Verizon Pre-order, Release date, and speculation thread

Lock-N-Load · Apr 17, 2012

alexander323bc said:
This is mine line of thinking. Although I do not think the the Iphone 5 will be the only premier phone for Verizon. Samsung is way to big a vendor for Verizon to pass up on the S3. Its not really a question of if Verizon will get the S3 its more of a question of what model and what specs it has. We all now how many different variations of the S2 there are. I am really thinking that if this phone is released before august it will be dual-core LTE not a quad. I think the first quad-core LTE you going to see maybe the iPhone 5. I could be wrong but it just seems to playing out this way.

Thought not in the USA.. petty positive the Huwaei has a quad core LTE friendly chip in their Ascend D quad. Just for the record.

Android26 · Apr 17, 2012

Lock-N-Load said:
It had to be thicker because of the CDMA radio in it. And the GN was/is a joke of a phone in terms of hardware (camera, radios used, etc) and quality materials (100% cheap az plastic) and the only reason it sold was ICS out of the box - and where is it now? Still waiting for updates.

Anyway, I do agree that IF it comes, not likely, VZW will F*** it up and bastardize it so much, it won't be what I believe is coming and hooked on.

Good point about the Galaxy Nexus. I was underwhelmed by its choice of hardware too. And yeah we'll see about Verizon, but you probably right on point. SGS3 really has a chance to blow all phones out of the water.

300th post.

locoandroid · Apr 23, 2012

any updates or feedback, I want this phone so bad, hopefully Big Red will b part of this deal

Lock-N-Load · Apr 25, 2012

Samsung Galaxy SIII Shows Up in AnTuTu Benchmark, Tops All Devices and Lists Full Specs – Droid Life

only possible good news from this is that it is in fact reporting a dual-core Exynos 4212 which has LTE potential and that means VZW potential. Read... "potential" mind you

xtop · Apr 25, 2012

Lock-N-Load said:
Samsung Galaxy SIII Shows Up in AnTuTu Benchmark, Tops All Devices and Lists Full Specs

Android26 · Apr 26, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3 arriving on Verizon, HTC getting a Galaxy Note competitor ready?

91Firebirder · Apr 26, 2012

I hope it does as I am anxious to get a new phone that is a "top of the line" phone. However, I am not holing my breathe as it doesn't seem VZW has a history of bring the best Samsung phones to the network, the GN being an exception.

Roze · Apr 26, 2012

Seems like this MIGHT be going to Verizon

Dual-core Galaxy S3 to be offered in some territories with Snapdragon S4 and LTE | Android Central

Lock-N-Load · May 2, 2012

more solid VZW rumors in last 24 hours as the SGS3 is showing up with some VZW ties

"Next up we have a UAProf from a Verizon page that lists out a Samsung device by the model number SCH-I535 along with some specs. If that looks familiar, it’s because the Galaxy Nexus is SCH-I515, the Charge is SCH-I510, and the original Galaxy S (Fascinate) was SCH-I500, so I535 seems likely for the “next” in line. This UAProf lists out a screen resolution of 1280

Skeeter125 · May 3, 2012

Hopefully they put some better radios in this than they used in the nexus. That is about a joke of a phone.

nyg010 · May 6, 2012

Another person here hoping for a big red release. One gripe I do have with samsung phones however is the radio is very weak, I've had over 25-30 android phones including the newest being the nexus, razr maxx, and rezound, and I must say the nexus had horrible radios and also worked a lot harder trying to get a good signal, draining battery life.

With that being said, I highly doubt the radio situation is fully resolved but I am still in to get the SG3 or Note, whichever comes out first for big red.

here is to hoping.

ben7337 · May 6, 2012

Skeeter125 said:
Hopefully they put some better radios in this than they used in the nexus. That is about a joke of a phone.

Well the MSM8960 comes with one of qualcomm's newest LTE basebands onboard. I'm not sure if radios or included with that or if each carrier adds a radio from someone else and the baseband has no affect at all, but hopefully ths GSIII will be better than the Nexus.

Also many people insult samsung phone reception. I never had any issues getting strong signal on a samsung intercept or my current samsung stratosphere. The Stratosphere holds LTE just as well as my HTC Thunderbolt, and gets better speeds, and for the signal strength that the phone does report, it reports the same strength signal as the HTC thunderbolt and as my motorola droid 2 global. People always say samsung gets weaker signal and how amazing moto is at signal strength and such, but I'm not seeing any difference here in the phones I've had.

substring · May 11, 2012

The absence of chatters or speculation about GS3 on Verizon Wireless in the past few days makes me nervous. Does anyone has any update on this topic?

Thanks.

svensett · May 12, 2012

Ben, it's not the data connection people complain about. It's the call signal strength. 2 completely different systems. Samsung has a noted history of poor phone reception with their CDMA radios. Until they figure that out, or vzn goes 100% LTE. Sammy will have a bad rap on Verizon.

kingbee13 · May 12, 2012

substring said:
The absence of chatters or speculation about GS3 on Verizon Wireless in the past few days makes me nervous. Does anyone has any update on this topic?

Thanks.

the S3 for verizon is all but confirmed at this point

Verizon’s Galaxy SIII Appears in Benchmark, Looks Again Like a Snapdragon S4 – Droid Life

ExtraCrispy · May 12, 2012

I'm sure Verizon is having internal meetings now to decide how exactly they will remove features, add bloatware, rename and delay the phone. If there's one thing you can be sure of based on history is that the Verizon version always has the most bloatware and worst features compared to e.g Sprint's version.

