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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cataloochee:
I too have moved from a Galaxy S3 to the S4 and am extremely pleased with the new phone. The IR tv controller is a great feature and eliminates yet one more electronic device controller

The screen size, definition, color rendering and speed are truly amazing.

The air gesture feature is a favorite of mine allowing me to screw with I-Sheep in Starbucks stores to an even greater extent :D The looks on their faces is "priceless". :laugh:

The internal design provides for a much easier installation and removal of both the SIM card and an SD memory card. Very nice little feature.

But what I like the best is the fact that the phone case is made of engineered materials (plastic for the ignorant editorial writers whining about construction of Galaxy phones). Outside of Ti there is no metal that can be engineered to have the flexibility and integrity of the back cover of the S4. There is no shock absorbing metal at all. The fit and finish of the Galaxy phones are due in large part to the use of engineered materials designed specifically to do specific jobs, something that is severely limited when working with metals. Not convince? Check out the Samsung video of the durability testing of the S4 phones.

There are a few things I would like done differently though. All revolve around Samsung's decision to lock up there phones. Like having to find an obscure sub-menu and press it 5 to 10 times to access Developer Options and put this menu on the screen. And locking the boot loader when the Gov't says that rooting phones is perfectly legal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mrbro0ks:
Coming from the HTC One X Plus which was garbage as far as I'm concerned. Had to have it replaced twice and the third device just slowly stopped working over time as well as missing calls all together. Finally I upgraded to the SGS4, this is easily the best phone I have ever owned. A great camera, speedy os and great design. I have a neo hybrid case with a revention yellow bumper and couldn't be happier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
I'm not a huge fan of Touchwiz(it's a little laggy), but I always feel safe and warm when I use it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AdePower:
I had a S3 and I loved it, then my ex convinced me to get the HTC One. Worst mistake ever! It's a nice phone, but god i was missing my S3 soooo bad. Touchwiz pampers you soooooo much. Everything is so easy to work with Touchwiz, Sense was so bloated at one piont and now they scaled back to much that it made it hard to live with. I bought myself a S4, and its just awesome. I'm a Samsung fanboy, most of the electronics in my house come from poppa Samsung. My HTC One is about to go on craigslist, don't use it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] s384:
I went s2 to s3 to s4 to htc one back to s4.

I was always hapoy about the s4. but its easy to exchange phones shortly after purchase. I had to see why the internet was raving about the one. really I didnt like it. I couldnt feel good about it for many reasons.

I love my s4. my new electronic best friend. I miss the ones front speakers that had loud and clear sound. but whatever. that was the only thing I prefered over s4.

I get great battery life. on par with mt heavily tweaked and rooted and rommed and kerneled s3 and i have barely done anything with the 4 yet. just did 4 hours screen time after using 51% of battery. so thats good.

I have nothing but praise for this device. touchwiz is a bit fruity. after using the htc one I really prefered its icons and general look. though touchwiz is nice. the sliding to call and sliding to msg for contacts. the quick toggles. I got tired of touchwiz and went wth holo launcher. didnt look back.

also not happy with samsungs supplied ringtones and notification tones. not a single ringtone sounded like something I wasnt embarassed to be around. but of course you can change them. and the samsung keyboard sucks. does it even auto correct? ive never used their keyboards more than a week in the past.

where it matters most the s4 is easily making me happy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
I liked the s4 but went back and forth and in the end I kept my one. I went from a note 2 to an s4 and the lag felt like a downgrade sadly... Maybe I'll get the note 3 next
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] VeryCoolAlan:
Starting to notice that 64gb isn't enough.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
What have you been storing on your phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] VeryCoolAlan:
Music and about 3 gameloft games with a few movies. I don't believe in cloud anything because if I somehow magically don't have Internet in the middle of nowhere... How am I gonna enjoy myself???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
Yeah I dont use cloud storage either, I haven't placed all my movies on my 32gb card yet but I'm hoping it should be enough for me. I'm going on vacation soon so im going to need all the space I can get.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
I told myself I made the right choice picking the S4 when I heard that HTC isnt going to upgrade the One S anymore. Good luck HTC One fans!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] surge27:
HTC won't abandon the One like the One S. It's been such a huge success for HTC and especially at a critical time for them.

I have the S4 also and came from the One. I've been completely satisfied with the S4 now that we have pretty stable AOSP roms and now 4.3.

