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Hello I currently have SII and am getting a new phone..I need your biased opinion if I should get this or the HTC?
polska2180o said:
Hello I currently have SII and am getting a new phone..I need your biased opinion if I should get this or the HTC?
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Get the galaxy nexus
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notsosmrtgeek said:
Get the galaxy nexus
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Yeah i though about that as well...I just hate that outside of being free from Sense and TW its just behind...hardware.
Only thing that I liked about the HTC was the dedicated camera button.
Everything about the G3 is better. Pictures are close on each with a slight lead to HTC in low light.
Get the G3
Had a 4GLTE for about 3 weeks and decided to switch. They are both on par with each other(hardware, software, dev team, etc). The camera is better on the LTE but sound(music, video recording) is way better on the s3. I decided to return the LTE because of the recent apps issue, screen scratched WAY too easy, and people were bending the phone right above the kickstand(i beat on my phones). S3 is a finger print magnet to the highest degree lol.
hope this helps.
Wait for the iPhone 5...
...read up on this thread that has already existed. Many people have asked this question before.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29223023
Here's another thread on the same topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29820068
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did you miss the other FIFTY threads about this already??
Success100 said:
did you miss the other FIFTY threads about this already??
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Yes...yes i did, and by that i mean i didn't look.
Yes there are other threads on this, but after reading about the LTEVO's weak build (bends in the middle), non-removable battery, and so on, I opted for the S3. It's phenomenal. The camera is great, it's zippy, and the software is very well done. The Galaxy Nexus is also a tempting option, but the older hardware and weak camera made me choose the S3. Good luck in your search!
i'm also waiting on the iphone5 specs before i make my decision
ximile said:
i'm also waiting on the iphone5 specs before i make my decision
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ios sucks.
I came from S2 to S3 and I sometimes want to switch back. It just fit my hand perfectly and ran smooth. Battery was meh though
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unless you have 4g lte on ur city dont get it
First forum rule is please search before posting
saying you didn't even look?
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*sigh* and again Verizon's ruins our "Google experience" by being Verizon... I'm sure some (if not all) heard this: Sprint Galaxy Nexus Android 4.2.1 OTA Update (GA02) Available For Download Right Now From Google
I call _ALL_ Verizon customers who owns Galaxy Nexus to go to your Facebook/Twitters account and make a post on Verizon's official page and let them know about it!
Twitter / a1exus: @VerizonWireless Why is it ...
wont happen/matter.
verizon doesnt care and wont change their release cycle as they have to approve everything.
Zepius said:
wont happen/matter.
verizon doesnt care and wont change their release cycle as they have to approve everything.
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true, but hopefully this will speed process up a bit if a lot of people voice their opinion... i mean you can do nothing and just wait or you can say something and then go back to waiting... so I'd rather say something, and if a lot of people start talking they'd start moving too.
from my experience with verizon and the thunderbolt's ICS update...it's not worth the time to hit up the social networks.
they'll just tell you it's coming to silence you then months go by without an update.
Don't come on Xda and complain about OTA's.
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StephenMilone said:
from my experience with verizon and the thunderbolt's ICS update...it's not worth the time to hit up the social networks.
they'll just tell you it's coming to silence you then months go by without an update.
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right, been there done that... but if we won't try they'll just assume nobody really cares/wants it so they'll be on their slow roll...
i think we all should just hummer them anyway!
I just bugged them about it. But my expectations are low. Vzw either gives me the I don't know excuse. Or nothing at all
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I just bugged them about it. But my expectations are low. Vzw either gives me the I don't know excuse. Or nothing at all
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thanks for trying!
I always post those articles to VZW's fb wall lol. Not because I think it will accomplish anything but more because sometimes I like acting like a troll.
WiredPirate said:
I always post those articles to VZW's fb wall lol. Not because I think it will accomplish anything but more because sometimes I like acting like a troll.
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Lol. I like calling customer service at lunch to ask "is it done yet" and to call back the next day to ask "how about now?" because it costs them a little money. Yes, I really have nothing better to do at lunch while eating leftovers from last night at my desk.
Hey, at least I'm not filing BBB complaints against Motorola. :banghead:
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3devious said:
Lol. I like calling customer service at lunch to ask "is it done yet" and to call back the next day to ask "how about now?" because it costs them a little money. Yes, I really have nothing better to do at lunch while eating leftovers from last night at my desk.
