Function processing i. O., small weaknesses

I have the phone since just over 5 weeks use. Finally, the updates to the apps load quickly. The screen is good, the camera is useful. I had previously been a mobile phone with two SIM cards of Alcatel and was therefore again have a device with two SIM cards. Of course I would have liked ... had already LTE, NFC. Currently I do not use that anyway.

What remains: The battery performance is not outstanding, which had been mentioned several times in the posts. This can be improved, if necessary, if you disable a SIM card when not in use. I have a SIM card with a low-cost fixed-line and data option, the other with a favorable tariff Move, I even use as a caller.

Compared to Alcatel remains to notice that Samsung could still learn a lot in the menu structure and SIM management of Alcatel. The adaptation of the SIM functionality (preferred data usage, etc.) can be called up only with difficulty. Since my old part had already been more comfortable.

The Samsung S4 I have purchased from a vendor from the UK. Shipping, handling were problems. Both SIM cards work perfectly well. But: The voice guidance can not switch to German in my device. To this end, probably an Eastern European firmware must be uploaded. Subsequently can change only an expert presumably. My device was probably determined by the range of languages ​​forth for the Indian market. One gets along with the selection of the English language, but requires a little longer, until you have tested all the settings.

It is also striking that the symbols are kept mainly white in the status bar at the top of the screen. In some older Samsung device that has my wife, the symbols are kept in color.

It remains to be determined for me: from technical and functional stand forth (processing speed, memory usage, accessibility on the network, voice quality, reliability) are my expectations been met to the device.

As for the less sophisticated usability of the phone, so that may possibly be because it was not for the (presumably) more demanding German market was provided or is.

Another note: Samsung has been playing with the numerous firmware own apps, including a book shipping. The applications attract a high data stream according to when they are activated accidentally. This can be on the phone turn off everything but - you just look for some time until you find the relevant settings. Having a favorable Uralt data plan with timing billing, me have the SMS alerts my provider to the high data revenues, which would prefer my new phone in the background, at first frightened, but not alarmed.

Note: to play I long ago a different language version (with "Odin" and references from the Internet was that without problems). The menu navigation is seiter available in German.

Moreover, I still can not find anything for almost a year, which argues against this phone. Works flawlessly and reliably.