Google Editions for both S4 and One is great for consumers especially for us XDA peeps (WIN WIN WIN)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
I don't trust that for a second. The one S was HTC's stupid decision. Just as it is now to not update it. Fool me once......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] firemedic1343:
I was happy with my S4. I just didn't like the color rendering and the speakers. The S4A fixed the color problem with the TFT, but the speakers could still use help. So I ordered one of those bluetooth speaker boxes. All my problems were solved while staying in the S4 family.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
S4A is a wonderful device as well. Awesome that it has root now, but those things are RARE on swappa. I cant see myself pay full price for one right now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] UrDeadAgain:
I'm in absolute love with my S4. No complaints whatsoever.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Further, heresy though it may be, I'm glad I bought an S4 variant with Touchwiz rather than stock Android. I'm Mr. Nexus and have been for years, but owning a Galaxy S4 with stock Android is just pointless, IMO. You're missing out on way too many of the great features of this phone. Plus, I'll admit there are quite a few things about Touchwiz that I'd love to see Google implement into the stock UI. It's little things like being able to hide apps in the app tray, have separate wallpapers for the lockscreen and homescreen, etc.

Those Google Experience versions, especially at the full $649 price tag, just don't give you as a good a value for your money when compared to the Touchwiz version. Since the updates come from the OEMs on the Google Experience versions, there's really no reason to own one over a Touchwiz version at all unless you just love the stock Android UI that much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] songsongsong:
agreed. was set on running an aosp rom which is still a great option but I'm running cleanrom now which is basically just a debloated touchwiz rom and it boots and runs faster than anything else I've tried. not to mention you get the option of keeping all touchwiz features if you want, or ditch them if you prefer! this is def my favorite s4 experience so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
Same here. I expected the battery to be better but it's either about the same or slightly worse than stock TW. That being said, there really no benefit to go vanilla android, you lose a lot of features and running GoldenEye ROM I have wonderful battery life and zero lag.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bammyman:
I have to say I absolutely love my S4. I made the switch from a 4S and would never go back. The only phone I car for this much was Nokia on Symbian but that was a long time ago :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Noobla_Khan:
Moved from a Nexus 4 to the S4, no regrets at all. Running SHOStock on this baby and she flies!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ButtsPoopington:
Came from s3, this phone is so much nicer. Couldn't be happier
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Monkz:
I smashed my S3 at home when i was mad, mainly so i could have a reason to get the S4, because i had already used my upgrade in December to get the S3. I dont really regret it, the S4 is incredible! I just wish it didnt heat up so much on AOKP ROMS, as im stuck on Touchwiz because thats the only way the phone can go below 50C.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] songsongsong:
running cleanrom I am getting better battery life than stock tw for sure. I can get 20 hours total with 5 hours screen time and about an hour using turn by turn GPS. the most amazing battery life of any device I've had so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] twinsfan14:
I'm happy with my S4. Upgraded from a Samsung Captivate Glide (which was a completely great phone) and I've got no regrets. I debated endlessly between this and the HTC One, and I'm certain I made the right choice.

Running this ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2280556
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] alobo:
Upgraded from an LG Optimus one

(3.2" screen, 600 mhz) - I think that speaks for itself :) The S4's spectacular in every way - battery life, screen quality are fantastic. My only issue is the bloatware Samsung decided to install. However, I've disabled most of it, so I'm good to go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] holysnikey:
That's with the stock OEM 2600 battery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] songsongsong:
yup and running stock kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SgtBullmoose:
Probably just Shoulda ebayed the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oddspec:
Or swappa Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] an_xda:
Very disappointed with the camera and the UI could use a refresh. TouchWiz just seems so dated. Loved everything else about the phone though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
What is your issue with the camera? It's been almost universally lauded for being amazing...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] an_xda:
Low light performance is mediocre (I already knew this so cannot complain), unless you have solid/firm hands, a bit of shake due to the shutter lag will result in blurry photos even in well-lit areas.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] copytec:
Upgraded from the GS2 and could not be happier but I did have to upgrade to MF8 firmware as I did have lag on the ME4 as well as a very slow camera. Now it is perfect.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Monkz:
Yeah, but i wouldnt be able to justify getting a new phone with my parents if i did that, they would have said im perfectly fine with the S3 i had got months prior, and would have just made a big deal about it being a waste of money for a newer phone that i didnt really need.

At least by having no phone at all, i was able to say that i need to get a new phone. Yeah it was more of a waste of money, but it at least was a reason that i had to get a new phone. They know that i wont settle for anything thats not a high end superphone, so it just meant that i got the S4.

