Galaxy S4

[dkersten]

So is the fact that this look almost identical to the S3 get people to stop bitching about the iphone still looking like an iPhone? Why mess with a design that has the mindshare to make it instantly recognizable?

No people like to complain so we'll hear people on both sides still complain

 

[NT1440]

No people like to complain so we'll hear people on both sides still complain

Just wanted to make sure

 

[MRU]

Pictures with sound!!!

Samsung have invented video...

 

[b166er]

I'm watching this keynote.... Man samsung got jokes.

Slash Sarcasm.

Also tons of derp face

 

[Tankmaze]

They have. Big events they've been doing live streaming on and off for years. In fact their last one was a test of their new live streaming html5 technology.

Why give Google the satisfaction?

The event that I can remember is the october 2012 event and october 2010 with back to the mac event. and other than that, I visited the live blog and no streaming from apple.

 

[MRU]

I'm watching this keynote.... Man samsung got jokes.

Slash Sarcasm.

Also tons of derp face

You can practically hear the tumbleweed. It's uncomfortable viewing tbh. It's like watching an episode of the office.

 

[NT1440]

The event that I can remember is the october 2012 event and october 2010 with back to the mac event. and other than that, I visited the live blog and no streaming from apple.

I could have sworn I watched one of the Cook events live. That said, I may have just been remembering a live stream that had Cook come out to demo something.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Hell freaking yes. InfraRed.

 

[onthecouchagain]

So is the fact that this look almost identical to the S3 get people to stop bitching about the iphone still looking like an iPhone? Why mess with a design that has the mindshare to make it instantly recognizable?

Please read:

For the billionth time:

There's a reason why people respond to Samsung's [if true] minor S3-to-S4 upgrade differently than they do to Apple's minor upgrades.

Samsung's smartphone lineup is so much more versatile than Apple's. Samsung has a wide range of phones to cover different sizes and price levels, many of them are current generation, and offer different experiences but still remain smartphones.

With Apple, there is only one screen size that is of current generation. The smaller option is over a year old, and there's no larger screen size at all.

Also, just taking their phones at face value, the S3 offers so much more packed into it than the iPhone 5 -- in other words, it truly is hard for Samsung to introduce many hardware changes (and again, they have other lineups to cover other ground in the smartphone world). Apple, on the other hand, intentionally withholds hardware changes (they don't believe wireless charging is worth it, nor in screen size options, nor NFC, nor notification lights, nor expandable memory, etc.).

Likewise, Samsung doesn't recycle their design for two years, as Apple has been doing, and will likely continue to do with the 5S.

So, is the S3-to-S4 upgrade small? Sure -- as small as the 4S-to-5 upgrade, if you want to really compare. But does Samsung take two years to do it? No.

TL;DR: No one is giving Samsung a free pass. Samsung just has their bases more covered.

*DISCLAIMER: I don't own a single Samsung product (no smartphone, phablet, tablet, TV, or fridge). Just pointing out that it is not even playing fields when it comes to people's response to Samsung vs people's response to Apple.

 

[MRU]

OMG its getting cringier ....

It's like a 1950's TV infomercial advert...

 

[ugahairydawgs]

Phone looks really cool so far.....this presentation (and the unfortunate skits) not so much.

 

[Sensamic]

Wow.

Dual camera is really cool.

 

[Dave.UK]

OMG its getting cringier ....

It's like a 1950's TV infomercial advert...

Really?

Im loving it! Its brilliant!

 

[dkersten]

OMG its getting cringier ....

It's like a 1950's TV infomercial advert...

Yeah its pretty bad... but that camera thing looks pretty cool. I hope it works well in practice

 

[linkgx1]

So is the fact that this look almost identical to the S3 get people to stop bitching about the iphone still looking like an iPhone? Why mess with a design that has the mindshare to make it instantly recognizable?

Because AGAIN APPLE MAKES ONE PHONE!

 

[mattopotamus]

Phone looks really cool so far.....this presentation (and the unfortunate skits) not so much.

Yeah, the presentation is awful. A lot of gimmicky features. Honestly, I mean voice on pictures...take a video

 

[jrswizzle]

These guys are odd.....

I like the phone so far though.

 

[adztaylor]

Wow this presentation is horrendous. Phone looks good though.

 

[unobtainium]

This presentation may be the worst thing I've ever seen.

 

[Sensamic]

Is it thinner than the S3?

 

[linkgx1]

You know the Galaxy is big when CNN mentions their press conference!

 

[MRU]

Wow this presentation is horrendous. Phone looks good though.

I swear to god QVC could have put together a better presentation.



Yes phone and its features are very good, but the presentation is a disaster.

 

[Smithwicks]

Why can't samsung design a decent looking phone? At least apple's design that they've been recycling is top of the line. HTC One looks mighty more appealing at this point.

 

[quagmire]

So basically the GS4 is a thinner GS3 on the outside? Lame......

*mimics critics who said the same thing when the iPhone 5 came out mentioning how it looked just like the 4/4S.......*

But, 441 ppi is impressive. Cool that it is LTE Advanced ready..... Just hope the US doesn't get screwed again and doesn't get the Exynos 5 CPU......

 

[JeffiJers]

coming from an android guy.. and ex-s3 owner..

still Hate touch wiz.

Love vanilla android.. Have verizon so im stuck with the I5 for now.