That's a shame about the gestures. They sound like exactly what I want, so hopefully an update could dial back the sensitivity a little.
Nice shot btw. How have you found the camera so far? On my Nexus 4, about half the pics I take get deleted because the camera was to slow to get the right shot. Any early opinions on this one?
Camera seems fine so far, but I haven't used it long enough to comment on anything but shots in good light, which look fine. Definitely better than the Nexus 4
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Is the cold boot time faster than the Nexus 5 boot time? I saw a video that showed off the hibernate feature but I was wondering how fast it is to boot when fully off.
How often are you shutting off your phone? Doesn't seem to take any shorter or longer than any other modern phone. Boots quickly.
In your opinion.. is the camera quality comparable or better to say the GS5 or Xperia Z2?
Haven't used an Xperia Z2 and haven't taken enough shots to compare to the GS5. Right now I can say the hardware is likely capable of doing what the GS5 can do — we'll see how it stacks up after I take a couple hundred pictures.
If you had to describe the 'baby skin' back plates feel, how would you?
Not sure about this whole baby skin thing, but the back cover is hard and has a very subtle soft touch feel to it. Definitely not enough to be grippy, but enough so that it doesn't feel like your standard slippery fingerprint magnet plastic. It feels solid.
I'm new to android, so you'll have to forgive my ignorance. What's the big deal about this phone?
Not sure. People seem to have given into the hype put out by the manufacturer and think it can be an amazing phone at an amazing price. We're looking to find out if that's true or not.
How much of the 16GB is available for the user? I kind of remember that Samsung phones almost use half of the 16GB just for their own bloatware customization.
Answered earlier. I didn't record exactly how much was available after a factory reset, but it was somewhere north of 11GB. After installing lots of apps, down to 9.5GB.