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So im just wondering if anyone knows if therell be a midnight release for the nexus 4 or if anyone knows when the orders will go live any info can be helpful!!
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Nobody knows but why the panic?
Its not gonna sell out on the first day, people thought this with the nexus 7 pre-order.
.... Yet all orders from the first WEEK were in the 1st wave of dispatches.
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No panic im selling my phone so I want to order it asap so I dont have to go too long with out one you know!!!
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I was wondering the same thing.
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Nobody knows but why the panic?
Its not gonna sell out on the first day, people thought this with the nexus 7 pre-order.
.... Yet all orders from the first WEEK were in the 1st wave of dispatches.
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So were pre-orders for the Nexus 7 started at midnight?
I would think there to be a tremendous difference in demand between a lame ass 7" tab and a quad core 2gb mobile phone with the latest hardware priced insanely cheaper domestically than elsewhere. Insanely cheaper, period.
Never know but I don't expect the 16gb Nexus 4 to last 5min.
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I was wondering the same thing.
So were pre-orders for the Nexus 7 started at midnight?
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No preorders started as soon as Google io was finished
http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-4/222850-info-nexus-4-t-mobile.html#post2301584
Well there ya go. Part of me didn't want to post it as to steer people away from bringing down the site, but meh, I'll be optimistic that Google has enough stock + demand isn't THATT high.
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I would think there to be a tremendous difference in demand between a lame ass 7" tab and a quad core 2gb mobile phone with the latest hardware priced insanely cheaper domestically than elsewhere. Insanely cheaper, period.
Never know but I don't expect the 16gb Nexus 4 to last 5min.
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Why?
Only people who follow these tech sites know about the Nexus 4 here in the UK, no tv, radio, newspaper articles have been shown.
We also get stock from a totally different country to US orders.
For the mast majority, only people who go into an O2 store will know about it, and their stock differs from the playstore stock.
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What does spam f5 mean and what kind of info should you have ready?
I have already bought stuff from the Google Play store so they have all my details. I figured I would just sign in well before midnight and when the Nexus 4 became available I would select it to buy.
Has anyone bought like a device on the first day available and would like to share what happened?
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What does spam f5 mean and what kind of info should you have ready?
I have already bought stuff from the Google Play store so they have all my details. I figured I would just sign in well before midnight and when the Nexus 4 became available I would select it to buy.
Has anyone bought like a device on the first day available and would like to share what happened?
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Assuming you're serious, spamming F5 means quickly and repeatedly pressing the F5 key on the keyboard, to constantly refresh the webpage in hopes of it letting you order the phone
I have never heard of that before even though I have been around computers since the 70's. Thanks for the clarification.
I thinking the UK is going to be the easier place to get a midnight order done. There have been no ads or whatever as someone in this thread has already said. Also, here in the UK the majority of people buy off contract phones so this one isn't going to be that different. But on the flipside in the US there is a massive LTE network that you wont be able to access and that will cut the amount down quite a bit. I'm guessing they will sell a lot but I don't see it selling out...... unless they start running ads after they open the site to orders.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...-shipments-start-november-13th-no-pre-orders/
I wouldn't bet or hold your breath on a midnight release, but who knows anything can happen.
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Hey guys. My Xperia Z was stolen from the delivery package so if I get my money and by the time I get them the obvious choice to buy would be Galaxy S4. I was really impressed with it and really don't get the hate it gets from a lot of people.
So, is it safe to preorder it or buy very soon after launch? Did S2, S3 have any problems which were fixed later in production?
I think we need to wait a few weeks before buy it. Last year the first galaxy S3 had some problems with the processor and the motherboard.
I have a first generation sgs3 no problems here.
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Yea but if you have problems you can rerun it or have warranty your prolly be lucky to get one let alone wait two weeks its gonna be a hot seller I would pick one up while I can.
Pretty sure you'll be ok.
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I bought my s3 in June 1st, no faults at all. It's still live and kicking
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I got my S3 the day it hit the stores, its been flawless.
