Im not talking about 5" screens (although many users do love these devices to avoid carring multiple devices). I am talking about the sweet spot of 4.5 to 4.8 in screens. They are significantly easier to read than the iphones small 3.5 or 4" screen. Iphone to me is useless primarily due to the aweful screen size. If you just make phone calls and play angry birds; its fine. If you want to be productive; the screen is too small.
Respectfully disagree. In a side-by-side test of my 4S and my S IIII, with the same screen showing in the stock browsers, the display on the S III looked yellow and somewhat washed out compared to the display on my 4S. Text was sharper on the 4S and easier to read with better contrast. The display on my iPhone 5 is even better than that.
I'm 56, and have had several eye surgeries in both eyes, so I doubt that I have any vision advantages over anyone here.
Look I enjoy spirited debate - but sometimes I really wonder with all the spec whoring and interpersonal assaults that inevitably occur wtf the point is. I mean jeez (insert troll name here) what the hell are you doing here ? You gain no traction, waste time. For what ? Really. Go home.
You've got it the wrong way around. Fandroids have been posting on APPLEinsider for months, pre-and-post-iP5 about how much better the S3 is.
But I think it shows a level of insecurity that you feel obliged to fight back.
Do BMW owners continually diss Toyotas? NO. Because they know that they possess the "Ultimate Driving Machine". It's all about holding the higher moral ground.
Jeez - exactly what I was talking about. This is an Apple user news site. Now someone chimes in about how insecure we all feel.Roflmao Hentai really - what do you hope to gain here? You're not going to achieve anything other than ..... what?
What cracks me up the most is that the Samsung S III isn't always using THEIR own processor, many of them have a Snapdragon S4. I wonder why? Maybe their own chip SUCKS and they are just putting them in some markets hoping that no one will notice the difference. What's up with that Samsung?
The international version has an Exynos processor. The version in the US uses the S4 due to incompatabilities with LTE. There is no conspiracy here.
But I think it shows a level of insecurity that you feel obliged to fight back.
Do BMW owners continually diss Toyotas? NO. Because they know that they possess the "Ultimate Driving Machine". It's all about holding the higher moral ground.
And yet, the "Toyota" owners feel a compulsion to troll "BMW" forums. While some of them claim an insecurity of "BMW" owners. You don't think there is a fair amount of hypocrisy in that situation?
Thank you for showing that you do indeed buy everything on the market, showing that you buy what you want, not necessarily what you'd actually need or be able to reasonably use.
Uh oh, now you've done it… DaHarder is posting pictures again…
Edit: What is that shiny surface that the two phones are sitting on? How come it is exactly the same color and gloss as a Sammy phone? Does Sammy sell matching Fugly tables at IKEA or something?
Untrue... The 'one on the right' is made of Polycarbonate which is an advanced thermoplastic polymer composite material, and said substrate anything but 'cheap' in either its durability or resitance to damage from impacts and extreme temperatures.
Anyway... Choice Is Nice (and I always have plenty of devices from which to choose) :-)
ROTFLMAO. So polycarbonate is now an 'advanced thermoplastic polymer composite material'?
I guess you would define 'crap' as "highly advanced fertilizer material engineered for agricultural distribution that is rich in nutrients".
In the real world, there's nothing special about polycarbonate as a material, nor would anyone with any experience in the field call it an advanced composite material. If you want to look at the durability of Samsung's phones, try this article: http://mashable.com/2012/09/24/iphone-5-galaxy-s-iii-face-off/
Wrong... It was an issue they were having with LTE compatibility with some of the US networks/carriers.
Personally... I find the S4 to be a very capable SoC, and in the US the GSIII devices come with 2gb of RAM, which makes muli-tasking much more efficient
Agreed!
What a joke, efficient multi-tasking is not a feature of the Dalvik VM. Android is seriously limited because of his Java VM.
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Originally Posted by DaHarder
Untrue... The 'one on the right' is made of Polycarbonate which is an advanced thermoplastic polymer composite material, and said substrate anything but 'cheap' in either its durability or resitance to damage from impacts and extreme temperatures.
Anyway... Choice Is Nice (and I always have plenty of devices from which to choose) :-)
Polycarbonate is a overhype word for plastic, which is the same plastic used for optical disc and the same plastic Apple has used on their old product like the original iMac and PowerMac G3-G4 case.
Polycarbonate is a overhype word for plastic, which is the same plastic used for optical disc and the same plastic Apple has used on their old product like the original iMac and PowerMac G3-G4 case.
I realize you want to take it out on DaHarder, but PC is not just an overhyped word for plastic, nor is it ordinary. It is a chemistry that's known for extreme impact resistance. It's not cheap either, a few times more expensive than acrylic, for example, even though it often looks the same. This is one of those plastics that cost more per unit volume than aluminum.
Seriously AI...where do you find these articles? Clicking on the site looks like it was put together by some high school kid in his basement! Not to mention the errors, and bias rampant in the report.
