The last few days brought great news to Samsung Galaxy S III owners. Three official Jelly Bean ROMs leaked in quick succession, with the latest having yesterday as its build date. And seeing the kind of interest those leaks are enjoying, we’re guessing many of you are wondering if it’s time to jump ship to ICS.
Whether or not to leave your stable ROM for a beta version of a more functional and cooler looking one has always been a tough decision, but here’s hoping we’ll help you with it by giving you more details on what you are getting and at what cost.
The build version
Let’s start with the downsides of the beta release. In fact the latest leaked ROM (build number XXDLH6) only has one major issue, and it’s a rather big deal. We flashed it on two different Galaxy S III units and both of them had issues with their Wi-Fi connectivity. It refused to work with some hotspots and it was painfully slow on most of the others.
Unless you have a data plan that you can fall back to this is quite the usability issue and it’s the main reason why you might want to stay away from this build for now. Everything else seemed to work fine, or at least for us it did.
Here is a rundown of the software goodies that might make you want to live with the shoddy Wi-Fi and get the beta running on your Samsung Galaxy S III right now. You can see them in action in the following video that we prepared for you.
We start with Project Butter that we all heard so much about. Truth is it doesn’t make too great a difference on a powerhouse like the Galaxy S III. The smartphone’s UI was always really fluid and you need to look really close to spot the differences. Still, the app drawer animation is now even smoother and so are the other transition effects around the menu. There are several changes and tweaks to the UI layot as well. The settings section has been reorganized and Google Now is on board. The notification area has been updated as well and there are a few new TouchWiz goodies too. Google Now gets activated with a press-and-hold of the menu button. You can either type or talk to it and the app will give you one of its info cards (if available) and read you its contents aloud (you can disable this from the app settings if you don’t need it).
Whether or not to leave your stable ROM for a beta version of a more functional and cooler looking one has always been a tough decision, but here’s hoping we’ll help you with it by giving you more details on what you are getting and at what cost.
The build version
Let’s start with the downsides of the beta release. In fact the latest leaked ROM (build number XXDLH6) only has one major issue, and it’s a rather big deal. We flashed it on two different Galaxy S III units and both of them had issues with their Wi-Fi connectivity. It refused to work with some hotspots and it was painfully slow on most of the others.
Unless you have a data plan that you can fall back to this is quite the usability issue and it’s the main reason why you might want to stay away from this build for now. Everything else seemed to work fine, or at least for us it did.
Here is a rundown of the software goodies that might make you want to live with the shoddy Wi-Fi and get the beta running on your Samsung Galaxy S III right now. You can see them in action in the following video that we prepared for you.
We start with Project Butter that we all heard so much about. Truth is it doesn’t make too great a difference on a powerhouse like the Galaxy S III. The smartphone’s UI was always really fluid and you need to look really close to spot the differences. Still, the app drawer animation is now even smoother and so are the other transition effects around the menu. There are several changes and tweaks to the UI layot as well. The settings section has been reorganized and Google Now is on board. The notification area has been updated as well and there are a few new TouchWiz goodies too. Google Now gets activated with a press-and-hold of the menu button. You can either type or talk to it and the app will give you one of its info cards (if available) and read you its contents aloud (you can disable this from the app settings if you don’t need it).
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