Utter nonsense - as another response points out, iPhone X has been the best selling phone for Apple every week since it was released last November.
Given your promise is wrong, one can safely ignore all the other opinions in your post.
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Apple's New Memoji vs. Samsung's AR Emoji
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Utter nonsense - as another response points out, iPhone X has been the best selling phone for Apple every week since it was released last November.
Given your promise is wrong, one can safely ignore all the other opinions in your post.
Everything about Samsung reaks of genericness. While they have created new things, they’re usually never groundbreaking. They always copy whatever Apple is doing. It’s just a matter of time before a Galaxy S comes with a notch too.
Exactly this. Just because something isn't the exact thing you want doesn't mean someone else won't enjoy it. Let people have their stuff.
I just need to put this out there: what in the heck is this stuff for?? Ever since even just plan "emoji" came out, I haven't had the faintest idea what good it is for nor why anyone would waste time doing anything with it.
The difference is: Apple's is only slightly creepy while Samsung's is SUPER creepy.
The public. It's for the general public. You don't get it. We understand. It's not for you.
After Apple unveiled Animoji when the iPhone X debuted last September, Samsung introduced its own version, the more human-like and customizable AR Emoji.
Not to be outdone, Apple in iOS 12 introduced Memoji, a new version of Animoji that can be customized to look just like you. Given the similarities between AR Emoji and Memoji, we thought we'd compare the two and give our readers an idea of what to expect when iOS 12 launches this fall.
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Memoji, available in the Messages app and FaceTime on iOS 12, are cartoon-like customizable emoji characters that animate just like Animoji using the TrueDepth camera system in the iPhone X.
Because Animoji and Memoji require Apple's 3D camera capabilities to mimic facial expressions, the feature is limited to the iPhone X. Future devices, including 2018 iPad Pro models and iPhones are rumored to be adopting Face ID though. Samsung's AR Emoji are also limited and available only on Galaxy S9 devices.
Apple's Memoji feature offers up a blank face with a range of customizable options like skin color, hair color, hair style, head shape, eye shape and color, eye brows, nose and lips, ears, and facial hair and freckles.
All of these feature options can be combined to create a range of Memoji with different looks, and you can save dozens of Memoji creations.
While Apple starts you off with a blank face that can be customized to your liking, Samsung's AR Emoji feature has an option to scan your face and automatically create an emoji likeness of you that can then be customized further.
Samsung's AR Emoji look less cute and cartoonish and more like Bitmoji than Apple's version, with more humanoid facial features. AR Emoji can look a little creepier given their closer approximation to human facial features, but some may prefer the look.
Because Samsung doesn't use a 3D facial tracking system for AR Emoji like Memoji and Animoji, AR Emoji's ability to recognize and mimic facial expressions is not as advanced as Apple's technology.
AR Emoji can't compete when it comes to complex facial expressions, especially with the addition of wink and tongue tracking in iOS 12.
Do you prefer the look of Apple's Memoji or Samsung's AR Emoji? Let us know in the comments.
Article Link: Apple's New Memoji vs. Samsung's AR Emoji
I was really hoping Apple would make it an easy process like Samsung instead of having to create it manually like Bitmoji. I think Apple missed an opportunity with all their facial recognition technology.
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And this is exactly why the iPhone X failed to meet sales projections. People pay $1000 for powerful features, not a cute trick or toy. Craig Federighi's "Ho Ho HO" became a rally cry for the iPhone X as a joke, not a serious smart phone.
I just don't think Steve Jobs would have been so giddy like a 13 year old girl about this stuff like Tim Cook & MacRumors is.
Meanwhile MacOS 10.13.6 and Mohave are sidebar stories. Just change the name of the site to iPhoneRumors.com or better yet, Giddytoys.com.
It's definitely not Keynote worthy material! Who chooses the stuff to put in a Keynote??? I know the smartphone market is mature but if you don't have anything to announce just shorten the keynote.
It's sad but Microsoft's keynotes have become more interesting to watch these days.
This picture is ridiculous.
First off - its connected to two monitors. So if thats the case, wouldn't you have a external dock for all this stuff???
But you want to take this stuff with you, I get it. So, how is this different then past MacBooks? Oh look, you happen to have two inch wide docks? Oh the horror of adding an extra inch to your computer when your power using it!!!!
People like it. Get over it. Not everyone wants to listen to NPR and read the news news with their devices.
The comparison makes it pretty evident BOTH companies think it's important and it's pretty clear who is winning.
There's not much MacRumors can do for these frustrated folks who seem to believe that the people designing animated emojis for the iPhone are also the same exact people who design Macintosh hardware.
It's not that Apple is on version 2.0 of Animojis after less than a year.
It's that Apple has left products like the Mac Mini in purgatory for 4 years.
THAT'S the issue.
And yes... we know that the team who builds Animojis isn't the same team who builds Mac hardware. But sometimes people gotta vent!
Mods... feel free to delete any and all comments that mention the word "Mac" in this thread. The feelings have been expressed.
While people are correct that this the engineers who work on this feature are not the hardware guys keeping mac minis and MBPs in the dark ages, but I can certainly believe this delayed implementation of FaceTime as it now stands to be released since this feature does impact FaceTime. For those of us who use our devices at work, multipoint FaceTime is a very welcome addition, and I imagine (because testing, API finalization, etc) that this has to have delayed the work on FaceTime. I mean they're finally catching up to Skype from several years ago (yes I know Apple can do 32 people instead of Skype's 25...)
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Okay I’m about to do something strange and probably frowned upon... that is, commenting on what the article is about instead of complaining (yet again) about something completely unrelated *gasp*
Wow, Samsung’s AR emojis are just... ugly. Sure, they look more like the person than Memojis but it’s like an unappealing blend of cartoon and realism.
Personally, I like the Memoji style much better. It’s less creepy than the ARemojis I’ve seen online and matches the general emoji art style.
Wow, Samsung’s AR emojis are just... ugly. Sure, they look more like the person than Memojis but it’s like an unappealing blend of cartoon and realism.
Personally, I like the Memoji style much better. It’s less creepy than the ARemojis I’ve seen online and matches the general emoji art style.
