I wouldn't use an S3 if it were offered to me for free. My husband has one that is approximately 10 months old and had had nothing but problems with it (e.g., freezing, touch screen is very slow to respond) whereas my iPhone 4S that is two years old runs like the day I bought it. He is begging me to get my upgrade my phone to the iPhone 5 so that he can have my old one, and he is a guy who never wants hand me down anything.