did anyone see this article about the iphone killer s3 ?
http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?op...n-mark&Itemid=3




will the 32gb variant be priced same as the 16gb ?


currently the s3 16gb that is available in malaysia is worth rm 18xx in the market now.

so will this newer 32gb version drop in price to rm 18xx since that is my budget :/

hm.... do u feel 16gb is enough ? from what i understand the 16gb model can also already use the expand storage slot for an extra 32gb so this is more then enough isn't it ?

Also my media files is going to be located on my 2 qnaps at home with 12tb + storage space which i should be able to stream wirelessly over the internet to watch :/


Any other specs being changed in the upcoming newer s3 model ? cpu dualcore or quadcore ? 1 or 2gb ram ? etc ?



Speaking of which, i understand that malaysia only currently supports hspa, but does the phone have the lte4g feature in it for future proofing, or not ? Because according to wiki, some variants of the s3 had omitted this feature

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 05:23 AM

i see


anyway people hoping wait for the samsung note 2, may be disappointed to know that it will come with ice cream sandwitch instead of the newer jelly bean.

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-co...eatures-1089295


so better cpu, camera, bigger display size are almost to be expected. possibly even differen storage space and ram size. but software wise, i seriously doubt it will be any better than the galaxy s3 out already.

i'm not saying note 2 won't be superior hardware wise, it most likely will, but the question is in terms of value for money bang for bucks, s3 may be more worth it i suspect (well need to wait for the price anouncement in august 2012 to be sure).

but i don't think people would be disappointed getting an S3 now :/ unless they really want a bigger screen size or slightly better camera e.g. 12mp vs 8mp

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Added on July 25, 2012, 6:43 amAnyone seen this x-ray image of the samsung s3 :} ?
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-...y-image-102682/

pretty awesome =^-^=;

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Added on July 25, 2012, 6:48 am
Source:
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/06/28/s...ly-bean-update/

I'm wondering whether the s3 with only 1gb of ram will be sufficient to use the jelly bean :/ when samsung officially releases the update for the s3 if ever.

but one thing for sure, doesn't seem like s2 may be able to use it :/ apparently.
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/07/03/s...disappointment/


jelly bean features
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-je...ghlights-98035/


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 06:49 AM

was watching this review, seems to cover almost 90% of the phone features



And this is a comparison between s voice and siri



This article is also very informative how android started up and became such a huge thing o.O; really puts into perspective and give better understanding concerning the smartphone industry/market at present

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...0214351098.html

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 08:44 AM

well thats good to hear for the s2 users :] personally though, i'm getting S3 so less risk there

may i know though, is this OS upgrade via firmware a recent new thing ? Or has the smartphone market been doing this a while ? Or does it always end having to purchase a new phone to get the newer OS ?

Because my plan for an S3 is to be future proofed, so i can upgrade the os when updates for android roll out over time.

granted that there will be stuff i am sure it isn't able to do due to lack of hardware needed, but i think it's almost got everything, although i'm a bit worried about whether the malaysia 1gb ram is sufficient for future proofing the quad core cpu is pretty decent so not too worried about that

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Added on July 25, 2012, 8:50 amBy the way guys/girls i found a very hilarious clip when asking the samsung and iphone, which is the best smartphone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cab6H-Ky980...tailpage#t=535s

It was funny what the phone answered haha...



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 08:52 AM

oh alrite :{

but one last thing though, since amoled has degradable organic component how long is the expect life time on that ?


http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/data...rix-organic.php


so although samsung s3 is better than the htc one x in terms of having a replacable battery (curious why htc didn't opt for this), but the samsung is also has an expiry on it's display which obviously is not going to be replacable either.

If the phone can physically last 5 years, i think that is a winner already

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Added on July 25, 2012, 9:01 amspeaking of which, microsoft are paying the price in market share by looking down on the potential of android.



samsung s3 vs nokia lumia 900








This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 09:04 AM

ah thx for that info

also the s3 has a very nifty feature that can detect if your present, so it will omitt the setting to auto turn off display and go into standby. It's very practical, and you increase the efficiency and life expectancy of your amoled display usage with zero annoyance of finding the phone in standby when your still using it.


I totally agree with you, however in the end, can they deliver an aluminium body at the same price ? (which i seriously doubt).

In the sense that i rather have lots of good quality features with an ok phone exterior build, vs having a nice exterior, but crappy software features, i will always choose the former but if there was a third option to offer best of both worlds but at a costlier price, i'd choose the former because you get the bang for your bucks.

i've till now used a nokia phone, so i'm very used to these plastiky builds, but that wasn't what annoyed me most about my nokia. it was mostly the lack of features in terms of software and hardware capability which made me hate that phone.

in 2012, lots of these laptops have a front side aluminium cover which makes typing on the laptop nice and cool, and yet they are still very affordable to own. but i'm skeptical whether the smartphone market will be able to offer the same thing at also a reasonable price

not to mention the design. the htc one x, has a nice aesthetic look, but without a replacable battery, seems a bit inpractical.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 09:28 AM

since i will be using maxis .... can somebody guide me how to disable the internet from the s3 from accessing via maxis, and instead connect to the internet via my linksys e4200 wireless n router that uses tmnut unifi 10mbps instead ?

any tips on how to do this ? so i can avoid that my internet usage just up my 30 ringgit prepaid monthly budget >->;



i notice in the reviews, the s3 also has some dim light feature not sure whether it auto does this in the night as well though.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 10:54 AM

just to share with others in regards to the status of the variants of the samsung galaxy sIII situation


Source:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/samsung...andt-vs-sprint/


I would like to see more reviews like this, especially from the LYN community, seeing as in the near future, there will be a new incoming S3 variant coming

i'm not against variants of the S3, but only if these changes give better hardware specs, and also making them available in our local markets, and also being easier to differentiate which one we are getting.

