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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vyp54:
Galaxy S - a relatively big improvement (softwarewise) over his predcessor i8910 Omnia HD, 10/10 worth of the upgrade from i8910 because of both the OS (Android over Symbian) and hardware.

Galaxy S II - a big improvement over his predcessor in both software and hardware, 9/10 worth the upgrade from Galaxy S.

Galaxy S III / S III LTE - not so much a big improvement in hardware, but still worth the upgrade; especially the LTE version with 2GB of RAM. 6-7/10 worth the upgrade from S II.

Galaxy S4 - the biggest failure for Samsung yet. In Apple language S4 was a S IIIs if you get me. 0/10 worth the upgrade from S III.

Galaxy S5 - Samsung's way of saying the next flagship is no longer the S series, but the Note series. 1/10 worth the upgrade from S4.

Why is a S5 a dissapointment?

Mindless compatition with Apple in useless fingerpring scanners. Who needs this?

A stock ROM that takes up half of the internal memory (for a 16GB version). Who needs this?

Stuck on 2GB RAM since S III LTE. Previous Note has 3GB. 2GB is plenty, but you cannot have a flagship with the same RAM for 3 years.

Octa core version? Rare PC's are packing octa core processors. If anyone says she/he needs this - you need a punch in the face.

Heartbeat sensor? For people who need this they already bought a professional one to attach to their chest on the go. I'm sorry but a heartbeat sensor on your 800€ device size of a brick won't get your fat ass of the couch. Even if it does - you'll find it very useless unless you tape the S5 to your hand by ducktape while running.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trentors:
Everyone! Either you have a pin code or not. If you don't you find an unlock pattern/pin annoying but will likely be inclined to accept a fingerprint for unlocking because it is much more convenient. And if you have you will find a fingerprint scanner much faster. Either way it is either a win for people who are painfully aware that they have their whole world in their pockets and for those who has not realized this yet it is a win because this will make it easier for them to accept this.

And it is finally a way for mobile payments to work acceptable.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
I liked that I can fry an egg by placing it on the back of phone, below camera.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes its a disappointment and will keep my Note 3.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myname70:
Agree! The SGS5 will not be the replacement of my SGS4... The next hope is the Galaxy F.. To see what it will be...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gillion:
Come April I am gonna dig up this thread if it is still here and locate all who complain and say no now ... but still bought the S5

EVERY cycle it is the same thing.

I will say that personally the design sucks but I am a fancy case user so I hardly care about the naked phone.

KitKat makes 2gigs still relevant yet since Samsung is (confessed) soooo weak with software design those icon and small UI changes must have taken a lot out of them to do, which speaks poorly about the Samsung software team.

I thought the S5 was all about the software changes... sure the physical phone is blah but I would have expected them to come out with a significantly new and improved UI that would totally compensate for and replace their stale TouchWiz gingerbread design

So I wait till April when the final device ships.

It does seem to me that Samsung's design team has to take cues from other people for inspiration and trends as opposed to going out on their own and really researching a new way to interact with the device.

Plus they wasted too much damn time and resources developing Tizen.,, just because they were afraid Google would give Motorola preference.

Time and resources that could have been used to create a new UI that they should have been working on for the last 2 years.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeizo:
Well, I do think the S5 was a dissapointment, but I've ordered one anyway(a black one) :p Why, because the alternatives aren't that much better.

Pros:

The prime version(AC) of the 801 Qualcomm chipset, only device using it so far.

ISOCELL camera is interesting.

I love AMOLED, this is the latest iteration.

Note 3/4 is to big on the go

Best network connectivity/speed of any phone

download boost is interesting

usb3.0

can take 128GB sdcards, a first too

I love it is plastic, makes it more durable than metal/glass, ie the cover/battery flies in different directions when dropped instead of metal/glass breaking.

Cover and Battery can be changed

fingerprint scanner is interesting

power saving modes is interesting

Camera app is interesting

The most sensors inside and extensions outside capabilties of any phone

Weather sealed, not the best but probably good enough since my S3 have survived some rough environments even without any

Is not a fruit!

