My partner wants S4 but I want to know the cons of it first
Samsung Galaxy S4 Cons
The main one seems to be the fact it's not made using glass of aluminium like some competing devices.
Some people also dislike the TouchWiz UI that Samsung apply to Android.
The price could also be seen as a downside but that's exceedingly subjective and will vary a great deal depending on your views, needs and even your choice of network.
Of course your partner may not care about those points.
Best bet would be for them to head to a phone shop and try out various handsets before making a decision.
Some people also dislike the TouchWiz UI that Samsung apply to Android.
The price could also be seen as a downside but that's exceedingly subjective and will vary a great deal depending on your views, needs and even your choice of network.
Of course your partner may not care about those points.
Best bet would be for them to head to a phone shop and try out various handsets before making a decision.
No radio on the S4. May not be a deal breaker, but something to note as radio (non wifi / streaming) has been a pretty standard inclusion on Samsung Galaxy phones.
Some say it's a little big, a bit laggy and a bit plasticy.
However I think there pretty good.
HTC one as an alternative maybe? as long as you get one that's not falling apart on the bezel front, iPhone 5? may be a bit meh, or there's always a Sony what ever it's called, they're quite good... but yeah, get the Samsung - it'll be fine
However I think there pretty good.
HTC one as an alternative maybe? as long as you get one that's not falling apart on the bezel front, iPhone 5? may be a bit meh, or there's always a Sony what ever it's called, they're quite good... but yeah, get the Samsung - it'll be fine
Originally Posted by Step666:
“The main one seems to be the fact it's not made using glass of aluminium like some competing devices.”
“The main one seems to be the fact it's not made using glass of aluminium like some competing devices.”
Is that even a con though? Makes it lighter and can withstand impact better without marking.
Originally Posted by alan1302:
“Is that even a con though? Makes it lighter and can withstand impact better without marking.”
“Is that even a con though? Makes it lighter and can withstand impact better without marking.”
Apparently, according to most reviews which confuse 'build quality' and 'choice of materials'.
Originally Posted by Step666:
“Apparently, according to most reviews which confuse 'build quality' and 'choice of materials'.”
“Apparently, according to most reviews which confuse 'build quality' and 'choice of materials'.”
We'll ignore rubbish reviews
Originally Posted by Step666:
“That pretty much just leaves GSMArena then, from what I've seen”
“That pretty much just leaves GSMArena then, from what I've seen
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LOL I know from reading reviews the build of the S4 sounded really bad but after actually holding one and seeing one up close I thought it was really nice to hold and in no way cheap and cheerful as many reviews seem to make out.
Originally Posted by alan1302:
“LOL I know from reading reviews the build of the S4 sounded really bad but after actually holding one and seeing one up close I thought it was really nice to hold and in no way cheap and cheerful as many reviews seem to make out.”
“LOL I know from reading reviews the build of the S4 sounded really bad but after actually holding one and seeing one up close I thought it was really nice to hold and in no way cheap and cheerful as many reviews seem to make out.”
Materials are undoubtedly cheaper on the s4 but the actual putting together if those materials is top dollar.....
The htc does seem to have premium materials and good build quality too.
Originally Posted by John_Patrick:
“The htc does seem to have premium materials and good build quality too.”
“The htc does seem to have premium materials and good build quality too.”
Not quite so much on the build quality front.
Honestly, Google "HTC One build quality", there's tons of stuff out there.
Originally Posted by ASIFZED:
“No radio on the S4. May not be a deal breaker, but something to note as radio (non wifi / streaming) has been a pretty standard inclusion on Samsung Galaxy phones.”
“No radio on the S4. May not be a deal breaker, but something to note as radio (non wifi / streaming) has been a pretty standard inclusion on Samsung Galaxy phones.”
I was going to upgrade from s2 to s4 but changed my mind for this reason.
'bit lame maybe but the UK/US version with the Snapdragon 600 doesn't support FM radio whereas the overseas version with Exynos octacore does do FM radio.
Personally, I'm happy with 3G speeds for things I do on my phone so don't care that the Exynos doesn't do 4G. The choice would have been nice.
I have android 4.2.2 running on the S2 anyway so the extra "features" of S4 aren't things I'll really miss anyway, and most of them are mod-able if I do want them.
