I never compared the S5 to any flagship. All i compared its specs to was the rumours and expectations that many had developed over the past few weeks leading up to the launch. Is this seriously so hard to grasp?
LG announced a QHD display if I am not mistaken. HTC M8 is rumoured to have a 1080P HD LCD Display @ 5inches, we are not sure since it was not launched at MWC. At least I along with many others expected samsung to go one ahead of these given their display expertise and the fact that they had so publicly shown prototypes of ridiculously high ppi AMOLED's. Its ok if Samsung wished to be at par with its android flagship brothers..but given its massive display know how it really needed to leap frog them to come out with the next big thing as this was touted.
Regarding 2gb of RAM being better then 3gb :
Lets wait and use it at least to come to that conclusion! Or are you just so confident without even using the phone that you are willing to come to this conclusion? What effect does the much bloated TW has on the entire experience remains to be seen, definitely compared to other flagship devices which do not have as bloated a SKIN as TW and offer or will offer 3gb of ram along with the same processor.
On specs aren't everything:
This just makes the day! Samsung has always touted its superior specs..Dig around on google, they even used it in marketing.
Apple using 1 GB RAM:
This was totally the opposite of what most Samsung fans claimed...Apple had POOR specs compared to samsung..Whats happening here
Android never was the problem...It has always been the TW that has kept on becoming more bloated.
Lol so now Samsung are to blame for the lag that was present in all the earlier android devices.
Android and Apple are two different setups.
Android devices need a certain amount of processing power and RAM to give a decent performance. However the top end android devices have exceeded this point now. I don't see any point in adding ram and specs for the sake of it. The S4 has 2GB of RAM and isn't laggy. So I don't see why 3GB is needed.
Apple devices don't need as much processing power or RAM to perform efficiently. Which is why a dual core processor and 1 GB of RAM is perfectly fine.
Things I do think matter is the lack of a HD screen and the option to have a larger screen.
It all depends on how you take all the rumours. However for the last few weeks it became apparent to me that the S5 was not going to have a significantly faster processor than the current Snapdragon 800 as the next generation chipset isn't ready. When LG announced the Pro 2 with a 1080 p display and the HTC one 2 became rumoured to have a 1080p display, it then became apparent to me that the S5 would also have a 1080p display.
Samsung have never really outdone their competitors in terms of specs. They have more 'Gimmicks' but specs wise they have always been on par with their android 'brothers'.
As for the design. I'll give you that. I personally didn't know what to expect, but maybe some people thought there would be a metal design and are now disappointed.
Touchwiz, I won't because this is a samsung phone, not a nexus one. I don't see why it should be a stock google phone.
