This phone is a work horse while providing all of the fun and function a first time smartphone owner would want. Great battery life means I get a full day without continued Bluetooth or hours of driver navigation. Get at least a 32GB version to cover the Samsung apps and carrier apps that cannot be removed and the apps you want.
I absolutely love it it does more than I could ever expect! It never fails only issue is my battery life doesn't last at all but looking into getting a new one!
The loudspeaker is much more intense than what my old S3 was capable of, with clearer crisp sound. I've dropped this thing from over 20' and its still rock solid after impact, however, Much like my S3, the frame is a bit feeble and hard to have in your pocket without the inevitable cracking, But in it's defense I am ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL on cellphones...
If you're into repair like myself, the digitizer is pretty solid, and I have replaced the glass 5 times on the stock digi, and 3x on a replacement backup fleabay special, which was fairly inexpensive, as well as the glass, and both of them are still super sensitive, tactile, and precise, even after accidentally overheating one, and mildly burning the OLED, which left me with 2 tiny hot spots that are seldom visible on a snow white screen.
It is what it is, and i would absolutely but it again if i had the choice to repeat my purchase.