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Look at this new android Phone!

Woah! this is super cool. Would You get it?
http://www.itechdiary.com/samsung-i...-super-amoled-display-and-pico-projector.html

that's ugly, anything that looks like an iphone is bad looking lol

It don't look anything like an iPhone, it looks like a typical Samsung.

Specs might be nice and I'm intrigued by the projector but that is one ugly phone and its made by Samsung, I wouldn't be interested in owning one.

Horrible!
I´ll stay with HTC!!!

knowing samsung, the build quality will be shocking.
But I do like the idea of having a projector on a phone, as long as the output is decent quality. Beats having to look at a screen to watch a movie! Specs are nice though.... but it is going to be so wide, surley. Imagine dropping it as well...

Alex530 said:
Woah! this is super cool. Would You get it?
http://www.itechdiary.com/samsung-i...-super-amoled-display-and-pico-projector.html
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No. I don't need a projector

U-G-L-Y

That looks like a brick.
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Actually like a bar of soap
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I'd hate to have that Texas Instruments logo on the back of my phone.

jasonlefever said:
I'd hate to have that Texas Instruments logo on the back of my phone.
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Easy now, the TI99/4A was a fine machine (many hours logged) they make good stuff.
Meh. on the phone.
good day.

May have good features but still looks like a bar of soap
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rophaq said:
May have good features but still looks like a bar of soap
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Well if you ever land in jail you have a potential "shank" and the ability to stream porn on the wall to avoid rape by the huge inmate sharing rooms with you

Hmmm...Think U better stay with your future HTC & N1!

jasonlefever said:
I'd hate to have that Texas Instruments logo on the back of my phone.
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Why dude??? What did Ti do wrong to you?

chikoo said:
Why dude??? What did Ti do wrong to you?
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the kids with the TI-89's gave me hell when I was rocking the superior HP-49g in college. Little did they know that my calculator could, quite literally, divide by zero. Symbolically of course but it would do it. The 4Mhz O/C'd saturn processor for the win!

Who ever can get one of the new laser based pico projectors from AAXA or Microvision into a smartphone without killing battery life will get my money... hopefully by that time I'll either have saved up enough pennies or the cost of the lasers will have come down

Should we revive and old thread?
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using the projector probably kills battery life like no other

Kinetic on Windows 7

I know this is kind of an old topic but this is awesome, the iron man and matrix movies are coming to real life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-wLOfjVfVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HkKcFKzorQ&feature=related
Anyone know when this will be released to the public? If it even gets released.

I´m sure we will see something like that soon!

I'd rather move the mouse than my whole hand

husam666 said:
I'd rather move the mouse than my whole hand
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Only in the lazy world.....
Its pretty cool, though. They probably might start building games for the computer also that involve Kinect.
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It's all nice to watch, but it would be completely exhausting for your arms and hands.
I bought a P5 glove way back in the day, thinking it was so cool to have the future in my hand, literally. It made my arm hurt after 5 minutes and it was definitely not worth it.
Everyone loves to see Minority Report and hope for a chance at that interaction, but what you don't know until you try it is how awful the experience really is.

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It's all nice to watch, but it would be completely exhausting for your arms and hands.
I bought a P5 glove way back in the day, thinking it was so cool to have the future in my hand, literally. It made my arm hurt after 5 minutes and it was definitely not worth it.
Everyone loves to see Minority Report and hope for a chance at that interaction, but what you don't know until you try it is how awful the experience really is.
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Agreed, it's never going to be practical.

well, it's not like kinetic is better than touch screen.. unless they also develop the hologram screen to touch..
low accuracy, less responsive, and on top of that, it's not even easier to do.. it just looks cooler.. and only counts when someone see you doing that.. otherwise, that's non sense..

