Certified Human

congrats....
but why the thread title???

Galaxy S3 tagline - 'Designed for Humans'

Congrats

Review please

eggman said:

Galaxy S3 tagline - 'Designed for Humans'

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haha...
reveiw is in order....@!!

Thanks for reminding my humanity.

Btw show some shanghai pics soon.

Faun said:

Thanks for reminding my humanity.

Btw show some shanghai pics soon.

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You will have to wait for a month till I return

I will post my initial impressions and review soon guys. I just want to use it for sometime before reviewing it.

lol congrats mate
waiting eagerly for some great pics now

Congrats

congrats, do post a review and if possible show the games on it

I've been using the cell extensively from morning. Here is a short review:

Looks: Personally I find that the phone looks Good. It's not bad, but it's not mind blowingly awesome either. It's pretty good, but lacks the premium look. HTC One X (which I've seen in a show room) more premium than this.The blue color does look better than White for sure.

Feel: For me 4.8 is a bit too big for a phone, 4.3 is perfect for me. So this phone does look a bit big . Having said that, they have done a great job of minimizing waste space (*cough* Xperia S *cough* ). It's very light,pocketable and its easy to hold. One handed operation is easy. However I always have to be extra careful, since the grip isn't 100% on the cell and it can be easily dropped. The slippery surface doesn't help much either. But otherwise it's a pleasure to hold it.

Display: ​The phone more than makes up for it looks with the awesome display. It looks stunningly beautiful. The display is big and gorgeous .
I was very worried about the reported pink tint on blue model, but luckily I haven't got it. I checked it from all angles in dark condition and there is no issue.
Saw some HD movie trailers and looks amazing. The colors are vivid and very impressive.
Very happy.

Camera: You can judge them yourself. Few pics I have taken:
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All of them are on standard setting, without any adjustment. There are of course many fancy setting that can be done, but I am yet to explore it.

I'm impressed. I've taken few videos, and I have no complaints on them.

Performance:The stock TouchWiz UI is quite good, but I liked the minimalistic look of GoLauncher Pro. I've been using that and everything just flies. No lag watsoever.
The browsing on WiFi is great and super fast. Page loads quickly and there is no issue here for me. I've yet to play games like GTA 3 or Shadow gun , so can't comment on that yet.

Call Quality: Clear and loud. There is an EQ for voice quality too, but I don't know how much it'll help. It's quite good by default.
Battery: I've done a great amount of browsing today on WiFi and 3G and here is the stat:

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I don't know if it's good or not according to android standard. You guys tell me

Bonus: You get 48GB dropbox free with this phone. Plus 3g plan ( #3GB FUP) for 2 months for vodafone users.

Overall impression till now:Very Satisfied with the purchase. A Bit overpriced, but then there is nothing like this on the market .

Is that 48GB for lifetime ?

Faun said:

Is that 48GB for lifetime ?

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2 years

*www.dropbox.com/help/297

Faun said:

Is that 48GB for lifetime ?

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This is what i got

Hi Eggman,

Congrats on becoming a Dropbox Guru! We've awarded you 48 GB of bonus space for the next 24 months! You now have 50.25 GB on Dropbox. To get even more space, check out our upgrade options.

Thanks again for supercharging your Samsung device with Dropbox!

Enjoy,
- The Dropbox Team

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I like those momos.

mrintech said:

2 years

*www.dropbox.com/help/297

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eggman said:

This is what i got

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Still pretty cool.

Congratz man. Awesome piece.

Congrats!!

Congratulation Eggman.
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Congrats,lol @certified human

Congrats for the new phone!!
Please tell me some cons you faced yet?

A human phone with android. funny!
Anyways congrats!

So I played with the S-Voice today. Here is a short overview.

First I told it to tell the current time. Did perfectly.
Then told it to show the time in Dubai. Did perfectly.
Told it to set an alarm for 6am. Did it perfectly.

Then I told it to ' Send a Message to Yashwanth that he's an idiot'. Surprisingly, it recognized it and typed it correctly.
The thing to remember is that you have to say it in one go. If you stop to think about the message, then it won't work . Since it sends the data as soon as the voice input stops.
Nevertheless it was ok, if not practical for long messages.

Then I told it to 'Play me some songs'.
It game a list of songs to play. However , I can't click a song on the list, I have to 'tell' it the name of the song. I found it awkward since selecting of the list would be better. Not to mention speaking the names of hindi songs would not work perfectly.

Now the best part. I first told it to 'Take a pic'. It didn't work. Then i said it even more slowly , it didn't work either. Here is what it recognized it as:
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Really an epic fail on it's side. I couldn't stop laughing.

Then I told it to 'Take a Picture' . It said this:
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Then I told it to 'Open Camera', then finally it worked.

No excuse for this though:
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Overall I think it's Ok, but needs a lot of work. It's not of much practical use right now.
However S-Voice has no personality of it's own unlike maybe Siri. After all it's Android.

And here is a pic taken at a very dark environment :
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^^it's the signs to buy premium. Then it can recognize "take a pic".

I think it works better with US accent.

eggman said:

Galaxy S3 tagline - 'Designed for Humans'

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ya designed for humans if S3 would not be launched the i should sugested FOR pure view 808 for 33k but S3 is best. I personally hate android but love S III and congrats

Congrats

Hmmm, S3 is not tested properly. Even egg people are using it now.

Congrats, and you have written a small but unbaised and good review.

rhitwick said:

Hmmm, S3 is not tested properly. Even egg people are using it now.

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Lol

Dude congrats on the amazing phone. I used the phone yesterday for the 1st time and it felt real light and good. Now my dad was thinking about buying one but after having used the phone in my sig for the last few months I was like "pay 38k for this tiny li'l piece of ehem.. phone?? No way!!"

I'm not trying to demean you or anything but if anyone is considering to buy this phone, try the Note 1st. If you like it, buy it. There's literally negligible difference between these two phones(quad core instead of dual core which in regular day to day usage WILL NOT make any difference, try it yourself but make sure that the Note is upgraded to ICS). Now if you'd desperately like to spend 38-40k then wait till Diwali when the Note 2 will be available.

Again no offence is meant to you eggman on your purchase decision. I just posted what I thought

congrats mate!!!