Well, I picked up an S4 today, and I'm returning it tomorrow. What a piece of junk. Don't get me wrong, the hardware and some of the features are sick, but the TouchWiz UI is pure crap. Normally, this wouldn't bother me, since I'd just flash plain android or CM10 over it, but when you do that, you can no longer use any of the Samsung apps, including the IR blaster (for those that aren't too technologically savvy, the thing that makes it a TV remote).
With stock software, I have no idea how it gets so much praise. Now I know why people have been switching to iPhones, this software is junk. So long as Samsung weighs down their phones with this shit, I will not be buying another. It really bummed me out. Anyone else hating their new S4? As for me, I'm either selling it or returning it, but either way I'm going back to my Galaxy Nexus with its plain vanilla Android.
With stock software, I have no idea how it gets so much praise. Now I know why people have been switching to iPhones, this software is junk. So long as Samsung weighs down their phones with this shit, I will not be buying another. It really bummed me out. Anyone else hating their new S4? As for me, I'm either selling it or returning it, but either way I'm going back to my Galaxy Nexus with its plain vanilla Android.