By the way, this:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...ming-to-pcs-says-korean-developer-2010-12.DTL

just bought an iphone 4s! (compare to my droid)

So i went out and bought an iphone 4s...
here is a quick comparison between this phone and my android galaxy s2
first of all, camera on the ip4s is lightyears beyond the sgs2... samsungs are simply cheap in my opinion. but thats just me.
phone has way more apps than android, and better quality too. that was a nice upgrade
The touch screen (although incredibly small) is way more responsive, and has way better color, and a lot sharper. This was noticeable. The difference was night and day. All android phones seems to has this problem though.. not good color. :/
And siri is amazing. I can’t believe how smart this application is…. Cutting edge. I wish my sgs2 had something similar built in.
The speaker quality on the ear piece and the loud speaker were also superior quality.
The radios also are better than any android phone I have ever used. No LOS!
My final verdict is android needs to step up their game. Sure the new ICS phone is coming out, but it will still lag! It irritates me that I have been missing out for so long on all the freedom and variety of apps available with iOS!!
anybody else have a similar experience? 
don’t turn this into a flame thread either.

Cool story
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K Rich said:
Cool story
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if you aren't going to be serious then don't reply

If you are looking for a similar experience how about you check out 1 of the other 50 threads on the topic. You obviously don't know much with your title (compare to my droid). Droid is a branding used by verizon. Android is an operating system. Great story though.

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What's the "experience"? That one phone is better than another for you?
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Did he just use the words freedom and iphone in the same sentence? lolol
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Lol + 1 made me laugh
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If you don't want to make this into a flame thread that is next to impossible. Firstly almost the entire populace here hates the iPhone, or just apple. Secondly, whilst i will belive some of your points and they are valid, the others are downright trollish. e.g. "Sure the new ICS phone is coming out, but it will still lag!", have you ever used a galaxy nexus? Have you ever used ICS? If not, then why the heck do you have such an idea of which you have no basis of experience from?
I doubt it will lag seeing as i own a sgs 2 and this thing can't lagg on me. So why should a galaxy nexus with "better" firmware and practically equivalent hardware lagg?
Point being, all i see this thread as is a way to start a flame war.

hottubtimemachine said:
anybody else have a similar experience? 
don’t turn this into a flame thread either.
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Why would we? It looks like you're already trying so hard!
Lots of your points just don't make any sense. Especially things like saying the colours look better on an iPhone than on Super AMOLED Plus. Isn't that the main selling feature of the Amoled displays?
Anways, glad you're happy with your purchase. Not too glad that you cannot compare phones at all. But hey, you win some you lose some.

Agreed. I too have an SGS II and to say it's laggy is silly. The SGS II is the fastest phone to date. It was rated #1 device on Consumer Reports and Editor's Choice on a well known web site. This guy's post made me laugh so hard I spilled my coffee. Seeing the words freedom and IOS in the same sentence is histerical.
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I got confused at the part where he said it had more freedom than Android ? Lmao ,
Max. (From my Galaxy 2)

Gotta love the noobs.
Have YOU hugged a noob today? <3
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National hug a noob day! Lmao xD
wrenchmonkey26 said:
Gotta love the noobs.
Have YOU hugged a noob today? <3
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Max. (From my Galaxy 2)

well thats just my experience.
the music player on the iphone seemed to be a little better too. but again, just my observation. people get so defensive it's kinda funny seriously, haha.
does anybody know any good roms for the ip4s?
EDIT*** trollololol
i'm kidding you guys... i hate iphones. just wanted to mix up the pot a little. i have an evo, and will never own an iOS product. lawl
i think the troll post was a little too obvious... it was the part about the display color wasn't it? llooool
screw apple.

hottubtimemachine said:
well thats just my experience.
the music player on the iphone seemed to be a little better too. but again, just my observation. people get so defensive it's kinda funny seriously, haha.
does anybody know any good roms for the ip4s?
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FML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hottubtimemachine said:
i think the troll post was a little too obvious... it was the part about the display color wasn't it?
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No mate. It was this bit...
hottubtimemachine said:
So i went out and bought an iphone 4s...
here is a quick comparison between this phone and my android galaxy s2
first of all, camera on the ip4s is lightyears beyond the sgs2... samsungs are simply cheap in my opinion. but thats just me.
phone has way more apps than android, and better quality too. that was a nice upgrade
The touch screen (although incredibly small) is way more responsive, and has way better color, and a lot sharper. This was noticeable. The difference was night and day. All android phones seems to has this problem though.. not good color. :/
And siri is amazing. I can’t believe how smart this application is…. Cutting edge. I wish my sgs2 had something similar built in.
The speaker quality on the ear piece and the loud speaker were also superior quality.
The radios also are better than any android phone I have ever used. No LOS!
My final verdict is android needs to step up their game. Sure the new ICS phone is coming out, but it will still lag! It irritates me that I have been missing out for so long on all the freedom and variety of apps available with iOS!!
anybody else have a similar experience? 
don’t turn this into a flame thread either.
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Lmao
No hug for you then
Max. (From my Galaxy 2)

