Played with the S5 and M8 yesterday. I used Tmobile version of the S5, the first thing I notice is the screen, it's huge. The icons and homescreen is bright, a lot going on, widget wise, but pretty much a S4. The band-aid rear cover is not as bad as I've heard or initially thought, the texture feels really good. Also feels good in hand, but couldnt get a feel of the weight wise because it was attached to that cord. Scrolling through the screens was fast and smooth, camera is REALLY good, focus is REALLY fast. I'm not a fan of the UI though, just something about TouchWiz or whatever it's called seems clumsy and intrusive.
Far as the M8, I played with the Verizon version. The dark metallic version sucks and yes, it's slippery. I thought it was just people making things up, but it's more slippery than the regular silver (that was also there too). I don't like the texture on the dark metallic version and not sure what HTC was thinking when coming up with that color, smh. The phone, silver, looks just like the Silver M7, and the first thing that pops is that screen, it's damn right gorgeous, crisp and bright. Scrolling through the screens is incredibly fast. Again, I thought people were over exaggerating about it, but it's just as good as people say. The Verizon bloatware is present all over, with widgets, ugh, still the phone is really smooth. The phone feels great, very premium like, just like the M7, if not better. It looks bigger but doesn't feel much bigger than I read/view videos on YouTube. I couldn't get a feel for the weight because the cord, but I liked it, felt very familiar. I love the Sense 6.0 UI, looks great, feels light weight, it's getting less and less in your face, and close to Vanilla. The camera is dope... FFC that is. When I clicked on it it's what first popped up, and it's really clear, widescreen, I liked it. The rear camera... ehhh, lol. It's good, I took some nice photos, but just not as good as I hoped for. Reviews were on point. I used UFocus on well, it's okay, couldn't really get a good photo to use UFocus on, but it def needs work, a lot of the Bokeh (or whatever it's called) still creeped on the image I was focus on. The other effects like 3D and seasonal or pretty cool, I actually like those more than UFocus, lol, though I can never really use them on FB or IG.
I think at this point I will wait for Sense 6.0 to hit my phone, not really in a rush now for the M8 (unless a black one drops soon), really want to see what Apple can do with the iPhone 6 and iOS8 in June.
It's blurred cause their dual camera feature or whatever
yes i know, I was saying I like it. i was wondering if a app could do that or if the devs made it happen yet
After Focus.
It's okay, but I like how the M8 does it better.