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Samsung Reveals Galaxy S5 With Home Button Fingerprint Sensor, Accompanying 'Gear Fit' Band
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A lot of people on forums have noted that the iPhone reader doesn't work all the time for them, either.
As for the idea of a sensor in a button, that came before Apple did it.
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Samsung does what most companies do: if they see something get popular, they use it, too.
It's just like when someone was the first to put Bluetooth in a car. Now every manufacturer does it.
Or when Apple decided... after a top exec used a Samsung 7" tablet.. that smaller tablets could be a useful variation. And if Apple decides to use a larger screen, it's because they've seen it get popular.
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Nothing wrong with any of that. It's how the world progresses.
There's a huge difference between copying something that's actually unique, and copying something that's simply been made popular.
Let me re-phase that for you.
"While this is macrumors, I'm glad this site constantly post articles about Samsung as well."
There is competition to Apple that is not samsung. But that news on the whole is absent. I wonder why.
Are you trying to be clueless or you really don't know? Apple never want to go for anything higher than Retina display because it's useless for human eyes to distinguish. So if the next iPhone has bigger screen, it can be 4.5" screen at 1280 x 720 or 4.8" at 1366 x 768 to make 326 dpi or in Apple's term "Retina Display". Who wants more dpi than 326 to drain battery without adding any value?
I have only limited previous experience with a Galaxy phone. I have held a few and used a few for several minutes at most, and my takeaway was that while they were light and very thing, and the screen was quite nice, the phone itself felt very much like a cheap throwaway, and even with the latest processor, things just felt a little bit jarring and lacking that liquid smooth sensation of IOS. There's something at the core of Android's UI that isn't quite right and this makes iOS feel like butter in comparison. I honestly found using Android frustrating and I kind of felt sorry for people who had ONLY used Android and refused to give iPhone a go out of sheer hate for Apple.
I really do like the idea of the water and dust proofing. This could certainly be handy. But that fingerprint sensor implementation fails on the most fundamental of levels. I love being able to wake and unlock my iPhone with just two fingers on one hand. One finger holds the back of the phone while the thumb unlocks.
Props to Samsung for a pretty decent camera too. I saw somewhere about 4K support. Likely that the 4K footage won't be anywhere near as crisp as a proper 4K camera, but it would certainly make down sampled 1080p videos much nicer.
I really do like the idea of the water and dust proofing. This could certainly be handy. But that fingerprint sensor implementation fails on the most fundamental of levels. I love being able to wake and unlock my iPhone with just two fingers on one hand. One finger holds the back of the phone while the thumb unlocks.
Props to Samsung for a pretty decent camera too. I saw somewhere about 4K support. Likely that the 4K footage won't be anywhere near as crisp as a proper 4K camera, but it would certainly make down sampled 1080p videos much nicer.
You can't handle the truth?
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Sir you understand how things should be unlike so many others.
Samsung sold 113 million devices in Q3 last year, I'd say a few people probably care.
I'm sorry, did Samsung release a device like the Mac, iPod, iPhone, or iPad that changed the world?
We must define "germ" differently.
Some Apple designs are brilliantly original takes on previous ideas. Others are basically cut-and-paste.
That's the exact point. The TouchID (as well as so many other Apple features) are integrated so well they just feel seamless in your life. You just do them without conscious thought. But if they suddenly are not there like TouchID for the 5C and iPad you notice it.
That's the best way to invent technology. It's the improvements that in a year or two you won't even notice but are making your life better. The tech fits into your life and not the other way around.
I want to like the watch. I do. It's much sleeker than whatever the name of their current offering is. Looks like it would hug my wrist, too. But the numbers are off by 90 degrees. Details, details ;-)
It's odd that you and others seem to think that anyone who says non-negative things about a non-Apple product must be hired guns.
There are many, many people worldwide who buy Samsung products instead of Apple products, even though both options are available and pricing is similar.
I'm not one of them, at least when it comes to their mobile devices, but there are good things about the S5 - waterproofing, for example - that are unlikely to appear on an iPhone in the foreseeable future. And the plastic body people apparently hate? It's a hell of a lot more comfortable to hold, and the fact you can replace the back plate on most Samsung phones means you don't need to worry about scratches. Aluminum is great, but... it's much less comfortable to hold - and holding is something you tend to do with phones - and while it lasts a lot longer, you'e only going to keep a phone for so long before you get the next one anyway.
