I personally did feel that the S3 was ugly considering it to be the successor to the awesome looking S2.
But S3 was having the best specs among all Androids the year it was launched which made it sell well. Also, the design wasn't that bad as it thought it would be.
No doubt S5 will sell well too. It's just that people expected a completely different design and are now disappointed.
I bought the s3, and I loved it but Samsung has changed and is no longer a desirable product. Knox security, restricted and locked bootloaders and updates that are slower than molasses. I just don't see the appeal of Samsung anymore
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Nexus 4 came a bit later but was on the same playing field for a lot cheaper
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I personally did feel that the S3 was ugly considering it to be the successor to the awesome looking S2.
But S3 was having the best specs among all Androids the year it was launched which made it sell well. Also, the design wasn't that bad as it thought it would be.
No doubt S5 will sell well too. It's just that people expected a completely different design and are now disappointed.
And 1GB RAM phones have been reborn to a second life with AOSP Kit Kat which is much lighter on RAM than stock firmwares ... meaning, 2GB RAM will probably last quite long ...
And after 1.5 years it has sold over 100 million units and is the best selling smartphone of all times!!!
And after 1.5 years it has sold over 100 million units and is the best selling smartphone of all times!!!
None of the other vendors are exactly better at updates, the Nexus-line is sole in that respect. And some Samsung software are actually much better than the pure Google experience ie the cam/camcorder.
Samsung, as being popular, has very good AOSP dev support and a very large modding community which makes Samsung a safe bet for those who likes messing around with the software on the device
I think it has been quoted as 30 min under 1 m deep water, I would call that some sort of water resistance. Especially contrary to Apples garanty voiding humidity detectors which are VERY easily triggered ....
To be realistic s5 is a good device with Samsung plugging every loop hole that's present with the previous version, you get
1. Updated touchwiz
2. Water proof
3. Brightest led screen ever made
4. Isocell camera module
5. Updated processor as per Industry standard
6. Somewhat bigger battery
7. All the goodies present with previous galaxy devices.
8. 128gb sd card support
The design is as same as s4,the bigger bezels are the compromise Samsung made for making it water proof. We all know Samsung is not going to have a super duper design.
The phone will not satisfy or justify s4 and note 3 users, apart from them it should satisfy other users to be realistic, at the end of the day it's upto the personal preferences
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I bought the s3, and I loved it but Samsung has changed and is no longer a desirable product. Knox security, restricted and locked bootloaders and updates that are slower than molasses. I just don't see the appeal of Samsung anymore
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---------- Post added at 08:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 AM ----------
Nexus 4 came a bit later but was on the same playing field for a lot cheaper
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