Can a phone have to many features?

[phonejunky]

Samsung Galaxy S4 to much? I've never seen a phone with so many features. I mean the S4 isn't even a phone anymore it is some type of mutation. My point is when does it get to the point where these smartphone companies are packing in too many features. Is that possible. For me this phone has way to much going on inside.

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[Keira Ross]

But not all are good features..

 

[Greg C]

Depends upon the person using the device.

 

[raymaane]

Nope. I don't think so. Well maybe so. But if its not enough... We'll just complain lol

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[BobDaNob]

Announcing a big, new product like the S4 has to be done like a shotgun blast - throw everything at everyone because one of those features might be the one that sells the phone for them. Almost no one ever uses all of the features the company spends a fortune implementing, they're just offering you a banquet. What you eat from their banquet is entirely up to you.

 

[phonejunky]

Announcing a big, new product like the S4 has to be done like a shotgun blast - throw everything at everyone because one of those features might be the one that sells the phone for them. Almost no one ever uses all of the features the company spends a fortune implementing, they're just offering you a banquet. What you eat from their banquet is entirely up to you.

Very good point.

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[zorak950]

I don't think you can have too many features, but you can have poor presentation. That is to say, if features are organized and accessed intuitively and don't get in your way or otherwise interfere with other features you can add as much as you want. It's when you start piling on features without a hardware and software design that accommodates them gracefully that you get major problems, because then you start detracting from the overall user experience.

 

[fchowd0311]

touchwiz is a giant ugly mess of gimmicks. My subjective opinion of course.

 

[Lanhoj]

That's why I go Nexus - stock / clean Android.
There's Apps that give the functionality of most OEM features if I want & if I don't want then I don't download them. Simple as that.

 

[zkSharks]

As more or less said above: it depends on what you want. My Nexus 4 has features that I don't use too often, but I wouldn't say that they're superfluous. I'd hardly say it has too many features. However, I do consider a phone to have too many features if there are features that I do not want to use, but which are presented to me without my say in the matter. Example? Lockscreen widgets. Sure, it's a great feature. I support the feature. But here's my take: I want a clock on my lockscreen. Nothing more, nothing less. I don't want to accidentally swipe to the left a bit and have a big plus sign appear to add additional widgets. If I accidentally tap the clock, I don't want my unlock ring minimized into a small version that must be tapped before becoming functional again.

I was skiing this weekend. Believe it or not, the behavior of the unlock ring/clock because of the lockscreen widgets feature made it significantly harder to unlock the phone at the peak in 15 degree (Fahrenheit) air and 35mph winds. I'm glad lockscreen widgets are a thing, but I don't want it to repeatedly require any of my attention when I want to use my phone.