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Hello, I recently got a galaxy s3, and after rooting descovered that the bootloader was locked. I was origionally having trouble deciding between the gnex and s3. I was now wondering , is it worth trading in the s3 for the galaxy nexus that has known receotion issues ? Id love your imout , and if there is a thread already feel free to point me to that one and shut this one down , thanks!
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I would keep the s3
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I had the same dilemma. I bought the Gnex and haven't looked back. The radios are good but not as good as my old Droid 2s.
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I'm just very nourvous about the locked bootloader , granted the device has been out for only a day or two. Also what do you guys think about the hardware? The sgsIII does not seem to have that much greater specs as it is not dual core. And you have not had any terrible signal issues like I have seen online ?
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meant to say quad core!
Do you even know how to read a spec sheet? TI OMAP 4460 vs S4 Krait? The S3 by more than a little.
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sgs2.e4gt said:
Do you even know how to read a spec sheet? TI OMAP 4460 vs S4 Krait? The S3 by more than a little.
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Jellybean and many future updates, great hacking community, vanilla vs. ICS, one or two big updates, locked bootloader, old school menu button, and touchwiz
Nexus by a long shot
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gagdude said:
Jellybean and many future updates, great hacking community, vanilla vs. ICS, one or two big updates, locked bootloader, old school menu button, and touchwiz
Nexus by a long shot
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See, you say that...but what happened with 4.0.3? And where's 4.1? On the Google HSPA+, but not on the carrier branded versions... I would make the jump if HSPA+ didn't suck balls where i live...
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Steve-37 said:
I'm just very nourvous about the locked bootloader , granted the device has been out for only a day or two. Also what do you guys think about the hardware? The sgsIII does not seem to have that much greater specs as it is not dual core. And you have not had any terrible signal issues like I have seen online ?
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Did you ever decide on what you want to do? I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus running a Jelly Bean ROM, 3 batteries total (2 standard, 1 extended), 3 battery covers (same as batteries), spare battery charger, and an Incipio Feather case. I still have the original box, too. The only thing missing is the headset. I misplaced it at some point.
well the time has come. ill be getting a new phone friday, can't make up my mind between s3 and the q, I like both but can't decide, so I figure open a thread get some opinions from my buddies on here.....I'm on the fence big, please drop a line or two with your opinion, links, whatever advice you might have to offer.....figure this might help others who can't decide as well....thanks
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I plan on getting a new phone in about 2 weeks also and the Q is not even a thought. I don't really like Samsung but I'll be getting the S3.
I recommend you stay with the Photon and not get a new one. My reasons are selfish though, because I don't want you to leave us as a dev!
Honestly though, my girlfriend has the S3 and it's amazing. I don't like how fragile it feels in comparison to the Photon, but I watched her drop it on concrete yesterday and it surprised me. It landed in the top left corner and the screen didn't shatter. It just has a couple dings and scrapes on the sides.
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I'm thinking about the S3 but I'm going to wait till the Photon Q's development starts going
So im waiting
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well the time has come. ill be getting a new phone friday, can't make up my mind between s3 and the q, I like both but can't decide, so I figure open a thread get some opinions from my buddies on here.....I'm on the fence big, please drop a line or two with your opinion, links, whatever advice you might have to offer.....figure this might help others who can't decide as well....thanks
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First, let me say, I loved your work on the photon 4g. Now that's out of the way. ***k the s3. I have a Q. In my opinion samsung needs some originality. Go to the store and play with them both, bigger isn't always better.
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well the time has come. ill be getting a new phone friday, can't make up my mind between s3 and the q, I like both but can't decide, so I figure open a thread get some opinions from my buddies on here.....I'm on the fence big, please drop a line or two with your opinion, links, whatever advice you might have to offer.....figure this might help others who can't decide as well....thanks
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IMO, get the S3:
1- As far as I know is the fastest phone out there
2- Samsung has added some nice software features
3- It's about to get official JB
4- The development community is growing up day by day
5- You will support Samsung in some way after the crappy outcome of the Samsung vs Apple trial D:
Thanks for all your work spleef..we've really enjoyed having you as one of our amazing devs!
Wait for the lg eclipse quad core, 2 gigs of ram, 13 megapixel camera, and a display that rivals the retina display from apple oh and 2100mah battery stock.
