True. For me it's a give and take situation. I can bare with non-removable battery as long as the capacity is large enough but without expandable memory is really a no go. Used HOX with 32gb storage before and the limited space is killing me. But it's just me.

Those day I really like metal casing but premium material is nice to hold yet difficult to take care. It's very very prone to scratches (for metal) or break (for glass). In order to protect it we will always snap a casing with it. So I was thinking what is the point of the premium body if I can't show. So end up I prefer to have a good and solid phone + wide variety of nice casing with good protection.

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Oh man..the counting down is killing. Samsung is really the only company that really knows how to keep their device under the carpet without much info leaked..

Agree..hopefully by the time, most of the casing will be starting to roll out, especially UAG

Same here bro..hopefully lte 32gb version will be available during launch and don't hv to wait for another month..

Yup, that's what was being speculated for now. Have to wait till launching only we can know for sure. Hopefully when 32gb is the base standard, we can have the 64gb version available for local market by SME

Well I intended to store all those media content into da 64gb memory card..da internal storage jz left it for games and apps

New leaked image of Note III

Seems like the design now is really more towards GS2..quite like the bricky and block design

I hope they at least could change the hyper glaze finishing. I prefer the touch of GS2

I'm quite agree to this. Based on GS3 wallpaper, it is going according to their nature ux theme and GS4 is based on their life companion theme..I'm wondering if those is the indeed the wallpaper of GN3, then I hv the impression that its theme is about art painting..well 5 more days to go for us to have the full info..

Side line a bit..seems Loke this Galaxy Note 12.2 might be coming together with GN3



Galaxy Note 12.2

This design seems better than my current Note 10.1..quite nice and sleek looking

Agree. After reading all the post, especially those by aspire2oo6, I wish to make some comment.

Although all this while I dislike iOS, but I do acknowledge it pros over Android. For my friends who doesn't like to / have no knowledge in customizing, I always advice them to get iPhone instead of Android as it is easy for them to use and the learning curve is not too steep and the apps support is much better than WP. But the restriction in iOS will never make me to choose an i product anytime for the time being.

Android ever since JB is pretty lag free, thanks to the project butter. Most of the time it's only the OEM launcher that slow it down, just a bit. A simple tweaking, even without rooting can solve all the issue by installing 3rd party launcher, which is free and highly customisable, like Nova or Apex. If you have the time and interest to learn about rooting, basically an Android device is more like a pocketable simplified laptop which you can do ALMOST everything with your device.

As for iOS vs Android there are already plenty of article and discussion if you google about it and we don't have to waste our time debating here. But associating rich and powerful people with iOS is not accurate. Most rich and high profile people are busy and they don't have time to play with their phone, hence they choose the easiest phone to use. I'm working in an MNC company, and most of the top management and expatriate they use iPhone for email and callign purpose. But during holiday and weekend, they always toy around with their Android devices.

In conclusion, there is no single best OS for the time being now. Just choose which OS work best for you and invest your resource and time in it.

This post has been edited by WiLyi: Sep 2 2013, 09:21 AM

3 more days to go..hopefully we will be able to get it by end of this month

Samsung IFA teaser video...designed by ALIEN??

This post has been edited by WiLyi: Sep 2 2013, 05:00 PM

Hmm..if judge from this picture, it seems like there will be a thick bezel around the screen. Based on the leaked image, the bezel should be 2.2mm thick

New rumors while counting down to the official launching.

Note III might feature finger print sensor

Can't be sure, but I recall Samsung ditched the rumors about finger print sensor in Note 3, unless that was just to hide the info and wanted to create some hype towards Note 3

Agree..stability and reliability are most important. Those day I'm very particular on built material as I'm seriously liking metal body. However I realized we always snap a case to our phone, so no matter how beautiful the phone is, most important "beautiful" elements depends on the case. Now for me, besides reliability and stability, developer support and OEM updates are crucial for me in choosing a smartphone. Although Samsung is not known of fast and speedy updates, but at least most of the flagship device still receive android updates compared to the other manufacturer.

Not that I don't like good design phones with good reliability and stability, but there are things you have to trade off.

HTC - it has been bashed for few years due to lacking of new design from Desire to DHD to Sensation and all the way to One X. I have both DHD and One X and the build quality is top notch (metal and unibody poly-carbonate) and doesn't look cheap but still there are people dislike it. Then it comes the One which capture everyone's attention and everyone wow about it and I love it on first sight. But due to the unibody design, it lacks of expandable memory and removable battery.

Sony - whole front and back panel with glass coupled with water and dust resistance which is also a very pretty looking device. However there is no removable battery again and the flaps that cover the ports are flimsy and prone to wear and tear. Glass panel is easy to break if you fall it. Glass and metal panels are heavier too where nowadays 5 inch display is going to be a norm.

Samsung - it retains all the removable battery and expandable storage but made of plastic. I come to think that many dislike it is because the type of plastic used and the curve design it used on S3 and S4. There are many people like S2 design and the type of plastic used in S2 is very nice as well. I believe if Samsung change the type of plastic used then it should be fine.

Of course there are many materials can be considered by Samsung and I love to see the change Samsung might employed but for now (and for me) I don't see the issue in Samsung and all my phone I will put on a casing so for me, Nice Looking Phone vs Nice Looking and Widely Available Casing, I will always go for the latter one.

This post has been edited by WiLyi: Sep 4 2013, 09:02 AM

Should be midnight 1am