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[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
What are you talking about?

People said, S5 prices are too high that's why it's not selling well. If the prices were lower start from the beginning then Samsung would have seen better sales figures.

And lowering the price NOW within month is the EFFECT of lower S5 sales. Is it really that hard to understand?

People compare values added to a phone with price increase from previous models. What value has been added to S5 to justify this huge price difference from S4 (approximately 25% increase). Even higher then Note 3.

And a phone is cheaper or expensive does not guarantee sales. So it's irrelevant why HTC One is not selling better than S5. Everyone knows, HTC sales are lower because their marketing team sucks and HTC do not spend much on Advertising.
[Galaxy S 5 General] CLARiiON:
You are saying price doesn't influence sales, yet you say for S5 price is reduced because it's not selling. Just decide what you actually trying to say here.

Here the thing, Samsung

always

release the phone at higher price initially. This is done to gain max margin from early compulsive buyers. Happened with various devices worldwide. Not something new. HTC One (M7) is 8-10k more expensive than S4. Samsung can undercut the competitors in the long run and that's how they gain the marketshare. No need to postulate wild theories from such a simple issue.

Here's something official --

Galaxy S5 Seen Selling Faster Than The S4.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
I think there is no point in discussing this any further with you. It's simple econ101, genius.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sandeep20064096:
Hi Guys Does any one charged the S5(Octacore) with the USB 3.0 cable.If so how much time its taking to fully charge.
[Galaxy S 5 General] CLARiiON:
2 negatives cancel each other :laugh:

yea, it's really simple -- nothing to see here. BTW, official GS5 price as per Samsung:

https://www.samsungindiaestore.com/products/mobiles/Galaxy_S5_SM-G900HZWA
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Fixed that.

Samsung India Estore never change labeled prices and keep announced (initial) prices. Even official Samsung stores were selling phones for much lesser.

They listed S4 price 40.5K and changed it 2 week ago, even after S5 launch. They will keep listing S5 prices 51.5K until S6 release.

Archived version of samsungindiaestore.com on 13 April

http://web.archive.org/web/20140413...re.com/Products/Mobiles/Galaxy_S4_GT-I9500ZWA
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
price on Samsung site and local Samsung store are totally different.

S4 price is 26k at my location and s5 is about 48 but still its under profit. Price will go down.

The another reason is Samsung always keep flagship phone price under flagship phablet.

So 101% price will go down soon and it will stable when the price don't reach or less price than note 3.

Note 3 cost higher than s5 and we all know the current price.

I am not saying any thing new. I am saying what Samsung doing from 3 years of their good smart phone.

And this month is extra earning time for Samsung.
[Galaxy S 5 General] shuvadeep:
I got my Electric Blue S5 from Samsung store for 46k and also got coupons worth 5k that can be redeemed at Samsung India eStore.

So the phone cost me 41k.
[Galaxy S 5 General] system.img:
What are your first impressions about it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] rkadve:
Now available for Rs.41425/- on ebay

http://www.ebay.in/itm/161296255694?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313&redirect=mobile
[Galaxy S 5 General] kaifkhan97:
i DIDN'T TOUCH THE PHONE WHILE CHARGING BUT WHEN TODAY i TOUCHED IT WAS DAMN TOO HOT I DON'T KNOW WHATS THE MATTER WITH IT

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I bought s5 for 51500 on 11th april
[Galaxy S 5 General] ronnie498:
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[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
Is the Snapdragon version available in India? It's not there on Flipkart or eBay, but maybe somewhere else? I don't care about warranty.
[Galaxy S 5 General] NoteboyTech:
You need to order it from eBay or Amazon they have them listed check on eBay.com or Amazon.in

Hit Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] ATHATH:
Will S5 SM G900F work in India?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
hello, i want to buy s5, and all know that flipkart price is bit lesser, i was thinking to buy from Flipkart, but suddenly some one told me that,

