Considering switching from iPhone 4S but................

My late 50ish eyes like the larger screen of the Galaxy III. However, I am seeing many complaints about software and other technical issues that are rarely (at least in my case) are a part of the iPhone world. I am looking for the experiences, good and bad,  of those that have switched from the iPhone to the Galaxy III

I am 69 and have owned my SIII now since August 2012 and not had an issue with my phone or my software...this is not to say you won't YMMV.  I have read about many having trouble with their phones and the software when the update came to update the ICS to Jellybean.  I did not experience any problems with the Jellybean update.  I am OK with Jellybean but with I could go back to ICS not possible and keep the phone stock.  I moved to the SIII from MOTO Droid Razr Maxx which was a good phone and I never had problems even when they updated it to ICS.  The thing with the SIII is the battery life which I am only getting about 10 - 12 hours on a charge...the Droid Razr Maxx I got 2 days sometimes better out of which was really nice.  You may want to consider the Note II as it has much better battery life than the SIII.  I do read about owners having issues with them as well as some of the software on them.  I have never owned an iphone and  NEVER will...just as I have never owned an apple computer, I have always owned a windows pc.  I am starting to move away from the pc to an android tablet since I don't really need a pc anymore.  A tablet will suffice for what I do now.  I do use a pc at work though for Office and AutoCAD.  Good luck with your decision hope what I said here helped and if you have anymore questions please feel free here to reply with them.

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