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[Galaxy S 5 General] calvin35:
I found it to be very fluid and responsive. I realize that everyone likes to make fun of the back of the phone but I found it to be very nice and I liked it a lot. What I think I liked the most and what surprised me the most was the overall speed of the phone. It was noticeably faster than the Note 3 to me (I said noticeably, not tremendously) lol. I don't even like Touchwiz because I've always found it to be laggy and slow but that is definitely not the case anymore. I also like the fact that they gave you the option to to change how the settings menu is set up. They also gave you the option to change the animation to card stack, none, or the old Samsung animation when swiping through your home screens.

The echo chamber is loud on these tech sites so don't let anyone tell you that the S5 is only a small improvement on the S4 as in my opinion it is a big improvement. The Camera is better, the UI is much smoother, the settings menu is a huge improvement, and the touch screen is much more responsive, no more tapping an icon and waiting while nothing happens. All this from a guy that runs aosp ROMs almost exclusively because he hates Touchwiz. In fact I used to call it touchjizz, not anymore though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Thanks a lot, I absolutely believe you. If it is noticeably smoother than the note 3 then it's awesome news.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Hellscythe:
oh sweet, so we still have the option to keep the standard list view settings menu?
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Here are some screenshots:
[Galaxy S 5 General] dragon135:
Why they have to make it 5.1inch when there is no bump in resolution. Kind of downgrade from s4.

Looks like it is for bigger battery or because of the silly heart beat sensor taking space.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
I guess so. But bigger is better as we r not fully utilize the full HD amoled though :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Hey buddy, thanks for sharing! A few questions,

What is your overall thought of the phone?

Is it fast/smooth?

How is the feel in hand?

How is this version of touchwiz compared to the older version?

What do u think of the back cover?

Battery life?

Display, how is it?

Thank u!
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Overall : a 9/10 score

Fluidity: very smooth! But rom is still big with crappy bloats that everyone wants to get rid of.

Feel in hand : its just the right weight! Its bigger than S4 a bit so i sometimes feel a bit unconvinience to use 1 hand but well, bigger screen is better.

TW : very very smooth and sleak. Old version sucks. This new TW is a good step up of SS.

Battery life : i dont have a chance to fully use it until it drains out but i can say from 9AM to around 4 PM my battery dropped from 100 to 74 or 70 cant remember correctly with normal use ( full 3g, XDA push notification, faceboook, mail push, FB messenger, some news reading ) and thats good.

Display: a big improvement. Im not sure but i feel the white is white, no ugly white like before and colors are very easy on eyes. Im not a big fan of Amoled but the screen is okay. Acceptable. Colors are very balanced.

:)

Hope this help :)

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The one thing i dislike is the damn loud speaker. What the hell Samsung ? Why put the speaker at the back ? I put my s5 on the mattress and exactly the as S4, ringtone got low! Why didnt they change it near to the charging port :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Thanks for the response man, it helps a LOT! Your answer is consistent with others. The S5 is smooth and fast!

I know the bloatware is almost inevitable with Samsung, root is going to fix it!
[Galaxy S 5 General] noideaforusername:
EVERY smartphone have bloatware. Heck, even the nexus devices have bloat (some of the preinstalled google apps).

But from what I see, the S5 system is smaller than the LG G2 and the HTC One M8. It has 10.7GB available user space in the 16GB variant.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Yes you're right every smartphone has bloatware. But it seems to me that Samsung does too much... S this, S that, S over there.... I never use them.
[Galaxy S 5 General] noideaforusername:
The others have them too, they just don't start their name with the same letter :p

In any case, the complaints in the past was about the missing user space and now they got rid of this problem. So I guess they got rid of many of this apps.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
I guess you guys should see this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50815719&postcount=88

:p
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
It seems better now but as leoaudio13 has pointed out, there's still a crap load of stuff. I can't imagine the US carrier version with their extra crap.

