News - Reader comments

Samsung to keep the physical home button on the Galaxy S IV

13 February, 2013 | Read the news | Post your comment
Samsung to keep the physical home button on the Galaxy S IV - read the full textAccording to recent reports in South Korean newspaper Korean daily, Samsung has decided to keep the physical Home button for its Galaxy S IV upcoming flagship. If the reports are true, this means that Samsung will indeed keep the two capacitive buttons (back and menu) on the both sides of the home...

 

Sort by:

> In reply to digitalw @ 2013-02-13 18:03 from ptR@ - click to readAbsolutely rubbish.I'm a motor mechanic and I'm always losing by phone down the side of the seats in customer cars when it falls out of my pocket.Or if I forget to take it out of my pocket and I'm working on something low down and lean on the car with my phone in the pocket I'm putting my weight on.Or I put it on top of my toolbox and put tools on top of it when I'm finished.There's a few minor scratches on the screen,and apart from a £2.99 case to protect it,it still works as perfectly as it did the day I first got it last summer.Seriously though,anyone who doesn't do something extra to protect a delicate piece of electronics worth about £500 obviously doesn't have to work hard to pay for things like this.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 20:06
  • 3GCn

I just hope this isn't the design of the GS4! Specs wise it's fantastic. I'am gonna buy it in April IF the design is different to the GS3.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 20:03
  • iJgP

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2013-02-13 17:52 from vjqe - click to readSamsung has micro sd slot, apple doesn't
Samsung has bigger screen and resolution, apple doesn't

when apple makes a phone with bigger screen and higher resolution then we will say apple copied samsung

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 20:02
  • 3iJC

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2013-02-13 19:06 from sG%x - click to readI agree 100% ....

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:45
  • 9xaW

The right choice Samsung. Hate own screen buttons on nexus 4 and Sony.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:42
  • 3Y21

Yeah...plastic a cheaper safe way to recycle haha

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:31
  • 3sEj

> In reply to MicroMaX @ 2013-02-13 17:38 from g8SM - click to readAgree

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:30
  • SvBu

> In reply to i hate plastic @ 2013-02-13 18:11 from vV5G - click to readThis world is a "Plastic World". So live it !!!

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:28
  • tUwV

> In reply to Yakzzz @ 2013-02-13 18:56 from IWRa - click to readBut it's okay. Or else we have reach upto on/off button to unlock phone everytime.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:25
  • tUwV

What's with some people talking about build quality and materials used as being very important and trying to sound like an expert? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF PROTECTIVE COVERS? Which 90% of phone owners use anyway?

I've never seen or heard anyone came up to me and tells me that my S3 has bad build quality? I only hear it on online forums or blogs? Why? Because in real life majority of people don't care about what materials is used aslong as the phone looks good, good features and expensive ads they see on tv.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:06
  • sG%x

> In reply to Common_636 @ 2013-02-13 18:43 from RcFM - click to readHe is a nokia fan boy. He is mad because samsung his number 1 now and not nokia anymore.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 19:01
  • QGtq

Having a physical home button is really very useful. But old fashioned.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:56
  • IWRa

> In reply to i hate plastic @ 2013-02-13 18:11 from vV5G - click to readIts comment like that one, will make others call you a troll/fanboy etc.

Why do you think the internals is "cheap"... so by my understanding of what your saying is that, all phones out there are "cheap" then, because nearly every phone internals are made mostly in korea or china.

The "cheap" korean company that uses "cheap" parts are responsible for making the "cheap" parts for the "expensive/premium iphone" and Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 10, and other OEMs.

See what i did there?

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:43
  • RcFM

YES YES YES
I answear call by the home button.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:38
  • p{ed

samsung she is not crazy...she pay part of 1.4 billion dollars for this home button(samsung remunerate apple for her violation)...she is not stupid to remove this button.

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:32
  • iFxd

Mates with Apple5 keep looking at my S3 and say they got the wrong phone....Good they are keeping the home button as does not take up screen space....logical and good!!

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:25
  • nxgq

ok this means the galaxy s4 is bigger than xperia z and xperia zl....SONY FTW!!

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:24
  • rAU$

Some people here cant accept other people opinion.....
Sometime " bashing/ trolling" doesnt mean bad at all....
It will bring good/balance to market competition...
Honestly ...... a 700 dolar your guy pay buying phone is a ripoff for the cheap lookin device..made from cheap part...its your hard earn money....
Im not fanboy of any brand.....

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:11
  • vV5G

non contact gesture, hmmm..just like air shupple technology of O＋(O plus)..?

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:07
  • wHrS

non contact gesture, hmmm..just like air shupple technology of O＋(O plus)..?

  • Reply
  • 2013-02-13 18:06
  • wHrS
Sort by:

Note: Sponsored advertising links are in green.