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On 2014-01-16 10:59:51, Tsepz_GP wrote:
With rumors of the Galaxy S5 coming with what maybe a metal body, I hope Samsung take notes and don't create disasters like their Japanese rival:
Xperia Z1 frame bending for no reason, claim users

PhoneArena

I'm quite happy with polycarbonate, all Samsung need to do is make it thicker like on the Nokias, I feel like metal really is overrated on phones, the iPhone proved that, so did the Htc One which can dent easily after a drop, and now the Z1.

On 2014-01-16 12:09:08, Tsepz_GP wrote:
And the Sony defense rolls in
Very odd that this many users have complained about a similar issue, but yeah, maybe they all got together and decided to purposely damage their Z1s.

You should stick to fantasizing about the next greatest built in feature since multi-item clipboards, available on any android smartphone with access to the play store thanks to free apps.

To debunk the heat argument: We can rule out heat and heat alone as the cause, because heat cannot permanently deform aluminium as long as it stays below melting point. Yes, below melting point things still deform, but they bounce back after the heat is removed, like the spring in your thermostat needle. Heating aluminium enough so that it is bendable by smaller forces than usual is also ruled out, because the amount of heat needed to do this is at the level of a blowtorch. The fact that the phone still works, and the undamaged plastic bits in the areas where the aluminium is bent show that this level of heat was not reached. So we can conclusively say that a force, not temperature, caused this deformation (forces can be external or internal).

The only source of large internal forces in a smartphone that I am aware of is from failed Lithium ion batteries expanding. The pictures supplied clearly show that this is not the case, since there is no evidence of the phone bulging in the area where the battery is installed.

This only leaves me to conclude that the most likely cause of the damage is from external forces, the sources of which I leave to your imagination.

Samsung’s TouchWiz skin is often said to be the root of all evil when it comes to Android custom skins: heavy, slow, and too cartoony. On the flipside of things, it comes absolutely packed with features, and one that we’ve come to love - especially on the big screen of a device like the Galaxy Note 3 - is multiwindow mode.

What is multiwindow mode? Simple - it’s a way to multitask on Android, stacking windows alongside just like you’d do on a desktop operating system like… Windows. It’s a feature that you can only find on Samsung’s TouchWiz Galaxy devices, and not even on all, but only on the fastest ones. Interestingly, such multitasking with two simultaneously opened windows is not possible even on stock Android!

Enabling the multi-window feature is extremely simple. Just swipe down from the top to bring the notification shade on your device. In the long horizontal list of toggles, scroll down to the last one and tap on it to enable it.

It’s easy to tell if you’ve turned the multitasking feature on - when it’s on, a little white arrow appears on the left side of the device (if it's off the arrow is not there). To start using multiple windows at the same time you just tap on it and then tap on or drag apps onto the screen. You can then adjust the size of each window freely - you can have, say, a YouTube video playing in a small window, and a larger one with your browser open for reading for example. You can even save your favorite pairs of apps for quick access, which we find handy.

On 2014-01-26 04:58:00, Bonovox wrote:
I am finding the S4 on 4.3 with no lag at all and fast smooth with no bugs for me. Isn't that refreshing? ? For me anyway I had a few days of poor battery life but found the culprit and did some tweaking. The battery saver also does help. And Samsung's multi window works well without lag and is much better thought out than Sony's mini apps.



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