AppleScruff1
macrumors G4
Like the light bleed and yellow tinted screens on the iPad a couple of years ago?
Galaxy S7's 'Best Smartphone Display' Makes Strong Case for Apple to Shift to OLED iPhones
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Like the light bleed and yellow tinted screens on the iPad a couple of years ago?
mattopotamus
macrumors G5
No problem. Even with the shortcomings, it is easily the best looking display I have ever seen. It makes watching a movie at home, in the dark, a real experience.
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Yes burn-in is possible, but you really have to be negligent with the display. The same way burn-in was possible with Plasma at the end of its life. It was possible, but nothing like the early stages on Plasma TVs.
jmgregory1
macrumors 68040
Just your noting that your issue is transferring things you've torrented, makes you a member of the minority. You're clearly trying to use the iPhone outside of what Apple wants you to do, which is your prerogative, but to think that most users would appreciate going back to one of the things that made PC's unbearable for most non-tech people, is simply ridiculous thinking. Imagine, getting a photo texted to you, then when you want to save it, you have to scroll through multiple options of where you want it saved, then remember where you put it after the fact. That's not fast or easy, it's a piece of the past that makes no sense to hold onto.
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Even if Jony Ive commented on the perfect black of OLED always being on, the fact remains that most websites and certainly emails have been designed with white backgrounds, not black. Meaning OLED needs to run at high power in order to have the background white, negating a bunch of the benefit that OLED has. Sure, watching movies can be better on an OLED screen, but we're talking small screen phones here - not big screen tv's.
I don't see a switch to all black backgrounds in websites, documents, spreadsheets, emails, and even photographs, any time soon. Perhaps at some point, a switch will happen and we'll all be looking at screens that are primarily black, with the copy in white, but I doubt it will be anytime soon.
Number-Six
macrumors 6502
Their video demo make the product sound like a parody, but if it works as advertised I'll have to give it a try.
spinedoc77
macrumors G4
Removable media isn't a gimmick. I'll give you a couple of real world scenarios where removable media is integral to my life. 4k videos take up a crapload of storage space so I tend to run out of room VERY quickly. Having kids I don't want to miss a moment of their lives and with smartphones becoming the go to device since it's always on you, having lots of storage space is important. I also don't play games much anymore on my phones, but there was a time when I enjoyed it and liked having multiple games installed, another reason removable media is important. You can make the same case for movies as well. I use cloud services a lot, and of course I'll back up my stuff whenever I get onto wifi. But for most of the time I'm not on wifi and do not have an unlimited data plan.
As for resolution, I notice a marked difference between my Note 5 and the iPhone 6s+, much sharper. Samsung also takes advantage of this by scaling their UI so you can see more on screen, for example in Maps/GPS apps you can see more of the map, more street names, etc. Also, while I understand it's only a very small minority, VR is incredible on the Note 5. VR really takes massive advantage of the higher resolution.
And let's get one thing clear, Apple not putting in this technology is usually based on saving money. They have by far the largest profit margin on hardware of any company out there and they know it. It's an incredibly smart move because they know just how many trade offs their fans are willing to take to have that Apple logo. If they wanted to put out an OLED screen they could, they just choose not to.
burgman
macrumors 68030
And you seem to prove his point, ironic isn't it.
John Mcgregor
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I guess. Yes. Just like the world is blind when a much older 6S with fewer CU cores, lower cpu clock speed and less ram still provides better performance and fluid ui. Not something i can say about s6 and from what i saw in the videos s7 is no better.
"4 GB RAM for better multitasking" - what a ****ing joke.
Burn-in is barely an issue with 99.99999 percent of devices and what laptops used OLED?
spinedoc77
macrumors G4
You do have high contrast mode though. high contrast mode works like crap in android and iOS, but in windows it's phenomenal and works perfectly. I don't believe any windows phones or tablets have OLED yet, the upcoming Samsung windows tablet will be the first one. I also really dig having the ability to have always on notifications and things like a night clock which only lights up the pixels of the clock text, something impossible to do on the iPhone. Yeah I know little things which not a lot of people use, but maybe because they are not available. If Apple had always on notifications I bet it would be very popular.
As for the file manager, I couldn't live without mine. It just allows me to be much more organized and gives me control over where files go and accessing them through any program or cloud service. I do appreciate an app being able to be a limited file manager, but it just doesn't work universally when I have multiple apps accessing those files or I need to export them to a different app.
jamezr
macrumors P6
ohhhh....so now you changed your tune. First it was the displays now its the internals....yeah gotcha.
