Recent content by PaulWog

Step into sunlight and tell me how well your screen fairs. Go out for a day and use your camera throughout the day (as the S4 is advertised to do) and see where your battery gets when you hit the bar or go to a sports game (or just stay out late) and need your battery to live until 5 or 6 in...

Couldn't agree more. A phone first and foremost needs to function as a phone. Signal strength ties a few other features as a #1 feature that must be excellent in a phone. When a phone fails on these basic things, it ends up being a failure from the ground up...

I don't really notice much lag usually... occasionally it can catch up, but with texting everything is great. Where I do get some lag is sometimes when unlocking the phone the phone can lag up or freeze up (very rare). The biggest "lag" problem I have is with the built-in S-Voice which is slow...

So wait... if I start my own website and a beachball gets more votes than the S4, then the beachball is more successful than an S4? Come on. Sales figures are what count. Profit margins. Etc. Not dinky votes on a website. The numbers are skewed heavily based on factors that likely don't...

My S4 keeps freezing on me when I need it. The freezing only occurs when I shut off the screen, then turn it back on, and attempt to unlock it. Unlocking becomes impossible no matter what I do. I then have to restart the phone... I'm sure this is a common problem. Any solutions?

My battery is down by 50% now, and 14% of the culprit is Google Maps. That's 7% of my total battery drained due to some very invasive software... I've tried killing all my apps manually and with Advanced Task Killer. I have had Airplane mode on today (I've been around the house most of the...

Seems microcells are unknown or not admitted to exist by Telus in Canada. The signal strength is identical between the two S4's. Very bad signal strength in my area. Side-by-side an iPhone 4S and a blackberry bold (an old cheap one), the S4 comes out losing every time. I did a few tests. That's...

Here's a little compilation of things I don't like about the S4. Don't get me wrong, I have a large list of things I love about the phone. However, some of the downsides (for me) may sway me toward a new phone in 2 years, or even 1 year from now. All the same, it's a great phone. I could go on...

At first I was. Now I kind-of wish I got the iPhone 5 to be honest... the 5-inch screen isn't really something I've been using after the first week of having the phone. I have a lot of issues with it too. I'll do my own post about it. It's a great phone, but I just feel like it was overhyped a...

I have some issues with the Galaxy S4 which I really want to fix, but I don't know if it's possible. 1) If I'm driving and I have navigation on, sometimes I don't want the screen to be on. However, navigation doesn't work with the screen off... and that's a battery drainer. I have a car...

Sure thing. I drive a Hyundai Elentra 2010. I'll let you know how it fits & all that.

I'm also curious. I've tried it, and I have no idea if it's any better than just clearing the RAM...

I didn't want to have to mount my phone right in front of where I'm looking on the road (might get distracting), so I picked up the "Arkon SM410 Universal Windshield with Dashboard and Vent Mount". Amazon.com: ARKON SM410 Travelmount Windshield/Dashboard/Removable Air Vent Mount with Mega: Cell...

Bought the Adreama slim fit case. It cracked less than 7 days in just from taking it off and putting it back on (and I'd only done that about 5 times total). No dropping of the phone was involved, nothing... the case just cracked on its own. Utter crap. It was $25 too. Getting my money back...

I ordered the case a couple days ago, so I probably won't have it for a week or so longer. I'll be posting a quick review about it when I get it. I also decided to get two different screen protectors: The Glas.tR by Spigen ($35 or something?), and the Ultracrystal Spigen screen protector ($5 or...