Comments on: Samsung Releases 4-Minute Galaxy S4 Feature Overview

By: Justin Barrett

Justin Barrett — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:18:00 +0000

I find myself extremely conflicted. On one hand, they have some great ideas and some decent features, and from a GNex owner, these specs are amazing (esp the screen). On the other hand, I love vanilla Android and Samsung is clearly creating their own brand and could care less about Google integration and are likely going to move these features to their Tizen OS later this year. Not a fan of that. I’ll wait for I/O and make some decisions then.

By: Justin Barrett

Justin Barrett — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:14:00 +0000

^^ Samsung employee

By: prestone1

prestone1 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:08:00 +0000

that could use another poor in there. poor poor poor weak minded people

By: Indydi

Indydi — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:18:00 +0000

Don’t you put a cover on your phone anyway? I’d much rather have a “cheap,” removable plastic back so I can change the battery.

By: Richard Yarrell

Richard Yarrell — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:04:00 +0000

I won’t take anything away from the HTC ONE it’s clearly a wonderfully constructed handset definitely a looker and personally i like that blinkfeed feature it’s a wonderful idea. That will make some purchase the handset based on that aspect alone. But honestly people have grown much more than that over the years and in today’s 2013 market place functionality as well as user enhancements is the name of the daily game. That’s what Samsung products offer they have TOP OF THE LINE software development and implementation of features that are industry leading nobody can take that away from Samsung. They provide and cater to their customers needs by providing removable batteries and sdcard expansion that is still so valuable to people REGARDLESS of what Google thinks with it’s Nexus line devices. The funny part is haters will hate and regardless of that hate people who purchase Samsung products know every year they will see an industry leading feature that later on everyone would be trying to copy. In today’s market like it or not the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2 are the GOLD STANDARD of the industry and now you can add the Galaxy S4 to that list of GOLD STANDARD devices. My only question which i asked HTC on it’s twitter page was if you we’re actually the top dogs in this industry why release a product with version 4.1.2 jellybean when 4.2.2 was clearly the better choice. Never got any response from that question. Bottom line the Galaxy S4 might not look like the Htc One but the software and features as well as the overall fluidity and user experience is far better that’s for sure. The time has come for people to realize that fashion statements in technology land means nothing in today’s world. When you purchase a handset you want to know what experience will you get from that purchase. That device must have industry leading capabilities and must perform accordingly Samsung products do exactly that. They should look forward to an increase to 250 million smartphones sold in 2013 REGARDLESS of any Nexus 5, Motorola Xphone, Lg Optimus G pro, Iphone 5s/6 or any other launched handset. Samsung has brought innovative products and solutions to the market for the last three years especially the last 2yrs and based on that they are the manufacturer that everyone is chasing and copying for that matter. You can rest assured that the overall sales of the HTC One won’t be anything near the Galaxy S4 or the past sales of the Galaxy S3 in 2012 for that matter. But Htc will sell handsets at a better clip in 2013 than they did in 2012. Based on that they should be happy. It’s the consumer who drives this market and based that the consumers have spoken Samsung clearly owns this space.

By: Ryan Milton

Ryan Milton — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:36:00 +0000

well, I did feel like my life was a bit…empty…especially with the GS3 that I have…but this will make it better…I CAN BE SOMEBODY with the S4!

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:42:00 +0000

Now if we could stop apple’s jedi mind trick on those poor poor weak minded people

By: Tim Buchanan

Tim Buchanan — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:06:00 +0000

I gotta say, this all reeks of bloatware to an Android fan like myself. Just sayin’.

By: Kevin Niven

Kevin Niven — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:10:00 +0000

Very cool phone

By: Dominick White

Dominick White — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:56:00 +0000

All i can say is, you did the right thing by only watching this and not the announcement

By: Steve Peter

Steve Peter — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:54:00 +0000

It seems like the software is becoming more and more bloated with features that are mildly interesting but will rarely be used. I think that adding a few features that drastically improve the experience per upgrade would be better. I just don’t see the average consumer being able to wrap their head around all this…I can only imagine how overwhelming the software will be when even more is packed in with the S5.

By: jeans13

jeans13 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:12:00 +0000

which color do yall think looks better?

By: Calvin Williams

Calvin Williams — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:08:00 +0000

But that’s shipped

By: Calvin Williams

Calvin Williams — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:07:00 +0000

Most analysts believe the Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung shipped more than 60 million smartphones, including the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II, during the three months ending in December, which would put the year’s smartphone sales at more than 200 million.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/25/samsung-q4-2012_n_2546188.html

By: BFolks

BFolks — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:18:00 +0000

It says my life is going to be more convenient, I will have more fun, my relationships will grow closer and my wellbeing will be cared for. Sounds like a tall order.