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Samsung Galaxy S8 Image Leak Reveals Design of 'iPhone 8' Rival [Updated]
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That is a really nice looking phone. It pushes to the limits what Samsung has been doing well for a few years now: Large screen in as smaller phone as possible.
Interesting that they've had to move the fingerprint scanner to the back, and leave space for the front facing camera and speaker.
Interesting that they've had to move the fingerprint scanner to the back, and leave space for the front facing camera and speaker.
Beautiful phone, I just hate android more than I hate IOS.
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Yep, I hate fanboys. Just get what you like and stop wasting your breath and our time slamming what others like.
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agreed. I like my 6s and find that its replaced my iPad for reading. I tried the 7 plus and it was a terrible experience, if Samsung can succeed in increasing the screen size, while only minimaly increasing the size that's a win/win.
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Yep, I hate fanboys. Just get what you like and stop wasting your breath and our time slamming what others like.
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agreed. I like my 6s and find that its replaced my iPad for reading. I tried the 7 plus and it was a terrible experience, if Samsung can succeed in increasing the screen size, while only minimaly increasing the size that's a win/win.
If it PHYSICALLY hurts you to buy something like a phone, you have serious problems.
So most phones this year will be nearly bezel free. This doesn't look that much different than the LG phone announced the other day.
Yeah, that'll never happen. Humans have this compulsory need to find ways to "rank" themselves above others. And nowadays, that's almost exclusively through material items. iPhone vs Android. Mac vs PC. Apple vs Samsung. Hell even within Apple produts do fans do it. 6 vs 6Plus. SS Apple Watch vs Sport. Samsung chip vs TSMC chip. People just want to formulate ways to make themselves feel better about their superior product choices.
As for this rumored GS8, I think it looks really cool, and hope that the next iPhone takes a design leap. Yay competition!
And then Samsung would move their release date to January or February so they're always ahead of Apple. Apple has no problem selling iPhones. Why would they switch?
You hate the company that provides iPhone CPU's, flash storage and screens?
I have the same feeling.
I like them as a component manufacturer.
I don' t like them as a brand.
May be something to do with yesterday's news?
"South Korea’s special prosecutor indicted Jay Y. Lee, the de facto head of Samsung Group, on bribery charges in the latest blow to the country’s largest conglomerate amid a generational handover."
Story at Bloomberg (and most other news outlets): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...rs-indict-samsung-s-lee-on-corruption-charges
Except, they'd feel that way even if that didn't happen. They just hate no matter what.
They didn't design the CPU, merely fab it. Hate the "provides" bit. TSMC by now is seemingly the biggest producer of Apple A10 chips after a power efficiency win over Samsung.
Also, nobody would "hate" a tech company (except maybe Uber...); that's just silly.
There are actually to put our rage on that actually deserve it and that's not it.
Although in Korea they're close to comic book villain level right now, so maybe they're working towards being actually worth that hate in the future ;-).
The inside though will be all very different, that's were it counts really.
Eventually all phones will be 5mm thin and all screen on both sides and only their internals, ecosystem and support will truly make a difference.
I can understand that, at least you have a reasonable opinion. Most Apple fans seem to want to have their cake and eat it. "I hate Samsung (but please don't go away as we need you to make our magical devices)".
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I said they provide it, meaning manufacturing it, not designed it
Samsung's component maker divisions are clearly separated from their more commercially minded divisions, so this kind of thinking is not as illogical as you purport it is. The commercially driven divisions are based on a massive amount of marketing (way more than Apple ever does) and slapdash coverage of every consumer electronic segment.
It's component maker divisions is a lot more focused and less showy.
It's their crap commercial divisions that are a festival of intellectual property violations (the Dyson ones are just laughable) and have a not so good reliability and a terrible customer support. That's coming from someone who has had to deal with a lot of this so called customer "support'.
I have tried them up to the Galaxy S5 and got super tired with its faults and sold it. Same issues that I had with the S4. i Have to admit, the last few models look really nice. Just not sure if I am willing to give it another shot.
I agree with what you say but could Samsung survive as solely as a component company? My point being would they put the effort into component manufacturing if they didn't have products to put them in? who knows...
Exactly. I can't understand what there is to "radically" redesign and people threatening to not buy (BS anyway).
All of these phones are mostly screens. Best way for that is a rectangle.
Now we have 4 edges. They can be rounded or square.
Same for the sides. Different radii or sharp like etc. 4/4S
Then choice of material aluminum, glass or plastic etc. and colors.
Home button, okay make it disappear if you have to, but then make sure fingerprint sensor still works well.
Then whatever improvements are inside, processor, camera solutions, memory, battery etc.etc.
For those who put their phones into a case the design is mostly hidden.
So, why get excited about any "radical" redesign?
The only thing "radical" would be a foldable phone becoming a mini iPad. SAMSUNG will have that shortly. Apple will poo poo it and then launch its own version.
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I'm looking forward to it. I was a big Android user in the early days, but then went iOS with the iPhone 5. I got an S7 Edge for work last year and fell in love with the phone and the Android platform all over again. I wont give up my iPhone for personal use, but for work, I figure why not have another platform to use and know.