You have been disproven time and time again with your Samsung hate....just get over it already.
Get back to me when the iPhone can do this....
spinedoc77
macrumors G4
This is true fundamentally. Consumers overall don't seem to care much about specs unless Apple markets them. If Apple consumers get better specs they are happy, but if they don't they seem to be happy as well. It's that intangible power Apple has over consumers where they don't need the most incredible specs. I think that's somewhere that Samsung has seriously gone wrong. As you mention, throwing more RAM at the issue isn't solving anything.
Putting aside the topic of specs for a second I think Samsung keeps making the same 2 mistakes:
1) Not overhauling Touchwiz so it truly runs smoothly and can finally outrun the very negative legacy and press it gets. Or just get rid of Touchwiz and make your features modular so they can be installed on top of vanilla Android. Every release they promise the same thing, a streamlined Touchwiz due to optimization, less bloatware and more RAM, and every year they don't deliver.
2) Focus on customer service. Being able to walk into an Apple store, have your problem diagnosed and instantly fixed with a replacement is incredibly powerful. Versus having some moron in a Samsung experience store inside a Best Buy who has no idea what they are doing and you have to send your phone to Texas and wait 3 weeks for it to *maybe* get fixed. These are completely different ends of the spectrum and it hurts Samsung. I don't expect Samsung to open stores nationwide or worldwide, but in the US they at least have the advantage of having Samsung centers there. Why not train that staff on tech support, provide warranty replacements, etc?
For us here on the forums specs mean a lot, but in the real world they don't mean much after a certain point. But things like a smooth UI and awesome customer service count for a lot.
Shows how little gou know.
I can put photos and music in iCloud drive, and attach files from iCloud drive in email.
Apple could make a laminated iphone display, as they did with the air2 and mini 4. If they do that and improve blacks(next gen in-cel display), and up the dpi, reduce bezels, they can have a very good display on their hands. See display mate' s review of the iPad mini 4 screen.
They will close the gap a little by doing this. But Apple is trailing in screen tech and they will until 2018.
But Apple has the resources to close the gaps in wireless/fast charging and screen-tech(micro led by luxvue) in the next 2 years. And they will, perhaps without the help of Samsung ...
nefan65
macrumors 65816
Wow. Feels like I got back into my wayback machine. These posts are almost identical when the S3 came out years ago. Other than some of the technologies changing, all the other posts and rhetoric are the same.
The same will be true 4 years from now when the 11S and S11 roll off the assembly lines. At the end of the day, buy/use what you like and what works for you.
The same will be true 4 years from now when the 11S and S11 roll off the assembly lines. At the end of the day, buy/use what you like and what works for you.
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BvizioN
macrumors 603
True. Most people see only what they need to see.
bladerunner2000
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Or in this case, what Apple wants them to see.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
I totally agree that iTunes is horrendous. I been using iPhone for years on cant't even remember the last time I used iTunes on my Mac to sync my iPhone.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
Here is the thing with you guys who believe most iPhone users have not used anything else. You can't possibly be anymore wrong! I personally don't know any single person who is iOS user and have not tried other platforms (mainly Android) I also have tried several times (Galaxy Phones) and also I do agree that there are obvious advantages, there are too many drawbacks and certainly not worth it for me. So I think people are not that naive to think only Apple products exist. People try, people switch, people will always go back to kind of products they prefer. That file manager thing by the way, I knew it was there, I did not use it not even once when I was using Samsung phone. Because I didn't need it. I do agree that having the option is certainly an advantage, but the statement "No file manager= fail" is laughable because iPhones/iPads have never had file manager before and iPhone users aren't going to suddenly want the file manager to the point that is a deal breaker for them.
bladerunner2000
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Most iProducts are bought out of vanity.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
Corrected for you.
Surf Donkey
Suspended
Source on that?
We all know there isn't a source
Col4bin
macrumors 68000
Kind of like your assertion that Apple users just want a screen that works…implying a conscientious compromise of quality. Right, that cute meme of yours works perfectly for your original argument, too. Nice job.
I would have preferred to just reply with this image, but think about it.
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clickerman
macrumors member
I have a Samsung S4 which is about three years old and the screen is just great. Maybe it won't last two more years butby then I'll have a new phone.