So samsung has officially signed their death certificate.
>no removable back or battery
>no microSD
>complete and utter clone of iphone 6 but with a rectangle button
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFHv4fZQDc
In light of this news, I'll be getting myself a note 4. Officially the last decent samsung phone.
So how about a thread where we greentext what samsung could have done to take over the market with the s6 instead of this complete blunder?
>same screen and specs as current s6
>note4/galaxy alpha style body
>3300mah battery *removable*
>has same stylus as the note4 with support
Anyone else have any ideas?
>>46774406
the back looks like utter shit
>>46774406
>develop a s6 module for project ara instead of making a new phone
>implying
>>46774406
>suggesting normalshits won't buy this in droves regardless
>complete and utter clone of iphone 6 but with a rectangle button
this sounds like a meaningless opinion to me
>no removable back or battery
this is annoying, but not enough for me to change my purchases
>no microSD
FUCKING DROPPED FOR ETERNITY
why would they stop doing expandable storage on their flagship phones? that is absolutely retarded.
>>46774406
>>46774886
>no removable back or battery
>no microSD
because you faggots had to be all 'muh aluminum!'
>>46774886
>why would they stop doing expandable storage on their flagship phones? that is absolutely retarded.
because you don't need to carry all your anime and flac music with you everywhere, you autistic faggot
>>46774814
They won't
Samsung boomed with the s3 but people have been reluctant in upgrading
Thats why Samsung has been plummeting
So.. Is this confirmed to be the S6? If so, I'm gettng a Note 4 instead I guess.
>>46775325
>Doesn't understand just how big the market for smarphone is
>what samsung could have done to take over the market
They already own the market, everyone else is just living in it
Fuck me what a piece of shit
>>46775402
Yes, that's the realio dealio
There are no secrets 1 day out from announcement
I planned to get a 4k Note 5 well fuck hope they don't do this to that. If they do I'm waiting for another company to make a phone with the same specs or better.
>>46775402
Samsung still gets your money...
>>46775440
>4K on a phone
You've never even owned a 4K monitor or fucking TV, but you want it on a phone. Consumerism
I miss this thing so much but it's kill. It makes me sad that every company seems to be designing their phone as close to iphone as possible without being sued :|
>>46775463
1920x1080 on my note 3 is already dense enough.
Not sure why everyone is pushing this harder into the ground, GPU power wise.
>>46774406
>no water resistance either
Welp, Im keeping my s5 for quite some time then
>>46775463
I also plan to buy a 4k OLED 21:9 Freesync HDR curved monitor when they are available for any price under $4,500. And my next build is going to be a 4790k with 16GB of RAM and two 390x. Stay poor.
Anyway I don't want it just because lel shiny I want it because there are many instances when surfing the internet when I have to zoom in to read a image especially bad on 4 Chan when people screen cap threads. And I would rather avoid that.
>>46775505
Maybe that's because the text is the size of an ant's cock and has nothing to do with the density
>>46775478
you can still have one now, my QWERTY has a 2ghz dual core snapdragon CPU with android 4.4.4/5.0.x roms perfectly stable.
>>46774406
Honestly, what did you people think would happen? Sales continue to drop and they keep all the features that a small portion of the population wants while the masses flock for a shitty locked down iphone. They're going to imitate and try and grab some of those sales. They don't give a fuck about loyal customers, they just want your damn money.
I'll be keeping my Gs5 until it breaks or until I can find a decent phone with dual micro SDs since its the most used feature on my phone and the fucking hardest to get to.
>>46775581
What phone? How does it compare to the T-Mobile G2?
>>46775325
>plummeting
Top kek
The number one feature I look for in a phone is a removable battery.
Second is sd card but they usually go hand in hand.
I like the ability to replace an aging battery or to force it off. How can you reboot if it's stuck otherwise? Unless there's something I don't know about.
