I have not seen them in person (obviously) but I suspect that they might look better than any other earbuds. They are essentially inside the ear. They can't look ugly because they are not seen. All other earbuds have something sticking out of your ear. It's never pretty. It's just a degree of ugliness.
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Samsung Launches Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 2, and Galaxy Buds to Compete With Apple's iPhones and AirPods Pro
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Does anyone know how the blood pressure monitor on the watch works?
12gb RAM? That’s more than the base 27” iMac lol
They came out with 2 traditional Note devices and a Fold device. Not one of those "makes sense" to you? Why not applaud Samsung for trying something different? No one is making you buy it. It could be the future it might not but why be angry about a company trying to do something different unless it's your only choice? Like New Coke, if your old enough to remember that.
Glad to see they’ve made such major improvements to the Fold. It looks like what the original should have been.
Samsung's offerings have become so bad in recent years. The $1299 Ultra is the actual successor of what the Note has been historically and is supposed to be in modern times. The $999 model is just a worse S20 with an S Pen and apparently a plastic back. Both just seem like such poor values. And for phones that only get a few years of software support. Wow, just wow.
Could everyone just take like ... a one year break from making giant ass 20-camera phablets and make a sub-4.7" phone with elite internals?!
Samsung is all in on this rose gold/bronze color scheme. I didn’t know it was still a thing. There is something about Samsung devices that rub me the wrong way. They look like faux luxury, like costume jewelry. Not a fan.
Let me help you out:
www.apple.com/iphone-se/
(Yes, I know it’s not actually sub-4.7-inch, but it’s the most powerful small screen phone you can get .)
I don't care about how good or bad the Samsung stuff is - it's driving competition and innovation and that's a very good thing.
The Note 20 has a plastic back, they said it in the Unpacked.
The watch looks decent. If they ever got approval for any of the tech outside Korea, it would be a good health tracking device as it can do ECGs, Blood pressure and O2 Sats. However I doubt any of this will be available outside of South Kore.Samsung is all in on this rose gold/bronze color scheme. I didn’t know it was still a thing. There is something about Samsung devices that rub me the wrong way. They look like faux luxury, like costume jewelry. Not a fan.
Yeah, because memojis add cuddles and fuzz.
That isn't a design decision only : it's likely that they couldn't put it in the right hand corner because of the rear camera which already takes all the thickness of the phone. And they may have preferred to keep it on the right hand side to place the camera logic in the same area.
- headphone jack?
- What does support wireless charging mean? Only wireless charging and/or reverse wireless charging?
- Facial recognition? On-par with Apples' FaceID?
The stem is for the microphone.
If those don't do it for you, the fastest SoC on a smartphone or tablet, privacy-focused position, 6 years of support and highest resale among devices might.
Then they should have just put it in the left side where there is no rear camera. Please tell me there's another sensible reason for this.
Edit: Sorry I missed the last part of your comment but I still stand by what I said.
A shout out to Juli Clover for an excellent write-up on Samsung's new devices.
I know it's sad, but I come to Macrumors to learn about new Samsung devices because the Macrumors editors do such a great job with the articles on new Samsung releases. They are always brief and to the point. They leave out the opinions that get crammed into other articles.
I know it's sad, but I come to Macrumors to learn about new Samsung devices because the Macrumors editors do such a great job with the articles on new Samsung releases. They are always brief and to the point. They leave out the opinions that get crammed into other articles.
Headphones are cheaper and come in different colors
The ANC is quite different from the APP's one and could be described as "baby" ANC : the earbuds don't seal the ear canal (like the regular AirPods) and it only works up to 700hz (there are measurements that tend to suggest that the APP's ANC is designed to work up to 1000-3000hz or so) : https://www.whathifi.com/news/samsung-galaxy-buds-live-are-wireless-earbuds-with-a-difference
Since Apple products are theoretically supported for so long, why would one care about a high resale value?
I’m an Apple user, dude. I was responding to the “souless” comment. Samsung’s competition if good for everyone.