I love my new Galaxy S III phone . . . but

I?ve been looking forward to upgrade time for my cell phone for a while ? my Droid X served me well but was becoming a bit long in the tooth.? I thought about getting an iPhone this time around, but I do like Android and I opted for the Samsung Galaxy S III instead.

By all accounts the S3 has been a major success for Samsung, and it is easy to see why.? The phone features a gorgeous, mini tablet-sized 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display.? That might sound like more than you would want to carry around in your pocket, but the S3 is very thin and light and more comfortable to hold and use than you would expect from a device with a screen this large.

Other notable features include an 8MP camera, great battery life and a snappy processor that gives the phone good performance and responsiveness and, when combined with a 4G connection, makes for a very good web browsing experience.?? If your friends also have S3 phones, Samsung has added a number of proprietary features that will make sharing with them very easy.? Samsung has packed a ton of features into this phone, many of which I?ll probably never get around to using.

However, one thing I?m finding that the Galaxy S3 may not be so well suited for is reading ebooks.? The version of the AMOLED display that Samsung chose to use on the S3 is not quite as sharp and bright as the displays of many other smartphones, including the Super AMOLED+ screen used in last year?s Galaxy S II.

I do find reading ebooks on the S3 less comfortable than on my old Droid X.? The problem becomes worse the more tired I and my eyes are.? Most likely this will not be an issue for many people ? my eyes are light sensitive and I can have problems if I read for extended periods of time on a backlit screen, although the small screen of a smartphone generally causes me less grief than that of a tablet.

Since I only tend to read ebooks on my phone when I?m on the road and have time to kill between appointments ? something that doesn?t happen all that often ? this is not a deal killer for me; I still love this phone.? I also carry a tablet I can switch to if need be.? But if you do read a lot of ebooks on your phone you may want to check out your favorite ereading app on an S3 demo unit to make sure you are okay with it before you buy one.

I?ve been looking at the Kindle app on other phones over the past couple of weeks and trying to make a photographic comparison, but the problem does not photograph well.? The photo above shows two different Kindle books on the Samsung Galaxy S III (left) and the Motorola Droid X.? The font on the S3 looks a little thinner, lighter and less contrasty and this is no doubt much of the problem.? I?m thinking that just perhaps this is something that could be addressed to some extent if some optimizations for the S3 were included in future reading app updates ? the popularity of the S III may justify that.

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Source: http://findebookreaders.com/blog/2012/08/i-love-my-new-galaxy-s-iii-phone-but/

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