Hey, at least I'm not filing BBB complaints against Motorola. :banghead:
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haha)) it's better to do it on social media, this way you get much better visibility and others sees that as well and hopefully verizon will feel somewhat ashamed and actually do something about it!
I used to have Verizon and now have sprint and struggling with school and full time job I sometimes forget to pay my bill. Verizon financial service cuts my service then makes me pay the re activation fee but with sprint I can call and tell them I can pay next week and they simply say okay.
But no 4g lte sucks but they do update the gnex rather quick.
Its a give or take with your service provider. I don't think there's that perfect provider right now.
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I already have 4.2.1 with my vzw nexus. I don't care about them releasing any thing.
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Esteway.619 said:
I already have 4.2.1 with my vzw nexus. I don't care about them releasing any thing.
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I assume you're not using stock, rather some custom ROM..
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Esteway.619 said:
I already have 4.2.1 with my vzw nexus. I don't care about them releasing any thing.
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Personally custom roms are better but its the principle that makes people go crazy for an update.
Also considering the vzw gnex have antenna issues, some people may actually need the update for the new radios
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Esteway.619 said:
I already have 4.2.1 with my vzw nexus. I don't care about them releasing any thing.
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Except for the radios!!
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Except for the radios!!
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Ya it would be nice If that's all they would release. But it is what it is. Not a big deal. At least for me.
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I just came from the droid charge and I wanted to always have the cool new updates but looks like I got bent over again.
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bubarub said:
I just came from the droid charge and I wanted to always have the cool new updates but looks like I got bent over again.
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Not really because there is always roms that have the lates update so compared to the charge that is still stuck on 2.3 dont really have to worry about that here.
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Esteway.619 said:
Not really because there is always roms that have the lates update so compared to the charge that is still stuck on 2.3 dont really have to worry about that here.
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the beauty about #nexus is that ROM doesn't have any customization which in a lot cases causing instability for every day use, so I'd rather use stock ROM, but back to my HTC Thunderbolt days, I couldn't stand stock so I went w/ CM7 and I _LOVED_ it!
Please use this thread to discuss all other devices besides the S3.
Thanks
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So how about that iPhone 5 huh? ....Guys? Guys? Where did everybody go? :crying:
CitrixLemon said:
So how about that iPhone 5 huh? ....Guys? Guys? Where did everybody go? :crying:
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What about it
iPhone is so gay
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What about it
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VibrantThemer said:
iPhone is so gay
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Classy.
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Had the n4 for 2 days well four now and coming back to sgs3. .
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monkeypaws said:
Had the n4 for 2 days well four now and coming back to sgs3. .
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What is it you miss about the S3 or don't like about the N4?
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What is it you miss about the S3 or don't like about the N4?
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I was getting tired of the sgs3 regarding updates. 5.0 will come soon and we aren't even on 4.2 . once I had the nexus which I got as a replacement due to Tmobile not having sgs3 in stock ( don't ask weird situation). I realized I missed the drop down toggles and how quick it was to silent the phone. There's also no WiFi calling which is only important to me at work since I work in the basement and need to have for my wife and emergency calls. Also lack of SD which I though wasn't going to be an issue is. I hate having to transfer all my pictures and the ones that don't fit I'd rather not have stored on the cloud. I guess aside from getting quick updates and vanilla android, its not such an upgrade for me. It us for others but the sgs3 is more my style for the features that I use it for. :/. Getting a brand new one from Tmobile at non cost due to what happened. I do have to return the n4 though but I think I won in this situation.
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In all seriousness... Did anyone happen to get a glimpse at the new sexy phenomenal Galaxy S4?
Freaking thing looks beast!
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elesbb said:
In all seriousness... Did anyone happen to get a glimpse at the new sexy phenomenal Galaxy S4?
Freaking thing looks beast!
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Its ight nothing special for me.....
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VibrantThemer said:
iPhone is so gay
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You are a classy fella aren't you
loving my N4 don't regret giving my S3 to the wife.
Good
I love T-Mobile :highfive:
I think I would rather buy the HTC one over the S4
Tmobile fb just announce s4. Next week baby
Just wondering what the s4 will do that my s3 can't?