I will get my S4 the same way- the day it hits the store, why wait? if something is defective you get another one, no big deal.
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I got my S3 the day it hit the stores, its been flawless.
I will get my S4 the same way- the day it hits the store, why wait? if something is defective you get another one, no big deal.
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Return period here is 2 weeks I think after that if I get a problem I will have to bring it into service where they will try to determine the problem for a month and I will be left with no phone for that period of time.
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Return period here is 2 weeks I think after that if I get a problem I will have to bring it into service where they will try to determine the problem for a month and I will be left with no phone for that period of time.
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Ah,i pay $10 per month insurance from where i buy my phones so if anything happens..brick,water,drop...whatever i get a replacement on the spot.i do this with all my devices..totally worth it.when i get the s4 ill drop the insurance on my s3 as it will be back up only,use the s4 and note 2 as my primary devices.
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I've had an s1, s2 and s3 all purchased on the 1st day of release. Not 1 has had a hardware defect.
More than I can say for my n7 & n10 purchases, they were bad (n7 many months after release and still defective units), 4 bad n10s in a row.
I finally have a good n7, but gave up with the n10, odd as it was also made by Samsung??
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For my S1 I got it one week after launch but it was a 1007 build if I remember correctly. It had/has no problems STILL. Many builds versions after it had GPS issues and such. No problems for me or anyone at the time that had 1006/1007 (First released versions) from anyone I read on the i897 forum at the time.
My S2 was the first builds dates and NO ISSUES whatsoever STILL (Wife is using it now after her build that came out several months later died recently by her own fault. But hers did have some strange issues/Sleep of Deaths on occasions that I blamed on her and the way she used the phone. They both ran the same firmware versions of CM/Sammy builds but only she had issues. But my OG from release day is still going strong.
My S3 no issues but I didn't get it until November 2012 so it was a later build.
So my best guess is that First builds are not that bad at all...
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I've been on the phone all morning calling all the AT&Ts around trying to find out who's got the S4, and no one seems to have it or know when they're getting it, some say they expect to get them some time tmrw, others said they will today, and a few have told me they usually get shipments in the morning, and it being 1pm now they don't expect anything else today
I've been getting bad news and dead ends everywhere..
have any of you had any luck with your local AT&Ts? just heard this morning Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile got pushed back due to supply issues.. which makes me worry about my ability to pick one up tmrw morning.. shouldn't AT&T have stock by now and be setting up displays?
kinda worried.. any of you guys having better luck than i am?
EDIT: whow! i been using the bookmarked page on my XDA app so much i didn't realize ATT's S4 got its own section .. guess ill be seeing you guys~ take care!
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I've been on the phone all morning calling all the AT&Ts around trying to find out who's got the S4, and no one seems to have it or know when they're getting it, some say they expect to get them some time tmrw, others said they will today, and a few have told me they usually get shipments in the morning, and it being 1pm now they don't expect anything else today
I've been getting bad news and dead ends everywhere..
have any of you had any luck with your local AT&Ts? just heard this morning Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile got pushed back due to supply issues.. which makes me worry about my ability to pick one up tmrw morning.. shouldn't AT&T have stock by now and be setting up displays?
kinda worried.. any of you guys having better luck than i am?
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I picked up mine yesterday, but I think I was more the exception than the rule. I preordered mine last weekend and the store received it yesterday, but they said mine was the only one that arrived. =( I hope you get yours soon!
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I've been on the phone all morning calling all the AT&Ts around trying to find out who's got the S4, and no one seems to have it or know when they're getting it, some say they expect to get them some time tmrw, others said they will today, and a few have told me they usually get shipments in the morning, and it being 1pm now they don't expect anything else today
I've been getting bad news and dead ends everywhere..
have any of you had any luck with your local AT&Ts? just heard this morning Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile got pushed back due to supply issues.. which makes me worry about my ability to pick one up tmrw morning.. shouldn't AT&T have stock by now and be setting up displays?
kinda worried.. any of you guys having better luck than i am?
