Galaxy S5 Enthusiast

kingrob said:
Yup, Sony knows a thing or two about cameras, while Samsung doesnt.
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Yet Samsung have managed to get better results with Sony's own sensors than Sony has themselves, the S3, Note 2, S4 and Note 3 are proof of that, I bet if Sony licensed out the Z1/Z2 sensor to other OEMs the story would be the same.

Sony seem to have great expertise in the hardware side of Mobile Camera production, but software? They lack what Samsung and Apple have, as both use Sony sensors and get better results.

I'd say Samsung know a thing or two about Cameras, the Samsung Pixon12 was a beast of a thing from what I remember in the Camera dept. but wasn't widely distributed.
 
Tsepz_011 said:
Yet Samsung have managed to get better results with Sony's own sensors than Sony has themselves, the S3, Note 2, S4 and Note 3 are proof of that, I bet if Sony licensed out the Z1/Z2 sensor to other OEMs the story would be the same.

Sony seem to have great expertise in the hardware side of Mobile Camera production, but software? They lack what Samsung and Apple have, as both use Sony sensors and get better results.

I'd say Samsung know a thing or two about Cameras, the Samsung Pixon12 was a beast of a thing from what I remember in the Camera dept. but wasn't widely distributed.
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Sony sells a lot of cameras - why make your whole business obselete with mobile phones?
 
fanie.dry said:
so you agree then the sony mobile camera isn't really 'the next big thing'?
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Sony wouldn't skimp on their hardware, but they might hold back on their mobile phone camera software, as not to directly compete with their own cameras.

Well, the times they are changing, so Sony might rethink things.
 
kingrob said:
Sony wouldn't skimp on their hardware, but they might hold back on their mobile phone camera software, as not to directly compete with their own cameras.

Well, the times they are changing, so Sony might rethink things.
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I'll take that as a 'Yes' then :P
 
fanie.dry said:
wat

you might have skipped some posts there buddy... but do it, do it now, regret it later ;)
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Didn't you hear? We're leaving the S5 for you to fly the Samsung flag high. :p

Btw, I won't be going back to Android in this lifetime. I still admire and follow the tech though. :D
 
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Azimuth said:
Didn't you hear? We're leaving the S5 for you to fly the Samsung flag high. :p

Btw, I won't be going back to Android in this lifetime. I still admire and follow the tech though. :D
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please don't say apple, please don't say apple, please don't say apple, please don't say apple....
 
Azimuth said:
Didn't you hear? We're leaving the S5 for you to fly the Samsung flag high. :p

Btw, I won't be going back to Android in this lifetime. I still admire and follow the tech though. :D
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please don't say apple, please don't say apple, please don't say apple, please don't say apple....
 
fanie.dry said:
wat

you might have skipped some posts there buddy... but do it, do it now, regret it later ;)
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+1

I changed from the iPhone 5 to a Sony Z. I regretted it so much I got a Note 2 but felt that was too big and got the P6. I really didn't like the Sony and the camera was CRAP compared to the other phones above.... Also felt touchwiz was more refined than the Xperia UI
 
ahoudet said:
+1

I changed from the iPhone 5 to a Sony Z. I regretted it so much I got a Note 2 but felt that was too big and got the P6. I really didn't like the Sony and the camera was CRAP compared to the other phones above.... Also felt touchwiz was more refined than the Xperia UI
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Wow, you really have tried everything. Touchwiz is nice and smooth, but it lacks customisability. Especially on my Note 3. Icons is just to big. Needs to be shrukin down with more rows and columns added. Nova/Apex the best for that.
 
fanie.dry said:
Wow, you really have tried everything. Touchwiz is nice and smooth, but it lacks customisability. Especially on my Note 3. Icons is just to big. Needs to be shrukin down with more rows and columns added. Nova/Apex the best for that.
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Change system font to Samsung Sans font. ; )
 
Rocket-Boy said:
I wasnt expecting much from the S5 to be honest, there arent any massive leaps being made at the moment hardware wise that would warrant a bit change.
The S3 was revolutionary with its quad core processor and display but hardware isnt on the edge of another big break through right now.
Im actually considering seeing what the iphone6 has to offer before I decide on something.
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The S3 revolutionary with its display? :erm:

I think not. It went from a RGB configuration to a pentile matrix and only got a few pixels more.

The screen from the S3 to the S4 was more revolutionary with much better colour accuracy and bumped to 1080p.
 
genetic said:
The S3 revolutionary with its display? :erm:

I think not. It went from a RGB configuration to a pentile matrix and only got a few pixels more.

The screen from the S3 to the S4 was more revolutionary with much better colour accuracy and bumped to 1080p.
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+1

The S3 display suffers from black clipping as well, its a terrible display.
 
kingrob said:
+1

The S3 display suffers from black clipping as well, its a terrible display.
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Just goes to show how all things are relative. I'm looking at an S3 display right now and I'd be hard pressed to call it terrible under any circumstances. No doubt if compared side by side with another display I may see it is a little inferior now but surely still not terrible?
 
I put both the i9300 and the i747 next to each other yesterday and compared the screens... The i747 was somehow much better! Though it was the newer and more looked after one of the two
 
The S5 was a huge disappointment for me. Probably won't bother upgrading my S3 for another year. The latest Cyanogenmod and a new battery has breathed new life into my phone.
 
Bryn26 said:
The S5 was a huge disappointment for me. Probably won't bother upgrading my S3 for another year. The latest Cyanogenmod and a new battery has breathed new life into my phone.
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Those S3s are still great devices! Not too big as well and the perfect screen size IMO... Really enjoyed the one I used while repairing my Note 2.
 
genetic said:
The S3 revolutionary with its display? :erm:

I think not. It went from a RGB configuration to a pentile matrix and only got a few pixels more.

The screen from the S3 to the S4 was more revolutionary with much better colour accuracy and bumped to 1080p.
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While I agree it wasn't the best screen of it's time (compared to some of the competition) if you hold it up next to an S2, which I've recently done, the differences in clarity, colour and sharpness are huge. So yes, not the best it could of been, but certainly a large step up from where it was before.

Now the S4 to S5 leap I suspect, at least in terms of display, isn't going to be anywhere near as big as from S1-S2, S2-S3 or S3-S4.
 
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