Galaxy S4 or iPhone 5S?

[chris2k5]

No more Samsung for me. I will go HTC or Motorola before Samsung again.
Tried the Note 2 and sold it.
Tried the S3 and sold it.

I missed iMessage as that is what 90% of people use now a days to communicate via text. I missed the solid iTunes integration. I missed holding onto something more substantial.

The Note 2 wasn't too bad to hold but the plastic scratched way to easily. The S3? Forget it. The plastic back was scratched up in 5 days and the silver bezel dented.

The Note 2 was $699 from Verizon and I was lucky enough to get $600 back.
The S3 cost me $270 via Craigslist and I sold it for $330 for some profit. Not bad.

 

[marc11]

Respectfully I disagree.

Apple has sat back resting on their laurels. They are very well aware of the benefits of a 4.8" display as implemented on the Galaxy S 3. They've had more than enough time to design a modern sized phone.

If they need longer for some reason, they're the masters of seeing that a "leak" surfaces indicating there may be a larger display as we once witnessed, yet hasn't been repeated as other leaks have. With Apple it is more of a narcissist, ego driven issue. Remnants from the Steve Jobs Era.

It's 2013 on my calendar, at a glance, my iPhone 5 looks like it's 2010.

Time will tell. I honestly would like to see Apple come out with a larger iPhone and a modern OS to support it this year. I just think Apple took too long to realize just how popular the larger screens really were...can they come out with something this year? The clock is ticking loudly...

 

[maxosx]

Time will tell. I honestly would like to see Apple come out with a larger iPhone and a modern OS to support it this year. I just think Apple took too long to realize just how popular the larger screens really were...can they come out with something this year? The clock is ticking loudly...

A good part of the reason I'm frustrated, is I do truly like Apple products.

 

[TacticalDesire]

I'd have to see what both have to offer.

 

[mib1800]

The Note 2 wasn't too bad to hold but the plastic scratched way to easily. The S3? Forget it. The plastic back was scratched up in 5 days and the silver bezel dented.

I use my S3 without a case for 8 months and there are no visible scratches or dents. If yours scratched that much, then you are not using it the way that people normally use a phone. Or you are just b.s.

 

[chris2k5]

I use my S3 without a case for 8 months and there are no visible scratches or dents. If yours scratched that much, then you are not using it the way that people normally use a phone. Or you are just b.s.

There are plenty of users that have the scratching issue on the S3. The bottom line is that Samsung used cheap materials and that resulted in megascratch-gate.

 

[inselstudent]

Premature.
Lifecycle of phones are getting ridiculous now a days.

This is sad but very true. But it's not that phones suddenly stop working after 6-12 months, isn't it because priorities have shifted for young people an their phones are something as vital as their lungs nowadays? I'm *still* on my iPhone 4, but for god's sake, I'm not planning to "upgrade" (who even started using that word in this context?) anytime soon. Because it's a phone. And it works as it is. People are so falling for planned obsolescence today, it's utterly ridiculous.

 

[sentinelsx]

It's iPhone 5S for me.

No way would I get a Samsung phone, I'd rather get a Sony, HTC or Nokia even before Samsung.

They are rip off artists.

I see it as a good thing. They are copying a tried and successful way and making phones which actually appeal to the masses and are user friendly.

Case in point, I bought a nexus 4 but now wanted to switch back to a s3. However I might hold on to see what the S4 entails.

 

[mib1800]

There are plenty of users that have the scratching issue on the S3. The bottom line is that Samsung used cheap materials and that resulted in megascratch-gate.

S3 plastic cover is certainly much more scratch-proof than the Iphone5 aluminium casing. Ah...so in your definition Iphone5 and I quote "used cheap materials and that resulted in megascratch-gate" unquote.

 

[rak007]

This is sad but very true. But it's not that phones suddenly stop working after 6-12 months, isn't it because priorities have shifted for young people an their phones are something as vital as their lungs nowadays? I'm *still* on my iPhone 4, but for god's sake, I'm not planning to "upgrade" (who even started using that word in this context?) anytime soon. Because it's a phone. And it works as it is. People are so falling for planned obsolescence today, it's utterly ridiculous.

Very true. Planned obsolescence has had lot of impact and people are unnecessarily buying new hardware even when the old one is perfectly working. It is just the craving for better and WANTS which is getting into people's head. I am myself using an iPhone 4S but that is because it was my first one and i am not changing it as i don't really need a 5 or anything.
But yes i want a 5 for sure, so it is wants vs needs.