Recent iPhone users who migrated to the GS3 - Favorite Features?

theraffman · Oct 9, 2012

wiz4769 said:
I had a 3gs for a couple years and like most I liked it alot, but the battery ended up going funky and I was out of space. There really are only 2 gripes I have about Android over iphone

First is using it in the car, Iphones/Ipods just work better for this, to be able to just plug into my stereo USB and it charge and play music while showing the song info and being able to control from the radio itself is the biggest thing I miss, so much so I just leave my iPod in the car for my music and dont use the S3...sad...The other thing I miss is Apptrackr ...They have every app there is for iPhones, I have never not been able to find the app I want. The Android underground is lacking on that side of things, the options like blapk and all that is pretty ghetto. Torrents are not that much of a help either. But I suppose this is a whole other thread....I pretty much love everything else and Im glad I switched

The pros out weigh the cons for sure and I will not be going back to Iphone ever. I just hope that the whole car integration thing can be improved so I can ditch the ipod...

Agreed on the car integration, my iPhone would do the same on my car audio system, display all the info etc, my androids never did, but I just connect them through blue tooth, do is not a big deal, but I did wish they had the integration that iPhones do. But that fault lies with the stereo manufacturers, there are systems that do the same and more with android, but it makes sense for manufactures to go with iPhone, seeing as they only need to work with a few devices that guarantee a large compatibility... but this will change soon.

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Sir_Brizz · Oct 9, 2012

I'm still not sold on battery life. I can't believe battery life has improved that much between the 4 and the 4S/5. With a similar usage pattern on the iPhone 4 as my GS3, the iPhone 4 tends to turn off 1-2 hours before my GS3 does. Granted, it is older. But I've never seen the iPhone 4 I have last more than 12 hours without turning off.

Meanwhile, I go 14-18 hours on my GS3 consistently. The only time I had "bad" battery life was one day where my screen on time was 5 hours. And I still got around 12 hours before I had to be plugged back in.

Sianspheric · Oct 9, 2012

The one big difference in terms of battery life that I did notice....is the amount of time it takes a GS3 to recharge.

Plugged in and charging my iPhone 4 could go from 0% to 100% with me occasionally checking it within 2 hours max. The thing recharged quite quickly.

With the same occasional usage it takes my GS3 about 4 hours or more for the same result. I don't know if the standard 2100/2200mah batteries for the GS3 are significantly bigger than iPhone 4 batteries.

But beyond the battery drainage, which can be extended or modified on either device based on closing apps and lowering brightness, etc. The recharging thing is hugely different, imo.

derberts · Oct 9, 2012

Switched to GS3 from a 4S.

Things I love about the GS3
-customizability
-screen size
-possibilities, I haven't even started using tasker, but the fact that you can install custom roms and kernels is just ridiculous
-how it plugs into your computer like a USB stick (itunes is possibly the worst program ever created, for me at least)
-being able to download music from mp3skull or other sites and have it play on any music player app
-jellybean > iOS6 all day every day
-the blacks on this SAMOLED display are superior
-notification tray where you can enable and disable wifi/bluetooth etc... (this is a big one as with the iphone you'd have to go into settings and all that)

Things I miss
-pictures seemed a bit more real on the iphone
-portability (this is a trade off really)
-compatible headsets and accessories (very few headsets with mics are compatible with the GS3)

I'm sure a I missed a lot but I can't think of them all right now.

theraffman · Oct 9, 2012

Sianspheric said:
The one big difference in terms of battery life that I did notice....is the amount of time it takes a GS3 to recharge.

Plugged in and charging my iPhone 4 could go from 0% to 100% with me occasionally checking it within 2 hours max. The thing recharged quite quickly.

With the same occasional usage it takes my GS3 about 4 hours or more for the same result. I don't know if the standard 2100/2200mah batteries for the GS3 are significantly bigger than iPhone 4 batteries.

But beyond the battery drainage, which can be extended or modified on either device based on closing apps and lowering brightness, etc. The recharging thing is hugely different, imo.

My sgs3 charges incredibly fast, usually folly charged in about 2.5hrs and never ever over heats. I can be on phone calls, watch YouTube, stream Pandora or pay games while charging and no problem. On all my iPhones it would get so hot that it would sometimes shut off and give that over heat screen... plus my previous iPhones would seem to take forever to charge.

