It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S3

[s14tat]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Well then why don't you get a NOTE if 4" is that bad. I mean look, the most popular device in the world in frigging tiny. 4.8 is a strait up "NICHE" size.

Why can't we find a happy medium in 4.3? So the EVO screen is tiny and hurts the eye? Com'on fareel?

If I was on at&t I would just buy a unlocked international note. The reason why I stuck with my Fascinate is because nothing on verizon is worth using an upgrade on. We got the shaft when we didn't get the GS2.

 

[s14tat]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

This just might be the most ridiculous thing ever said here.

I respect your opinions a lot Jerry, but that is just how I feel. I do read a lot of manga's ( japanese comics ) on my phone and I always dream that one day I can just read it like the actual comic without having to actually get a tablet, and playing x men on my fascinate is kind of frustrating due to lack of screen real estate. I spend more time on androidcentral on my phone than I do on my laptop or desktop so I really would like one device that can do it all. I also wasn't lying when I said my virtual keyboard took up 75% of my screen and with the reply box being only able to display 4-5 lines. That is why I had those typos because it was typed on my phone.

Nope I don't see how anyone would want anymore real estate than this. Looks perfectly fine to me. This is pretty scale if you have a 17 inch monitor.

 

[jroc]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

I didnt see where it was....obvious.....the One X was better....lol

They both have some very nice features.

I am a big fan of Amoled screens now. The screens will be preference for the most part. If LCD screens can fix some of their cons, I might like em again. I prefer the pros of Amoled screens alot more than the pros of LCD screens. Trust me when I say Pentile is waaaaaaaay overblown. I have a RAZR and Rezound...and like my RAZR screen more.....shocking huh...lol.

I HAVE to check out this One X screen and see for myself. So many ppl raved about the Rezound screen....and I just dont see it. After sharpness. I dont see whats so great about it.

UI? I think I like Touchwiz more than Sense UI. They both added some good and odd things to ICS. After using a Rezound...I hope Sense UI is toned down a bit.

Some ppl are up in arms about the look of the S3 especially compared to the One X. I like the front on the One X more, the back on the GS3 more...lol. Its a wash to me. Add to that someone made a good point at another forum about ppl putting cases on their phones and...

I try to stay out of the benchmarks wars now...lol, but the Exynos is looking very, very nice. I think most ppl are thinking about the S4 vs. the Tegra 3 benchmarks. Samsung has always had a leg up in the chip dept. Why do you think Apple had them assist in that dept for all these years? I think Tegra 3's biggest thing is battery life with that 5th core. Personally....thats the only benchmark, spec I care about now: battery life.

 

[mty msi]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Has anyone tested the battery life of the quad vs. dual core S III's?

BTW, I agree with you, battery life is the most important spec everything else being relatively equal.

 

[R1der2002]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Has anyone tested the battery life of the quad vs. dual core S III's?

BTW, I agree with you, battery life is the most important spec everything else being relatively equal.

No one has because it has not been officially confirmed what Processor it will come with. Probably the S4 but we don't know for sure yet.

 

[giograves]

I respect your opinions a lot Jerry, but that is just how I feel. I do read a lot of manga's ( japanese comics ) on my phone and I always dream that one day I can just read it like the actual comic without having to actually get a tablet, and playing x men on my fascinate is kind of frustrating due to lack of screen real estate. I spend more time on androidcentral on my phone than I do on my laptop or desktop so I really would like one device that can do it all. I also wasn't lying when I said my virtual keyboard took up 75% of my screen and with the reply box being only able to display 4-5 lines. That is why I had those typos because it was typed on my phone.

Nope I don't see how anyone would want anymore real estate than this. Looks perfectly fine to me. This is pretty scale if you have a 17 inch monitor.

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No ones arguing there's a market for behemoth phones. Just that the majority of the market probably feels 4" (4.3?) is enough and anything more that where the tablet/phablet market opens up.

I like what HTC did in the one line by giving size options but what sucks is that the smaller phones aren't as pimped out and clearly aren't the "flagship" .

Will jelly bean make 5.3 the standard? When do we say uncle?




