Anyone got a Samsung Galaxy S4?

bayonetbrant · September 24, 2013, 06:07:58 PM

Quote from: Huw the Poo on September 24, 2013, 04:29:30 PM
You bunch of weirdos!

You're calling the GrogHeads "weirdos"? That's like walking up to a basketball team and saying "Damn, you guys are tall!"

Huw the Poo · September 28, 2013, 03:51:22 AM

Well, my mind is made up then.

I'm getting an HTC One. :D

Keunert · September 29, 2013, 12:42:10 PM

that is an incredible good looking phone and got top reviews. congrats on that decision. still korean though

Huw the Poo · September 29, 2013, 02:33:40 PM

Taiwanese. :P

Yeah it does sound like an incredible phone. I agonised between it and the S4 for a while; there doesn't seem to be much to choose between them. However I'm thinking the One's aluminium chassis vs the S4's plastic would make the One the sturdier of the two.

Jarhead0331 · September 29, 2013, 02:53:42 PM

I have the S4. I like it so far, but I probably under utilize it. Really just use it for email, web-browsing, phone and text. Have not really explored many of the apps or widgets. This is my first non-blackberry smartphone. I had been a BB user for at least a decade. It was a tough decision to try a new platform, but so far I'm happy with my choice.

Huw the Poo · September 29, 2013, 05:17:12 PM

Jarhead, I was late to the Blackberry fold but I've been very happy with my phone over the last two years, and the new BB10 phones look extremely good. If the future of the company wasn't in so much doubt I'd be upgrading to the Z10.

Having said that, I am looking forward to having a phone for which there are more than a dozen apps available. ;)

Jarhead0331 · September 30, 2013, 06:24:41 AM

Quote from: Huw the Poo on September 29, 2013, 05:17:12 PM
Jarhead, I was late to the Blackberry fold but I've been very happy with my phone over the last two years, and the new BB10 phones look extremely good. If the future of the company wasn't in so much doubt I'd be upgrading to the Z10.

Having said that, I am looking forward to having a phone for which there are more than a dozen apps available. ;)

Well, it sounds like we are in a very similar boat. For years, i just could not bring myself to ditch the old BB keyboard. Like you, however, I just do not feel comfortable sticking with that device anymore due to the uncertainty of its future. The writing is clearly on the wall.

So far, I do not regret the change over. However, I can say that I have not been as productive on the s4 as I was on the BB. I just cannot type as fast or as error free with the touch pad as I could with the BB keyboard. I'm sure I will improve with time, but not without some resistance to change.

Overall, however, the s4 is a much better device then my last BB (I had the newest bold). The s4 is powerful, sleek and sexy. I have something psychological against the iPhone, so for me it was a choice between the s4 and the htc one. I understand you can't go wrong with either device.

Huw the Poo · September 30, 2013, 06:39:47 AM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on September 30, 2013, 06:24:41 AM
I just cannot type as fast or as error free with the touch pad as I could with the BB keyboard. I'm sure I will improve with time, but not without some resistance to change.

This is really my only concern; a physical keyboard on a phone is a huge luxury. People I know with other phones would wait until they're at a PC before replying to emails, for example, whereas I would happily send a lengthy reply straight away right from my phone. Its loss is going to take some getting used to.

QuoteI have something psychological against the iPhone, so for me it was a choice between the s4 and the htc one. I understand you can't go wrong with either device.

I have a pathological hatred for Apple so I'd rather not have a phone at all than an iPhone! Yeah, it seems there's little to choose between the S4 and the One. Hell, I might change my mind myself by upgrade day, but currently it's still the One.

First app I install will be something to make it look like a tricorder out of Star Trek. :D

Huw the Poo · November 06, 2013, 04:49:39 PM

Finally got my HTC One. No time to post impressions now but my GOD it's a nice phone! I'm really pleased with it.

undercovergeek · November 06, 2013, 04:59:29 PM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on September 30, 2013, 06:24:41 AM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on September 29, 2013, 05:17:12 PM
Jarhead, I was late to the Blackberry fold but I've been very happy with my phone over the last two years, and the new BB10 phones look extremely good. If the future of the company wasn't in so much doubt I'd be upgrading to the Z10.

Having said that, I am looking forward to having a phone for which there are more than a dozen apps available. ;)

Well, it sounds like we are in a very similar boat. For years, i just could not bring myself to ditch the old BB keyboard. Like you, however, I just do not feel comfortable sticking with that device anymore due to the uncertainty of its future. The writing is clearly on the wall.

So far, I do not regret the change over. However, I can say that I have not been as productive on the s4 as I was on the BB. I just cannot type as fast or as error free with the touch pad as I could with the BB keyboard. I'm sure I will improve with time, but not without some resistance to change.

Overall, however, the s4 is a much better device then my last BB (I had the newest bold). The s4 is powerful, sleek and sexy. I have something psychological against the iPhone, so for me it was a choice between the s4 and the htc one. I understand you can't go wrong with either device.

have you tried swype?

im a fellow touch screen hater and had an S4 thrust upon in me at work but swype is not nearly as painful