I kind of started this in another thread, but will briefly recap here. The Galaxy S5 was my first "smart phone" two years ago. Since then, I'd been through three of them because of people telling me, in phone calls that they couldn't hear me, I sounded far away, or I sounded like I was in a tunnel. But testing eventually revealed that this was an outgoing audio problem, apparently with the model, and that using the voice recorder app produced clear and crisp recordings. So about 2 weeks ago, Verizon facilitated replacing the blankety blank S5 ( I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER SAMSUNG PHONE! ) with the LG G5.
So far:
Pros:
+ I'm happy with the outgoing audio quality on calls with my clients. None of the above complaints anymore!
+ I'm happy with the new screen keyboard, in which the buttons are maybe 2.5 times the size of the little tiny ones on the S5< AND I no longer have to retype almost everything. Now, actually, I rarely have to retype anything.
Cons:
- The automatic screen brightness setting is terribly dim in all lighting situations - so dim as to be unusable. I had to turn it off and set the phone to around 87%. Can this be fixed in software upgrades, by LG?
- Touch tap sensitivity is sometimes ok, but other times very frustrating and I see no setting for increasing it. There have been times when we went to double tap the screen and had to keep tapping and tapping, while eventually slipping into foul language at the phone. Is this because of Denver's dry climate and dry fingers? Did I miss the setting somewhere?
- I went to answer a phone call ( this happened twice this past week. ) and discovered that just tapping the circular answer button would not work ( lost a couple of calls ). Later discovered that I had to tap and drag, to answer calls, but the symbol had no arrows emanating from it, so who knew?
The phone also seems a little heavier, apparently because of a higher capacity battery? It lasts longer after taking it off the charger. And that brings up another con:
- No wireless charging for this phone? As a former electronics R&D technician, I'm baffled by that. WHY? With the detachable bottom, I'd think it would be begging to be designed for a wireless charger. But to take a lesson from the S5, PUT A REGULATOR ON THE OUTPUT! I had a Qi wireless charger for the S5 and it didn't have regulation and wound up destroying a battery, then after changing the battery, I had to only charge it in the mornings before leaving, and not leave it on the charger.
But overall, "I want to believe". I want to like this phone, but have mixed feelings so far and want to know if these negatives can be corrected after release, because I have this phone now, and there's no going back. I have to pay for it, for 2 years, and wish I could sue Samsung for the S5 that wasted maybe $700 of my money!
I'll see if I can update this post, depending on interest, and what else develops.
Tired Of Manufacturers Releasing Half Baked $700 Phones
In Denver
MamaBear2014
So far:
Pros:
+ I'm happy with the outgoing audio quality on calls with my clients. None of the above complaints anymore!
+ I'm happy with the new screen keyboard, in which the buttons are maybe 2.5 times the size of the little tiny ones on the S5< AND I no longer have to retype almost everything. Now, actually, I rarely have to retype anything.
Cons:
- The automatic screen brightness setting is terribly dim in all lighting situations - so dim as to be unusable. I had to turn it off and set the phone to around 87%. Can this be fixed in software upgrades, by LG?
- Touch tap sensitivity is sometimes ok, but other times very frustrating and I see no setting for increasing it. There have been times when we went to double tap the screen and had to keep tapping and tapping, while eventually slipping into foul language at the phone. Is this because of Denver's dry climate and dry fingers? Did I miss the setting somewhere?
- I went to answer a phone call ( this happened twice this past week. ) and discovered that just tapping the circular answer button would not work ( lost a couple of calls ). Later discovered that I had to tap and drag, to answer calls, but the symbol had no arrows emanating from it, so who knew?
The phone also seems a little heavier, apparently because of a higher capacity battery? It lasts longer after taking it off the charger. And that brings up another con:
- No wireless charging for this phone? As a former electronics R&D technician, I'm baffled by that. WHY? With the detachable bottom, I'd think it would be begging to be designed for a wireless charger. But to take a lesson from the S5, PUT A REGULATOR ON THE OUTPUT! I had a Qi wireless charger for the S5 and it didn't have regulation and wound up destroying a battery, then after changing the battery, I had to only charge it in the mornings before leaving, and not leave it on the charger.
But overall, "I want to believe". I want to like this phone, but have mixed feelings so far and want to know if these negatives can be corrected after release, because I have this phone now, and there's no going back. I have to pay for it, for 2 years, and wish I could sue Samsung for the S5 that wasted maybe $700 of my money!
I'll see if I can update this post, depending on interest, and what else develops.
Tired Of Manufacturers Releasing Half Baked $700 Phones
In Denver
MamaBear2014
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