all though I hated it's physical appearance. But It doesn't matter as performance and specs are more important then the design itself, the specs are mind-blowing, This phone is more of a monster. The sides of this phone is better then S III as the sides of S III were little bit slippery.
It's just like Nokia 3510, which was the redesigned version of 3310. The 3510 had nearly the same faceplate design of 3310, except the keypad design, which was different and softer.
Conclusion, it's a better phone when it comes to specs.