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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SysAdmNj:
Well good luck with that, and post some of the pics when you can :)

Your pics look pretty good to me. I'm viewing them on my 24" monitor at work though. Cute dog btw. I'm sure compared to the ip5 the gs4 will have better detail due to the higher resolution in normal conditions? Is there an exposure setting? Or other settings to help low light conditions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phositadc:
Now that I've taken a second look, I guess you are right that they are pretty decent, except for one of them. I'm so used to looking at things on a small screen that when I blow it up on a big monitor I expect it to be just as sharp on a big screen as it was on a small screen!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] freebee269:
i agree. those pics you posted dont look that bad. that's the problem with the htc one camera (i own one) when you increase the resolution of the pic, the quality suffers due to only being 4mp. the gs4 is 13mp so it wont be as bad when you increase it's resolution (although there will still be some kind of quality drop off).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ZPaul2Fresh8:
Just frickin' awesome. After having the Note this "cheap" plastic feels luxurious :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JasonJoel:
Got mine today. Coming from an LG Optimus G. Here's a few thoughts.

1. I really like the keyboard. But since I've been a swiftkey user for a long time that's no surprise.

2. Screen is very good. Wish it was a little brighter when using auto brightness, but it is very good nonetheless.

3. Maybe I'm just not that picky, but I don't notice any lag. At least not anything bad enough to complain about.

4. Seems to charge pretty fast with the included 2 amp charger.

5. It might be plastic, but I can tell you I like the light weight and the feel in my hand better than my LG Optimus G...

6. I thought the 'swapped' menu and back buttons would bother me. But to be honest, I kind of like it better...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] silkshocker:
I have a few questions,

1. Does the speaker have 'stereo sound' like the HTC one? Can you hear the base? What about hooking up to the headphone? Does it sound better than S3?

2. Anyone here uses Allshare cast? I have a Samsung LED Smart TV that I stream movies directly from my phone to the TV with a touch of a button on the S3. It does have occasional lags, however. Does the S4 do the same?

3. Does the S4 have the same amount of ringtones like the S3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mattdm:
I actually really like the button setup. When I got my first smartphone like three years ago, it was a Blackberry, and it had a similar button arrangement. It went [PHONE][MENU][HOME/SELECT][BACK][END CALL]. My current Galaxy S2 is [MENU][HOME][BACK][SEARCH]. So the S4 will be the same as I am used to, and I will appreciate not having to get used to a new setup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jhong91:
two issues.

1)wifi keeps on disconnecting... very annoying

i have another device on the same wifi, but it's not disconnecting at all.

2) RAM. even if i clear everything, i'm at 1.2GB ish.. i always notice the homescreen widgets refreshing themselves due to low RAM.

anyone else?

everything else is fine.

speedy, beautiful screen, good speaker, very nice camera, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fargonaz:
Speaker is very good; coming from S2

Bloat... Blah

Android without root, is like a day without sunshine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rsmolen:
This is a great comment! I agree 100%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] valleng:
I honestly dont feel a need to root with the One S4 I can see being pretty much the same. Too me stock is way more boring =/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] highaltitude:
My first impression was wtf did they make a box for the phone that the cover doesn't close all the way, my next feeling was why tf did some douche from AT&T open and touch my phone with their greasy hands to put the SIM card in it!? It certainly did not make me feel like it was a new phone, more like a new condition used one from EBay. Besides that, the phone is pretty cool and I like it so far. It is for my wife upgrading from an S2, not sure yet whether it's worth it for me to move up from my international S3 yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] valleng:
My htc one also came with the sim in phone =/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] barondebxl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaOcycocR0Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ratchetjaw:
Got mine today and love it. Not regretting sending the One back at all. Love the IR blaster and watch on
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Loving mine. So refreshing to get rid of Sense and get back to a real Android UI. Love the home button, the real menu button as well. Love that Sammy keeps this on their flagship phones.

Screen- Great!!!

Sound- Top Notch!! Loud.

Lag- What lag? I think people are complaining about nothing here.

Bloatware- Disabled tons of it. Need root to get the rest.

All in all the best device (so far), I have owned. Brings back all the fond memories I had of my International GS2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mickeywdw1254:
With regards to the wifi disconnecting... try disabling the At&t wifi app as it was buggy with the Note and Note2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
Can't speak for the WiFi atm as mine works fine but as for the RAM, I suggest reading up on how Android utilizes memory. You don't want your phone to have a ton of unused memory like a PC. Using memory is a good thing on Android unlike PC :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] highaltitude:
Didn't mean to sound so rude about it, but when you pay good money and are excited about something, then it comes with the plastic wrapping messed up partially peeled, sort of dirty and greasy it ticks you off, just didn't seem new.

