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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
The M8 doesn't come in 64GB either :P

OnePlus made this when the M8 was launched XD
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCJ89:
Oh right loool, :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F4M0U569:
I'm waiting patiently for the next Google's nexus :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Its because of OnePlus that I have decided to wait a little longer before buying an S5. I originally planned to purchase on release day but im going to wait until after the 23rd before I buy it as I want to see just how good the OnePlus One really is.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joaaoalves:
In my opinion, samsung needs to change the design of their phones, they're not ugly but neither are gorgeous..

Love the htc one design though!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
Guys, if build quality is such a fuss get yourselves a Vertu TI. Sapphire glass and titanium, and that makes the m8 a complete Farce. The S5 build quality isnt the best, but compared to the competition, it is far from being too shoddy.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
+1. I'm also waiting it out. Chances are S5s will be on Craigslist for $500 new by then as well, and maybe the 32GB model too.

An admin at the OnePlus forums said they're offering "something better than preorders" for the OnePlus One, but also that it won't be available immediately on launch day. I'm guessing it'll be available my May, though.

If you aren't already, I'd recommend joining their forums. It's highly likely that they'll have some sort of incentive for members there.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Can you guys tell me why the 1+1+1+1 device is so great? All I see is hype.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
1. Better screen:body ratio than the G2

2. 64GB unlocked model will be around $500 USD (also has MicroSD slot)

3. 3100mAh battery

4. Officially supported CyanogenMod OS with guaranteed updates for 2 years

5. 5.5" screen in a smaller body than the Z1

6. FM radio

7. (Supposedly) great camera

Probably some other cool things that I'm forgetting, but for the money it looks like this will compete nicely with current flagships.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
Cyanogenmod is such a stripped down rom compared to touchwiz and sense though. I see cyanogenmod as a disadvantage rather than an advantage.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Only no. 6 seems to be nice...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Only no what? :P

I'm exited about the screen:body ratio and the FM radio more than anything. Good price though also.

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Depending on who you talk to, it definitely could go either way.

I myself haven't used it before, so I couldn't say either way.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
lol, AOSP is very limited, had a GNex for less than 6 months, couldn't stand half baked roms and people acting like they're better than you just because they "know" how to code/build things.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
That doesn't make any sense.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
I was excited about the one+ for a day until the front of my g2 reminded me that I'm on Verizon and I'll never see cool phones that I can just buy unlocked and put a sim into and have them magically work :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Well it may seem that way but the companies motto is #Never Settle. They were formed by some former OPPO execs so they have some degree of knowledge in building a phone.

They have hyped their phone up quite a bit but I feel the phone is deserving of the hype it has received.

It comes with a Snapdragon 801 processor, 2gb of RAM and a 3100+mAh battery. The phone will also have a 5.5' screen which is said to be extremely efficient all while fitting in a smaller footprint than that of the Z1. To add to that combination, they have rumoured an aluminum unibody with swappable covers made of leather, kevlar and other materials. The camera is 13mp and manfuactured by Sony and is designed to offer good low light capability while maintaining good image quality in all other conditions.

The software is being supplied by CyanogenMod and is confirmed to be fully optimized for the chipset and device in order to maximize perfomance and battery life, plus you get 2 years of guaranteed software updates.

Now the best part of all is that with all these flagship grade specs and features, the phone is going to be available with a sub $400 price tag in North America.

If that isn't reason enough to consider the OnePlus One than I dont know what is.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Exactly. The 16GB will be sub-$400, and the 64GB will be about $500 IIRC.

It won't outsell the S5, but I wouldn't pass it off as crap.

Only thing I'm iffy on is CyanogenMod. Everything else is what should be on a flagship.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
All this is meh. :p

No AMOLED, no ISOCELL, no TW. Only good thing is FM radio, but I doubt they'll sell it here anyway. Hopefully we'll see Xiaomi coming this here, Hugo Barra is brazilian and was in talks to bring a Xiaomi factory to Brazil. :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Well the OnePlus One will be running a custom version of CyanogenMod so there is no direct correlation between AOSP and the version thay will be running on the OPO. Heres a leak from the OPO showing the lockscreen, it doesn't look anything like AOSP.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/31/oneplus-one-cyanogenmod-11s-leak/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Haha you know import taxes are too high when it's cheaper to build a manufacturing plant than to import XD

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That actually looks pretty good!

