One thing that I do not like on S3 is > Test display on the Icons, browser and in general is not as sharp as Iphone. I think Samsung got a bit of ways before the text clarity is what Iphone has.
One thing that I do not like on S3 is > Test display on the Icons, browser and in general is not as sharp as Iphone. I think Samsung got a bit of ways before the text clarity is what Iphone has.
One thing that I do not like on S3 is > Test display on the Icons, browser and in general is not as sharp as Iphone. I think Samsung got a bit of ways before the text clarity is what Iphone has.
Have you tried a different font? I'm using Coolvetica and it's great; much clearer than the stock. Just find the apk, install it, then go to Display -> Font Style. I don't even think root is required!
~Ibrahim~
My favorite feature is that ANYTHING is possible. No need for jailbreaking. It's overly simplified in statement, but overtly true. (also AOKP is amazing in every way)Hi guys.
So it seems like a number of people here have recently migrated over from iPhone, just curious what are your all favorite features/apps since you switched over.
I used an iPhone 3 from 2008-2010 and then an iPhone 4 from 2008-Sept 2012. I was jailbroken on those devices but still pretty blown away by many Android functions. I loved loved loved my iPhone when I first got one, back in the day they were so damned ahead of the curve, but over time HTC/Samsung has caught up and they are no longer making truly impressive devices worthy of me overpaying for them, and to have the Nanny state of Apple telling me what apps I am capable of using. Those are the main reasons I made the switch. Although I still kind of miss the smaller size of my iPhone.
ANYWAYYYYS....things I love since I made the switch:
1. TORRENTS! You could never ever get a Torrent application from the Apple App Store. I use "adownloaded" via the Google Play Store. I love mainly the ability to switch between various torrent trackers and even grab torrents from some of the private torrent sites I use (ones for music / video). If I feel like listening to some old album I don't have on my PC at home, simple just grab the torrent. Forgot to DL the new Boardwalk Empire, just grab it off a tracker via Adownloader.
2. Power management options. Having an app to turn off power hog features (wifi, mobile data, gps, etc) when the screen is turned off and then booting them all back up quickly when I turn the screen back on. I use "Go Power Master" for this and love it. You don't need to be rooted to do it either.
3. Themes / visual customization. Animated backgrounds, etc. Some of those things were available to jailbroken (and JB saavy) iPhone users but it was extreeemly buggy and problematic when I tried to mess with visual display customization with my jailbroken iPhones. Here its entirely simple to do for non-root and root users.
4. Battery replacement / external memory. Bought 2 extra batteries and an external battery charger off ebay for only $20 all included. Yes maybe that's a testament to the...not so amazing battery life of the GS3, but I still love the option of having extra 100% charged batteries at home and in the office in case I forget to charge my GS3. Down to 10% and no time to charge? Pull off the ottebox and throw another battery in. Also love the external memory, bought a 32GB micro SD as soon as I got my GS3. Blows my mind that Apple charges $100 extra to go from 16gb to 32gb and to 64gb (when it's been proven online it only costs them $10 to raise the memory....a 90% margin customers have to pay....retarded. A lot of my iPhone devotee friends would just tell me to get the 16gb and keep all my extra music/movies "in the cloud". Fuuuuuuck that. Why blow my wireless data plan constantly DLing albums from my Cloud account rather than just having a phone with a decent amount of memory.
5. Video playback. GS3 has flawlessly played everything I've thrown at it, without any conversion. AVI's / XVID / X264 / MKV / VOB, MP4, alll of it. It's a far far cry from trying to get any bloody files to play on the iPhone, iTunes was so prickly with formats that even many .MP4's I downloaded wouldnt sync properly with iPhone. It was a major pain in the ass to throw videos on the iPhone because so many would require conversion. Even the third party apps in the app store that could play SOME AVI/XVID would get buggy and be unable to play back 50% of anything I threw at it.
I have an iPhone4S for work and S3 as my personal. It's rare that the iPhone gets used as anything other than a drink coaster simply because it's doesn't do enough.
While there's nothing wrong with the iPhone, iOS or the hardware (in fact, it's all very neat and clean), it's boring and bland if you're like me because I just need customization.
Principly speaking -as a consumer- I don't appreciate having what I want or need dictated to me through the product I'm buying, but again beyond that I just find iOS to be blah.
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Admittedly, the slowdown and lag with Jellybean isn't as a common issue, but if you have it as I do it is very annoying. I will probably root after the warranty expires and possibly and hopefully that will fix the heat and slight lag issue.