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blairh

macrumors 603
Dec 11, 2007
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5.25" with a physical home button is a big surprise. Hopefully they have cut some bezel. Loved my S4 Active but actually would have liked it to be a touch smaller (screen). Say 4.8".
 

hovscorpion12

macrumors 68040
Sep 12, 2011
3,046
3,129
USA
yep......i hope they don't make the Note 4 bigger.....

Since the Note 3 is already 5.7" screen, and since every note gets somewhat bigger, I would say that the Note 4 will launch with a 5.9" display or 6". I don't mind a big screen size since people already look at me when I pull out the 5.5" Note II, but if it gets to the Zperia Ultra 6.5" screen, that's when I say, I'm done. that's a tablet not a phone, even though it is gorgeous to play with and with Full HD. WOW
 

janitor1999

macrumors regular
Sep 9, 2008
103
0
Fished with samsung, will be going with the nexus lune from now on, my s4 is full of bloatware and still stuck with jelly bean, our nexus 4 got kitkat before Christmas, and my iphone got its new ios the day it was released, add to that a phone full of samsung bloatware, and it's a fragile product, have dropped 3 phones from roughly the same Height, s4 is the only one with a cracked screen. So when I replace my phone it will be either iphone 6 or nexus 6, not a s5.
 

sunnyj

macrumors 6502
Oct 18, 2010
430
9
Vancouver, British Columbia
Fished with samsung, will be going with the nexus lune from now on, my s4 is full of bloatware and still stuck with jelly bean, our nexus 4 got kitkat before Christmas, and my iphone got its new ios the day it was released, add to that a phone full of samsung bloatware, and it's a fragile product, have dropped 3 phones from roughly the same Height, s4 is the only one with a cracked screen. So when I replace my phone it will be either iphone 6 or nexus 6, not a s5.

I've read reports Google is dropping the nexus line:(
 

(Chanticleer)

macrumors newbie
Feb 20, 2014
18
0
Should be an awesome device, there are a couple things that I simply cannot get over with Android. The use of manufacturer skins, bloatware that can't be removed, and lack of long term support for the flagship denies.

I know all about the rooting but I don't fell I should have to do that.
 

MRU

macrumors Penryn
Aug 23, 2005
25,370
8,952
a better place
Should be an awesome device, there are a couple things that I simply cannot get over with Android. The use of manufacturer skins, bloatware that can't be removed, and lack of long term support for the flagship denies.

I know all about the rooting but I don't fell I should have to do that.

And if you do that with Samsung you will lose warranty repair status.

Given that Samsung is determined to proceed with Knox too - you won't be able circumvent that easily without as I say having Knox void your warranty.

It's the reason many of us would leave Samsung device despite liking them.
 

jamezr

macrumors P6
Aug 7, 2011
16,080
19,080
US
And if you do that with Samsung you will lose warranty repair status.

Given that Samsung is determined to proceed with Knox too - you won't be able circumvent that easily without as I say having Knox void your warranty.

It's the reason many of us would leave Samsung device despite liking them.

Do you know for sure Knox will be in the S5? I have not heard. I can't wait to see what the S5 will be and what Samsung has in store for us on Monday at MWC.
 

MRU

macrumors Penryn
Aug 23, 2005
25,370
8,952
a better place
Do you know for sure Knox will be in the S5? I have not heard. I can't wait to see what the S5 will be and what Samsung has in store for us on Monday at MWC.

I can not imagine it 'not' being there tbh. They brought it in with the S4 and then hardwired it EFuse on Note 3 so I'm confident it will be on the S5.
 

maximus96

macrumors 6502a
Sep 25, 2007
751
153
looks like cutout at bottom is big enough for the usb3.0 connector

the back speaker wasn't a problem on my old note2 and my wife's s4...moving it to the bottom on the note3 actually made it worse...
 

blairh

macrumors 603
Dec 11, 2007
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looks like cutout at bottom is big enough for the usb3.0 connector

the back speaker wasn't a problem on my old note2 and my wife's s4...moving it to the bottom on the note3 actually made it worse...

What? Back speaker on a phone sucks if you listen to anything with your phone on a flat surface. I strongly prefer it on the bottom.
 

JH-

macrumors 6502
Feb 25, 2009
392
2
What? Back speaker on a phone sucks if you listen to anything with your phone on a flat surface. I strongly prefer it on the bottom.

Somehow this is not true on the Moto X. Probable due to its curved design. Flat phones do suffer from muffling when on flat surfaces.
 
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gotluck

macrumors 603
Dec 8, 2011
5,717
1,260
East Central Florida
What? Back speaker on a phone sucks if you listen to anything with your phone on a flat surface. I strongly prefer it on the bottom.

yes indeed, but i do find that it projects the sound better if you are willing to put the device face down

I think I prefer bottom too though
 
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