The galaxy s series IS a premium phone.
I disagree. I see it as a plastic phone that should be cheaper than other high-end phones on the market. I'd class the Xperia Z, HTC One, iPhone 5, Lumia 920 etc as premium devices. There's a certain luxurious element to a phone for me to consider it 'premium', and the Galaxy line has never had it. They've been great phones, don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't consider them premium at all.
Especially when some Samsung phones like the Wave had a metallic build, whereas the Galaxy didn't. It's not like Samsung can't produce a high-quality phone, they just don't seem to care to.
What's on the inside is so much more important than what's on the outside.
I look at the whole package of a phone when I make a purchase. I look at the build quality/design, internals, screen and software. Just looking at internal specs and making a decision to me is crazy, especially if the software that's running on it is junk and prone to slow down in the future (as TW had done on me, which forced me to flash AOSP roms)
What other phone matches the specs on the S4?
HTC One looks to be on par and in certain cases, succeeds the S4. Same SoC, same amount of ram,
but from what I've read, the HTC One performs faster and is smoother than the GS4. I'd say the HTC One has the superior screen, undoubtedly better aesthetics and build materials/quality, 64gb of internal NAND (I know Samsung said there will be a 64gb S4, but they said that about the S3 and it never happened). Plus Sense this time round looks more focused and refined rather than Touchwiz which is just the S3's Touchwiz with more arm waving and gimmick features which will most probably be turned off. The
One's camera also seems to take some pretty amazing shots, though I haven't really seen the S4's camera samples so it's a bit hard to compare. And dual front facing speakers is also a pretty big bonus.
HTC One isn't a perfect phone, but I'm edging towards that over the S4. I'd even throw the Xperia Z in the mix as I really liked Sony's lighter UI over Sense/Touchwiz. It too felt and performed like a great phone.
And if you're smart, you're going to protect a 600+ $ investment so it would be in a case anyway and that case is made of of plastic. So why is plastic protecting metal? Hmm?
Like I said, I never use cases and have never liked them. Add extra bulk and thickness which I don't like. I'd rather the phone to feel as comfortable as possible (seeing as phones are nearing 5" these days, I still do value one handed use).
The cases are plastic because if they were metal they'd interfere with the radio and signal. Thought that'd be common sense...
Drops happen, through the users fault, through another person's fault, sometimes through no fault of anyone, a wise man packs his phone in a case to protect against that, the foolish man would rather risk it and just end up spending more in the event of a drop.
I agree drops happen, accidents happen and no one is to 'blame' for it. It's a part of life. In saying that, I still don't put a case over my phones as I like to have the feel of the phone in my hands and don't like the extra bulk/feel they provide. Foolish? Maybe, but I'd still prefer to use a phone the way I want, rather than how I don't want just out of fear.
Also, you'd probably have a stronger point if a case made phones immune from damage, which they clearly don't. Case or no case, your phone can become useless with one drop.
With a phone like the one, a beautiful phone that it is, denting so easily and being so hard to fix a case should be standard
That's up to the individual to decide. I think the Xperia Z and HTC one are both beautiful devices, so why would I want to hide them behind a case? If they drop and break, yeah it'll suck, but I can get them repaired or get a new phone. I'm not going to go broke over it. I get a new phone every few months anyway.
If people weigh up drops high in their priority list and buy a case to protect their phone, that's up to them. Should OEM's start manufacturing phones with lower quality materials and use drop damage as the reason for using such materials? Absolutely not.
OEM's should be making the absolute best devices in
every respect, and we as consumers should be demanding more from them.
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