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Hi All! wow, lots of people joined fast!

anyway, why did you get your P3 instead of a different player (such as the S9)?
I got mine as a replacement for my P2... otherwise I would be holding a Zune HD or a Cowon S9, but Im glad I ended up with a P3 instead... it rocks!

I'm really spending too much time on this forum... Dang addictive!
Anyhoo, I had a Cowon D2 and although I really really liked it, I never came to love it. I sort of found Cowon players a little cold sounding, and the UI a little counter-intuitive... I was interested in the P2 for a while and so when the P3 came out super cheap in the UK, it seemed a no-brainer... and thats my love story...

Well, I wanted to upgrade from my Sansa View...I'm sure most of you know how bad the firmware updates were, and the overall reliability of it. And, well, I just happen to come across the P3 in December. I waited for it to come out in the U.S (in retailers such as Best Buy) but it never did (and still isn't). So I drove four frekin' hours (both ways) to get it at Fry's about two or so months ago. It was so worth it...no sarcasm.

well, i was in the market for a brand name media player
i watched Chinese players develop and grow to equal, surpass and fall behind brand names

i was on a mission to see how good branded players were and if it was worth the extra dosh, chinese player got disssed so bad i wanted to see what was on offer elsewhere

So i started with the Cowon S9 player, cost a small fortune in the UK, over £220, i was gutted that i got something that felt like it came from a McD happy meal, it felt cheap and not worth 220, could not live with it and had to send it back, great player though

second chioce, the P3, at nearly 100£ for same capacity similar functions i was happy i had a player worth its money

so far i am very happy with the player and glad to report (but not) that its not perfect either (as was my original mission anyway)

great sound, bad album art browsing solid feel, great UI (if a little lacking in the UCI dept compared to S9)

all in all i am happy with the P3 so far

My purchase was purely based on bluetooth capability.

I have bluetooth speakers I use at home and work and the P3/P2 was the only player that had such ability. I was tired of trying to use my phone as my media player. It's power just isn't that great being a basic cell phone (not smart phone).

The P2 had been pulled from my local shops and I just happened to catch when they had the P3 in stock so purchased it before I could change my mind.

Been pretty happy with it ever since. Just wish samsung would provide more support for their device on the western hemisphere of the world.

I was kinda in the same boat as Maderin1 (I swear I've seen you on the Meizu/MP4Nation forums?!).
Anyway, I owned a Meizu M6SL 8GB before my P3, which is a solid little player, and is still going strong to this day. However, the lack of storage space, and the pretty annoying touch-pad became too much, so I went looking for a new player.
I looked at the Sony X1000 series, the Samsung P3, the Cowon S9 and god knows how many Chinese players (S-Flo, OS-43, Onda 545HD etc).
They all had their advantages and disadvantages, but after seeing the P3 in action, I was pretty surprised that Samsung had made such a solid little player. The storage space met my requirements, The interface was easy to use, and battery life seemed reasonable. I got mine from Play.com, if anybody is interested.

Bit of a life story, but there you go

this player is very cheap in my country, i buy P3 16gb for only $170, its one of my main reason to grab this player

I had a Cowon D2 and never liked it- like Rob I found the sound cold and the player was fugly tbh.. so I got a P3 almost as soon as they came out. Had a T10 and I really like Samsung players.

Sound quality, and I wanted a good touch screen player that wasn't so mainstream.
But mostly for the quality, I had heard plenty of good things about the DNSe

mine was more of an impulse buy. I was looking a new player online, im ashamed to say i was almost considering an itouch when i saw these on the site to. Then it was an easy choice.