Internet electronic purchase is grey market, thats why it is less price..

yes, samsung device is popular in grey market(especially in Delhi) so is Flipkart is safest? i can get scam like bad device( mostly grey market phones are manually assembled and dublicate parts, if device works well, it get dead after some months)

that is major issue. so should i buy from Original Samsung center (its with higher Price) or from Flipkart(is that would safe) ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] NoteboyTech:
See they have a 10 day or 30 day replacement policy.. after buying the device install the app called Phone info samsung from play store and check if the phone is refurbished or not.. if not then you got genuine if yes then return asap!
[Galaxy S 5 General] shuvadeep:
I think you can buy it from Samsung store and get good deals.

I got mine for 46k and got coupons worth 5k that I can use in Samsung India eStore.

I got a S-view cover and a second phone (just as standby) using that coupon.

Hence the phone cost me 41k.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
Thanx bro. How to get coupon?
[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
Could someone tell me what version is this exactly? G900S, I can't find any specification page with that model number! Is it Snapdragon or Exynos?

http://www.ebay.in/itm/Promotion-Br...t=IN_Mobile_Phones&hash=item258e305baf&_uhb=1
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Sometimes people get burn from there. Some sellers sell Chinese copies too. If you think a deal is too good to be true, then be careful.

My brother also told me about gaffar market in Delhi and I checked some of the phones. They look amazingly similar, it's really very had to spot difference between fake without turning phone on. So I did not purchase my S4 form there. Bought from Store. Paid a couple of thousand more (from gaffar market) but I know I am buying a genuine product.

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I think this one is a good deal.

http://www.ebay.in/itm/161296255694?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313&redirect=mobile

41,425/-

Additionally, you can get 500 rs off with your credit/debit cards. All banks offer ebay coupon for that.

For HDFC http://www.ebay.in/hdfc

For ICICI http://www.ebay.in/icici

etc.

Effectively you will pay 40925/-
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
Can anyone tell me how to get Samsung discount coupon ? I don't know about it :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
If you purchase a Samsung product then they will give you discount coupon to purchase more products.

They do not give out coupons before.

Although if someone is willing to share his coupon with you, that's totally different story but it's very unlikely since they paid for their coupon.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Tim34:
help please

Good day to you all. I am a south african and it seems that the Indian version and South african version is the same, so I was hoping you can help me to know if anyone has cutomized the stock firmware for the S5 G900H exynos version or anything of the sort please. I cant seem to find any ohther threads here that speak about this version. Thank you
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
No custom ROMs at the moment.

There's one custom kernel but it's not worth flashing yet, it has no additional functionality.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Tim34:
Thank you for your reply.... DO you think there will be dev's working on this particular device?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Lakshay2014:
Even I am very curious to know the answer to this question.. I have heard in the past about exynos not having proper dev support.. will the things change for good this time?
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
I'd be a magician if I could answer you.

Most likely support will be very limited. Shohat has already promised to release something for G900H. Once a single dev releases a rom, others might do so. But expect very little.

Edit: forget about Shohat, he's abandoning the rom... With the premise of not having enough money. I'd be very suspicious. We have seen such a move in the past.

On the Kernel side of things, unfortunately we don't have AndreiLux who singlehandedly built the best custom kernel of the past Exynos S4.

I'm hoping very little regarding the currently available kernel as the developer seems to know little or nothing regarding the platform.

I'd love to work in something for this phone, be it rom or kernel but my available time is very limited right now. :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] Tim34:
Thanks for your cool reply... So basically all we can do is root it and we stuck with the official firmware. This is sad as I had a exynos s3 and there were quite a few dev's working on it. Is it only African and India that have the octa core versions? There surely has to be a dev in those parts. I bought the phone in the hope of having atleas a little more fun then basic stock. :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
There are people trying but Samsung drove almost all experienced devs away from Exynos (we used to have TeamHacksung :().

