Customer Reviews for Samsung - Galaxy S 4 4G LTE Cell Phone (Verizon)
Customer Rating
4
Latest update is bad.
on May 28, 2014
Posted by: jslush
from Kenton, OH 43326, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
I love this phone but ever since the latest software update i hate it. They removed features and now i get every emergency alert there is. There is no option to turn them off, If you have this phone and have not done the update i suggest to not do it. I will be choosing a different manufacturer for my next phone that has they features i want.
Have it for 6 months, came with the 4.2 Android. It was great. However, after updated to 4.42 couple weeks ago, it started to go crazy a week ago, it constantly beep (that is the noticifcation sound), and cannot find what is the noticification is. I did use different noticification sound for different app. Spending 4 days to hunt it down, and remove, disable, and re-able and re-install apps, mostly Samsung apps, the annoying, and don't know what is notifying origin notification seems to die down a little. Also, some apps in Samsung apps store are great, SideSync 3, Samsung Link, and Kris 3 are great apps. However, please fix the Video Editor app, I un-installed it, since it keep unpdating, it is over 120 mb each time, annoying and wasting data usage, even on wifi. Please also update the Photo Editor, it is a good app.
Pros: Lightweight, work great for business purpose
Cons: too many useless app and not allow to remove, stop noticification
Never have I had a better phone. Love the s4 and still learning how to really unlock it's potential. By far the camera is one of the features of the phone I love most. Never get tired of snapping pictures or recording moments of my 2 year old son, and our little family of 3 bonding together! The s5 was released less than a month after I got my s4 but was out of my budget. Can't wait till I'm able to afford the the s5 or the latest phone available once I'm more financially stable.
Pros: Inexpensive, Lightweight, amazing camera and battery life
Cons: ahhhh..... probably verizon pre installed apps
the processor is lightning fast.... can't get over how fast i can access the web and the apps just fly up on the screen. I have tried many a cell phone in my day.... I am so happy with my Samsung S4
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, Lightweight, fast processor
The phone is very clear to view and super fast. My only con at this point is that a few people have said it's hard to understand me when I call them on the cell....so far I'm thinking it's reception quality from where I am or their phones, but I've heard this from a few people (not just one). I need more data points.
The Galaxy 4 has all the significant features I'm looking for in an Android smart phone. While other phones offer some different features, I view them as minor "nice to have but not necessary" features. I like the bigger screen, button placements and cameras.
One area to improve is how it works with the apps. The iphone does a better job on heavy user interfacing apps.
I love the simple sleek design, the many many cool features and how lightning fast the processor is in the phone. This was the phone that caused me to dump my obsession with the iPhone and since then I have not regretted it. The one area where I think there is room for improvement on the phone is in its battery consumption. I just find that the battery goes quite a bit quicker than some of the other smartphones I have used.