While
the Korean company
has
declined
to comment
on the change,
some are
attributing
it to tepid responses
to the Galaxy S5's design.
In our own review, David Pierce described the phone as still cheap and creaky. "I wondered if HTC's gorgeous, metallic One would inspire or challenge Samsung to leave behind its cheap, plasticky ways and build a smartphone as beautiful as it is feature-rich," he said. "The Galaxy S5 is not that phone.