Too bad they didn't get a shot of the home screen :P
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Oh right, you are pretty limited by your location in terms of smartphones.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
In terms of anything electronic rather :P
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
LOL, HTC was the first victim, after years selling mid range device with flagship prices (a Desire with the same price as an unlocked GS5), they decided to leave even after promising to bring the One X, big fail. No wonder why they lose money every quarter. :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoaudio13:
Use tapatalk. U can like as many as you want bro
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Really? I've been using Tapatalk all this time and didn't know XD

Time to like it up!

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UPDATE:

An admin of OnePlus just announced that the OnePlus One will have a Snapdragon 801 2.5GHz with 3GB RAM.

Those are the best specs of any device on the market.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
No detachable battery?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLARiiON:
The amount of *****ing going on in this thread about GS5 is highly entertaining.

A few mins in this thread and you will know which guys are the main leaders ;)

It's a great irony that I found so many reviews of GS5 in a HTC thread. They are getting mad because some guys decided to give S5 good ratings.

Don't worry though - if you say anything positive about S5 in that thread, you will be shot down atleast 15 times.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
The HTC fanboys are very upset about the SGS5 getting some attention, just read this thread, its funny but lame at the same time. Those guys are really clowns:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2411840
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
M8 M8 was everywherw as soon as samsung announced sgs5. They thought samsung users will be blinded by so called premium looks but they forgot htc will have to do so much more to impress samsung fans

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
I think the 4 boguspixel camera steered a lot of people clear of the M8. When you see 16 MP, 21MP, 13 MP flagships out there the M8 simply pales in comparison. My galaxy S1 has 5 MP!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
True. Htc fans bash samsung for same old plastic design. Well I can't spot any major difference in design of m7 n m8.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sameer1807:
man i dont know whether or not i should blieve these rumors and wait till the summer to make my decision on phones..most likely fake but gained traction lately with leaked benchmarks and images..Galaxy F, S5 Prime, S5 QHD...:confused:

http://www.techshout.com/mobile-phones/2014/07/samsungs-premium-galaxy-f-smartphone-caught-wild/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Not sure. I think it has a removable backplate though, so it might.

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Very interested in a Galaxy F.

Even more interested in a Galaxy F Google Play Edition.

It was mentioned in the article that it could still be in the prototype phase. If that's the case, we wouldn't see release for months.

They have to have a solid while to get it produced before they'll even announce it most likely.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLARiiON:
I have no problems at all with HTC love. Everyone is entitled to love/like a product they pay for. What I don't understand is why hate something else? You (I don't mean you literally) hate Samsung just because you like HTC. There's no logic behind such mentality. I appreciate certain things in HTC phones, but my preference is Samsung for other reasons. I can be indifferent to a product I am not interested to buy, but I see no reason to hate that. It absolutely serves no purpose at all.

Some reviewer gives S5 a good score -- and this dude takes it personally. Damn..

EDIT: As they were referring to Anandtech's review, here are few lines I found interesting. Not that I am going to start a fight with them, but worth mentioning. Even Anand doesn't like M8's camera.

EDIT 2: Anand clearly mentioned the following in display analysis --
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
My point exactly. I think its jealousy, that Samsung is the android king. I like HTC products a lot,I preferred the M7 over the S4 last year. But like you I have preferred Samsung devices over htc's for a little while now. But these guys hate....hatred... Isn't that crazy?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCJ89:
The last time I went on the m8 forum on a thread titled - what don't you like about the m8. I said I didn't like the big black space under the screen, the headset jack on the bottom and the dual camera.

It was like the world was going to end, it was like being in a world war, i got told i don't have the phone so I can't say anything about it, which is stupid as you don't need to own the phone to see the headphone jack, the black space under the screen and the camera. If i said the battery life was rubbish then fair enough. These along with the fact I just found the phone boring made me not want to pay £530 for it, i never said the phone was crap etc. Just its not to my taste. Fanboism is a joke aswell as stupid as you are the one paying the OEM for their phone unless you win the phone in a comp or find it or someone buys it for you as a present etc.

