Benchmarks of S4 ( if you bother about such stuffs) vs HTC One

LHS : S4 , RHS : HTC One











This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 28 2013, 12:07 PM

What do you mean " not stable" ??

So far so good , only less than a day testing it

The back button of this S4 is overly sensitive. Just a very slight hard tap on it, it launches the multiwindow bar. I prefer the Note 2 which you need a hard press to launch it

No point as my area no LTE coverage , probably if lucky 2 years time ??? And I go to KL only once a month. Anyway I have bought another LTE enabled phone ( getting it this coming Wed) the Pantech Vega No 6 , a 5.9 inch display model
I bought this S4 just to test and main main only. Is already being booked by a good buddy of mine as he knows my style

Yes . Octacore + LTE : only in Korea market

Let me get a Spore Snapdragon set later on, than I can only tell you
If your frequent areas are LTE enabled - go get the HTC one instead or buy the Spore model

What had that to do with it being not stsble?

Sim module spoil
Faced this in my Note before n replaced under warranty

Since ICS n partially GB all android does not allow to install app on external sdcard
some very old app still possible only
this is google latest purposely control feature

Yes first floor but actually is 2nd floor as floor below is UG upper ground

Root it n wait for mod to use external sdcard as internal memory ( already available in note2 n S3) or try use directory bind ( google this)

No more free stuffs
on that day those who did not preorder have to pay even for flipcase at rm129

Gamers will curse
I dont even worry about such n after install 100 app still have 5 gb free as I dont play any games besides scrabble. Another game I installed is asphalt 6 n riptide only just for test only

I will be rooting mine tonight when I am back follow by twrp recovery
file already in midst of download completion

Flash prerooted rom

There is also a quick flasher tool : see page1

My upload speeds too slow
download alone need 4 hours+ as indicated when I left home just now

It is touchwiz bloatware that is causing some of the lag . I do not and has never like TW. Different user different taste. I dont find anything nice about TW Ui at all. Only the Note 2 I could live with it but yet I replace it with Nova. Similarly out goes TW UI in the S4 and now happily using Nova. The UI homescreen transitions is extremely smooth and apps drawer now is silky smooth even better than HTC One ( which is slight jerky at times and is worse in the Blink Feed homescreen )
So far I'd say default phone launcher, Xperia Z is still the best vs Samsung n HTC

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 28 2013, 06:51 PM

Xperia Z audio quality is bad through the speakers and the S4 is much better though I'd say is not better than Note2
The audio mod on Xperia Z improves it but I feel still loses out to the S4
Put on the headset, the S4 audio I would say is very much significantly better

The software in the S4 though has increased I do agree with some of the reviewers some are just gimmicky/does not perform 100% well. These are my findings so far :

AIR VIEW : Hopeless in webpage magnifier - unable to get it to work. OK but sometimes slow in Information preview. Faster just to tap on it. Probably good for those with dirty fingers !!! Progree preview in video playing is terrible - it really needs effort to get it working well. Easier to tap n slide across the video window

SMARTSCREEN : works well - smart stay, smart rotation, smart pause sometimes only, easier to press pause button . Smart Scroll - hopeless

Taking screenshot by swiping the screen is the WORST ( unable to get it done successfully with one take - half the time need up to 2-3 times only ). The S3, Note, Note 2 - always get it done in ONE time only

MOTION: Working well - Direct Call, Smart Alert - cannot get it to work even

Tilt : Zoom and Pan : Unable to get it working
TurnOver : mute/Pause : Unable to get it to work sometimes

Still exploring and feedback later other software features

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 28 2013, 07:40 PM