Considering the fact that the butterfly keyboards are NOT presenting a serious security and privacy risk...just fine. But the issues with those keyboards already had their time in the "outrage spotlight". This is just proof that the "almighty so-much-better-than-Apple" Samsung...is also prone to serious flaws. Do the burning phones and the Fold, ring a bell?
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Samsung Admits Major Security Flaw in Galaxy S10 Under-Screen Fingerprint Sensor
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Add the new Pixel 4 to Android security fails....
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I agree that FaceID is sufficient for most phone users.
However, FaceID is very inconvenient when using an iPad Pro in a business meeting. I use Notability in business meetings and I was constantly having to lift it up to wake it up and then set it back down to take a note -- it sounds silly, but it was enough for me to sell my 3rd gen and go back to my 2nd gen iPad Pro. So unless Apple figures out a reliable fingerprint on screen solution, there's still a need for TouchID on an iPad.
That explanation was in the part of my reply that you cut off:
(Just in case it wasn't clear, I didn't really mean it when I said "accidentally")
Really ? Not my experience with my 12.9 pro. It picks my face up lying at my desk all the time.
Wow, Samsung make some of the best smartphones in the market and you're judging the brand on a single product? 🤨
The Galaxy Fold isn't you're typical smartphone - it's an attempt to bring something new and innovative to this tired market. Yes it has a lot of flaws, but they're making an open effort to push display tech to the next level - give them some credit for that.
Frankly speaking, your comment stinks of ignorance and Apple fanboyism here - any attempt to bash non-Apple devices 😂
Maybe set the sleep timer to 10 minutes or more? I agree that Face ID can be a bit unreliable to use in landscape orientation but there’s more than one way to skin a cat, and I have used my iPad for note taking numerous times and this has never been an issue for me.
Open effort? Oh....did they give the phone away for free? I'll give them a heck of a lot of credit for that....if it were true. But it is not. I think this is where I'm supposed to insert insults about "fanboyism" and "ignorance". I'm good tho.
Well, be prepared to be even more shocked: I don't use mac or iOS, that's only for work. I can't really manage thousands of macs for a living on a PC so I have to use a mac.
At home it's Ubuntu, thank God.
It's not a major security flaw if you stop using screen protectors, especially those cheap gel ones. If you program the screen protector's texture instead of your finger, that's going to believe the plastic foil is a finger, and unlock the phone for everyone. The fix is simple, remove the screen protector, and re-train your actual finger. Yes, it's a pretty embarrassing bug, they should've tested this before production. But as long as everyone throws away their screen protectors, it'll be fine. It's not like you can unlock every phone with a screen protector. It doesn't work that way. Some of the reports are completely false.
I sometimes wonder if being different is overrated. I am reminded of quote related to Jony Ive.
The issue here is that Samsung is betting on being different, not necessarily being better. And it's the end user who suffers.
For example, with the S8, Samsung removed the home button, but failed to provide any real viable alternatives to it. The fingerprint scanner was placed in an awkward position (on the back, right next to the camera), while the face-scanning feature simply didn't work.
Contrast this with Apple, who although removed the headphone jack with the iPhone 7, also gave users a viable alternative in the form of AirPods (whose unorthodox design also got much flak until consumers actually started using it).
It is becoming clear that Samsung is increasingly betting on being different and not necessarily enough on being better (if at all). Removing the home button and not offering a better alternative ended up being the real "user hostile" move, but we are not going to see too many outlets call them out on this. Because Samsung still apparently enjoys some measure of "underdog" status in the tech community, despite the fact that they are clearly anything but.
Same here with the Galaxy Fold. The issue isn't that Samsung is trying to "bring something new and innovative to this tired market" and not being credited for it, but that they are simply trying to be different for the sake of being different (and maybe winning a few internet points from YouTube reviewers bored of constantly looking at the same smartphone form factor), not trying to be different so as to make a better product or user experience.
The result is the Galaxy Fold, a phone which started developing screen problems right from day 1. If this isn't evidence that there is something very wrong with their product design and / or QC processes, I don't know what is, and it sure makes me wonder who the real fanboys are. And frankly, I am amazed Samsung has the audacity to even release the product, much less charge the price that they do.
That, I feel, is the key difference between Apple and Samsung. I don't see Apple going down Samsung's path of simply doing something different for the sake of doing something different. Instead, Apple's goal is to do better.
Will this mean certain products end up being delayed or in short quantity at launch? Maybe (see AirPods).
Will this mean certain ideas are canned at the last minute? Maybe (see AirPower).
And yes, someone will inevitably want to bring up the issue of the MacBook Pro keyboard. To which I concede the point, because there is still a difference between a company who genuinely tries to be better and screws up once in a while (Apple), vs a company who simply wants to be different for the sake of being different and likes to throw a dozen things against the wall to see which sticks (Samsung).
People often quote Steve Job's "Think Different" phrase in a mocking manner, as if to insinuate that Apple is no longer doing that. In my book, said phrase didn't mean to "Be Different" just for the sake of it, but rather, to "Do better."
And Apple is. And that is why I see myself staying an Apple user for a good many more years to come.
Sure...that will work, but you also increase the possibility of scratching up your screen in the process. People buy screen protectors for this reason and it shouldn't cause a problem. Samsung just needs to get this fixed ASAP.
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Scratches on the screen won’t hurt the resale value of an Android that much, after a year you’re not in very good shape compared to an iPhone in part because both Google and Samsung massively discount their phones a month or two after introduction. See article here and click through to the related Samsung piece:
Google just accidentally admitted that iPhones are more valuable than Pixels — BGR
When Google launched the Pixel line two years ago, two things were clear. One: The Nexus phone replacement was going to be a more expensive, premium Android meant to deliver a high-end Android experience. Two: The Pixels would copy the iPhone. Fast forward to the Pixel 4, and things haven’t...
Why were you lifting it up to wake it up? Just tap the screen. Face ID on my iPad Pro works from most angles. Also, why not just turn off the sleep timer?
Do you consider the first iPhone rock solid? Yea thought so.
what about iPhone 3g? Let’s face it. New technology will have issues. Doesn’t mean the technology is bad and not useful. For a first time shot at a foldable phone I give Samsung some props to being something to market that is really good to be honest. Much better than previous new tech the last 10 years.
Yes. Yes I do. Certainly in its time. It may not have been perfect but it certainly wasn’t a prototype.