Originally Posted by John_Patrick:
“Materials are undoubtedly cheaper on the s4 but the actual putting together if those materials is top dollar.....
The htc does seem to have premium materials and good build quality too.”
“Materials are undoubtedly cheaper on the s4 but the actual putting together if those materials is top dollar.....
The htc does seem to have premium materials and good build quality too.”
The GS4 is undoubtedly better put together than the GS3. The fit of the component parts feels much more solid when they are put together. But the cheapest method of production has been used for these parts. You can see the injection moulding marks around the fake metal edge which is shocking on a “premium” device. OK you can’t see them normally and stick a case on it then who is to know? But you are kidding yourself if you think Samsung built it this way to give the consumer a better experience. Possibly the drop survival may be better but that can be said for most polycarbonate devices. Samsung and HTC have shown that you can make really nice designs from solid blocks of polycarbonate. Samsung have used the cheapest method possible. You may still love the phone and for many the expandable storage and removable battery make it a no brainier but is anyone going to pick it up and think wow what a great design?
I've been using it since it was launched. The only 'con' for me that makes me think 'this was/ is so much better on the 'i' devices' is that streaming music over Bluetooth isn't, IMO, great, which is a big part of what I do with it. The phone doesn't auto connect to a sync'd device when in range - you have to manually connect it each time - and when you disconnect, the phone sometimes has a horrible habit of sending the track back to the beginning. Now I may be the only person in the world this bothers, but for me, after using an iPhone, it's a negative, however, things like the removable rear cover and battery, SD card storage and ability to actually access the filesystem far outweigh this though, so I can live with it. Maybe it's because I got it on a free upgrade, but build quality doesn't and hasn't concerned me (maybe if I'd spent several hundred quid I'd think differently) and I didn't even notice it doesn't have a radio.
Originally Posted by gashead:
“I've been using it since it was launched. The only 'con' for me that makes me think 'this was/ is so much better on the 'i' devices' is that streaming music over Bluetooth isn't, IMO, great, which is a big part of what I do with it. The phone doesn't auto connect to a sync'd device when in range - you have to manually connect it each time - and when you disconnect, the phone sometimes has a horrible habit of sending the track back to the beginning. Now I may be the only person in the world this bothers, but for me, after using an iPhone, it's a negative, however, things like the removable rear cover and battery, SD card storage and ability to actually access the filesystem far outweigh this though, so I can live with it. Maybe it's because I got it on a free upgrade, but build quality doesn't and hasn't concerned me (maybe if I'd spent several hundred quid I'd think differently) and I didn't even notice it doesn't have a radio.”
“I've been using it since it was launched. The only 'con' for me that makes me think 'this was/ is so much better on the 'i' devices' is that streaming music over Bluetooth isn't, IMO, great, which is a big part of what I do with it. The phone doesn't auto connect to a sync'd device when in range - you have to manually connect it each time - and when you disconnect, the phone sometimes has a horrible habit of sending the track back to the beginning. Now I may be the only person in the world this bothers, but for me, after using an iPhone, it's a negative, however, things like the removable rear cover and battery, SD card storage and ability to actually access the filesystem far outweigh this though, so I can live with it. Maybe it's because I got it on a free upgrade, but build quality doesn't and hasn't concerned me (maybe if I'd spent several hundred quid I'd think differently) and I didn't even notice it doesn't have a radio.”
I don't have any issues via Bluetooth.....coud it be the device your streaming to that's not fully compatible as the s4 has a high version of the BT spec?
Originally Posted by John_Patrick:
“I don't have any issues via Bluetooth.....coud it be the device your streaming to that's not fully compatible as the s4 has a high version of the BT spec?”
“I don't have any issues via Bluetooth.....coud it be the device your streaming to that's not fully compatible as the s4 has a high version of the BT spec?”
Quite possibly. I know the S4 uses version 4.0, and my devices not being compatible with that is the only thing I can put it down to. Still not great for the consumer though if the handset isn't backwards compatible (although that could be an inherent 'feature' of B/t for all I know and beyond Samsung's remit to fix, and even if it was and they chose not to, I don't imagine a great many people would be bothered by it. If was an Apple product, however.....
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