Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Ive placed my order with O2 store and collect it on release day if i get time if not i will be going to get it on 30th May

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

I have the option to get the S3 although I'm still on a long contract.
But I cant honestly see why I would want to go from an S2 to the S3. More real estate yes. But faster than an S2 to make a difference? I doubt it.
I have seen benches on Utube (Nenamark & Quadrant) for HTC One X which is a quad & it is no faster than my phone.
Also how many apps are optimized for dual core let alone a quad?

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

This is actually a concern I have with Android.

I know from past experience that Apple have been very good at encouraging people to use the hardware in their devices to it's fullest. Right from encouraging people to use the accelerometer (something which Nokia failed to do with the N95) through to the retina display, bluetooth support etc.

Samsung have added a lot of nice features to this phone (display res, fast start camera, quad core CPU etc), but how effective are they at persuading the app developers to use it? From talking to friends with extensive experience in parallel programming, it's relatively easy to code for a dual core CPU. When you increase the amount of cores beyond two, though, coding gets a lot harder. As such, I don't think there will be many apps that make full use of all four cores.

That also occurs in desktop OSes, but with desktop OSes, you are likely to be running applications in the background that will make use of the extra processing power.

People tend not to multitask in that way on phones.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Ordered my GS3 last night from Phones 4U on Vodafone. Free phone for £36 a month. Including a free official case and a 32Gb mem card. Can't wait

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Don't want an S3 - but I'm thinking of getting an S2 so I'm holding out until the prices drop as the newer version comes out :)

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

I have now got the day of work when it comes out so i can get it on launch day. If im awake i might even go to O2 store for 8am. The contract i want i get the phone for free of i can pay £20 for the phone and get a slightly better contract at same price, oh and hen i will also buy a case for it.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Think its in June time all the shops are now advertising and you can now 'pre-order' so shouldn't be to long.. anyone getting one?

I love my iPhone to much really... you think its gonna be better?

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

It's being released on the 30th May, I have ordered and will be getting mine delivered on that date.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

I thought it was 29th which was a Tuesday but been looking around
and some places say 30th May. I will ring up my local O2store tomorrow and check with them.

Look at link below (was the live blog) and look for time 19:55:
http://www.t3.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s3-rumours

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

From what I have seen everywhere is selling from the 30th, however if you ordered from Samsungs store in Westfield then you can pick up after 6pm on the 29th May.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

I have ordered from O2 store for a new contract. I will ring O2 store tomorrow

Looks like its the 29th. I tweeted O2 this morning and what they said was

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Phones 4 U confirmed via twitter to me that I will recieve the handset on the 30th.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Thats not could, we have both got conflicting info. I am unable to ring the O2 store today so will have to ring them tomorrow. Wonder why we are getting conflicting info? Samsung tweeted that it is 29th if you pre order from Samsung store. Seems strange that its conflicting info

Re: Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Well it's only a day early if you order direct from Samsung. Am sure 90% of the networks are releasing on the 30th. Or at least delivering orders for the 30th.