Note 4 wins blind camera comparison test - Phone Arena

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Its also annoying how Samsung changes the TTS option to the Samsung voice, which sounds TERRIBLE compared to the Google version. Bugs me as I ride in other peoples cars as they use Google Maps Navigation.

 

[Red Storm]

Its also annoying how Samsung changes the TTS option to the Samsung voice, which sounds TERRIBLE compared to the Google version. Bugs me as I ride in other peoples cars as they use Google Maps Navigation.

Thankfully you can download Google's TTS so it can be fixed.

 

[Shlong]

That is the thing though- just using Nova doesn't remove Touchwiz. Nova is just a launcher. Touchwiz changes the way the setting screen looks, your entire dialer, your entire messaging app, what your notification shade looks like, your camera app, etc.

Saying you can "fix" Touchwiz by replacing it with Nova is like saying you can always fix a car by replacing the engine. Replacing the engine doesn't help if the problem is the brakes or transmission.

Honestly I actually like the Touchwiz launcher somewhat, its just a little too old people but otherwise its cool. It is those Quick Settings, the lockscreen or just the settings window that drives me nuts.

You can change all of those things too (Dialer, Notifications, Lockscreens, Quick settings, widgets, download default camera app, etc). That's the great thing about Android, its so highly customizable and you can tinker to make it look exactly the way you want it to.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Thankfully you can download Google's TTS so it can be fixed.

True. For the power user its not an issue, but it did take some Googling to figure out what was going on.

 

[s44]

Its also annoying how Samsung changes the TTS option to the Samsung voice, which sounds TERRIBLE compared to the Google version. Bugs me as I ride in other peoples cars as they use Google Maps Navigation.

I think this was true on older phones, but it's not on the S5 (and, I assume, Note 4).

 

[notposting]

I see they got tired of Nokia winning these blind shootouts every time

 

[notposting]

To be fair, there are different customer targets out there.

Someone like my wife, *if* she ever got a smartphone I would probably steer her toward an iPhone (or simply upgrade her 4th gen iPod Touch). Nice IQ and it does as much as possible for her.

For me, not only do I want good image quality, but I will work to get better photos (move around, get higher/lower, watch the backgrounds, change settings going for different effects) and as well, I don't mind a small amount of post capture tinkering.

For nearly every good shot I get, there is at the least some minor reframing/cropping (having the Nokia 5/20mp reframing is pretty handy there), and maybe some exposure/color, tweaking. Maybe highlights/shadows, clarity/contrast, etc.

Of course, being able to do all that on your phone nowadays is a godsend. Few minutes here and there and most of the work is done for me.

Carry on the Android/Touchwiz rants