Cons:

Not the most RAM out there

Gloomy look, but can be hidden by casing if bothered, also alternative backs will appear

Bloated software, can be unbloated, full unbloat requires roo. I don't care since I will root but many will beware

Knox, good for corporations, endlessly silly for consumers, but I will root anyway

Expensive, LG G2 and Nexus 5 with similar hardware are A LOT cheaper. Xperia Z2 is more expensive though.

Have been rated down endlessly by forum "experts", will make you look foolish because of that, but I don't care since I have a will of my own :p

Sound will probably be worse than my current S3(integrated SOC DAC instead of dedicated Wolfson)

Anyway, not a big upgrade, but I could keep the same contract rolling for the same amount of money and the same traffic rates so I do not complain :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vbetts:
You also have to remember that Google pressured them to cut back on Touchwiz and other layers on top of Android. The UI may seem lackluster, but it's probably due to the fact that Samsung cut back on the features of the interface.

I know I'm upgrading to the S5. There are easy ways around the insurance claims if you carry the carrier's insurance here in the U.S, so when root comes I'm not worried about the warranty.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avatar_ro:
It's your choice man .. but the hard reality is that it's pure crap! whether you accept it or not.

I said no more samsung for me after i bought the note3.

I was 99% sure i will be dissapointed by the "5" There are so many alternatives these days...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeizo:
As I just said the alternatives aren't actually that more fun, not in any way I can think of that suits my usage pattern. LG-G3 may change that but it is yet unknown. It will probably have a crap camera anyway ...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Why you say that? The G2 had a pretty good camera and had OIS already. And LG alternatives are as fun and note customizable than the galaxy s series. The note is still the best features phone but not the galaxy s.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/5-things-that-could-have-made-the-Samsung-Galaxy-S5-better_id53063

This is it...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahyoh:
:good:

front dual speakers with OIS camera and 3GB of ram would make it the best smartphone for 2014 ( and i would probably buy it ) but meh

Samsung seems don't want to give the users what they want
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denniso08:
Galaxy S5

I think that the Galaxy S5 is ok, it has the latest Wireless technology and the specs make it a very snappy. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avatar_ro:
lol, very snappy are also SGG1 to SGS4 with a proper ROM
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric214:
Well, I'm not moving from the Note 3 but if I were to be looking at the S5, I certainly wouldn't be pre-ordering it if you think you can just root it and ROM it. You know that Knox is coming pre-installed on the phone right? The way that VZW and AT&T are locking down these phones like hell, I'm not to sure root and custom recovery will be possible. That will be a very wait and see situation i would think.

I had the VZW S4 but still had the MDK bootloader and said i don't think I would ever buy a phone in the future unless it was a developer edition. Then i switched to Tmo and found they sell there phones with an unlocked bootloader. So my Note 3 is unlocked, so happy about that.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowsnamebrand:
See that's why I went with the nexus 5 easily unlocked and all sources released strait from Google/lg, so far all custom ROMs I've tried have ran without any issues, I had to get away from Sammy not because I saw this s5 fiasco coming but because I can't stand the over saturated screens...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
Doesn't offer sdcard slot =nogo
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Master Ramy:
Guys, have you noticed that many of us were expecting something amazing so we can upgrade from S4? Anyone remember how we felt when S4 launched? If anything, S4 - S5 is looking like a bigger difference than S3-S4, and most of us who took this leap last year haven't regretted moving up. Like many of you, I was at first very underwhelmed, then I compared features and watched the launch and realized just how much new stuff we do have on the practical front.