The malaysian market has the international model aka the GT-I9300 i believe.

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Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5874/samsung...-krait-official


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 11:25 AM

well based on the s3 international we got, the pros and cons are as follows.



malaysia international s3

pro:
- has quad core cpu (Samsung Exynos 4 Quad @ 1.4 GHz)
- has more storage space support options. 16 / 32 / 64 GB NAND, microSD


con:
- only has 1 GB ram
- HSPA+ 21.1 (Intel XMM6262). meaning that the LTE 4g feature is missing. however considering Malaysia only support hspa to begin with, so it's not like your losing anything based on the current situation, but i consider this a con in regards to future proofing, because when malaysia does have 4g, your device won't have the hardware to support it interesting to note that HSPA+ is capped at 21 Mbit/s network speed, whereas LTE 4g is maxed out at 100 Mbit/s. To put things into perspective, malaysia's unifi 10 mbps = 1.2 Mbit/s, and the unifi 20 mbps is 2.4 Mbit/s. if your interested to know more about hspa + vs lte 4g, then this article over at engadget does a really good job explaining it.


other variants

pro:
- most non international variants have the LTE 4g. the benefits of this is as explained above. however another lyn member did mention that even if your device does have lte 4g, and malaysia does in the future provide 4g, it may not necessarily work because of incompatible hardware. so more research needs to be done in that regard.


cons:
- fewer storage space options. 16 / 32 GB NAND, microSD
- has a dual core cpu ( Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 @ 1.5 GHz). you will need to check the reviews online comparing the cpu benchmark, but i would think that quad core cpu makes processing 1080p/720p much more efficient and better.


there are also physical differences in terms of features such as the screenshot below, but i'm not going to get into that, but if your interested to read more then go to this at&t vs sprint engadget comparison review. The malaysia S3 should look like the one on the right i believe




another thing is the google wallet only found in either the sprint variant, or an unlocked international s3 that is rooted.
http://blog.tekkidd.com/2012/07/howto-inst...xy-s3-sgh-i747/



If i had to say which variant is the best, i would probably say the south korean SHV-E210K/L/S assuming that the 4g lte would work in malaysia in the future. the only difference between the malaysian and sk version other than the lte 4g, is also that the sk has 2gb vs the malaysian 1gb ram.

however i don't know the price difference between the 2 and that + availability is really what the consumer is going to be looking at seeing the difference between the sk and malaysia version is almost trivial ;x

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 12:07 PM

how to unlock your s3 international GT-I9300
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...simunlock&hl=en



is there any cons for unlocking the phone ?

the reason why i want an unlocked s3 is so i can download and use the google wallet in the future



another utube explaining why some s3 is dual core and quad core





4G Speed Test (LTE vs HSPA+ or AT&T vs T Mobile) on Samsung Galaxy S3


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 12:53 PM

i also would like to know

another thing i would like to know, if i use these custom roms, are there any cons ? like will i lose other samsung features in the process ?

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 12:47 PM

Why use custom roms ?
Stock Samsung Galaxy S III kernel is good. However, using tweaked and optimised custom kernel for Samsung Galaxy S3 is better. It improves overall performance and has lot of features that can’t be found on stock kernel.

For example, root access, insecure adb, custom boot animation support, overclocking, undervolting voltage control, multiple tweaked CPU governors, GPU overclocking, I/O tweaks, automatic backup of EFS partition, NTFS USB driver support and other more… So here are the top best custom kernels for Samsung Galaxy S3 that you can try.


popular roms as pointed out by xeactorZ

CheckROM EvoHD
http://checkrom.com/
http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/07/10/downloa...sung-galaxy-s3/


Omega
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663656


wanamlite
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705866


cyanogenmod
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/


Guide how to root to be able to install custom roms
http://www.android.gs/root-galaxy-s3-xxale...nsecure-kernel/


how to increase the Data Storage on the International Galaxy S III
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/incr...l-galaxy-s-iii/

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 01:45 PM

as i suspected some features from the original stock firmware are gone

Cynogenmod 10


the cm10 uses the bare minimum of the latest jelly bean, and that is awesome.

However the one thing i hated was losing lots of the awesome features from stock like smart touch, like putting phone down etc ....

also i don't think the digital camera had that nice multi shot, and select the best one to keep.


so my question is, which rom updates to jelly bean, can install/remove apps/bloatware, and has very minimal lost of features (especially the awesome ones) ?

actually i found some info regarding what i need


Source:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/want...s-galaxy-s-iii/



This is exactly the thing i need, a balance between adding onto the phone with jelly bean goodness, while retaining the good things about the stock

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 02:07 PM

oh i didn't know this. thx for the info


By the way i've been looking at other mods such as the wanan lite
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705866


do you know if the WanamLite has the good features from the samsung stock, e.g. like gestures ?







also what is your recommendation for a custom rom for the s3 ?


from what i've seen so far ...

cm10 - has the latest jelly bean, and uses 100% jelly bean features. cons however is missing lots of stock samsung features especially like gestures from the touchwiz 5. is a preview rom, as not all features have been fixed for a stable release just yet.

cm9 - has access to touchwiz 5 features ? and stable.

WanamLite - features seem to be good, and they did remove bloatware which is awesome. not quite sure if they retained the stock goodness of the s3 though

wah .... i just assumed it would use the latest touchwiz 5


does it have the touch wiz 5 gestures ?

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 25 2012, 02:50 PM

thx for the review. good info there :/

until cm10 becomes more stable i think i will pass on that.

leaning now more to wanam

by the way with that wanam, does it retain the camera features like shooting a picture and you get 20 pictures to choose the best one from as well as some other special ones such as...
http://trickvilla.com/2012/samsung-galaxy-s3-smart-features/