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I got mine from pre-order on Tuesday via FedEx. This thing is awesome.
The story keeps changing
Initially weeks ago I was told to come back to my store when preorders shipped and I could pick one up. Then I was told Tuesday in the store that they would be released today so I made an appointment to upgrade at opening today. When I called to confirm my appoinment and the arrival of the S4's last night they told me they are not releasing until Saturday. Tired of getting the run around, I called 3 other AT&T stores and confirmed that Saturday is the day. They actually posted it on twittter earlier in the week but I guess I was hoping that to be wrong so I could get it sooner than Saturday. But it is what it is people, deal with it or go somewhere else to get it....
FYI, avoid lines and waiting tomorrow morning for the release and make an appointment for an upgrade if you are an AT&T customer. Schedule for when the store opens and you will be the first walking out the door with that little gem in your hands. That tip is for free....
I saw that appointment thing, but I figured they wouldn't really honor it tomorrow.
Got mine. Pre ordered on 4.20. Received 4.25
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Jooosty said:
Got mine. Pre ordered on 4.20. Received 4.25
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jealous. and i hate you. hoping i only have to wait 5 days for my verizon phone!
edit: not holding my breathe. thats verizon for u -_-
Got mine. Preordered the 16th. Got it yesterday.
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My local store (suburb of Memphis) has them. I was in there a bit ago to see if they had any decent accessories (I got my phone in mail yesterday).
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Got mine. Preordered the 16th. Got it yesterday.
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Hows it so far?
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Hows it so far?
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The best phone I've ever used. Not one complaint yet. .. well besides the lack of root but in due time
I love the display settings. If you hate the usual over saturated Amoleds then you can easily change the color calibration easily.
1080p screen is amazing. The camera is really detailed and a lot of fun with all the features included. I'll post a full res picture in the next post.
http://www.theshortbusriders.com/temp/s4.jpg
There's a shot for ya. It may not be the best I've taken because I did the uploading and all through my phone.
I will say that I'm coming from a Galaxy Note and I couldn't be happier. Smaller phone but still with a large screen.
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Got mine this past Wednesday, I pre ordered from att premiere website. Love the screen and size, the cell is slippery as heck though I would advise getting a case. I ordered a neo case from spigen
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ZPaul2Fresh8 said:
The best phone I've ever used. Not one complaint yet. .. well besides the lack of root but in due time
I love the display settings. If you hate the usual over saturated Amoleds then you can easily change the color calibration easily.
1080p screen is amazing. The camera is really detailed and a lot of fun with all the features included. I'll post a full res picture in the next post.
http://www.theshortbusriders.com/temp/s4.jpg
There's a shot for ya. It may not be the best I've taken because I did the uploading and all through my phone.
I will say that I'm coming from a Galaxy Note and I couldn't be happier. Smaller phone but still with a large screen.
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Good to know. I'm on the Note 1 and called AT&T and somehow convinced them to start my contract over from today and let me upgrade to the s4. Had to order online though.
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Walked into my AT&T store (Reno) today and they had both colors in stock.
The Att corporate store where I live in Kentucky has them in stock to sell. I went in to try out the demo unit. The nice sales last asked me if I wanted one since they had them in stock. Two things stopped me: I am a Verizon customer and waiting (perhaps with futility) for a 32gb version. That 9gb of free storage would be filled over by some of my Gameloft games alone.
Yes, if you want to come all the way to Massachusetts. HA. My AT&T store is full of them. Sprint however is selling them like hotcakes.