Hopefully I'll get more spare time late this month and try to get something done. To be honest the only major reason I see of building a ROM is to debloat and remove the damned quickconnect and s finder buttons.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
What is local price now? Waiting for 41 from local.

Btw should I buy s5?

What are bad things?

Please suggest like humanity.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ryshah:
I agree!
[Galaxy S 5 General] NoteboyTech:
See bro, my personal experience.. s5 is not up to the mark.. you can go for note 3.. but if u want s5 then 43K is officialcprice via flipkart.. maybe u can have 10% off too via some debit card
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
actually i want phone, for use atleast this full year, actually if i will buy note 3, at august/september note 4 will release so, u know, there may b feel like old smart phone, i will not able to pay more to latest, thats why i thought for s5, will b latest atleast to 2015 april :P

so what you say bro, any better than s5 ? htc one m8 good? or z2 ? or what u say about nexus 5 ? :)

thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Nexus 5 is a good option. I would have bought it myself if I had not had S4. Also, I was a little biased to sdcard support too.

But if you have nice budget and really want to buy next best thing, don't buy S5. I would say M8.

And if you have nice budget and you are Samsung fan. Buy S5 or Note 3. Although I would advise you to buy Note 3 because it's better phone in every way and it has better developer support. You will have to wait 7-8 months for a bug free CM rom for S5. For official CM rom, may be more.

But if you are Samsung fan and want to spend your money for best value then I think you should buy S4.

I have a S4 and I did not feel it as worthy upgrade to spend ~42K for S5. S4 is still very good phone and better than many phones out there. Plus it's alot cheaper now.

The only noticeable difference I see in S4 and S5 are, camera and finger print scanner. Although for Indians or third world countries finger print scanner is more like a gimmick. Because here you will only be able to unlock you phone with finger print scanner and nothing else. So buy S4 instead and save half of S5 cost for Note 4 or may be S6.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
thanx a lot bro, what price of Note 3 at local now?
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Not quite sure but you will get Note 3 for 41 - 42K on local shops.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sukee007:
Firware update G900HXXU1ANE2 features ?

Does anyone know what are the new features under this update ? G900HXXU1ANE2
[Galaxy S 5 General] deepforest:
this new update made phone slow

so much lag and slow UI after this new update G900HXXU1ANE2
[Galaxy S 5 General] Tim34:
Would you say give it a skip ????
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
Not here at least. Seems pretty much the same.

LG G3 will be the most recent flagship by then and its specs should destroy any of the phones you mentioned. I'd definitely get it if I didn't had this phone.

M8 camera is really good at low light and terrible in any other condition.

Z2 is very well rounded but it's the also largest and most fragile.

As for the question on N3 or S5, there's a far more in depth thread in Q&A. I think you already asked there and most people told you to go with the S5 for the latest tech or go with the N3 if you want a phablet.

S5 battery is really good and Touchwiz is much better in comparison. Display and camera are better.

N3 biggest advantage is 1 GB extra of ram which helps but it's still not enough thanks to Samsung's bad memory management, and the S Pen.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Price further reduced to Rs. 41875/-

http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/p/itmdv6f4k7hctgjz

:) acche din aa gaye.
[Galaxy S 5 General] CLARiiON:
[Ok, I know it's pointless to argue over unreleased device]

Why do you think that LG G3 will destroy all other smartphone with specs? What we know so far is that it's using same 801 SOC used in other flagship phones now. Same LPDDR3 RAM, same Sony IMX2xx sensor with WQHD display.

To truly get the benefit of WQHD resolution in 5.5 inch phone with 534 PPI, you should look into the display from a distance of about 6 inch (approx). I don't really see how is that a huge upgrade from G2 or G2 Pro apart from the display resolution (which is practically redundant).
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
I was going by the previously rumored specs which included an Snapdragon 805.

If it's the 801 then the difference is not much: OIS+ and the display res (and the better design?).