>>46775255
I know I'm late, but
>htc m8
>has slot for sd card
>made of aluminum
No excuses
Why does a change to an aluminium back plate mean you can't into cards and batteries? Or is it an excuse. I really don't fucking care I want flexibility over muh feels. Most people put cases on anyway.
>>46774886
>no removable back or battery
>this is annoying
It's more than just annoying when your phone freezes and can't be shut off with the hard switch. Had it happen to all my smartphones, including iPhones. Only difference is that with the android phones I could just pop the battery out and back in and be good to go, but with the iPhone you just have to wait for the battery to die.
>>46776230
I guess I should have updated before I posted my comment.
Just when they were getting rid of bloat too.
I'm going to wait until the 64 bit gets taken advantage of and they ship with 4+ gigs of ram.
The edge looks cool but it's probably more rice than anything. But hey, showing off is fun right?
This should be the s5 seeing how the s5 now was really s4 ver2
I'm excited in one way, bummed in another.
This thing got dual front facing speakers at least, right? Right?!
wow it's fucking nothing.jpg
>>46776285
Yup
Hey, what do you guys use to monitor battery performance?
My s4 is a year old and I swear I'm charging it way more than I used to.
>>46776285
literally every device without battery that has fucked me, i just held the power button down for like 30 seconds and it just hard resets it. idk wtf your talking about, even iphones do it. not that im condoning what samsung is doing, i was waiting for the s6 but looks like im getting a note 4 for micro sd support. fuck you samsung. fuck you
>>46774406
>no removable back or battery
>no microSD
Fuck samshit then if this is true. Didn't one of their S5 commercial showed off removable battery and micro sd slot as a big feature?
>>46776327
Not that anon but I think I had the same problem one time with a family phone. I just held the power button for ages it seemed like and it didn't do shit.
Plus it's nice to remove all power from the system sometimes.
The biggest advantage is battery replacement. They go bad. While here in the U.S.most of us upgrade every 2 years others don't have subsidized phones. They hold on to them double that. By the end you're chained to a wall or external battery pack.
Samsung has basically be ugly plastic trash since the S3. Now they're just copying the iPhone 6 until they get sued again, then back to trash. Now Sony is leaving, not sure you the beat manufacturer is, LG or HTC?
>mfw the S2 is still king
>>46774406
>>46774463
word, the glass back is just not acceptable in 2015. It didn't work for the nexus 4, iPhone 4/4s, and xperia. wait did it work for xperia phones?
>>46776381
>Samsung has basically be ugly plastic trash since the S3.
I'll take it if it means I get functionality back. Plus they're not as ugly as you say they are.
Biggest gripe with my s4 is it's slippery and falls out of my hands easily sometimes. I liked the feel of my sister's s5
And is this octocore necessary? Or is it that switch from low to high power quad core setup Europe had?
Seems silly to have two quad cores but only one works at a time. Wouldn't that money be spent better elsewhere and does it really save power?
The screens seem to be the energy whores.
>>46776400
>4.5'' display
>800x480
The original Galaxy S (and the Nexus S) were far superior devices, as were the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Nexus that followed.
>>46776285
uhhh
you just hold the power button, or sometimes the power + home/volume button combo. /g/ can't be this stupid..
>>46774406
>spending more than $50 on a phone
>>46776381
>not sure you the beat manufacturer is, LG or HTC?
not shilling for Samsung here, but honestly both are shit
LG - man, they're worse than samsung; a horrible UI worse than touchjizz and also shittily optimized. Also LG devices are very prone to overheating and throttling due to their shitty internal design
HTC: if you look at teardowns, they just fucking glue shit together. How is that good build quality?
Doesn't bother me.
Samsung has been looking down devices since the s4. Many of them are still locked to this day with no hope of updates.
Since we're all bitching about how phones suck what would be your ideal phone?
List features and specs
No sd card slot is a dealbreaker. They just shot themselves in the foot.