I was also told I have never owned a HTC phone, yet if you look at my favourite previously owned phones most of them were HTC:rolleyes:. Infact only the S4 really ticked my box with samsung, I had S1-3 & Note 2 before that and hate all of them and prefer Sensation XE, HTC One S/X and even Xperia ARC above S2 and S3.

Right now I favour samsung but doesn't mean I am a blind loyalist towards them or means I wont give HTC/Sony a chance in future, each year I assess the phones and see which one I think is better for me and it just so happens for the last 2 rounds I prefer the Galaxy series that could change next year but I really like what samsung are doing atm.

As a matter of fact my HTC One has gone now to my cousin as he smashed his last one, when he dropped it, the front detached from the plastic bit in the middle and even he who is one of the most biased HTC fans ive seen wants a S5, after seeing it today in westfield white city carphone warehouse
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I remember, the mod even had to clean the thread and said that everyone is entitled to their opinion. But enough of those clowns, let's get back to our device.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surf1:
Disappointed yes but more b/c of Samsung, it's an upgrade over my i777 which has been a phenomenal phone and flat out awesome and stable on Shostock rom but it died in the ocean other day, opps. Didn't realize all the new updates and changes with the phones/carriers now regarding tougher boot-loaders and knox etc, my wife has an S4 and it's early model so no problem rooting etc. Now it seems S4 is too hard to deal with tinkering looking at recent threads on the board and it's barely alive dev movement. And the S5 is going to take the lock down and knox crap to another level making the phone almost useless to rooters and rom'ers or too complicated for Devs to bother with. I mean the M8 is already unlocked and being worked on no prob, but I just can't deal with that camera that's fine on the phone and looks great on the screen but when uploading photos or on desktop it doesn't look any better than my 3 year old i777. I thought about canceling and doing the upgrade with an S4 instead but pretty sure all those refurbs/new for upgrade are current bang your head through a wall firmware.

But I need a phone now and there's no really other choices. I love the Sammy phones as a whole, but it sucks that now I can't debloat or flash a rom. Used to root and rom no problem no questions asked, now looking at the boards it's like you have to do this, upload that, flash this, upload this, reflash that, do this and that and maybe root etc will work lol, and I'm on a Mac which makes it even harder as almost everything is for Windows and people even put in "does not work on Mac". I mean people are putting up money for months now in groups for other devices to crack and Devs are basically like "pshh not worth the headache" .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karmuh:
I'm also on a Mac and it really is disappointing to see the lack of Mac support for droid development. Everywhere I go/read, it's Windows this, Windows that...I just roll my eyes and move on. It's unfortunate. Oh well. If I'm stuck with stock on my S5, so be it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
The international S5 should be just fine for Roms and all, it is for the US versions that its going to be a pain in the behind.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surf1:
I can also run Windows in a virtual system and have never gotten any Android to show in the virtual system, plug it in... nothing, only mounts in OS/X. And I'm not gonna go out and buy a fricken PC just so I can root lol.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AODfan:
Can you not just dual boot with bootcamp?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surf1:
Not sure? I use both os/x and win7 running same time in a virtual and not sure I want another partition on the computer just for bootcamp. Never gave it much thought as people figured out how to do the i777 which I still have the steps for lol, I was so confused the 1st time using terminal for this lol, was like wtf. Same for the early S4. Now it would be no prob to root like that if I could as it was like riding a bike, never forget. No clue now with all the changes and bootloader crap, seems there's barely anything as far as root for a Mac for any device now unless you have a PC around or maybe bootcamp? All I keep seeing is "won't work for mac" "not available on Mac" "don't know if this will work on Mac, use at your own risk" . Have to look into bootcamp and see. I don't know why Android doesn't show in an Virtual system, tried multiple phones over the years and on different Macs, same thing, plug in, never shows up... only mounts in os/x
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Use Heimdall.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surf1:
I think it depends, like I returned my Retina after issues so still have my Pro 13 with heimdall. But I'm still on 10.5.8 on this computer and when I tried rooting a few months ago when I got an Tab 3 8.0 nobody knew if it would work so I never took the risk, threads said this version of Heimdall would work but only on X version of os/x not 10.5.8, and if you used an earlier heimdall like 1.3.1 I still have that works with os/x it could brick etc the Tab 3 since that version wasn't working on it. Or something like that, have to look into it again, gave up on it. Used Heimdall on my i777.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
I'm having one delivered tomorrow. I'll know if it's a disappointment then.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoaudio13:
Ive been with flagship phones and all kind of brands since android day 1. For HTC , newer the model shjtter it is, really. I love HTC Hero for its unique design and premium feel but not so much for later products.