Ok, first off. Let me state that I paid FULL price for my galaxy s4 when I originally purchased it. After about a day, the screen went out on me, large areas of the super amoled where completely blacked while, while some areas still displayed picture. This was annoying, but things happen in the early stages of device manufacturing, although I have never experienced this with a Samsung device. When I returned to the sprint store that i purchased the phone from the sales rep was pretty cool about it, and agreed to replace it. The second replacement had scuffing all over the body, a ding here, a dent there, not to mention the phone crashed every hour. At this point I'm starting to get pretty irritated, irritated enough to leave Samsung this time around. The guy mentioned that not many are experiencing this problem, and maybe I should give the HTC ONE a shot. (Which is code for you may have un-diagnosed OCD, so let me just give you a different device.) As soon as I took the HTC ONE home I was completely shocked. Never in my life have I seen such poor quality control standards for a flagship device. There was paint runoff, gaps between panels (when HTC advertises no gap build quality), and speaker malfunctioning. Now, this is my THIRD device. I WANTED the Samsung Galaxy s4, and in some way still do, but decided to go a different route simply so I could have a working cell phone. I paid 600 dollars for a top end device, and am yet to receive that. How should I go about this? Do I go back to the same sprint store, while looking mentally insane requesting a fourth return, or attempt a different sprint location who may actually have working devices? All I want a is damn galaxy s4 or HTC one in prestine, brand new condition that WORKS. Is this not obtainable anymore, even at a price of 600.00? Claiming warranty on a device with scuffing and alignment issues is not going to happen, period. They will claim I caused the damage, even though the entire phone is in prestine condition with zero evidence of dropping or abuse. I refuse to accept a response like that from sprint. Am I crazy for wanting a perfect phone?
Any advice on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated. I love Samsung, their quality control is hands down superior to virtually any other company. However, I need a working smartphone, and at a price of 600.00 + activation fee + gas for exchanges every day + infecting me with OCD .... something needs to give here, and soon.
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Ok, first off. Let me state that I paid FULL price for my galaxy s4 when I originally purchased it. After about a day, the screen went out on me, large areas of the super amoled where completely blacked while, while some areas still displayed picture. This was annoying, but things happen in the early stages of device manufacturing, although I have never experienced this with a Samsung device. When I returned to the sprint store that i purchased the phone from the sales rep was pretty cool about it, and agreed to replace it. The second replacement had scuffing all over the body, a ding here, a dent there, not to mention the phone crashed every hour. At this point I'm starting to get pretty irritated, irritated enough to leave Samsung this time around. The guy mentioned that not many are experiencing this problem, and maybe I should give the HTC ONE a shot. (Which is code for you may have un-diagnosed OCD, so let me just give you a different device.) As soon as I took the HTC ONE home I was completely shocked. Never in my life have I seen such poor quality control standards for a flagship device. There was paint runoff, gaps between panels (when HTC advertises no gap build quality), and speaker malfunctioning. Now, this is my THIRD device. I WANTED the Samsung Galaxy s4, and in some way still do, but decided to go a different route simply so I could have a working cell phone. I paid 600 dollars for a top end device, and am yet to receive that. How should I go about this? Do I go back to the same sprint store, while looking mentally insane requesting a fourth return, or attempt a different sprint location who may actually have working devices? All I want a is damn galaxy s4 or HTC one in prestine, brand new condition that WORKS. Is this not obtainable anymore, even at a price of 600.00? Claiming warranty on a device with scuffing and alignment issues is not going to happen, period. They will claim I caused the damage, even though the entire phone is in prestine condition with zero evidence of dropping or abuse. I refuse to accept a response like that from sprint. Am I crazy for wanting a perfect phone?
Any advice on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated. I love Samsung, their quality control is hands down superior to virtually any other company. However, I need a working smartphone, and at a price of 600.00 + activation fee + gas for exchanges every day + infecting me with OCD .... something needs to give here, and soon.
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You are perfectly in your right mind to want to get your full monies worth. Take it back. And if they don't believe you, ask for a manager. Explain how they keep giving you defective devices. If you get a replacement. Open it and check it out at the store in front of them. If you don't, try another store. Do the same process. Otherwise you might be better off stopping service than going to a different store. This is why I like getting phones through best buy. Geek squad understands this kind of crap.
