Comments on: Final Thoughts on the Galaxy S4 Before Unveiling?

By: Justin Winker

Justin Winker — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:01:00 +0000

Sure did. Did you read what I said?

By: Justin Winker

Justin Winker — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

What zurg said. It’s similar to a gesture-based feature, but when you swipe from the side of the screen you have Pie configured to show at (for my case, the bottom), it shows the on-screen buttons in a half-pie chart-like way. You just swipe to the key you want to press, and it’s selected. It’s super quick and it’s very intuitive – it’s turned what was a 4.5″ device with on-screen keys to a full 4.7″ screen. It’s definitely my favorite feature of Paranoid Android’s v3.0 ROM.

By: possomcrast

possomcrast — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:50:00 +0000

How about stock android and no skin?

By: SA_NYC

SA_NYC — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:54:00 +0000

I just checked to make sure: zero burn-in on my day-one GNex. Interesting.

By: Mike Hilal

Mike Hilal — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:08:00 +0000

Preach

By: Mike Hilal

Mike Hilal — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:08:00 +0000

Not even motorola, the king of quality, makes metal phones. Sammy just needs to up the quality of the plastics. The Gnex was a step in the right direction from the S2 and Nexus S….but holy crap did they muff it with the S3′s back plate.

By: Mike Hilal

Mike Hilal — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:07:00 +0000

It’s horriffically clumsy to use on the S3 compared to an on screen key. Not to mention it impedes google now operation. They need to let that go, along with touchwiz. Add the tweaks to AOSP like any custom rom maker would and it will sell even MORE than it already has.

By: Alan Paone

Alan Paone — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:02:00 +0000

It looks like it’ll be heartbreakingly bad, a plastic, pentile, million-core relic from the days of specs mattering. It’ll sell in the gazillions, and I’ll shed a tear for taste and struggle not to strangle people who leave the lockscreen sounds on in public.

By: TimXer

TimXer — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:00:00 +0000

I think they are definitely trolling us and the phone will NOT be all that similar to the III. (though they did just make the note 1/2 very similar…didn’t they)…but aren’t they smarter than that? I see the changes in form factor as one of their big advantages over their main competition! I sort of hope to see the home button gone, BUT I do think it gets you out of jams on that rare occasion the phone’s not responding…hit that homey and you’re back on track. Looking forward to a less slipper shell and, to me, the III is almost too thin

By: zurginator

zurginator — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:48:00 +0000

Samsung’s batteries actually only have ~1.5mm of plastic on either side. The sticker holds the plastic to the actual cell, no thickness is added (I’ve taken a few apart).

However what you say is true in regards to the structuring of the phone, and the requirement of a plastic back plate to the actual phone.

I do have an idea for even bigger batteries with round shapes, but I’d prefer to hold that one in until I land a design job.

By: Butters619

Butters619 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:26:00 +0000

Also, when they go with non removable they remove the plastic shell from around the battery which allows for a bigger battery. As long as Samsung has removable they can’t ditch this plastic.

By: Butters619

Butters619 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:25:00 +0000

Well at least my one hand stays warm

By: Butters619

Butters619 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:24:00 +0000

You’ve never had a physical button fail. Especially one like a home button? I know it’s comparing Apples to Oranges, but one of the most common failures on an iPad/iPhone is the home button. (not counting dropping the phone)

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:58:00 +0000

I see an alternative situation playing out: The X-phone comes out and has nothing much different than any other phone, but people proclaim it as “teh greatest telephonez evar!” ala Nexus.

By: Mack

Mack — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:56:00 +0000

Agreed. From what I understand the issue has to do with the type of screen Samsung used in the G-Nex.