I used to have a Samsung Galaxy S4, and its main gimmick was the IR blaster that also made the phone a universal remote. Great way to mess with people when I was in college at parties muting the TV or slowly making it louder over the course of a long time.
My roomie and I also had the same exact TV, which made it fun to point the remote in her room and turn it off from time to time.
Honestly, though. The S5 has a user-replaceable battery, IP67 water/dust resistance, USB 3.0, a fingerprint reader, a headphone jack, an AMOLED display, expandable storage, awesome cameras…It was absolutely peak Samsung and the phone’s only major flaw is the Micro Type B port.
You mean the micro USB 3.0 v1 which was backwards compatible with micro usb. That’s right you could use the new fangled USB 3.0 port and cable and get those speeds as well as charging rate. Or… Use a bog generic USB micro USB 2.0 cable and it would still fit on one side of the port and was still useable for USB 2.0 speeds and charging rates.
But I concede that it is one of the worst and most delicate ports ever stuck on something expected to have a plug jammed in it literally a thousand times.
I have the app “Unified Remote” on my S4, which allows me to control my amp, tv’s, my laptop (Which is just a glorified dvr for my yard cameras now), and even my computer.
It’s a bit of a pain to set up, but works nicely once that’s done.
I used to have a Samsung Galaxy S4, and its main gimmick was the IR blaster that also made the phone a universal remote. Great way to mess with people when I was in college at parties muting the TV or slowly making it louder over the course of a long time.
My roomie and I also had the same exact TV, which made it fun to point the remote in her room and turn it off from time to time.
S4 was peak Samsung. IR blaster, removable battery, SD card, water resistant, amoled screen that phone just had it all
It was not water resistant, actually. I’d know. Mine was broken when I got pushed into a swimming pool. :(
It was, even had a cover for the USB port. I took a few baths with it (really dumb idea now that I think about it)
Lol you’re thinking of the S5
Honestly, though. The S5 has a user-replaceable battery, IP67 water/dust resistance, USB 3.0, a fingerprint reader, a headphone jack, an AMOLED display, expandable storage, awesome cameras…It was absolutely peak Samsung and the phone’s only major flaw is the Micro Type B port.
Well, allow me to express my apologies then, I was wrong
You mean the micro USB 3.0 v1 which was backwards compatible with micro usb. That’s right you could use the new fangled USB 3.0 port and cable and get those speeds as well as charging rate. Or… Use a bog generic USB micro USB 2.0 cable and it would still fit on one side of the port and was still useable for USB 2.0 speeds and charging rates.
But I concede that it is one of the worst and most delicate ports ever stuck on something expected to have a plug jammed in it literally a thousand times.
I still use my s4 with LineageOS. It’s on it’s third battery but still going strong.
All I want from my next phone is a headphone jack, an OLED screen, and expandable memory. User-replaceable battery would be nice.
So anyway, this is a route I might seriously consider.
I have the app “Unified Remote” on my S4, which allows me to control my amp, tv’s, my laptop (Which is just a glorified dvr for my yard cameras now), and even my computer.
It’s a bit of a pain to set up, but works nicely once that’s done.
Great ROM support too, going to stock 4.4 KitKat when it was new was a great upgrade from TouchWiz. Can go to up Android 11 at least iirc as well.