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I guess the S5 review embargo has lifted

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Bman123 said:
Its another Samsung phone. I don't understand how people still get excited over this. It's not like we are seeing huge improvements. I'm still using a note 2 and feel no need to upgrade
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Some of the AT battery tests show nearly double the battery life compared to the GS4. That's pretty damned impressive. Are you one of those guys who judges a phone based solely on how it looks in pictures?
 
Locked bootloader? Sounds like Samsung is doing an HTC back in 2010. I hope it comes back to bite them in the ass.
 
zerogear said:
Locked bootloader? Sounds like Samsung is doing an HTC back in 2010. I hope it comes back to bite them in the ass.
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Unfortunately it seems Samsung is using Verizon's logic: we offer one token device at full cost that is open so that is good enough.

I was expecting some public backlash around this with the S5 launch but that doesn't look like the case. The locked bootloaders won. 🙁
 
poofyhairguy said:
Unfortunately it seems Samsung is using Verizon's logic: we offer one token device at full cost that is open so that is good enough.

I was expecting some public backlash around this with the S5 launch but that doesn't look like the case. The locked bootloaders won. 🙁
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What device do they offer that is unlocked?
 
There was and is also a Verizon-specific unlocked dev edition S4 (now called "generic" for some reason). I assume the same will happen for the S5.
 
I know the HTC models were dev editions but I don't remember seeing them on google or htc for Verizon, only for tmobile or AT&T.
 
Roland00Address said:
There are rumors that he is going to be taking less work with Anandtech (still works though) to be focusing on his graduate education.
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sure. I just think the fact that this phone has a removable battery, yet gets double the battery life of the s4 makes the case for a non servicable battery less defendable, (this was one of the points in the hate external sd and battery article) and that he didnt want any part of this review. :biggrin:
 
evident said:
sure. I just think the fact that this phone has a removable battery, yet gets double the battery life of the s4 makes the case for a non servicable battery less defendable, (this was one of the points in the hate external sd and battery article) and that he didnt want any part of this review. :biggrin:
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Well, given that it's still behind the m8 it makes your comment pretty pointless
 
gorcorps said:
Well, given that it's still behind the m8 it makes your comment pretty pointless
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Only according to Anandtech. I've never forgotten buying the One X (which they STILL put on their battery charts) because of Anandtech's amazing battery life results for it only to find that my phone (and everyone else's on XDA) has only medium battery life. I'm not sure why but somehow their test suite gives great results to HTC phones.


Even if I were in the market for a new phone though, I wouldn't get the S4 after the knox crap and the fact this time around they're all bootloader locked. Has Samsung even mentioned anything about a GPE?
 
ChronoReverse said:
Only according to Anandtech. I've never forgotten buying the One X (which they STILL put on their battery charts) because of Anandtech's amazing battery life results for it only to find that my phone (and everyone else's on XDA) has only medium battery life. I'm not sure why but somehow their test suite gives great results to HTC phones.


Even if I were in the market for a new phone though, I wouldn't get the S4 after the knox crap and the fact this time around they're all bootloader locked. Has Samsung even mentioned anything about a GPE?
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The AT&T model got great battery life supposedly right?

But honestly at the end of the day these benchmarks are terrible indicators of real world performance. There's some takeaways from them, but it's important to note to not rely on a single site. Even if we love AT's battery tests the most, I also pay close attention to Ars, Phone Arena and especially GSM Arena. The more data you gather, the better picture you get for these phones.
 
Finally can dump the S3. Verizon is doing a BOGO w/contract.

S4 just didn't have enough for me, but this seems like a good jump.
 
Seems like the battery life issue with smartphones is finally being addressed with a combination of higher capacity batteries, more efficient screens and SoCs. All day battery life seems like a safe bet for the S5.
 
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kaerflog said:
The S5 would have been a beautiful phone 2 yrs ago.
With the introduction of the minimal bezel G2, the S5 is ugly to me.
I can't stand big bezel phones anymore. Its wasted space to me.
Nothing on this phone that make me want to switch from a G2.
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This
 
The article says that grayscale is now green. The new UPSM relies on grayscale. I wonder what other surprises GS5 customers will get with this new OLED screen.
 
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