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[snoopyandroid]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Played with the HTC X today. Nice phone, but I wasn't very impressed. Granted, I only played with it for 10 minutes, but, my initial thought was it wasn't what I was expecting. Maybe if I got to play with more, I might change my mind.

 

[s14tat]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Played with the HTC X today. Nice phone, but I wasn't very impressed. Granted, I only played with it for 10 minutes, but, my initial thought was it wasn't what I was expecting. Maybe if I got to play with more, I might change my mind.

I played with it a few days ago, the screen definitely is as good as what everyone has been saying. I can't say the same about its performance though. Pinch to zoom on webpages even on LTE was extremely laggy. Laggy to the point where it would take a whole second or two to refresh the whole page. Once the whole page loaded, it was still not smooth at all. Not even close to smooth in fact, it was so choppy that even my wife noticed the lag.

Its very hard to judge how fast something truly is in the store though until you have time to play with it longer. I was initially impressed with the S3 powered Galaxy Note when playing with it in the store until my co worker got one. He jumped straight from a exynos powered GS2 and he can get it to lag at will, and the damn thing straight freezes when you put a live wall paper on!!!

Not impressed with anything qualcomm makes.

 

[Droid800]

I played with it a few days ago, the screen definitely is as good as what everyone has been saying. I can't say the same about its performance though. Pinch to zoom on webpages even on LTE was extremely laggy. Laggy to the point where it would take a whole second or two to refresh the whole page. Once the whole page loaded, it was still not smooth at all. Not even close to smooth in fact, it was so choppy that even my wife noticed the lag.

Its very hard to judge how fast something truly is in the store though until you have time to play with it longer. I was initially impressed with the S3 powered Galaxy Note when playing with it in the store until my co worker got one. He jumped straight from a exynos powered GS2 and he can get it to lag at will, and the damn thing straight freezes when you put a live wall paper on!!!

Not impressed with anything qualcomm makes.

The performance of the browser has approximately nothing to do with the processor. It is a sense issue.

The S4 is better than the S3, Exynos, and quad core exynos. It eats all currently available mobile processors alive right now.

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[s14tat]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

The performance of the browser has approximately nothing to do with the processor. It is a sense issue.

The S4 is better than the S3, Exynos, and quad core exynos. It eats all currently available mobile processors alive right now.

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You would think a processor as "overpowered" as the S4 would be able to muscle through all of the fluff that sense forces upon ICS. Whats with all the talk about sense 4.0 being not as intrusive if it can't even run a web browser smoothly? Also every single benchmark begs to differ when when your comparing the S4 to the quad core exynos. Beating a Tegra 3 seems like nothing much to brag about since its junk by comparison.

 

[Droid800]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

You would think a processor as "overpowered" as the S4 would be able to muscle through all of the fluff that sense forces upon ICS. Whats with all the talk about sense 4.0 being not as intrusive if it can't even run a web browser smoothly? Also every single benchmark begs to differ when when your comparing the S4 to the quad core exynos. Beating a Tegra 3 seems like nothing much to brag about since its junk by comparison.

Stop being a fanboy. The S4 keeps up with the quadcore Exynos easily, and is more power efficient to boot. There's a reason Samsung is using it in US versions of the SIII.

You also don't seem to understand that a processor cannot power through a programming bug. The browser issue IS a bug, and it will be fixed.

 

[s14tat]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Stop being a fanboy. The S4 keeps up with the quadcore Exynos easily, and is more power efficient to boot. There's a reason Samsung is using it in US versions of the SIII.

You also don't seem to understand that a processor cannot power through a programming bug. The browser issue IS a bug, and it will be fixed.

The reason why we are getting the shaft is because LTE supposedly still does not play nice with the exynos. You honestly think Samsung would want to put a less power chip into their flag ship device when it comes to the states? They were forced to because of LTE just like how they were forced to use the S3 in the previous gen phones and the difference in performance was more than obvious.

Before exynos became more mainstream, all the HTC fan boys swore up and down on the S3 chip saying that it was so great. Now after they have seen something better ( exynos dual core ) they all realize that the S3 was indeed pretty limited in performance wise. I wonder if history will repeat itself again. Remember this was before the US of the GS2 was released so the exynos was already out internationally and they mostly thought the S3 was a better chip defending it to the death until the epic 4g touch came along and made all the evo3d owners realized how much of a difference the processors was.