Agree 100%^
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Keep puchiny i had 5 s4 with blue spots in screen and reboot issues on 2 of them on the 6th exchange I got a perfect device. Im ocd as well so I know how you feel.
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I've had 4 s4's. I bought it brand new, got it replaced because overheating problems, then the other 2 had screen tint issues. There was half of the screen that looked green. I kept going to the store and thanksfully my last replacement haven't give me a problem. My advice is to keep going to the store and get it replaced or get your money back.
As long as you are within 14 days go for it.
Make sure and open up your device before leaving with it.
These devices arrive sealed from the manufacturer so it isn't Sprint causing your woes here it is the manufacturer.
Once you are beyond 14 days you will have to deal with the manufacturer or use total equipment protection if you have it so get it taken care of soon.
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You are perfectly in your right mind to want to get your full monies worth. Take it back. And if they don't believe you, ask for a manager. Explain how they keep giving you defective devices. If you get a replacement. Open it and check it out at the store in front of them. If you don't, try another store. Do the same process. Otherwise you might be better off stopping service than going to a different store. This is why I like getting phones through best buy. Geek squad understands this kind of crap.
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First off you should have gotten a new SGS4 phone replacement not 1 that was scuffed up.I regards to the HTC 1 I have heard lots of horror stories about QC issues on their devices. Go to another sprint store(corporate owned if possible)and try your luck there.
After my 6th s4 had lines going through the screen and burnt pixels..... I really lost my cool. I demanded my money back so I could purchase the s4 elsewhere. Got my refund... went to best buy, and what do you know, an s4 that WORKS. The sprint store I was dealing with was pretty cool with all the exchanges, and were jusy mind blown by my bad luck with this s4. I called samsung and asked them how they plan to release different s4 builds if they still cant get their QC under control with the original s4.
I can't say Samsung really screwed up this round, considering I could have been dealing with a bad shipment, but after reading various posts, its pretty clear samsung has some MAJOR flaws that need to be worked out in their manufacturing department.
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ALL the phones I had, including this one, has purple smearing. Pretty sure virtually all s4's have it.
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After my 6th s4 had lines going through the screen and burnt pixels..... I really lost my cool. I demanded my money back so I could purchase the s4 elsewhere. Got my refund... went to best buy, and what do you know, an s4 that WORKS. The sprint store I was dealing with was pretty cool with all the exchanges, and were jusy mind blown by my bad luck with this s4. I called samsung and asked them how they plan to release different s4 builds if they still cant get their QC under control with the original s4.
I can't say Samsung really screwed up this round, considering I could have been dealing with a bad shipment, but after reading various posts, its pretty clear samsung has some MAJOR flaws that need to be worked out in their manufacturing department.
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ALL the phones I had, including this one, has purple smearing. Pretty sure virtually all s4's have it.
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Wow, that's really crazy and troublesome what you went through. I feel lucky b/c my first smartphones received never had such problems.
The purple smear, though, is a software fix away in a future firmware update.
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After my 6th s4 had lines going through the screen and burnt pixels..... I really lost my cool. I demanded my money back so I could purchase the s4 elsewhere. Got my refund... went to best buy, and what do you know, an s4 that WORKS. The sprint store I was dealing with was pretty cool with all the exchanges, and were jusy mind blown by my bad luck with this s4. I called samsung and asked them how they plan to release different s4 builds if they still cant get their QC under control with the original s4.
I can't say Samsung really screwed up this round, considering I could have been dealing with a bad shipment, but after reading various posts, its pretty clear samsung has some MAJOR flaws that need to be worked out in their manufacturing department.
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ALL the phones I had, including this one, has purple smearing. Pretty sure virtually all s4's have it.
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That's great. Yes all S4 have smearing. It has to do with the pixels catching up to what you're doing.
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That's great. Yes all S4 have smearing. It has to do with the pixels catching up to what you're doing.
