thats what it looks like, dont know the size. paid for a 'bulk' packaged one so save as much money as i could
I have the Arkon one with the flexible tube. So far it's annoying because I end up moving the position of the mount every time I take the phone out. I can see how that ball joint will loosen up after a short time. It also shakes on slight bumps compared to my specific HTC Incredible mount, and I thought that was shaky. Might have to try one of the other ones without the tube and one with the slim or mega grip.
That doesn't sound right. They have excellent customer service, you should try calling them; they'll probably send you a new one for free.
No idea, I haven't bought anything yet just a few things I found.
Yea I know, but that was because other descriptions including samsungs own website didn't mention the usb connector. I was just reaching and hoping beyond hope that perhaps it really did and we were just wrong
Sorry for not seeing this sooner, I took a bit of a break.
At this point I'm back to having an ugly ass metal flange sticking out of my dash just waiting for somebody to make something that works.
Sorry for not seeing this sooner, I took a bit of a break.
To be honest with you, I never even tried it. As soon as I tried to put my phone in the first time, the mount went back in the box and back to AT&T. I feel like I should have been more vocal about it, because it really does not fit. You have to force it in, and I just was not comfortable with that as a long term solution.
Samsung really needs to step up to the plate here. It's not rocket science. I bought four S3s for my family in large part because I knew this would be the most popular phone to come along in a long time and I assumed that meant Samsung and the aftermarket would take the accessory situation seriously. I rely heavily on my phone to run my business and when it comes to day-to-day usability, the phone itself is only half the equation. So far I've been pretty disappointed, but I guess I have no one to blame but myself for assuming.
As an aside...
Apple has never gotten a penny of money out of me, and I really disagree with many of their philosophies, but I'm seriously thinking about switching. I'm almost willing to put up with their BS so I can have some accessories that work. I love Android, but there truly are advantages to having a fairly homogenous hardware platform like the iOS devices. If there was one thing I could change about Android, I'd go back to day 1 and have Google mandate a common connector and position thereof. MicroUSB is fine, but if it was in the same place on all devices, it would be a lot easier to design accessories.
This sort of thing just shouldn't fly anymore.
I agree, it complicates things, but if Google had said from the beginning, "Put your USB ports on the bottom centered on the device, X MM from the back plane and parallel to it," we might have a ton of accessories that would much more usable. All the manufacturers would have to do is make a cheap little insert for each new device. Certainly this is an oversimplification and I realize Google doesn't really have the authority to decree something like that, but putting their weight behind a universal standard couldn't have hurt.This is exactly why the iPhone has been stuck with a 3.5" screen forever. BTW, the iPhone 5 is using the micro usb connector. Wonder what that's going to do to all the loyalists that are planning on using their existing accessories.
I dremeled my infuse 4g dock to make the fit slightly less tight. Did more on the bottom inside corners so the the connector closes now without having to do that light press on the bottom of the phone.
The KiDiGi dock I posted earlier looks like it might work well in landscape. I found a youtube review of the dock but for a different phone and there's a pad on the back that applies just enough pressure to keep the phone from sliding when in landscape.
But no matter what, none of the current solutions is as good as a DX Motorola car mount. Really going to miss that
You're right, I certainly don't expect any 3rd party accessory maker to put much effort into designing parts for a phone that might sell what, 1/100 as many as an iPhone? But I sense an opportunity for accessory makers and Samsung to take it to the next level with the S3, but so far they've all been pretty slow.
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