>>46776487
latest flagship specs
microSD slot
removable battery
>>46776487
A good camera
Removable battery
Removable microsd
Fits comfortably in my little girl hands
I'm not that picky.
>bitching about no SD cards
What kind of fucking storage do you need, 128GB?
>>46776487
1080p display (or fuck it go full 4k)
whatevers the latest cpu and gpu
4 gigs of ram
atleast 32gigs of internal
micro sd card slot
removable battery not necessary but preferred
wireless charging
5" screen
latest stock android version
>>46776324
After about two years batteries have about 50% of their original capacity.
Also, what do you have currently open/toggled on in your phone. IE. Wifi, 3G/4G, GPS, Bluetooth, brightness levels.
>>46776456
>they just fucking glue shit together
Glue functions as a shock buffer, and is actually pretty superior to hard fasteners in a phone.
>>46776456
I worked at a telco for a short period of time and they dropped HTC due to too many devices having issues and faults.
>>46776508
I've been using the same microsd card in my phone since 2009. We have been through 4 phones together... I am not ready to let him go.
>>46776506
In regards to the camera, when does enough become enough. I already get outstanding pics. I feel that the only real way to improve is to actually buy a real camera. I could be wrong, however.
>>46776508
It's nice to be able to have so much room you don't have to give a shit and to be able to bring movies and music with you on long flights, vacations, shitty thanksgiving dinner with the in laws etc.
>>46776522
so you consider this good internal design?
>>46776528
There's a reason why HTC is only memed online and flops IRL
>>46776508
I use close to 64gb worth of music.
People without sd cards: how do you format your drive? It is not something I do often but I had to do it several times and I could just put the rom.zip on the SD card without any trouble.
Do you use the debugger or something?
>signed their death certificate
No. They ensured their survival. Copying the shit out of apple and living off the difference of the money earned by copying apple and money they were forced to give back to apple was all they were ever good at.
That and exploiting the shit out of worst Korea.
>>46776540
I'm not even a fan of Sense UI either.
>>46776519
I run as lean as possible.
Usually only wifi is ever on.
Bright level is set low.My habits haven't changed in a year.
And can you tell 4k? Is it really so wow you want gib now pls?
>>46776543
Music makes most of my 32GB storage, and I seem to suffice with it; sometimes running out
>>46774406
>3GB of ram
>8cores
Do we really need these in consumer phones.
>>46774406
Ew what are my other options besides the fagphone?
>>46776549
meh still better than what LG does I guess. LG also has down fucking terrible screen calibration, and also artificial sharpening on the G3. The HTC one phones are at least somewhat accurate, maybe a little saturated.
>>46776508
i keep all my photos music and backups in my sd, the main reason i need sd support is because im not gay and i flash custom roms on my phones like a smart person. now when i have to backup all my phone contents to my pc, delete my phones interna storage, flash a brand spankin new rom, then spend 4 hours putting the 20gbs of music and photos and videos back on my phone. then woops, something went wrong 3 days later, bootloop, lost all my videos, photos, and music iv been collecting since i was 13. o well
>>46776573
you realize you don't have to delete internal storage to flash ROMs right?
>>46776558
I listen to a lot of music. My library on google play is over 11,000 songs.
>>46776571
I still miss my Nexus 4 though. But damn it did get hot. That back was sexy though.
How would one use a phone with glass backing without cracking it?
How did Samsung think it was a good idea after seeing what happened to iPhone 4/4s, nexus 4, and xperia phones?
>>46776563
The note for now. I rarely make calls and when I do they're short. If I know it will be long I use Bluetooth headset. How big is too big though? Will it be hard to hold this up to my ear for 5 minutes and fit in (not skinny) jeans pockets?
Anyone have a phablet?
Oh, what about a galaxy watch?
