The Galaxy S5

[LIVEFRMNYC]

That is pretty generous of Samsung to donate $3M to charity after the 3M retweets from Ellen DeGeneres Twitter account.

I have my qualms with both Apple and Samsung. They could be the biggest tech rivals since Nintendo vs Sega in the early 90's. BTW, looking forward to Seth Rogen make a movie about the Nintendo vs Sega rivalry.

But all of them each have qualities that still makes me admire them. With Apple, it is hardware design. I love their hardware design. I love how they package it together inside/out. I love the simplicity. With Samsung, it is how they can throw everything but the kitchen sink onto the device. The charities. The free perks aka Galaxy Gifts. They can be first mover the way Sega was, but they take alot of chances. Galaxy Cameras goes beyond Android appearing in just phones or tablets. Apple, like Nintendo has always been conservative, secretive, and wants to rule with a tight fist. But Apple can make software and hardware. Nintendo can make great software with underpowered hardware at times.

I do like Samsung phones because it gives users a mechanical home button. It is another option to wake up the screen like Apple does. HTC, Sony, and Nexus generally can be awaken with the power button. I had to install SMS Wakeup on the One and uninstall Motion Actions. I now rely on the power button or incoming text to wake up the screen. LG G2 has Knock-On and Moto X has Active Display. And I like capacitive buttons over on-screen like for back and menu. I miss that menu button. I never got into the multi-task button. Shame Samsung switched the menu one for it in the S5. But the layout to wake up the screen and navigate is still good on the Samsungs. Mechanical home button and capacitive back button is all I really need.

Finally, someone with a decent analogy.

 

[rockitdog]

I'm curious if anyone knows weather or not the S4 will get the Touchwiz UI update that the S5 is getting... I know it's getting or has gotten kit kat but am unsure of weather or not Touchwiz will get a makeover on the S4.

 

[vomhorizon]

I'm curious if anyone knows weather or not the S4 will get the Touchwiz UI update that the S5 is getting... I know it's getting or has gotten kit kat but am unsure of weather or not Touchwiz will get a makeover on the S4.

Why should it not..S4 owners paid fair price for their phones..It should be handed out as soon as the S5 goes for sale..

 

[adder7712]

I'm curious if anyone knows weather or not the S4 will get the Touchwiz UI update that the S5 is getting... I know it's getting or has gotten kit kat but am unsure of weather or not Touchwiz will get a makeover on the S4.

The greatest makeover UI-wise in a Samsung phone would be the Galaxy S2's Android 4.1 update as it received the S3's version of TouchWiz.

The S3's Android 4.3 update did introduce a lot of UI elements from the S4.

 

[jamezr]

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/06/samsung-galaxy-s5-photo-samples-show-off-impressi

The camera looks impressive.....

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/06/samsung-galaxy-s5-photo-samples-show-off-impressive-camera-quality/

 

[rockitdog]

The greatest makeover UI-wise in a Samsung phone would be the Galaxy S2's Android 4.1 update as it received the S3's version of TouchWiz.

The S3's Android 4.3 update did introduce a lot of UI elements from the S4.

That's good to know. I got a good deal on a new S4 so I am really hoping the new Touchwiz UI makes it onto it. The S5 really doesn't do anything for me so I decided to save a few bucks.

 

[Sensamic]

The camera looks impressive.....

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http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/06...o-samples-show-off-impressive-camera-quality/

More pressure on the HTC One.

 

[mclld]

As if the One is any competition to the Galaxy lol

 

[sentinelsx]

As if the One is any competition to the Galaxy lol

Well, the marketing has won over the sheep so may be not, but who knows, there are some sane people around.

 

[tbayrgs]

As if the One is any competition to the Galaxy lol

It may not sell in significant numbers to worry Samsung but assuming the 13 MP camera rumors are true, I'd take it over the S5 without a second thought. And I'm highly critical of the excess bezel in the new One. Would much rather deal with the extra bezel and top mounted power button vs. Samsung's bloat and TW.

 

[gotluck]

It may not sell in significant numbers to worry Samsung but assuming the 13 MP camera rumors are true, I'd take it over the S5 without a second thought. And I'm highly critical of the excess bezel in the new One. Would much rather deal with the extra bezel and top mounted power button vs. Samsung's bloat and TW.

I echo these comments

 

[sentinelsx]

It may not sell in significant numbers to worry Samsung but assuming the 13 MP camera rumors are true, I'd take it over the S5 without a second thought. And I'm highly critical of the excess bezel in the new One. Would much rather deal with the extra bezel and top mounted power button vs. Samsung's bloat and TW.

+1.

I don't mind sense as much as touchwizz at all. Just give me updates at a decent pace and I might just stick with HTC instead of buying a nexus next time.

