I had a Note 3 and ended up selling it because of its size primarily. Now I have a S5.
I will not say I will not buy and try the S tablet but having an IPad myself, it will need to blow me away.
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I had a Note 3 and ended up selling it because of its size primarily. Now I have a S5.
I will not say I will not buy and try the S tablet but having an IPad myself, it will need to blow me away.
I had a Note 3 and ended up selling it because of its size primarily. Now I have a S5.
I will not say I will not buy and try the S tablet but having an IPad myself, it will need to blow me away.
The Note is big for sure, but I like the Note's pen for notes. The digitizer support is great. Even Evernote has its handwriting built right into the app for Android, unlike iPhone, which requires a third party handwriting app to "sync" to Evernote. Plus, the S5's 16GM memory is too restrictive for me, the 32GB Note was better in that regard.
Is it just me, or is Samsung's choice of monikers for their devices completely impossible to follow? Is that a marketing strategy of some kind?
I have what's called a "Galaxy Tab 7" at home that I got for free from my ISP. I have no idea what generation it is, as I think more than one kind exist.
I didn't have a problem understanding it. No matter - if you're a fan of iPad you gonna stay with the iPad. If you like Samsung products you will go with Samsung.
You do realize that Samsung has offered devices in GOLD long, long, LONG before Apple every offered any mobile devices in Gold, by years and years and years. Research helps if you bother to do it.
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So Samsung had a feature in development and just because apple decides to copy the rest of the world and announce it, it becomes magical and proprietary and only Apple can offer it. Get a clue, Samsung had to put this in development well over a year ago to integrate it into the OS it wasn't added in a week post WWDC.
Not to mention the things/ideas apple copied from Samsung/Google Android:
Swipe down Notification screen
Swipe up settings screen
Multiple screen size phone options (4.7, 5.5 - just like the S4 / Note 2 from a year ago)
Cards interface (double clicking home brings up running apps - swipe to close (actually Apple copied from WebOS)
New iOS 8 features copied from Android:
Advanced health features
"Hey Siri" ("Hey Google")
Widgets
App store video demos
Copying is fine, its who puts all the features together the best who wins. But people shouldn't act like its only Samsung who copies and Apple doesn't. Of course Apple does it too.
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new sammy product - yawn !!!
I own a nexus and quite happy with it, however, i thinks i will be heading back to an iPad air as everything else i own is apple, and i find the poor integration btwn android and iOS a little frustrating - and maybe it is just me, but i still find android a hard to get a grip of compared to iOS
I own a nexus and quite happy with it, however, i thinks i will be heading back to an iPad air as everything else i own is apple, and i find the poor integration btwn android and iOS a little frustrating - and maybe it is just me, but i still find android a hard to get a grip of compared to iOS
Where's the 12" pro version? I guess Sammy stopped that one once they found out the iPad Pro rumors turned out to be fake.
The Note Pro? This one has LTE but pretty pricey. Would love to pick this up in the aftermarket.
http://www.att.com/galaxynotepro
PRO does not imply neither 12" nor Note.
Tab S > TabPRO > Tab
What is missing is a 12" Tab S, and the complete Note S line, to also have Note S > NotePRO > Note
And then we would also have:
Note S > Tab S
NotePRO > TabPRO
Note > Tab
i hate to say it, but the display is awesome...
Much better than Retina ever could be, regardless if Apple reckons its possible, i'd say it's not, because Apple are only making small increases. Where as Google makes huge difference.
You would otherwise need to connect a mac to external display just to display the same (2560x1600) resolution...
May be tough on my eyes, i even need to take my glasses off to see on Retina on iPhone 5s cos its blinds me.
But it like this. Sets the bar on what Apple needs to accomplish though...
You can say sharper because pixel count is higher, but this resolution will always bet better.
Samsung fans have nothing to worry about.. Least not for the next 5 years anyway.
Much better than Retina ever could be, regardless if Apple reckons its possible, i'd say it's not, because Apple are only making small increases. Where as Google makes huge difference.
You would otherwise need to connect a mac to external display just to display the same (2560x1600) resolution...
May be tough on my eyes, i even need to take my glasses off to see on Retina on iPhone 5s cos its blinds me.
But it like this. Sets the bar on what Apple needs to accomplish though...
You can say sharper because pixel count is higher, but this resolution will always bet better.
Samsung fans have nothing to worry about.. Least not for the next 5 years anyway.
First thing's first... I'm an adult, thanks.
Haha I don't know of many kids that keep up on those hip Phil Schiiler and other Apple executive quotes...Second, you just helped proved my point. You just listed all the things that someone did first, but Apple eventually took the same concepts and improved them. It's worth noting that I'm not a fanboy. I go to whomever I feel has the best tech. Yes, I have an iPhone in my pocket, but I am currently typing this on a Surface Pro 2.
First thing's first... I'm an adult, thanks.
Second, you just helped proved my point. You just listed all the things that someone did first, but Apple eventually took the same concepts and improved them. It's worth noting that I'm not a fanboy. I go to whomever I feel has the best tech. Yes, I have an iPhone in my pocket, but I am currently typing this on a Surface Pro 2.
You are welcome to think apple improved on those ideas they copied from others. But imo, it is just stitching parts to a Frankenstein monster.
Widgets in notification? Let's see how that turn out. Maybe as good as having the notification shade blocks the top of the screen or doing double/triple press of the home button.
No, you are wrong Samsung does not need any testing, that's what the customers do...
i take it as this sarcastic statement is a acknowledgement of the fact that samsung didnt copied and implemented this feature within weeks. thats very mature of you.
It's not blind hate, or even hate at all really. If Samsung makes a good product with software I can' t get somewhere else, I'll buy it, but they've yet to do that, and all you need for proof is this article. I'm not saying others shouldn't, because you're entitled to buy whatever you'd like to buy or follow whatever company you'd like to follow.
The whole phone calling thing is just a evolution of what samsung has supplied for several years now, side sync is not new has shipped for a couple of years and is always having features added to it.