According to the press release, it's running Tizen 4.0, not Wear.
Which makes me happy because WearOS sucks.
https://news.samsung.com/global/sta...xy-watch?utm_source=subkv&utm_medium=internal
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Samsung Debuts New Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Watch, Wireless Charger Duo, and Galaxy Home Smart Speaker
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Which makes me happy because WearOS sucks.
https://news.samsung.com/global/sta...xy-watch?utm_source=subkv&utm_medium=internal
The watches look good. But have they fixed anything? It has always looked good on the wrist and I have tried the original one, the S2 and the S3 watch but they all are downright awful for sport and fitness tracking. The HR-sensor is just not good, it doesn’t track anything remotely close to a HR-belt and recording of elevation and pretty much everything else is just crazy inconsistent. It’s simply a joke of a product for sports and fitness.
And this is my biggest problem with these Samsung products. They always tend to look good, they have nice design, great display and have a long list of what looks like great features on paper. But in practice so many of the features are just lacking and you tend to never get any meaningful updates or upgrades even on the top-end products.
I just can’t take Samsung seriously when it comes to software and features. They are so inconsistent and their track record in terms of supporting even their most expensive devices with updates, upgrades and new features is not all that good. Even on their top-end phones you won’t see the latest software and features on your 1-2 year old model. Like come on?
And this is my biggest problem with these Samsung products. They always tend to look good, they have nice design, great display and have a long list of what looks like great features on paper. But in practice so many of the features are just lacking and you tend to never get any meaningful updates or upgrades even on the top-end products.
I just can’t take Samsung seriously when it comes to software and features. They are so inconsistent and their track record in terms of supporting even their most expensive devices with updates, upgrades and new features is not all that good. Even on their top-end phones you won’t see the latest software and features on your 1-2 year old model. Like come on?
Not even in the same category. This is the same price as the iPhone X yet it offers a built in stylus, a .6" larger screen, twice as much built-in storage, and expandable storage as well.
An apples-to-apples comparison would be the iPhone X to the Galaxy S9.
Oh boy, this us vs them thing gets so old. Reminds me of my grandkids arguing about who gets to sit in the front seat.
Who cares who was first or who does more. Does anyone realize that every time a new feature or product is released it benefits the user? I dont care who released a feature first. Point is it causes the other guy to up their game. That benefits us all.
If there is one negative to all this it is price. Apple pushed the $1000 level so that opens the door for others. Not good for us.
Who cares who was first or who does more. Does anyone realize that every time a new feature or product is released it benefits the user? I dont care who released a feature first. Point is it causes the other guy to up their game. That benefits us all.
If there is one negative to all this it is price. Apple pushed the $1000 level so that opens the door for others. Not good for us.
LOL the funniest thing about all these posts is the iPhone users who are scrabbling for a phone charger half way through the day.
Any all day event I attend, all the people with iPhones are all huddled round the power socket trying to charge their phones. My Note 8 is normally on about 50% charge at the end of a reasonable day of use, even after a year (oh and no OS throttling because the manufacturer put cheap Chinese batteries in their phones). Yep there was the Note 7 battery but at lease Samsung recalled the phones instead of hiding it from their fanbois.
Oh and if you have not used an sPen please go to the Store and try it for yourself before stating there is no innovation. Seriously taking notes while the phone is still locked in meetings is soooo useful. Now using Dex to present instead of lugging in a laptop to a customer meeting and advancing the slides with the sPen is amazing. I suppose iPhone users could throw their phone across the room and try to hit their laptop space-bar to advance a slide.
Any all day event I attend, all the people with iPhones are all huddled round the power socket trying to charge their phones. My Note 8 is normally on about 50% charge at the end of a reasonable day of use, even after a year (oh and no OS throttling because the manufacturer put cheap Chinese batteries in their phones). Yep there was the Note 7 battery but at lease Samsung recalled the phones instead of hiding it from their fanbois.
Oh and if you have not used an sPen please go to the Store and try it for yourself before stating there is no innovation. Seriously taking notes while the phone is still locked in meetings is soooo useful. Now using Dex to present instead of lugging in a laptop to a customer meeting and advancing the slides with the sPen is amazing. I suppose iPhone users could throw their phone across the room and try to hit their laptop space-bar to advance a slide.
