probably a mock up only. Samsung has been known for trolling lots of the media prior to releasing their flagships. Remember what happened last year? The same's happening this year. They have probably 2-3 mock ups released in the wild already to make the main event itself a hype on the internet.

Luckily, the Unpacked event is 3 days away only.

waiting for hand-ons and benchmarks 1st to see whether the Exynos 5 Octa could live up to the expectations.

cool stuff, just hoping perhaps they would sell the 32GB version at around RM2.2K at launch.

HTC One is great too, but judging from past year One X 1st build, gotta wait others to use em 1st and see whether got issues with it. Then let the judging begins!

This post has been edited by emy_xvidia: Mar 15 2013, 06:52 PM

those scores are from the Qualcomm version. Im waiting for the Exynos version. Seem to cant find it for now

if its rightly priced, then it'd attract more potential buyers for sure. I really hope that they change their standard pricing with the S4. Interested to get the 32GB one, but if only the price is right as in <RM2200 for a 32GB model.

design-wise, it is disappointed, especially to S3 users whose habit is upgrading phone every year. but even its made from poly-carbonate materials, the finishing of it is nice imo. HTC One is nice too, but 4.7" for me is a lil bit small nowadays since I spent a lot of time on my phone rather than the desktop nowadays. How i wish Note 3 is just around the corner as well.

there's a movement on some of the Android worldwide blogs, noticeably Android Headlines planting hatred seeds towards Samsung, with points like Samsung is heading away from Google with the S features and releasing another Tizen-based phones in the near future. I just cant believe how dumb people can be sometimes.

Even Google themselves play the 'cool' guy, for obvious reason, which is not to disappoint their OEM partners. Android is all about varieties and some people arent happy with that. I love my Nexus devices and am enjoying others as well.

should be black la, save more power since its an OLED display.

thats what happens if you change your phone on a yearly basis. sell old phone and add some more to buy a new one, if the loss is within ur financial capability.

I'll wait for the official release 1st in Malaysia. Not sure if I should get this on day one, since Im more interested in the upcoming Note 3, but its months away from now. If Samsung My could bring the 32GB with a RRP of RM2199 or below, then that would greatly influence my decision later on. If not, I'll just wait a lil bit more droolin over those who have it already.

and that black pattern on the S4 is just so beautiful.

tell me bout it. so much for a comeback from them. Practicality beats design every time.

It can still be considered as safe when it's in the warranty period. Outside that period, once broken, forever gone la. Sure costs an arm and a leg to fix that.

Remember what happened to the early batches of HTC One X? And how fast their depreciation in value even it was only 2-3 months after releases due to major manufacturing defects and all? Fingers crossed that it wont happen to the One, plus the repairability issue? it's sad to know once a great company has turned into what they are now.

I loved HTC back then, and I still have my XE with me, but now, not so much. But still wish the could make a comeback, as I will always hold to the fact that competition is really good for us consumers. Might be a HTC user again in the near future, but in this generation, a big no.

And one thing that still baffles me is that, most of the HTC fans that I know bashed iPhone and BB designs so hard, and then when One came out, all praise it like it's something entirely new despite the obvious copycat.

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

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

April already now? hopefully in the mid Apr, we could see some updates from Samsung My regarding the availability of the storage options and prices as well. And with the price of their flagships, I do think Samsung need to extend the warranty period from 1 to 2 years.

chill la guys. discussing is fine to me, regardless whether it's a plus or minus for the S4, but being repetitive in ur complaints, then perhaps that would annoy some people here and this is an S4 thread btw.

and did you guys know, North Korea is threatening for an all-out nuclear war to South and the US? there, thats something we should be worrying about, what if the missile hit Samsung HQ, no S4 liao for all of us? that was a joke btw. out there, things are getting really serious and we're all busy in fighting over a handphone. if you dont like S4 due to similar design of the S3, it IS what it is. Move on and go for the One or any other flagships. How hard is that? its not like Samsung forces anyone to buy their phone. We have plenty of options in Android ecosystem and yet we arent happy of it.

rich girl spotted... total cost for both -> around RM4600

ok apart from the ongoing war, this is something that could cheer us up a bit.

Exynos 5 variant rooted!

haha it's not pre-rooted. It's a way, shown by another dev, not Chainfire though, on how to root the Exynos variant. But agreed, will wait for CF method. Should be a whole lot easier.

One X was really lousy. I was like, close to buying the One X than the S3 during that period, and when i saw lots of users had various problems on the early batches, I changed my decision and went for the S3 and never looked back. Till now, no issues with my S3, and HTC before the One X was pretty solid, my XE is still goin strong till today.

it's faster than the Adreno 320. Its performance is known already if you care to Google it. Try heading to XDA, plenty of infos are there already.

about the same, if not latter if im not mistaken.

what else you wanna buy? so rich..

I'll be waiting for a 32GB or more model. Not gonna take the 16GB one. It isnt enough for my need. But that depends on the price as well. If too expensive then straight wait for Note 3.

for sure LTE model will be more expensive. They will market the high speed of internet with it, it's like UNIFI on the go, and it's relatively new in Malaysia, therefore price must be a tad higher.

Ya, thats why i plan to have a base model of at least 32GB internal + 64GB external. Internal storage is important to me as well. Usable storage for a S4 16GB model with tonnes of features sure must be lesser than the one on S3. S3 is around 11+GB usable you know.

dont take too long la one month late is ok la, but if few months then hope gone la..