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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dan1909:
It's been said a lot already, but for most of us it's just not feasible, or is simply a lot more hassle than dedicated local storage.

For example:

If I store my music on the cloud, I have to use more battery to stream it, hope that I have a good connection where I am at the time, and also that I don't run over my data limit.

Storing videos on the cloud would involve my spending a while to upload each one first, then having all the same issues as with streaming music, except on a larger scale due to the larger file sizes

Storing the documents I keep on my phone on the cloud is an easier option, as no streaming is required, simply to download/upload them to wherever they're saved. However I still have to rely on having a connection to be able to access them at all. Then there's the time issue, with a local file I can open it in seconds, and just hit save. For a cloud saved file, I'll likely have to download it, open it, do what I want, and then save and reupload it. A lot more hassle.

So there's a lot of downsides there, when the ONLY possible upside is that I can have more storage on the cloud if I want. However, it's pricey! I could get a 128GB card for around £80, whereas 100GB of extra storage on Dropbox will cost me £60 per year!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Awesome! 8 gig would have been cutting it too close. But as far as the One+ some are saying 16 others 32 gigs as the lowest capacity available.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jiyeon90:
The g2 is just a copy of the s4, except with no SD card or removable battery, the only special thing about the g2 is it's cheap price.

Anyways, for me and for a lot of people both phones are irrelevant since they are made of plastic and have horrible UIs

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warnahly:
I think that the s5 is a disappointment but it has some cool features like the power saving option thats really cool and the camera is good thats all I feel its a copy of the s4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCJ89:
Maybe so for some but for me the S4 was a better overall phone than the z1 and i rather have a plastic phone with a horrid UI that you can do more on than a phone with a premium feel and nice looking ui with less features
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
A copy of the S4??

---------- Post added at 03:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:09 PM ----------

Why did you sell your G2?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
A few weeks ago I went to a LG store and messed a bit with both G2 and Nexus 5 and yes, the G2 screams TW. The only nice things are the bigger screen and lower price.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sublim3_Tilt:
All valid points, it is apparent i'm sheltered LoL. I guess my circumstances are far from the average user. I do have an unlimited plan with unlimited cloud storage. For those of you who haven't spotted it yet, PogoPlug is an amazing solution for Cloud Storage, Its hosting is cheap or you can host it your self. Not trying to sell it, just making y'all aware. Thinking about it I pretty much only travel to Major Cities in Merica :D so 4G Connectivity has never been an issue.

For those of you who are going for local storage, what SD Card are you most likely to get?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlopez1973:
It just seems very disappointing I think they just might as well stick with the name Samsung Galaxy S 4 S update would have been a better name for it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
I have a 64GB will try to get a 128GB soon.

Enviado do meu Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewilley:
Personally, I'm going to wait until it comes out and I can see/try one (I'm stuck in contract until May anyway) but unless there are any major surprises - such as LTE 800/1800 & 700/1700 band compatibility in one unit - then I most likely will get a Note 3; more phone for less money.

Andre
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Super Chimp:
But how many features on the S4 were of any use to you and not just bloat?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
The only way to avoid "bloat" is getting a Nexus or a Motorola.

Enviado do meu Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Or rooting a S4.

I'd take a CM11 S4 over a Nexus 5.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
AOSP on phones others than Nexus will always have bugs. I don't use it since my Galaxy Nexus days, S3 and S4 rocked with TW.

Enviado do meu Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
All roms have bugs. No matter the phone or ROM.

CM10.1 ran like a dream on my S4. Among the best handsets I've ever used. (When combined with an appropriate ROM)

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
True. If ppl love aosp the logical thing to do would be to get a nexus. The nexus 5 is a beast, the smoothest android phone I have ever used.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
But its camera isn't exceptional. Nor is battery life.

Galaxy S4 has it severely beat on both fronts. Give them both the same software, and then which is better?

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
The nexus because it packs that Snapdragon 800.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
I can make a similar argument.

The S4 because when running AOSP, I'd be willing to bet in real world use there is no real difference in perceived performance across a broad spectrum of usuage for users between S800 and S600.

