Appropriate Abbreviation

bander68 · Oct 12, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3 = SGS3
Galaxy S3 = GS3
Samsung Galaxy 3 = SG3

OK, which one is it? I know it's stupid, but I keep seeing all of them all over this forum...which one is it?

I think I might just start calling it the MPIBTYP. My Phone Is Better Than Your Phone!

Brian706 · Oct 13, 2012

I think they are all the same. The full name would be samsung galaxy s3. The others are just people calling it slightly different names but talking about the same device.

Although I like your name better. Even though I know you mean better than every phone except mine

StarScream2109 · Oct 13, 2012

Brian706 said:
I think they are all the same. The full name would be samsung galaxy s3. The others are just people calling it slightly different names but talking about the same device.

Although I like your name better. Even though I know you mean better than every phone except mine

Correct

all are the same just referred to by different names

johnnylighton · Oct 13, 2012

I just call it the S3. It very popular, so I think that's what people naturally think of when you refer to a phone that way.

GoldenDiamond · Oct 13, 2012

water, ice and water vapour are all H2O.

cheers

john_g · Oct 13, 2012

For people who know: S3
For people who think they know: Galaxy S3
For people who don't know: Samsung Galaxy S3

Weren't you tempted to call this thread "App Abb"? Although that could be confusing as it's not about apps, so maybe "Approp Abbrev"?

Gearu · Oct 13, 2012

Yeah S2 won out for the previous model.

EarlyMon · Oct 13, 2012

I've always used SGS2 and SGS3 so you can mix those in where discussions include processors.

Someone here talked about his S4 phone and a lot of people jumped down his throat for no such thing. He meant of course his USA SGS3 using the S4 processor.

YMMV.

JunBringer · Oct 13, 2012

Try having a Samsung Galaxy Note or Samsung Galaxy Nexus then we can talk

SGN <----see what I mean?

lennydude · Oct 13, 2012

When you boot the phone (AT&T) it shows us "Samsung Galaxy S III" so an abeviation of that should be (in my opinion at least) SGSIII................

Not quite sure where the number 3 comes from.................lol

EarlyMon · Oct 13, 2012

lennydude said:
When you boot the phone (AT&T) it shows us "Samsung Galaxy S III" so an abeviation of that should be (in my opinion at least) SGSIII................

Not quite sure where the number 3 comes from.................lol

SGS3 is faster to type.

Rolo42 · Oct 14, 2012

lennydude beat me to it: SIII for purists and there's no need to specify "Samsung" or "Galaxy" since nobody else makes them and the S depicts a two-arm spiral galaxy.

Abbreviations, well, abbreviate and S3 is the shortest (isn't the the whole point?), therefore anything other than "S3" undermines the purpose by being inefficient.

Exception:

<-- When you want "SIII" to take up an entire line for formatting

scooter1942 · Oct 15, 2012

Rolo42 said:
the S depicts a two-arm spiral galaxy.

dunno why i never picked up on this...

EarlyMon · Oct 15, 2012

I need you cats to explain the cosmology of the Samsung Galaxy R and the Galaxy W.

lennydude · Oct 15, 2012

This should be good

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