I've never been a fan of LG devices... but this is one I might just be tempted to get...
http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/1076/lg-smartphone-with-snapdragon-800-soc-benchmarked.html
I knew the Adreno 330 was going to be a beast of a chip but I had no idea it would clock like THAT!
Its a T-Mobile build too... Note the build fingerprint... "lge/g2_tmo_us"
One way or another I'm waiting for Snapdragon 800 devices to drop later this year before upgrading... That's just insane!
S4
Thinking of upgrading from S3 to S4.... Is it worth the money ?????
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Thinking of upgrading from S3 to S4.... Is it worth the money ?????
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Early reports say no... And the bootloader is locked as well. They managed to root it but it may be awhile before custom ROMs can be installed. Battery life is worse than the One as well (its marginally better than the battery life of the S3 by early accounts).
If you have an S3, I would recommend waiting at least until Google I/O to see what they have up their sleeves... The Snapdragon 800 devices are coming this year and they look to be beasts... Hell do a Google on "LG D801" and see what I mean...
Tegra 4i is coming too. Its too early to jump into another device in my opinion - the S3 just has so much life left in it.
Point taken, I think i'll wait for a while and will also check out the LG, besides I am addicted to flashing Custom Roms ..... by the way the toggle 2g app is pretty good for conserving Battery, I have a very heavy Phone usage that includes 4 Email Accounts set on Push and several hours of call time daily and still the battery lasts me the whole day and that app alone is reason enough for me to stay away from phones that are still under early stages of Rom Development. Thanks for the Fast response btw
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Just sold my s3 on craiglist and got s4 yesterday.
So thanks to all devs and friends of s3. And mods too.
I know mods goona lock this thread but still I cant stop saying bye.
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K.......
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<-- jealous
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<-- jealous
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Me to!
After the Note 3 comes out, I'll be leaving as well
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Yup me too, just waiting for them to launch at the stores.
Never liked ordering them online.
Can't wait!!
........
I wish I could justify getting the S4 after only having the S3 for 6 months, but the only reason I would want it is to test if BT AVRCP works better with it and my car than with the S3 (which already works pretty well).
bikrame said:
Just sold my s3 on craiglist and got s4 yesterday.
So thanks to all devs and friends of s3. And mods too.
I know mods goona lock this thread but still I cant stop saying bye.
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We might get a full s4 rom ported by this summer so for me the upgrade is just not worth it at all.. the only difference will be better camera and screen but that's about it
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Even then, that camera scratches easily. People are scratching it already. It won't be so great when its all scratched up. I've not scratched my S3 and it was caseless for two weeks! Stupid oversight on Samsung's part!
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Cool story bro
lol jk totally jealous right now
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I gotta say I'm not jealous...I'm content with my S3
Though it's a pretty good gesture, the devs really do a good job here!
I'm quite happy with the S3, the only phone I see worth upgrading to is either the Note III or the next nexus phone (only if it isn't made by LG and the back isnt made of glass). But I wouldn't switch to either devices the second they come out, I would wait a month or two and see what ROMs and type of community both devices have and pick the one that suits me better.
Oh and bikrame I hope you enjoy your S4, seems like there's a few people here that envy you.
|When Emotion Goes Up, Logic Goes Down|
buy me one? lol i will leave when the time is right. i havent even made a rom for this phone yet. (im behind on schedule)
I was totally going to make a thread like this. But I wanted to stop by and say thank you to everyone that has helped in this forum. You guys are all great and I hope to see you all on the other side someday!
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Jokes on him, hope he's getting a T-Mobile s4 because I do believe every other carrier still have bootloaders locked...wish I had the money for a better device every 6 months
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xZeroMancerx said:
Jokes on him, hope he's getting a T-Mobile s4 because I do believe every other carrier still have bootloaders locked...wish I had the money for a better device every 6 months
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Att is locked, Verizon undoubtedly will be locked, Sprint and T-Mo are unlocked. No word on regional carriers yet.
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xZeroMancerx said:
Jokes on him, hope he's getting a T-Mobile s4 because I do believe every other carrier still have bootloaders locked...wish I had the money for a better device every 6 months
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Att is locked, Verizon undoubtedly will be locked, Sprint and T-Mo are unlocked. No word on regional carriers yet.
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ATT bootloader is unlocked but djrbliss is holding the exploit to himself until Big Red drops their S4. Hopefully that same exploit will unlock theirs as well. Should be by the end of this month.