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I'm not sure I understand all this talk about purple smearing. I got my phone off Amazon, and I've had zero issues. I've never seen anything that I would remotely describe as "purple smearing." Maybe a tiny, almost undescernable about of ghosting if I'm looking at black text on a white background and I scroll really fast, but nothing worse than any other device I've owned (better in most cases, actually).
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Same here I got two s4s one from craiglist the other from assurion notna single issue with either. I am pretty shocked to hear of such issues. Also wondering if its possible it could be psychosomatic
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Same here I got two s4s one from craiglist the other from assurion notna single issue with either. I am pretty shocked to hear of such issues. Also wondering if its possible it could be psychosomatic
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Well, if you would consider 10+ burnt pixels , body scuffing, and lines running down your screen as just high expectations, im sure you would have been quite satisfied.
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I'm not sure I understand all this talk about purple smearing. I got my phone off Amazon, and I've had zero issues. I've never seen anything that I would remotely describe as "purple smearing." Maybe a tiny, almost undescernable about of ghosting if I'm looking at black text on a white background and I scroll really fast, but nothing worse than any other device I've owned (better in most cases, actually).
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Turn your brightness on auto or down, go into your settings and scroll. You will see purple smearing and text ghosting. Its a firmware issue and im willing to bet all s4's have it.
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Turn your brightness on auto or down, go into your settings and scroll. You will see purple smearing and text ghosting. Its a firmware issue and im willing to bet all s4's have it.
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I don't know if that's an S4 issue as much as it's an issue with AMOLED screens in general. In any case, it doesn't affect me because I like to keep my screen nice and bright.
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I don't know if that's an S4 issue as much as it's an issue with AMOLED screens in general. In any case, it doesn't affect me because I like to keep my screen nice and bright.
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I decided to turn my brightness all the way down and try it for myself. Still no smearing.
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Me either. I work for Sprint and sell four to ten s4's in a day. Haven't had one return except for the usual suspects who claim the phone got so hot it melted their face off and it never gets that hot when we check. Of course, these are usually the folk with candy crush and multiple crap free games running in the back ground. Everybody in my family had s4's with 0 defect. 5 to be exact
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I don't know if that's an S4 issue as much as it's an issue with AMOLED screens in general. In any case, it doesn't affect me because I like to keep my screen nice and bright.
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I decided to turn my brightness all the way down and try it for myself. Still no smearing.
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Amoled screens are not supposed to smear purple and ghost at low brightness. I have personally handled over ten galaxy s4's and every single one had this issue. You are either not catching it or extremely lucky. Either way it's not that big of a deal, doesn't bother me really, just annoying knowing its there.
Can you post video of the smearing? Because since reading this post, I can't duplicate it any device I've sold from the store, our demo devices or our family devices.
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Can you post video of the smearing? Because since reading this post, I can't duplicate it any device I've sold from the store, our demo devices or our family devices.
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Open the app drawer and swipe through the apps slowly, back and forth....I verified it on every S4 in our store and mine yesterday...I owned the phone for weeks and never noticed.
Some others have mentioned an issue that has been present on all AMOLED...that issue is different and is "crush" where black/gray are not rendered correctly. I too made the assumption this is what everyone was refering too.
Also mentioned it is supposedly in the kernel and will be fixed in an update.
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Uh, that's written into the framework. The opaque setting of an icon is meant to change as it transitions on and off the screen. That is not a defect or smearing. Would love to see video of it's so easy to duplicate.
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I personally will not because it's just wayyyy to ridiculously big in my opinion lol. The new features look pretty damn sick though not gonna lie!
Multitasking on the Note 3
Scrapbook on the Note
S-Finder on the Note 3
Gamepad on the Note 3
I highly recommend watching the new multitasking, I PRAYYY that we get that, looks pretty damn cool!!
Agreed, just far too big to consider for a phone I'd be willing to carry around. Nice features, and I'm sure it's a great device. But I'm not into Phablets.
