I have to say, excitement for next Galaxy is almost nearing excitement for the next iPhone.

I like this quote from TechRadar:
the first Samsung Galaxy, the i7500, wasn't as good as the iPhone. The second one was, the third one was better and the fourth one's due in a fortnight.

Why Google Should Be Scared of Samsung

So your only contribution to S4 thread is to keep pointing out how people will use it for normal phone functions. Thanks

Your definition of 'fully utilize' may not be the same as someone else's...

If I use GPS navigation, GPS for running, streaming radio, FB and YouTube, Whatsapp and Wechat, Gmail, recorder and playback, video player, ebook reader, Flipboard, some games like Candy Crush and WMW, taking pictures and videos, image editing, recording expenses, taking notes, downloading videos, browsing Internet, translating languages, dictionary, wifi hotspot for my pals... is that fully utilize?

My point is, someone thinking he is fully utilizing his phone may not be the same as your idea of it, but his needs are fulfilled, and that's what counts... regardless of old or young man, male or female.

Actually HTC flagship is One or Butterfly... should be One, right? Butterfly is like, what, temp flagship?

Design is important. There's something about S3/S4/N2 design which I don't like. I think the corners are too rounded. I prefer S2/iPhone4/LG4X type of design, squarish slabs of plastic. For rounded corners, Galaxy Nexus looks very appealing to me, especially with the curved glass.

But that's just me

What... you've been 'studying' half your life to reach that conclusion?

S4 offers a lot of new stuff that I can see. IR Blaster, Smart Pause, built-in pedometer, etc. It will be a worthy upgrade to the dual-core phone owners of two generations ago (and maybe new smartphone / iOS owners), maybe not so much for current S4 owners.

There's also the other side of the coin - herd mentality. During your 'study', does the average Joe demonstrate a strong sense of independent decision-making (I will not buy S4), or does he go with the flow (I bought S3 becos everybody had one)?

I suspect a lot of people had individual opinions in the beginning but eventually succumbs to perceived societal and peer pressure in order to blend in. Public acceptance is so important these days, especially to the younger crowd (Gen Y and younger).

Ah Latin. The only Latin I know is 'carpe diem et memento mori'. Luckily there's Google

That's true, but the fear of rejection by peers make some people accept whatever others are preaching. Is there Latin phrase for that?

So... when is S3 price going to fall? Garage Sales shows no sign of it dropping... 2nd-hand still 1.3k... hahaha
Err let's be optimistic. Hive mind with individual opinions still exist rather than total herd mentality. Still got a lot of people out there with strong independent thinking

Excuses, excuses... SuperNexus also develop for S3, use S3 enough lah