Yes, I know the S3 was a souped up A8 vs a A9 processor that powered the exynos, but I just don't trust qualcomm. I was not impressed with the original incredible with the S1 chip, I was not impressed with the thunderbolt with the S2 chip, I for sure was not impressed with the evo3d with the S3 chip. Non of these phones can even run a live wall paper without lagging.

 

[Pace Racing]

I've been a fan of HTC phones for a decade, but was honestly willing to give Samsung a shot. Based on what I've read and seen in reviews, I'll be sticking to HTC. Here's why:

First and foremost is the camera. There's no replacing a dedicated camera button, and the fact that you can go from the phone in standby to taking pictures almost instantly is critical for anyone who has "missed the shot" because they were unlocking the phone, launching the app and waiting for the focus and shutter delay. I also think its a poor design on the gs3 that you must go into a menu to select burst mode. Again, that's not going to help catch those quick shots. I love that you can just hold the button down on the evo for picture bursts. I also read about a 20 shot limit to the burst shot feature on the gs3, I don't recall seeing a limit on the evo, although I'm not sure if there in fact is.

Next is the UI. Touchwiz is remedial, and according to the reviews Sammy has done little to improve it. This is a subjective area, but I have always preferred sense, and given that the new evo has the best version of it yet is a plus.

The screen is better on the evo.

Metal vs. Plastic. I choose metal.

I love the kickstand on my evo 4g, so I'm glad its even better one the 4GLTE.

Release dates...this is America, I need instant gratification, don't make me wait!

While watching the launch of the GS3 and reading the reviews I thought some of the features were cool, but the more I thought about it, the more they seemed gimmicky. To be specific:

The camera keeping the screen lit by watching you. Sounds cool, but I can't think of any time I'm using my xoom or my evo that the screen going dark has been a problem. Don't the apps usually address that?

The voice control. This is cool and probably a more seamless experience than having to launch an assistant app, but honestly I don't use voice commands that often. It's pretty rare that I'm in a quiet place with nobody around to think you're talking to them. Hell, I'm in bed right now typing so I don't wake my wife up.

The removable battery. OK, I know I am setting myself up to get flamed here, but the truth is that I have 3 batteries for my evo, and almost never take the time to charge and carry the extras. Don't get me wrong, it would be great to have the option and the gs3 wins here, but given that I rarely use an extra battery with my evo 4g, it becomes almost a non issue with the vastly superior battery life the new evo should have.

 

[hell911]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

extra batteries are not really 'that helpful' . 1 is fine, but im still on to SGS3.

 

[jeffreii]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Stop being a fanboy. The S4 keeps up with the quadcore Exynos easily, and is more power efficient to boot. There's a reason Samsung is using it in US versions of the SIII.

The reason is LTE - nothing else, as far as I know.

The benchmarks I've seen have put the Exynos ahead of the S4 in the HTC One X. We'll see how the SIII with the S4 performs at some point but for now I wouldn't guarantee anything.

 

[Crispy]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

I've been a fan of HTC phones for a decade, but was honestly willing to give Samsung a shot. Based on what I've read and seen in reviews, I'll be sticking to HTC. Here's why:

First and foremost is the camera. There's no replacing a dedicated camera button, and the fact that you can go from the phone in standby to taking pictures almost instantly is critical for anyone who has "missed the shot" because they were unlocking the phone, launching the app and waiting for the focus and shutter delay. I also think its a poor design on the gs3 that you must go into a menu to select burst mode. Again, that's not going to help catch those quick shots. I love that you can just hold the button down on the evo for picture bursts. I also read about a 20 shot limit to the burst shot feature on the gs3, I don't recall seeing a limit on the evo, although I'm not sure if there in fact is.

Next is the UI. Touchwiz is remedial, and according to the reviews Sammy has done little to improve it. This is a subjective area, but I have always preferred sense, and given that the new evo has the best version of it yet is a plus.

The screen is better on the evo.

Metal vs. Plastic. I choose metal.

