At least that is my feeling and see no compelling reason to upgrade to the S5. Yep, it is faster and some battery life tweaks and the neat Gameboy 1989 power save mode, but not seeing a reason to update like I did with every phone before it, including the S3. Seems diminished returns are hitting, IMO. My points that make me not want to bother this time around:
1. Even more perverse bloat. Yeah, perhaps you can root and kill it, but I am not a SS rom loading fan (you know it will be locked) and simple root only fixes part of the issue.
2. Games already play smooth with S4 and the CPU is not much faster, so game emulators will not see much improvement either.
3. The S4 is already the max size limit for me, so a slightly bigger device is not my preference for a "phone". No offense to Note users
4. It will probably take VZW the usual long time to have a 32GB version- if they do offer one. Seems this time around the S5 should have had a 64GB version option as well. The 16GB is an insult considering the bloat and apparently Samsung is not offering apps2sd- IF they followed Google's partnership request for device roms.
5. The touted camera features seem nice, but I am happy with the S4 camera already.
The S4 is the first device I have been this content with. Heck, I stopped posting here for a long time since content. The only way I would consider the S5 is if the radio reception is a lot better, runs cooler in stress and a lot better battery life. Or if my S4 stopped working or was lost.
1. Even more perverse bloat. Yeah, perhaps you can root and kill it, but I am not a SS rom loading fan (you know it will be locked) and simple root only fixes part of the issue.
2. Games already play smooth with S4 and the CPU is not much faster, so game emulators will not see much improvement either.
3. The S4 is already the max size limit for me, so a slightly bigger device is not my preference for a "phone". No offense to Note users
4. It will probably take VZW the usual long time to have a 32GB version- if they do offer one. Seems this time around the S5 should have had a 64GB version option as well. The 16GB is an insult considering the bloat and apparently Samsung is not offering apps2sd- IF they followed Google's partnership request for device roms.
5. The touted camera features seem nice, but I am happy with the S4 camera already.
The S4 is the first device I have been this content with. Heck, I stopped posting here for a long time since content. The only way I would consider the S5 is if the radio reception is a lot better, runs cooler in stress and a lot better battery life. Or if my S4 stopped working or was lost.