However, a great phone that quirks appear soon enough.

Long:
I have the phone for a year now.
Previously, I had very bad experience with a Sony Ericsson made me and struggled to a Nokia N97 with Symbion. However, the long pondered investment of nearly 500 paid off Finally a phone that did what I wanted from him. A hypersensitive touchscreen with magnificent colors and LTE and the power of a small data center that even games like Galaxy on Fire 2 easy put away.

Nevertheless, I have very disturbed some things over time:
First there was the battery, which only made shortly before the warranty has expired enormous Zicken and in seconds from 95% to 3% went battery level and eventually practically impossible. It turned out that there was a defective Chinese original battery, no one from Taiwan. I could convert him, although without any problems, but after the comments from the seller that would have been a problem to guarantee the end - though it was practically only batteries with exactly my serial number of the case. If the battery was not visible bloated wärs also become so difficult. Good that I have more upped the ante for a Abholshop a few euros, otherwise I would have to send the phone. My replacement battery was no original battery, to my question laughed the seller and said that I could also have an original Samsung battery, but I would be with the Hama battery off far better. Since then, zero problems gabs so. Just because you can exchange the thing that does not mean that you must save in some S4 ​​on the battery!

Then the plastic frame. Mir is the mobile phone once fell down from a low table and already was the mega Macke under, which is made of cheap white plastic and also on its own already cracked when unscrewing the mobile times. Since a metal frame at the most sensitive point would have been mandatory for that kind of money. I'm not going unpfleglich with the mobile to, but not believe it with kid gloves - Nevertheless, it is outside of the border very mackig. A HTC One does not happen like that.

I was pleasantly surprised when I then perforce bought the least ugly Cases: phone recognizes when the envelope is opened and goes on; it is collapsed then it goes out. All major Infotmationen be narrowed down to the little window and sebst calls can be answered there - really handy!

But woe woe? Updates: every time one of the bes **** frequent updates coming (the notification can not hide) is fully popped my phone with apps like Pizza.de, HRS Hotels, BILD and Zalando, no matter how often they were uninstalled previously. That bothers me so much that I was already on the verge of rooting. I do not know how much money gets Samsung for this, but if I want to have a patronizing I go to Apple. I think this is completely the wrong way and I hope that this is not worthwhile for Samsung - This has probably cost with a star. The updates themselves have brought nothing but for me User: Except that my browser suddenly typed letters or sequences of letters out of the blue double (außreißen for hair) and the battery icon has no color (why?) Has changed for nothing. Since KitKat overthrow often times from Apps.

Recently, failed out of the blue, the front camera, I have now ordered for 15 new - I hope it works out the install because so often I use skype not think I could do without for weeks on my phone when I send it. However, the cell phone will depend on each time completely when I use the camera accidentally shift in Fotoapp on the front camera or skype anschalte my camera.

And finally: The whole gimmicks like gestures and automatic video Stop and S-Voice are nice - but I really need not do that. Even if the people look funny when you egg-timer by voice activated by mobile phone (goes really fast xD)

The S4 is therefore still a solid cell phone of the upper class, but is in terms of processing the large competitors HTC One (but no the SD card slot and replaceable battery has) a lot after. Generally, Samsung has saved to the wrong corners: Battery, processing and Plichtapps. Then there stop at such a high price just only 3 stars. When it was new, it would have been 5.