That being said, the Air Touch is cool, I like the lockscreen, and it seems fast and responsive. I do like the shape and feel better than the s3. The colors and screen are real nice too. It also seemed to charge alot faster than my SGS3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
I myself can feel where you're coming from. I'm really bothered that some schmuck at a distribution plant who probably has no idea what they're doing is grabbing and putting sensitive parts on what's supposed to be my new phone... Luckily mine was clean and neat still, you probably had some slob handling your phone :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] WMguy:
Lmao! Thought the same thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SysAdmNj:
So at&t didnt give the fancy samsung galaxy box they gave with the gs3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
We got the same box as the International version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
No it's the same box just pushed up a little do to all the little booklets and stuff not being put in properly by the techs are prepackage your sim card in the phone (dumbest thing ever...)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SysAdmNj:
You mean this box?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NFTsZHCAJw

doesnt look that bad if so, but I'm sure at&t warehouse folks opened it all up..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sameer1807:
anyone notice slow wifi speeds when u run speedtest? also, play store downloading extra slow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Nope. I'm getting over 50Mbps down on Speedtest thru wifi.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MattMJB0188:
Hey Baldilocks is there a network mode option under mobile networks? This would allow one to turn off LTE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Not that I can see. It's definitely not as open as the International versions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jhong91:
it was already disabled.

one thing that i found.

after disabling NFC, it stops disconnecting..at least far less frequently.

I'm at my school dorm, so i'll try again when i get home during the weekend.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JasonJoel:
Wifi speeds are good here, too. Completely saturates my 30mbit Internet connection anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sameer1807:
Hey I solved the wifi problem by toggling wifi on off and rebooting. But man. My biggest concern now is to disable the bloatware. I think it's eating the battery..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robotohshs:
Do any of your s4's lag when exiting an app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Not so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MattMJB0188:
Is the UI more responsive if you turn off the air gestures? Any power button lag when turning the device back on? Can one still access the APN's?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] spiderjerusalem:
All air gestures are off on mine, it still feels like a stock s3 or slower, tons of lag on mine. Camera is good if shooting in great light with a stationary target, terrible otherwise, taking it in for an htc one tomorrow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
You can access the APN. (Can't change the default one but you can add new ones.)

I didn't notice any difference with them on or off.

I haven't noticed any power button lag.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cl_l:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2249581

It's not a guide but look at the pics he included and disable everything he has disabled. I've got everything disabled on that list when i kill all apps its using about 700-800 MB Ram. Can't wait for root to uninstall all that crapware :)

e: You won't have any problems disabling anything on that list. Just look at whats disabled and check if you'd want it or would even use it (ATT TV, ATT hostpost, S Health, etc)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aawshads:
underwhelmed

nice phone. not different enough, at least in the first 6 hours, to make me go nuts. i am scared i am going to drop it it is so slick. come on cases. maybe as some thisgs come out to take advantage of its power i will be more wowed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Did you remove the plastic film covering the camera lens? This thing takes great pics.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
My first benchmark impression.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Jankulovski:
Somewhat disappointed in the build quality - feels very cheap and plasticy. I get that Samsung have this "no metal" mantra, but I don't really see why.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maverick96:
The lag is what bothers me the most.

---------- Post added at 06:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:31 AM ----------

I agree with this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] spiderjerusalem:
film is off, I agree it takes great pics in perfect lighting and still subjects but not with anything moving or even remotly dim. Maybe I got a faulty cam on mine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ratchetjaw:
Where are you seeing lag? Can't say I am noticing any
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zmol:
This bloatware you're all talking about. Is that because you bought the phone from AT&T or some other company that shoves extra **** onto the phone or is that Samsung doing it?

I live in Denmark and I'm buying mine without subscription or anything.. but now I'm dreading paying a lot of money for a device full of preinstalled junk just like most laptops you get. I won't be satisfied with paying premium only to get a device that i have to root to actually use.