>>46776582
>But damn it did get hot.
that's the problem with LG phones, they overheat the fuck out. I don't miss my Nexus 4 because I like the nexus 5 better tho
>>46776578
ya, cause i want all that shit and clutter from the stock and past roms iv used. so many folders for so much shit, idk whats what. i like to do a factory new, full wipe. Internal storage clean. and wha about swapping phones? dont you think its easier to just plop out your micro sd, and pop er in and bam all your photos, music, shit,backups, roms, porn, cp, etc is on your new phone in a matter of 5 seconds.
>>46776538
I'm not a camera expert but we can definitely do better. The only problem with phones is that they don't have any optical zoom. Now there's a feature I'd like to see.
>>46776596
Yeah I still kind of want a new phone. I'm kind of disappointed with my Xperia Z2..
>>46776605
>Xperia Z2
What's wrong? I don't really want a new phone I guess, my nexus 5 serves me all good at the moment. Maybe I'll get a note 5
I hate these threads, but it is funny to see an Android device lose the only qualities that have ever been argued as making it worth anything.
>>46776613
Idk man. I get bored easily. I have CM12 on it now. But I can just never find the perfect phone. There is always something I want, but can never get. I'm weird I know.
>>>>/b/600992222
>>46776637
Get the Xperia Z3 Compact or the Note 4, it's the only devices worth getting and worth holding to
>>46776652
I'm thinking of being patient and seeing what comes out throughout the year. I'm looking to buy a phone that I can keep for the next 3 years or so and not have to buy a phone all the time.
Anyone else getting the Note 4 now?
I'm glad I bought a S5 instead of waiting for this.
Speaking of hot: charging my s4 really cooks it.
The best was I needed to navigate so to keep battery from going kill I was charging it. I also had to have the brightness up. Add to that using up the cpu and it had to "cool down" wtf. Fix thermal shit before you give me > 9001 fucking cores.
What do you guys use to monitor battery
Temps
Cpu usage and what is wasting it
And maybe an alarm when cpu is being over used.
I'd rather know before my fingers burn.
Thanks
>>46776670
tfw the s5's design looks way better than the s6 to me
the glass backing isn't getting to me... also the gripping is excellent on the s5
>>46776634
Sad but true. Who will save us now?
>>46776663
If I had the shekels, yes.
That and the watch. I think they would pair nicely together. One glance.
Anyone know if the watches have replaceable batteries?
>he won't be getting the HTC One M9
complain about
>muh metals hurr
all you want, but HTC are making the phone to beat. AND IT HAS AN mSD CARD SLOT TOO.
SAMSUNGFAGS
B T F O
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F
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All I want is a phone with updated hardware and exactly the same aesthetics as the S2.
samsung pls
>>46776691
>the gripping is excellent on the s5
I feel pleb for not waiting a bit longer to get one.
This and a few other features make it a great phone. I'm stuck with my s4, while good it should have been the 5
>>46776698
It honestly looks pretty bland. Not saying it's bad, just not that exciting.
>>46776701
Alpha had that.
>>46776698
>beat
beat in what terms lol, sales?
So tired of rounded edges. I really want a more angular phone.
>>46776709
Beat like the last boss.
>>46776721
Like Sony?
>>46776707
It's probably the best looking android phone by a long mile.
>>46776709
Specs/Design/Software (although those last 2 are down to taste)
>>46776706
>>46776721
Xperia Z line?
>>46776707
>looks pretty bland
I don't know much about new smartphones, but what exactly is the meaning of this argument?
I mean, do you plan on admiring your phone's aesthetics all day?
No, you will have it in your pocket and pull it out when you need to, and the only thing that matters then is screen quality, not the way it looks otherwise.
Besides, most people end up just using a case, which makes the entire idea of phone looks moot anyways, because you can make it look any way you want.
