Samsung Galaxy SIII Discussion and Owners Thread

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Master Geek

#629278 23-May-2012 08:28

sidders80: won't mind if this happens here....

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_hits_dubai_a_week_early_costs_680-news-4281.php

wow i wonder why they did it.

motorwayne

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#629281 23-May-2012 08:35

Opps..OT but good: I won't be able to come and play today, off to the hospital to have a baby girl! Up all night...yay!

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#629282 23-May-2012 08:39

I will be returning mine if it has no NFC, it's one of the things I want most. Data transfer by bump to my staff!

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#629286 23-May-2012 08:44

motorwayne: Opps..OT but good: I won't be able to come and play today, off to the hospital to have a baby girl! Up all night...yay!

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Phew! Glad you're getting that out of the way before your SGSIII arrives. . . . .That could've been awkward!

Congrats!

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#629287 23-May-2012 08:45

motorwayne: Opps..OT but good: I won't be able to come and play today, off to the hospital to have a baby girl! Up all night...yay!

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Congrats mate.

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#629289 23-May-2012 08:46

networkn: Amazon has the US version for Pre-Order at $800.

It's actually not Amazon but one of it's resellers hence the high price..

Regards,

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#629296 23-May-2012 09:02

This morning's NZHerald has a Warehouse Stationery ad for the 2 degrees SIII pre-orders ($(949) taking up a third of a page. First time I have seen it in the print media. I assume it will be 16GB model and I hadn't considered that it wouldn't have NFC. Since it is with 2 degrees and they made a big thing of embracing of NFC it surely must have it.

As a long time HTC user (and current HOX owner) I'd just like to put in my 2 cents worth saying that if the SIII lives up to the hype and the preliminary reviews, it will be a great handset. Even though I dislike Touchwiz, the iteration on the SIII has some great features. I hope WS continues with a price of $949 once the pre-orders finish because that will definitely light a fire under the network operators (T2V). They already did it with the HOX by offering it $100 below the T2V pre-order price.

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#629298 23-May-2012 09:09

Dingbatt: This morning's NZHerald has a Warehouse Stationery ad for the 2 degrees SIII pre-orders ($(949) taking up a third of a page. First time I have seen it in the print media. I assume it will be 16GB model and I hadn't considered that it wouldn't have NFC. Since it is with 2 degrees and they made a big thing of embracing of NFC it surely must have it.

Speaking of that ad, I'm a little confused about the in brackets '(if purchased before the 6th June)' and then the terms and conditions stating from 17-30th of May.

Is it just the additional sim card/data offer that is restricted to 17-30 May and you can still buy the phone by itself for $949 up until June 6th?

IntegerIsNumber

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#629305 23-May-2012 09:21

motorwayne: Opps..OT but good: I won't be able to come and play today, off to the hospital to have a baby girl! Up all night...yay!

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Congratulations :)

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#629311 23-May-2012 09:27

motorwayne: Opps..OT but good: I won't be able to come and play today, off to the hospital to have a baby girl! Up all night...yay!

This one makes two, same as networkn

Awesome news, congrats dude!

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#629317 23-May-2012 09:36

Hi all. I'm trying to decide what network I should use when I get my S3. The the moment with my s2 I am on XT prepay with a Talk text data value pack and a data top up. It works fine for me and costs like $38 a month for 20 minutes, 2500 texts and about 450mb.

In Wellington the whole CBD has free wifi as does my work and uni so I don't need much data. However, when I travel around the country I am normally a little short on data as I like to tether my Transformer Prime.

Is anyone on the 2 degrees who can comment on how good their data network is? I'm thinking when I get my S3 I will go on the $39 pay monthly plan and get 220 minutes, 2500 texts, and 150mb data + 1GB bonus data for a year.
It doesn't say on their site if the bonus 1GB data is National or in the cities only. I called up and the person said it was national but I never trust what they say.

Any comments or suggestions on which network I should take my s3 to would be appreciated.

Edit: I am also planning on using Spotify so the extra data might mean I can live without buying a spotify premium account to get offline mode.

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#629327 23-May-2012 09:46

Rudder: Hi all. I'm trying to decide what network I should use when I get my S3. The the moment with my s2 I am on XT prepay with a Talk text data value pack and a data top up. It works fine for me and costs like $38 a month for 20 minutes, 2500 texts and about 450mb.

In Wellington the whole CBD has free wifi as does my work and uni so I don't need much data. However, when I travel around the country I am normally a little short on data as I like to tether my Transformer Prime.