Im willing to buy HTC latest released models to try and just after 2,3 weeks sell it to someone else. HTC doesnt make it right imo. The M7 although on top of some Awards in UK, US but the fone itself is not there yet.

Unibody aluminium with CNC cutting ? Apple made a way better job than HTC.

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U dont use bootcamp ?

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Why da hell u dont use bootcamp ? U missed like 50% of the experience on a Mac if not using bootcamp
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCJ89:
I just find HTC phones boring these days having stereo speakers and being loud in headphones isn't enough for me. To me the speaker issue really doesnt sell me as the only thing i use my speaker for is to hear the phone ring or for notifications
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoaudio13:
Totally agree.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karmuh:
Nah, I have no reason to dual boot. None of the apps I use require Windows. Besides, I hate Windows with a damn passion. Having it take up unnecessary space on my drive would only make me hate it even more lol.

Worse case, I could always just pull my old dusty Windows laptop outta storage, but I'd prefer not to if I have a choice :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surf1:
How am I missing 50% of the Mac experience lol?? I only use Win for trading and a few other things, primarily b/c trading platforms suck in OS/X, and I can do other stuff in OS/X and Win7 same time when I have to. Why would I want to deal with rebooting just to use bootcamp, when I always have stuff open and running in OS/X and only restart maybe once a week if that and not deal with closing programs and work and browsers with multiple tabs open etc.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cryosx:
Well, when you hear stories of how Samsung promotes their products by offering "incentives" to retailers (offering phones and TVs to the employees if they meet a quota, etc.) then yeah, you might get angry. They get things done through ignorance (mass advertising) and greed (the above example). When the phone doesn't stand on it's merits against the competition I'd call that a no no. HTC has shown a lot of growth in the past few years (from HTC One X up until today) and seem to be putting a real effort in making their phones. Seeing them not succeed because of the competition's financial advantage irks me.

Then there's the design language that Samsung's been pushing since the Galaxy S2 (the last Samsung phone I had, was disappointed with the Galaxy SIII when it was revealed)... there doesn't seem to be much improvement. Touchwiz looked sad in the past and looks sad to this day. That's not what I want to see in the future and as such why I don't want Samsung leading Android (or Smartphones in general I guess). So I support the other guys. Have an M8 btw.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karmuh:
More times than not, what ever company has the most money and means to do the most marketing, they'll come out on top. That's the business world. Get used to it. I see nothing wrong with offering those incentives to retailers/employees. They want their product out there as fast and as easy as possible. Good on them for marketing their devices. HTC would be doing the exact same thing if the tables were turned, no doubt about that.

Also, Samsung succeeds as top flagship phone due to appealing to the masses, something HTC simply fails to do year after year. The M8 is actually surprisingly almost on-par with the S5, specs wise...but falls incredibly short in the camera department. Like it or not, but the majority want an amazing camera in their smartphones. Samsung continues to thrive in that department, hence one of the main reasons they appeal to the masses more-so than HTC. HTC is too worried about marketing their gimmicky duo-camera and using made up words such as "UltraPixel", which only further shows how they're out of touch with the industry in that respect.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Another big reason iPhone has done so well. For a long time, iPhone cameras went unmatched in comparison to other smartphones.

With the S4 and S5, Samsung has offered up some good competition.

If nothing else, HTC's dual cameras got them a bunch of publicity (however bad it generally has been, it's still publicity).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLARiiON:
Incentives! Why should I care about what incentives Samsung gives to it's employees or other people? I don't work for Samsung or it's partners. So I couldn't care less what they pay to whome.

Do I care they have more money and spend more on advertising? Absolutely no.

Do I care that I can't find a proper HTC service center near to my place? A huge yes.

I don't give a damn about what Samsung gives as incentives or how much they spend in ads (those are irrelevant to me). If they are richer than HTC, why should I care? I am not a socialist marxist propaganda holder that hates to some random company just because they got more money. What sort of pathetic logic is that?

Your logic seems illogical to me -- typical fanboyish argument.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dynospectrum:
This thread is asinine.

Sent from my SM-G900T