If you've been a Samsung user your whole life, why would you want to go over to Apple? You'll notice a MASSIVE decrease in customisation in Apple, and also the whole vibe of a computer in your pocket. Droids can do so much more than iOs could, the Android OS is very similar to a Windows OS.
I got the S5 for $394 last year at Officeworks, and I highly recommend it. As a samsung (and I assume your old phone was running Android, or Windows), you'll be right at home. Any Galaxy phone should be fine.
I was looking to purchase a OnePlus One, but couldn't find a reliable place to purchase on in Australia. Would I have to root my S5 to remove all the apps that samsung installed? I've disabled most of them, but I can't remove them. They are obviously taking up heaps of my storage space.
What kind of things do you do with your root?
Yeah, I looked at the OPO as well. Been a member on their forums for a verryyy long time now. Their phones have good specs, but in my honest opinion, it isn't worth buying something overseas because in most cases you can't claim warranty in Australia if it isn't sold in Australia. That's why I bought my S5 here in the event that something went wrong (... even though I ended up rooting the phone, making my warranty void anyway. hoorah!). I'm pretty sure at the beginning the OPO was running Cyanogenmod as well (refer to further down about CM).
Before I even say anything about root, please know that it is
legal to root, but you run the risk of completely destroying your phone's functionality
and as a result, you automatically void your warranty with Samsung once you start it (Samsung phones have something called a KNOX counter which gets tripped once you initiate the root process). This means if something goes wrong in the process and you can't turn your phone on, then you aren't covered by warranty anymore.
Yeah you would have to. Forcibly removing apps that you can't remove by other means is something that would need to be done using a terminal (linux experience required). Android's backend is basically a Linux machine. You could spend ages removing Samsung's bloatware via a terminal or simply replace the whole system
What can you do with root? I'll give you two examples of what i've done:
- completely removed Samsung's version of Android (namely TouchWiz) because I hated pretty much everything about it. I now run a custom variant called Cyanogenmod (
http://www.cyanogenmod.org)
- full terminal access (meaning I can access
everything there is to know about my system, I can make it behave the way I want it to)
If you plan on doing this, I would seriously advise you on reading as many tutorials, practical videos etc. as possible because one wrong move and you can royally stuff your entire phone up. The first time I did it, I soft bricked (basically software stuff up, meaning nothing would happen when I turned my phone on) my phone twice and spent days trying to recover it. Good experience, but a pain.
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