After using my shiny new Lumia 822 I have some impressions comparing and contrasting the 822 with my Galaxy S3. Firstly, the obvious: the screen on the 822 is smaller. Not enough to make a huge difference, but it's noticeable. I won't bother with the obvious app differences.
That aside, here are some things I have noticed. Bear in mind that these are only my personal impressions and observations and impressions and not a technical review.
Build quality: The GS3 has always seemed a bit fragile to me. It's tall and fairly thin. I surrounded it with a heavy duty case to protect it. The 822, on the other hand, feels solid in my hand. I put a basic blue silicon case on it.
Screen: The screen on the GS3 is larger, but the screen on the 822 just looks better to me. The colors on the 822 are brighter, as is the screen in general. I have a hard time seeing the GS3 screen in sunlight, but have little trouble seeing the 822 screen under the same conditions.
Sound: This is a huge difference, Playing music or a speaker call on the GS3 sounds like crap and can be hard to hear; not so with the 822. I was playing songs on the 822 today and it was nice and loud, easy to hear, and sounded reasonably good, Music through the GS3 speakers was always a waste of effort.
Bluetooth: Wow, what a difference! As I drive a truck, which can be really noisy, I use the loudest Bluetooth headsets available, and are made especially for the trucking industry. That said, the sound from the GS3 via Bluetooth was always not quite loud enough. With the 822, I find myself having to lower the volume as it comes through the same headset at a MUCH louder volume.
Radio: Here is the one thing where the GS3 seems to be better. In places where the GS3 gets a very solid LTE connection the 822 gets a weak connection or none at all. It needs a better radio.
Keyboard: I really, really miss Swype.
Battery: The 822 battery lasts a bit longer than that in the GS3.
The operating systems are obviously different. They both have their positives and negatives, but I am really liking the overall feel of WP8. I love the live tiles. I can't understand people complaining about the need for a central notification area as the lock screen and live tiles do a great job of that.
I do miss getting G+ notifications, but I can check those easily enough via the browser. It is a bit of an adjustment.
All in all, there are far more positives with regard to the 822 than negatives, as compared to the GS3. I am, so far, very pleased with the 822.
That aside, here are some things I have noticed. Bear in mind that these are only my personal impressions and observations and impressions and not a technical review.
Build quality: The GS3 has always seemed a bit fragile to me. It's tall and fairly thin. I surrounded it with a heavy duty case to protect it. The 822, on the other hand, feels solid in my hand. I put a basic blue silicon case on it.
Screen: The screen on the GS3 is larger, but the screen on the 822 just looks better to me. The colors on the 822 are brighter, as is the screen in general. I have a hard time seeing the GS3 screen in sunlight, but have little trouble seeing the 822 screen under the same conditions.
Sound: This is a huge difference, Playing music or a speaker call on the GS3 sounds like crap and can be hard to hear; not so with the 822. I was playing songs on the 822 today and it was nice and loud, easy to hear, and sounded reasonably good, Music through the GS3 speakers was always a waste of effort.
Bluetooth: Wow, what a difference! As I drive a truck, which can be really noisy, I use the loudest Bluetooth headsets available, and are made especially for the trucking industry. That said, the sound from the GS3 via Bluetooth was always not quite loud enough. With the 822, I find myself having to lower the volume as it comes through the same headset at a MUCH louder volume.
Radio: Here is the one thing where the GS3 seems to be better. In places where the GS3 gets a very solid LTE connection the 822 gets a weak connection or none at all. It needs a better radio.
Keyboard: I really, really miss Swype.
Battery: The 822 battery lasts a bit longer than that in the GS3.
The operating systems are obviously different. They both have their positives and negatives, but I am really liking the overall feel of WP8. I love the live tiles. I can't understand people complaining about the need for a central notification area as the lock screen and live tiles do a great job of that.
I do miss getting G+ notifications, but I can check those easily enough via the browser. It is a bit of an adjustment.
All in all, there are far more positives with regard to the 822 than negatives, as compared to the GS3. I am, so far, very pleased with the 822.