Here's the problem. People that aren't taking this problem seriously, or think it's no big deal (like yourself), are missing the bigger issue. They've had these same exact issues with the S3 and Note 2. Didn't you say that yourself in one of these threads that you keep evangelizing your fix in? Again, I didn't take anything away from your fix. It's helped a lot of people. But not all of them. Some are experiencing lag in stock apps that you yourself have said you don't experience. So since you don't experience them, maybe you shouldn't comment on them. Going around and saying "well, mine doesn't do that, change this dev option and it should be fine" is the same thing as me coming in here and (basically) defending the fact that people are experiencing issues that you're definitely trying to underplay.
Why does Samsung continue to release phones that ship with issues that they've already fixed? They have the engineering resources, money, and talent to not allow that to happen. I really do hope that Samsung releases an update to solve the problems.
And again, most people will never visit forums to figure out why they have performance issues. They'll just go back to the store and complain.
One last thing. I'm not "exacerbating" anything. People are reporting the issue. People that own the device. So when people ask about performance it's fair to point them to threads where people are reporting the issues. No matter how much you go around and say it's not that bad, for the people experiencing it, it's bad enough to report here.
I don't know how many times I need to state this: there's definitely some issues in the software that need to be addressed as it relates to the stuttering in the UI. However, there's a big difference between lag and perceived lag, between stuttering on a transition or animation and things moving at a snails pace due to lack of resources/CPU issues. I'm not arguing that there isn't issues here that need to be addressed, but I'm also not going to let there be this stigma about the S4 that it's slow and lags. It doesn't. It isn't. It has some issues with animations that can simulate lag, but there's a big difference there. To someone not exactly familiar with skins like Android, I'm sure it does seem like lag to them. So if I didn't say anything, you'd have all these people claiming the S4 is laggy when in reality, it really isn't.
Software that's released during launch is never perfect. They track user experience, get some real world usage on the phones and make adjustments accordingly. I'm not making a big deal about this because it's not a big deal, no matter how badly you would like it to be. Whether it be the dig at them with the Snapdragon 600, the build quality, and now the "lag", you've been Verge-esque about the S4 and you don't even own one. All I'm doing here is trying to educate those that may not know themselves that there isn't a performance issue with the Samsung Galaxy S4. It can seem that way given the animation stutters and I understand that. Regardless, it needs to be addressed and fixed. I'm sure everyone here, myself included, would love there to be a performance enhancement/bug fix update in the very near future.
I feel bad for the people who are already writing off the S4 after reading these posts. Not purchasing a phone that's otherwise perfect for you over a misconception you read on the forums would suck. I'm here to clear those misconceptions up. That's it. The Developer Options/S Voice-Home Button fixes are temporary fixes to placate people in the interim; I'm not touting it as a cure-all. For an issue that isn't very prominent to begin with, it lessens it greatly.
As for you, Kevin...I'm done arguing with you about this. If you want to have a real conversation with me about the S4, go buy one. Otherwise we can discuss the HTC One, a phone you own and I have owned.
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