Additionally, I believe the iPhone only has a 1400mah battery, vs the sgs3 having a 2100mah, and my sgs3 still charges faster than any iPhone I have ever owned.

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howtomen · Oct 10, 2012

For those with battery issues i felt the same way with my first android after my iphone (2 years ago) and what you have to do to get super awesome battery is find the right kernel and uv settings... it works wonders! If ur phone doesnt like uv then ur outta luck but all 3 of my androids seem to have liked it

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Nwbie07 · Oct 10, 2012

One of my favorite features is the customization of Android (Widgets, Themes etc). I am a recent iPhone fan switching over to Android. I still own a few Apple products. On the iPhone i can still customize it after Jailbreaking but the customization level is no where near as good as Android. The other attractive feature is Android phones tend to have bigger screen. Even the iPhone 5 still has a tiny screen (just taller). I want it wider.

Vanillamarble · Oct 10, 2012

I don't know why everyone is complaining about the battery life. Wih my iPhone, I would normally have to charge the thing at least once during the day. With my GS3 I can easily get through the day with 40-50% left with moderate to heavy usage. Maybe I'm just lucky or something. *knocks on wood*

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diablo009 · Oct 10, 2012

Vanillamarble said:
I don't know why everyone is complaining about the battery life. Wih my iPhone, I would normally have to charge the thing at least once during the day. With my GS3 I can easily get through the day with 40-50% left with moderate to heavy usage. Maybe I'm just lucky or something. *knocks on wood*

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This surprised me too, coming from Android phones - Captivate, Infuse, etc. I come home in the evening from work with like ~40-50% battery left with about 2-3 hours screen usage time (on auto brightness) and multiple sync accounts.

waiters · Oct 10, 2012

Some things my iphone friends get jealous of:

That we have had panoramic for a year, and we can go up/down /left right and they can only go side to side..

Widgets

Nfc (after I show them Google wallet and my nfc tags)

Live wallpapers (don't personally use them but still fun to show people)

Ability to overclock, undervolt, and under clock.

More memory (64gb mem card, I show off 50gb of music and they freak out lol)

Sharing with all applications like from gallery upload photo to fb, twitter, email, etc etc. (they have this with fb only)

And cool apps like dsploit, droidsheep, zanti etc..

And blocking of ads (which I conveniently forget to tell them they can also once jaikbroken)

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0u7br3ak · Oct 10, 2012

What's an Iphone?

Open source to rule them all...

Android is Neo in matrix.
Iphone ur just in the matrix.

deliciousqt · Oct 10, 2012

in no particular order:
1. customization
2. expandable memory
3. screen size
4. speed! (does that count? lol) i had an iphone 4 before my s3. what a difference! i

when i bought my s3, i always thought to myself that i would eventually go back to iOS, but after owing the s3 for 2 weeks, it's getting harder and harder to go back to apple.

mathewrice · Oct 10, 2012

Personal Preference

Favorite Features of the GS3:

Factory Unlocked Bootloader

Most Missed Features of the iPhone 4/4S & 5:

Aesthetics - its simply a more beautiful device

mrnovanova · Oct 11, 2012

theraffman said:
Agreed on the car integration, my iPhone would do the same on my car audio system, display all the info etc, my androids never did, but I just connect them through blue tooth, do is not a big deal, but I did wish they had the integration that iPhones do. But that fault lies with the stereo manufacturers, there are systems that do the same and more with android, but it makes sense for manufactures to go with iPhone, seeing as they only need to work with a few devices that guarantee a large compatibility... but this will change soon.

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Ok guys I have no Idea what you're all talking about the gs3 comes with avcrp 1.4 stock. I have bluetooth in both of my cars and when I play music from my phone "wirelessly" not only is the sound great but I get all the metadata track, artist, album. I NEVER got that with my Iphone 4.

---------- Post added at 11:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:12 PM ----------

I remember making ringtones on my iphone 4 how did it go again?

