Poll results: Buttons on the back – Aye or Nay?

5. Skoms (Posts: 118; Member since: 03 Feb 2014)

They make LG can make their phones with smaller Bezelz
And not equal bezelz such as Sony or MS Lumia .

But Sonys phones are waterproof.

20. IliyaBeshkov (Posts: 261; Member since: 09 Jul 2012)

And it's better for left- and right-handed users, which I think is most useful feature.. :)

32. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)

Moto X has ultra thin bezels too. But buttons are on the side.

37. WakaFlakaD (Posts: 527; Member since: 30 Apr 2011)

Besides the bezels, there is another benefit. If you listen to music on-the-go, and you put your phone in your pocket with the screen facing your leg, adjusting the volume is a piece of cake lol

48. Kaiser2007 (Posts: 173; Member since: 16 Nov 2013)

New approach? Seriously? My Moto Charm got "backtrack". I disable it on the day one, didn't even try it. Now, using it as back up phone.

6. X.E.R.O. (unregistered)

I don't like it....I LOVE IT!!

9. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3576; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)

Really? Wow!

13. Rocksteady (unregistered)

Why are you commenting on an Android article un-enthusiasimly and negatively?!

28. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)

This is not Android thing, it's just overall buttons in the back.

31. CHEFJEFF (Posts: 147; Member since: 22 Sep 2009)

I have the G2, it's difficult to feel the power button becuase it's so slightly raised, or to distinguish the up or down volume. I thought it was a great idea until I had to use it.
Give me back the side controls.

43. imMature (Posts: 87; Member since: 04 Sep 2013)

You can't distinguish the up or down volume? Wow.. That's quite a skin you got there.

29. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

I LOVE USING BACK BUTTON ON MY G2!

ITS MORE COMFORTABLE!
I CAN EASILY USE EITHER LEFT HAND , OR MY RIGHT HAND TO OPERATE THE PHONE.

36. hassoups (Posts: 473; Member since: 06 Jun 2013)

YOU COULD DO THE SAME WITH EVERY OTHER PHONE TOOO!!!!!

35. DigitalJedi_X2 (banned) (Posts: 346; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)

They're not trying to be fancy with it at all. The buttons are extremely practical. Especially if you have large hands, like i do.

10. williamdroid (Posts: 125; Member since: 19 Jan 2014)

S Pen? Lol
I never liked the Galaxy S line but the Note line is on a whole other level

16. Kyokado (Posts: 115; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)

Thats just u. U dont like the galaxy s line. That doesnt mean that it aint good.

18. williamdroid (Posts: 125; Member since: 19 Jan 2014)

And i never said it was.
All i stated was that I, as in me, dont like the S line.

12. hurrycanger (Posts: 1625; Member since: 01 Dec 2013)

Samsung got gimmicks!!! lol
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(I actually enjoy Samsung phones though. Aside from all the software stuff many people don't care about, the S4 and Note 3 are currently very good phones. The Mega 6.3 is very nice, too, despite that it is a mid-range phablet. Multi windows is also a great feature.)

19. williamdroid (Posts: 125; Member since: 19 Jan 2014)

Actually, i agree lol most of the "features" are mostly gimmicks haha IMO

But i cannot fathom living without Multiwindow (currently using it), Direct Dial (i think thats what its called), Pop Up window, and the S Pen.

But MultiWindow is what won me over from the other Phablets.

46. DnB925Art (Posts: 1060; Member since: 23 May 2013)

I don't use many of the features, although what I like to use doesn't mean other people may like them. it's all about preferences. I do use the multiwindow, direct dial, pop-up window, S-Pen (and all the associated apps like S-Note), Smart Stay (I watch a lot of videos so this is important) and even in the camera app like best shot and best face.

At least if you don't like the extra "gimmicks" they can be turned off.

17. Droiderr (Posts: 35; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)

Well, samsung is already on the top as the market leader. So it must have done something. I dont like answering your question as this might do it.

34. Nabil2511 (Posts: 152; Member since: 27 Jan 2014)

but it doesnt have any trademarks though, anything that it specializes in.. other OEM can produce the same specs as most Sammy products nowadays anyway

44. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)

They have a no compromise trademark. They don't ruin ergonomics for looks like HTC and Apple. They don't add annoying flaps and make huge phones just to waterproof when waterproofing is not needed for at least 95% of the time. They don't add 3000 mah batteries unless they can get it well under 8.9 mm unlike LG and Moto.

I don't know about you but a 5 inch 1080p screen, great ergonomics, 2600 mah battery, first to use gorilla glass 3, first to use a faster ram, latest internals, all at the same size as the GS3 and at only 7.9mm is an efficiency that no one else comes remotely close. The Xperia Z had an S4 pro. The HTC one was the same size as the GS4 but with a 4mp camera, smaller screen, slower ram, similar size, only 2300 mah battery, and at a fat 9.3mm. LG can't top Samsung until the end of the year at a different release schedule.

Sorry buddy. But no one is even close to them yet. Let's hope it changes this year when Sony and LG is rumoured to follow the same release schedule as all the other flagships. Still, I don't see it with Samsung owning stake in Gorilla Glass and cornering the market on ram. If Qualcomm wasn't so good this year they probably would have had the market on SOC's too.

47. DnB925Art (Posts: 1060; Member since: 23 May 2013)

You forgot the Note (phone) series and the S-Pen specifically. Other manufacturers may have phablets, but Samsung Notes have the S-Pen included which differentiates the Note series from all other phablets. Closest thing that uses a capacitive stylus are in the tablet size range like the Surface and Samsung Ativ Win 8 tabs, and Android Note Tablets.

40. cornerofthemoon (Posts: 601; Member since: 20 Apr 2010)

Samsung is one of the few manufactures that still provides support for micro SD cards on high end devices. That's the main reason I keep going back