Galaxy S lineage always has amazing hardware. Software is less then ideal IMO.

Support for Galaxy S series has generally been on par with Nexus series.

A rooted Galaxy series is formidable.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I don't deny a rooted galaxy S's great performance with a custom ROM. But the S800 is noticeably better especially in gaming, no comparison there.

Benchmarks don't mean everything but there's a reason why the S800 scores more than the S600. I'm willing to bet that both phone running Aosp the nexus still would come out on top.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
No concrete evidence supports your thesis. Its a subjective ideal, and experience. Emperical data suggests its superior numbers on paper merit increase in performance.

Benchmarks are only good for a generalized take on chip to chip comparisons, and only hold merit within that specific benchmark.

The S800 does NOT do noticeably better in gaming. I play San Andreas maxed on the HTC One, and Note 3.

No difference. Again, also a subjective notion.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpirnie:
Octacore... nuff said

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Even were a asymmetric 8-core SoC were to be released, a quad-core would still be better.

A quad-core with high IPC > a 8-corr with lower IPC.

Not to mention, how far has soft ware come along? Is anything threaded for 8-cores on the mobile segment? If so, how many?

Big.Little is a waste.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
What if I were to tell you that I play San Andreas as well and that I do notice a difference, what would you say? Especially playing Iron man 3. How is your point of view more valid than mine?

Here is the difference between both SoC on qualcomm's website.

http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800-600-400-200/specs
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
My point exactly. I say 1+1 equals two. You say 2+1 equals three.

Neither result is an error.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
So why deny when I say that there's a noticeable difference? And I'm not the only one who thinks so. The S600 sports an overclocked adreno 320, the S800 sports an adreno 330. Its only right that the latter performs better than the former.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
You're speaking on-paper/theory.

It should be noticeably better in everything. But....in reality....it isn't.

My 1989 Mustang LX foxbody has 550HP at the wheel.

I promise you its more powerful then your car. Faster too... In theory. 0-60 in 3.2 seconds. Top speed...who knows?

But...we follow the traffic laws... In every day use, my car isn't better then yours...

Same situation here.

Its application. Actuality.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Because it isn't in a game you tried means that's it? That's why I told you that I do notice a difference. And GTA does require some power unlike words with friends for example.

About your "example", if I understand correctly because games don't fully use the GPU we will never notice the difference right? What evidence do you have that games don't use the full GPU? And does a phone like the US HTC One X using the adreno 305 performs as well as the S4 using the adreno 320? If no why not?

Edit : sorry for the OT guys, just discussing thanks :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Evidence is, the processor and GPU are in constant communication. If the CPU cannot feed data to the gpu fast enough, you encounter something known as a bottle neck. (Bottlenecks are always there. Its always only a matter of severity)

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I'm afraid you haven't answered my questions. You made a statement but how do you know? What about the HTC one x example? Cause going by your theory we can't notice a difference in actual usage. So when do we? Is there a difference in gaming between the adreno 305 and the adreno 320 in real usage? If yes what makes you think there isn't one with the adreno 320 and 330? If no I just want you to explain thanks :). I say this because the fact of the matter is, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. In some games you may not see it because they don't tax the GPU much but in others you will find the adreno 330 smoother than the 320. Because YOU don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Ask anandtech.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Let me clarify. No noticable difference.

It varries from game to game.

Remember. Application. Real world use. More important then simple power.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I agree, you won't find a difference in words with friends like I said...but you will in iron man 3. If you don't believe me try it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
I have. Looks the same. Runs the same.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Right.... I guess I can only take your word for it. I do notice a difference.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Two subjective experiences.

Which is truly correct?

Neither? Both? Either?

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Check the first 2 comments we've posted, I asked you the question there. You tell me.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
I just answered. Two. Subjective. Experiences.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Yet you denied mine when I told you there was a difference. I think it would be fair to say that when there are 2 subjective comments like that, we can turn to the SoC makers themselves and ask if there's a difference on real world between both don't you think? After all they know better than you and I and they do use same prototypes to demonstrate the difference.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Sadly, the techie knows more then the maker.