Not even close to being the same thing as Dex, but nice try.
Not that specs on paper are important as we all know now, I found this interesting.
https://www.guidingtech.com/a11-bionic-chip-vs-snapdragon-845-comparison/
Even now, the A11 is nearly 2,000 points higher benchmark wise and the A12 is said to breach 11,000. Apple's chip designs are worth the price of admission. Forget the fact Apple is leaps and bounds ahead in privacy, and thus security in many ways, their hardware is tough to beat looking at how the iPhone X stacks up.
https://www.guidingtech.com/a11-bionic-chip-vs-snapdragon-845-comparison/
Even now, the A11 is nearly 2,000 points higher benchmark wise and the A12 is said to breach 11,000. Apple's chip designs are worth the price of admission. Forget the fact Apple is leaps and bounds ahead in privacy, and thus security in many ways, their hardware is tough to beat looking at how the iPhone X stacks up.
Of course you do. You wouldn’t if it was made by any other OEM besides Apple right?
Why should they be supporting Google’s products they are trying to make money. Android is an open OS so OEMs should be able to make their own products.
The bixby speaker is probably a pile of crap but I can’t really say if they are copying the HomePod because they really didn’t say much about it. The HomePod at least was demoed a bit and we were told a little bit about it.
Apple don’t suddenly have exclusive rights to the smart speaker market just because they have made one. They weren’t even the first.
No, it's NECESSARY; because SnapDragons are INSANE Current-Hogs!
You will note that it has a longer charging time, which Samsung CANNOT improve without seriously compromising battery longevity:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordon...-camera-price-release-date-cost/#487dfcf751e7
That, and Samsung is being DELIBERATELY cagey about just how long that 4 Ah battery will actually power the phone:
https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/09/technology/samsung-galaxy-note-9-specs/index.html
Wait a minute,
The Note 9 is using the same camera sensors as the note 8. Which was the same camera sensor as the S8, which used the same sensors from the S7.
So correct me if I’m wrong, but it appears the Note 9 is using the same sensor as the galaxy S7? Have all Samsung done in the camera department over the years is slap on a second camera and tweak the software on the other?
The Note 9 is using the same camera sensors as the note 8. Which was the same camera sensor as the S8, which used the same sensors from the S7.
So correct me if I’m wrong, but it appears the Note 9 is using the same sensor as the galaxy S7? Have all Samsung done in the camera department over the years is slap on a second camera and tweak the software on the other?
It is using same camera that is used by Samsung S9 Plus
But I thought the bezels were fine until late 2017 with the super awesome oudated Apple brick also known as the iPhone 7? That design had a lot of praise by Apple apologists.
No that’s a misconception. It’s the same sensor as the note 8 but was updated from the S7. But remember Samsung have added a second lens and the dual aperture feature. These were not found on the S7 and the later feature wasn’t on the note 8.
LOL that's funny, a benchmark run on a brand new phone that plugged in, oh what happens on a year old phone that's at 50% battery when you run the same benchmark. Think there are a couple of class actions about this.
Exactly, Samsung is building it's ecosystem like they suppose to. But without completely locking down their consumers with inflexibility.
Oh well, there goes my hope for a $999 iPhone XS Plus.
If Samsung dares to price this at $999, I see Apple doing it with $1049 or even $1099.
Which means the updated iPhone XS will likely be $899 or even $949.
May be they will keep the rest of the iPhone line prices unchanged.
But then I have no idea how the iPhone 6.1" LCD would fit in.
If Samsung dares to price this at $999, I see Apple doing it with $1049 or even $1099.
Which means the updated iPhone XS will likely be $899 or even $949.
May be they will keep the rest of the iPhone line prices unchanged.
But then I have no idea how the iPhone 6.1" LCD would fit in.
How is that, Samsung says you can use it for a day without charging it, hmmmmmmm where is that on an Apple device. Amazing post, no data just snapdragons are thirsty. Surely every phone is as bad as an iPhone at lasting through the day, well after the first month after battery degradation kicks in.