Samsung Galaxy S III

[Clonehomer]

I'd much rather have the HTC One-X on Verizon, but if one of these can be in my hands within the month for $200, I'm not sure if it's worth waiting any longer. Verizon can't even seem to get the Incredible 4G out the door. It's clear that Samsung has more pull in the current market than HTC. By a drastic margin.

I was under the impression that the One X is not coming to Verizon. That has made many speculate that the next large screen phone from HTC won't be until the quad core LTE processors are ready.

After reading about this likely being the last chance for a subsidized phone while keeping my unlimited data, I might just end up pulling the trigger on this. Do I want to spend $199 on a dual core now, or wait and probably have to spend $700 later in the year?

 

[Cy4Patriots]

I was under the impression that the One X is not coming to Verizon. That has made many speculate that the next large screen phone from HTC won't be until the quad core LTE processors are ready.

After reading about this likely being the last chance for a subsidized phone while keeping my unlimited data, I might just end up pulling the trigger on this. Do I want to spend $199 on a dual core now, or wait and probably have to spend $700 later in the year?

There saying that quad-core isn't much faster than the dual core anyways and the battery life is a killer (right now).

I mean what good is a phone that works for 30 minutes (very fast) and then battery is shot.

 

[ISC]

I'll keep my wp7 - htc 7 pro - thank you! Oh, and it looks like they REALLY dropped the price on it now (although I'm still waiting for a nokia )

 

[HOTDON]

I'd much rather have the HTC One-X on Verizon, but if one of these can be in my hands within the month for $200, I'm not sure if it's worth waiting any longer. Verizon can't even seem to get the Incredible 4G out the door. It's clear that Samsung has more pull in the current market than HTC. By a drastic margin.

I was under the impression that the One X is not coming to Verizon. That has made many speculate that the next large screen phone from HTC won't be until the quad core LTE processors are ready.After reading about this likely being the last chance for a subsidized phone while keeping my unlimited data, I might just end up pulling the trigger on this. Do I want to spend $199 on a dual core now, or wait and probably have to spend $700 later in the year?

I have seen nothing to indicate that the One X will ever show on Verizon. Call it wishful thinking since it's the phone I want and the network I'm on. Chances are if it ever does show it'll be hacked up like the EVO 4G LTE anyway. AT&T got it right.

The unlimited data thing is less of a concern for me. In fact, the family data plan will probably save me money. I just hate the idea of waiting to see what fall brings since I've been eligible for an upgrade since Christmas. The Nexus just wasn't quite good enough to pull the trigger on. The GS3 might be.

 

[Clonehomer]

I average between 6-7 GB / month so the unlimited is a must for me. With a 2 GB plan, I'd be spending a minimum $40 extra / month. So its either grab this now subsidized, or pay full retail once the family plans are released.

 

[Ames]

I'm going to get the international one and put it on ATT. Sounds like I'll get it on Friday. I want the quad core.

 

[Cy4Patriots]

I'm going to get the international one and put it on ATT. Sounds like I'll get it on Friday. I want the quad core.

Wont work on 4G LTE, but yea.

 

[Ames]

Wont work on 4G LTE, but yea.

So I won't have LTE in Ames either way... I have LTE on both Verizon and ATT and even when I travel somewhere that has good LTE coverage like Las Vegas it doesn't do much to impress me. On a Mifi yeah I care. On a phone, I don't care. Email, weather, news, twitter, and everything I do on my phone aren't improved with 3G versus LTE. But the battery does die a whole lot faster.

 

[HOTDON]

I average between 6-7 GB / month so the unlimited is a must for me. With a 2 GB plan, I'd be spending a minimum $40 extra / month. So its either grab this now subsidized, or pay full retail once the family plans are released.

Wow. No kidding. I use Wi-Fi exclusively at home, which cuts my usage pretty drastically. Most months my wife and I don't use 2GB combined. I'd like to keep unlimited on principle, but the 4GB promotions they run would be more than enough for me. I'm hoping there is a family plan in the neighborhood of 3-4GB for around $40. That would drop my bill.

I'd rather have the quad core too since everyone else will be getting 5G before LTE goes live here....

 

[wxman1]

If the price point on U.S. Cell is $200 or less I will probably get it soon after it comes out.

 

[dmclone]

Decent stats on this phone but most of these new phones fail in one big area, battery life. Unless I have both in my hand I doubt that I notice the extra 50 ppi but you can bet that I'm going to notice the extra 5 hours of battery life. I've been very happy with the Maxx and it sounds like ICS is coming next week.