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So they decreased the bloat. I knew that already. But leoaudio has the device unlike you and I and says there's still some crap.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
I'd say they kept the useful ones, not crap. ;):silly:
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Well if smart pause and smart scoll is still there, I think its crap that we definitely do not need.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
Or maybe now they work fine instead of being a pain to use. :laugh::highfive::silly:
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Even if they do (and this is my personal opinion off course), I don't see it being easier than scrolling down a web page with your fingers. Why would someone sit there and scroll down a web page with their eyes when they can use their fingers which is much easier and WAY more accurate? Features are meant to enhance the user experience and facilitate your usage. Smart scroll adds an extra option but in practice its not very useful. Samsung can come up with better ideas like download booster, great feature. Super fast focus, awesome. Things like that. Again just my 2 cents.
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Thats why i used to call those phone SS Galaxy Shjt 3 - 4 - 5 -6 abd so on... shjt just piles up more and more lol. And our responsibility is to complain lol

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No, they r just smaller and snappier. Bloats still there ;)

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I meant Samsung signatured bloats :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
Sure, I also keep these two disabled here. But the smart scroll you can choose to scroll with tilting your head or tilting your device. With the device it works a little bit better but it isn't accurate enough, sadly.
[Galaxy S 5 General] noideaforusername:
Think about it like this: You read an article in the web and when you get to the end of the screen (with your eyes) the device will recognize this and will scroll down. Wouldn't it be great? If they can implement this feature this way it will be very useful, at least in my opinion.

But if it is the same as in the S4, then you are right and it is useless feature and I would not use it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
The thing is, the eyes are unpredictable. You could be blinking, not mean to look at the bottom of the page or whatever case may be. If it is implemented better and becomes much more useful then I'm all for it,I love features. But as it is now, it just add to bloatwares cause it isn't useful.
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Smart stay works quite well. I dont bother testing smart scroll for now as my fingers r faster ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Exactly.

Smart stay is fine, smart scroll and smart pause is dumb especially smart scroll.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sameer1807:
Wish they would release them in more bestbuys..
[Galaxy S 5 General] Larxia:
Is there any reason in particular that you don't just use hangouts as your default SMS app?
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
No particular reason just never tried it
[Galaxy S 5 General] Larxia:
Well you should definitely give it a try then, it would eliminate the issue of your SMS converting to MMS. It doesn't have a character limit cap (Or if it does it's pretty high so I have yet to hit it) and the overall interface is cleaner and nicer. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Cos its Google related :) i normally just remove Hangout straightaway after acquiring root. And i feel Hangout is abit stupid as sometimes u neeed to text your phone contact quickly ut as long as u type in, u have shjt load of social contacts appearing, making it impossible to find the right one :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
had a hands on with the s5 today in phones 4 u westfield, stratford, london.

Loved it just had a quick scroll through the menus, checked out the camera/video, audio, loud speaker and just a general scroll around the phone it is so smooth.

Also it feels so nice to hold and feels more like a phone than a phablet, tbh one of the nicest phones ive ever held. I was skeptical about the back of the phone when i first saw it thought damn the back is ugly but now seeing it in r/l i like it alot offers nice grip of the phone and nice to the touch.

Pre ordered mine at carphone warehouse for £569.95 more than i wanted to pay for it but i think its well worth it and i had no issues paying £579.95 for the s4 last year and the s5 is better!
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Geeeeeez too fecking expensive in London ! Wow!
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
You mean in the uk, yes we have sickening v.a.t prices over here, 20%

I was expecting £550 which alot of site like clove, handtec and others are offering but I can't be asked to sit and wait indoors for deliveries used to do it all the time can't be asked 8am - 6pm waiting times. Plus if there is a issue with the phone having to send it back and wait for a new one to be sent again is so long, so i am getting it delivered to my local store and just go and pick it up when it arrives.
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Good choice and u can get your hands on it straight away ;) but it is very expensive in UK :( in my place its about 100 USD cheaper :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
After playing with it today i thought it was worth the price though to be fair, this means this the second samsung phone i really like and i paid £580 for the s4 last year and didnt regret it and from the 15mins hands on with the s5 it just felt better. especially the feel of of it it feels so nice to hold, who says plastic cant feel good to hold. Call me mad if you wish but i prefer the feel of the s5 over the htc m8 especially as its smaller
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Were you able to feel it without the security tether? I used the M8 without one, but I feel like it's somewhat pointless trying the "feel" of a device when a huge lock system is on it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
Yes i was which is a good thing as you get a proper feel of the phone, like i did with the m8 on launch day.

