Well I had my S4 for 3 1/2 months and loved it. Although i didn't really use a lot of the fancy features it had, there were plenty of cool things it had. I had it in an otter box but about a week ago i threw it down on the couch and it bounced off and landed on the floor and got a couple tiny cracks in the bottom of the screen, nothing too serious. but throughout the week black dots grew all over the screen until is was completely black and couldn't see anything. Thankfully i was able to use my grandpa's upgrade to get a new one.
After looking on here and other places it seemed that the moto x was probably the best phone out there, especially for 100 dollars less than the S4. So now after having it a day I have noticed a few things that the Galaxy had that the moto x is missing (or at least i can't find them, not a phone expert) or that i liked better about the S4.
1. With the S4 it was easy to make songs into alarms or ringtones. When you go to set one it would allow you the option to pull songs from your music library. It also had a feature that would pick a good point in the song to start at instead of just starting at the beginning.
2. S4 allowed you to have a separate lock screen than your wallpaper. (I guess the active display kind of eliminates any need for this though)
3. Not sure if this is the case for other apps or games, but for example, while playing candy crush, if I received a text or other notification, i could pull down from the top of the phone and see my notification bar to see what it was, while on the moto x i have to exit out of candy crush to see it.
4. I've seen people complain about the vibration of the moto x, but had no idea it would be this rough. It was in my pocket during class today and made me jump a little when i got a text. And it seems like the S4 had options for vibration intensity as well as different vibration patterns, i can't find those on moto x.
5. The music app that comes installed on the S4 had a sleep timer while the moto x doesn't. I like to listen to music as i fall asleep.
6. The alarm clock app that comes installed on the S4 had more options too such as how many times you could hit snooze, and an option for it to get increasingly louder.
Don't mean to bash the moto x, these are just things i've noticed after a day with it. I will give the moto x the fact that it looks fantastic and the active display is awesome considering i check my phone alot to look at the time and for notifications. It also seems to run very smooth. I also like being able to swipe to the side to get rid of unwanted notifications. I do wish it displayed the battery percentage on the top bar like the S4.
So far it seems to be a solid phone, haven't used the ok google now yet and don't really see myself using it much, but that is a very neat feature to have. Hopefully it will grow more on me, just haven't seen enough to agree with all of the people saying it's better than anything else out.
After looking on here and other places it seemed that the moto x was probably the best phone out there, especially for 100 dollars less than the S4. So now after having it a day I have noticed a few things that the Galaxy had that the moto x is missing (or at least i can't find them, not a phone expert) or that i liked better about the S4.
1. With the S4 it was easy to make songs into alarms or ringtones. When you go to set one it would allow you the option to pull songs from your music library. It also had a feature that would pick a good point in the song to start at instead of just starting at the beginning.
2. S4 allowed you to have a separate lock screen than your wallpaper. (I guess the active display kind of eliminates any need for this though)
3. Not sure if this is the case for other apps or games, but for example, while playing candy crush, if I received a text or other notification, i could pull down from the top of the phone and see my notification bar to see what it was, while on the moto x i have to exit out of candy crush to see it.
4. I've seen people complain about the vibration of the moto x, but had no idea it would be this rough. It was in my pocket during class today and made me jump a little when i got a text. And it seems like the S4 had options for vibration intensity as well as different vibration patterns, i can't find those on moto x.
5. The music app that comes installed on the S4 had a sleep timer while the moto x doesn't. I like to listen to music as i fall asleep.
6. The alarm clock app that comes installed on the S4 had more options too such as how many times you could hit snooze, and an option for it to get increasingly louder.
Don't mean to bash the moto x, these are just things i've noticed after a day with it. I will give the moto x the fact that it looks fantastic and the active display is awesome considering i check my phone alot to look at the time and for notifications. It also seems to run very smooth. I also like being able to swipe to the side to get rid of unwanted notifications. I do wish it displayed the battery percentage on the top bar like the S4.
So far it seems to be a solid phone, haven't used the ok google now yet and don't really see myself using it much, but that is a very neat feature to have. Hopefully it will grow more on me, just haven't seen enough to agree with all of the people saying it's better than anything else out.
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