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Originally Posted by colin25
If I was buying, I think the blue one would be my choice
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I've used both.
I can say the white looks great if you're into lighter colours, and also looks great on lighter surfaces - white sheets, tablecloths, sinks, etc. Also on shiny/glass furniture.
The blue is fairly dark blue and fits in well with those in dark clothing (e.g. black suit) or darker places like pubs, bars, black leather sofa or dark wooden furniture. Ironically, it's also more useable in broad daylight, as it doesn't have a bright white frame around the screen to blur your view. Personally, I like it better. Just looks more professional and less like a fashion accessory. Then again I still prefer the black and sharper edges on the S2
Other differences are on the white you have three large black blobs to the right of the earpiece, and on blue you only have one to the left. Finally, on the white version you get an uneven black frame around the screen, between where the screen pixels end and where the white frame starts. How much this irritates you will vary, but it's far less noticeable if at all on the blue.
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Originally Posted by Stephen
The GS3 also has a fantastic video app built in, it plays everything without any issues, even 1080p HD mkv files! So I sometimes load TV shows or movies onto the phone. Used to do the same with my GS2.
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Indeed, the Galaxy series has always had very good media format support built-in. However both the S2 and S3 have crappy music players that fail to take advantage of the phones' relatively high-quality hardware.
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Originally Posted by Damien
I am also tempted by the HTC One X. I've heard it's a better interface/skin that keeps with Android 4.0's conventions and sprit.
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I wouldn't. Having used both for some time, the One X is, physically speaking, far inferior. All the faults with the S3 (bar one or two) are software annoyances and can be fixed with an app, skin, or configuration change. Granted, the One X screen looks slightly better out of the box, even though it uses inferior technology, but only because they've put in a lot of optimizations around it (gamma curve, thickness, frame, and lensing).
Keeping with Android 4's conventions and spirit is not a good thing. Compared to the SGS3, it replaces the more useful back and menu buttons with a badly placed back button and a useless task switcher, and you also lose a load of screen estate to an annoying, constantly-there, and non-removable bar that serves as a replacement menu button, and having to reach further to get to menus in ICS apps. Lack of physical home button, top-side placement of power button, slippery back and pointy sides make the whole unit's physical handling and useability far inferior to the SGS3, despite being smaller.
I did a quick comparison test, of the time it takes to get the phone(s) out of my pocket, unlock them, and get to a useable home screen, it took 1.4 seconds on the SGS3 and 4.5 seconds on the HTC One X. Might not seem like much, but take your phone out your pocket 3 times an hour, that's 28 hours you waste over a 2-year contract just unlocking the damn thing.
Oh and the non-removeable battery - using the One X as my main phone required recharging it 2-3 times a day, the same on the SGS3 requires only one charge a day (and it usually ends up with 15-30% left at the end of the day). Anyway, if you're still tempted by the One X - you can have mine, since I'm hell-bent on getting rid of it