If I were to buy a new phone, I'd be looking for price and features above all else, and looks would be last.
why did Samsung go with MUH METAL, MUH GLASS
A design like the note 4 or alpha would've sufficed
>samsung signed their death warrant
>ill be buying their other phone, thatll teach em!
flawless logic right there
>>46776743
No, it's not just that. I mean, it doesn't look like it brings anything new to the table. Just a hardware bump and the same as last year pretty much.
Liquid cooling when?
They can put little heat pipes to evenly disperse it right?
Phones are small enough. Do we really need them smaller, do you guys want them slimmer?
I'm about to build a custom back.
>>46774406
Isnt funny how Apple will sue over this phone and win because every jury will be like "Apple? Everyone uses an apple. It's american company." and then "Samsung? Didn't we fight them in the war?"
>>46776761
>liquid cooling in a phone
You can't be serious, right?
>>46774406
>You're giving up a bit in terms of functionality and you're getting a bit more of a premium feel
Fuck form over function
>>46776743
They know most people will use a case BUT sexy and sleek is part of what sells them.
It's sheeple logic
>>46776752
Does it have to bring something new to the table?
It's got a very very good design which really doesn't need much changing at the moment to be >>>/fa/
>>46776761
http://www.gizmag.com/nec-medias-x-n-06e-water-cooled-smartphone/27553/
already been done
>>46776781
>glass backing
>2015
can anyone just tell me how this is a good thing
even apple dropped glass since iPhone 5
>>46776784
Then why are phones released every single year multiple times a year? I mean of course the answer is business/money. But why should I spend my hard earned cash when I don't need to? If it brings nothing good or worthy, why should I bother?
>>46776790
Cute.
>>46776796
If you want the latest and greatest you spend money. Most notable phone manufacturers only release in either Q1 and/or Q3 of every year giving them ample time to decide what they want to do with the next gen of phones depending on the complains of the prior generation.
>>46776802
do xperia phones have the back cracking problems too?
>>46776780
I'm super cereal. I'm not saying water. I'm sure it's feasible. Integrate it into the backing with a contact point or two to the hottest parts of the phone. The charger and the 9001 cpu cores.
Why wouldn't it work.
Or maybe graphene? Hmmm
>>46776781
So much this. At least make a version of the model for us.
>>46776746
Because the fucks over at engadget and the verge kept bitching about the "lower quality feel of plasic" on every samsung phone reviews.
>>46776508
For real. I've got 32GB on my M8, and I added a 64GB SD card on. Don't even remember I have it in there 99.9% of the times.
>>46776817
I've had my Z2 for a year and dropped it many times from varying heights and materials. It does have a silicone case, but no cracks either side yet.
>>46776832
Samsung use shit tier plastic though. literally every other manufacturer uses decent plastic.
>>46776811
I'm personally thinking of waiting it out for the Note 5 or the Nexus 7 phone. Not sure yet. We'll see what comes out this year. It definitely has to have either large storage built in, or SD capabilities.
>>46776838
>>46776573
>>46776597
why did you buy storage you dont need?
The signed their death warrant with the bullshit they pulled with the S4. It's taken this long to become final. Good riddance.
>>46776832
Until it feels like a pulsating, cumming bbc they won't be happy.
>>46776784
Thank you
I'm still baffled to this superfluous glass backing. Who in their right mind thought this was smart?
>>46776845
>Shit tier
You're using that terminology wrong. The plastic may be flimsy, but it's definitely tough. I've bent the fuck out of my plastic back and scratched it and it's still in great condition and it still worked on my phone perfectly.
>>46776839
oh I do remember how the z2's backs were cracking on their own lol. glass is just a retarded choice
>>46776864
I've got a HTC Desire that is made of plastic, much better build quality and much tougher than any Samsung phone I've ever used. Maybe except the S2.
>>46776854
You can never have enough.
Gib Terabyte support pls
One day we can actually have our computer in our pocket and just pop it into a dock with a bigger screen and connections like Motorola did.
>>46776867
Well it hasn't happened to me and I bought it day 1 it was available in Australia.
