[Galaxy S 4 General] puremind:
I have changed launcher, dialer and animation speed. But I still experience some lags. The settings menu, phone, contact list, gallery, etc... still have 1-2 sec lags.

Nova launcher run smoothly but it doesn't improve the rest.

Also evne though I changed the dialer, the stock dialer still pops up for the actual call, and it has a 3 sec lag before it goes back to your contact list. How do I get rid of that stupid dialer completely? I am grateful for any tips.

---------- Post added at 01:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:54 AM ----------

HTC will appearently allow waking up of the device with the volume button. A button on the right is also my preference to wake the device.

The power button is the only thing I like about the S4's buttons, though.

The home button is too thin and I often touch the screen when pressing it.

Likewise the back button very often makes me tap the screen. I think they are too close to the screen.

The volume buttons on the left are not that comfortable, a bit harder to press than then power button.

Since waking up the device with volume buttons (through custom ROM at the moment), and since the sensitivity of the buttons was improved on the One, I actually prefer the button setup of the One.

S4 is 2 mm larger than the One but the one fits two front facing stereo speakers in marginally taller frame (0.4mm taller only). So overall the One is more compact. the One also has thin edges and depth is never an issue.

The only inconveniences I see with the one is the extra weight - I don't feel comfortable running with the phone in my pocket when i don't have tight pockets, as I am scared it could come out. Also it has harder edges that are less comfortable than the rounded edges of the S4. Personally I prefer the design of the Desire 600, because it will be more comfortable to hold, but screen too small for me.

---------- Post added at 01:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:11 AM ----------

Thanks, Pulse doesn't do it for me because:

Can't find content relevant to my countries (especially Sports)

News are not interwined into an integrated feed, still working with a secluded drawer mechanism.

Blinkfeed allows more fine-tuning, for example it lets you select sub categories. The filtering on Pulse and other services is much too coarse and not as targeted to my interests, so I go through too many articles that are of no interest to me!

I don't know news 360, but can test if it doesn't have the above mentioned issues.

---------- Post added at 01:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:23 AM ----------

All fine and good but:

How did Motorola Mobility do before Google took them under their wing?

Poor results by HTC actually reduce the cost of the aquisition because all of that is already reflected in the share price - what you pay for is what you get, except HTC is particularly cheap at the moment (nearly 80% cheaper than in May 2011) - put into Asus's capable hands, the business would regain a lot of its value, making it a good investment

Why would you assume Asus would not rationalize like Google did with Motorola - sure there is a cost but the question is about the synergies in terms of human resources, supply chain, production scalability and critical mass, marketing, merchandising, advertising, R&D, etc...

It would get Asus a presence in a segment they have only scratched with the padfone, giving them the manufacturing capabilities to make a significant foray into that market segment

Laptops and Tablets have different distribution channels than smartphones - a big barrier to entry for Asus is the distribution channels - HTC would bring the them access to carrier distribution channels that they lack to move beyong a padphone product

Growing a segment on their own would take them more time especially with fierce competition from Samsung, Apple,Sony and LG. With HTC infrastructure, they would be immediately operational - all they have to do is take charge of the product strategy and tweak some of strategic direction

From a human resources standpoint - they would completely circumvent the cost of recruiting organically by mass-recruiting HTC employees (and letting redundant jobs go). That alone is a huge HR lever.

We are still talking about a company that has a lot of know-how and has just brought out a hugely popular phone