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S3... only because US Celullar doesn't have the Q
The Q has kernel source thanks to moto and root thanks to shabby I want you to get one of those that way I know I have at least one ROM to trust lol
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S3 all the way. My mother in-laws has one.got to play with it for awhile.It's a sick phone. Hopefully my next one. No more Motorola for me
kind of feel the same way wanting to get away from motorola, but damn they make good phones....lol that lg sounds sick but I've never been much of a lg fan....usually I've only bought htc until this photon being my first motorola, but several of my friends have motorola and they are beastly.....leaning towards the q I like the keyboard phones, and the fact it is unlockable by motorola seems promising...idk...still on the fence got a few more days still
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The Q has kernel source thanks to moto and root thanks to shabby I want you to get one of those that way I know I have at least one ROM to trust lol
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stop lying about me! people will get the idea i know what im doing
That lg is the lg eclipse 4g lteit is a god of phone spec.
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Or you can hope that the rumors about sprint getting the galaxy note 2 are true they just released the specs and omg! But anyway.. if it does come out for sprint it will be in October.. if I had an upgrade I would wait 2 months for it
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Or you can hope that the rumors about sprint getting the galaxy note 2 are true they just released the specs and omg! But anyway.. if it does come out for sprint it will be in October.. if I had an upgrade I would wait 2 months for it
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kinda like them getting the samsung galaxy journal back when that image leaked?
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kinda like them getting the samsung galaxy journal back when that image leaked?
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Lol yea. I'm ready for a quad core device! And call me crazy but I want to dual boot jellybean and wp8. I'm obviously a android fan but the new windows phone 8 looks promising
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Lol yea. I'm ready for a quad core device! And call me crazy but I want to dual boot jellybean and wp8. I'm obviously a android fan but the new windows phone 8 looks promising
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the note 2 will face the same changes the sgs3 did, there is no current quad core chipsets that support LTE, the newest and greatest one to do so is the MSM8960 aka the qualcomm snapdragon S4 tahts inside the one x lineup, sgs3 lineup, and many many other phones this year
Come to the light.
S3 so far has been a great phone.
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Samsung's radios are garbage. I had the Epic, have since given it to my ex-wife, and after a year, the single sucked, on all fronts. the cell signal sucked, the wifi signal sucked, and even the bluetooth was flakey. The Photon (and I got mine used, so it's probably a year old now) is 10 times better in those respects. The only thing the Sammy has that bests Moto is the Super AMOLED screen.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-c...l-Nexus-4-Android-4.2-on-October-29th_id35780
What's everyone's thought about lg?
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Generally, LG has been great hardware that has traditionally had lousy dev support. That will very likely be different with a Nexus device.
Mmm key lime pie.... Ahhhhhh...
Sorry, Homer moment there. We will just have to wait and see, I don't doubt it will be an excellent device
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What is next... BB gets the next Nexus. It seems like everyone is gonna get a turn at putting out a Nexus.
I would prefer the next nexus be made by htc
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Maybe Google having a lot of input on the software it won't suck.
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Maybe Google having a lot of input on the software it won't suck.
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Being that it is a nexus, I would def say Google has A LOT of input on the software.
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My only question is if they'll have a CDMA version on Verizon. I switched to Verizon from ATT because of poor signal and lack of 3G in my area. T-Mobile is even worse. Verizon is by far the best carrier in my area. If they are only releasing a GSM version, I guess I'll be skipping this one.
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Now that Google owns Motorola I wish they would make it so wed get a nice fat battery great hardware...and unlock able boot loader.
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Now that Google owns Motorola I wish they would make it so wed get a nice fat battery great hardware...and unlock able boot loader.
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They mentioned that by the end of 2013 their input would be shown in upcoming devices
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Wow didn't know that. Guess it will be the next nexus then.
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They mentioned that by the end of 2013 their input would be shown in upcoming devices
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To be honest LG for a phone no thank you , would have much rather seen Motorola Samsung ,HTC ,Sony . LG just doesn't do it for me I feel they have been behind the game with smartphones just my opinion . And honestly don't see the big difference between this new nexus and the gnex a little better specs which isn't night and day difference and that's it , my honest opinion and this is my opinion the LG nexus is a joke and like I said that's my opinion .
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To be honest LG for a phone no thank you , would have much rather seen Motorola Samsung ,HTC ,Sony . LG just doesn't do it for me I feel they have been behind the game with smartphones just my opinion . And honestly don't see the big difference between this new nexus and the gnex a little better specs which isn't night and day difference and that's it , my honest opinion and this is my opinion the LG nexus is a joke and like I said that's my opinion .