Plus, who knows what other UI changes have occured? I'm waiting on longer hands on reviews, but personally, the modifications they did mean they listened to the issues we had with s4 and s3, and the waterproofness without downgrading(read: only reason I didn't get S4 Active) is a BIG deal. I say let's remember how the last transition first felt and how it ended up. When you have the best design for the most popular phone and brand line, is it logical to overhaul it just because Techies like new designs? I think the amount of overhaul was reasonable and more than s4 was, and features added are good and useful. Would've proffered nicer res and more memory but I'm still gonna aim for an S5 in April.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-in-depth-video-hands-on_id53220 ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ns5x:
I think Samsung intentionally made the S5 to be 'just okay' in an attempt to retire or make the Galaxy S line their second-best line of smartphones. I'm almost certain they're working on a new premium smartphone, be it the Galaxy F or whatever, which will be released around the time of the iPhone.

If not, then Samsung is pretty screwed because the S5 will almost certainly flop. It will still sell millions, but compared to the S4 it will be a flop. But maybe this is what they wanted, after all if they made the S5 amazing (metal body, 20mp camera, QHD screen, 3gb RAM etc...) and sold as many as the S4, the customer base for their new phone would be significantly reduced, and the new phone wouldn't seem as amazing. But that begs the question... why bother making a new line of phones when the Galaxy S series is already a winner? Well, like I said above, to coincide with the iPhone launch, or maybe to give them more time to develop the phone and sort the manufacturing process out... who knows.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
Sorry but:

S 3 HD 720p - S 4 1080p Full HD

S 3 1,4ghz - S4 1,9ghz snapdragon 600

obvious way less PPI than the S 4

even if they are just gimmicks AIRe Gesture and Smart Pause

S4 Full HD - S4 Full HD (with less PPI than the previous one lol)

no air gesture, smart pause but fingerpoints, heart rate...well I don't need either of these features on a handy

only small battery upgrade

so to me the S 3 -> S4 jump looks like the bigger one. Maybe the rumours are true and the S series is now only the number 2 behind the note, which wouldn't make any sense but who knows.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Only because air gesture wasn't mentioned, doesn't mean it isn't there!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/02/26...ght-launch-in-may-under-the-galaxy-f-moniker/

Joke of the day :D

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shan89:
We have had this for a year already except it was 2gb ram :P

It's called HTC One except with the better design / materials / software

+ other little things like :

- even today still unmatched hdr mics

- still not matched smart 5 modes flash

- unmatched low light / flashlight cam

- wide angle front cam

And so on :P

Can't wait for 25th March so HTC shows us what's it been working on.

If it fails z2 here I come !

But according to rumors it should bury s5.

- Dual flash with 2 tones

- full metal body

-great design

- ois with 3 mechanisms

- optical zoom 3x

- fusuion photography

- Dual camera lens

- New dual front stereo speakers

- New hdr Mic

- Ir blaster

- 2900 battery

- 5inch slcd4 screen

- 5.1 front cam

- s801 ( s800AC same as in gs5 )

- 2gigs of ram most likely

- bunch of camera stuff ( multiple focus etc )

- Sd slot ( 128gb or 2terabytes according to some leaks )

- fingerprint sensor possible ( useless anyway imo )

I guess this is all + probably 4k video and all that common stuff today.

- NO KNOX stuff !!!

- S-off

IMO HTC one 2 will rule this year even more then what did HTC one.

Sony :

- Pretty much same design / materials

- finally IPS screen

- New camera software ( still the same sensor from z1 )

S800AB

- Dual stereo speakers.

Gs5 ..

Pretty much all the same as gs4

- New soc

- uglier ..way uglier design , this design makes already ugly s4 I dare to say PRETTY !

- water resistant

- heart rate sensor

- lovely camera IMO

- stupid power saving mode ? srsly white + black ..gee wtf ..

200mah larger battery ...

- fingerprint sensor ( same as on one2 useless imo unless you make bunch of " home made videos with your gf / wife / teddy bear? JK lol ! )

Yes indeed if HTC doesn't SLAUGHTER the competition in 2014 then LG g3 will !

Just my 2cents.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
If you've ever owned an AMOLED device, you'd understand what kind of implications this has.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] play2lose:
The only thing I'm disappointed about is the size increase in EVERY direction + bezel increase.

