It’s been two years since I adopted the Nexus One as my mobile phone handset.
It has been a happy two years.
Apart from when I dropped it.
And broke it.
And had to live without it for six whole days.
It has seldom left my side and rarely been switched off (apart from when I’ve been onboard flights).
But with the passing of two years comes the opportunity of a free upgrade.
I’ll roll my tongue around my favourite words once more…
‘free upgrade’.
Mmmm, that feels nice; that’s my favourite kind of upgrade – the free kind.
Well, after a lot of prevaricating about the bush (three minutes) I decided to change manufacturer and choose, as my free upgrade, the Samsung S3.
This little baby.
Except it isn’t little; the surface area dwarfs that of most other handsets.
No complaint from me on that, though it does still fit nicely in to my shirt pockets.
And it is thinner than most other handsets on the market.
But the big improvement seems to be battery life.
Well, the big improvement *after* speed, because the dual-quad processors make the phone eye-wateringly fast.
Yes, the battery life is a significant improvement on the Nexus One. I’ve had my S3 switched on for 25 continuous hours and the phone has only used 15% of its battery.
And that’s 25 hours which includes significantly large amounts of time which have been engaged in heavy email, internet, and Twitter activity.
So yeah.
So far so very excellent.
Well done Samsung for giving me a nice new phone that continues to offer me all of the usual Android goodness.
This is nice.
Based on the superb S2 – which I’ve had for the past 8 months – I would have no hesitation in opting for the S3 if it was offered me.
You put it in your shirt pocket? Have you not seen the IT Crowd on telly (series 4 episode 5)?
Ah, no, I don’t watch the IT Crowd. I shall sort it out though. Yes, I noticed you had an S2.
🙂
I too have an S2 and think it’s great. Not due an update for another 18 months so might be at S4 or S5 by then. Enjoy!