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[JuXn5566]

u pure somesong fan?
cuz u can buy Z2.

all hate the back plate, but u all forgotten it can replaceable with glass etc just buy 3rd party backplate.

wat i really dislike is the tiny step above s4 only. we waited for so long, and yet somesong only gave us this tiny bit of improvement.

change backplate will mean no water resistant then defeating the purpose of getting S5.

 

[JuXn5566]

Did you mean "No" as in Not worth it or "No home button", so not worth it!!!!???

Gear 2 has home button and I don't think it makes sense. It's like a shrunken down smartphone.

 

[JuXn5566]

Samsung never learn, base model still 16GB internal memory
Galaxy S5 ROM is a bit of a monster, taking up nearly 8GB of storage | Android Central

 

[sgmem88]

so Galaxy S5 = S4 + S4 Active...with a 2012 Nexus 7 back


I guess Samsung must be saving the goodies for a more premier Galaxy phone....

 

[kelvinti]

Gear 2 has home button and I don't think it makes sense. It's like a shrunken down smartphone.

Strange!

The Home button quite useful wah!

It comes in handy when you don't lift your arm but need to unlock the screen of the Gear as well as go back to home page of Gear leh....

The Gear 2 Home button has been shifted to the front, which I think it is better positioned than the side in Gear 1...

 

[kelvinti]

change backplate will mean no water resistant then defeating the purpose of getting S5.

Talking about back plate!

Samsung, until now, has not released its original color back plate for my Note 3 yet!!

 

[newouverture]

Samsung never learn, base model still 16GB internal memory
Galaxy S5 ROM is a bit of a monster, taking up nearly 8GB of storage | Android Central

Agree since many other brands have 32gb as entry level now.

One thing good is Samsung still supports move apps to sdcards which other phones with sdcard slots can't really move the apps to sdcards.

 

[ChuaHeAn]

Thank god I didn't wait for S5. Didn't regret a single bit getting the G2, even last year G2 spec is almost identical to S5.

 

[JuXn5566]

Strange!

The Home button quite useful wah!

It comes in handy when you don't lift your arm but need to unlock the screen of the Gear as well as go back to home page of Gear leh....

The Gear 2 Home button has been shifted to the front, which I think it is better positioned than the side in Gear 1...

true that it's practical. But I still can't get over putting it on my wrist. maybe just me. But I do like the Gear Fit.

 

[JuXn5566]

Agree since many other brands have 32gb as entry level now.

One thing good is Samsung still supports move apps to sdcards which other phones with sdcard slots can't really move the apps to sdcards.

app to sd is good but with 4.4 there's a new limitation
Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 3 Android 4.4 Problem hits Micro SD Card

 

[Akai Ryu]

So many concerned consumers

 

[lionsroar]

just get the g2 instead of the s5. the specs are similar and I'm sure the s5 will cost much more than the g2.

 

[sgmem88]

just get the g2 instead of the s5. the specs are similar and I'm sure the s5 will cost much more than the g2.

think it goes back to same qns....

if price is concern, get g2
if removable battery and microSD are concern, get s5....or s4 or s4a

 

[Lance321]

Knowing Samsung, be careful. Do not be the 1st to buy their 1st gen phones. They will release a better version a few months later. I am not very impressed with the S5 to be honest. Design seems weak with even bigger bezels which increases the size of the phone, specs don't seem that great if you got S4 LTE+ version or note 3, the UI is a resource hog(takes up almost half the storage space!) and the touchwhiz is a copy and paste from their recent tablets.

I am definitely looking at other brands right now to compare. HTC will unveil their new phone soon and Xperia Z2 actually seems really good.

 

[foosoomin]

here's a good question,


why Samsung chooses 8974-AC CPU for S5 ?

bcos Sony Z2 & HTC M8 chosen 8974-AB CPU

 

[RequiemDK]

here's a good question,


why Samsung chooses 8974-AC CPU for S5 ?

bcos Sony Z2 & HTC M8 chosen 8974-AB CPU

Higher clock speeds. Also, that version of the Snapdragon 800 is dual-sim capable. I'm more intrigued by the octa-core Exynos 6 version of the S5. Apparently they've fixed the cache problems that made the Exynos 5 such a crappy octa-core processor.

 

[kEvinErd]

Knowing Samsung, be careful. Do not be the 1st to buy their 1st gen phones. They will release a better version a few months later. I am not very impressed with the S5 to be honest. Design seems weak with even bigger bezels which increases the size of the phone, specs don't seem that great if you got S4 LTE+ version or note 3, the UI is a resource hog(takes up almost half the storage space!) and the touchwhiz is a copy and paste from their recent tablets.

I am definitely looking at other brands right now to compare. HTC will unveil their new phone soon and Xperia Z2 actually seems really good.

Agree that it's a step back for them with regard to the increase in bezel.... Wthell? How many people go swimming with their phones???

HTC One successor is only going to be revealed end March. Don't pin too high hopes.. From the leaked pictures, it looks more or less the same in terms of the hardware design.......

 

[kelvinti]

here's a good question,


why Samsung chooses 8974-AC CPU for S5 ?

bcos Sony Z2 & HTC M8 chosen 8974-AB CPU

Wah Phang! Very technical catch no ball question. ..

 

[kelvinti]

May be LG phones are getting better from now on...starting with the famous LG G2. ..

 

[RequiemDK]

Knowing Samsung, be careful. Do not be the 1st to buy their 1st gen phones. They will release a better version a few months later. I am not very impressed with the S5 to be honest. Design seems weak with even bigger bezels which increases the size of the phone, specs don't seem that great if you got S4 LTE+ version or note 3, the UI is a resource hog(takes up almost half the storage space!) and the touchwhiz is a copy and paste from their recent tablets.

I am definitely looking at other brands right now to compare. HTC will unveil their new phone soon and Xperia Z2 actually seems really good.

I know who the S5 is for now. Just as the S4 was meant for S2 owners to upgrade to, the S5 is meant for S3 owners