lol, people like to buy because there's a bitten apple at the back. no matter what material, they will just buy it. fyi, iphone 3g is made of hard plastic

That is not the reason why iphone does not have heat problem, its probably only for aesthetics. If it were the casing would be hot, uncomfortable to be used and to be placed in the pocket because the casing is used as a heatsink. You wouldn't want to play with a "hot" phone, do you? I do not.

Just because something looks good, doesn't mean it IS good.

Well guys, aluminium or plastic, the design and built material of S3 has been finalized. No point arguing or rant about the aluminium vs plastic.

At the end of the day, if you like S3 just buy it, if don't like then buy other phone. The whole thread is circulating regarding the built material and design and bashing instead of S3 discussion.

I can't imagine what will happened when the actual product reach the local retain shop

hi guys,

can advice if the NFC feature is in the battery itself?

thanks

chillax... this is jz some noise of the hype... let them settle down~ then only the thread will start to move quietly and effectively... where this thread only consist of the S3 users...

nope... usually its on the battery cover... so dont lost it or break it... it might cost u a hole in ur wallet..

tx for the info

but strange, for Nexus I was told the NFC is in the battery? any idea?

yup, dats why. n apple got higher profit share compare to other brands. $$$$

the battery acts as antenna

This post has been edited by game4life: May 4 2012, 06:43 PM

the NFC chip is in the phone. the NFC antenna is in the battery. same like galaxy nexus.

i see. tx for the info

btw, nothing_nth said the nfc is in the battery cover. is that the chip or antenna or not true?

ok, in this case, going to bring in NFC compatible battery for S3. tx for the input

nfc on the board la.how come on battery cover...nfc on the board n nfc antenna on the battery..

if u want rapid release update, go to htc..if u want ur phone to be high end, go for s3.

WRONG.

if you want many OFFICIAL support go to htc,you will get maybe 2 major update,

if you want many DEVELOPER support go for samsung, you will get many custom rom without hassle, sometime will surpass 2 3 major update. my S1 can get until ICS, official support will come, but always late. but there is always leak firmware to test,

BOTH is high end

if you feel adventurous go with samsung, many developer of custom roms for sure, more customization, and most hardware feature will be use to the max. leak firmware from all over the world can be flash to your phone, so if oversea get it, you will also get it. no need to wait asia support.

if you more to i dont care about latest update, i want a phone that just can be use. go for htc, you get the satisfaction of great and sleek design of the phone and also the UI of sense

This post has been edited by silentser: May 4 2012, 07:25 PM

That's why ppl root their phone. Can manually updates.
Root babe..roots..!!

You need to have both sensor/chip in order to make NFC work. In the phone and on the battery.

sorry..forgot about custom rom..really new to android..newbies like me prefer official support than custom rom..i dont even know how to customize the rom.

100% agreed with you. Tons of post in this thread is only about grumbling and whining.

that why samsung, not too care about the official update, they release unlocked bootloader, they know many developer will help develop, they just release the source code, and the base.

customize your rom, you feel satisfied for sure.

If you really need just official support then there's only one phone. Google Nexus. You'll be the first one who get any new official Android firmware updates. Fast and prompt...

not to blame them 100%, the strategy of keeping secret from samsung really get everyone thinking they will release new super phone like they never do before, they also thought this 3rd time surely samsung can get it to their head about releasing nice design phone.

if you look at htc, their phone isnt change much of the design, but still somehow you could get that feeling of attractiveness to the phone. somehow you dont feel that with the samsung official phone. even the nexus got much more attractiveness.

This post has been edited by silentser: May 4 2012, 07:36 PM