What a fail at trolling lol
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Cool story bro, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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Macbook Pro Retina

I have never been more tempted by a computer. The screen is GLORIOUS.

Reality distortion field wins again!
Yaaaaaay!
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I don't see a point to all the fuss, especially at that price. Apparently hardly any programs can even utilize that resolution so it scales it down anyways. If you're a video/photo editor then I can easily see the benefit. But for so many others who just use it for facebook and MS word, what's the point?
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slapshot30 said:
I don't see a point to all the fuss, especially at that price. Apparently hardly any programs can even utilize that resolution so it scales it down anyways. If you're a video/photo editor then I can easily see the benefit. But for so many others who just use it for facebook and MS word, what's the point?
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Not even so much video editing, unless you're working with 2k or 4k resolution. And if you were, you'd know right away, when the computer can't do anything in real time.
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I'm tempted by it for photo editing.

It is a pretty impressive screen

bmstrong said:
I have never been more tempted by a computer. The screen is GLORIOUS.
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Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button

husam666 said:
Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button
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System Preferences > Trackpad > Secondary click

Nburnes said:
System Preferences > Trackpad > Secondary click
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but still not on by default, and doesn't exist physically

husam666 said:
Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button
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*facepalm*

Besides the ridiculous pricing and the lack of programs supporting the screen's ability, I refuse to support Apple so long as their business practices include the inane lawsuit wars that they have been waging. I really don't care about the eliteist toolbags who use them sometimes because we have PC/Android/etc users who are the same, but I won't give a one cent to a company who conducts business like Apple does.

I still want this thing, and it didn't help that i checked out The Verge's review.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3082649/macbook-pro-review-retina-display-15-inch

LordManhattan said:
I still want this thing, and it didn't help that i checked out The Verge's review.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3082649/macbook-pro-review-retina-display-15-inch
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I read their review, on the machine itself, then took the pictures. The review doesn't really show how good the display is in real life. I really, really want to dual boot ML and W8 on it and turn it into a HDTV, along with finding an external Blu-Ray drive for it.
It's shocking how far ahead they are in build quality against the PC manufacturers.

Exactly. I want to dual/trippel boot OSX/Win7/W8. I'm not a gamer but it's also nice to know that it'll run most games just fine.
"But why would you pay that much for a laptop when you can get one for $3 and a BJ on Craigslist!?"
- Nice screen
- Superb build quality as usual
- OSX (I like it very much)
- It pisses the fanboys off
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Meh, sticking to my guns. It could come with Halle Berry and every Pussycat Doll and I still wouldn't support it, but more power to you guys if it makes you happy =)

The only thing that apple is good at making, is really only Macs. iOS will forever take criticism from me and a bunch of people
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LordManhattan said:
Exactly. I want to dual/trippel boot OSX/Win7/W8. I'm not a gamer but it's also nice to know that it'll run most games just fine.
"But why would you pay that much for a laptop when you can get one for $3 and a BJ on Craigslist!?"
- Nice screen
- Superb build quality as usual
- OSX (I like it very much)
- It pisses the fanboys off
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Not a good idea. The retina display means nothing but trouble with regards to Windows. Windows doesnt do well with really high resolutions. Don't expect any gaming at all either. The 650m isn't a terrible card, but if you put it under much stress, expect a lot of overheating. That chassis is just way to small to deliever adequate cooling.
Tldr: If you want windows, buy a native windows machine this time around.
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=teuDDV_KSs4
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQx43mJJwBI
I expect 8 to be even better.

husam666 said:
Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button
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Ugh.. What rock are you living under?

