MetroPCS Galaxy S5

THE W said:

i'm honestly waiting to see what the guy who left oppo does with the '1+'.

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stuntiNIN0 said:

So YES, I'm gonna go ahead and be the basic one to post first on this topic like a hypebeast.

The things supposed to be announced on the 25th of this month in just over 10 days, and be released on all major US carriers in April-ish days, just under 3 months from now...

Seen as MetroPCS and Tmo are essentially running on the same network successfully in most of the states, i wouldnt be surprised if we got our Tmo'ish variant soon after release of the Tmo S5.

Anywho bring your leaks, speculations, rumors, wishes, estimates, and post them on here, im quite surprised noones posted on this topic yet, its always been like that since the LG Esteem to the S3, and even the S4, come on everybody lets pretend MPCS is still a shitty carrier and bring some excitement for this device, I probably wont be jumping on it since im pretty satisfied with my S4 and i did pay $603 for it back in September, and the year prior to that $554 for my CDMA white S3, but i know someone's getting this thing upon release...SOMEONE!

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PRkid said:

I want to get the s5. I have the S3, the s4 never caught my attention. I'm just waiting for it to be revealed. I hope Metro gets it. I don't want to go to another company and give away my $55 unlimited EVERYTHING plan, away Good thing my S3 is still working perfectly fine.

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stuntiNIN0 said:

Well...actually, as stated above by DirtyDee,
Youre gonna loose that $55 Unlimited plan regardless of which phone you get, as long as its GSM (dont matter if its the $29 Alcatel onetouch fierce, or a $700 Galaxy Note 3) which will by the way have to be at some point(since metro is shutting down CDMA by 2015. The only way to keep that $55 Unlimited plan for now is to stay with a CDMA 4G phone and as you can see theres not many to choose from, i'd probably say you've got the best spec'd metro CDMA Smartphone..
Youre pretty much paying to switch over to GSM, that $55 plan was designed for CDMA smartphones which at the time had more or less mediocre speeds, Now that metro has gone GSM and upgraded(invested in) their infrastructure, they're not giving you 'Unlimited ERRRTHANG fo 55 bukz' at these new improved speeds, which as you can tell are not only better but more consistent than the previous CDMA speeds that the plan was originally designed for.
Instead, they're now offering a '$60 Unlimited ERRRTHANG plan'
So, if $5 more month is too much for you, then you might wanna stay with your CDMA s3 untill CDMA shuts down, next year.




I've actually been thinking about it, and although i already knew i wasnt gonna get the S5, my next phone's probably not gonna be a Galaxy S line phone,
the reason being is that Samsung is too caught up and proud wasting their money on R&D improving their rather useless 'Touchwiz' software, They just want to make it their very own OS and think they'll actually compete with Apple, and im really growing tired of it, all this Snote Svoice Scall...Sbullshit, its all bloatware and kills your battery with useless features that simply dont work as advertised, for example look at how many sensors are on the S4, that are ONLY there because of BS Touchwiz apps and widgets, and not only do people not use them, but the ones that do find how crappy and complicated they are( they become completely useless the minute you use a non touchwiz ROM). In reality, although the Galaxy S is their flagship, and they just wouldnt drive down the price point, i guarantee you that putting less useless BS and wasting money on putting useless sensors and wasting money on these touchwiz apps, they could have more room to either offer promotional rebates to lower the price, or simply pocket more money on devices that people will just like more.

Samsung is moving away from Android, or at least they want to, theyre trying way too hard to carry out and try to optimize this Touchwiz nonsense, i even read this week that they dropped android from their Galaxy Gear 2, and are now going to use TIZEN OS on it. They're messing up bad i believe, they're just not understanding that people arent using or needing their S-BS Touchwiz garbage.

Now in contrast look at the Nexus 5(although i hate it because of its ugly design and cheap feel, i just hate LG build quality period) Its OS is out of this world, they get the best of the best, now being Kitkat, tmrw being another light smooth operating system with a shit ton of useful bult in apps and features. Look at the moto X, my friend has one and i was truly amazed, so light and full of awesomeness, backed with never ending battery life,and with this customize-able idea they got going, i really do see THAT competing with the iPhone right now, in terms of size and smoothness. BOTH phones are significantly cheaper than the s4, and perform better than the s4 in terms of functionality and user interface.

I sat down and realized, i've spent $1570 in less than 24 months on smartphones(Esteem$420,S3$550,S4$600) Although they're not investments by any means, they should give me the most bang for my buck, to maximize the usefulness of the money spent, that being said, i dont think my next phone will be a Samsung

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stuntiNIN0 said:

Well...actually, as stated above by DirtyDee,
Youre gonna loose that $55 Unlimited plan regardless of which phone you get, as long as its GSM (dont matter if its the $29 Alcatel onetouch fierce, or a $700 Galaxy Note 3) which will by the way have to be at some point(since metro is shutting down CDMA by 2015. The only way to keep that $55 Unlimited plan for now is to stay with a CDMA 4G phone and as you can see theres not many to choose from, i'd probably say you've got the best spec'd metro CDMA Smartphone..
Youre pretty much paying to switch over to GSM, that $55 plan was designed for CDMA smartphones which at the time had more or less mediocre speeds, Now that metro has gone GSM and upgraded(invested in) their infrastructure, they're not giving you 'Unlimited ERRRTHANG fo 55 bukz' at these new improved speeds, which as you can tell are not only better but more consistent than the previous CDMA speeds that the plan was originally designed for.
Instead, they're now offering a '$60 Unlimited ERRRTHANG plan'
So, if $5 more month is too much for you, then you might wanna stay with your CDMA s3 untill CDMA shuts down, next year.

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elcocho852 said:

I'm disappointed about the galaxy s5. It looks just like the s4.😌😭

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TheEpicIsh said:

MetroPCS is holding a contest on the front page of their website giving away a few Galaxy S5's. The phone is probably gonna cost $599 or $549 with some form of a rebate. I poked around the contest rules and it said the phone had an MSRP of $599 but the same thing was said about the S4 when it came out on Metro and it started out at $549. My thoughts, I'm gonna have to read more and find out how much "crap" (crap being my opinion) is included in touchwiz and how much space we will have after the fact. Thoughts?

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