Why kind of orangutang masterminded this product strategy!? Create a great piece of hardware - top of the line - and then fill it up with so much trash that you put off customers???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gtg465x:
Sounds like both Samsung and AT&T are contributing to the bloatware. I'm sure an unlocked GS4 would have quite a bit less, but it would still have some that Samsung included.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eroracing:
Holy cow..... Now that is fast!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SysAdmNj:
111Mbps down? Damm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Marshall24:
Just played with an s4 in store. The unit I was playing with was seriously perfect. Camera was amazing, no lag at all. Maybe playing with it longer would have resulted in some lag, but from what I saw I was very satisfied.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] americasteam:
Same experience here. Pretty sure my One will be returned tomorrow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] valleng:
Yep same thing I'm contemplating lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Marshall24:
Well I just set my appointment for 9 AM tomorrow at AT&T. First available time so I'm 99.99% guaranteed to get an S4. Still undecided on color :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ratchetjaw:
Good choice. Really enjoying mine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] silkshocker:
Just got this at the door. Time to put on the screen cover and test it out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] silkshocker:
For those who want to know the battery size. The s4 is on the right and s3 on left. I tried on the bumper case but it didn't fit. The s4 is bit bigger than s3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] americasteam:
Just done the same thing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lowspeed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lajH9jtOlk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
The GS4 is actually the same exact size - only thinner.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ekerbuddyeker:
I tried the camera on the s4 next to my note 2 and was surprised that my Note 2 was quicker.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] valleng:
Its not. The S4 is a lot more squared off from what i seen and I like that a lot actually. The s3 seemed like a toy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Baldilocks:
Yes. My GS4 does have a very slow camera. Opens quickly enough but the first picture takes a few seconds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sam2c:
For AMOLED....black all the way. I have the Gnex with an all back theme and widgets and icons just seem to float on top of the screen.

If you must have some white later on, you can put a white back on it. Might be ghetto, but it would pick up less fingerprints to boot....Zebra *****es!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MyGreen_Merit:
I saw my friend had bought one also. I didn't get to actually hold it but I wanted too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
Overall I love it...only one con...sound quality is lower than I hoped...sound just seems so flat and like any stock music player messing with its effects just makes the overall sound worse - cant wait for root and some audio mods

BTW...I have cheap headphones as well as studio monitor headphones. Average 2.1 multi media computer speakers as well as studio monitors...so I think I can judge the audio quality :P -just seemed like all my songs lost bass...and are more flat sounding...my samsung infuse (had a Wolfson DAC) and htc vivid (IDK what DAC) both had better sound for headphones - speaker quality is great tho...at least for a phone :P

Edit...well sound quality has gotten much better than yesterday...strange as I changed nothing that should effect it...although I am now rooted thats the only change...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
My thoughts coming from s3:

Love the more neutral colors of the screen. The screen is gorgeous. Oddly, I'm enjoying touchwiz. The 5" screen helps it a lot.

No stutter or lag. Certainly an evolution from the s3 but the s4 feels better in the hand. Then ergonomics of S devices have always been fantastic, especially compared to my HTC One X with the dang power button on the top.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] silkshocker:
After about 4 hours plus of messing around with the S4 I have noticed a few disturbing things. The phone got severely lagged and frozen especially with air gesture, air view, smart scroll and smart stay turned on. These functions did not work flawlessly. I tried scrolling with my eyes and the pages would get stuck then unexpectedly move. In other words, it's a gimmick to have but not very well functioned. I've just rooted this thing so not sure if that messed things up a bit. I'm gonna give it a few days to try before considering going back to my S3. So far I'm not impressed with this device. Well, the screen is pretty cool but other than that, I'm disappointed. Gonna test out the battery tomorrow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] finnbass759:
huge, fast, cool

as the titile
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] atomic2mod:
Sleek, Slim, Beautiful

I am very impressed with the S4. It does most of what my Note 2 does, but is sleeker and slimmer than even the S3. I have no problems to report and it feels very good in the hand. No regrets!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] moobieboobie:
I got mine on the 25th and am upgrading from an Atrix 4G. Everything about is blows away the atrix of course. Speed, screen size, etc.

I did have to get back into using a dedicated home button. I had an original iPhone 2G, so it's nice to be able to wake without hitting the power button. Compared to the Atrix, I thought the S4 was lacking in build quality. But I have it in a TPU case, so no biggy. Some things that will take getting used to... I always have trouble with one handed operation. I don't have the biggest hands, so it's harder to navigate/type with one hand. The power button location was a little weird for me. I know it's supposed to be more ergonomic or whatever. But I can't hit the power and volume keys with one hand.. at the same time. Its one or the other. The opposite for my right hand.

The other gripe is the home button. A lot of times with one handed operation..when i press the home button, I end up hitting the screen with my thumb.