Sandroidfan · May 12, 2012

svensett said:
Ben, it's not the data connection people complain about. It's the call signal strength. 2 completely different systems. Samsung has a noted history of poor phone reception with their CDMA radios. Until they figure that out, or vzn goes 100% LTE. Sammy will have a bad rap on Verizon.

That's not entirely correct. I had three samsung features phones on verizon before androids came and never had any voice call/text issues. Certainly not any noticeably worse than others.

It's only some android phones using Samsung's proprietary CDMA radios instead of qualcomm radios that had some signal reception issues with verizon in fringe/weak areas. Their other smart-phones with qualcomm radios are just as good as HTC, LG. I think they will soon figure that out for their own radios too.

Skeeter125 · May 12, 2012

ExtraCrispy said:
I'm sure Verizon is having internal meetings now to decide how exactly they will remove features, add bloatware, rename and delay the phone. If there's one thing you can be sure of based on history is that the Verizon version always has the most bloatware and worst features compared to e.g Sprint's version.

Actually verizon's version of phones has the same amount of bloat its just with at&t and recently sprint, they allowed you to remove *some* of the bloat, which with ics you can hide bloat anyway so it really is a moot point anymore

substring · May 13, 2012

Sandroidfan said:
That's not entirely correct. I had three samsung features phones on verizon before androids came and never had any voice call/text issues. Certainly not any noticeably worse than others.

It's only some android phones using Samsung's proprietary CDMA radios instead of qualcomm radios that had some signal reception issues with verizon in fringe/weak areas. Their other smart-phones with qualcomm radios are just as good as HTC, LG. I think they will soon figure that out for their own radios too.

I concur. My Samsung Fascinate is 2 years old. And I never have any call quality issue.

ExtraCrispy · May 13, 2012

Skeeter125 said:
Actually verizon's version of phones has the same amount of bloat its just with at&t and recently sprint, they allowed you to remove *some* of the bloat, which with ics you can hide bloat anyway so it really is a moot point anymore

Yes you can hide the apps but they are still installed in the system partition reducing the memory available in the phone.

svensett · May 13, 2012

Sandroidfan said:
That's not entirely correct. I had three samsung features phones on verizon before androids came and never had any voice call/text issues. Certainly not any noticeably worse than others.

It's only some android phones using Samsung's proprietary CDMA radios instead of qualcomm radios that had some signal reception issues with verizon in fringe/weak areas. Their other smart-phones with qualcomm radios are just as good as HTC, LG. I think they will soon figure that out for their own radios too.

Soon? They've had this issue for years...

Not everyone lives in large metropolitan areas with 100% signal all the time. My last Samsung was a Saga that had noticeably worse phone reception that any phone I had previously and my current DX.

I followed the release of the GNex and was disappointed to see many having phone signal issues with it too. I've seen similar complaints about other Samsung smartphones released on Verizon. I will follow the release of the S3 if it comes to Verizon and hope they choose a chipset that plays nice on CDMA. I don't care how great an Android device it is. If it's not reliable as a phone, then it's worthless to me.

android.convert · May 13, 2012

svensett said:
Soon? They've had this issue for years...

Not everyone lives in large metropolitan areas with 100% signal all the time. My last Samsung was a Saga that had noticeably worse phone reception that any phone I had previously and my current DX.

I followed the release of the GNex and was disappointed to see many having phone signal issues with it too. I've seen similar complaints about other Samsung smartphones released on Verizon. I will follow the release of the S3 if it comes to Verizon and hope they choose a chipset that plays nice on CDMA. I don't care how great an Android device it is. If it's not reliable as a phone, then it's worthless to me.

Same here I am on verizon with a DX patiently waiting/wanting to upgrade. This seems like it may be the first "big phone" to hit this summer and I might pull the trigger but I have never owned a samsung before. I probably would have already bought the GNex if it wasn't for the poor batter and signal issues.

AndroidifyMe · May 13, 2012

I just want to say forget what you hear. No matter what phone comes out you will hear poor battery and signal issues. Try it yourself because every physical phone is different. I have a Gnex on Verizon and I have none of these issues. Battery was decent and got me through an entire day on moderate use. Now I get through almost 2 days with moderate use being it's rooted.

Some say they never had a Sammy phone but then go on to say I passed because it had this and that. Well, you just said you didn't have a Sammy phone, so how can you speak on something you never experienced for yourself? Not being smart but just saying. I hear the One X has great battery life. I also hear it has bad battery life, Tegra or S4. I hear the same story for both. I never owned the phone so I wouldn't know. It already comes with a 2100mah battery standard. That's juice right there. Think of your own realistic use of a phone and see if that's enough for you. Then get it in your hands and give it a week and put it through it's test and confirm for your own liking. No phone is the same physically. Yea, Sammy phones aren't made of iron, but unless you work at Home Depot or some battle ground, then tell me what phone will survive a drop from the ear on the sidewalk? No phone. It might just still function if your lucky but the screen for sure will be broken to where your reflection wouldn't look strait.

Everyone has their own personal satisfaction but I really dislike it when it's pity things, or based off what others say in reviews. Try it for yourself.

android.convert · May 13, 2012

AndroidifyMe said:
Well, you just said you didn't have a Sammy phone, so how can you speak on something you never experienced for yourself? Not being smart but just saying.......

This is EXACTLY why I am interested in this phone, having NEVER owned one I am very interested. I never said I had personal issue with a Sammy...I was just stating at this point might as well wait for the S3 as my first Sammy than to pick us the GNex is all.

nyg010 · May 15, 2012

Anyone know whats the deal with big red? Any release date rumors?

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