I love how they give the GS3 screen an "Excellent OLED screen" assessment when compared to the GS2 in one report, but then "Very Good OLED Screen" when compared to the iPhone 5.
How about the fact that they compare battery life at maximum brightness, even though that metric clearly gives bias to a backlit device. At maximum brightness, an LED screen is using the least amount of energy possible (because the backlight is ALWAYS on), while an OLED device is using the most amount of energy possible. How about you compare what a typical user would use if your going to put out something meaningful?
Heck, the main benefits of an OLED screen, contrast and viewing angle, are completely trivialized in this report. I particularly love the "Large Brightness Shift with Viewing Angle" assessment for the iPhone 5 that laughably gets a green coloring for the cell....ridiculous report all around
OLED has many mythical benefit on paper that fail on real world application.
1) Power consumption: While it's true OLED only use power when a pixels is light-up, energy efficiency of +2M tiny led light sources all light up is a lot less efficient than 1 backlight led, on what ever brightness you compare both screens.
2) Contrast: OLED offer undisputable pure black over LCD, but his maximum brightness is lower than LCD and offer a worst outdoors viewing experience.
3) Picture quality: Calibrating OLED screen is really hard because of his nature, OLED sub pixels tend to fade overtime and not at the same rate depending of the colour, this reduce brightness and produce colour shifts overtime. Pentile arrangement is a ugly hack to boost brightness and minimise colorshift.
4) OLED has lower lifespan, this is why the only current application of OLED screen is for disposable electronics like Cellphone and not yet on TV set and other devices.
Actually... I merely buy exacly what I want/when I want because I have the means, doing so without the slightest concern/regard for your input. ;-)
That's right, you buy everything you see regardless of if you need it or could use it. Not sure that makes your opinion worth much.
Originally Posted by DaHarder
Additionally: Find ONE Post wherein I said I 'hate Apple' - (Hint: There Isn't One).
But there are plenty of posts where you feel you have to qualify this. Almost as though you're defending something.
Originally Posted by Apple ][
Wow, they even copied the exact shade of white. That's depressing.
Originally Posted by hentaiboy
It's all about holding the higher moral ground.
I don't see Apple users going to Android forums and whining about how much Android stuff sucks. What trolls do here is the equivalent of going up to a stranger and slapping your genitalia across their bodies. They want to come to our turf, that's fine; they get to play by our rules.
*for now…
Originally Posted by JeffDM
This is one of those plastics that cost more per unit volume than aluminum.
And yet their phones are "cheaper" and get the telecoms "more" money…
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Originally Posted by DaHarder
All this nonsense about the GS III being so much larger than the iPhone 5 is just borne of ignorance (bias), with little basis in fact.
looks kinda huge, if you ask me.........
Respectfully disagree. In a side-by-side test of my 4S and my S IIII, with the same screen showing in the stock browsers, the display on the S III looked yellow and somewhat washed out compared to the display on my 4S. Text was sharper on the 4S and easier to read with better contrast. The display on my iPhone 5 is even better than that.
I'm 56, and have had several eye surgeries in both eyes, so I doubt that I have any vision advantages over anyone here.
Well... Good Thing I Didn't. :-)
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Originally Posted by DaHarder
Well... Good Thing I Didn't. :-)
Selectively quoting again, DaHarder?
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Originally Posted by DaHarder
Well... Good Thing I Didn't. :-)
And it's a good thing that most people have two eyes, so that they can see for themselves.
Hmmm... It appears that among your many other 'issues', you also have no idea what the word 'quoting' means.
Look It Up or refrain from using words you don't understand.
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Originally Posted by Macky the Macky
From the Apple vs Samscum trial we learned that the S3 wasn't selling at all like Samscum was saying it was...
Can you link to the origonal claims from samung? can never recall them giving US sales figures, or any sale figures.
I mean jeez (insert troll name here) what the hell are you doing here ?
You gain no traction, waste time. For what ?
Really. Go home.
Do BMW owners continually diss Toyotas? NO. Because they know that they possess the "Ultimate Driving Machine". It's all about holding the higher moral ground.
This is an Apple user news site. Now someone chimes in about how insecure we all feel.Roflmao
Hentai really - what do you hope to gain here?
You're not going to achieve anything other than ..... what?
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Originally Posted by DaHarder
Hmmm... It appears that among your many other 'issues', you also have no idea what the word 'quoting' means.
Look It Up or refrain from using words you don't understand.
Selectively choosing your sources again, then ;-)
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Originally Posted by drblank
What cracks me up the most is that the Samsung S III isn't always using THEIR own processor, many of them have a Snapdragon S4. I wonder why? Maybe their own chip SUCKS and they are just putting them in some markets hoping that no one will notice the difference. What's up with that Samsung?
The international version has an Exynos processor. The version in the US uses the S4 due to incompatabilities with LTE. There is no conspiracy here.
