Comments on: Excellent Performance Still Makes Samsung Galaxy S3 Competitive with Current Smartphones

By: Droidy

Droidy — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:50:34 +0000

My s3 is at least 2 1/2 years old (typing this post on it in fact.) I am loathe to “upgrade” as I Qi charge, have microSD and my s3 still takes nice landscape photos and is still functioning pretty well! If it locks up, I pop the battery out and then it’s fine.

I am not convinced I need a new phone!

By: Ritesh

Ritesh — Wed, 27 May 2015 00:27:11 +0000

This phone has a good look, that’s the main attraction, and 4.7 lcd is enough, big screen is not that good while using with single hand.

I miss my s3.

By: kent

kent — Tue, 26 May 2015 11:06:07 +0000

I just upgraded from a used Sprint Galaxy 2 on FreedomPop Wireless to a Galaxy 3 on StraightTalk using Verizon 4G LTE. The Galaxy 2 was fast enough ( in 2015), but FreedomPop’s free VOIP service wasn’t quite good enough to use the phone professionally.

I upgraded to 4G and the galaxy S3 for $120, got a 7200mAH (Zerolemon battery), which makes the phone about 0.65″ thick. This thickness is substantial and makes the phone easier to hold.

This phone does everything, is impressively fast, and now lasts 4-6 days per charge. The one downside is my refurbished phone came boot locked to 4.4.2, which means (at this time) there are only 2 de-bloated 4.4.2 roms available and its unlikely I can upgrade to a newer Android due to VZW’s lock down.

Everyone should roll their own phone and use an MVNO on ATT or VZW at half the price. GS3 is a perfect device to do this.

By: keleb

keleb — Mon, 25 May 2015 18:36:22 +0000

I have owned a refurbished S3 for over 6 months and it is as powerful as my HP computer which has Win 7 and 8gb memory.
The S3 now has Android 4.4.2 and is as fast as most cell phones my friends have.
I purchased a 4800mAh thin battery [same size as the original 2100mAh] and it lasts about 20 hours [I am not a heavy user].
I have dropped it a few times, but not on concrete, so it is still looking great. I do use a screen protector even though the glass is tough.
I won’t be getting a new phone for a long time.