me and I'm currently using its fm radio since data reception here is terrible and I can't steam anything. Fm radio does come in handy. Also the screen on the htc arrive is brighter. The camera quality is very good on the s3. Low light is way better than evo. However, there is no 16:9 on the 8mp setting.