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Too expensive. For $649, get an iPhone.

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maskedinvader 13y ago
sure if the following features are not important to you, 1080p display, removable battery, expandable memory slot, NFC, new touchscreen tech allowing you to use the screen with gloves, optional wireless charging and arguably the most popular mobile operating system edit: removed ' future updates ' as a differentiating feature since iPhone has the same guarantee
- pyre 13y ago
  | guaranteed updates for the near future Don't iPhone users get iOS updates? How is 'OS updates' a differentiating feature?
  - maskedinvader 13y ago
    You are correct, I think I got a little carried away :)
- murkta 13y ago
  And most importantly, the ability to do whatever the fuck you want with your device without an evil corporation curtailing your freedom, enslaving you and draining you of your money and soul.
  - sbuk 13y ago
    Tone down the rhetoric for pity's sake. My freedoms haven't been hindered once by Apple. My privacy has been by both Google and Samsung. Samsung are one of a group of nasty, if not the absolute worst, chaebols in Korea. That you've posted twice does lead me to think that you need to disclose more...
- drsintoma 13y ago
  |1080p display I still fail to understand how can that be important for anyone on a mobile phone
- sbuk 13y ago
  I'd argue that the iPhone has a better camera too. The colour reproduction on the more (IMHO) sensibly sized screen is better and the quality of the overall hardware quality and finish is superior as well. All in all it's horses for courses. "and arguably the most popular mobile operating system" I know you said arguably and gauging by shear volume, sure. Does that mean the majority are choosing Android over everything else. I'm not so sure. Numerous studies have shown that iOS is used a lot more by those that have the platform versus the majority of cheap commodity handset that merely ship with, if you'll forgive me, an unholy bastardisation of Android installed; normally unsupported and at best 3 or 4 releases behind what is current. Android in it's "pure" form is fantastic. I'm not going to tell you that Android is "crap" because that is an utterly ridiculous position to take, much like the rhetoric levelled the other way. Sorry for that stream-of-conciousnses nonsense...
ernesth 13y ago
You're right iPhone is too expensive also.
AncientPC 13y ago
An out of contract iPhone 5 (16GB) costs the same price: http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone5 http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone...
tedsanders 13y ago
I bought the S4 this month for $629. I think $649 is reasonable. Compared to the iPhone, It's got a larger screen, replaceable/upgradeable battery, and better features. Worth it, in my opinion.

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sure if the following features are not important to you, 1080p display, removable battery, expandable memory slot, NFC, new touchscreen tech allowing you to use the screen with gloves, optional wireless charging and arguably the most popular mobile operating system edit: removed ' future updates ' as a differentiating feature since iPhone has the same guarantee

pyre 13y ago
| guaranteed updates for the near future Don't iPhone users get iOS updates? How is 'OS updates' a differentiating feature?
- maskedinvader 13y ago
  You are correct, I think I got a little carried away :)
murkta 13y ago
And most importantly, the ability to do whatever the fuck you want with your device without an evil corporation curtailing your freedom, enslaving you and draining you of your money and soul.
- sbuk 13y ago
  Tone down the rhetoric for pity's sake. My freedoms haven't been hindered once by Apple. My privacy has been by both Google and Samsung. Samsung are one of a group of nasty, if not the absolute worst, chaebols in Korea. That you've posted twice does lead me to think that you need to disclose more...
drsintoma 13y ago
|1080p display I still fail to understand how can that be important for anyone on a mobile phone
sbuk 13y ago
I'd argue that the iPhone has a better camera too. The colour reproduction on the more (IMHO) sensibly sized screen is better and the quality of the overall hardware quality and finish is superior as well. All in all it's horses for courses. "and arguably the most popular mobile operating system" I know you said arguably and gauging by shear volume, sure. Does that mean the majority are choosing Android over everything else. I'm not so sure. Numerous studies have shown that iOS is used a lot more by those that have the platform versus the majority of cheap commodity handset that merely ship with, if you'll forgive me, an unholy bastardisation of Android installed; normally unsupported and at best 3 or 4 releases behind what is current. Android in it's "pure" form is fantastic. I'm not going to tell you that Android is "crap" because that is an utterly ridiculous position to take, much like the rhetoric levelled the other way. Sorry for that stream-of-conciousnses nonsense...

ernesth 13y ago

You're right iPhone is too expensive also.

AncientPC 13y ago

An out of contract iPhone 5 (16GB) costs the same price: http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone5 http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone...

tedsanders 13y ago

I bought the S4 this month for $629. I think $649 is reasonable. Compared to the iPhone, It's got a larger screen, replaceable/upgradeable battery, and better features. Worth it, in my opinion.