I prefer plastic in portable devices purely because it feels better. That said, what I don't prefer is "ugly", and the S5 just doesn't appeal to me aesthetically at all. But I can certainly see why people would like it... without being paid to act like they do.
Wow new Samsung phone with fingerprint sensor on home button! How surprising! So unpredictable!
On first glance I thought, "How cool that those VR glasses also tell everybody else the time."
Oh boy, lol. Neither of those resolutions conform to a 1:1 or 1:4 ratio of total pixels.
The iPhone 5/5S has 727,040 total pixels.
A 1280 x 720 screen has 921,600 total pixels.
A 1366 x 768 screen has 1,049,088 total pixels.
Remember that if the new screen does not conform to a 1:1 or 1:4 pixel ratio, developers will have to write 2 completely separate UIs, one for iPhone 6 and one for everything else (5/5S/4/4S/lower), increasing development cost/time and maintenance cost/time (and many developers would think the cross-platform cost would not be worth the benefit, or simply won't have the time to optimize their apps to work on each platform).
Sure they can make a screen that does not match the 1:4 pixel ratio, but then every single app will look like crap until developers re-master every graphic used in their apps, a change that is much greater than simply adding new pixels in the Y-direction as they did for the 5/5S, which some developers still haven't done for the 5/5S! And developers (including Apple themselves) will now have to create, support, and fix 2 completely separate UIs for the 4/4S/5/5S and the new 6, rather than simply creating, supporting, and fixing one UI that works for all 4/4S/5/5S/6 phones.
They have a distinct advantage in 3rd party apps over Android and making a change to the pixel ratio would introduce more crappy graphics/images/icons/UI in 3rd party apps, cause cross-platform/legacy support problems, create more work for developers, cause more bad ratings in the app store, and would greatly harm their competitive advantage, something they would not want to risk.
Who's the clueless one now?
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Arrgh! Thanks, now I've got Coke all over my laptop. Taking a drink and your comment made me laugh.
Sounds like developers are lazy a holes that want to do the least amount of work. If they want to develop Apps for Apple, they'll design them to whatever screen size Apple comes out with....or get a new job.
...Or figure out the cost/benefit and move to where the cost/benefit is best, like any smart person would do. Even if it means you'd have to abandon a platform.
It is painfully obvious Apple won't pull an Android anytime soon and release a device with some crazy screen size. Apple will release a larger screen, and they will make it match the rest of their devices. Simple as that.
Samsung seems on a downhill track and probably it is almost logical. The Smartphone market has plateaued and it will become more and more difficult to implement new, ground braking features. There is only so much you can do on a 5" device and Samsung just doesn't strikes me as a company known for yaw dropping designs and really useful innovations for the general user. Never has, to be honest.
But as an iOS as and Android user, I have to ask, why should I buy this phone? There seems nothing, which creates a tingle of desire. It's a boring design with some features implemented, like the fingerprint scanner, which, reading the first impressions, doesn't seem to work as seamlessly as
's version. Surprise, surprise 
If I was looking for flagship Android device, with a nice design, I would go for a Sony or an HTC. If I wanted powerful hardware and didn't care, how the phone looked, I would buy a LG and save a bit of money.
Why exactly should I dish out a hefty amount of money for a Samsung? As a former owner of a Note, I feel that the device is let down by its terrible Touchwiz Software and I am convinced, that this new round of Galaxy's is hardly any better. It's like buying an ugly sportscar for its performance only to find out that it runs like with the handbrake engaged.
And before I get slammed as a Fanboy by our SamsungCracks here, I personally own a LG G2.
But as an iOS as and Android user, I have to ask, why should I buy this phone? There seems nothing, which creates a tingle of desire. It's a boring design with some features implemented, like the fingerprint scanner, which, reading the first impressions, doesn't seem to work as seamlessly as
's version. Surprise, surprise If I was looking for flagship Android device, with a nice design, I would go for a Sony or an HTC. If I wanted powerful hardware and didn't care, how the phone looked, I would buy a LG and save a bit of money.
Why exactly should I dish out a hefty amount of money for a Samsung? As a former owner of a Note, I feel that the device is let down by its terrible Touchwiz Software and I am convinced, that this new round of Galaxy's is hardly any better. It's like buying an ugly sportscar for its performance only to find out that it runs like with the handbrake engaged.
And before I get slammed as a
Fanboy by our SamsungCracks here, I personally own a LG G2.