I would be a little bit concerned in the performance drop caused by the resolution increase.
[Galaxy S 5 General] CLARiiON:
Insider who used LG G3 says it will feature Snapdragon 801 SoC

I would rather like a 805 SOC and a FHD display.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hypergamer1231:
hi guys am using the z1 these days and want to get something new here are the issues Z1 is very similar to z1 and not worth 50k and m8 i hate the camera and no waterproofing hence thinking of going for the s5 is it really that bad please advise
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
I think it's not worth the upgrade to a S5 if you currently have a Z1 - unless the battery life is bad or the camera is not as good as expected.

The Z2 would be a better upgrade compared to the S5 (disregarding the price).
[Galaxy S 5 General] kaifkhan97:
guys can ur'll tell me what are the changes In the update
[Galaxy S 5 General] netarchie:
My battery at the most lasts for 8 hours max! I use whatsapp and do a fair amount of browsing on the device. Not many calls though. I feel the battery should last more! Is there any check I can do for the battery drain?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Tim34:
Is the updated firmware worth it?? Is there lagg or is it better then previous version ??
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] avenging:
the original gear was never sold here in saudi for obviously the camera has issues with the government so now im interested in getting the fit. It looks really stylish hope it wont be expensive
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] hurdlejade:
i do not plan to buy anything new from samsung.

if i already own gear, then what's the point of having another gear-like device.. it seems bulky. i'm tired with complete lack of support from samsung.

i think i will wait for the 'smart band' from sony.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] AstroDigital:
Do not know.

First I need to see how much it costs and if it will even be sold in Canada. Then when people actually own and use them would like to know how well it plays with the Note 3.

Too many unknowns for me to decide, but I like how it looks and fitness/notifications are enough for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] spinedoc:
It's pretty ugly IMO, and the number crunching for fitness it provides have very little usefulness IMO. I don't think I'll be getting one.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] chuko303:
Should of used the flexibke on the gear2
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] AstroDigital:
Seen a video of a working Gear Fit, looks great.

IMO fitness is more important than make calls or pictures to me.

The price has to be right, still like a few more reviews.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] highlordkram:
No as I will be getting the Gear 2, but I do like how it looks and it's features.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ronfurro:
In my opinion, the Samsung Fit will be the breakout success of this years wearables. Mind you, successes in this micro marker are measured as NOT failures. : )
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] blue13x:
I have the gear, but I think will be going for the gear fit this time.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] raiu:
There wont be any native apps on the gear fit

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57619476-78/samsungs-gear-fit-doesnt-run-android-or-tizen/
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] AstroDigital:
I know read this and it is old news, the Galaxy Gear Fit is running a real time OS, apps we be rare if any.

Really do not care much.

Will get notications, and that plus being an excellent fitness watch is good enough for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] LaDamian:
Am I the only one who thinks the gear fit will prove extremely awkward to use? The direction of the text doesn't even come close to fitting the way most people look at their wrists. It will generally be at a 45 degree angle or worse.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] AstroDigital:
Seen other people say that, so you are not the only one but I seen the videos and I think for me it is no issue.

It is not like I will be reading anything but notifications, most of the time on my gear when I read text it is not horizontal.... minor detail.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] vickytoria:
Video review for Galaxy Gear Fit

Here you can see my video review for Gear Fit.

You can find out what apps does it have, how you can charge it and with which devices is it compatible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq-yS2dWQKc
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Fuoritempo:
I think it's a very interesting device, and probably I'll go for it, but I haven't understood if it will have the sleep monitor or not. I've searched the Web, but some say yes, some say no...mystery....

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] jinda628:
I know our tablet's specs say max of 64GB for mSD.

128GB from Sandisk is out, is there a way to make this work?

