Let me just start by saying that I am not an expert. I am just a regular guy who tries to keep up on the latest mobile stuff. I do care about specs, but above all, I care about how the phone functions for daily use. So moving on, ok this phone is freaking awesome. I've had it for a little over a week on T-Mobile and it's been great. There are a couple things that I am going to keep an eye on as the time goes on and I'll get to those in a bit. I'm going to try to break this review down by the things that people seem to be most interested about and the things that are most important to me.
Hardware and Buttons:
Simply put, I love them. They are very easy to reach and my fingers do fall to them naturally when I hold the phone. I, like Aaron, even found myself trying to reach for them when I grabbed a different phone.
Display:
Awesome. Viewing angles are 180 degrees and the colors are vivid and vibrant. Nothing seems too washed out or mis-represented, but again, I'm no expert. It's great for me and I've had no issues.
Camera:
Freaking amazing. That's all I need to say. Never used a better one on a smartphone. It will be more than sufficient for any basic photography needs you may have.
Software:
LG's UI is actually pretty cool. I like how it works and it's very fluid. Knock-on does work. It does take 2 or 3 times of trying more often than I would like (probably about 30% of the time), but it's not bad enough to be annoying. Opening and closing apps is snappy and very responsive, and I've had several apps open at a time and this phone never skipped a beat. In short, it works great.
Battery life:
Battery life has been great. I unplug my phone at around 7 am every morning and never have to plug it back even after I go to bed at around midnight every night. Usually, I still have around 15-20% life left when I plug it in at midnight. I consider myself a moderate user. I work with kids and teenagers a lot so I spend a lot of time texting and using social media. I also answer emails throughout the day and occasionally watch a YouTube video or two. Sometimes I'll do a couple of episodes on Netflix and I still get the same battery life. I also use navigation at least once or twice a day. I have never noticed any issues.
Cons:
There is really only one issue I have noticed with this phone. Lag. Believe or not, I have experienced lag on this phone more than a few times a day. The main time I have noticed is right after I send a text message in the stok messaging app and I am backing out of the app. The phone will pause for a couple seconds as it is working. If I go directly to home, it works just fine, but if I try to back out, it pauses. However, if I do leave a thread open and go back home without backing out, notifications for new text messages will not appear in the notification bar. The sound will still go off, but notifications will not appear. I'm not sure if these issues are due to the stock messaging app or the phone itself but either way they are concerning.
Misc:
Everything else have been great for me. Call quality is fantastic, all radios connect quickly and reliably, and all the advertised features work as expected.
Overall, I love this phone. It has been super fast and extremely reliable and it does live up to the reputation it has gotten from the reviews.
This mobile really set Samsung apart from anyone in the mobile business.
Awesome cool amazing clear bright display fast, just a very cool feeling on the hands I totally recommended
The best value phone for Android. The specs were great and performance are beast. Really recommend to Android user who want real google experience. I give 10 stars out of 5!
This phone, is huge. Huge, in a good way. Amazing 5.7inch 1080p display, android 4.3. The S-Pen features will blow your mind away! And the Faux Leather back is just too sexy to pass. Really recommend this phone to everyone!
Really I love my phone and if I could change my HTC One DE, I will get the Sony Xperia Z1 or LG G2
best phone ever, waited for the blue. Glad I did. Battery life is excellent!!!
Iphone 5s is the best phone on the market as of right now!!!
I really do enjoy the HTC One. It's got a lot going for it, even being a little over half a year old now. It's fairly easy to install a custom rom and do with it as you want, the IR blaster is fun to use. It's just a great piece of hardware. I'd be hard pressed to genuinely recommend anything else that came out any time this year. solid build quality, feels very well thought out.
So ive had this phone for about 3 months and i really likw it the only real problem is that sometimes it does lag a little bit even if it is quadcore.
im in Amarillo, texas and find cricket to be really good..customer service is very good. I do have to say against many others here, I think its great company.ive had good luck, I guess...lol
HTC One is still the best smartphone in the market with its fantastic display and simple user interface. It's still the phone to beat.
Tonight my husband and I went to Tmobile in Apple Valley and were greeted with friendly service. The gentleman that helped us, Antonio, was friendly, upbeat, informative and made our experience with purchasing a new plan enjoyable. My husband always asks tons of questions and Antonio answered them all, some twice, with patience. Thank you, Antonio for such a pleasant experience.
Kathy B
Best thing ever made!!! could not live my life without one. From the moment i got note 2, it was a changing day in my life... You can't change what you don't acknowledge. Best device ever!
I've owned a lot of galaxy phones....but I must confuse, the screen was lacking outdoor visibility.....but Samsung finally fixed it....All day battery n it's removable, amazing camera, claer call quality, and alot of memory 32 GB n 3 GB of ram plus one of the best mobile CUP in dis bad boy....Oh!...i almost forgot the newly improved S-PEN....what else can you ask for but as we all know Human beings will always complain abt anything, it's too plasticity, Touchwiz and the screen is too big....I'm pleading with any doubters to try dis phone for 1week n they don't LOVE IT can return it....
awesome s pen features
cool design
3 gigs of ram!!
everthing packed in 1 device
A fantastic device which you will love to use in day to day life.A set of very useful S pen functions+All other usual smartphone goodies make this device the best Smartphone of 2013.S pen functions-Comparing to previous 2 note editions the real difference here is more usable S pen functions,means there is more chance that one will actually use the S pen.Action Memo,Scrap Booker, Pen window are my favorite S pen functions.S finder can be used even without S pen which is also very useful.Improved multitasking is a pleasure to use. Along with these added goodies you will get all the functionality you expect a from a top of the line smart phone.A must have device.
While it's nowhere near the level of service and reliability you would expect from Sprint or ATT, the MetroPCS Service isn't as horrible, in my experience, as the reviews on this site. While there are areas in my town that drop 4G, I can still get 3G.
The only problem I had is MMS... I downloaded GOSMS from the play store, and in the advance settings, manually set the metropcs MMS addresses. I can now recieve and send pictures and videos through my native messaging app. However, I prefer the GOSMS app. Aside from that tiny inconvenience, the service is very well recieved. 4 phones, 100 bucks a month.. decent service.. really can't complain :D
