Galaxy S5: Huge disappointment, Samsung TOTALLY dropped the ball!

[onsoku]

Re: HUGE Disappointment -- Samsung TOTALLY Dropped The Ball

Why in the world would ANYONE that has an S4 get this? Really? What is the ONE selling point? None at all.

As a S3 & S1 user; I'm looking forward to the S5.

 

[UJ95x]

Re: Huge disappointment, Samsung TOTALLY dropped the ball!

You get used to them rather quickly I've found.

The Verizon variant makes that pretty difficult :-\

Sent from my Galaxy S4 running SlimKat 4.4.2

 

[Shilohcane]

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I read in more than one place that samsung was extremely disappointed in S4 sales, especially after the first month or two. I don't see anything about this phone that's going to get people in the stores to buy it. Nothing

One out of every three smart phones in the world is a Samsung which is about 2.65 times more than Apple.

 

[PsychDoc]

Re: HUGE Disappointment -- Samsung TOTALLY Dropped The Ball

Samsung has, in fact, been disappointed with the sales of the S4. If you're interested, read this article.
Samsung disappointed with Galaxy S4 sales despite hitting 40 million milestone- The Inquirer

KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung revealed on Wednesday that it has sold 40 million Samsung Galaxy S4 handsets so far, but apparently it isn't satisfied with that.
Samsung CEO JK Shin revealed the sales figures to Korean news website inews24, announcing that the firm has shifted 40 million units of its flagship Android handset in the six months since its global debut.
This means that the firm has sold more Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphones than it had Galaxy S3 handsets by the six month mark, with the firm last year revealing that it shifted 40 million of its flagship handset in seven months.
While this sounds like pretty good news for Samsung, the firm apparently isn't pleased with these numbers so far, with reports claiming that the phone maker hoped to have reached 50 million sales by now. Investors reportedly haven't been pleased with the sales figures either, claiming that Galaxy S4 sales have been "15-20 percent lower" than had been expected. This apparently caused the firm to scale back production of the handset.
It does seem that momentum for the Galaxy S4 has been slowing. Following the smartphone's release in May, Samsung announced in June that the Galaxy S4 hit 20 million sales, which slowed down to around 30 million in August. It's likely that the launch of Apple's flagship iPhone 5S has contributed to this slowdown, and it's also likely that the firm has been affected by the success of the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z smartphones, which reportedly have been the firms' top-selling Android phones to date

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[Ry]

Re: HUGE Disappointment -- Samsung TOTALLY Dropped The Ball

Samsung has, in fact, been disappointed with the sales of the S4. If you're interested, read this article.
Samsung disappointed with Galaxy S4 sales despite hitting 40 million milestone- The Inquirer

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Even if 40 million units is disappointing to Samsung, that's nowhere near disappointing relative to the rest of the market.

 

[ffejjj]

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Well first I'd say I've never been a fan of any Samsung phone. I don't care for touchwiz and I despise amoled screens...

While the S5 is not everything it was rumoured to be it's still top of the pack. I actually really like the design and look of the blue one even if it's not a total redesign.

If I could get over touchwiz and the display I would consider the S5

My Evo lte Filling the shoes of my HTC One

 

[Adranalyne]

Re: Huge disappointment, Samsung TOTALLY dropped the ball!

Improving the UI (and one of the biggest complaints of the S4---the performance), putting a bigger battery and more power saving options in, basically adding the back of the original Nexus 7 as its back plate, increasing the screen size, substantially improving the camera, and adding a finger scanner and a heart rate monitor on it----that's not enough? The tech world isn't going to hate on this phone like it did with the S4, especially if the camera and battery are as good as advertised. I'll be picking up a black one of these as soon as possible because they addressed all the concerns I had with the S4 and made certain areas better.

 

[PsychDoc]

Re: Huge disappointment, Samsung TOTALLY dropped the ball!

Improving the UI (and one of the biggest complaints of the S4---the performance), putting a bigger battery and more power saving options in, basically adding the back of the original Nexus 7 as its back plate, increasing the screen size, substantially improving the camera, and adding a finger scanner and a heart rate monitor on it----that's not enough? The tech world isn't going to hate on this phone like it did with the S4, especially if the camera and battery are as good as advertised. I'll be picking up a black one of these as soon as possible because they addressed all the concerns I had with the S4 and made certain areas better.

But what about the incredibly dim screen of the S4? That and the fact that it renders whites as a sickly shade of yellow (go to the Google home page to see what I mean)?