And yet, the "Toyota" owners feel a compulsion to troll "BMW" forums. While some of them claim an insecurity of "BMW" owners. You don't think there is a fair amount of hypocrisy in that situation?
Uh oh, now you've done it… DaHarder is posting pictures again…
Edit: What is that shiny surface that the two phones are sitting on? How come it is exactly the same color and gloss as a Sammy phone? Does Sammy sell matching Fugly tables at IKEA or something?
ROTFLMAO. So polycarbonate is now an 'advanced thermoplastic polymer composite material'?
I guess you would define 'crap' as "highly advanced fertilizer material engineered for agricultural distribution that is rich in nutrients".
In the real world, there's nothing special about polycarbonate as a material, nor would anyone with any experience in the field call it an advanced composite material. If you want to look at the durability of Samsung's phones, try this article:
http://mashable.com/2012/09/24/iphone-5-galaxy-s-iii-face-off/
Who would make that argument? Oh, yeah - just the Android fanboys.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaHarder
Wrong... It was an issue they were having with LTE compatibility with some of the US networks/carriers.
Personally... I find the S4 to be a very capable SoC, and in the US the GSIII devices come with 2gb of RAM, which makes muli-tasking much more efficient
Agreed!
What a joke, efficient multi-tasking is not a feature of the Dalvik VM. Android is seriously limited because of his Java VM.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaHarder
Untrue... The 'one on the right' is made of Polycarbonate which is an advanced thermoplastic polymer composite material, and said substrate anything but 'cheap' in either its durability or resitance to damage from impacts and extreme temperatures.
Anyway... Choice Is Nice (and I always have plenty of devices from which to choose) :-)
Polycarbonate is a overhype word for plastic, which is the same plastic used for optical disc and the same plastic Apple has used on their old product like the original iMac and PowerMac G3-G4 case.
I realize you want to take it out on DaHarder, but PC is not just an overhyped word for plastic, nor is it ordinary. It is a chemistry that's known for extreme impact resistance. It's not cheap either, a few times more expensive than acrylic, for example, even though it often looks the same. This is one of those plastics that cost more per unit volume than aluminum.
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Originally Posted by e_veritas
Seriously AI...where do you find these articles? Clicking on the site looks like it was put together by some high school kid in his basement! Not to mention the errors, and bias rampant in the report.
I love how they give the GS3 screen an "Excellent OLED screen" assessment when compared to the GS2 in one report, but then "Very Good OLED Screen" when compared to the iPhone 5.
How about the fact that they compare battery life at maximum brightness, even though that metric clearly gives bias to a backlit device. At maximum brightness, an LED screen is using the least amount of energy possible (because the backlight is ALWAYS on), while an OLED device is using the most amount of energy possible. How about you compare what a typical user would use if your going to put out something meaningful?
Heck, the main benefits of an OLED screen, contrast and viewing angle, are completely trivialized in this report. I particularly love the "Large Brightness Shift with Viewing Angle" assessment for the iPhone 5 that laughably gets a green coloring for the cell....ridiculous report all around
OLED has many mythical benefit on paper that fail on real world application.
1) Power consumption: While it's true OLED only use power when a pixels is light-up, energy efficiency of +2M tiny led light sources all light up is a lot less efficient than 1 backlight led, on what ever brightness you compare both screens.
2) Contrast: OLED offer undisputable pure black over LCD, but his maximum brightness is lower than LCD and offer a worst outdoors viewing experience.
3) Picture quality: Calibrating OLED screen is really hard because of his nature, OLED sub pixels tend to fade overtime and not at the same rate depending of the colour, this reduce brightness and produce colour shifts overtime. Pentile arrangement is a ugly hack to boost brightness and minimise colorshift.
4) OLED has lower lifespan, this is why the only current application of OLED screen is for disposable electronics like Cellphone and not yet on TV set and other devices.
Originally Posted by DaHarder
Actually... I merely buy exacly what I want/when I want because I have the means, doing so without the slightest concern/regard for your input. ;-)
That's right, you buy everything you see regardless of if you need it or could use it. Not sure that makes your opinion worth much.
Originally Posted by DaHarder
Additionally: Find ONE Post wherein I said I 'hate Apple' - (Hint: There Isn't One).
But there are plenty of posts where you feel you have to qualify this. Almost as though you're defending something.
Originally Posted by Apple ][
Wow, they even copied the exact shade of white. That's depressing.
Originally Posted by hentaiboy
It's all about holding the higher moral ground.
I don't see Apple users going to Android forums and whining about how much Android stuff sucks. What trolls do here is the equivalent of going up to a stranger and slapping your genitalia across their bodies. They want to come to our turf, that's fine; they get to play by our rules.
*for now…
Originally Posted by JeffDM
This is one of those plastics that cost more per unit volume than aluminum.
And yet their phones are "cheaper" and get the telecoms "more" money…
Some weird choices there, Samsung.