Just wanted to say I'm very happy with my new GS3. Owning this phone is very different from reading about it, trying it in the store etc. I have been following this phone closely and done a LOT of reading. Here are just some of the normal complaints I've read about the GS3 and what I feel about them -
- design: I have no idea why so many people complained about the design. It feels great
- TouchWiz: this is the first phone I have no desire to replace the oem skin. TW has a lot of very nice features that AOSP doesn't - e.g. the video player, music player, motion gestures, the camera, S Planner - IMO all these are as good as any app on the market. Even TW launcher is smoother than Nova/Apex
- verizon bloatware: I disabled things like Navigator/backup assistant. I thought I'd get annoyed by the wifi notification but so far I just ignore it
- pentile screen: who cares! This is a gorgeous screen, esp for anyone coming from an older gen phone.
- physical home button: don't mind it at all, except for the phone turned on sometimes in my pocket.
I will eventually root it, but so far I have no real reason to. It doesn't feel slow, everything works and I get great battery life. Samsung did a great job with this phone!
- design: I have no idea why so many people complained about the design. It feels great
- TouchWiz: this is the first phone I have no desire to replace the oem skin. TW has a lot of very nice features that AOSP doesn't - e.g. the video player, music player, motion gestures, the camera, S Planner - IMO all these are as good as any app on the market. Even TW launcher is smoother than Nova/Apex
- verizon bloatware: I disabled things like Navigator/backup assistant. I thought I'd get annoyed by the wifi notification but so far I just ignore it
- pentile screen: who cares! This is a gorgeous screen, esp for anyone coming from an older gen phone.
- physical home button: don't mind it at all, except for the phone turned on sometimes in my pocket.
I will eventually root it, but so far I have no real reason to. It doesn't feel slow, everything works and I get great battery life. Samsung did a great job with this phone!