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No difference in specs? way better screen, twice the RAM, better camera, newer gen processor. Specs are a lot better. The kicker will be whether anyone will dev for it. Since it will be stock android, it should run great out of the box, without LG being able to jack it up.
Agreed with everything except wondering if devs will dev for it. Its a nexus so that's a guarantee.
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No difference in specs? way better screen, twice the RAM, better camera, newer gen processor. Specs are a lot better. The kicker will be whether anyone will dev for it. Since it will be stock android, it should run great out of the box, without LG being able to jack it up.
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Non-expandable storage is absolutely fatal. If it had 32gb fixed, I could deal with it, but 8gb and 16gb? Sod off. Nice specs, though. If it has a fixed battery that's also a major negative. Need to see more companies taking the maxx approach: make a thin phone, then use the space savings for a huge battery.
What are your thoughts now that we have an official announcement? For me, I wasn't planning on getting this Nexus anyway, and seeing no LTE makes me glad that I'm not in a position to get it this year.
I was heavily upset with hearing that it's currently only a GSM/HSPA+ device..... I am totally down for getting one, if they make a CDMA/LTE version but it's so not worth switching to Tmobile or AT&T... I still have unltd data on vzw
If it had options like 32 or 64 gb I could deal with the non removable battery and lack of lte if i was on tmobile or something.
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Does LG have an LTE phone? Just curious
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Does LG have an LTE phone? Just curious
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They've had a few. The Spectrum has almost identical specs as the Rezound.
Just wondering since its becoming more and more apparent the S4 will be unveiled this March, why would Samsung rush to release it, considering how great the s3 is at present. Each to his own of course, I would have expected the s3 to at least till next year before a newer version would be released. But obviously I don't run a mobile business so would appreciate your inputas to why they would be so quick to release a new version. Could Samsung be worried of loosing market share due to the explosion of new handsets and operating systems?, either way am sure the s4 is going to have to be epic, releasing it a year after the s3 master piece. Your input appreciated.
Samsung's strategy is to flood the market at every end of the financial spectrum. They will continually rush to put out devices
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Nothing strange about it, they always bring out new models yearly. Thankfully they didn't do an Apple and make the I9305 the SGS4.
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Just like every consumer product from TV to cars, a new model is released every year. If they didn't, the competition would eat them alive.
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There was a gap of a 2 years though between the s2 and s3,if am not mistaken that's why am wondering. Either way I think it's a bold brave move by Samsung, because the s3, is still miles better than the new HTC one, blackberry and most new devices at present.
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There was a gap of a 2 years though between the s2 and s3,if am not mistaken that's why am wondering. Either way I think it's a bold brave move by Samsung, because the s3, is still miles better than the new HTC one, blackberry and most new devices at present.
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Galaxy S2 : 29 april 2011
Galaxy S3 : 28 may 2012
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There was a gap of a 2 years though between the s2 and s3,if am not mistaken that's why am wondering. Either way I think it's a bold brave move by Samsung, because the s3, is still miles better than the new HTC one, blackberry and most new devices at present.
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No, no, no, no....there was 1 year between s2 and S3....S2 was in beggining of march 2011(i think, correct me if im wrong) and s3 in may 2012, so 14 months....and second, s3 may have more features and better overall experience, but hardware wise, it dissapers...
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No, no, no, no....there was 1 year between s2 and S3....S2 was in beggining of march 2011(i think, correct me if im wrong) and s3 in may 2012, so 14 months....and second, s3 may have more features and better overall experience, but hardware wise, it dissapers...
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That makes about as much sense as a 1 legged dog!
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It would be ridiculous to think they would skip a year for some reason
Yeah every year is a new model like iPhone and everything else. Most people skip a year for a new device.
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Anyways... i will keep my S3 for a bit longer. It makes me happy everyday, so considering that i'm not using it even for 50% of its power, for me one with better cpu, gpu , ram etc is useless. Maybe i will change it around Xmas but then again, in few months after Xmas will be the S5.. so i think most probably i will keep it until S5. :angel:
Every year they release a phone so stupid people change their phone every year, making more money for the company...
Official UnBoxing 14 March
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/04/samsung-posts-first-teaser-video-for-galaxy-s-iv/
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Thanks for video, I just know am going to buy it, one for me and the wifed sad but true.
