Ok, so I'm due for an upgrade, and have been weighing all the options for a while now. After looking at all the upcoming toys on Verizon (Droid Maxx/Ultra, Moto X, One, and these two Galaxies), I've settled on one of the the two Samsung models.
Main reason is removable battery. While I get the move most smartphone makers are making in this direction in the name of slimmer phones with longer lasting batteries (you don't have to configure your guts to accommodate a big consumer friendly battery hole), I think I'll wait out the sealed phone for another two years till I'm confident they can get me through a long day and beyond.
Anyway, the reviews I've been seeing all seem to indicate that the s4 is an "incremental" upgrade. I'm just wondering if it's worth the extra $100 or so, or if I should just grab an s3 and be done with it. Kind of tired of looking around for better deals on the s4 and not really prepared to drop the extra dough. Should I wait out the tech cycle till these drop or just get the s3?
One more factor to consider is that I am a fan of rooting and will plan to root my device sometime in the future, so if the roms in development for the s4 are that much more tasty I might be more tempted to wait.
Gonn post a similar thread (ctrl+c, ctrl+v, lol) in the s4 forum so I can get responses from both sides fo the fence.
Thanks for indulging my TLDR.
Main reason is removable battery. While I get the move most smartphone makers are making in this direction in the name of slimmer phones with longer lasting batteries (you don't have to configure your guts to accommodate a big consumer friendly battery hole), I think I'll wait out the sealed phone for another two years till I'm confident they can get me through a long day and beyond.
Anyway, the reviews I've been seeing all seem to indicate that the s4 is an "incremental" upgrade. I'm just wondering if it's worth the extra $100 or so, or if I should just grab an s3 and be done with it. Kind of tired of looking around for better deals on the s4 and not really prepared to drop the extra dough. Should I wait out the tech cycle till these drop or just get the s3?
One more factor to consider is that I am a fan of rooting and will plan to root my device sometime in the future, so if the roms in development for the s4 are that much more tasty I might be more tempted to wait.
Gonn post a similar thread (ctrl+c, ctrl+v, lol) in the s4 forum so I can get responses from both sides fo the fence.
Thanks for indulging my TLDR.