Is anyone on the 2 degrees who can comment on how good their data network is? I'm thinking when I get my S3 I will go on the $39 pay monthly plan and get 220 minutes, 2500 texts, and 150mb data + 1GB bonus data for a year.
It doesn't say on their site if the bonus 1GB data is National or in the cities only. I called up and the person said it was national but I never trust what they say.

Any comments or suggestions on which network I should take my s3 to would be appreciated.

Edit: I am also planning on using Spotify so the extra data might mean I can live without buying a spotify premium account to get offline mode.

The 1GB is national. Only the mobile broadband zone data packs are specific to the main cities that 2Degrees cover.

When I was with 2Degrees their data network was pretty good and they have the same coverage as Vodafone. I think the only possible downside is that 2100mhz (the main frequency that Voda/2Degrees use) has worse building penetration for signal than Telecom who mainly use 850mhz.

2Degrees also have Data Sharing which is pretty cool if you have a partner that needs data or another device like a 3G stick.

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#629331 23-May-2012 09:56

Rudder: Hi all. I'm trying to decide what network I should use when I get my S3. The the moment with my s2 I am on XT prepay with a Talk text data value pack and a data top up. It works fine for me and costs like $38 a month for 20 minutes, 2500 texts and about 450mb.

In Wellington the whole CBD has free wifi as does my work and uni so I don't need much data. However, when I travel around the country I am normally a little short on data as I like to tether my Transformer Prime.

Is anyone on the 2 degrees who can comment on how good their data network is? I'm thinking when I get my S3 I will go on the $39 pay monthly plan and get 220 minutes, 2500 texts, and 150mb data + 1GB bonus data for a year.
It doesn't say on their site if the bonus 1GB data is National or in the cities only. I called up and the person said it was national but I never trust what they say.

Any comments or suggestions on which network I should take my s3 to would be appreciated.

Edit: I am also planning on using Spotify so the extra data might mean I can live without buying a spotify premium account to get offline mode.

Probably the wrong place to have this discussion but I am also wondering about plans.
If anyone can tell me what sort of thing they use their data for and how much per month I would be interested as this will be my 1st smartphone (I am on cdma and have been holding out since the S2 saying I would buy the next awesome phone).
I am in a similar situation to above, most of the time I have access to WiFi but need data for times when I am not at home/work. Probably going to go with 2Degrees $39 plan too (unless someone has a good reason not to?)

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#629335 23-May-2012 09:58

kirip:
Rudder: Hi all. I'm trying to decide what network I should use when I get my S3. The the moment with my s2 I am on XT prepay with a Talk text data value pack and a data top up. It works fine for me and costs like $38 a month for 20 minutes, 2500 texts and about 450mb.

In Wellington the whole CBD has free wifi as does my work and uni so I don't need much data. However, when I travel around the country I am normally a little short on data as I like to tether my Transformer Prime.

Is anyone on the 2 degrees who can comment on how good their data network is? I'm thinking when I get my S3 I will go on the $39 pay monthly plan and get 220 minutes, 2500 texts, and 150mb data + 1GB bonus data for a year.
It doesn't say on their site if the bonus 1GB data is National or in the cities only. I called up and the person said it was national but I never trust what they say.

Any comments or suggestions on which network I should take my s3 to would be appreciated.

Edit: I am also planning on using Spotify so the extra data might mean I can live without buying a spotify premium account to get offline mode.

Probably the wrong place to have this discussion but I am also wondering about plans.
If anyone can tell me what sort of thing they use their data for and how much per month I would be interested as this will be my 1st smartphone (I am on cdma and have been holding out since the S2 saying I would buy the next awesome phone).
I am in a similar situation to above, most of the time I have access to WiFi but need data for times when I am not at home/work. Probably going to go with 2Degrees $39 plan too (unless someone has a good reason not to?)

If you don't text a whole lot then the prepay $19 data combo from 2Degrees might be a good starting point, until you know what your usage habits are likely to be at least.

All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

avecha

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#629336 23-May-2012 10:01

fahrenheit:
Dingbatt: This morning's NZHerald has a Warehouse Stationery ad for the 2 degrees SIII pre-orders ($(949) taking up a third of a page. First time I have seen it in the print media. I assume it will be 16GB model and I hadn't considered that it wouldn't have NFC. Since it is with 2 degrees and they made a big thing of embracing of NFC it surely must have it.

Speaking of that ad, I'm a little confused about the in brackets '(if purchased before the 6th June)' and then the terms and conditions stating from 17-30th of May.

Is it just the additional sim card/data offer that is restricted to 17-30 May and you can still buy the phone by itself for $949 up until June 6th?

In store til the 30th.
Online purchase til the 6th of June.

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