There is a samsung rep in a couple of phones 4 u stores across the uk at these stores

showing customers the handset - no wires attached but not sure how long for. which is why i was quick to get down to westfield stratford today

• Birmingham, Bullring

• Cardiff, Queens Street

• Cambridge, Thurrock Lakeside

• Manchester, Trafford Centre

• Newcastle, Metrocentre Gateshead

• Glasgow, Dundee, Overgate Centre

• Crawley, Southampton

• London, Westfield White City

• London, Stratford Westfield

• London, Oxford Street
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Cool! I'm in the USA, and the only S5 phones that are available are at Best Buy. I believe they're all tethered, so you can't use them without security :(

I'd really like to though!
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
Can you actually take them off the wall or whatever they are attached to. In the uk when they do get secured up in most places they are attached by a security cord so you can actually hold the thing in your hand so you can get some kind of feel.

I am really glad the s5 and the m8 were completely unsecured so you get a proper feel of both devices and i much prefer the s5s feel
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
There we go. Samsung Galaxy Shjt 5 just becam Galaxy Shine 5 ;) in a good way if u know what i mean ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] mocsab:
Best Buy Milwaukee - Near Southridge

I found the S5 on display at the Best Buy in Milwaukee (near Southridge) and was able to spend about 5 minutes playing around. First Impressions: WOW - Camera really does look awesome. I am not a photographer so I can;t get into technical discussion of what the camera offers - I was just amazed at how fast it focused - how good the photos look - very - very nice.

The display is phenomenal - bright, clear, vivid,

Using the S5, it seemed very smooth - no lag that I could tell - for grins and giggles I downloaded Antutu Benchmarks and ran a quick test and got an initial score of just over 36590 Not bad for a bloated stock rom with stock kernel.

Overall - it felt good in my hand - the screen looked awesome - everything about it seemed very good.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sameer1807:
Just felt the white one in my local bby store..feels solid but just like the s4, the chrome trim totally destroys any likable aesthetics it may have had..camera is nice, bokeh effect is more composed than that of the m8(which looks like someone with hand tremors tried to Photoshop and blur the background ) and speed is awesome..even the store demo didn't have any studders.

And if u guys didn't know, if u search s5 on bestbuy.com, you can pick ur state And it will show which stores have the s5 and gears up for a sneak peak..
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Yeah you can pick them up, but the security thing is huge.

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Thanks! I wasn't able to find the S5 state searcher though... Can you link it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
Thats a shame, the worst security ones for me are the ones where you cant lift the phone up, means you:

cant test out camera/video

cant test out headphone audio as the jack is normally covered

cant get a good feel for the phone
[Galaxy S 5 General] beanboy89:
Played with an S5 today at an AT&T store. Build quality felt a lot like the S4. I do like the direction they're going with TouchWiz, but I still think Sense 6 beats it out.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Oh they have them at AT&T? I'll have to give my local stores a call. With no ART it's almost pointless though XD.
[Galaxy S 5 General] msavic6:
Well for anyone who is interested in the S5 and is in Vancouver. They have the S5 on display at the Burnaby Samsung Store.

Now on to the S5, I usually hate white phones but the white S5 really impressed me. It felt really solid in hand and the backing material had fairly good grip as well, the black model should have even better grip similar to how the white and black Note 3 differ in texture. I even squeezed the phone and it didn't creak like my S4 does, if I dare say, it actually feels quite durable and sturdy.