See you around @bikrame. Hope all goes well with your new device and if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask. I'll be lurking in the Int'l S4 section, but might pop in the TMo version for a look see here and there. Keep those knuckleheads in line over there. :highfive:
I just got the new update an hour ago and wanted to share my thoughts because I know there's still a lot of people wondering what it fixes. So far I've noticed:
- Phone in general feels much much quicker.
- gallery no longer lags.
- switching from wifi to 4g o longer lags the phone
- camera is improved. Still slight shutter delay but I'm thinking it must jus be how it works since it's taking such high quality pics.
-updating apps in the play store no longer makes the phone lag.
-one of my favorite things is the home button response speed is really fast now(yes svoice home button is disabled) I noticed the home button used to lag sometimes. Much faster now.
- I noticed some buttons in the camera and gallery are different and have some extras. Haven't had much of a look yet.
-it appears all my apps are on the SD card now.
I can't comment on battery life or anything else yet but I'll keep an eye on it tonight.
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What is the build number?
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pezlomd said:
What is the build number?
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I just get "the device is up to date"
XxKINGxX2580 said:
I just get "the device is up to date"
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I think t-mobile gets it in the next day or so. Verizon didn't release it through ota. I kept checking for software upgrades to and nothing. I downloaded kies on my laptop and plugged my phone into it and it worked.
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Hasn't rolled out to me either.. But it will
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Chadly said:
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Dude, you're in the wrong forum.
You have the Verizon S4. This is the T Mobile Forum.
You're working with a different radio and everything. The battery results would be non comparable.
Skipjacks said:
Dude, you're in the wrong forum.
You have the Verizon S4. This is the T Mobile Forum. You're working with a different radio and everything.
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Yeah I know but it seems like the update fixes the same things for sprint att and Verizon
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From what I've heard though and idk if t-mobile is doing this but Verizon locked the Bootloader so apparently you lose root and can never root again which is fine for me cuz i dont even know how to root and see no reason to now.
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Chadly said:
can never root again
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Hello, I'm XDA. We clearly haven't met.
Can't ever root again......not if Samsung had the NSA itself encrypting the bootloader.
Also, the locked bootloader is only a requirment to run Samsung's Knox protection sofware, which is only really relevant for business use.
Skipjacks said:
Hello, I'm XDA. We clearly haven't met.
Can't ever root again......not if Samsung had the NSA itself encrypting the bootloader.
Also, the locked bootloader is only a requirment to run Samsung's Knox protection sofware, which is only really relevant for business use.
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Hey. That's way past my level man lol I'm just repeating what a see a lot if people saying about losing root etc.
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thegalaxys4rocks said:
Should come tomorrow
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I called t mobile and they said that there aren't any updates in the system now.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
I called t mobile and they said that there aren't any updates in the system now.
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thegalaxys4rocks said:
I beg to differ. I spoke to a friendly women there and she said there is one coming up
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You all should know by now that they are idiots.
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spoke with 3 different people. 2 people calling, and another person chatting on t mobile.com and all said no updates in system.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
spoke with 3 different people. 2 people calling, and another person chatting on t mobile.com and all said no updates in system.
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Dude, you are being trolled.
thegalaxys4rocks said:
Well I got different info. Idk who to trust. Jeez tmo. I swear I need an iPhone.
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I wish you would go get a pos iphone so I won't have to see your bs post on this forum anymore for real
Excited to see if this fixes the slight but noticable lag on the keyboard predictions.
:thumbup:
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Just waiting for the update, I dont mind the locked bootloader as im not going to root this device anytime soon mate. However I was voing to root so I can use the apps2sd feature but since I heard about the update, root not needed. Till the galaxy s4 no longer runs the latest version of android then I will root. Tmobile your always last to do anything hurry it up will ya.
Unrooted Samsung Galaxy S4 Up and Running
Rooted Mytouch 4G Slide retired
Rooted T-Mobile Sidekick Touch Obliterated
Rooted Mytouch 3G Slide Lost
Rooted T-Mobile G1 Dead
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Verizon locked the Bootloader so apparently you lose root and can never root again . . .
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LOL. Yeah, that'll last a day. :laugh:
Called T-Mobile and Samsung today and they both said that they didn't see anything about a new update for our S4.