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Samsung Debuts Galaxy S10 and S10+, Along With Premium S10 5G and Lower-Cost S10e
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EKG's already existed, Apple did nothing special there, if you really want to get nit picky about what is or is not innovation.
Except the fold doubles as a phone and a tablet. It's not the Galaxy S10 Fold, it's the Galaxy Fold. You're confusing this thread with the other thread.
Apple's innovation has become too focus oriented on one specific thing at a time, which leaves evolution in other areas to a slow crawl like iOS's UI. I'm personally getting sick of good innovation of any given specific thing, only to have everything else basically the same.
Samsung focuses on innovation from most angles at the same pace. Which is why we see constant evolution of the software, hardware, and feature side of things all at once. That excites me more as a tech fan.
I respect your opinion, too. Though, I'm curious, which version of Android were you running when you had the device? It's gone through 2 upgraded Android versions on top of what it shipped with, including the dropped of TouchWiz for Samsung's new layer software tech.
It's like me saying iPhones suck because iOS sucks, when my earlier experiences with iOS 4-8 were dismal compared to later releases. iPhones still don't tickle my fancy because I find them limiting. But you won't catch me saying iOS sucks. It just doesn't do what I'd like in a mobile OS.
For what it's worth, the S7/Note 7 were the last of the Galaxy devices that implemented a poor layer over Android.
Evolution of hardware depending may be iteration or innovation. These releases seem more iteration, and I don’t see innovation in Samsung softwares.
Wasn't that when the iPhone had just come out? Or are you referring to the lower end 5c?
Okay, then for that definition Samsung’s latest releases have had genesis in other places as well. Which gets back to the iteration factor not innovation.
They do. Samsung Experience. It replaced TouchWiz. S8 performance is snappier than S7. The S7's last upgrade removed TouchWiz and brought in Samsung Experience.
great designs, good looking devices. not for me, but I'm glad they exist. impressed by their use of ceramic as a material, and their integration of a fingerprint sensor under the screen. I prefer faceID but its impressive that they got the fingerprint thing working none-the-less.
overall, a much better showing than they've had for years!
overall, a much better showing than they've had for years!
All the people who have tried it say it works fantastic. Very fast and accurate.
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Though it wouldn't be too hard for Google to implement the same. Also depends on the app, I suppose. Can't compare a banking app to a game, I suppose.
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Then there's the issue of Qualcomm refusing to offer drivers past 24-36 months and it's why you have problems unlike Apple, who develop their own SoC.
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iOS 12 places emphasis on startup CPU ramping. As soon as you click or tap on an icon, the CPU ramps up to maximum. iOS 11 and prior work differently.
Though it wouldn't be too hard for Google to implement the same. Also depends on the app, I suppose. Can't compare a banking app to a game, I suppose.
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It isn't. It's up to the carriers, really. Samsung got the update out months ago. Verizon et al. had their updates ready to go at the end of January, IIRC. TMobile who claims to be the uncarrier carrier just released their Pie update a week ago, and that's after pulling it from the queue for bugs their system had with the update.
Then there's the issue of Qualcomm refusing to offer drivers past 24-36 months and it's why you have problems unlike Apple, who develop their own SoC.
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I believe this is an issue with GoPros and iPhones, too. Don't know about Androids, though.
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You sure? I'm fairly certain it's possible on the XS Max.iPhones still don't do split screen....that max is too large to not have that capability that's for sure..........
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Starting March 8th, the $900 S10 will be the Best-Selling Smartphone "every single day thru the End of the Year" !
I've used a XR since Oct 26th, a 7+ for two years prior to that, & a 6s prior to that ... never owned an Android smartphone, but that's about to change.
The $900 S10, with 8 GB of DRAM & HDR10+ (video) capture & display, looks to be a true Game Changer !
I remember working @ Qualcomm when AAPL released the 5s, with it's register-rich 64-bit A7 processor, & just how shocked Qualcomm & ALL the Android smartphone companies were ... it took them ALL a year plus to recover, with a competitive solution.
If AAPL is NOT ready to immediately respond to what Samsung announced today, they will lose a Good Portion of their Market Share ... Sept it too far away to wait for their next Salvo !
Starting March 8th, the $900 S10 will be the Best-Selling Smartphone "every single day thru the End of the Year" !
I've used a XR since Oct 26th, a 7+ for two years prior to that, & a 6s prior to that ... never owned an Android smartphone, but that's about to change.
The $900 S10, with 8 GB of DRAM & HDR10+ (video) capture & display, looks to be a true Game Changer !
I remember working @ Qualcomm when AAPL released the 5s, with it's register-rich 64-bit A7 processor, & just how shocked Qualcomm & ALL the Android smartphone companies were ... it took them ALL a year plus to recover, with a competitive solution.
If AAPL is NOT ready to immediately respond to what Samsung announced today, they will lose a Good Portion of their Market Share ... Sept it too far away to wait for their next Salvo !
No, you didn't. TouchWiz never shipped with the S8. The last model to ship with TouchWiz was the S7. The first upgrade for the S7 replaced TouchWiz with Samsung Experience. The S8 shipped with Samsung Experience 8.1; Samsung Experience had already been used in other Samsung products up until then. One UI came out just over a month ago to replace Samsung Experience.
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Not to mention VAT is included in those prices. VAT aside, there's still a decent increase in pricing for less.
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I wished I'd kept reading. Darn you.
Samsung right now is a better all around tech company than Apple. Apple is living solely off of the decisions and deliverables from the last 10 years.
The notch is terrible and the iPhones look ancient already compared to the Android phones from Samsung and Huawei.
Apple is now known for selling overpriced hardware, that's about it.
The notch is terrible and the iPhones look ancient already compared to the Android phones from Samsung and Huawei.
Apple is now known for selling overpriced hardware, that's about it.
Feel free to ignore my other reply to you. That other member explained it.
Yup
Yup. Samsung had invented many useful features which Google adopted in Android OS later. Pure Android is frustrating compared to Samsung optimized OS.
That "lag" is caused by a poorly-designed Performance Controller in the A12, which is effectively "the Scheduler" for the processor cores.
It's NOT widely known.
ONLY those developing High-Perf apps know of this issue.
Yep, and that's before the Nougat upgrade that did away with it. Phone performance was night and day. Up until then my only experience with other Androids were a trial test with LG and Motorola years prior.
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The OS still lags.
My conjecture is the phone is not going to be much of a game changer and Apple is not going to lose their market share. Conjectures are fun.
I have to agree I do not see Samsung outselling the iPhone. Apple sell way to many phones to everyday people that don't know tech and just go for the iPhone as it's popular.
Sort of like when every manufacturer was touting 4G. But the US cellular networks at the time were more like 3G+.