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Posted: 2013-04-27 13:35:13
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rickster2kuk Posts: > 500
Lucky you Tsepz - many of us in the UK have to wait another week.
Tell me how it feels in the hand compared to the GS3. I know the edges are straight and not cured like the S3 - I'd be interested to know if it still feels comfortable to hold.
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Posted: 2013-04-27 14:26:44
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Tsepz Dont u find it weird that you got one in your hands before some of your UK brothers.We normally have to wait a while here in SA.Congrats again and enjoy.Looking forward to a little review of sorts.Your thoughts are always welcome.
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Posted: 2013-04-27 14:47:19
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Thanks Rickster! This thing is BEAUTIFUL, I'm glad I chose Black as it works nicely with the chrome touches. The phone feels lighter than the GS3 , it actually feels almost as light as my GS2, I simply could not believe it when I tried it in store while waiting for mine to be brought to me.
So I'm now im home busy setting up mine now, as usual there is some heating up with everything syncing and so on. The display is INCREDIBLY smooth and very sensitive, what I'm not liking is the F-ING transitions, Samsung really over did it with them so what I've done is I activated Developer Options, this is now hidden in Android 4.2.2, but easily activated by going to Settings -click the More tab -go t About Device and then click Build Number 7 times, it will say Developer Options enabled then, Developer Options will then appear under Time and Date in the More tab in Settings. So I've made the transitions faster and now are now great, they were simply too slow in the 1.0x Animation Scale. UI overall is fast and smooth just like Note2 and S3.
As for how it feels in hand?
I can say it feels a little less comfortable than the S3 due to the edges not being curved, the whole "Pebble Shape" is gone, with that said, it still feels great in hand, it feels more stable and less likely to slip out your hand, so the straight sides have their advantage as I remember the curved nature of S3 did in the beginning feel less secure in hand. Overall it feels extremely solid, it really borrows a lot from the GS2, the design is very clean, and sleek, this thing is soooo thin, I can't believe they fitted all this in such a slim body.
Hobbs
Thanks
will keep you updated, please drop me a WhatsApp as I lost your number when my GS3 broke. Very interesting that we got it the same time, this is exactly what I was saying about Samsung 's distribution being ramped up, it is literally launching globally today. VodaWorld are out of stock already, but many of the networks still have a little stock left, MTN Sandton had just one more left, the Voda stores I called either hadn't received stock or were sold out, got mine at Digital Experience's Samsung Store at Fourways Crossing, my guy at Vodashop didn't have any and neither did Cell C.
Here's a pic of all the accessories, box and phone. Icahn also confirm it is a 32GB I9500 Exynos Octa
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Posted: 2013-04-27 15:00:38
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As i previously said i held one two days back and it's too light and plasticky. Felt cheap
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Posted: 2013-04-27 15:04:00
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Got mine today
Very good first impressions:
Light but well built
Stunning screen, extremely sharp
Fast and fluid
Exellent camera with lots of great features
Exellent sound both from the external speaker and the music player
Will report more in a day or two after more usage
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Posted: 2013-04-27 17:47:48
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Rikken
Congrats.
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Posted: 2013-04-27 18:16:28
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Congrats !
Mine soon
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Posted: 2013-04-27 18:21:31
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Tx
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Posted: 2013-04-27 18:28:04
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Nice one Rikken, we got ours the same day!
I'm loving this beast, it is incredibly fast and smooth, and Rikken is bang on, the display is stunning, insanely sharp, with smooth text and eye popping colours!
I'm so glad I got Black Mist, I cant stop looking at it, I will have to put it on charge soon as its now down to 12% as I type this.
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Posted: 2013-04-27 18:57:05
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