 

[mclld]

You can be an informed consumer and still prefer Samsung, I am

 

[jamezr]

You can be an informed consumer and still prefer Samsung, I am

i echo that! I don't mind TW all that much at all. Sure they can get rid of the little features that no one will use but all vendors do that. If you want pure no nonsense Android get a Nexus. Samsung makes great phones IMHO…..
The One was a great phone…but I hated Sense……it well made no sense to me.

 

[rockitdog]

i echo that! I don't mind TW all that much at all. Sure they can get rid of the little features that no one will use but all vendors do that. If you want pure no nonsense Android get a Nexus. Samsung makes great phones IMHO…..
The One was a great phone…but I hated Sense……it well made no sense to me.

I agree. I like Samsung's touchwiz UI too, it's the bloatware I don't care for. I'm stuck with Verizon so no Nexus for me.

 

[Fanaticalism]

It may not sell in significant numbers to worry Samsung but assuming the 13 MP camera rumors are true, I'd take it over the S5 without a second thought. And I'm highly critical of the excess bezel in the new One. Would much rather deal with the extra bezel and top mounted power button vs. Samsung's bloat and TW.

Meh, I can get rid of the bloat, I can't change the physical design of the phone. I just don't get why if they moved to on-screen keys, why did they keep the big bottom lip on the screen.

These manufacturers should focus on slimming the physical footprint down to easier manipulation while maintaining screen real estate, yet the seem to be going in the opposite direction.

 

[Shanghaichica]

You can be an informed consumer and still prefer Samsung, I am

This.

I'm sick of the purists telling me that I really want stock on my phone lol

 

[rockitdog]

This.

I'm sick of the purists telling me that I really want stock on my phone lol

Vanilla Android is what all the "cool kids" are using, haha! personally I find it boring and LAME!!!

 

[gotluck]

Meh, I can get rid of the bloat, I can't change the physical design of the phone. I just don't get why if they moved to on-screen keys, why did they keep the big bottom lip on the screen.

These manufacturers should focus on slimming the physical footprint down to easier manipulation while maintaining screen real estate, yet the seem to be going in the opposite direction.

Well, if you live in the US you can probably only get rid of the bloat on the Tmobile model becuase everyone elses will be bootloader locked/knox whole schabang.

unless safestrap sticks around, but that's just not the same

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Vanilla Android is what all the "cool kids" are using, haha! personally I find it boring and LAME!!!

You basically either choose from whittling down Touchwiz to your own satisfaction

or

building upon stock android with whatever you want

the reason we beat the stock android drum is performance.. not features, of course it is more 'boring'. dont understand how better performance is lame though

 

[vomhorizon]

the reason we beat the stock android drum is performance.. not features, of course it is more 'boring'. dont understand how better performance is lame though

I'll also add upgradability to the list..

 

[kdarling]

That is pretty generous of Samsung to donate $3M to charity after the 3M retweets from Ellen DeGeneres Twitter account.

And she talked about the charity donation on her show as well.

Not to mention that Samsung gave Galaxies to everyone in her audience. (see end of video below) At the least, that should get some viewers interested.

I would say that you can't buy publicity like that, but obviously you can, and they did

 

[rockitdog]

And she talked about the charity donation on her show as well.

Not to mention that Samsung gave Galaxies to everyone in her audience. (see end of video below) At the least, that should get some viewers interested.

I would say that you can't buy publicity like that, but obviously you can, and they did

YouTube: video

People can do what they want with charity but I would never take a pot of like $3 million and donate 1/2 St. Jude's and the other 1/2 to the human society. Amazing to me how many people put animals on the same level as human kids! I could see like 75% for the kids or maybe even 2/3 but 1/2? Ridiculous!

 

[kdarling]

People can do what they want with charity but I would never take a pot of like $3 million and donate 1/2 St. Jude's and the other 1/2 to the human society. Amazing to me how many people put animals on the same level as human kids! I could see like 75% for the kids or maybe even 2/3 but 1/2? Ridiculous!

That was my first reaction as well.

Maybe she has a large audience of childless people with pets?

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

I wasn't initially excited at all about the S5 as an upgrade from my S4. But the more I read and watch reviews about, the more I have the urge to upgrade.

People can do what they want with charity but I would never take a pot of like $3 million and donate 1/2 St. Jude's and the other 1/2 to the human society. Amazing to me how many people put animals on the same level as human kids! I could see like 75% for the kids or maybe even 2/3 but 1/2? Ridiculous!

IMO ... Pets deserve it. I can't even fathom how many suicides they probably prevented.

 

[jamezr]

I wasn't initially excited at all about the S5 as an upgrade from my S4. But the more I read and watch reviews about, the more I have the urge to upgrade.

+++ this! I want to check it out in person and get some first adopters feedback but I might get this phone.......