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Samsung Announces Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge With Expandable Storage, Larger Battery

AppleScruff1 said:
One more question, why do you think it was adopted so much faster than Apple Pay?
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Because it works on existing magnetic stripe terminals, which is everywhere you swipe your card today. The merchants don't have to do anything to prepare for Samsung Pay.

The only problem with Samsung Pay is lack of bank support... But if you have Citi, Bank of America, U.S Bank, Key, Chase, American Express, and some others, you should be all set. I know Discover and Wells Fargo are planning on supporting it soon, but I'm sure it's not as simple as just flipping a switch.

Hopefully when Discover begins to support it, they'll have a similar promotion like they did with Apple Pay, the additional 10% back, plus your normal percentage back of what you get, and then doubling it after your first year.
 
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John Mcgregor said:
The whole package is what matters. Touchwiz is pure garbage, OS updates will be late (my S6 is still on lollipop, wtf) app selection is much worse etc., iMessage and Facetime integration is far superior to anything on android.

No sensible person will argue this.
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I will, root it. Options are endless
 
jrlcopy said:
Free GearVR + Water Resistant + up to 200GB of add in storage.... commmon appple........ Let me iphone allow me to bring all my music with me again...... please!!! I'm tired of all these streaming services.

I mean, how cool would it be to have all your music that you own, with you in your pocket (again).
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The water-resistant S7 and S7 Edge ( i think i know who will be dunking their phone again....) f/1.7 aperture and letting in over half more light, so it must be better photos..... and all this and a better ad to boot :) and a GearVR free.

This is what professionalism is Apple... U hear this.
 
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Burger Thing said:
Personally I find the LG G5 far more innovative with its modular design. That is cool and should have been on the front page!
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Agreed on the modular innovation. But I think LG kinda missed the boat with regards to the camera grip.

If you’re gonna plug in something that makes the phone thicker… why not put a big-ass photo sensor in it too?

Sure it makes it easier to hold and adds some additional battery… but look at that Z-depth!

Instead of just making it a camera grip... they could have made it a monster camera.

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iMessage = best thing Apple has going for it. It's simply the best, period.
Samsung Pay = Best thing Samsung has going for it. It really is THAT good.

I'm torn. I love both of these features so much.
 
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bbplayer5 said:
Samsung pay worked 100% of every place I tried it. Apple, I can't even remember the last time I used it. Samsung - you literally dont need to bring your wallet.
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Wow!!! I just spent a little bit of time checking out Samsung Pay. It literally beats the snot out of Apple Pay. I'm amazed they aren't advertising this more heavily than they are.
 
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American Hero said:
Because it works on existing magnetic stripe terminals, which is everywhere you swipe your card today. The merchants don't have to do anything to prepare for Samsung Pay.

The only problem with Samsung Pay is lack of bank support... But if you have Citi, Bank of America, U.S Bank, Key, Chase, American Express, and some others, you should be all set. I know Discover and Wells Fargo are planning on supporting it soon, but I'm sure it's not as simple as just flipping a switch.

Hopefully when Discover begins to support it, they'll have a similar promotion like they did with Apple Pay, the additional 10% back, plus your normal percentage back of what you get, and then doubling it after your first year.
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Thank you for the info. I didn't know any of this.
 
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AppleScruff1 said:
What message app(s) does Android use? What are the shortcomings vs iMessage?
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Straight regular text messages. The only plus side it iMessage that I could see is if someone was trying to keep their communication with someone on the QT and didn't want it to show up in phone records. But other than that - there is literally nothing iMessage brings to the table that's unique.
 
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bbplayer5 said:
iMessage = best thing Apple has going for it. It's simply the best, period.
Samsung Pay = Best thing Samsung has going for it. It really is THAT good.

I'm torn. I love both of these features so much.
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I use both iMessage and Whatsapp, I'm curious what you think of Whatsapp since to me it seems comparable if not better to iMessage. I had a nightmare with iMessage a while ago which happened more than once where instead of getting messages, I'd get emails with metadata/content split and no way to troubleshoot it.
 
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Burger Thing said:
That is all correct but I am not sure, if Battery Life, Water Proofing, etc, are factors which would influence too many buyers as a whole. I can tell you, that my Sony Z3, which I had last year, had a very good screen, fantastic battery life, micro SD storage, water proofing, and a very good software. Close to stock Android and some additional software by Sony which was far batter than any of Samsungs offering IMHO. Plus a design which didn't seem to be influence too much by Apple.

