If you say so.
It's definitely not a design flaw. Insert the S Pen how it was removed and all is well.
Ah, you're the Samsung hater. It makes sense now.
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Samsung Debuts Galaxy Note7 With New S Pen, Gear VR Headset, and Gear 360 Camera
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If you say so.
It's definitely not a design flaw. Insert the S Pen how it was removed and all is well.
Ah, you're the Samsung hater. It makes sense now.
I thought I was getting "bored" with iOS too. I have used many Android devices in the past as well as every iPhone. So, I thought I'd give the S7 Edge a try. While it is ok, it's nothing earth shattering. People tend to focus on a phone's individual specs more than the overall experience - including the entire ecosystem. From my experience, Android falls short in almost every aspect.
I'm almost sorry to say it because I said I'd never buy another Samsung phone, but this Note7 is very very tempting.
I'm really frustrated with Apples slow, almost standstill, progress with the iPhone - especially if the iPhone 7 Plus is as lacklustre as the rumours suggest
I also said I would never buy another samsung phone again. I have a note 4 now. I got frustrated with the updates and I miss iMessage just a bit. I previously had 2 iPhones before that and have been waiting to go back... but....
I'm totally fine with this as long as Apple is the most profitable company in the world.
Apple remote & Messenger; nothing critical. Everything else is on Android.
Wait....But the iPhone 7 is the same as last years iPhone 6S, prepare for disappointment
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Drop the amnesia , every major competitor to the iPhone has been announced on MR, not MR staff's fault your precious Apple is releasing no hardware .
It's a beautiful thing that we have choice.
This would be a great phone for somebody that wants IP68 water resistance, NFC and MST payment options, curved hi-res OLED display the size of an iPhone 6(s) Plus screen but in a smaller & lighter body, great battery life, expandable microSD storage, monthly security updates, full access to the filesystem without needing a jailbreak, fast (and wireless) charging. The S-pen stylus and iris scanner are just nice bonuses.
On the other hand, next month's iPhone 6SE would be a great phone for someone that doesn't care about any of the above items but really wants to get rid of their headphone socket. Personally, I can't wait to get rid of my headphone socket, so I have already filled in the 3.5 mm socket on my current iPhone 6 with gorilla glue. The audio quality is so much better, and now I'm free to go and buy a pair of bluetooth Beats headphones.
This would be a great phone for somebody that wants IP68 water resistance, NFC and MST payment options, curved hi-res OLED display the size of an iPhone 6(s) Plus screen but in a smaller & lighter body, great battery life, expandable microSD storage, monthly security updates, full access to the filesystem without needing a jailbreak, fast (and wireless) charging. The S-pen stylus and iris scanner are just nice bonuses.
On the other hand, next month's iPhone 6SE would be a great phone for someone that doesn't care about any of the above items but really wants to get rid of their headphone socket. Personally, I can't wait to get rid of my headphone socket, so I have already filled in the 3.5 mm socket on my current iPhone 6 with gorilla glue. The audio quality is so much better, and now I'm free to go and buy a pair of bluetooth Beats headphones.
It's Samsung's fault that some idiots forced the S-Pen in the phone, the wrong way? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That dude trippin lmaoooo
Not bad... I'd rock it. The always-on note reminder and privacy folder is cool. What do we have w/ IP7? Uglier antenna bands. Whooop. The Note 7 looks way better than IP7 WITHOUT the bands. SMH
Typical response of someone with no argument. Dismiss the other person as a hater to diminish what they say.
Having something that can be inserted wrong is a DESIGN FLAW. This is why countless devices in countless industries have things like keyways to prevent things from being used the wrong way (usually by accident). You can't throw out hundreds of years of engineering just because you won't admit Samsung made a mistake.
I'm still waiting for one of you Samsung fans to list off all those powerful Android Apps that run so well on an S7 but can't on an iPhone. How many times do I have to ask this before someone steps up to the plate? I've got my S7 and 6S Plus sitting here waiting to test them. And please list off all those powerful 64bit Android Apps that can utilize the S7 processor.
Ahahaha! My gosh, how ugly Apple's phone looks right now, and they don't even have anything new coming up, apart from taking the 3.5mm away from folks!
Yeah, seems pretty swift. I think 3rd party support will come in the future, just like Apple opened up their TouchID API some time afterwards. I guess it has more to do with ironing out any issues first before opening it up fully for third party app developers. But like you said, it's use will probably be more useful as an additional layer of security than replacing fingerprint reading. Unless the same scanner and algorithm was standardised across Android devices, I doubt many app developers will utilise it anyways since they'd probably opt to standardise their app instead of utilising device-specific security readers.
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Some very nice features going on here. Well done, Samsung.
With iOS 10 looking more like a mess, it's certainly tempting.
With iOS 10 looking more like a mess, it's certainly tempting.
Meanwhile, most of the world is on Android and not iOS. Why do you even care if it uses Java ?
You're stuck in 2010. Try using a new flagship Android.
Haha, you both are what Apple would call their "model customer/investor".
I think the struggle I have is I would gladly switch to the Note 7, and this is coming from an Apple fanatic. But I have so much invested into Apple with their hardware, with the iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, ect... And their ecosystem works rather well how they all communicate and sync together. When you factor all those together, it's hard to pull away, unless you have only invested in the iPhone itself. It's like a cult that won't let me Go.
And both Apple and Samsung
Have advantages/disadvantages. I'm hoping for the September Key Note to bring something special we have NOT been expecting.
And both Apple and Samsung
Have advantages/disadvantages. I'm hoping for the September Key Note to bring something special we have NOT been expecting.
I love competition... if it were not for Sammy, Apple would continue to milk it for the next 25 yrs.
Honestly i love the screen going to the edge and i think many people would love apple to do the same and get rid of side bezels. I'm not a fan of the curved bit but you need to stop defending apple, they're a giant company who doesn't care about you, why should you care about them?
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OMG totally agree, logos on the front of phones makes me cringe.
No I am not. If the focus of this quote was OS updates or security updates, I would have responded in kind:
"Problem with Samsung is once they have sold you there phone it's only supported with major updates for at max 2 versions. Until they can get release out quicker and for longer there is no chance I'd go back" -vmistery
vmistery's subsequent reply explained his concern for security updates. Afaik, precognition exists only as plot device in fiction.
But since you brought it up directly, I will address that point directly. Security updates do not require an update to Android in the way that I think you mean it. It doesn't take a migration from M to N to get security updates. I know this because my S5 received several security updates on L before it was updated to M and at least 1 after.
The delay in getting the latest and greatest OS? There's no denying it needs improvement. If there was one mass distro and everyone got the same thing, hey that would be cool. Cool, not practical. iOS is static across the entire ecosystem. That makes for an easy update. Android is not static, far from it actually. The variety and variances in the different offshoots makes mass distro impractical. Some understand that. Bigger secret that's not so secret? Most don't care. Same with iOS. Ask the average person what version of iOS they're running and you'll most likely get a sideways look and a surreptitious reach for the pepper spray.
Haha, you both are what Apple would call their "model customer/investor".
No. I doubt either of them actually have any Apple products.