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Please don't kill off the Nexus line. OEMs aren't getting it done.
Thanks,
The world
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Samsung Reveals Galaxy S5 With Home Button Fingerprint Sensor, Accompanying 'Gear Fit' Band
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And that's exactly what they said when rumors of the iPhone 4 and iPad 3 started. And they were wrong.
Unlike some Apple users on this thread who don't pay attention to details like the fact that the S5 is using local encryption as per my previous post
So why can't Samsung COMBINE the Gear Fit and Gear (watch).....
That's what I'd like from Apple - not a phone in watch form or a health band....but a TRUE smartwatch that does the health stuff (innovatively) and has its own set of features.
I don't need to make calls from my wrist. I would love to securely pay for things from my wrist though.
All-in-all this seems a smaller update than the "S" updates Apple gets railed for....a "Samsung" like fingerprint sensor (in that it works about half the time and is better left un-used like a majority of Samsung's "innovative" features), marginally faster processor and more megapixels.
All about implementation my friends. Hopefully 2014 is the year we see some Android competition.....Samsung seems to have left the door open. I'd love to see the HTCs, LGs and Motorolas of the world take advantage.
That's what I'd like from Apple - not a phone in watch form or a health band....but a TRUE smartwatch that does the health stuff (innovatively) and has its own set of features.
I don't need to make calls from my wrist. I would love to securely pay for things from my wrist though.
All-in-all this seems a smaller update than the "S" updates Apple gets railed for....a "Samsung" like fingerprint sensor (in that it works about half the time and is better left un-used like a majority of Samsung's "innovative" features), marginally faster processor and more megapixels.
All about implementation my friends. Hopefully 2014 is the year we see some Android competition.....Samsung seems to have left the door open. I'd love to see the HTCs, LGs and Motorolas of the world take advantage.
Are you freaking serious? Really?! Samsung's phones take considerably less time to bring to market than you think they do.
Curious how the demonstration of the fingerprint scanner didn't include the obvious, which was to try it with a different finger - not just the two that were registered. It's almost as if he didn't want to show it failing.
Now will someone perform a real test of the thing please, and take down this non demo video.
Now will someone perform a real test of the thing please, and take down this non demo video.
You could read the review on that page:
Not to be trusted. Gave one star as no stars is not an option....
by Ambulance technician
I am a serving ambulance technician, and I compared this app to the equipment I use at work. The app ADDED sixty beats per minute to the true reading. If I had a high heart rate anyway, this app could have the effect of convincing somebody who may believe this is to be trusted, to tell a medical professional that they have a hugely high measured heart rate. Please don't anybody use/believe the readings given.
Yeap, as I already said, next to my Nexus 5 this S5 is meh, boring and no better, the camera is probably the only thing that may be better and that's pretty much it.
You mean the worlds most insecure mobile OS because Apple it's main competitor told you so
Or because I know people who've got malware on their Android phones.
Am I wrong in assuming that you were seemingly taking a potshot at Samsung while trying to "exonerate" Apple.
People have different expectations - fair or not from different companies. But more importantly - just because someone questions one company doesn't mean they are obligated to question another.
Unlike some Apple users on this thread who don't pay attention to details like the fact that the S5 is using local encryption as per my previous post
Woopde freakin doo - it works 50% of the time and is more trouble than its worth.
Apple (breifly) stores the user's fingerprint data in the processor chip itself. If something is secure enough, why try to make it MORE secure at the expense of implementation.
"Apple's may work better, be easier to use, secure and more reliable but Samsung's is EXTRA secure (while being more difficult to use and less reliable).
Local encryption means nothing if the feature is turned off after the first day with the phone....as most of these Samsung features tend to be.
Let me re-phase that for you.
"While this is macrumors, I'm glad this site occasionally post articles about Samsung as well."
There are many devices mentioned at mobile world congress today and we only get Samsung news. Samsung is not the only game in town.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5438652/sony-xperia-z2-specs-features-and-release-date
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/24/5440498/nokia-x-android-phone-hands-on
You mean the worlds most insecure mobile OS because Apple it's main competitor told you so
No, it's the most insecure mobile OS because every competitor will tell you so and because it's the most insecure mobile OS, factually.
I would guess at minimum 6 months. The phone itself can be in a pipeline for years - but the real trick is working with various carriers/etc to get the software side and some hardware to "play nice" - and different carriers have different requirements. That can take longer than you might imagine.
You mean those props who visit porn sites, or deliberately download stolen games files or films or apps, and then turn that little feature that blocks content from unknown sources to Off. Or the ones that hack their devices and install custom ROMS etc.
Oh THOSE sorts of people.....
Hold up hold up hold up.... I just read that it is waterproof, no mentioning of that in the story though. Thats very interesting
Edit: usa today said water proof, i guess it is water resistant.
Edit: usa today said water proof, i guess it is water resistant.
The gear fit is another in a line of fitness bands available on the market now.
10-20% is kind....I'm not asking for the fitness part, I expect it.
I'm asking for a whole lot more from the iWatch than this.
You mean the worlds most insecure mobile OS because Apple it's main competitor told you so
To be fair I read the article by Kaspersky Labs. They seem to know what they're talking about.
Lame. These incremental upgrades are just not worth it. I wish Samsung and Apple would actually innovate.