Was is a game changer? No. So I doubt this S7 will be. I think it is more about Eco Systems and convenience these days.
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Good point. Though nowadays, when it comes to ecosystems, Android has an equivalent for everything apart from FaceTime and iMessage. Contacts and Calendar - Google, wireless streaming of display and audio - Chromecast. These are the only integrations I care about and they are well implemented in Android.

The only reason why Samsung should fail again with these devices is because they shed their responsibility towards these phones as soon as they are sold. The S6s and the Note 5s have still not received their Marshmallow updates. In my view, that is pathetic and one should not support such companies until they learn (hopefully). Apple, though expensive, at least supports iPhones for 2-3 years with quick software updates.
 
Love the posts where this tech comes from Mars, where aliens planted it and ZOMG!!
(Back in reality after not watching too much star trek) Little faster, slightly better camera, slightly better battery. Goes for the iPhone 7 when it launches as well. Hyperbole is running as wild as Hulkamania in the 80's brother!

Cameras... they're phone cameras, and I see phone 4k a mile away, and it ain't pretty against the superior cameras I have shot with. :p In fairness those do cost a few grand but people over glorify phone cameras, it is quite amusing.

Waterproofing was done very well by Sony in 2012 I believe. Style wise the s7 and 6s are meh to me. I want some of those concepts to become real. G5 is more interesting to me in all honesty. Wish it ran webOS personally but there isn't apps of course. Some of the modular stuff is cool. Been done before with feature phones in the past, but I like their spin on it.

I need the Apple hate... Ive will make it thinner, remove the headphone Jack because of too much drug usage and talk about in front of a white background pompously for 5 mins and make no sense. (Just like my post) You'll get 32GB, 128GB and 256 so they can keep that $100 up-charge. Greedy jerks. ;)

I don't recommend getting caught up in ecosystems guys if you can help it. CD's still exist and ripping them is easy enough. Same for movies. I say keep physical media going so we don't co-own it with companies. Limit purchased Apps when you can so it's easy to move around from OS to OS.
 
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Good point. Though nowadays, when it comes to ecosystems, Android has an equivalent for everything apart from FaceTime and iMessage. Contacts and Calendar - Google, wireless streaming of display and audio - Chromecast. These are the only integrations I care about and they are well implemented in Android.

The only reason why Samsung should fail again with these devices is because they shed their responsibility towards these phones as soon as they are sold. The S6s and the Note 5s have still not received their Marshmallow updates. In my view, that is pathetic and one should not support such companies until they learn (hopefully). Apple, though expensive, at least supports iPhones for 2-3 years with quick software updates.
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The slow or non existent software updates are the main drawback to Non Google Android phones.
 
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Sacird said:
Love the posts where this tech comes from Mars, where aliens planted it and ZOMG!!
(Back in reality after not watching too much star trek) Little faster, slightly better camera, slightly better battery. Goes for the iPhone 7 when it launches as well. Hyperbole is running as wild as Hulkamania in the 80's brother!

Cameras... they're phone cameras, and I see phone 4k a mile away, and it ain't pretty against the superior cameras I have shot with. :p In fairness those do cost a few grand but people over glorify phone cameras, it is quite amusing.

Waterproofing was done very well by Sony in 2012 I believe. Style wise the s7 and 6s are meh to me. I want some of those concepts to become real. G5 is more interesting to me in all honesty. Wish it ran webOS personally but there isn't apps of course. Some of the modular stuff is cool. Been done before with feature phones in the past, but I like their spin on it.

I need the Apple hate... Ive will make it thinner, remove the headphone Jack because of too much drug usage and talk about in front of a white background pompously for 5 mins and make no sense. (Just like my post) You'll get 32GB, 128GB and 256 so they can keep that $100 up-charge. Greedy jerks. ;)

I don't recommend getting caught up in ecosystems guys if you can help it. CD's still exist and ripping them is easy enough. Same for movies. I say keep physical media going so we don't co-own it with companies. Limit purchased Apps when you can so it's easy to move around from OS to OS.
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Tell that to Shakey Sue. :D
 
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