When they went from GS3 to GS4, they kept the exact same height, got the width down 1mm, and made it almost 1mm skinnier. It had smaller bezels all around, all while adding 0.2" to the screen and 500mah extra to the battery. Now that was amazing engineering.

Now they add 0.1" to the screen, 200mah to the battery...but it's 5.5mm taller, 3mm wider, and a hair thicker :eek:

Not to mention the bigger bezels. These all affect the ergonomics of the phone. Where did the sleekness of the GS4 go? This was a lesser upgrade than from GS3 - GS4, they should at least be able to keep the phone the same dimensions.

I'm guessing these sacrifices were made in order to waterproof it, but I don't have much hope for that feature. Having owned the Galaxy S4 Active and the Xperia Z + Xperia Z Ultra...The Galaxy S4 Active said goodbye after it's first fall in a pool, while the Xperia's went under water video taping multiple times and are still fine.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
Both aren't going to have a microsd slot + removable battery so no go and in terms of build quality they aren't going to match the impressive Z 2 I geuss but maybe you are right and HTC has learned from their mistakes :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shan89:
Build quality isn't better on z2 or z1 vs HTC one ( current m7 ) the m7 is nearly full metal body aside from polycarbonate sandwitch , while m8 HTC one2 will be full metal body.

Anyhow it's literally confirmed that m8 will have sd slot but no the battery won't be accessible.

The question is have you ever actually used this ?

I've had phones with removable battery and I remember opening them only when I needed to insert the sd card or SIM slot for the 1st time and when selling them. But those phones sucked at battery life and still I wasn't using dual battery.

The phones we have today are all easily lasting 20/24 hours with average 5 hrs screen time , by all means z2 / One 2 and gs5 will / should be at average 7hrs screen time. If you use more then 7 hrs or even 5 your phone daily I think that's overkill lol + you need 2/3 hrs to charge them if you have 2 its 6 :P.

Anyway this is just me , everyone have different needs.

For example you care about removable battery while all I care is materials and design + xda development support lol.

I'm not interested into things like sd slot or battery replacement since I keep the phone for a year anyway and by that time there's no physical way for me to wear off the battery so I need to replace it :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denniso08:
Galaxy S4 is probably there best build. It has never failed my dad. S5 to me is just a bigger phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
That's my point exactly different guys with different tastes. I'm usually keeping my phone at least ! 3 years and no non removable battery is going to last that long but good point on the XDA development that's a key part also. Believe it or not I've seen the Z1c and the HTC One+ in action and while the HTC is well made in terms of design I like Sonys offering better, the HTC went full artistic route by sacrificing a bit of functionality (i.e the way to ever present HTC button) and the not very stock like UI experience. While Sonys UI isn't great at least it's staying more true to the stock Android.

Like I said I'm all for more competition --> companies are pushing each other and phones will get better and better nothing wrong with that :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shan89:
Exactly , tho you gotta understand the oems as well , most of the ppl upgrade after 2 years while many after 1 year , and our batteries have average of 1000 charges ( full charges ) if you charge your phone like I do ( once per 20/24 hrs ) or when heavy gaming twice a day I'll use in 1 year 365/500 charges tops so my battery will last MINIMUM 2 years before it starts to wear off and wearing off usually takes at start about 10/15% then it's like that for a year , so even if buying phone every 3 years it'll still be good :P

IMO there's a higher chance you'll brake the phone then wear off the battery lol.

Anyway speaking of Sony I love them but I just can't give up from sense ui. The key stuff I like are : BlinkFeed / gallery / music player and heavy bass we have with beats ( personal preference I guess )

Anyway my issue with the Sony is the development , I was making fun of my cousin who has z1 few weeks ago , I've counted all the roms z1 have and HTC one.

The total number was : z1 = 14 of which 2/3 were discounted and HTC one had about 110. + all the other stuff , kernels , GPE etc.