I love the kickstand on my evo 4g, so I'm glad its even better one the 4GLTE.

Release dates...this is America, I need instant gratification, don't make me wait!

While watching the launch of the GS3 and reading the reviews I thought some of the features were cool, but the more I thought about it, the more they seemed gimmicky. To be specific:

The camera keeping the screen lit by watching you. Sounds cool, but I can't think of any time I'm using my xoom or my evo that the screen going dark has been a problem. Don't the apps usually address that?

The voice control. This is cool and probably a more seamless experience than having to launch an assistant app, but honestly I don't use voice commands that often. It's pretty rare that I'm in a quiet place with nobody around to think you're talking to them. Hell, I'm in bed right now typing so I don't wake my wife up.

The removable battery. OK, I know I am setting myself up to get flamed here, but the truth is that I have 3 batteries for my evo, and almost never take the time to charge and carry the extras. Don't get me wrong, it would be great to have the option and the gs3 wins here, but given that I rarely use an extra battery with my evo 4g, it becomes almost a non issue with the vastly superior battery life the new evo should have.

I was also considering the new Evo (I have an Evo 4G) and will probably get the GS3 instead for a these reasons -

1. GS3 will have much better dev support. New HTC phones have no proper root (S-OFF) after months and there is no guarantee they will ever get it. Samsung phones are easy to root and have support from CM9

2. I can replace the launcher and still use other TW features. Sense has nothing to offer except Beats (which is useless). Using a menu for burst mode/physical shutter button are minor features to me, compared to the fact that the GS3 video is much higher bandwidth and quality compared to the E4GLTE

3. Battery life should be the same on both since they'll have the same S4 cpu. If anything, AMOLED uses less power so the GS3 will win.

4. Plastic body is much better - for signals as well as phone safety.

 

[Droid800]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

The reason is LTE - nothing else, as far as I know.

The benchmarks I've seen have put the Exynos ahead of the S4 in the HTC One X. We'll see how the SIII with the S4 performs at some point but for now I wouldn't guarantee anything.

Then you haven't been paying any attention. The S4 is able to keep up with the Exynos and is the better all around chip. Samsung is using it because of that, not just because of LTE.

 

[anon(43926)]

Then you haven't been paying any attention. The S4 is able to keep up with the Exynos and is the better all around chip. Samsung is using it because of that, not just because of LTE.

Please put a link to show that it performs as good as the quad core exzynos. Only reason is lte, nothing else...period.

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[DougB541#CB]

I was also considering the new Evo (I have an Evo 4G) and will probably get the GS3 instead for a these reasons -

1. GS3 will have much better dev support. New HTC phones have no proper root (S-OFF) after months and there is no guarantee they will ever get it. Samsung phones are easy to root and have support from CM9

2. I can replace the launcher and still use other TW features. Sense has nothing to offer except Beats (which is useless). Using a menu for burst mode/physical shutter button are minor features to me, compared to the fact that the GS3 video is much higher bandwidth and quality compared to the E4GLTE

3. Battery life should be the same on both since they'll have the same S4 cpu. If anything, AMOLED uses less power so the GS3 will win.

4. Plastic body is much better - for signals as well as phone safety.

AMOLED has not proven to be a battery lfe saver as some want to believe.

Additionally the evo antenna is housed in the plycarbonate area. And I'm confused how plastic is better than aluminum for phone safety.

Sent from my HTC Evo

 

[jeffreii]

Re: It is obvious that the HTC One X is a better phone than the S

Then you haven't been paying any attention. The S4 is able to keep up with the Exynos and is the better all around chip. Samsung is using it because of that, not just because of LTE.

I have been paying attention - probably too much!

AnandTech - Samsung Galaxy S III Performance Preview: It's Fast

SIII beats the One X in most of the tests - not all. I didn't say the S4 wasn't a "better all around chip" - I said it was getting beat in most of the benchmarks I've seen by the SIII's Exynos.

I think it's pretty clear the ONLY reason they are putting the S4 in the USA version is for the LTE...if they had LTE onboard the Exynos they wouldn't do it. Of course they would want to use their own chip (Exynos) if they could...