Had to retire an iPad mini II. Cant play many of the current games like Fortnite, and is painfuly laggy playing War Robots.
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Samsung Launches New Galaxy Tab S4 to Compete With iPad Pro
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Had to retire an iPad mini II. Cant play many of the current games like Fortnite, and is painfuly laggy playing War Robots.
I think the biggest “fail” of this is the lack of a trackpad on the 1st party keyboard cover. Android does a terrific job of supporting mice and does it in a way that never interferes with the touch experience. Rather than taking cheap shots at Apple, Samung could’ve really played up the strengths of their Android tablet.
They could’ve included a trackpad on their keyboard case as well as showing how comprehensive its support is for USB peripherals. (as well as the other Android-exclusive features) It could certainly compete with the iPad Pro and in some scenarios far exceed it. Missed opportunity.
My Fire HD 10 + Play Store + Motorola bluetooth keyboard w/trackpoint is more of a competitor than what Samsung is doing here.
They could’ve included a trackpad on their keyboard case as well as showing how comprehensive its support is for USB peripherals. (as well as the other Android-exclusive features) It could certainly compete with the iPad Pro and in some scenarios far exceed it. Missed opportunity.
My Fire HD 10 + Play Store + Motorola bluetooth keyboard w/trackpoint is more of a competitor than what Samsung is doing here.
Some years ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (WiFi/Cellular) and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (WiFi/Cellular). The devices have never ever received an update. They are in the drawer.
It's somewhat ironic that people fault android devices for not getting updates, but many people here swear that they don't update their iOS devices for fear of it affecting performance.
I actually don’t think OLED is an advantage and I’m hoping Apple never puts it in their iPads. Burn-in is still a real concern. From the moment you start using an OLED panel, the burn-in clock starts ticking. It’s inevitable. People tend to upgrade their phones every year so they’ll probably never see it on their iPhone X (resell value will suck tho). No thanks. Perfect black levels would be nice but not at the risk of burn-in. I’ll take LCD over OLED any day.
In order for the above to be valid statement you would need to show that the two groups mentioned are one in the same.
Otherwise it just hyperbole.
Q: How to tell if Apple has a good product or not?
A: Check and see if Samsung copies it.
What happened to all Samsung's innovation? You know, releasing bigger phones - seems like that was awhile ago. It even took the iPhone X using a Samsung OLED with a super calibrated screen, to get Samsung to finally calibrate theirs (and they did a good job). Here is a company that makes great SSDs, RAM, OLED screens, etc and can't seem to do anything original in the smartphone market. maybe it is called market saturation?
BTW: I didn't read anywhere that the unlocking was with 3d facial recognition, can you still fool it with a photo, or did they fix that?
A: Check and see if Samsung copies it.
What happened to all Samsung's innovation? You know, releasing bigger phones - seems like that was awhile ago. It even took the iPhone X using a Samsung OLED with a super calibrated screen, to get Samsung to finally calibrate theirs (and they did a good job). Here is a company that makes great SSDs, RAM, OLED screens, etc and can't seem to do anything original in the smartphone market. maybe it is called market saturation?
BTW: I didn't read anywhere that the unlocking was with 3d facial recognition, can you still fool it with a photo, or did they fix that?
In my eyes, the iPad Pro will never be a laptop replacement without BT mouse support. Reaching up to touch the screen from the keyboard is inefficient.
of course it does depend on what you want to do. For people using email, Netflix, web research and browsing, editing a few movies or pictures, using spreadsheets and Word processors, drawing, taking notes, its perfect. Programming, using as a workstation, database support, yah, it's too limited.
Check your sources. Apple sells almost as many iPads as Macs - a difference of about 1%.
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/01/fewest-quarterly-mac-sales-since-2010/
really horrific product launch marketing video.
since i really didn't know who these 2 guys were, i thought it was from some 3rd party small review company.
no polish, no elegance, no real thought put into it.
and there was palpable distain (lack of respect, i mean) from both of them towards the product they were launching.
this was a failed attempt to seem not overly pushing the product which turns off millennials.
but it merely comes off as (yet another) unprofessional marketing of a product that has no real concept or niche of what it needs or can be.
since i really didn't know who these 2 guys were, i thought it was from some 3rd party small review company.
no polish, no elegance, no real thought put into it.
and there was palpable distain (lack of respect, i mean) from both of them towards the product they were launching.
this was a failed attempt to seem not overly pushing the product which turns off millennials.
but it merely comes off as (yet another) unprofessional marketing of a product that has no real concept or niche of what it needs or can be.
Not really.
The problem is that Windows is a nightmare in tablet mode. I own a Surface Book 2, which is an amazing laptop, but a terrible tablet... and the problem is not the hardware. Windows on touch mode is simply unusuable.
I do find Dex minimally interesting. I wonder what Apple's take would be like. Mouse support, I'm fairly confident, will likely come eventually as they have to figure it out for Marzipan anyway. Just throwing it all in and hoping for the best isn't really the way they do things. Slowly, slowly catchy monkey
This may be useful for those who mostly needs a tablet for media consumption with occasional need to do a work that is easier to do on a desktop. Makes perfect sense (unlike Pro tablet which is almost never used by any pros)
Burn-in is not an issue on iPhone X according to tests. It was what 500 hours untill they started seeing minimal burn-in.
Irony is universal. Doesn't mean that everyone will be in a position to appreciate it. If your Samsung tablet is unusable because of lack of updates, it's definitely ironic that many iPad users avoid regular updates because they fear they will do exactly the same thing.