Re: *Will the iPhone 5S make you switch to the Samsung Galaxy S4?
I do have a question about all this. just yesterday i got to spend a reasonable amount of time with the new galaxy. I placed my iPhone 5 right next to it, cranked brightness up on both and and then put them both to the test (basically running various apps and comparing them). First thing I thought was no matter how many more (screen) pixels future devices manage to have, that discussion is already completely futile because you just cannot tell the difference any longer. It now comes down to saturation etc. to enhance the overall impression of a screen (I liked my retina better, and yep i'm trying to be impartial here) , but arguing the S4 screen beat the i5 because it stores more pixels sounds as pointless to me as the camera pixel debate. Seriously... who could tell the difference these days?
Back to what surprised me: I couldn't help thinking that the whole samsung UI experience is (visually) still very underwhelming and looks... old? Seriously, iOS needs an overhaul, agreed, but I don't get how people can make the argument iOS looked too old compared to THIS. Looking at the contacts, or opening (the highly skeuomorphic) notes app, I felt reminded of the very first samsung smartphones, it just comes across the opposite of unified. I'm really not trying to bash Samsung here. I just think in comparison even iOs6 already looks more polished and round. Many samsung apps still have this classic look (often inspired by Apple's first models) and I wonder how Samsung are gonna react to iOS7? Because I honestly believe in terms of user experience (not talking about specs) iOS7 will be far ahead and customers that waver between the two will probably feel the same way. For once it won't be Apple who play catch-up. So what is it that makes the S4 stand out? What did I miss? I wasn't a huge fan of the UI, nor of the plastic hardware. Is it solely specs people are discussing/getting worked up over?
Maybe/Surely I am inherently biased, but I'm willing to learn.