AnyMal said:
Ugh.. What rock are you living under?
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bedrock
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Change from S4 to One is it worth to loose some money

Hey guys. I got an S4 from my job. And today I saw the ONE in a shop and I got to use it a bit. I liked a lot. But if I'm going to change it I'll be losing some money. And I'm a bit worried of HTC future also.
I've got bees in my stomach.
Any honest thoughts from you who has tried both of the phones.
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Htc have never made a loss. Also the Devs love the device, so you'll get good support no matter what.
Love my One but up to you!
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drspikes said:
Htc have never made a loss. Also the Devs love the device, so you'll get good support no matter what.
Love my One but up to you!
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You saying the HTC first wasn't a loss?
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I have both and use my HTC a lot more it's just seemless in everything and I find it more adult like ! To me the gs4 is cool and has nice features but I always stay on my one
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I meant that they cost same . And since I have used my s4 when I sell it it will not cover totally htc one.
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drspikes said:
Htc have never made a loss. Also the Devs love the device, so you'll get good support no matter what.
Love my One but up to you!
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Lolz HTC is the only company who has been struggling amongst all telecommunication handset manufacturing companies. I don't know what u talking about.
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I prefer the one. I work at a store and I sell both but for me the One is better.
I prefer the ui and find it smoother. Especially with Trickdroid. That Rom is beast. Actually development in general is awesome so I am not leaving anytime soon.
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its not worth losing money over changing imho. the only s4 flaw that worries is me is potential burn in if you are heavy user in bright environments. Check the s3 screens on demo at your local store. nasty burn in on them...

The one all the way man. The s4 may have a bunch of cool features but how many of them do you use? And just look at it... It's freaking beautiful compared to the plastic crap...
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Its tricky but if possible spend a little time with One. Not just couple of minutes but little more than that.
There are niggles with even One. Those who own the device will most of the times give you biased opinions. As owner of both, I would not feel it will be sound advice to tell someone to ditch S4 in favour of One and on top of that lose money in the process.
Rather than make another long post about it, I will link to my previous post in locked thread. That thread had to be cleaned because fanboys on both sides just made it ugly in there. And in the end mod had to delete all but OP and my post
Anyway here is the link to it : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41699179&postcount=2
Think twice before making a move. One is beautiful device, but S4 is equally good(not in terms of looks) and probably more functional with more traditional way of doing things which are universal to most android handsets. One takes completely different path.
Development for both phones wont be an issue. S4 and One both have great development work going on for it.

jags_the1 said:
Lolz HTC is the only company who has been struggling amongst all telecommunication handset manufacturing companies. I don't know what u talking about.
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You saying the HTC first wasn't a loss?
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Htc's benefits have shrunk but they have always made benefits.
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Funkym0nkey said:
Its tricky but if possible spend a little time with One. Not just couple of minutes but little more than that.
There are niggles with even One. Those who own the device will most of the times give you biased opinions. As owner of both, I would not feel it will be sound advice to tell someone to ditch S4 in favour of One and on top of that lose money in the process.
Rather than make another long post about it, I will link to my previous post in locked thread. That thread had to be cleaned because fanboys on both sides just made it ugly in there. And in the end mod had to delete all but OP and my post
Anyway here is the link to it : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41699179&postcount=2
Think twice before making a move. One is beautiful device, but S4 is equally good(not in terms of looks) and probably more functional with more traditional way of doing things which are universal to most android handsets. One takes completely different path.
Development for both phones wont be an issue. S4 and One both have great development work going on for it.
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Not true apart from quick toggles its missing nothing from traditional Android...there is virtually no roms on s4 all the top developers have the one that should tell u something...the interface on Samsung touch wiz is horrible ..sorry imo the interface just ruins that phone for me
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Not true apart from quick toggles its missing nothing from traditional Android...there is virtually no roms on s4 all the top developers have the one that should tell u something...the interface on Samsung touch wiz is horrible ..sorry imo the interface just ruins that phone for me
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This is what I am talking about. Blind one sided view of things. Nothing on One works like stock android by default unless you change the Sense 5 launcher with something else. Not even simple wallpaper changing or creating shortcuts and dragging tray icon apps etc. Even these basic things are done differently. HTC specifically have gone their own way about almost everything with One. Some people love it, some hate it. I dont like it.
And development will not be an issue. S4 has been out for less than a month. One had shortages but it was in hands of lot of developers early.
S4 already had Omega and Wanam ROMs, two top recognised developers for Samsung phones. More will jump in eventually. It is just matter of time.
TWUI is more functional than Sense 5. It may not look as elegant as our sense to look at, but it works just fine. It might have colour scheme that represents brazilian rainforest, but it is functional and most actions work like stock android. So even if someone is coming from likes of Nexus 4 or older Samsung phones or even any old ICS or JB and even gingerbread, they will feel right at home.
S4 may not be as good looking, as well built phone as One, but it is no slouch. Definitely not something that is worth less than One or something you need to throw out to get One and lose money in process.
It has its share of problems just like we have our own share of problems with One. And that is something lot of people here wont accept (that One really does have issues ).
I still use One as my primary phone, that does not mean I am ready to tell someone to ditch his perfectly fine S4 to get One.

