I have an S3 (4.0.4 stock, day-to-day), S2 (4.1.1 custom rooted, replaced by S3), S (2.3.7 stock dev phone) and S (4.0.4 custom rooted dev phone). All of them run pretty much as they did when I got them, except battery life for obvious reasons. I got them all around the launch dates and the stock ones haven't had their firmware reset at any point except for Kies updates.waspish said:That's the problem in my opinion with Android at first they are great 8 to 12 months down the line they become shit..iPhones out last all other multimedia mobiles in my experience!
Now if this new Galaxy S3 is running great in 12 months times Samsung have sorted them selves out regarding there firmware!
waspish said:Jazzy ba said:I have both 4S and SGS2 under same roof (me and my brother) and I know what am I talking about, I don't need shitty benchmarks to tell me something, I'm holding both phones in my hands while I'm typing this and whatever I try to do on SGS2 it just lags even message typing, do I need to talk about constant freezes and force close warnings on SGS2 sometimes I need to pull battery out to revive the phone, on iPhone you'll never see that.
That's the problem in my opinion with Android at first they are great 8 to 12 months down the line they become shit..iPhones out last all other multimedia mobiles in my experience!
Now if this new Galaxy S3 is running great in 12 months times Samsung have sorted them selves out regarding there firmware!
Irwell said:I have an S3 (4.0.4 stock, day-to-day), S2 (4.1.1 custom rooted, replaced by S3), S (2.3.7 stock dev phone) and S (4.0.4 custom rooted dev phone). All of them run pretty much as they did when I got them, except battery life for obvious reasons. I got them all around the launch dates and the stock ones haven't had their firmware reset at any point except for Kies updates.waspish said:That's the problem in my opinion with Android at first they are great 8 to 12 months down the line they become shit..iPhones out last all other multimedia mobiles in my experience!
Now if this new Galaxy S3 is running great in 12 months times Samsung have sorted them selves out regarding there firmware!
No, I have a couple. 3GS and 4. I also have an HTC Desire S, an HTC One X and an Xperia S. I have them because I do a fair bit of app development. I also fiddle about with building ROMs and kernels when I have some free time, which is why some are rooted. Most are dev phones, but an S, the S2 and the S3 were the phones I chose to use day-to-day as they were the best performing phones I had from each generation.Jazzy ba said:Youre definition of an android fanboy who owns 4 SGS' phones, where did you see the iPhone? Just on tv? lol
They are dev phones, not personal phones. I only had one personal phone at any one time, though the personal ones get used for dev work too. It's hard to work on ROMs and kernels without being able to get your hands on the phone when needed.Jazzy ba said:Wow thats impressive, never seen a person who owns top 10 mobile phones.
The 4S is a phone 6 months newer running the latest firmware, whereas the older S2 is running older firmware. Is there any reason he hasn't upgraded to ICS? It would make a big difference as it is fully multi-threaded. The S2 benchmarks substantially lower with Gingerbread than it does with ICS.Jazzy ba said:I see youre developer, can you explain me why gingerbread on my brothers SGS2 runs so shitty compared to iOS5.1.1 on 4S?
Agreed, it's pretty tedious. I've had an iPhone and now have an Android. I like both.ManCitizens. said:This is now turning into a typical apple v android argument. How about just accepting different people enjoy different phones and leaving it there.