All minor gripes, but I can live with. Coming from an atrix that was stuck on GB, it's night and day. Even with CM10.1 on the Atrix.. its nice to have a completely functioning phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mcmb03:
just picked up my s4 and am finishing configuring all my accounts! can't wait to put this baby to use tomorrow
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rkennison:
I came from the S3, and I love mine. The screen in particular is great!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sam2c:
Overall the device feels solid and very well balance. No problems using it with one hand. The keyboard I think is especially comfortable given the larger screen. The display is gorgeous. And very readable in sunlight. The only issue that im seeing with the display is on blacks in very dark rooms. It has almost a red tint to it. My Gnex doesnt have that. It seems to only happen if there isnt much on the screen except the black. Icons and widgets on the black background greatly reduce the red tint. Strange. Another minor gripe is

the area around the back and menu button. Samsung put a semi-transparent box around them instead of just the outlines for the arrow and menu icon. It detracts from the clean look of the front. Not sure if its the same with the white version, but its apparent with the black as soon as it get the slightest bit of finger grease on it. When you wipe the buttons clean, the transparent box fades away. Small nitpicking, I know, but just another thing for Samsung to work on for S5

the software:

-I put nova launcher on it so I cant say much about it. Nova works for me

-gestures all work for me if you do them like your doing the jedi mind trick....cool and graceful

- My favorite gesture is the palm air swipe wake, but Sammy made the glow animation so grainy and full of moire that I say yuck every time I see it. Please fix it.

- I hate that I have to click Save in every menu.

- smartstay is a god send

- phone dialer looks like it was done by a 10 year old girl (my hat goes of to said girl for being able to program at such a young age, dont take what i say to heart) When i received a call for the first time, i seriously thought it was a tutorial or a pop up add. Samsung is trying really hard to make things different, but if aint broke, dont fix it. Samsung made it white because of the white phone....I just know thats what was running through their heads.

- multiview is awesome. I think its the best samsung software offered here.

I think its keeper, but lets give it the full 14 days
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
The dialer is atrocious. My only complaint haha. P. S., it's white on my black phone too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ratchetjaw:
Lol I actually like it better than the old one. Love the one of the Htc One
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mr_blanket:
I just picked it up, coming from Galaxy Nexus GSM (first ever android)... you can probably guess what I'm going to say.

This bloat. This damn bloat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sam2c:
Since you have the black, do you see the transparent boxes around the back and menu bottons too?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Nope, but I realize what you're referring to. My white s3 had the same "issue".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sam2c:
how about any red tone of blacks in a dark room?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lowspeed:
Yep noticed that.... why is that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sam2c:
Maybe the Gorilla Glass 3, maybe the new Pentile arrangement....beats me :confused:.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hmbpopo:
Love this phone, such a massive upgrade from my i777. Favorite part is the screen, simply amazing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
Zebra? How bout scarface
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Just went in pitch black room, and ran through the dead pixel test until I got to black screen. Slight red tone noticed. But I had to go in the conditions above to notice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Khalsa4G:
Made the switch from the iPhone 5 and extremely happy. Size and screen, Swype and battery life has been amazing so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sam2c:
"Ju wan play (video) games mang!? Huh?!.......Say hi to ma little friend! " :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mendedtimbo:
I ordered the HTC One two weeks ago from the local store here and it never came in. I seen that this phone was available so I took it home instead. The only thing I hate about it is that it's so new that I can't put aokp on it yet haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sptrsn:
I would have preferred the international version but this one is cheaper .

I was shocked at 9 gb free out of 16.

I was surprised at the locked bootloader .

After disabling some apps and most gimmicks. It runs fair.

The tiny screen size increase makes a noticeable difference in just about every aspect of using the device. Compared to the s3.

Now I can go flashaholic on my i9300.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dirt:
coming from an ns4g on sprints awful service here, I was completely blown away yesterday when I started playing around a bit. I knew it would be better service & a better device, but never dreamed it would be this much better.

sent from my black sgs4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Dannar:
Well, after months of agonizing between the S4 and the HOne, here I am with a white S4 in hand. Got it today, around 6pm. So, here's my take coming from the HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon.

This thing is all screen. It's very light. I presume this is why people moan about build quality. With the haptic feedback vibrations, this thing feels almost hollow. I suppose you could construe that as feeling "cheap." The AT&T associate didn't put the back cover on correctly, so it felt like it had imperfections until I snapped it back into place.

The default keyboard annoys me. I dislike having to longpress for a comma. Oh well, I've purchased swiftkey.

I was playing minecraft, pocket edition, on this thing and suprisingly it had the occational lag spike. My in-law's S3 didn't lag at all playing MCPE. Though her phone got really hot, really quickly. I also got her battery down fairly quickly. At least my S4 didn't get hot (luke-warm better describes it), but those lag spikes put me off. I get them on my thunderbolt, albiet more frequently. Oh, and despite playing for like a half hour, the battery still seems to be roughly around the same percentage. I imagine battery life on the S4 will be a huge leap ahead from the Tbolt.

I disabled a bunch of the features like air view and the like...I'm holding off on customizing things until after I root. I hope achieving root isn't a pain in the ass, or excessively risky.

And now to go bargain hunting for good cases and accessories...