I've got a note 2, i couldn't be happier with it. Even convicted my friend to buy a note instead. But the specs on this phone really mean seem that good.

I must say, I am not hugely impressed. I have never thought that the SIII was a good looking phone and this one looks exactly the same. The specs don't really matter, it is a top end Android phone, they are basically all the same in that department.

What does matter is Touch Wiz (or whatever they are calling it now) which is their skin on top of Android. I am far from convinced that it actually any good and also am fairly convinced all these "features" are just gimmicks and won't really be hugely useful.

But I don't really think I am the target market for those sorts of things, I do have a high end smart phone, but I basically just use it for web browsing and text messages....

Anyway, if I were to replace my XPERIA S, I would get an XPERIA Z, it looks far more impressive and interesting, but I still have another year on my contract


Oh, as an aside, every time I read about American phone contracts, I have to laugh. I got my XPERIA S for free with a 24 month £22/month contract, that doesn't seem to be possible in America, as it includes some calls (don't use them) unlimited texts and 500mb of data

Wasn't really the point, but for my personal use, yes. Xperia is better.

BTW Samsung phones also get better and much faster OS update support.

Oh look, it's the Galaxy S3s.

It's a nice piece of tech to be sure but yeah, does seem like overkill. Like modern PCs that are so much more powerful than 90% of users actually ever need.

I'm coming due for an upgrade and since I'm not expecting any one else to do anything more novel, I'll likely pick this up (or Note 2)

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No, because of this: http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/biglittleprocessing.php

I am still with HTC and think their One looks better than anything I have seen last months (and years).

Better in what? Specs? Don't think so... At least not now and next months.

Specs seem a bit overkill for a phone. I don't really like the look of it though, seems cheap. The Xperia Z and the Lumias are much nicer looking than that.