>>46776371
I'm using my Nexus 4 and while its stepping into its third year, the battery drain pretty fast now...using custom rom with tweaks to hope extend it battery life before getting a new phone that I like (none right now)
>>46776897
Besides roms, do you keep brightness, internet and other toggles off to extend battery life? I also just chuck mine on aeroplane mode if I'm not using it.
>>46776897
I'm a constant fiddler with settings. Like excessive. Do you do the same to save battery?
Anyone know how to measure component drain. Like what does my nfc or Bluetooth radio consume?
I'm looking for detailed apps that monitor ALL aspects of my phone and I'm.willing to pay.
>>46776931
I have bluetooth and nfc off all the time if I'm not using it. Although when I do use bluetooth which is quite frequently it doesn't lower it too much and I use it with GPS when I go for walks .
>>46776931
I remember trickster mod or something showing that
>>46776878
Fucking tabs on the S2's back would snap off when they become brittle with age, the fucking screen turns yellow and the red levels go through the roof.
Fucking POS, the battery puffs up and bulges in 4 months to half an year and they only have a warranty for 3 months.
>>46776958
I'll look into it thanks.
GPS likes to suck battery cock.
I have it turn on via nfc when it goes in my car dock though. When I get home I hit the home tag to disable that and other settings.
Problem is my back is too fucked to drive and I can't play with my toys :/
And why is cpuz a shit as a phone app?
It never saves my settings and freezes if I come back to it after going to another app.
Help?
>>46776916
i keep the brightness as low as possible and either the wifi or data is constantly on, but never both. I might try to turn on airplane mode to see if there is improvments.
>>46776931
Yup, but since I'm a normal fag who barely knows how to flash custom roms and kernels, I can't do much tweaking
Im thinking if there is a way to stop certain app to not use any data for a certain period of time.
>>46776416
>wait did it work for xperia phones?
It works for me. No ugly protuding camera lens/flash either. Seriously that flash module looks ugly as fuck.
Some chink scam on jewtube has "cooling film" that goes on the battery.
The amount of lulz in that scam are ridiculous. I had to call that faggot out.
>>46777115
I'm afraid of fucking up my phone with a rom and never being able to use it again.
How do I get some of the s5 features on my s4?
One is I like their flashlight widget.
The app switching is so much faster than holding down my home button too.
Or is that touchwiz boatware?
>>46776487
Lumia 830 with snapdragon 805, 3GB of RAM, FHD screen, and 3000mAh battery.
>>46777170
lol I'm not that afraid though, because the worst thing flashing can do is make it software brick which might spend me an hour to refind the solution to restore it, but it is easy
>>46777211
I thought once you bricked it game over. Hence the term brick.
I have much to learn.
>>46776487
5 inch 1080p IPS
Snapdragon 810
8 megapixel camera with a bigger sensor
2,600 mA battery
32/64 gigs of memory, I dont need that much
Cirrus audio chip from iphone 4/4s
Onscreen buttons
>>46777257
mAh*
And 3 gigs of ram, running stock 5.1
>>46776200
google image search says
>Motorola Photon 4G
>>46777273
rom that is stable and freedom of customizing anything
>>46777326
I'd probably put slimlp or something on it, but when lolipop roms reach a certain stability threshold, or xposed atleast.
>>46774406
That dude is the most sleazy, blatant Samsung shill mouthpiece cock sucker online. No opinions about the phone.
I feel so pleb.
I have an old droid x, might as well practice on that, right?
Any good resources I should check out?
Why is it I always stumble upon features? I never see documentation and it's annoying. I paid a lot of shekels and I want to use my shit to the fullest.
And if anyone knows a way to reorganize mobile chrome tabs that would be great.
Thanks
>>46776417
Get the back panel off a S4 Black Edition, knockoffs are dirt cheap on ebay and they feel so damned good.
>>46777426
Are these the tears of the butthurt bendgate victim?