I liked the S3 alot, but i found many apps didnt seem properly optimized for the device and ran really poor. The device itself was snappy with the right ROM and kernel, but i did originally expect it to be much smoother when running apps. For example Bike Race free, just a simple 2D game would have these strange lag hiccups, very small but annoying over time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] toxicpaulution:
I love the phone but I just don't feel like I'm using even 20% of the phones capabilities :/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
Thats a bad thing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Love this phone. Can't say anything bad about it anymore. Virtually no lag now since using ktoonesz kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] @rbiter:
I need a lambhrghini so I think I am going to crash my pinto. Oh wait, I don't have parents that spoil me

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
If I smashed my previous phone my parents would give me two options. Use the broken phone or use a dumbphone...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] @rbiter:
Lol. I always have a backup. But nonetheless I don't smash **** because I need the latest and greatest.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ThePublisher:
I'm incredibly happy with this phone. The battery lasts me a day and a half with 4.5-5 hours of screen time. It's incredibly fast. I'm running PacROM and its so customizable and stable (bringing in CM, AOKP, and PA features) it makes this phone a dream.

This is the best phone on the market no doubt at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Monkz:
LOL, I had to pay full price from my carrier to buy this phone. My parents were telling me to just go back to my old iPhone 4. They just laughed at the fact I paid $700 to get a new phone instead of using my old iPhone. At least by smashing the phone they didn't make a big deal about me buying a new Galaxy, but had I still had the Galaxy S3 and bought the S4, they would have made a deal about me wasting my money for upgrading a phone that I had for such a short time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SgtBullmoose:
That's okay. We're laughing at the fact that you smashed a perfectly good phone and paid $700 to get a new phone instead of using your old phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Monkz:
I originally wasn't going to. I just had an argument with my Dad and went outside and my phone was in my hand and i just smashed it. That idea was partially in my head, but wouldnt have been enough to make me smash it if i wasnt so angry at that point in time :P. Kind of sucks that im down the $700, but i really love the S4 and things that bothered me on the S3 no longer are there on the S4 so in the long run its kind of worth it for me, but yeah it was stupid.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] @rbiter:
I think stupid is too nice a word.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Monkz:
Yeah thats fair, but not the worst waste of money i have done in the last year. I dont regret it as much as i regret dishing out 4k on an Alienware laptop. Got the thing last april, played it through the summer, and then come october i just quit gaming because i figured out how much it was ruining my life, and then was left with that big fat system to finish paying off :l. Everyone told me it was a bad idea, but my mind was set on it, but they were right. It maxes out any game on the market, but now its just a heavy piece of hardware thats got way more power than i need. I would have been better off just getting a cheap $800 laptop and that would have sufficed for school. So the difference of 3200 that i overpaid on my laptop is WAY worse than the 700 i paid for a fresh phone :l.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] @rbiter:
Couldve got two or three nice sager notebooks minus the fancy lights for $4k. And depending on the model, upgradeable CPU AND GPU not to mention the other parts. Research and patience are your friend.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
You know, I thought that was going to be the biggest gimmick of the phone, but WOW it works awesome. So nice to just browse on my photo, hit watch and the TV changes :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cheeze[iT]:
Or being able to go to an event and change the channel yourself and not have to wait for the waitress to find the remote
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] louiscyphere13:
I've had every galaxy phone, ran almost every custom rom they had available for each,..even the s3 , this phone is great,..and totally blows away my overclocked S3 running 4.2.2 ,..I couldn't be happier
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Khalsa4G:
Finally a thread of happy owners. I also like my galaxy but it did need some time to grow on me.

Screen is fanatic. Averaging about four hours screen time. And swipe to pick up when you are eating wings. Great!

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
Next time i go to a sports bar, during playoff season of a sport i dont care about, i'll cause CHAOS!!! MOUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH:silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Bender B. Rodgriguez:
I have no major complaints here. Lag is manageable. Battery life is insane. Camera is top notch. People will complain about damn near anything.

Too many neckbeards are nerd raging over minor flaws in the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
People spend too much time looking for faults with a phone than actually enjoying the use of it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hyelton:
I don't care much for the features kinda old fashioned but I love the screen at times looking at the notification bar I can really tell a difference. Had the note 2 and xperia ZL before even though the ZL was 1080p I like this screen better. Not having much good luck with battery life though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bhatbhai:
Love my phone. It was insanely fast even with the bloat, and I don't even see a difference after removing the bloat with TiBu. The battery life has been fantastic for me so far. 20 hours, with 3-4 hours screen time and 1.5 hours of talk.