But the very important for me was this :

M7 came with the 4.1.2 and sense 5 , it got shortly after 4.2.2 and sense 5 with nice amount of tweaks , 1 month later we've got ( in August ) unofficial 4.3 android sense 5 , a month later we've got official 4.3+ sense 5.5 with bunch of new stuff and improvements , then comes the December , we've got again 4.4 kit Kat unofficial and at the end of December official K.K 4.4.2 , so in 2013 we've went thru so many system updates which actually meant something not breaking stuff like Sony updates.

How many oems do you know does this ? none ! + we're getting sense 6 + HTC said we have guaranteed 2 years of updates support.

HTC was the fastest with the updates in 2013 right after Google/moto .

Btw sorry for me going a bit OT ,I'm trying to express why for me HTC offers the most , but these are my needs and wishes again.

Lastly I must say if I were to buy a phone for my girlfriend ( clumsy gf ) it wouldn't be glass or metal :P so there's a bright side in plastic as well.

I had HoX before and that phone was the TANK ! this is very good about plastic I must say while glass breaks and metal ...looks like car accident lol.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illmatic`:
Like many have said, it's more of a 'S4s' kind of upgrade with minor enhancements. It's still a nice phone though..but the larger size and the larger bezel is a deal breaker for me. I know it sounds a bit silly, but the s4 is ideal for me and i wouldn't want it any bigger. They could've tried to make that extra .1 inch of screen on the s4 and it probably would've worked. Don't know why they increased the bezel from the s4.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
To help the IP67 spec I guess. The Moto X and G both have big bezel and nobody complains, I don't get it. :eek:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baldilocks:
The Moto X and G are much smaller phones. The GS4 was already large enough.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Master Ramy:
Let's be real guys, the tiny difference in bezel won't actually be felt after having the phone for a week. As for S4s, nah, Its still w much more major upgrade than s3 to s4. we all said the same when s4 came out but those of us who took the leap never looked back, myself included.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] socalwrx:
While I was disappointed in the overall design, and at first the phone itself, Im starting to come around. I don't think you can compare S3>S4 feature/performance wise. The 801, new camera sensor, finger print scanner (which actually works well one-handed using thumb), water proofing, black and white mode for saving juice offers a lot more than the S4 had over the S3. Ive never used my galaxy bare so I will never see that god awful back anyway.

I agree, the bigger dimensions might be a deal breaker, but I wouldnt be surprised if the G3 pulls the same string.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baldilocks:
Qualcomm will be shipping Quad Core 64-bit processors in the 3rd Quarter, with devices in the 4th Quarter. I think I will wait to see what may come then. :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mo...gistrations-for-the-Samsung-Galaxy-S5_id53255

:)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brute.Force:
Seriously disappointed by this phone. I expected innovation like 4K resolution, 500GB storage, 8GB ram, 64-bit 16-core processor, Nvidia Titan gpu, thermometer, DSLR, an extra row of icons and this is what I get.

Never buying Samsung again

Seriously guys whats the problem?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeizo:
You forgot a included lifetime massage contract executed by four top models and preinstalled Crysis 5XXL!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hellscythe:
S5 kinda looks like an upsized Galaxy S

also, a bit disappointed with the overall bezel size and screen to body ratio, considering how well it was on the s4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeizo:
The big problems with the S5 are exactly two imho a./ only 2GB RAM b./ a 16GB model, 32GB should have been the base model. And that is it, but you almost never gets exactly what you want ...

For myself I will root and buy a 128GB sdcard asap and be happy about it! :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hellscythe:
no offence. but at release moto x was a 850 dollar phone in australia...really disappointing considering the hardware.

so nobody really considered it or looked at it

moto g is just a budget phone, so, you know not to expect the best lol

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define "only" 2gb lol...

2gb is fine for today's standard.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeizo:
Everyone have seemed to forgot that the larger bezel apart from being part of the weather protection also will make the screen a lot more durable, I have seen more than one LG G2 with broken screen amongst friends and that model haven't been out too long ...

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I never said I would miss 3GB myself, I said it was a big miss on Samsungs part ie a problem since everyone seem to complain about just that! Also, it's about the only thing where the Z2 excels irl and it is less than Note 3 which is yesterdays news ....