if there's one thing that all the reviews of the s5 seem to have picked up, it's that Samsung's main innovation right now is basically turning it's phone into the Homer Car of phones. They pretty much shove all the hardware bells and whistles onto their phones in a kind of chuck it at the wall and see what sticks method of r&d.
Then they add Touchwiz... oh touchwiz. I have a galaxy note II which has been a pretty decent phone, but I'm sick of the horrendous lag that touchwiz creates, it's ridiculous. +1 for Samsung innovation and r&d.
From reviewers first impressions of the oppo find 7a it's a pretty decent phone. I'm not about to jump into bed with the oneplus yet, but the most important tickboxes are there, it really depends on build quality. I really really do not think they are trying to pimp this as a cyanogenmod phone, it just happens to be a phone that uses that ROM. Is there any reason companies shouldn't be mentioning this?
First thing I do is root and then "freeze" AT&T stuff... and number of Samsung Stuffs... and crap like YPages and Flipbook.
Touchwiz seems nice as well, but tons of other launchers that are much better (Simpler is better IMO. Smart Launcher 2 Pro is my poison of choice).
My main beef with Samsung is Knox and the inevitable fight against rooting that the big boys inevitably launch. Note 3 apparently has KNOX, which will void you warranty if tripped (able to root without tripping on 4.3. 4.4 is still unrootable atm and why my OTA is disabled.).
It's the main reason why I would consider a small guy like this. Stock with no fear of bricking or voiding warranty when I do stuff with MY phone.
absolutely. I am currently considering rooting my note 2 to extend its life and get rid of all the preloaded crap.
I tend to use Apex launcher currently, but it doesn't alleviate touchwiz grodiness; amongst other thing there's that classic samsung pause when waking the phone.
I have no reason to know that this is true, but you might assume that the oneplus will be much easier to root and flash, considering it already has a rom like cyanogenmod. That would definitely make it more attractive to me too if that's the case.
Then they add Touchwiz... oh touchwiz. I have a galaxy note II which has been a pretty decent phone, but I'm sick of the horrendous lag that touchwiz creates, it's ridiculous. +1 for Samsung innovation and r&d.
From reviewers first impressions of the oppo find 7a it's a pretty decent phone. I'm not about to jump into bed with the oneplus yet, but the most important tickboxes are there, it really depends on build quality. I really really do not think they are trying to pimp this as a cyanogenmod phone, it just happens to be a phone that uses that ROM. Is there any reason companies shouldn't be mentioning this?
I'm really not sure what seems cheap here.