Samsung Galaxy S III AT&T Pro Reviews

The Note II is still a big hunk of a phone, but the Galaxy S III design is so recognizable now, that making the second edition Note look similar immediately earns it some street cred, as it just looks like you are holding a larger S III to your ear. That “larger S III”, however, finally ends the Samsung processor fragmentation in the US, as it pairs the LTE radio with quad-core Exynos, rather than with a dual-core Snapdragon S4, like the Galaxy S III US versions do. Granted, the second member of the Note family is not for everybody, but for those who dare to consider it, it has some evident extras before the Galaxy S III - extra screen with extra brightness and extra subpixels, extra processing power, extra input methods, and very importantly - extra battery life. All of these come without much extra price, but again, juggle both phones in your pockets and in your hands first, as hauling around a Note II might only be warranted if you are not that much the talking type on your smartphone, but rather a media consumption and web browsing buff who’d also make good use of a stylus to jot down quick notes, tasks and remarks. And if you are the skinny jeans type - forget it, the Galaxy S III is already enough of a stretch for you.

We don't envy the decision you have ahead. Taking a look at the first two Galaxy S III units to grace our US offices, the differentiating factors (not counting color options and internal storage options) are network performance, monthly billing and miscellaneous carrier-specific perks. And that's exactly how it should be. At least in the case of the GS III, we no longer need to fret about choosing the carrier that currently offers the strongest smartphone lineup. It should always be the other way around, and we're happy to see this trend slowly change in favor of the manufacturers (and consumers, too).

If you’re a hard-core Android fan and are considering buying this phone, you probably have plans to install (or cook up) a better ROM that might solve many of the annoyances that we’ve found with the stock build. We don’t know when an official Jelly Bean ROM will be available from Samsung, but now that the source code is available, there are sure to be some great ROMs showing up in the developer community. So expect to see some improvements once you start in on the heavy customizations. The only other potential deal-breaker that you need to consider when buying this phone is the size of it. If you only ever use your phone with two hands, then it won’t be an issue and you’ll find the large display to be really beautiful. But if you’re often highly-mobile and need to be able to use your phone while carrying other equipment or otherwise keeping your hands full, you’ll probably find the difficulty in one-handed usage to be very frustrating.

It seems like just a short while ago that I played with my first Galaxy S device, a Captivate, and later was handed the T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G at MWC. Samsung has come an incredibly long way since those first devices, and built out the Galaxy S branding to a point where it has real recognition and traction internationally and in the US. In addition, the big pieces of the puzzle have now been largely solved - consistent naming, specs, and appearance for each device carrying the SGS3 name. Once those are squared way, getting the phone to resonate with normal consumers becomes a much easier prospect, and Samsung gets that. In fact, I’m told that the SGS3 will get the biggest marketing push in Samsung’s history.

The Post-PC era might be a fun buzz word, but the Samsung Galaxy S III makes you wonder if it is true!

Current AT&T customers will be hard pressed to not love the Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T). With its amazing 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD screen, Snapdragon S4 processor, 2GB of RAM, and excellent battery life (especially for an Android phone), the Samsung Galaxy SIII (AT&T) may be the go to phone for AT&T subscribers to cop right now. While the Nokia Lumia 900 is super-sexy, at around six months old, it's already starting to look a little long in the tooth, and well, who really wants to plunk down $100 for a phone who's obsolesence was just announced by Microsoft at their recent Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco?

With top-of-the-line everything and plenty of innovative features, the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III delivers the ultimate LTE Android smartphone experience.

Samsung’s efforts to standardize the Galaxy S III across the five US carriers initially getting the smartphone have resulted in a surprising degree of consistency between the AT&T and T-Mobile USA versions. That’s not especially useful to carriers, which love to differentiate their devices in minor – often frustrating – ways, but it’s great for consumers. The main difference comes down to coverage: does AT&T have better service in the places you plan on using your phone, or does T-Mobile? The Galaxy S III’s obvious competition is the HTC One X. HTC’s phone has the same processor (though less memory) and also offers LTE, wrapped up in a casing that feels better in the hand but doesn’t allow for easily swapping out the battery. Given LTE’s tendency to drink power, that could be a significant blip. There’s also a question of whether you prefer TouchWiz or HTC Sense; we lean toward the former, though the great thing about Android is that, with either third-party launchers or ROMs, you can change pretty much anything. Of the two, the flexibility of a replaceable battery sways us toward the Galaxy S III.