Samsung Galaxy S3
 

Any know when the release date for this is? My upgrade is soon and i want to move from iOS to Android and i have seen the rumored specs of this and i want it

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No idea on the dates as they range through out the year, but is this what it will look like, looks pretty smart but i hate how phones seem to be going to 4.7in which i think is far too big for the pocket, unless the form factor is the same as a 4.3in phone.

http://www.techspot.com/news/47851-r...nt-in-may.html

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I like it, i agree the screen is a tad too big but when i see it ill see if it works for me

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It wouldn't surprise me if it would be announced in April and available in may June time

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I wish it was availabe today :(

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Announced today available end of May looks like an awesome phone spec..

WANT IT NOW!!!!!!!

http://www.samsung.com/uk/gs3/index.html#

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I really hate how phones are getting bigger and bigger. 4.3in on my sensation is about the right size for my pocket.

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I looked at the initial reports...I will stick to my galaxy nexus

The nexus has a 1,750mAh battery, and ICS manages battery life quite good..I charge once a day. It has dual core.

The new samsung has quad core, and 2100 battery, and quad core uses battery better.

That alone might tempt me, if I hadn't of bought the nexus.

These days, battery consumption (and having a pure android) is my big criteria.

So this phone does it, and I think that this phone won't play around with too much add ons to the android system...so if I was buying now..this would be the one.

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An early review...

http://www.stuff.tv/news/phone/hands...eview?page=0,0

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I cant wait for it. I have had an iPhone 3G and at moment have an iPhone 4 and i really want the S3 as looks a great phone and is a change from iOS

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l very happy with my SG2 and have no intention of forking out for another update of a phone for a considerable time into the future.

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Bit disappointing really. They haven't 'pushed' it much beyond what was there already. There is no standout 'wow' factor, even the design apes the Galaxy Nexus. Might have expected too much...

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Personally, I don't like the curvy bar of soap look of it.......:(

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Well my upgrade is beginning of June so will update. My sister has S2 and looks great so i knew at that point i wanted S3

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Yes, I'm with you. I got my S2 in February - my first smartphone - having struggled to decide between Galaxy S2 or iPhone4. I'm chuffed to bits with it (now I've got used to managing android), and it'll be with me for at least the full 2 years of the contract, probably longer if it doesn't conk out.

Personally I like the larger format in a smartphone, it makes doing the 'non-phone' things with it much easier (surfing, reading the e-version of todays paper, looking at a spreadsheet I need to show work client - the reasons I bought a smartphone).
I do lust after a Note (not enough to shell out more money tho'), but I recognise that as a mere woman, I do have the advantage of carrying a bag around with most of the time to carry it in. In fact, the larger format is an advantage. It doesn't get lost in the bottom of my bag, so I can actually find it to answer before calls get transferred to voicemail.

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Its plastic again so much for the ceramic rumour. Its only an 8 meg camera rumours had it at 12 meg. 1 gig ram rumours had it at 2. Always going to be Quad core although this is a total waste of time you will run out of ram before you utilise all 4 cores. Touchwiz again even though rumors had a no skin option but no ( I know you can install launchers so no biggie I guess) No Amoled plus display only what they tout as HD

The rumoured device is much better than the actual device this is more like a Nexus 2 skinned not impressed at all . the Galaxy II flies if you have one there is no need to upgrade IMO and chances are there will be a Galaxy IV in 12 to 18 months

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thing is also you can get the SGSII for a steal now on contracts so that might be a money saving option

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It is HD Super AMOLED Screen

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where did you get this info?Because the Super AMOLED PLUS is a Samsung design so if they were using that then they would just call it that wouldn't they? they are calling this something else that does not make sense. It does not mean its not the case just why 2 different names?

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http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/g...-super-amoled/ here you go I am correct

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I mis read what you put, my bad

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Well I ordered one from carphone warehouse last night as the first 1000 orders got a free galaxy tab 10.1 and they still had some going this morning.

However at 10.30 this morning I got an email to say my order was cancelled but no explanation why!! Raging!

Have the GS2 but the S3 looks amazing.

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Yeah it does look good but for me its not good enough to sign a 2 year contract on. I have had quite a few Android Phones now and they all pretty much do the same thing. Some faster than others some with a nicer screen than others some bigger some smaller etc but once you get one running smooth the next one is pretty pointless as it does the same things but looks different.

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I agree, it's certainly not class leading in as many ways as the Galaxy S2 was. In fact the only thing class leading about it is the battery capacity.

I've still got one on preorder anyway, mainly because I get a free £400 tablet with it.

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I'm a fairly short guy with small clothes and small pockets. Even then, the the 4.3" display Galaxy S2 fits into the smallest coin pocket I have perfectly fine.