 

[Adranalyne]

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But what about the incredibly dim screen of the S4? That and the fact that it renders whites as a sickly shade of yellow (go to the Google home page to see what I mean)?

They've apparently done some work on the screen, but I can't comment until I've had one in my hand.

 

[Raptor007]

Re: Huge disappointment, Samsung TOTALLY dropped the ball!

....Same horrible physical home button (ughhh), Basically the same capacity battery, a couple more megapixel camera, no improvement to the screen, it's significantly larger and heavier with only a 0.1" bump in screen size. No metal body as had long been rumored, same cheap s*** plastic look and feel as other Galaxy phones. Not a thing to really "move the needle." No 4000Ma battery, no optical image stabalization, no ultra HD screen, etc. In short, a serious piece of s***.
Samsung, you're going to get you *** handed to you by Apple.
This is just pathetic.

By your account apple is a HUGE FAILURE with the same horrible physical home button. Your logic isn't there based on ios sales.

 

[Aquila]

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I like what I'm seeing in the S5 MUCH more than the S4. To me, it seems like they ARE listening to their customers, just not necessarily to nerds in forums. But I'm inclined to agree with the sentiment that despite the brand recognition of the Samsung Galaxy design language, I'd like to see an evolution into something that does abandon buttons and some of the other ancient aspects of the software, etc. Either way, I really want to see this thing's UI and how it handles software performance (not benchmarks, actual side by side with the G2, the Nexus, the X, etc) before saying whether or not they're on the right track. Nokia's device was garbage (IMO), this one isn't ready for the bin yet and it might easily be a top 10 device.

 

[xchange]

Re: HUGE Disappointment -- Samsung TOTALLY Dropped The Ball

Even if 40 million units is disappointing to Samsung, that's nowhere near disappointing relative to the rest of the market.

sad but true. I wish the other OEM's had Samsung's marketing budget because it's a crying shame that these are what represents Android the most to the average non-techie consumer

On a humorous note, I haven't seen such a wave of incredibly funny mock-photos as a reaction to any phone launch as I've been seeing for this one all over the web today lol

 

[Farish]

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I have a S4 and to me the S5 is an unexciting sidegrade (as I expected). Yes the specs are faster on the S5 but I don't think I will really notice. I wouldn't be surprise if a future version of Android update for the S4 has the new touchwiz look and feel. And my S4 still is exceptionally fast. Probably will wait on the next version of the Nexus line(If they release one) or the Note 4.

 

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

Re: Huge disappointment, Samsung TOTALLY dropped the ball!

....Same horrible physical home button (ughhh), Basically the same capacity battery, a couple more megapixel camera, no improvement to the screen, it's significantly larger and heavier with only a 0.1" bump in screen size. No metal body as had long been rumored, same cheap s*** plastic look and feel as other Galaxy phones. Not a thing to really "move the needle." No 4000Ma battery, no optical image stabalization, no ultra HD screen, etc. In short, a serious piece of s***.
Samsung, you're going to get you *** handed to you by Apple.
This is just pathetic.

Good thing they aren't forcing you to purchase it...

 

[the_icon12]

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Samsung Galaxy S3S+

 

[Ry]

Spec war is dead folks.

Not sure why every iteration have to be a revolutionary leap instead of an evolutionary one. Last two products in the mobile phone space (products as a whole, not hardware alone) that were revolutionary were the original iPhone and the original Note.

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[xtremez]

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I think there are alot to look forward to for S3 users, some of these gimmicky stuff although not practical, you just want them there. INCASE you ever need it.

But i think it's definitely an improvement in that sense, maybe not enough for S4 users.

 

[dpham00]

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Spec war is dead folks.

Not sure why every iteration have to be a revolutionary leap instead of an evolutionary one. Last two products (products as a whole, not hardware alone) that were revolutionary were the original iPhone and the original Note.

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The ipad was pretty revolutionary

dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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[Ry]

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The ipad was pretty revolutionary

dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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I'll update to clarify I meant within the mobile phone category.

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[the1m.polo]

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Idk why people think companies such as Samsung and Apple are going to just completely go left of what got them where they are today! It's not going to happen if you didn't like Samsung yesterday you're not going to like them today. Until start losing profit margins like HTC(Thats why they had to go all out on the HTC one) don't expect any major changes.... It's a nice phone period... Oh yeah I'm posting that from my HTC

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