What's a worthy replacement?

SUroot · May 5, 2012

All I can say is I am dropping onto a monthly "Simplicity" contract for now. I will then see what teh ascend d quad has to offer and make a decision then.

ou7shined · May 5, 2012

Hadron said:
I've ordered a new battery for my Desire, as I don't expect to retire it just yet, but have started taking interest in what's coming (which is a bad sign).

The S3 looks like a nice alternative to the One X - about the same width, I suspect the X has the better screen but removable battery and sd slot trump that. The Ascend D Quad should have a sharper screen and slightly more friendly size, and I'm still guessing it'll be cheaper. But the proof is always in the execution rather than the specs, so an waiting to see the real things first...

SUroot said:
All I can say is I am dropping onto a monthly "Simplicity" contract for now. I will then see what teh ascend d quad has to offer and make a decision then.

I feel like I'm in good company.

I'm even prepared to wait it out a few months until the deals sort themselves out too.

Nagrom · May 6, 2012

Vodafone UK taking preorders for the S3 from Friday. 11 th.
I'll be making a call then. Already told me they should be able to do a good deal.
I'm fed up with waiting for the Ascend now.

NorthernNoel · May 7, 2012

I'm bored of waiting for the Ascend too. Think I'm pretty set on the S3. It has what I need and should get a good community following.

SUroot · May 7, 2012

I'm happy to wait for the ascend. I love getting the latest and greatest tech and I am usually impatient. That said, its possible the ascend will make the One x and SGS 3 look like black plastic moulded pieces of turd so to avoid my pocket smelling, I'd prefer to wait.

It may be that pocket turd is indeed better. I'd just hate to fill it first and find out later I was too impatient.

jay_kay · May 7, 2012

I'm holding out to see what the Ascend has to offer.

Looks good and sounds like it'll be the powerhouse I want but want to make sure and see what the build quality feels like.

Jon_LTD · May 7, 2012

SUroot said:
That said, its possible the ascend will make the One x and SGS 3 look like black plastic moulded pieces of turd so to avoid my pocket smelling, I'd prefer to wait.

It may be that pocket turd is indeed better. I'd just hate to fill it first and find out later I was too impatient.

Hah!

Flumme · May 7, 2012

I'm fairly happy waiting for the Ascend too.

The biggest issue right now, though, is that my Desire is overheating (yet again) and consequently rebooting/freezing at least once a day. So off for a new mainboard, for the third time, before my two years are up...

PVT1 sucks!

Nagrom · May 7, 2012

I'm so torn.
I'm all geared up to preorder the S3, but again, my head says wait.

WHAT'S TAKING THE ASCEND SO DAMN LONG?

SUroot · May 7, 2012

Nagrom said:
I'm so torn.
I'm all geared up to preorder the S3, but again, my head says wait.

WHAT'S TAKING THE ASCEND SO DAMN LONG?

We were originally given an end of July release date.

Hadron · May 7, 2012

Flumme said:
The biggest issue right now, though, is that my Desire is overheating (yet again) and consequently rebooting/freezing at least once a day. So off for a new mainboard, for the third time, before my two years are up...

PVT1 sucks!

That is really unlucky! Mine is also PVT1, and so far has had no problems...

...and if it's going to do that, I'd appreciate it if it waited until July (out of warranty then, so would have to upgrade

).

NorthernNoel · May 8, 2012

I don't think the Ascend or S3 are going to be bad phones, they both look promising. I've been out of contract since last Oct but nothing has interested me until the S3 came along. It could have been a more difficult choice had they both been released at the same time but I think more people are going to opt for the Samsung as it got there first. Still I see the Ascend building up quite a following as well. At least there are now some choices as I was getting a little worried when the only option seemed to be a One X with a sealed battery and no sd.

Nagrom · May 9, 2012

Just been giving the Ascend one last going over, and after comparing the two, I'm afraid the GS3 trumps it in a number of departments that are very important to me.

So I think the choice has finally been made. Sad to think I'll be leaving this awesome forum, and group of people in a few weeks.

Flumme · May 9, 2012

Nagrom said:
Just been giving the Ascend one last going over, and after comparing the two, I'm afraid the GS3 trumps it in a number of departments that are very important to me.