Though I admit having thought 4.3" might be too big when I first got it, it ended up nothing of the sort. Fit into every pocket far more easily than the 3.7" HTC I had before it. I highly doubt the additional 4.5mm width of the S3 is going to make the slightest bit of difference.

That said since you women "cheat" with your handbags, it might even be feasible to get a 7" tablet with a mobile connection.


Bad luck, I got a free tablet but wasn't told until about 7pm this evening.

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I ordered it at about 10pm on Thursday, still totally gutted they canceled and wont tell me why or even tried to call to sort it out first.

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I must say it would have been worth the upgrade to get the free tablet fair play gas for bagging one

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Yup..I might have been tempted..if i was guaranteed one too

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That's unfortunate. It's happened to me before, as often these things depend on network credit checks and what not - usually the retailer would blame the network. I've been rejected by networks without explanation even with a perfectly decent credit rating, yet accepted by the same network previously when I had no credit rating at all.

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Wasn't guaranteed, but since the phone wasn't going to be shipped for over 3 weeks, you'd basically have a full month to cancel under the distance selling regulations if you didn't get the tablet - so no real risk. I myself was planning on cancelling if I didn't get the tab, since I could have got the same deal for about £100 less elsewhere.

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Cpw said it wasn't a credit check issue but wouldn't actually tell me the reason.

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I really want one, I'll get one next year when my contract is over, the s2 is still amazing

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An excellent phone, but is it wise to jump from the S2 or the Note into an 18/24 month contract? I don't think so.

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I personally wouldn't have - but I have two contract upgrades this month and had to do something with them (got my S2 on a 12-month contract last year). As mentioned, I think the S3 is a lot more incremental upgrade than the S2 was, and not really any single compelling reason to get one if you already have an S2.

If you're on an S1 or other device of the same generation, then of course the difference will be much much bigger.

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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

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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?

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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.

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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

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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 :)

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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.

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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?

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

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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

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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.

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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

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

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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

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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.

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I have booked day off on 29th so i can get it, im too impatient. I will ring my local O2 store tomorrow and see what they say. Cant do it today as wont be home in time before they close

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Nobody in the UK will have it available before the 30th because the official release date is the 30th.

The UK release date is 1 day after the rest of the world

http://www.t3.com/news/samsung-galax...k-release-date

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You can order it from Samsung store in UK and get it on 29th so that is incorrect. O2 have also told me i can collect it from store on 29th.

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Not true,

The official UK date is the 30th, However those that order direct from Samsung at their store in Westfield will be able to pick up after 7pm on the 29th and most online places will deliver pre orders on the 30th, and most other stores will allow pick up of orders on the 30th as well.

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Samsung's own stores being the obvious, and implicit exception...

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But you siad no one in UK will get it before 30th May which is incorrect. You didnt say people that buy from Samsung stores are excluded :D

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Correction for the pedantic:

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Looks like Samsung have decided to copy Apple one step too far... They've copied their couldn't source the right colour backs quick enough product launch fail as well.

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Not quiet. There are not apparent delays with the white model, however its seems that there has been a large quality issue with the pebble blue model and the hyper glaze coating has been coming off a bit too easily.

Still expecting my white 16Gb to arrive tomorrow though.

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There's delays with one colour because they can't get the plastics on the back right, in this case not the glaze but apparently they sent the wrong designs to the manufacturer.

Whatever's the cause, the blue model is on hold indefinitely because they couldn't get the back right, pretty much the same thing happened with the white iPhone. They "expect" a few weeks but retailers are saying "we have no concrete information"

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Want one NOW but will prob wait on the iPhone 5.

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May not get the S3 till Thursday now because @O2 not getting delivery till then even thou it comes out tomorrow. #Stupid. I rang them up.

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Samsung have a delay in S3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18250210

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I'm apparently still getting my S3 tomorrow.

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I hope i still get mine tomorrow

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No, Samsung have a delay in one particular colour of the S3.

I usually support the BBC but there's one key area where its journalism is dismal: the way it parrots everything that Apple says while bashing their competitors at every opportunity.

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The headline is fine. "Samsung Galaxy S3 faces shipping delays for some models". That is completely accurate and isn't misleading in the slightest. Some models of the Galaxy S3, the blue versions and the 32gig version, are delayed. Think it's a case of being a bit oversensitive of the Apple vs Android issue here.

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Jeez the S3 is huge, I sometimes wished my HTC Sensation was a tad smaller but I'm just about getting used to its size now. But the S3 is way to big to carry around for me to even consider one. They'll be iPad sized phones sooner or later at this rate.

Nice bit of kit though if the battery power can handle it.

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It's perfectly easy to carry around.

What's hard is actually using it with one hand.

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It's really not that big at all.

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Its not that much bigger than the SSG2 and I can use that with ease with on hand

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Anyone that ordered a blue one from O2 have you received tem? I aks as i have rang 2 different stores near me and they both say they dont have them, and only have the white ones. 1 store says they wont have the for a few days and the other store says they have been told they are not getting them in at all.

