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The Galaxy S5
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Here's the Verge take on GS5's fingerprint scanner.
www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5441668/samsung-galaxy-s5-announcement-launch
This is one thing I love about the 5S. I can activate the phone with one hand, just placing my thumb on the home button which is a totally natural position.
www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5441668/samsung-galaxy-s5-announcement-launch
This is one thing I love about the 5S. I can activate the phone with one hand, just placing my thumb on the home button which is a totally natural position.
Well maybe the majority didn't care. Most people don't know what touch wiz is. Not everyone is a geek obsessed with pure android.
If the general public wanted all the things you suggested then the nexus 5 would have sold 40 million units.
My daily driver is an iPhone, but I love Android competition. I'm pretty disappointed by this, was hoping for something a little bit more radical - I'm sure it will still sell like hotcakes though. The hardware got even more ugly this time around, and the software is starting to look pretty dated in my opinion. Let's see what HTC can cook up..
Oh dear, i think Samsung has run into a wall and needs inspiration from its competitors. The fingerprint copy has a predictably terrible implementation.
Nothing really compelling announced thus far. And the keynote is just droning on and on about nothing.
The Sony Xperia Z2 is a more compelling device. Yet i fear it will meet the same fate as the HTC One.
Nothing really compelling announced thus far. And the keynote is just droning on and on about nothing.
The Sony Xperia Z2 is a more compelling device. Yet i fear it will meet the same fate as the HTC One.
I meant samsung galaxy customers.
I think he was referring to their customers (of the galaxy line), not to general customers.
I think its moreso that the majority don't know any better. If they could choose between stock (better performance & without freaking knox) and TW, it would be interesting to see the results.
And I'm talking about the people who buy samsung phones. The majority of those 40 million people who bought the S4 probably don't even know what touch wiz is.
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Yes there are some.
The camera looks good.
The power saving mode
The payment via fingerprint if it works
The heart rate monitor.
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You could say that about a lot of Apple's customers. But at the end of he day people like what they like. That's why Apple and Samsung are so successful.
How would samsung integrate google play payments without android being configured for such?
Yes indeed, but Samsung's Galaxy S grew so large with principles that they are now abandoning. Their devices were 'open' and fueled by the 'geek community' and now they are debatably more locked down than Apple.
Apple hasn't really changed. They've always made their users conform to their ways.
I don't know...but they didn't say it only works for PayPal either.....
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It does huh? I like the Gear Fit fitness band. It looks sweet!
So? They have their own (rubbish) App Store. It would make more sense for them to authorise payments for their own stores. They don't own the google play store.
How are they more locked down than Apple's devices?
I really don't understand this statement.
Whatever you want to say about Samsung, through their popularity they have improved the experience of all android users (services, apps etc).
I think this year is gonna be disappointing.
The S5 has really really disappointed me, and the HTC One 2 seems just like a minor refresh.
Not interested in Note 4. LG G3 will be mostly the same with better hardware and that only leaves the Nexus 6, which will again have poor battery and a poor camera, so...
The S5 has really really disappointed me, and the HTC One 2 seems just like a minor refresh.
Not interested in Note 4. LG G3 will be mostly the same with better hardware and that only leaves the Nexus 6, which will again have poor battery and a poor camera, so...