Finally Galaxy S4 to be released on March 14

[vageneral08]

I did a little research and so far the only bad thing I've been reading about this phone from other owners is the battery life doesnt last as long as it's suppose to not even close.....but the htc one suppose to have a stronger battery life than the S4? but I may end up still upgrading to the S4 tho

 

[joshuaboy]

I did a little research and so far the only bad thing I've been reading about this phone from other owners is the battery life doesnt last as long as it's suppose to not even close.....but the htc one suppose to have a stronger battery life than the S4? but I may end up still upgrading to the S4 tho

you won't be disappointed

 

[LUClEN]

I did a little research and so far the only bad thing I've been reading about this phone from other owners is the battery life doesnt last as long as it's suppose to not even close.....but the htc one suppose to have a stronger battery life than the S4? but I may end up still upgrading to the S4 tho

Battery life is bad if you use a lot of internet on it.

I found that making my lock screen and home screen wallpapers all black has helped preserve battery life. I also turn off my 4g when I am not using it. Keep it on power saver mode and turn off all the unnecessary shit like air gesture and stuff. Auto screen brightness is effective too.

 

[vageneral08]

I did a little research and so far the only bad thing I've been reading about this phone from other owners is the battery life doesnt last as long as it's suppose to not even close.....but the htc one suppose to have a stronger battery life than the S4? but I may end up still upgrading to the S4 tho

Battery life is bad if you use a lot of internet on it.

I found that making my lock screen and home screen wallpapers all black has helped preserve battery life. I also turn off my 4g when I am not using it. Keep it on power saver mode and turn off all the unnecessary shit like air gesture and stuff. Auto screen brightness is effective too.

yeah I thought about that too the more you use it the battery wont last as long I dont use alot of apps like that anyway and I use the internet when I'm searching for something so I'll be straight

 

[major pain]

I get over a day and a half on a full charge... and i use my phone heavy.. wtf are yall doin?!

 

[Bcotton5]

thinking about getting it next week its 200 with my 2 year upgrade at verizon

should I wait? My homie told me the verizon isnt worth rooting is that true? I plan on using emulators and all that shit and getting a 64gb sd card

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Huh? What does Verizon have to do with whether or not a phone is worth rooting? If anything Verizon phones are the one you want to root the most because the put a lot of bloatware on their phones.

 

[Bcotton5]

Huh? What does Verizon have to do with whether or not a phone is worth rooting? If anything Verizon phones are the one you want to root the most because the put a lot of bloatware on their phones.

My homie told some shit about the Verizon version not being able to do some of the stuff his ATT version does when its rooted

 

[vageneral08]

$200 for an upgrade? damn you getting fucked verizon expense as shit anyway so I'm not surprise

 

[Bcotton5]

yea Verizon expensive as hell think Im gonna pick it up next week Im still on the fence if I should wait for a better or not

 

[The Lonious Monk]

How much does it cost with an upgrade on other carriers?

 

[Bcotton5]

How much does it cost with an upgrade on other carriers?

Im staying Verizon, under a family plan

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Nah I was asking because you guys are saying 200 is expensive for an upgrade. I was wondering what the subsidized price for the phone was on other carriers.

 

[vageneral08]

How much does it cost with an upgrade on other carriers?

well I know with sprint it's 150 for the S4 I dont know about at&t

 

[Bcotton5]

I just went to walmart and saw the S4 black upgrade for 168 + a $50 walmart gift card, guess the Verizon stores are just taxing

 

[The Lonious Monk]

I just went to walmart and saw the S4 black upgrade for 168 + a $50 walmart gift card, guess the Verizon stores are just taxing

Nah, I'm sure you can go to other stores and find special deals on the phones too. There is a difference between finding a third party store with perks and buying the phone straight from the carrier.

 

[blakfyahking]

I'm on that........the S4 is a fucking beast

got a 64GB micro SD

although the 16GB that came on the phone wasn't bad tho...........I still had like 12GB free on my phone

so wtf is up with these other cats talmbout they only got approximately 9GB from their phone's internal storage?

 

[joshuaboy]

I'm on that........the S4 is a fucking beast

got a 64GB micro SD

although the 16GB that came on the phone wasn't bad tho...........I still had like 12GB free on my phone

so wtf is up with these other cats talmbout they only got approximately 9GB from their phone's internal storage?

Of the 16g that comes with the phone 7,5g is being taken by the OS(operating system). Touchwiz the OS for Samsung is a memory beast. If you're a big picture and video taker those 9g's will be eating up very quick especially since Apps to SD isn't available on these phones. Here's a article on the subject...http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4401652/samsung-galaxy-s4-update-storage-improvements-sd-card-apps

Wish we knew this before buying or I would have got the 32GB model

 

[tha bause]

Didn't want to make a separate thread for this but I think the HTC One is a better phone. My humble opinion

 

[The Lonious Monk]

I think the general consensus when the two came out were that the One was a better designed phone both hardware and softwarewise, but the S4 has more bells and whistles.