Smart phone wars.

[Mk3 AAA]

Ok, if I get the Galaxy, blue or white? Really nice if there was a black one or metal/glass etc. (can always get a case huh)

Blue Galaxy, black gel case is ahead atm.

[Transporter]

I use only Otterbox now. Better than gell case, then the colour doesn't matter.

[rpstry]

I came from the Galaxy S - which had 2.3.4 custom ROM on it. Upgraded to the SIII surrounded by an otter case 2 weeks ago. I skipped the SII role out as I was on a 24 month contract and the step up was massive difference.

I was a little hesitant with the idea of the bigger screen and battery life - but with the 2100mah battery I can easily get a day and a bit worth of use games browsing and texting with the occasional phone call. I played around with the HTC One X and didn't like the idea of not being able to remove the battery, no expandable sd slot and I wasn't the biggest fan of the HTC sense compared to the latest Touchwizz from Samsung.

Only thing I would have liked was 4G but doesn't look like it is on the horizon until later this year from Optus.

[Mk3 AAA]

Been with Optus from 2002, they have been pretty good overall, but I walked because of the general disinterest of the store and the slightly higher price with no obvious benefit. Let's see how Vodafone goes.

Ordered a blue s3, have a grey metal back ordered already and will probably get some sort of case/ otter.

I WILL have a short bout of buyers remorse at some stage and regret not getting the iSheep, but I figured I'd mix it up.

Cheers for the suggestions, it did help, now to wait at the door for the courier like a hungry Labrador at 5:00pm that's just heard a car pull up.

[Ryan_R]

Congrats and welcome to the dark side

[Transporter]

I came from the Galaxy S - which had 2.3.4 custom ROM on it. Upgraded to the SIII surrounded by an otter case 2 weeks ago. I skipped the SII role out as I was on a 24 month contract and the step up was massive difference.

I was a little hesitant with the idea of the bigger screen and battery life - but with the 2100mah battery I can easily get a day and a bit worth of use games browsing and texting with the occasional phone call. I played around with the HTC One X and didn't like the idea of not being able to remove the battery, no expandable sd slot and I wasn't the biggest fan of the HTC sense compared to the latest Touchwizz from Samsung.

Only thing I would have liked was 4G but doesn't look like it is on the horizon until later this year from Optus.

Telstra should be 4G on S3.



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[Ryan_R]

I recall hearing it isn't 4G (yet). There is a 4G version of the S2 though.

From what I've read some Telstra branded smart-phones are pre-tuned to work better on the 850MHz frequency used by Telstra NextG so they'll have better speeds than unlocked imported phones or those from other carriers.

[rpstry]

No S3 4G atm only the S2 - Telstra have the HTC One XL on 4G but it is the dual core version not the quad.

[Alex87]

im currently running HTC velocity 4G with telstra and its the best phone ive used. Absolutely faultless and is quick. Dual core 1.5ghz with 1gig ram. 4G is epic. I get downloads at 20-28mb/s

before that i had a HTC desire for 2 years and that was faultless over the 2years i had it. Only problem with them is the battery life. 1 day max.

Samsungs feel cheap, light and plastic in your hands. Id never buy anything but a HTC from now on.

Dont even start me on iphones hahahahaha.

alex

[Ryan_R]

Nice speeds there. I don't suppose they'd go down though when more people acquire 4G devices???