Cons
- 720p display
In the generation where 10k price phones have 1080p displays, a 720p display in 5.5 inch screen is simply ridiculous.Viewing angles are worse.My display gives a rainbow-ish tint when viewed sideways(might be AMOLED display flaw?). On the flip side, lesser resolution requires less power from battery, so its a trade-off.
2.No magnetic sensor
This means maps wont rotate according to your motion. VR videos on facebook wont work.In the generation of Oculus and VR, this is unacceptable
3.No notification LED
4.Poor UI/UX with samsung touchwiz
5.Bloatware
Ridiculous amount of inbuilt apps from Samsung which eat up the already less 16GB internal memory.Camera app is very laggy.
6.Poor quality speaker and bundled earphones
Speakers on the phone are very bad.So is the sound quality though earphones(tested with good quality earphones)
- Charging wire is too short.
8.Heats up a little
Gets hot, but I think it is OK with smartphones.
9.Slippery/Soft back and sides
Pros
Very good camera
Front flash for you selfie experts
Good battery life
Light weight, thin and super fast
Good after-sales service by Samsung