I mean with so many of the iPhone haters slamming the notch, that isn’t one of the reasons I was thinking of switching. It doesn’t bother me at all.
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How Samsung's New Galaxy Note 9 Measures Up to Apple's Rumored 2018 iPhone Lineup
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Samsung is going to have a very hard time catching up to the iPhone. The X is phenomenal in every respect - a massive leap forward. The A11 CPU is a beast. The 2018 models likely going to raise the bar a good amount. Imagine what the A12 will bring. The new Samsung models are very nice phones, and great options if you need the flexibility of Android. But I have no doubt the 2018 iPhones will be the best-built, best-performing, most polished smartphones available.
I’d hope not. That would certainly be an immaterial thing to switch platforms over.
Meh, some of us don’t like these feminine size phones. Give me a plus model size phone. I can’t stand feminine tiny phones. Some guys do though. To each their own I guess.
There's no doubt Samsungs hardware is top notch in fairness and software ui, and lag seems to be gone, they are the best android phone for sure, most notably the new note 9, but like others have said it's the ecosystem and integration of hardware and software with apps made specifically for ios, it's hard to beat, from the 6s up iphones fly and are a pleasure to use. Me I'll be going from my 8 plus to a new X in a couple of weeks.
Catching up?
The iPhone probably faces more competition from their older models than the latest and greatest that Samsung has to offer.
Apple has practically lapped Samsung many times over. There is no contest. The smartphone wars are over. Apple won.
Somebody get me what this guy is smoking! Dang, that's gotta be some strong reality distorting herb.
Sure.
Maybe you don’t notice it the same way iPhone X users don’t really notice the notch?
There is a light source in each of your photos that is enhancing that glare. Try removing that light source or move the phone’s edge away. I don’t have the galaxy but I get glare on my iPhone and my flat screen tv depending on the light source. Just saying.
Being tied to the Apple ecosystem, it doesn’t matter what’s out there. I got the X but if the “X Plus” is better, I am sure it will be my next iPhone when it comes out. 
How the S9 stacks up against the iPhone 14. Would be just as accurate as this article.
About the same as the plus models i think it might be like a millimeter smaller but it’s basically the same
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Plastic?
3 years later...
Note 12 released. Still loses to the iPhone 8 in terms of single core benchmark scores.
Note 12 released. Still loses to the iPhone 8 in terms of single core benchmark scores.
I like the idea of the 6.1 screen size. The 6.5 is too big. Bit the 6.1 being thr “low cost” model means losong some feature (lcd screen)... so... bummer. I think the slightly bigger screen over the 5.8 would be cool...
Being tied to the Apple ecosystem, it doesn’t matter what’s out there. I got the X but if the “X Plus” is better, I am sure it will be my next iPhone when it comes out.
It WILL be my next phone when it is released. I do like to keep up with what's out there just so when someone says Essential or One Plus I know what the heck they're referring to. But I have zero interest in actually owning something else. Not a fanboy, just someone who prefers to be in the Apple ecosystem.
lol so many butt hurt iboys. Get real. Note is head and shoulders above the iphone. If you don't know that, you deserve the iphone.
Hahahaha. So the only way for Samsung to compete is to compare 2018 iPhones to 2019 Samsung’s, that’s supposed to be fair.
But I agree the s9/note 9 are dated and the s10 should get rid of the extra bezels on the display.