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Four Takeaways From Samsung's Galaxy S22 Event for Apple Users
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I actually don't mind at all when major competitors' news makes it to the Front Page, but I do take issue with how it's billed to try to justify it... "Four takeaways for Apple users" - none of those four points are relevant to me as an Apple user at all.
And that is a significant testament to the iPhones, is the consistency and longevity of older iPhones that still receive support with iOS (Using the iPhone 8 for example). But, the hardware typically doesn’t have issues, other than the battery might need to be replaced.
The downside to really any android phone, is the value plummets horribly compared to the iPhone. It’s not to say that it’s not a good phone, it’s just something I think consumers are generally shocked by compared to an iPhone, and that’s also partially due to popularity.
The model's angsty-face and gangsta-like hand gesture is just plain silly and too much.
I long for the days when "image" and "flash" didn't matter so damn much.
Considering how many of Apple's recent blunders could be fairly blamed on a form-first design mindset, I'm loving the chunky function-first MacBook Pros more and more.
Maybe next we'll see more tech commercials featuring average Joe over-the-hill 30-something models, and less Miss In-yo-face hip chick dancing to a pulsating throwaway song nobody will hear again in 5 years.
Now pardon me while I go yell at some clouds.
Why stop at 14"?
Just put ClipStudio on it and it becomes a great Wacom replacement.
I'm for a 32" tablet with stand, ohh wait a minute...
/me pets his Cintiq 32"
Ha! Good point. Totally agree.
Now that I think more about it... the headline reads weird.
Was the Samsung Event specifically for Apple users?
Are the takeaways from MR and intended for Apple users in these forums?
Maybe something more like Highlights or Updates from Samsubng's Galaxy S22 Event would suffice.
Anyway...
The easy fix is to never buy an Android phone - especially a Samsung - at RRP. Here in the UK, you can pick up a £409 mid-range A52s 5G for £295 easily; a OnePlus 8T 12Gb RAM model is just £350.
The S22 series announced today all have massive trade-in values - even for worthless, broken phones (£200 on top of trade-in value at Currys/CPW) - plus free gifts like Galaxy Buds and 12-month Disney+ subs that can be sold on and offset against the purchase price.
Basically, if you're getting an Android at 30-40% off list price somehow, the resale value suddenly isn't so bad.
Nope, it’s gorilla glass victus (their newest version)
They might surprise us next month and announce the IPad Air 5tth gen with an OLED display… doubt it though.Hear that Apple?
The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is actually a very nice phone. Now, if we can just get Samsung to offer an Android One version that runs a more "pure" version of Android itself.
Yeah but I never said anything about Samsung phones. I also have seen people with older Samsung and Android devices. The difference? They aren't using the newest Android which certainly means lack of features available to them.
You're on an Apple fan forum. It's more a matter of people not being able to image a world where one could want something other than an Apple product. I like and can appreciate Samsung's devices as well as Google's new Pixels. They are both really nice devices with basically the same features and overall experience an iPhone user would have. I just used and helped set up a Pixel 6 Pro for a friend. I was really impressed with how fluid, fast it was, and the camera was incredible. I just personally don't trust Google enough, nor do I like Android as much as iOS/iPadOS/macOS. Most of the apps are cross platform and apps make the experience in large part. I just prefer the closed nature of iOS and find it to be superior for my needs.
I guess my point was, consumers don’t know android phones have plummeting resale values. They don’t have the mindset they’re looking at how much potential resale value after owning the phone for two years. But then again, it doesn’t really matter, because Consumers typically trade their devices in anyway to upgrade, they generally don’t care how much they’re receiving for a a credit. It’s not like they’re recuperating cash from selling a used car for example. A tech device is nothing more than a simple commodity that shouldn’t be detrimental how much somebody can receive in return after they trade it in.
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I'm not sure how many iPhone people have ever actually used a modern Android phone, but it's rather nice to be able to have a device unlike anyone else. Every iPhone looks exactly like any other. It's so boring and homogenized. To be able to personalize your Android phone with so many cool effect and designs, it's rather nice.
If you look at some other not-so-well-known flagship phones, they are incredible. They put the iPhone to shame.
The trade-off to so much "sameness" on the iPhone side is the apps work better together and have a uniform feel and appearance.
Not to mention that with Apple blocking access to hardware in the iPhone, I have to carry an Android phone to use any decent networking/WIFI tools. Wasn't it just a year or two ago they even removed the iPhone's ability to see another devices MAC address? Stupid if you ask me. So now I have to carry two phones.
Since this was a Samsung launch event, I'll just make a sideways reference...
Quality is always vendor specific. Always. Samsung phones have equivalent resale values to Apple phones, if not even more so, but I won't split hairs here.
On the tablet side of things.
Credit where credit is due. Samsung are really trying hard to close the gap with Apple's ipadOS. With Android 12L coming out soon this should assist Samsung to get even closer. As the software side of things has always been the Achilles Heel for Android tablet experience.
Credit where credit is due. Samsung are really trying hard to close the gap with Apple's ipadOS. With Android 12L coming out soon this should assist Samsung to get even closer. As the software side of things has always been the Achilles Heel for Android tablet experience.
That really doesn’t make much sense in terms of how consumers think though. It’s common knowledge that iPhones have a very strong resale value over android phones, and that’s not to knock Samsung devices. But the reality is, it is due to the sheer popularity of the iPhone.
I mean, simple research will show you a three year old iPhone compared to a new-ish Samsung phone, the values are very similar. So what does that tell you?
That seems true. But I think that’s partially because the garbage quality of ‘Android tablets’ really helps sales, because they’re appear to be considerably cheaper under the iPad.
All Samsung devices use Android built by Samsung. It uses Google code but it is quite different from the Google version of Android with some major enhancements (like Dex).
Cheap tablets address a real need. Many Apple users might have bought a cheaper iPad too but there is none.
When S8 was released Samsung had fewer models: just two S8 models (S8 and S8+). Now Samsung has more S-models. For example, S21 line has four: S21, S21+, S21FE and S21 Ultra.