Samsung Debuts New Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Watch, Wireless Charger Duo, and Galaxy Home Smart Speaker

[macduke]

I must admit that it would be really freaking useful to be able to connect an iPhone to any display and use it as a Mac. I wouldn't use it very often but I REALLY want it. Would be amazing when traveling. I maintain dozens and dozens of websites as part of my job but I never feel like I can go on vacation without lugging around my MacBook Pro in case something goes wrong.

 

[thealkimist]

Yeah but you have to remember half of that storage would be used for paging when Android memory leaks on a Chrome tab

I love how people still think specs matter without taking software design into account.

 

[acorntoy]

When you copy a year old product but still manage to release it first

 

[Rafterman]

512GB damn

Wonder if the new iPhone gets it

Now that Samsung has gone to single chip 512GB storage modules, iPhone should 512GB this year too.

Wondering though - will the new iPads go to 1TB now?

 

[fokmik]

You do realize that Apple's next watch will offer a bigger version too, right?

nope, same dimensions different display...but still the same 38mm and 42mm while samsung already offers 44mm and 46mm !!

 

[keysofanxiety]

I love how people still think specs matter without taking software design into account.

Samsung’s adverts cater for the tech-ignorant who think they’re tech savvy. Basically, the worst kind of tech users.

More cores? Must be better.
More RAM? Must be better.

Ignoring the per-core performance is half that of the X and that few apps will be properly optimised to efficiently use all those cores.

Might as well just chain 800 Pentium 2s together. Who cares if that’d run an application slower than just one thread on an i9. More cores must mean more performance, right?

 

[fokmik]

Now that Samsung has gone to single chip 512GB storage modules, iPhone should 512GB this year too.

Wondering though - will the new iPads go to 1TB now?

ipad pro will get the 4T from the MBP

 

[gaximus]

You do realize that Apple's next watch will offer a bigger version too, right?

Most likely the screen will be bigger but the body will stay the same size, or even get thinner.

 

[Elwe]

I wonder if Samsung is learning the right lessons: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/technology/personaltech/samsung-new-galaxy-note-smartphone.html

Clearly, there is a market for a $1k phones (Apple just reported it numbers, and the X did quite fine), but against the backdrop of slowing Note sales and no drastically better feature set (compared with previous Note), is Samsung a company that can command such value? My guess is no . . .

 

[Maschil]

Double the memory just to run Android as smooth as iOS is more an OS negative than a hardware positive.

memory as in storage not as in ram.....come on now man

 

[chagla]

Yeah but you have to remember half of that storage would be used for paging when Android memory leaks on a Chrome tab

You look someone who knows what they are talking about. Can you enlighten the rest of us with your thoughts on memory leakage on apple ios. thx.

 

[pier]

And here I am, quite happy with my $200 Mi A1.

Other than the camera being meh, it does everything I need from a phone and I get 3-4 days of battery.

And since it's in the Android One program it's pure stock Android and I get updates just 2-3 months after the Pixel devices.

 

[Rafterman]

ipad pro will get the 4T from the MBP

I got the 4TB MacBook Pro - I could have bought two 2TB models for that price. But who am kidding, if the iPad had a 4TB version, I'd get that too. I loves me some BIG storage.

 

[keysofanxiety]

memory as in storage not as in ram.....come on now man

My bad, I read it and replied immediately. I automatically associate memory with RAM rather than storage.

 

[Princejb134]

Apple should learn with Samsung to add new features to make their devices better instead of removing them.
#nobodywantsanotch

i want a notch

 

[Rafterman]

I don't know why everyone has to pizzzz on Samsung so much. iPhone and Samsung both make excellent devices. I personally lean towards iPhone, just because I like the ecosystem better, and their integration with Macs. But the Note's S-Pen, gorgeous screen and possible 1TB of storage are amazing. And don't forget, Samsung makes many of Apple's parts.

 

[fourthtunz]

I must admit that it would be really freaking useful to be able to connect an iPhone to any display and use it as a Mac. I wouldn't use it very often but I REALLY want it. Would be amazing when traveling. I maintain dozens and dozens of websites as part of my job but I never feel like I can go on vacation without lugging around my MacBook Pro in case something goes wrong.

I've been doing this for a couple of years, but you have to get a lightning to HDMI adapter.
Very handy.

 

[Princejb134]

So, the US *IS* getting the 512GB version. Add the PNY 512GB microSD card, and that's 1TB of storage. On your phone.

Sheeee--iittttt!.

the amount of porn i can add..geesh

 

[keysofanxiety]

I don't know why everyone has to pizzzz on Samsung so much. iPhone and Samsung both make excellent devices. I personally lean towards iPhone, just because I like the ecosystem better, and their integration with Macs. But the Note's S-Pen, gorgeous screen and possible 1TB of storage are amazing. And don't forget, Samsung makes many of Apple's parts.

Hoi, less of that “balanced argument” malarkey around here, thank you very much. There’s no sitting on the fence in MacRumors.

Now grab your pitchfork and pick a side

 

[convergent]

Yeah but you have to remember half of that storage would be used for paging when Android memory leaks on a Chrome tab

Cute... just totally inaccurate. And if Chrome had memory leaks, that would be Samsung's problem why? Personally, I don't use Chrome.

I never understood what was so aesthetically pleasing about the Samsung phones. To me they just look like an enormous rectangular screen with bars above and underneath.

What is aesthetically pleasing about much larger bars above and underneath, OR, a notch? That is the choice Apple gives you. All of these companies are working with the same physical limitations of current tech. Samsung has created the greatest screen to device ratio, and in a symmetrical manner which is aesthetically pleasing to me... what is pleasing to one person may not be to others. Personally the notch is about as no pleasing as it gets.

I’m a big fan of the rounded corners and edge display on the iPhone X. Makes all other phones feel so dated when I use an 8 or a Google Pixel. But that’s just me.

Well since Apple patented rounded corners... seriously I agree you on the iPhone 8, but the Note and iPhone X are equally modern looking to me... except one has a big notch.

Neither one of these features were "innovations" by Samsung. They always made feature-salad phones with poorly optimised software and big price tags backed only by gorgeous displays.

Yet they got them to market first... and in the case of the SPen, still have as an exclusive feature, which is a big reason why Note buyers keep buying Notes. Perfect companion with a Surface Pro.

Nice it'll be released with out of date software.

So you'd rather they wait until the next version of the OS comes out to release hardware... but wait, that's what Apple does. So is it Samsung copies Apple, or not? Appears to me they are doing their own thing by staggering their products through the year rather than going with a big bang.

It will be released with a stable, and up to date release of the current version of Android. In contrast, Apple takes a several point releases to get it right... even though they completely control the whole experience.

 

[Scottsoapbox]

Remember when smartphones weren't so dang expensive? Those were the days...

 

[tridley68]

No thanks i'll stick with my X

 

[DNichter]

Nothing special, they'll continue to struggle. They have already made their investors aware that sales will continue to be bad in 2018. With these releases, I see why.

 

[ActionableMango]

Boy I sure prefer the look of round smartwatches. I'll probably get an AW4 though.

 

[BPresh]

Overall, this is a truly pathetic "me too" announcement by Samsung almost all the way around. I'll give them kudos for significantly improving the aesthetics of the watch, though--however, that carries its own problem in that it's completely indistinct not only from smartwatch competitors but also most other watches at large.

On the whole, there's nothing interesting here (as far as an industry-wide effect; I'm sure Samsung aficionados have some interest) and most of it is a direct photocopy of what Apple's already done. Laughable.