The phone is really good looking overall but the display is simply gorgeous, the brightness they managed to pump out of the screen is simply unreal for an AMOLED panel. It will probably go even brighter once you put it in auto brightness mode.

Now on to the next best part, the Camera! This Camera is fast to say the least, it focuses quickly and will capture motion quite well. I took pictures of people walking through the store and was able to freeze most of them in place. The images had plenty of resolution and allowed for lots of detail to be seen after zooming like crazy. The best part is HDR is instantaneous unlike the S4 where it took a solid 3 seconds to capture an HDR image. I was only able to send a couple images to myself using Hangouts, email applications were weirdly blocked.

The finger print scanner was blocked on this demo model and I didn't even bother trying the heart rate monitor.

Unless the OnePlus One is able to truly wow me, the S5 will be my next smartphone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
That security mechanism looks a lot cleaner than the ones I've seen pictures of. Maybe it's usable! I'd really like to try one out before my M8 ships... Were you able to enable ART?
[Galaxy S 5 General] tiguy99:
Couldn't have said it better myself! Played with it myself @ the AT&T store & was hoping the screen would be better but unfortunately it looked the same as the S4.
[Galaxy S 5 General] msavic6:
The tether is still quite short, only like maybe 20cm long. There was a line up forming behind me so I let other people have a go. I didn't get a chance to see if I could enable ART. I'm going to go and handle the S5 again tomorrow for hopefully a longer period of time and I will make sure to see if I can enable ART.

I found the device to be quite speedy though and very responsive. It is genuinely faster than my S4 on Kitkat. Another poster described the S5 as being as speedy as a Nexus 5 on dalvik, I feel that's a pretty good comparison.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Yeah, but another said it doesn't even compare to the Nexus 5 with ART enabled. Numerous members on here tried models at Best Buy said there was no ART available though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] msavic6:
If im being completely honest, I never expected the S5 to be as quick as a Nexus 5. I simply think its illogical to assume a device running a skin on top of its OS can be as quick as a device running the purest form of the OS.

Can it be done? Of course but I don't think Samsung would spend the time and resources to acheive such a thing. TouchWiz is a pretty heavy skin and Samsung was able to lighten it enough that it competes with a Nexus 5 (dalvik), that on its own is reason enough for celebration :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
I personally dont like white color at all, and it is too girly. Gold is crap also. But Blue and Grey is very good looking.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sameer1807:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/mobile-...geType=REDIRECT&issolr=1&searchterm=galaxy s5

scroll to the bottom to where it says take a sneak peek
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Thanks! I just looked, and there aren't any demos in Oregon :(

I don't feel like driving 3 hours to Seattle either.
[Galaxy S 5 General] atg284:
Try calling your local AT&T store. The one in my area had one on display starting today. Quite like the M8, the S5 looks and feels much better in person. I went there today and played with it for about 15 minutes.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Thanks! I'll give them a call and head down. Maybe I could convince an unknowledgeable salesman to sell me one early XD
[Galaxy S 5 General] dpwhitty11:
I just ran into a Best Buy here in Houston to check one out. I gotta say, I was very impressed. I snapped a handful of pictures, and I'll upload them and post them in the morning.

They had 2 demo units, both were white. The light from the capacitive buttons didn't seem to bleed through the white frame like it does in the S3 and S4. The front also has a subtle dot pattern sort of how the S4 has the crosshatch. The back feels very nice, just like the Note 3. Even with the security thing on the bottom back of the phone it felt pretty good in the hand. The camera focused insanely fast and took great quality photos. And my god, the general speed of the device was insane. You would expect a TouchJizz demo unit to be slow, but ****, it felt faster than my old HTC One with CM11.
[Galaxy S 5 General] atg284:
I concur with everything you wrote :)

My brief experience was the same. Lightning fast. Good back. Great camera.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Ok so I went to a local AT&T store and used the M8 and S5 one in each hand for about 20 minutes tonight, and this is what I noticed (in a pros-cons list of each). Note I am 6'3" with pretty large hands. I didn't test the cameras, as 1. I don't use smartphone cameras and 2. We all know the S5's is way better. This is more subjective stuff with build, feel, and UI.

