- 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 won’t work.In the generation of Oculus and VR, this is unacceptable
3.No notification LED
My previous phone has a notification LED & I now recognise its importance
4.Poor UI/UX with samsung touchwiz
The design of touchwiz is very sub-standard compared to stock android, ios or HTC sense.
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.
So short that it can’t reach the phone on your desk from standard plug point
8.Heats up a little
Gets hot, but I think it is OK with smartphones.
9.Slippery/Soft back and sides
With no cases yet available on the market, this is a big issue with that huge phone size
10.No backlight on capacitive keys
11.Build quality looks cheap
Even with the aluminium on the sides, it does not feel premium to hold. Packaging of this phone and accessories is so very cheap.Check some unboxing videos to see it yourself.
12.Bit costly
This is debatable, but with these many cost cuttings this price is nowhere justify able.
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
over all it is a not too good phone
samsung is an very good company