*** The Official Samsung Galaxy S4 Thread ***

Have to say, I was pretty much sold on the HTC One. (I'd have one in my hands right now if it weren't for the delay.) But now I feel swayed by the practicality of GS4. Although the GS4 is not as beautiful as the One (in my eyes), I feel it's more likely to survive a fall (being plastic based), I like the removable battery and micro-SD slot, the smaller dimensions than the GS3, the horsepower, and the size of the battery. I'm going to hold off my upgrade for a bit longer while I think on about it, I reckon.

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V_R said:
Well, I like it. Maybe its time to trade in the iP5.... I'm bored of Apple and iOS, back to Android i think. :)

(Probably the wrong thing to say in here!?)
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it would be if you was on apple forum but your in mobile phones.. obviously iphone is not a phone ;):D
 
Just caught wind on this phone. it looks decent.

what is putting me off is the samsung touch wiz UI and the fact that it takes a long time for samsung devices to recieve android updates.

if this was running vanilla android, i would be all over it.

Does this have a better battery life/size then the htc one?

HTC one doesnt have expandable sd card slot unlike the s4 and thats another deal breaker for htc one
 
jonneymendoza said:
Just caught wind on this phone. it looks decent.

what is putting me off is the samsung touch wiz UI and the fact that it takes a long time for samsung devices to recieve android updates.

if this was running vanilla android, i would be all over it.

Does this have a better battery life/size then the htc one?

HTC one doesnt have expandable sd card slot unlike the s4 and thats another deal breaker for htc one
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samsung is good with updates on their flagships :) one of the best tbh.
 
TheVoice said:
4.2.2 only came out a month ago.
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Jelly bean came out last year didn't it? Or is a point release considered a new OS in the Android world? ;)

Also isn't the PPI a bit pointless - if 300ish is the point you cant distinguish the pixels doesn't that mean you cant see 25% of the picture detail in a 1080p video? So you are just wasting battery power and for games limiting the effects etc just to say the phone is 'full HD'. I thought we had got passed the pointless 'game of specs' in the mobile market?

I am surprised they still went for the naff and widely disliked plastic case - if they had a least done something about that this would have seemed less of a 'S' version.
 
n111ck said:
Jelly bean came out last year didn't it? Or is a point release considered a new OS in the Android world? ;)

Also isn't the PPI a bit pointless - if 300ish is the point you cant distinguish the pixels doesn't that mean you cant see 25% of the picture detail in a 1080p video? So you are just wasting battery power and for games limiting the effects etc just to say the phone is 'full HD'. I thought we had got passed the pointless 'game of specs' in the mobile market?

I am surprised they still went for the naff and widely disliked plastic case - if they had a least done something about that this would have seemed less of a 'S' version.
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It might be disliked by some but there's no denying it's tough and easily replaced if scratched. You can bend it in half and it reverts back to shape...

Anyway, while JB is a year old pretty much, point updates bring new features and improvements so it can be called the "latest" OS. Android doesn't follow point update themes of other pieces of software out there.
 
are you kidding me, the Samsung fanboys are the iphone equivalents. Samsung dominates the market with a completely average phone, bloated with software (like HTC), with the worst design on the market. HTC One, LG N4, Experia are all better looking phones and better physical quality than the galaxy S3 and S4
 
rogueblade said:
are you kidding me, the Samsung fanboys are the iphone equivalents. Samsung dominates the market with a completely average phone, bloated with software (like HTC), with the worst design on the market. HTC One, LG N4, Experia are all better looking phones and better physical quality than the galaxy S3 and S4
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Completely average phone? :confused:

Design preference is subjective.
 
rogueblade said:
are you kidding me, the Samsung fanboys are the iphone equivalents. Samsung dominates the market with a completely average phone, bloated with software (like HTC), with the worst design on the market. HTC One, LG N4, Experia are all better looking phones and better physical quality than the galaxy S3 and S4
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With the exception of the One S, no other phone feels as comfortable to hold and use than the S3 which is all plastic and brandishes a super ugly design according to some people:p

What's your point here?
 
rogueblade said:
are you kidding me, the Samsung fanboys are the iphone equivalents. Samsung dominates the market with a completely average phone, bloated with software (like HTC), with the worst design on the market. HTC One, LG N4, Experia are all better looking phones and better physical quality than the galaxy S3 and S4
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Robbo said:
Completely average phone? :confused:

Design preference is subjective.
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It has the same top of the line hardware as the other flagship phone. Everything else about it is average or worse I'd say. Touchwiz only sounds like it's going to take up even more resources than before with gimmick features. The phone is still cheap tacky plastic that looks about as rounded as the original iphone
 
Well , my 2 pence worth, I actually think they have the design about right, I think the S3 is OK (I have one) but the squarer metal band around the S4 does give it a nicer premium look. I'm glad its not longer or wider (S3 is on the verge of acceptable size), but, I would have preferred it to be the same or thicker than the S3 with a much greater increase in battery power. As for the rest of the specs not sure what anyone else would want over and above the S4, seems like a good increase over the S3 to me. I'm currently thinking this will be my next phone at some point later in the year, I have the non LTE S3, so once three network roll out 4G I'm probably going to swap to the S4. (Although I might be tempted to get one earlier if it supports DC-HSDPA)
 
Robbo said:
I think the design is slightly better as well, but there's not much in it. The size of it being smaller is very good, I'm impressed what they've done with that, as I'm sure most people are.

I'll need to see this screen next to an S3 to see if the 1080p is worth it - I suspect it probably is but I guess it depends on your perspective.

The last thing is the battery, it could provide some Note-esque battery life, in which case that will be pretty awesome.

I don't think the camera will be a massive improvement on the current top 8MP ones, but we need a detailed test to see that. The samples look fairly decent so far. Same for video.

95% of the (utterly horrendous) presentation was centered around the TouchWiz features that I don't think all that many people will use. They're party tricks more than anything. The 'dual camera' photo thing looks stupid - it doesn't create the type of effect they're going for at all, and would only be used rarely by most people. It's not a feature you should be leading with; certainly over something like being able to use the screen with gloves on!!

Then you have to remember this is Android, so a lot of the functionality (not all) they're discussing is already available/will be available if it's actually good.

Overall I think it's an impressive phone but it's not quite as far ahead of the HTC One and Xperia Z as I thought it might be, but there's no doubt it's the best Android phone out there at the moment, or at least it should be if it performs as expected.

Not sure how desperate I am for one at the moment though, I'll see how the reviews and user feedback stacks up to start with. I don't think the jump is as big as S2 > S3, whether you think it's a Galaxy S3'S' is down to your expectations. At this point in time I think expecting anything more than Samsung delivered was unrealistic.

The tech sites who have actually tested it seem to like it, but find it underwhelming - a GS3'S' - at the same time, which I think is understandable. Though the difference is slightly bigger than Apple's 'S phone' differences usually are so it's perhaps a bit unfair, but the point remains.
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The dimensions and screen is what impressed me the rest was very meh - the design would have been the main selling point for me and it's to similar to the S3.

No real point me changing from a i9305 as it has the Grey hue, 4G and 2GB RAM.

I'm all set up right too with custom ROM and JB theme.


This will be a great upgrade for people coming from other phones.
 
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