Hardware - yes. Low level camera software - no. On paper, they can have a better camera, but they will always be at a disadvantage in real life. If you want the best camera experience on a phone, always get the current iPhone. Simple.
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Hardware - yes. Low level camera software - no. On paper, they can have a better camera, but they will always be at a disadvantage in real life. If you want the best camera experience on a phone, always get the current iPhone. Simple.
Yup they both go together. What people are misunderstanding is that some people think i'm the one disrespecting apple fans by calling this one particular person "Isheep." This person called samsung fans "samsheep." To be quite honest i like both, but people think i'm attacking apple fans all together.
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No, most have the samsung soc (same as the s8), not the faster snapdragon 835.
It's the main reason why banks pay Apple. Apple is not selling info, but access to that info.
The US smartphone model at the time of Apple Pay was that of Google Wallet... which also used a token account, but usually under Google's name. That meant the banks got NO purchase info at all. No store. No location. Usually not even a category. Just a charge from "Google".
Apple knew that banks were worried that they'd do the same thing and act as a proxy. They knew the banks would pay in order to continue getting direct detailed information. That's the main reason Apple was able to ransom access to iPhone users. It certainly wasn't about fraud, which cost the banks less than paying Apple.
This is why it's silly when people talk about Apple valuing privacy. If they really did, they'd have gone the Google Wallet route and acted as a proxy to hide all our purchases from the banks as well as from stores. But Apple valued making money.
Interestingly, Apple demands constant reports back from the banks with aggregate info on purchase amounts, locations, categories... information which banks previously had considered private and proprietary. This is a major factor that delayed the UK banks from joining up at first.
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People are so upside down about what to worry about, and what actually can have a bigger effect on their lives.
If, say, you were to buy liquor in a different town during work hours with an anonymous purchase method like the original Google Wallet, the worst that would happen to you is seeing more liquor ads. Ditto for paying for a divorce lawyer - just more lawyer ads. So what.
But when you use Apple Pay, the banks can see the location and category. And their computers are going to put you on a watch list and even perhaps drop your credit rating, because your purchases tell them that you might have lost your job. Or that you could be paying alimony soon.
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can i really justify giving up my notepad and pencil for that? if only apple made a dial phone i would be happy
You do know that other phones, including Apple's beloved iPhone, have also had exploding batteries. If you didn't read the article, this is not the same phone. This is a new phone.
The snapdragon 835 (U.S. version) is more powerful than exynos (international version) this time. Check out the anandtech review of both processors head to head.
I use an iPhone, I am not any device's "fanboy". I would never be envious of a phone, something I try to spend 0 minutes of any given day thinking about. I have violated this rule by writing this post, but I couldn't resist, being fed up to here with the use of the word "fanboy".
You choose the restaurant you trust, so yes the restaurant is in control. Or you can have buffet where there is no control, the pour the food out of buckets into a tray and shine a light on it. You have no idea if the previous guys scratched his ass and stuck his hand into it instead of using the tongs. As I said, its all about preference, more isn't better, less isn't better. If you want to paint it in a ugly light, thats your choice.
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I forgot the third type of person, the type that complains no matter what. Food is over cooked or under cooked or too salty for you or too bland. The security updates are there for a reason, you can ignore it but if you want to complain, not even God can shut you up.
I may be an Apple "fanboy" but I can give credit where due: Samsung makes nice hardware and uses some of the most gorgeous displays I've ever looked at. After that disaster last year I sincerely hope the Note 8 does well for them. I legit felt bad for Samsung and the Note 7 was a nice device that deserved a better fate.
Yes. But that means that Samsung should optimize their Exynos versions more because it is theoretically better.
Apparently it hasn't been properly optimized yet. Samsung actually did design the 10 nm process for the snapdragon as well so that's why it's optimized better. Overall, the 835 is the best choice currently. By now, any noticeable performance differences would have been fixed with the S8 series so I don't see too much changes taking place. Theoretically doesn't mean real world performance so that's up to Samsung.
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Simply not true. I’m an iPhone 7 Plus owner and it is obvious Samsung has been winning the camera quality battles for the last several years. The 7 is slightly worse than Samsung’s. Will see if the 8 changes that or not.
Correct I can't even remember when the last time the iPhone has beat the S series cameras..I think we had the lead since the S6.
These phones are becoming every bit as powerful as our laptops and desktops, and in many cases are used far more often.
If you don’t like the pricing you can always buy a One Plus or Moto. But let’s not kid ourselves - these are extremely powerful computers in the palms of our hands.
The Note series is very popular among them. I have many friends who have Note devices are strongly inclined towards new model rather than an iPhone. They just don't want to switch to iPhone.
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The iPhone 8 has bigger bezels than this Note.