But what it DOESN'T have is good battery life (considering the size of the battery). I upgraded from a GS3 to a Note II entirely for the larger battery, and it's annoying that even this freaking giant slab has to be charged sometimes to make it through the day.
So I seriously doubt that any Samsung phone has something like the M7. I've gotten used to the big screen of the Note II, but I SO wish Samsung would do the things Apple does to save power. Some guy on Apple Insider mentioned a chip that appears to do exactly what the M7 does. Maybe there are others as well (though I never heard of anything like this before). Anyway, Samsung and others can certainly do this if they want to.
Battery life on my phone gets me through the day, but then again, I'm not jacking with it all day. Probably mid-morning, lunch, mid-afternoon is when I check stuff, and I listen to podcasts/music for much of the day. I will admit, an hour before I leave the office, I put it on the charger, and then that gets me through to the next morning.
I think Apple really missed the boat here. The lack of a 1080p screen and a bigger, proper ratio for a screen when all of your competitors are doing so is pretty bizarre. At least give it a 720p. It's no wonder they had to revamp the look of iOS 7 to draw the oohs and awws. Unfortunately, the icon designs are inconsistent and everything is much too colorful. A user chosen color scheme would have been nice to add.