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Another link about the Pebble Blue delay. Seems its a world wide delay

http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/2...le_blue_delay/

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What is it with people reposting what I've already said?

Yes there's a delay. All blues are delayed indefinitely. I already quoted that article yesterday.

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Calm down mate its just a question. Had a phone call from O2 just a in ago they do confirm that its the blue models. The delay is with all networks they say. The have very limited number of white ones as well but they are for the people that reserved the white one. Looks like my reservation will still be on list for a bit longer. Looks like samsung really did underestermate the demand for the phone

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Well they say at full capacity (without any cockups) their manufacturing can produce 5 million a month, and they exceeded 9 million pre-orders halfway between announcement and GA (so presumably about 20 million pre-orders by the time it was actually supposed to be available).

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The 9 million pre-orders was a case of total handsets requested by phone networks, not direct pre-orders. Therefore it's likely that 9 million was the expected level of demand for the phone including both pre-orders and buyers.

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Do you think Apple and Samsung do it on purpose? I mean for a markerting reasons to try and show it has massive demand so more people want the phone?

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Which part? I think both may slightly under stock to show demand. I think it differs from company to company how they label pre-orders.

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Both parts. I reckon they do as a marketing thing

samsung galaxy S 3
 

I know virgin don't do the iphone I would love the iphon 4 S the samsung galaxy S 3 is the closest to it do virgin do it ?

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They have confirmed it will come this Summer, it will be June I have heard as VM need to stock micro sim card for thos phone, this also could mean the Iphone could be coming to VM but that has not been confirmed yet so its just a rumour.

SG3 will be with Virgin soon.

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It's coming at the end of June, not sure if I'm allowed to post the date

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From a thread you posted in......

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35433555-post9.html

Also, I know you rarely take the advice I give you but at the moment (and I stress at the moment) the iPhone 4(and above) is a more accessible phone for those with a visual impairment.

ICS is very nearly there now but not quite, Still as the android versions improve I'm sure the accessibility will too.

But it's worth noting this while choosing your next phone.

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I have a visual impairment. and I find my samsung galaxy ace very good for reading and sending texts I use chomp samsung phones are good phone's mite go for the iphone if it comes to vrgin if not the samsung galaxy s3

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I've heard the 25th

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Nope, they don't even have the HTC One X, they're range of phones is -MOD EDIT-...:td:

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1) Get Virgin sim only
2) Buy any phone you want sim free
3) Cut and insert sim

Job done.

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A it's already known, also same day as the galaxy note and some htc phone

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shhhhhhh jb66 lol

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From what i have read not yet as they dont supply micro sims yet

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Please do not attempt to get round the swear filter!

VM are getting the new HTC and Samsung phones but not till aound the end of June, simply because we are waiting on launching Micro SIMs.


Got my S3 This morning from Vodafone however I am using my VM sim in it that I cut down with a SIM cutter :-)

Its an amazing phone!! Love it, super fast, brilliant camera and so far S-Voice has worked really well.

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Ok, sorry.....

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Now I own two Galaxy S3's (both colours) and a HTC One X... decisions decisions...

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How did you manage to get a blue one?

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And how is it?

Will you take both S3s to bed with you tonight? A threesome :D

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Don't have it yet, just own one.

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My son gets one delivered tomorrow, can't wait to check it out.

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The only thing i really don't like about it is the plastic back cover, i think they've made a big mistake there.

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Galaxy S2 had a plastic back cover, so did the Galaxy S, so does the HTC One X.

The S3's only direct competition right now and all its predecessors have plastic back covers, why would you expect any different?

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I must admit if I had a choice of...

crappy phone with pretty back cover that feels substantial

Really smart phone with plastic back cover

I would choose the latter...I never feel the back cover as a deal breaker. And not sure it would mean anything to me. I don't think I have ever chose a phone based on back cover

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It may be plastic, or rather a varient of it, infact the same that the One X is made from but once it is on the phone its solid and doesn't feel cheap at all.

The camera on this phone is trually amazing. there is ZERO shutter lag, meaning when you press what is on screen is what is captured!

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If you don't actually have it then you don't really own one yet :p:

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I looked at it in the Three Store today. Very tempted. It's just falls short of what would be too big.

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i have read that the blue one should be coming 13-14th june, was posted on another forum, not sure how true it is thou

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Since it belongs to me I consider it owned by me, whatever location it's in. If I left my laptop at someone else's house, I still own it. That's just my opinion.

Anyway, I shall be physically picking up my white one in a few hours, and blue, well whenever CPW decide to deliver. Hopefully being in the first 1000 pre-orders will mean I'm also within the first 1000 deliveries.

Will probably will spend my whole weekend pitting the One X vs. SGS3 against each other to decide which one to keep.