2 weeks to release and so far I know of only preview of the S4 variant. Don't reviewers have units in hand by this time? International version had tons of reviews by this time.
Not to mention we have no idea if carriers disabled any features, what bloatware they added etc.
There are many reasons for a review - its a new chipset, probably new radios, audio dac, gps chipset, who knows. Battery life, multitasking, speaker quality, signal, reception, just some of the few things that are going to be different. Not to mention we have no idea if carriers disabled any features, what bloatware they added etc.
Wont hold my breath on many reviewers doing a decent job on reception. But I wanna know battery life with LTE and just battery life in general.
I agree there are many reason for a review. These phones arent all just about how fast they can do a task....or how smooth they scroll thru home screens.
Is there really a reason to do another review? The difference between the international and U.S. version is the dual core vs quad and 2gig of ram vs 1gig. I may be wrong but wouldn't any review pretty much be a rehash of the international version? I think we can safely assume both versions are fast? The design is the same and nothing else has changed either.
There are many reasons for a review - its a new chipset, probably new radios, audio dac, gps chipset, who knows. Battery life, multitasking, speaker quality, signal, reception, just some of the few things that are going to be different. Not to mention we have no idea if carriers disabled any features, what bloatware they added etc.