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hey guys this is Austin and today me with a review of the Samsung Galaxy s3 for t-mobile as one of the most anticipated phone launches of the year there's a lot riding on this but is it any good also be sure to stay tuned to the channel because I'm going to be doing a giveaway of one of these bad boys here pretty soon thumbs up for that that okay let's just do the review to start with let's go over Hardware the galaxy s3 is rocking a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED HD screen with a resolution of 1280 by 720 technical jargon aside it can be summed up pretty easily the display is huge an excellent looking text is very clear and colors really pop thanks to the 306 pixel per inch screen the size also gives you tons of room for content which is a huge plus if you're coming from something smaller such as the iPhone I still like the screen on the HTC One X more but at this point I'm basically splitting hairs both phones have phenomenal displays the galaxy s3 comes in two colors blue and white I have the pebble blue variant and there are some differences including a metal like textured finish up top is a speaker grille notification LED proximity and light sensors along with the 1.9 megapixel front facing camera below you'll find the physical home button along with capacitive back and menu keys for some reason Samsung likes to put the sleep/wake button on the right edge of the phone instead of up top like most other manufacturers it's certainly not a big deal but it is something to get used to on the left side is the volume rocker you can also see they've made it look like it has a taper with the accent the bottom contains your microUSB port as well as microphone flip it around back and you'll see the 8 megapixel camera along with LED flash and a speaker one nice thing about the Galaxy is that you can still remove the rear cover which is a feature more phones iPhone could include here you can also easily get at the battery micro SIM card as well as at a micro SD card of up to 64 gigabytes to add more storage to the phone overall I like the design there are a few odd things such as the physical home button combined with two capacitive ones and the all plastic build that said being able to replace the battery and having our micro SIM helps a lot it all reminds me a bit of the first Galaxy S it's nothing spectacular but you won't hear any complaints out of me as far as software goes there's a ton to cover so let's jump right on n the galaxy s3 currently runs Android 4.0.4 aka Ice Cream Sandwich with triskin generally I'm not a fan of skins for Android but I get to say TouchWiz makes a pretty good case for itself with a ton of unique features some a bit silly but some are generally great one thing Samsung really is pushing are their new motion features these allow you to do things like call a contact by bringing the phone up to your ear you can also mute the phone by flipping it over the calling of contact is pretty useful but most of the others aren't as much as they only work in specific apps instead of system-wide there are also other interesting features smart stay uses the front-facing camera to monitor your face to see if you're still using the phone and will show off the display if you aren't I expected this to be a gimmick but honestly it works quite well for the most part and didn't call it any noticeable battery drain poplu player is also really cool if you're watching a video in the default video player you can press a button and the video will overlay on top of the screen and allow you to do anything you want impressively this only slows down the phone very slightly and can be moved around anywhere on-screen do you want probably the biggest downside is that this doesn't work with any other video playing apps but it's still a nice feature you'll also find Samsung's answer to Siri s voice what's the weather going to be like in Los Angeles tomorrow the forecast for tomorrow always mostly sunny in general it works but the voice is pretty grating and there's no doubt that it just isn't up to the accuracy or level of functionality that Apple's gotten joke's on the other hand it can definitely handle tell me a joke okay why did the chicken commit suicide to get to the other side the galaxy s3 also has built-in NFC you can use this to beam files from Android devices or pay for things with Google Wallet but something pretty cool or tech tiles these are little NFC enabled stickers then when you tap your phone against them they can launch an app make a call or change a setting it will cost you $15 for a pack of five but as you can reprogram them - pretty neat there are many more additions but overall TouchWiz does a good job of adding functionality to Android without being bloatware as you can see the phone is still very responsive right up there among the best I've ever tested it's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon s4 system on a chip with a dual-core 1.5 gigahertz processor and Adreno 2 to 5 graphics select in the US version of the HTC One X where it differentiates itself is with a whopping two gigabytes of RAM apps tend to stay open forever and everything runs butter smooth the camera is pretty familiar it's got the same sensor from the iPhone 4s needless to say it's excellent as far as smartphone cameras go and it's also backed up by solid software the camera app is quick and has some cool features including burst shot to take up to 20 pictures in just a couple seconds as well as being able to snap 6 megapixel stills or recording 1080p video all right so I'm now recording using the front-facing camera on the galaxy s3 as you guys can see here the quality is not half bad unlike my hair anyway it is a 1.9 megapixel shooter so of course you can take stills as well as the 720p video I know it's definitely nothing amazing for a front-facing camera it is not half bad at all to be more than that for Skype for Google+ chats and you have taken your hair out in the mirror the galaxy s3 is available on all the major US carriers including AT&T t-mobile Sprint Verizon and US Cellular I'm taking a look at the t-mobile version however they're all identical beyond a few preloaded apps and the respective networks they support t-mobile relies on HSPA+ whereas the rest come with LTE I'll be taking a look at a Verizon model soon to see how LTE impacts battery life but with this I was able to get through a day of usage without any issue whatsoever speaking of cellular the galaxy s3 does a perfectly respectable job I have poor t-mobile service in my area but the s3 was able to hold on to a signal very well and call quality is really quite good there's a lot to be said about the Samsung Galaxy s3 let's start with what I don't like which is a pretty small list s voice is underwhelming the build quality is good but nothing spectacular and I still find Android lacking in a few minor areas compared to iOS on the other hand the screen is great speed is top-notch the battery is good enough I found that the camera it was absolutely excellent it may not be perfect but I can honestly say the galaxy s3 has now surpassed the HTC One X as my favorite phone out there it really is that good if you guys enjoyed this video definitely be sure to leave it the thumbs up and if you're interested in more videos like this including a giveaway definitely be sure to subscribe