Choose song
open in itunes
song info
chop it down to 29 seconds
save in aac
put on desktop
make sure you can change file extensions
switch aac to mr4
open in itunes
upload to phone

10 steps

all I have to do now is longpress and set as ringtone

Imagine that!

metalhawj · Oct 11, 2012

Like: expandable memory, better emulators, capacitive buttons, nice camera, OPTIONS for different default Apps.

dislike: Apps arent built as good as in app store.
- stock UI is just garbage with so much bloatware. only tolerable with custom roms.
- For every cheap problem, there is a cheap solution, and there are plenty that come up here and there.
- S3 isnt very friendly with mac users
- MMS/SMS just plain sucks. every group message from iOS is sent as a MMS
- Love or hate for most people but I really dont like how every damn app can theme itself.
- every phone has its own rooting community.
- large screen is nice, but still a bit too big for me. slightly smaller would be perfect.

- people will flame for this buta rooted android phone is not as customizable as a jailbroken iphone.
1. a custom rom is really as far as you can go. whatever comes with the rom is what you get.
2. i dont count theming because both can do it.

this is based on my experience upgrading from iPhone 4 to S3 and how i personally use my phone.

rootyourphones · Oct 11, 2012

I love it ,how It crashes alot and battery drains.apps force close alot i specially i love how google wallet still doesn't work.my galaxy s3 is the best even it can't play nova 3, tomtom app doesn't work and i love to flash roms specially flashing recoveries just to get one rom to work.
I love it how my phone when im on a call and my screen stays black and i have to reboot all the time thats the best ever i so love it when it reboots itself i don't even have to touch a button its like magic and its the best feature on the device. I can go on and on it won best award for best worst phone ever and im proud of that.

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norbarb · Oct 11, 2012

metalhawj said:
Like: expandable memory, better emulators, capacitive buttons, nice camera, OPTIONS for different default Apps.

dislike: Apps arent built as good as in app store.
- stock UI is just garbage with so much bloatware. only tolerable with custom roms.
- For every cheap problem, there is a cheap solution, and there are plenty that come up here and there.
- S3 isnt very friendly with mac users
- MMS/SMS just plain sucks. every group message from iOS is sent as a MMS
- Love or hate for most people but I really dont like how every damn app can theme itself.
- every phone has its own rooting community.
- large screen is nice, but still a bit too big for me. slightly smaller would be perfect.

- people will flame for this buta rooted android phone is not as customizable as a jailbroken iphone.
1. a custom rom is really as far as you can go. whatever comes with the rom is what you get.
2. i dont count theming because both can do it.

this is based on my experience upgrading from iPhone 4 to S3 and how i personally use my phone.

rootyourphones said:
I love it ,how It crashes alot and battery drains.apps force close alot i specially i love how google wallet still doesn't work.my galaxy s3 is the best even it can't play nova 3, tomtom app doesn't work and i love to flash roms specially flashing recoveries just to get one rom to work.
I love it how my phone when im on a call and my screen stays black and i have to reboot all the time thats the best ever i so love it when it reboots itself i don't even have to touch a button its like magic and its the best feature on the device. I can go on and on it won best award for best worst phone ever and im proud of that.

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Why you even here ? Get back to iPhone. Why are you using something you don't like ?

jethro650 · Oct 11, 2012

norbarb said:
Why you even here ? Get back to iPhone. Why are you using something you don't like ?

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I personally have helped several iPhone converts get started on android, its a big step and a lot of differences, some people have a hard time adapting to something different. To those who dislike it put your S3 up for sale and switch back to iPhone...its all personal preference anyway. Having said that and seeing the way this thread just turned

norbarb · Oct 11, 2012

jethro650 said:
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I personally have helped several iPhone converts get started on android, its a big step and a lot of differences, some people have a hard time adapting to something different. To those who dislike it put your S3 up for sale and switch back to iPhone...its all personal preference anyway. Having said that and seeing the way this thread just turned

That whay i said. If you don't like it why bodder. Get back to iPhone.
I switch from iPhone 3gs over year ago and i personaly will never get back. I even sold my iPad 2 to get sasmung tablet : Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It is diffriend but i never complain about i try to find good things about android and now i know which is better in my opinion.

ikjadoon · Oct 11, 2012

You can download apps from your computer and they install on your phone without even touching it!

That just blew my mind in a thousand different ways.

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Go SMS Pro can appropriately thread group MMS texts. I use ChompSMS because it's sleeker...I've emailed the developer to see if they think they can support it.

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