So I think the choice has finally been made. Sad to think I'll be leaving this awesome forum, and group of people in a few weeks.

Would you mind sharing those decisive differences? Just interested how your reasoning goes, as my mind is far from made up. :thinking:

Nagrom · May 9, 2012

Flumme said:
Would you mind sharing those decisive differences? Just interested how your reasoning goes, as my mind is far from made up.

Of course.

For me Theres three main reasons.
1. Screen size. Looking forward to a screen thats a nice big size. 4.8"sounds like a sweet size.

2. Internal memory. 8 gig is pants compared to the 32 gig you can hey in the S3. Won't need an sd card for a while.
Finally battery.
The S3 tops the ascend by quite a bit..... Apart from the XL.

I would love to see some footage of games playing on the S3 though.

Andy

SUroot · May 9, 2012

Nagrom said:
Of course.

For me Theres three main reasons.
1. Screen size. Looking forward to a screen thats a nice big size. 4.8"sounds like a sweet size.

2. Internal memory. 8 gig is pants compared to the 32 gig you can hey in the S3. Won't need an sd card for a while.
Finally battery.
The S3 tops the ascend by quite a bit..... Apart from the XL.

I would love to see some footage of games playing on the S3 though.

Andy

Yes its funny how people differ. These are reasons for me NOT to get the SGS3.

1) as much as I would like a huuuuge screen, I am not very tall and my fingers are relative. Much over 4.3" would be too hard for me to manage. Sure its 5mm from 4.3 to 4.5, but its 7.5mm to 4.8" Thats a step too far for me.

2) I already have a memory card. I don't want to pay the premium prices for NAND that I won't need. I can take my media out and put things on it a number of ways that are better than USB 2.0, including a direct interface onto my motherboard

3) The battery isn't as big as the XL's. Huawei have invented voodoo-like battery saving technology too.

4) I'll see 4 SGS3's on the bus to my 1 ascend

5) The Exynos 1.4 CPU is based on ancient ARM A9 architecture. I cant even imagine it being better than the 1.5 in the One X. The US SGS3 with dual code S4 will probably be better than the Exynos

It all just seems a bit "too little, too late". I think the One X probably will have the bigger share of the Market out of the 3. Perhaps not? Who knows. There is just nothing that calls me to the SGS3.

Nagrom · May 9, 2012

Thanks Dan. I'm torn again now. I forgot the mutts nuts processor the ascend will have.

I just can't stand much more of this waiting. I'll admit the S3 is going to be as common as rain in the uk. I was all set a few hours ago.

Arse....... LOL

SUroot · May 9, 2012

Aww sorry. That wasn't my intention. And don't forget with the ascend, the proof is in the pudding and not before. the sgs3 is a safe bet. Even if its not as fast as a one x, its better.

davoid · May 9, 2012

Nagrom said:
I'll admit the S3 is going to be as common as rain in the uk.

But because of this you can bet there will be a large developer community for the phone.

pkrboo · May 9, 2012

I like the obscure and different so will wait for the ascend and then decide, and if I can wait long enough.. Happy to stick with my Desire dGB for now.

Jon_LTD · May 10, 2012

I'm in quite a good position as I've got another 4-5 months before I upgrade. Both phones should be pretty well established by then and I can have a good look at both them as well as in depth reviews. Also the dev community! But I know I'm leaning towards the SGS3! Who knows.

Hadron · May 10, 2012

Ah, in 5 month's time you'll be saying "hmm, should I go for X or wait for the Nexus Whatever?"

There's always a New Best Thing...

Nagrom · May 10, 2012

D Quad hands on.

http://m.androidcentral.com/huawei-ascend-d-quad-hands

Interesting comments about the Chinese government using Hawei products to spy on other countries LOL

Jon_LTD · May 10, 2012

Hadron said:
Ah, in 5 month's time you'll be saying "hmm, should I go for X or wait for the Nexus Whatever?"

There's always a New Best Thing...

I know what you mean, but I hope this won't be the case.... Even though Jellybean may be round the corner then!

NorthernNoel · May 10, 2012

Hadron said:
Ah, in 5 month's time you'll be saying "hmm, should I go for X or wait for the Nexus Whatever?"

There's always a New Best Thing...

That's exactly what I did! My contract ran out last October but I didn't want to buy a phone mid cycle

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