The joys of being on a contract, I can't change phone every year, I would otherwise
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Every year they release a phone so stupid people change their phone every year, making more money for the company...
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stupid? no, people who want the best device and who can afford it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173470
If sales aren't high enough to satisfy Samsung, may this Mega be our first and last one??
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It's starting to look that way
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Sadly I would not expect to see another one.It seems to me that a lot of people just laugh it of as a gimmick device.
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Sadly I would not expect to see another one.It seems to me that a lot of people just laugh it of as a gimmick device.
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So, presumably, we would from the Mega to the Note 4 in a year or so??
(I know that this is all speculation and a lot will change in a year)
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If samsung makes it with a little better specs and maybe an anoled screen I cannot see why they shouldn't make a mega 2 as they had good success with this mega..but this mega is awesome already and it can only improve if a mega 2 does happen to come out. ..but only time will tell.
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Sadly I would not expect to see another one.It seems to me that a lot of people just laugh it of as a gimmick device.
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Agreed. Look at the activity on this forum. Doesn't seem to be a lot of us.
This phone will never get the respect it deserves because of the mid-range specs. People will never know until they actually play with one :/
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Agreed. Look at the activity on this forum. Doesn't seem to be a lot of us.
This phone will never get the respect it deserves because of the mid-range specs. People will never know until they actually play with one :/
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Exactly. Probably the first smartphone which disproves how specs on paper can be misleading and not tell the whole story about actual, discernable performance.
My Mega is just as snappy as my former S4.
Sadly, we may or may not ever see another here in the US. However, I'm sure that in a year or so, we will be talking about flexible displays anyway so...
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This phone is a sleeper hit. I think there will be a Mega 2 next year.
I think there would likely be a mega 2. Samsung has to keep producing not only high end but also midrange phones to remain competitive.
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I think there would likely be a mega 2. Samsung has to keep producing not only high end but also midrange phones to remain competitive.
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I hope so, but then we also have to hope that it comes again to AT&T. I'm just afraid that AT&T may not be selling enough of them to warrant a second one in their lineup.
Again, this is just speculative paranoia, but you never know and we know how much is going to change in a year or more.
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Lets remember whilst we know the specs and what they me average joe doesent know the diff between snapdragon this or exynos that. 8t wont sell well compared to the others purely because its too big for the majority of users most people have called it a tablet when they seen it. So anyone walking into the shop and see this next to normal phones they will probably stray away from it. Unlike peeps like us who do believe bigger is better
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i think yes, we will see but not better than what we have already now. Samsung released this mega in rush without big announcement before, it was in exact time when Huawei released their ascend mate. also the development for this device i don't think it will run good since Samsung don't want that.
Samsung releasing some hybrid devices only to exam the market from our pockets and to say we are here then they kill these devices and kill the people who screwed and owned them. exactly as same what happened for Galaxy tab 7.7 which did not repeated and did not get any update or custom roms for more than a year.
Their loss, my gain. Maybe I should buy 2 for when this one dies. Although that doesn't look like any time soon AT ALL. lol
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This phone is a sleeper hit. I think there will be a Mega 2 next year.
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VERY true, up here in BC, Canada, I have only seen one person throughout my university campus with a Mega, everyone else is rocking a stupid iphone (dont understand the sillyness of one), I've seen only a handful of windows phones, and 2 Bberry's
Still saving up my pennies so I can get a Mega, the bad thing is the limited dual-core inside of it. It isn't BAD but a quad-core would make the phone way better. I love large phones.
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VERY true, up here in BC, Canada, I have only seen one person throughout my university campus with a Mega, everyone else is rocking a stupid iphone (dont understand the sillyness of one), I've seen only a handful of windows phones, and 2 Bberry's
Still saving up my pennies so I can get a Mega, the bad thing is the limited dual-core inside of it. It isn't BAD but a quad-core would make the phone way better. I love large phones.
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You'll be surprised how snappy this thing is. Trust me.
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I second that the mega is really fast indeed.
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You'll be surprised how snappy this thing is. Trust me.
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I second that the mega is really fast indeed.
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Hey, if the Sony is bigger, runs android, is unique (i know no one with a sony device), and is quaaaad core, i dont see why not
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_may_be_building_1_million_galaxy_mega_58s-news-5849.php
I hope they make another I would love to see a full 1080p screen this big
I was in an ATT store today. 3 of the 5 sales peeps were rocking Megas.