Hi guys.. I'm looking forward to get my first android phone.. Samsung Galay S III seems to be a tempting choice..

I have a few questions, I hope you don't mind to help me answer them

1. I heard SIII I9305 is out in singapore, is the 2GB ram worth it to go over there and buy?

2. Any chance I9305 will be released in Malaysia? I heard because it's LTE then it will only be out once LTE is established in Malaysia?

3. Samsung warranty is international or must be in the same shop/country?


Thank you in advance, now really eager to buy but still confused whether choose I9305 or I9300 >.<

Chill chill but like like like. ; D

1. Depends on the user. If you are a heavy user, then an extra GB of RAM helps, if not... how far are you grom SG?

2. NO

3. same country

is the official jb for malaysia out yet

1-for me not much of a problem either 1gb or 2gb
2-no info for its release has been heard by my fren
3a-same country warranty for sme set
3b-same shop warranty for ap set

i noticed that the s3's data usage monitor combine both 3g and wifi data usage. can onavo count monitor 3g and wifi usage separately? checked its description at google play but didnt found anything regarding this.

I think onavo only monitor data usage, for wifi usage I used data counter widget.

Thank you guys for the very fast reply

Currently, what SIII phone do you use? Do you feel the RAM is insufficient in any way? I usually install lots of apps, but I guess RAM is only play a part when multitasking?

I live in Nilai, very close to airport, but surely my wallet will take damage so I need to make sure it's worth the trouble & money


can you explain more what is SME set and AP set? sorry that I don't know ><
(edit: did some googling and found this http://pride4us.com/iqmal/ap-set-or-original/ Is original set = sme set?)



by the way.. if only same country warranty now i'm a bit hesitant to go to SG. Do Galaxy S III owners usually get problems that require them to claim warranty? or this case is very rare?

This post has been edited by the_hang_man: Oct 8 2012, 04:33 PM

SME = Samsung Malaysia electronics, which means that warranty by sme = warranty by Samsung. In another word means its original

Ap = approval products, if not mistsken la. Means those big big distributors brought in the devices, not Samsung, so warranty by those distributors instead of sme aka Samsung.

This is what I understand, So I don't think Ur sme nor Ap set can claim in sg.

Correct me if I'm wrong

Warranty. SME means it's under Samsung's warranty.

And not so sure bout AP ... but I think AP is under dealer's warranty I guess.

Whereas most AP are often considered as recon set..

I'm using i9300 .. RAM? It's quite alright for me, It's a phone (lol)



This post has been edited by IhaveNoNameOK: Oct 8 2012, 04:39 PM

why not u test both and decide for yourself? we do not have the other version so we can't conclude for you unless there's somebody over here that have 2 sets. but i highly doubt 2gb will make a difference as the processor is still the same.

and if you're a risk taker then go sg buy.. or not if u wanna avoid problem just buy sme sets.. easy as that.. all phones sure got risk of it spoiling one.. so who knows? if u read this forum u can see.. many people are happy with their sets but there are some who encounter problems also even some 1 day of use.. pls read and make the conclusion yourself. don't nanti u buy d we all kena blame.

1gb ram is okay. even when got 4, 5 apps running in the background still no lag. one thing is, you need to be a bit hardworking in killing apps and free-ing ram whenever possible. i'm used to this since i got tab 8.9 running on Honeycomb. Lags damn lot when having 3,4 apps running.

Honestly, the s3 will be a more formidable machine if it had 2gb ram. Sometimes, there is a lag when switching over from phone call to home screen. I think the darn touch wiz is the cause. Changed my launcher to nova prime and performance has improved by leaps

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Added on October 8, 2012, 4:55 pmI don't recommend constantly killing apps as the regular switching on and off is a real battery drain, as I later found out. Let android manage the memory. If memory resource is low, There is may a slight lag when android closes an older idle app for a newly opened one but once done, it's smooth.
Android's philosophy with regards to memory is that un-used memory is wasted resource which is why it does active management on its own

This post has been edited by kuntakinte: Oct 8 2012, 04:56 PM

but drink batt juice more than TW does. batt dropped 1% after 8-9 hours idling when using TW but after i started using nova, drops 2-3% for same period. i did kill TW ady when switching to nova that day.

but still tolerable.

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Added on October 8, 2012, 4:58 pmah i see. thanks bro. will cut that habit off on my s3. but on my tab, kenot help liao. very lags when open too many apps.

This post has been edited by screwedpeep: Oct 8 2012, 04:58 PM

Hmm, didn't notice the extra battery juice on nova. Maybe you had more widgets on nova than tw? As you say, an extra 2-3% of juice is tolerable for a significantly smoother and vibrant launcher

nope. even much lesser than when i was on TW. i customized my phone to have 4 pages with twicca, gmail and calendar widgets. but when i switched to nova i only have twicca widget with the same amount of folders and shortcuts as when i was on TW.

Head ups guys..Jellybean released..!!!

really?

just checked. still no OTA update. through KIES you mean?

EDIT: went to sammobile page oso still dont have Malaysia in the list.

This post has been edited by screwedpeep: Oct 8 2012, 05:15 PM

official malaysia? cause i just check software update.. nothing..

M'sia Jellybeans = November 2012