So many issues...problems....quirks.

Who fixes them? We do.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Yeah Right.... I made my case so I'll leave it at that.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Some believe that forcing an invalid conclusion onto others is preferable to that of a continued schism.

I purported neither mine, nor yours is correct.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I was done when you said we know more than the makers. God bless :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mansevolver:
Cool story, bro.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Well that was 2 pages wasted on useless arguments about stuff that is in no way relevant to this thread...

And back on topic! The more reviews/impressions/hands-ons I watch and read the more I am indeed disappointed with the S5.

But unlike most seem to be, I'm not disappointed because the S5 isn't as good as rumors said it would be. I'm disappointed at all the useless stuff it has. Samsung said that they would streamline and simplify the S5.

Well they didn't. What they did was edit textures to look more flat.

All the previous and useless settings are still there. Smart Stay & co. are still very much alive and filling the notification window. Does streamlining mean turning those "features" off by default so that they look grey instead of green?

And that BlinkFeed copy that you can't even add your own news sources to. It's still there as useless as it was before. Unless you are American, at least then you can get somewhat relevant news considering your location.

Add while they were streamlining, they added more gimmicky stuff. A fingerprint scanner that doesn't just make it harder for strangers to open your phone but also harder for you. How convenient!

And they built in a heart rate monitor so they could justify forcing S Health down your throat. I can see the point of a health app, I even use one myself. To time and measure the lengths of my walks or bike rides. But is it really meant for everyone? Seriously? And are you going to stop what exercise you are doing to test your heart rate because it doesn't like movement? As far as I was taught, the heart rate goes down when you aren't moving. So the S5 is good for measuring how well you are... resting. Awesome! The watch is actually useful for that kind of stuff.

And last but not least Knox, my favorite. Now they are making it an even deeper integration with the device. Just to make sure that I can't actually uninstall any of the garbage I listed above. I would have to root to do that because they won't allow uninstalling "important" system apps without root access.

I'm still considering the S5 mainly because of the camera. And I really need to upgrade from my broken spare phone soon. If I end up with the S5, I promise to post a screenshot of all the disabled apps that I can't uninstall. It will be a long list.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Soooo, nobody is forcing you to use it, y'know.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
You can turn off the features you don't wanna use. As far as Knox well we don't have a choice. I don't care for warranty so Knox means nothing to me. There will be Roms Knox free.

I can understand a disappointment from a design perspective, not so much software wise to be honest besides smart scroll and smart pause (absolutely useless).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewilley:
And in some markets (e.g. Europe) I believe it has been legally determined that the seller cannot get out of their statutory responsibility to provide a product that is "fit for purpose" by claiming that rooting a phone could have caused the headphone jack to fail, or the motherboard memory to die, etc. So the mere fact of a device being rooted via software cannot invalidate a hardware warranty. Of course, if you then overclock it to stupid speed and burn the processor out, I assume all bets are off.

Andre
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Actually there was a case here in Finland just a few weeks ago where it was ruled against a guy who had installed Cyanogen mod on his phone which ended up having a hardware failure. That case will be used as a precedent in the future.

And I know that most of the stuff can be turned off. That isn't the point, it shouldn't be there in the first place.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewilley:
Really? On what grounds did they feel the hardware warranty had been invalidated? Or rather the statutory right for a consumer to expect goods to be of merchantable quality.

It's like saying your PC hardware warranty is no long valid because you threw away Windows 8 and installed Linux!

Andre
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It was something about the fact that after modifying the system (installing unofficial software) they couldn't prove that the hardware failure was due to a hardware default rather than it possibly being the fault of the modified system causing a malfunction such as overclocking or something else.

So basically they ruled that in the case of a modified system, the burden of proof changes and the owner would need to prove that it was NOT his fault.