I can't wait to love it even more when we get Paranoid Android with Pie and Halo.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Cusa:
Does the ir sensor work for all TVs? I thought it worked for only Samsung TVs?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SysAdmNj:
All your home buttons feel ok?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] freemeech:
Love mine! So much that im selling my nexus4 lol!! Galaxy series fan forever !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sd_N:
I'm happy with my S4. Very happy. Just waiting for the one thing that will turn it into the best phone ever. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
What?! Supports hundreds of brands of TVs, the list on the phone was huge :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cdromo90:
very satisfied. i dont understand all the complaints though. mines perfect. from 8 am to now 6:35pm playing Ingress all day and hasnt shut down yet. love the battery life! not missing note 2 one bit!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jeboo:
Mine is en route! Then the fun really begins :highfive:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ErebusRaze:
The only phone I've ever loved was the S2 (i777). It changed the game in regards to what Android phones were capable of and it's hardware was premium and even still considered mid range 2 years later. Now that I own the S4 it's quickly rivaling what I felt for the S2. Not only does it feel remarkably similar to the S2 but the experience is similar as well. I think the S2 fixed everything that was wrong with the S and the S4 does the same to the S3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tbong777:
You guys are making me really look forward to the Note 3.

All the *****in and moaning by OCD types appears with every device. Even the One thread is full of "gapgate" moaners. The tiniest of "imperfections" the slightest stutter here or there and it's the end of the world.

I would be all over the S4 but I have become too accustomed to the Note's pen and screen. Hoping the Note 3 will be 6" so I can dump the Nexus 7; If the ATT bootloaders are locked I may go with the international version as I have since the Captivate with all Samsungs devices. although the differences are becoming less and less a reason. .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Sledutah:
I've had this for 4 days, couldn't be happier. No problems. Coming from a S2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] modmyphone:
Works perfectly. Buffalo Wild Wings. Changed from Sports Center to the ball game that I had to watch 3 monitors over. Loved it! 2 minutes later, a chap with also with an S4 put Sports Center back on!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thehavock18:
I have to say all the gimmick items like air gestures have proven to be useful. I average just over 4 hours with no lag whatsoever. I did disable all the AT&T apps. I have used the captivate, S2, S3 and now the S4. I almost went to the HTC one but honestly the only thing I liked after playing with both was the front facing speakers. I use the remote app and all of the smart stay features and air gestures and apprised how well they work. Could not be happier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Khalsa4G:
Totally agree. After reading all the bloat threads I disabled most if not everything and finally turned things on to find so much use. S4 is awesome.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
I also like the wave to answer. Gimmick out not it's super useful when you're in the garage or making dinner etc etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] El Jefe Cangri:
I paid full price for this phone and I could not be any happier. I don't even mind that we're gonna have to wait a while to fully unlock the phone. The features are amazing and the camera is great, even in low light with low light mode enabled. And all the talk about the plastic build, it doesn't feel cheap, it feels amazing! Disabling the bloatware makes this phone even faster!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lmorel12:
Dudes!! I love that feature at home too but just realized this is going to be insane at sports bars!!!!!! Or anywhere else for that matter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AzureX:
I've just come off using an iPhone for 6 years, so when it came down to picking my next smartphone i looked at several different options. I wanted something with power, lots of power. My three choices were HTC One, Galaxy S4, and iPhone 5.

My usual thoughts were that if i stayed iPhone, i would be able to use my accessories, same apps, same stuff. I had a 4S, the 5 had a $100 price tag for what? LTE, Taller Screen, and a new connector. So for 3 accessories, $30 for 2 adapters, and $20 for an extra cable for my car system and I could have the same experience I had originally. No improvement, no innovation, a taller screen so I could have more apps on one page, and LTE which stopped being a selling point last year. I don't spend $200 to get the same thing I already had. I wouldn't trade my car to get another one, same make model and color.

HTC One/Galaxy S4. Still have to get adapters, but several times faster, better cameras, better software, more innovation, bigger and better changes in just about every part.

So either way I still end up having to get new parts for my accessories, wasn't going to work either way. Saved a little bit by buying from amazon where there's no Brick-N-Mortar-Mark-Up syndrome, but hell, I've walked away with better bang for my buck.

Same story when I got my tablet, 3 years ago. iPad, same stuff bigger screen. Asus Transformer, more functionality, actual real keyboard dock, and so on.

Now im not a fanboy of either side, just a conscience minded consumer, and someone who works in the Wireless field (which kinda means I cant be too bias) but if you look at the facts, there's better opportunity right now with android and it's devices, and manufacturers are really showing that.

When it boiled down to the One versus the S4, the biggest concern was storage. 32gb 4S and it was maxed out all the time. The one thing that really sold the S4 was the expandable memory card slot. Well I lied the battery life and processor won me over two so yeah.

I cant really explain how happy I am with the S4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lost2030:
Very happy with my S4 so far. I've had it for 3 days. Battery life is way better than on the S3 stock battery. Easily got 4 hours of screen time with the brightness at more than half. It barely drains while idle. On the S3 the battery was draining away 3%-5% per hour. I ended up getting the Samsung extended battery on the S3 and then I was very happy! I hope Samsung makes an extended battery for the S4 as well so I can get 6+ hours of screen time!

The rear camera is amazing and the front camera is the best I've seen so far.