 

[hall4cy]

Looked at it specs vs my new evo. Outside of the 4g issue. I'd keep my Evo, handed down.

 

[Clonehomer]

I average between 6-7 GB / month so the unlimited is a must for me. With a 2 GB plan, I'd be spending a minimum $40 extra / month. So its either grab this now subsidized, or pay full retail once the family plans are released.

Wow. No kidding. I use Wi-Fi exclusively at home, which cuts my usage pretty drastically. Most months my wife and I don't use 2GB combined. I'd like to keep unlimited on principle, but the 4GB promotions they run would be more than enough for me. I'm hoping there is a family plan in the neighborhood of 3-4GB for around $40. That would drop my bill.I'd rather have the quad core too since everyone else will be getting 5G before LTE goes live here....

I stream radio at work which pretty much accounts for most of that. So as long as there is a way to keep unlimited, I will do it.

 

[HOTDON]

Decent stats on this phone but most of these new phones fail in one big area, battery life. Unless I have both in my hand I doubt that I notice the extra 50 ppi but you can bet that I'm going to notice the extra 5 hours of battery life. I've been very happy with the Maxx and it sounds like ICS is coming next week.

I spend 90% of my time near accessible power. My Dinc is very seldom ever below 60% battery. Give me the extra pixels!

The MAXX battery was a great strike by Motorola. Have they painted themselves into a corner though? Can they launch another flagship without that battery? I wonder if it would cost prohibitive at anything under a $300 price point. With a couple big phone launching at $200 again that might be a tough feather to keep in their cap.

 

[wxman1]

I spend 90% of my time near accessible power. My Dinc is very seldom ever below 60% battery. Give me the extra pixels!

The MAXX battery was a great strike by Motorola. Have they painted themselves into a corner though? Can they launch another flagship without that battery? I wonder if it would cost prohibitive at anything under a $300 price point. With a couple big phone launching at $200 again that might be a tough feather to keep in their cap.

This is my thought as well.all of the chargers now days are USB so it's easy to charge it overnight grab the cord or even the wall plug as well to work with you and plug it in there as needed. If you need one for the car buy a car charger or converter. My fiance and I use a converter that has normal wall plug spots as well as USB spots so we can charge laptops and other things as well as our phones all at the same time.

I would love to have batteries that lasted for more than 5-8 hours but it's not that hard to get around it either. Just remember it is a device with multiple radios in it (cell, wi-fi, GPS, Bluetooth, etc.) the more you turn on the more battery you are using.

I will take bigger advancements in other areas with slight improvements to maintain battery life.

 

[Tre4ISU]

This is my thought as well.all of the chargers now days are USB so it's easy to charge it overnight grab the cord or even the wall plug as well to work with you and plug it in there as needed. If you need one for the car buy a car charger or converter. My fiance and I use a converter that has normal wall plug spots as well as USB spots so we can charge laptops and other things as well as our phones all at the same time.

I would love to have batteries that lasted for more than 5-8 hours but it's not that hard to get around it either. Just remember it is a device with multiple radios in it (cell, wi-fi, GPS, Bluetooth, etc.) the more you turn on the more battery you are using.

I will take bigger advancements in other areas with slight improvements to maintain battery life.

See, I'm not around power all day and there are days where I have 30 calls by noon and didn't spend a minute by any power so the Maxx is for me. I actually just got them to upgrade me early for the Maxx since my Thunderbolt isn't working right and I can't find anything coming out that I would get over the Maxx in the near future, especially with ICS.

 

[cycopath25]

 

[dmclone]

I hate being plugged in

 

[Cy4Patriots]

If the price point on U.S. Cell is $200 or less I will probably get it soon after it comes out.

16GB will be 199.99 32GB will be 249.00.

Not confirmed, but with Verizon and all other carriers announcing that price, USCC would be hard not to go with those prices.

Decent stats on this phone but most of these new phones fail in one big area, battery life. Unless I have both in my hand I doubt that I notice the extra 50 ppi but you can bet that I'm going to notice the extra 5 hours of battery life. I've been very happy with the Maxx and it sounds like ICS is coming next week.

The battery is better than most. Not like the maxx, but more than most.

Looked at it specs vs my new evo. Outside of the 4g issue. I'd keep my Evo, handed down.

What Evo do you have?

 

[Ames]

I got it today. First impressions. Not sure about having a white phone. Feels faster than the GN. It's light and thin. Screen is really good. A lot of nice little touches by Samsung; usually companies just junk up phones. I'm about to root it to really get things installed and running...