Samsung Galaxy S III.. Experience

As I mentioned in my last post, I was not really happy with the Note, rather not happy with the whole idea of carrying 2 devices due to the size of the Note. Hence I was just waiting for the next best android phone to be launched and Samsung announced the Galaxy S III. It did not take me too long and I decided to buy it within the week it was launched in India.

Unboxing:
Very similar to Note,it was a very minimalistic box. Out of the box you get the Note, the charger, micro-USB cable and in-ear earphones.

Design:
Finally something which was smaller than the Note. It felt so good to get back to a single phone. Accessibility to volume keys, power key is good although as Note, the Galaxy S III also has a plastic feel to it. You will always feel it if you every owned an Iphone or a Nokia E-series.

Using the Galaxy S III:
6 months with Note was more than enough for me to know Android and get all my data and apps from Note in no time. The setup was quick and yes, S III shipped with Ice cream sandwich. The interface was also a new one, primarily due to the new Samsung UI.

I have been using the S III for 6 months now and no problems yet. Yes, the Android is a little bit buggy, have to restart it sometimes when I suddenly lose the data connectivity, or sometimes the apps stop working but its very very rare. Android offers a lot of customization options even without rooting, especially when it comes to changing the look of OS. I currently have the Nova launcher installed which gives a stock Jelly Bean look.

Oh yes, Jelly Bean 4.1 – the latest update from Google has some significant improvements. The Notification bar give more information now and even supports pinch and zoom. The unnecessary apps (bloatware) can be disabled (yes, without rooting :D). Google chrome is shipped as part of the update and is much better than the stock browser. Jelly Bean 4.1 has ensured that I need not root the phone as of yet. However, having seen the Jelly Bean 4.2 which would ship with Google Nexus 4, I can wait for the Jelly Bean 4.2 for Galaxy S III which seems to be a major update.

Apart from the small bugs and occasional restarts as with any android devices, the only complain I have is not from Google but from Samsung. After Google release an Android OS update, Samsung takes almost a quarter to customise and push the update. Thats almost when Google is ready with the next update. Otherwise I have no complains with the Galaxy S III. No need of intalling softwares like Itunes or Zune for transferring data from netbook, super fast transfers over Wifi Direct, decent 8 MP camera, decent battery life (lasts for 15-20 hrs with normal usage), option to use it as a storage device, perfect size, microSD support and a bright AMOLED screen, it seems like I won’t be upgrading my phone anytime soon.. 😀