S5 Advantages:

-SCREEN!! The AMOLED screen on the S5 was absolutely gorgeous. I put the setting on "professional photography" or something like that, and everything looked absolutely superb. The M8's screen was also nice, but I liked the color on the AMOLED display much better (especially the whites).

-The lock button on the right side was very natural and comfortable to press. Much more so than on the M8.

-White model felt nice in the hand (not an advantage, but notable)

-Haptic feedback. This is probably adjustable, but the S5's was shorter and not as "deep". The M8 shook a little much for me.

M8 Advantages:

-Length and on screen buttons. With the S5, I found myself having to reach my thumb down a little too far to reach the buttons. On the M8, the buttons were in a perfect spot and were very pleasant to use.

-Motion gestures. It was very nice and natural to unlock the phone by swiping up when the screen was off.

-Speakers. The BoomSound speaker were really nice.

-Sense UI. I found Sense to be superior to TouchWiz (although Samsung had really stepped it up since the S4, I felt it was insanely cluttered (ESPECIALLY the settings app).

-Easily accessible ports. I didn't really like the fact that you have to open and close the ports on the S5. Not too difficult, but a little cumbersome.

I'd have to say that it is a very, very tough call between the two. If the S5's screen wasn't so dang beautiful it would hands down go to the M8, but that alone evens it out.

I'm still going to keep my M8 preorder though, as ergonomics and comfort were better on the M8 (and that means quite. Bit to me).
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
The biggest M8 disadvantage is that it's made by HTC. :silly:

Enviado do meu Galaxy S4

EDIT: Why the hell did you post the same thing in FOUR threads? lol
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
I thought it would be relevant in each one :P

An M8 advantage I forgot to add was 32GB storage. 16GB base storage on the S5 is silly.
[Galaxy S 5 General] LancelotSA:
The fact the S5 has an SD card slot and a 16GB card costs next to nothing now means this is really unlikely to affect the purchase decision. If you need more, throw in a larger SD card.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Problem is, games don't function very well on SD. Neither do many intensive apps. That's why I think it's necessary to have ample room on internal storage for apps.
[Galaxy S 5 General] LancelotSA:
Well let me add the second part I was going to but felt unnecessary, in over two years of using my S3 I have not come close to using up the 16GB on there.

I know we all differ but I regard myself as a fairly heavy user and a little techie and have not had an issue. I guess the manufacturers cater for the masses rather than the few.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ReefAcro:
The biggest disadvantage with the M8 is it wasted space and irregular size. I too am a tall man, 6' 4" with the largest hands I've seen lol, 10" x10", and the M8 just felt funny in my hand. The phone reminded me of a remote control. When you factor in the soft keys the screen is about the same size as my Evo LTE. I lobe Sense 6 and the M8 is lofhting quick, but i cant get over the irregular size. The S5 on the other had is a great size with physical buttons and a great camera. I've always had HTC phones but after trying the M8 and S5 I went ahead and ordered the S5. Like many others, I didn't expect much of the S5 given the previews, but what pleasantly surprised when I played with it for a bit.

What HTC should have done was kept the physical buttons and perhaps upgraded the camera a bit.
[Galaxy S 5 General] robstunner:
I'm using the m8 (6'1” tall) and it's absolutely person opinion because it's just fine for me. It's literally the same width on the nexus 5 but one boomsound speaker taller. I understand the waisted space thing and I'm not a fan of it either but in use its not noticeable. I agree I wish it was a 8mp ultrapixel cam but it does great for what it is. I played with an s5 a few times and it's pretty nice. I don't know why but the camera seemed disappointing inside the store. Zooming in on a photo lost a good amount of detail, like HTC one style. Obviously I haven't played with one outside yet. I personally think the thick bezels on the sides of the s5 bother me as much as the HTC logo on the bottom of the m8.