S4 and Lollipop update

[renttar75]

When I went to buy the Galaxy S4 yesterday, the salesperson said it will become slow and buggy when it receives the lollipop update. Is that true? She encouraged me to get the S5 instead but I really like the size and price of the S4.

 

[dann127]

That's simply just not true. There have been bugs with the Lollipop update so far but it's getting worked out. No manufacturer is going to put out an update that they don't think is going to improve the phone (or maintain it's current functionality at the very least). That doesn't always happen because of unforeseen circumstances but most are good about fixing it. Lollipop should run equally well on a brand spankin new phone or and S4.

That said the S4 is 2 years old so there may be some slow down with apps which are optimized for faster hardware in a year or so but I haven't noticed anything with mine during the year and a half that I've had it. The salesperson was most likely just trying to get some more money out of you by selling you a newer phone. If you like the size and price then it sounds like a good phone for you. You could also look at something like a Moto G (I've never seen or touched one but because it's newer it would most likely be supported further into the future than the S4).

It ends up coming down to what you want. Don't let a salesperson scare you away from what you want.

 

[Haalcyon]

Gotta agree with dann127. The S4 is not weak hardware either. Perhaps by the time 5.0.5 rolls around they'll have the bugs worked out but it'll be interesting to see if they'd spend the time with such an update to the S4.

 

[Rukbat]

Depending on the version of S4 and S5, Lollipop may cause bugs. And they'll be different bugs for different models (for different carriers). Both the S4 and the S5 have had bugs with Lollipop. It's not the phones, it's the fact that 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 were released long before all the bugs were worked out. (Google is going the way of the MBA, not the way of the CS any more - set a release date for a ROM marketing thinks the public will like, then release it on that date. You can't write software like that. You never could. [Not in the almost 42 years I've been writing it.] As Haalcyon said, maybe by 5.0.5, or 5.5, or 5.9.9, they'll have it worked out, but I'm not updating until they do - I'm still on 4.4.2, and I'm staying here. Pretty interface with bugs or a phone that works - tough choice, huh?)

There may never be a 6 for the S4, but there might be for the S5 (it depends on timing). But don't choose the phone based on how it might work with some future version of Android, choose based on how it works now. If the 4 meet your needs, and working the way it does now, will continue to meet your needs for as long as you plan to keep it, there's no reason to buy the 5, unless they'll give it to you for the same price. (Three chances of that and Fat and Slim have left town, only No is still here.)

 

[Joe Vile]

Running better than ever!!! Flashed cm12 nightly and it's awesome!!

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