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Not true apart from quick toggles its missing nothing from traditional Android...there is virtually no roms on s4 all the top developers have the one that should tell u something...the interface on Samsung touch wiz is horrible ..sorry imo the interface just ruins that phone for me
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Is this another fan boy post?
I like One, but I would not pay $100 to switch. Both are the best phone available. I believe S4 is more functional in certain area too. But I really can't take the Brazilian rainforest colour scheme which has no style at all, it's just trying to target all kind of audience including 15 years kid. I like the Sense style, it's elegant and classy, undeniable best speakers, best low night camera, etc...

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Is this another fan boy post?
I like One, but I would not pay $100 to switch. Both are the best phone available. I believe S4 is more functional in certain area too. But I really can't take the Brazilian rainforest colour scheme which has no style at all, it's just trying to target all kind of audience including 15 years kid. I like the Sense style, it's elegant and classy, undeniable best speakers, best low night camera, etc...
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No just stating the facts...the eye and gestures gimmicks are not native to android...I have a galaxy tab 2 ,Ipad 2 ,MacBook pro etc I like good products imo the s4 is horrible..hate the ui its so bad some of the features dont work well such as using ur eyes to scroll down and the lack of text flow ...camera is awesome colours pop on that screen but they are not real colours also screen does not get as bright...this is my opinion which does not make me a fan boy I was gunna get a S4 when I was reading the reviews for it they kept talkin about the one the rest is history
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gemini002 said:
No just stating the facts...the eye and gestures gimmicks are not native to android...I have a galaxy tab 2 ,Ipad 2 ,MacBook pro etc I like good products imo the s4 is horrible..hate the ui its so bad some of the features dont work well such as using ur eyes to scroll down and the lack of text flow ...camera is awesome colours pop on that screen but they are not real colours also screen does not get as bright...this is my opinion which does not make me a fan boy I was gunna get a S4 when I was reading the reviews for it they kept talkin about the one the rest is history
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Disable the gimmick apps, those are for marketing. Use the phone instead.

Thanks a lot guys for your honest thoughts. From what I read. I'm guessing its smart to stick with my S4 for a little while still. It's plasticiy and it has a bit of lag time after time. Hope it will get better. And than maby I'll wait until next spring. I only used Htc for a long time maby it's ok with a bit of change for some months.
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The One is only okay.
I've extensively used both the One Dev. Ed. and the GS4 and you're not missing out on anything. I am currently using the One and trying out various launchers. IMHO the GS4 had a better phone, calendar, email app, and I really miss 4.2.2. Don't be fooled by the unlocked bootloader: I've literally installed every custom ROM on the One. The difference between the screens is negligible, yet the autobrightness of the One is more functional and CM 10.1 has excellent autobrightness (unfortunately, the screen would go black every time I made a phone call. I like Blinkfeed, but am disappointed by Sense. The GS4 and the One are my first Android phones and I would readily choose the GS4. I have every intention to sell my One and buy the 32gb GS4.

Disable the s4 gimmick features and the phone will speed up
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