- Jan 2, 2006
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My T-Mobile M919 S4 is acting weird. Drops signal and has a hard time registering on the network even after multiple radio and firmware flashes, going to different versions, etc. I'm thinking it's a hardware issue at this point. Happens worldwide.
I also don't believe TouchWiz Android 5.1 for the S4 is going to be released by Samsung, and definitely not by T-Mobile.
I'm rough on phones. They get dropped. Snow gets on them. Water gets on them. Slight water damage could be a reason the phone works 80% instead of 100%. I figure that with a waterproof S5, the life of the phone could be much longer.
- I don't care about how plasticky the phone feels. It's going in a wallet case anyway that allows me to carry my phone and cards together. I haven't needed to carry a separate wallet in a few years.
- The case I'll put on it also gives shock protection, so the S5 Active is useless to me, especially considering the environmental protection specs aren't more than just the regular S5.
- I use T-Mobile in the US but spend 75% of my time internationally, so perhaps this is a factor in which variant I need?
- The S6 isn't a consideration because it doesn't have a removeable battery, is not waterproof, and doesn't have upgradeable memory. It's also expensive.
- I would consider other phones, but I really really really like the HDR phone app in TouchWiz. None of the camera apps on the market or the Google camera comes close to the performance of the Samsung HDR camera app.
Which variant should I get? Are all of them the same?
I also don't believe TouchWiz Android 5.1 for the S4 is going to be released by Samsung, and definitely not by T-Mobile.
I'm rough on phones. They get dropped. Snow gets on them. Water gets on them. Slight water damage could be a reason the phone works 80% instead of 100%. I figure that with a waterproof S5, the life of the phone could be much longer.
- I don't care about how plasticky the phone feels. It's going in a wallet case anyway that allows me to carry my phone and cards together. I haven't needed to carry a separate wallet in a few years.
- The case I'll put on it also gives shock protection, so the S5 Active is useless to me, especially considering the environmental protection specs aren't more than just the regular S5.
- I use T-Mobile in the US but spend 75% of my time internationally, so perhaps this is a factor in which variant I need?
- The S6 isn't a consideration because it doesn't have a removeable battery, is not waterproof, and doesn't have upgradeable memory. It's also expensive.
- I would consider other phones, but I really really really like the HDR phone app in TouchWiz. None of the camera apps on the market or the Google camera comes close to the performance of the Samsung HDR camera app.
Which variant should I get? Are all of them the same?
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