I posted about it here la yesterday.

Source: http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/20/your-c...ave-the-answer/

gorilla glass 3 just the screen only
what I means is screen size @@

Yup, that's why I said SLIMMER. I didn't say the bezel is less and thinner because of the Gorilla Glass. I said the thickness of the phone is thinner because of the Gorilla Glass

yup, i agree with you. Sadly thats the case nowadays. Nexus with their own fanboys, HTC, Samsung.

just that, Im sticking with Samsung now due to the fact that they offer us freedom from Google demands; no SD slot, no removable battery. Not to say that Im biased on Samsung, but really, I am no Google yes-man either. Why would a customer follow what they want, which is to depend on the cloud, hence the 16GB max offering from the Nexus 4? I understand that its one of their money-makin part of businesses, but by restricting our options on local storage? Thats like, they're heading little by little to what Apple is now. Some might not agree with me with this, but this is just my opinion that what Samsung is offering, is a good thing for us. Freedom of not opting to go for the cloud, plus the removable battery, which as you know, battery capacity reduces with time. It's gonna be a whole lot cheaper to be able to take out the battery and replace it with another battery rather than having to send out the whole phone to the service centre in order to replace it. Rationally, why would you hate Samsung for allowing this, aside from championing the company that restricts our options?

This post has been edited by emy_xvidia: Mar 31 2013, 06:24 PM

For me, as long storage 32gb and above, no point having SD card as that also lead to slower performance.

A lot normal user even 16GB also enough for them. I am not superb light user but definitely 32GB was enough for me.

I don't really see follow trend of removing sdcard is a bad move.

2nd - I never change battery for my phone in my life before. So with none removable battery can build better solid back cover is a plus for me. Nowadays a lot user change phone every year or at least two years per one. Within this period, normally battery still serve you well.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Mar 31 2013, 07:18 PM

Actually when you check on S III it was obvious they still room for them to fit in the extra 0.2mm screen size. It was possible. As for the slight slimmer was nothing impossible to happen.

As camera, I was damn surprise Samsung put in such narrow view of camera in S 4. This was really a big cons even but just compare itself with S III only.

I always love to be "bai lao shu". Haha! Anything I want not getting in first hand make me feel outdated.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Mar 31 2013, 07:26 PM

haha... you can report to us how its going when you get it during launching

Hmm. If im not mistaken, the narrow field of view is software related, so samsung might be able to do something about it before the official sales of the phone, or push updates out once people got their phone already.. Btw, according to GSM, S4 camera quality better than One wor. but One win S4 in terms of camera features. lol

This post has been edited by LordDenning: Mar 31 2013, 07:38 PM

If people prefer camera quality, i think they will go for SONY

Sony XperiaZ camera is....mehh

what i wrote just now is not about what you need or you think is sufficient. It's the freedom of having that option whereas other manufacturers have followed suit to what Google want. Everytime this is mentioned, cloud is something that most people would say is the future, not here, but on some other forums. Tell me, do you really wanna be that dependent on Google now? Well this is just my opinion btw, to me, its better having that options rather than not having it at all.

This post has been edited by emy_xvidia: Mar 31 2013, 08:23 PM

Having a sdcard slot and removable battery is a must for me.

The SD card slot is not that important for me, but I do know there are a lot of people need it. Sometimes the purpose is not because of expanding the storage, but for the portability. With SD card you can move and exchange data fast. Further more I think with SD card, hacking(jailbreak/root) will be easier.

I not getting it. Hehe

So.. buying phone look every part not only one part. Hehe. Htc one still outstanding and good enough serving me.

And narrow view shall be sensor related which can't be solved by software.

Sony camera sensor ia good but sony not good given better output.

I pick better look, feel and material. Without having that two options is better fo me. Samsung clumsy fragile back cover all because of integration of removable battery, SD card still can be solved by put at side.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Mar 31 2013, 08:56 PM

sticking to your note2 or s3? or aiming for note 3?

Using S3 now, will switching to HTC one soon.

why htc? processor?

I cannot feel anything new on S 4. It was too much look like S III or Note II.

HTC one is something new look solid build with awesome spec.

Lighter, thinner, faster cpu, bigger battery , larger screen is all that's left in the race moving forward until someone creates something revolutionary. The laptop form factor has been the same for 20+ years, nobody complains it's a screen with kbd and battery. Even the macbook air is an extremely thin device that has the same elements.

For cloudy fans, search for a recent legal case in the US last year whereby the judgment was that once it's on the cloud, Uncle Sam owns all your bits, not you.
I'd rather control my own bits thank you very much.