And to be more specific, the ruling was done by consumer law representatives, not by court. But it would probably stand in court also. The consumer agency is here to protect us so if they decide against us, the court would most likely side with them.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mintu123:
I normally don't post much here.but when I see a troll like you,it make me mad.you have no business posting in gs5 section because u belong in nexus or iPhone section with plain boring phones that just works.the reason I buy Samsung phone is because of all the added bells and whistles.I don't use the all the time,but I do use them.I use smart stay at all times and smart scroll when I'm reading long articles where I don't want to touch screen.smart pause is the only stupid thing I never used.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
So you are calling me a troll because I posted in a thread about disappointments about issues that I am disappointed at? Samsung said that they will simplify and streamline their phone, they didn't. That disappoints me. It might not disappoint you and I never said that this is a fact - it's my opinion. The question in the title is "WHO thinks that the Galaxy S5 is a disappointment?" I answered "I am" and explained why. That isn't trolling.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mintu123:
Did they say they was gone eliminate touch wiz and go asop.there will always be touchwiz and it will be heavy.you don't like ...get a nexus or iPhone.I don't understand why anyone wants boring phone.its like car has keyless entry and voice commands and remote start,but u wants hand rolled window days back.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Don't read between the lines about things that I never even said. And don't get so angry at a post about opinions in a thread about opinions just because those opinions are different from yours.

I didn't mention TouchWiz a single time in the post you are referring to. Nor did I say I want to go AOSP. I mentioned features that I don't like and what I consider bloatware. Most of them have nothing to do with TouchWiz. S Health is a separate app. The heartrate monitor only works when you are still which beats the point - you can't use it when excercising. The magazine page doesn't let you add your own sources for news. Those things have nothing to do with TW. The fingerprint scanner doesn't let you open the phone one handedly - again making unnecessary complications. The only thing even remotely tied to TW could be the toggles and even those are more system addons than part of TouchWiz.

I don't want a boring phone and I actually like the graphical changes to TouchWiz. I also like the camera and I'm not disappointed by the phone not being metal. I still have valid reasons for considering the S5. But it doesn't change the fact that Samsung went against what they said and instead of making less bloatware they added more new gimmicky things. That disappoints me. If you like the new additions - absolutely great! Nothing wrong with that. I don't share your opinion but I also don't consider you being wrong just because you think different.

Now could we stop arguing about pointless things like AOSP vs TouchWiz (this is't a Nexus) or LG G2 vs SGS5 (this isn't a comparison thread either)? The topic was about disappointments and that is what I was touching in my post. This is a forum - don't get so personal and upset because people don't think like you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Totally agree. It seems that if you say something against a phone in its forum, the fanboys start being on the defensive. That's how you recognize them.

Samsung could have reduced some of the bloatware (smart scroll, smart pause....). But luckily we can turn those off.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
But actually Samsung removed a lot of "bloat", I'll quote myself here.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks for that, I knew the HUB was gone but not all of what you listed. At least they got rid of something then, that is a positive move indeed :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mintu123:
It does not have anything to do with fanboy crap.

Looks at all the Google bloat they add.Google+ magazine ,hangout,books,movies,and lot of other crap the creeps on user.this crap runs in background all the time.atleast Samsung crap does not auto runs on startup.you have option to turn it on.its because of Google crap we have bad battery life.new user will not know how to stop the process to save battery.they will just think that phone does not have good battery life.I have s4 and I know Google **** burn lot of battery to keep up with location and ear dropping on what you search and track what you do.I wish Samsung just move to tizen and keep play store so we can download what we need and not what Google wants us to have so they can make millons.but u guys love Google bloat as innovation and OEM as just bloatware even they give option to turn off or on.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCJ89:
having a louder loudspeaker, louder headphone volume and better eqaulizer presets, being able to bring up call lists during phone calls rather than having to go to phone book, having a block call/text built into the phone, able to read texts from the main screen when you hover your finger, answer the phone by waving your hand, if your want to call someone when on text messaging just lift the phone to your head, when wanting to go to a certain part of the song that hover feature was useful, sound and shot was of use, the mode that captures from both front and rear cameras was useful to name but a few. things like smart pause, scrolling with your eyes and waving your hand to change songs was crap but there were other things i found useful.