If I was due for an upgrade would for sure consider it just because of hardware/functionality. Think I would get used to the size as long as the screen looks nice. However, with the S4 and Note 8 I would not be gaining much if anything.
Not me. While I would love to own one, I don't hate money enough to pay full price for a relatively marginal upgrade three months after getting a phone I am very happy with.
My upgrade date is in December. I'll probably sell the S4 and get a Note 3 then. I think it looks amazing, expecially the multitasking features, not to mention the Snapdragon 800 and 3 gigs of ram. I don't mind the size at all.
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Videos made me want it more. I must have it. Give it to me now.
I'm extremely happy with my S4 but will definitely take a look at the Note 3. It's a bit big but the features that they have shown in their promo video seems like something I could use.
I'm on that beast the day it's released. The Note 3 is more powerful than most laptops. Love everything about it and finally Samsung increased the internal storage along with everything on the phone. After market accessories will be a plenty. Thank You Samsung.
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I'm with ya. I'm trying to sell my phone and accessories in preparation for the release.
I personally wont be getting it but my wifey and mom will be picking them up. The size doesn't really matter for them since they carry their phones inside their purses.
As for me, I'm gonna wait for the redesigned S5.
Gonnna wait for samsung galaxy s5.. or nokia if they ever come out on the sprint carrier
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Well I have 3 lines and I get all the upgrades so my s4 will be off to my gf and I be getting the note 3 . I might have to wait til christmas to get it because the xbox one will consume much of my play money.
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I'll stay with my S4 it does everything I need it too already. Multitask already have a app for that, Gamepad I use ps3 controller with the sixaxis app, etc etc...
It looks like a a pretty sweet ride, but for what I need my phone for it's just way too big.
The s4 is borderline too big to carry in the environment I work in!
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I'll probably be switching to Note 3 when Note 4 is released
I was already at two and a half years on the Epic 4G Touch, patiently awaiting an upgrade to the note 3. Well two weeks ago I got the blue light of death (hard bricked) on my old 4G Touch. So I had to go for another phone and thought I would be very happy with the s4. Well wouldn't you know it two days after I have my s4 reading on XDA of all the awesome customizations and tweak apps I can install on the phone I was very happy that is until the Note 3 specs came out. The rep that sold me the S4 extended my exchange time by 15 days until the 25th of September. He said to contact him or come in before that date and he would extend it again then when the note 3 comes out around October 1st or 2nd he will exchange me into that phone at no charge and swap all accessories I have already purchased for the s4. I really want to note 3 but it is a huge beast to carry around in a working environment and play environment also but I think I'm going to go for it.
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It's a very nice device. Nice looks and feel. A Samsung rep brought one into to my work, Best buy a couple days ago. The back feels like leather and the front has kind of a wood grain or brushed look and the one he had, black was actually a dark black not like the S4.
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pcmanager said:
I was already at two and a half years on the Epic 4G Touch, patiently awaiting an upgrade to the note 3. Well two weeks ago I got the blue light of death (hard bricked) on my old 4G Touch. So I had to go for another phone and thought I would be very happy with the s4. Well wouldn't you know it two days after I have my s4 reading on XDA of all the awesome customizations and tweak apps I can install on the phone I was very happy that is until the Note 3 specs came out. The rep that sold me the S4 extended my exchange time by 15 days until the 25th of September. He said to contact him or come in before that date and he would extend it again then when the note 3 comes out around October 1st or 2nd he will exchange me into that phone at no charge and swap all accessories I have already purchased for the s4. I really want to note 3 but it is a huge beast to carry around in a working environment and play environment also but I think I'm going to go for it.
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I hope you have that in writing. Sprint is notorious for lying.
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I hope you have that in writing. Sprint is notorious for lying.
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Seems we think alike, I ask the rep if he was going to put that in writing, he printed out a receipt with the new Exchange date, and I've been taking notes to keep them honest. I'll post an update in this thread after a successful exchange to the note 3.
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DAMN this phone looks cool as hell... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t14-tjTcdsU#t=362