Opinions from those that actually like Touch Wiz Please.

[dynomot]

I know many of you claim to detest TW. I however, like it; alot. Some of the bloat ware is crap and annoying, but that can be gotten around.

I do however realise that I may be missing out having never tried "pure" Android or even an AOSP ROM.

Some one I know is willing to let me have a Nexus 4 for

 

[Rukbat]

Being on the other side (one of the first things I do with a Samsung phone is replace the launcher), I can't think of a thing I miss from TouchWiz. Except maybe the wallpaper from the Note 3 - the blue is a nice shade.

 

[Goodspike]

I have an S4 and a Nexus 7. The main thing that bothers me about the differences is that they reverse the bottom two buttons on either side of the home button.

TW was somewhat of a learning curve from Motoblur, but whatever. They're all okay by me.

 

[Omar Days]

I reckon you should buy the nexus 4 for 40 quid and just use it as a wifi device and see how you get on with it. If you do like it, buy yourself a nexus 5. Best phone I've ever owned, and that's coming from a galaxy note, and s4 owner.

 

[Rxpert83]

Touchwiz has the buttons on the wrong side of the "home" button.

Also, touchwiz doesn't have red underlined text for misspelt text

Luckily aosp fixed both of those for me


Honestly almost anything you miss from touchwiz can be gained via an app from the play store or root options.


There's nothing to lose IMO

 

[dan330]

i have tried plain android. but i aways throw on a launcher.
so.. plain android.. i don't see the attraction.

I have always rooted and custom ROM within a few days of owning the device... with a launcher.

then i got the Note3.. because of the current lockdown...and a few hardware issues that need to be corrected first.
i have not rooted.. been running stock for 2 months.
still pretty happy.

I will root this .. once the hardware has been corrected

 

[mikedt]

I was using Touchwiz for a while, but now using MiHome for the moment, which is quite nice. I certainly don't detest Touchwiz, just fancied a change, which is one of the great things about Android. You're not stuck with whatever UI the manufacturer decides.

Touchwiz has the buttons on the wrong side of the "home" button.

Also, touchwiz doesn't have red underlined text for misspelt text

That's something I see a lot of on Chinese phones when entering English text. Because every word with more than one letter is misspelt according to the phone....