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra...btag=SxG4wJ27EeOllR5kXHyt6Q1bI3_Un5z3_W1S_0_0
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] bulvine420:
That's freaking awesome but no
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] buhohitr:
I believe it should work fine and the reason they rated at 64gb because at the time there's no 128gb yet. I knew some one who used a regular sdcard to micro sdcard adaptor for 128gb on the Note and it worked!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Cheeky_Fink:
^this

I've actually done the same thing on my Xoom, and it worked fine.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ultramag69:
I use a 128gb sd card to micro sd card adaptor and yes, it works fine... Need 256gb sd card though cos I'm running out of space again...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] jinda628:
Aside from putting in an adaptor, do you have to do install some apps or some software tweaking to recognize the card? Or is it just plug and play like any other cards.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Cheeky_Fink:
Just plug and play. But the adapters are a little delicate, I wouldn't suggest having it loose and flapping around. If you have a case, you can just tuck it in and it should be fine, otherwise I'd suggest taping it down to the tablet. That's how I did it on my Xoom.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] nrage23:
Ordered it a few minutes ago.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] jinda628:
Nice. Update us please:)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] nrage23:
It is out of stock and I have no ship date yet.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Geordie Affy:
Whenever you do recieve it please remeber to update here....I would love a 128gb microsd. I thought 64gb was enough but i love having loads of stuff on it just to make sure I have something for all occasions lol. Thanks in advance ;)

Sent from Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition via Tapatalk.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] bulvine420:
Cloud storage works great!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] nrage23:
Sure does as long as you have constant high speed data access which some people do not.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ultramag69:
And an unlimited plan which is definitely NOT available in Australia...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Duly.noted:
And if you dont mind companies like dropbox handing your private data over to the feds. I would set up my own cloud server at home that I could access remotely if I trusted the security. Usb otg 1tb hard drive ftw!!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ElAguila:
Keep us informed about how long it takes to get or shipped A's how slim it works with our note.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Duly.noted:
as a side note what programs do you guys use to format your sd cards to fat32? The 64 from my note 2 doesn't like the note pro. IT detects it but wont read the files. Shows the used space but can't see anything on it.Very peculiar

XDA Premium HD app
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ultramag69:
I don't format FAT32... Ihave an sd to micro sd cad adaptor with a 128gb sd card installed formatted exFAT... No problems with accessing it.

My note is rooted though...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Duly.noted:
Mine as well....my note 2 accepts the sd card in exfat. But nithing else will accept it. I even wiped it once but nothing else will read that sd card anymore. Other android device wont even fornat over it. Its very strange. It works perfectly In my phone (and in my replacement note 2 after getting mine replaced)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] rentskiwiz:
128gb micro sd

SDSDQUA-128G-A46A* bestbuy SKU:*4471009

Just paid $90. Running perfect 38MB/s read 119GB formated
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] vilasman:
I know this thread is old as dirt... but I have a 256gb micro sd in my 2014 right now and I am watching movies from it...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mobzter:
hi, im looking to see how to get 4g set up on my htc one.

im with the network, 3 based in UK

i know they still rolling to places however manchester has it. was there past 2 weeks and

checked coverage in area i was around and has been fine yet no 4g. phone only showed either 3g or H

the website states about settings would have been changed so it would show in mobile networks as like GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto.

which in my case it did but i didnt see any changes whatsoever. now i also see some description about software update and during quick google search bumped into this

https://www.facebook.com/ThreeUK/posts/755107707837518

now im wondering cause im using custom rom (no options for about > software update in settings)

how do i go about this so called software update to 4g?

anyone on 3 network with some insight..?

thanks much appreciated
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Btoulidene:
Mine is v 1.0.0 on mj9 and is downright laggy :(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] bselesnew:
you might want to take the time and read through the posts, there are numerous posts that talk about how to speed up your tablet and where to get the latest updates.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Btoulidene:
I just asked about the version of s note in the latest erosion like mk1 . I did try to find an article on such topics and never found any . If you did . You could have posted a link to that page instead . ?