Lol, you've done it again.. just in a different way to try and justify your first comments, "most people" but changed your tack... it is a premium phone, no one disputes that.. but that doesn't make it luxury.. a Bentley is luxury. It's out of the reach of the man in the street. 100 million sales a year is common as muck.. without a shred of luxury attatched to it....
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Samsung Shares Three New Ads Making Fun of the iPhone X's Notch, Lack of SD Card Slot and No Split Screen Multitasking
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In those Apple Ads, PC was shown as an obnoxious, old fashioned, clumsy, incompetent guy, while Mac was simply the "cool" guy in every possible way. I never found anything insulting in any of mentioned Ads, btw (be it from Apple or Samsung). None of those commercials reflects real life.
PS: Notch is still ugly, though
PS2: Tried Android, not even slightly interested in switching.
Happy with my no.7 Black jet edition
I never said anything about zooming in. You brought that up. Let me give you a few examples:
Edge to edge display,
Full screen,
Notch.
Guess which one of the 3 doesn’t quite belong?!
The average TV people buy today for a living room is at least 42" in size. Years ago, people were content with a tube TV that wasn't any bigger across than maybe 21" at most. Does that mean the old TVs were too small to be useful?
What I'm saying is, sure -- the screen resolution and size goes up over time, as it gets cheaper to produce it. And then, expectations change, including software developers making new assumptions about how much screen space they get to draw things on for their apps.
I don't like it when I have to go back to using an old iPhone with a smaller screen space like that today, even though it seemed perfect at the time.
What I'm saying is, sure -- the screen resolution and size goes up over time, as it gets cheaper to produce it. And then, expectations change, including software developers making new assumptions about how much screen space they get to draw things on for their apps.
I don't like it when I have to go back to using an old iPhone with a smaller screen space like that today, even though it seemed perfect at the time.
You must not be an iPhone owner if I have to spell that out.
1. Superior Security
2. Superior Facial Recognition
3. Super App Store/Ecosystem
4. Superior Support
5. Superior performance
6. Superior Software Updates
7. Superior resell value
Need other reasons?
You implied that you were talking about zooming in to fill....why else would you have said anything about the notch cutting into part of the video? Video at 16:9 aspect ratio at 1080p can fit natively on the iPhone X's display without losing any pixels due to the notch.
LOL, too be honest, sounds insecure with the overuse of the word "superior." Reminds me of a particular insecure world leader that says he's "got the best words." lol
I am not sure if you are trolling, but nearly all flagship Android phones feature SD card support. The only ones that spring to mind that don't are Google (obviously) and OnePlus. Samsung, LG, Sony, HTC, Huawei, Moto, Lenovo etc etc support SD cards. Also, the fact that up to 256GB cards are now cheap show that economies of scale have kicked in on larger size cards. You are aware that almost all DSLRs, video recorders, etc use SD cards as well as phones.
So you’re putting words in my mouth and then debating it? Might as well argue with yourself in the mirror my friend! Tell yourself how much you embrace the notch while your at it.
Most people could watch a zoomed in video like this and not realise that stuff is missing. Best to utilise all the screen in a relatively small device. However, a notch at the side could not be ignored by most people. Heavens, my son cannot ignore a dead pixel on a screen. On a 43" screen I prefer to zoom in that have black bars top and bottom.
But the X’s screen is too small which is why I want to zoom in and then I don’t like it because the notch intrudes on the picture. It’s more like having an 8 screen when watching a video in its native resolution. I came from the 7 plus and before that I had the 6S plus and the 6 plus.
I’m more bothered about the notch in the picture than what I loose by zooming. Granted I would also find the S9 screen too small to view video natively but when I zoomed in I wouldn’t have to put up with the notch intruding on my pic. The screen on my S9 Plus is big enough so don’t zoom but I’ve tried it and it’s ok because there isn’t a big cut out in my video.
I don’t care about the notch anywhere else on my iPhone X. I don’t even notice it when I’m in an app or web browsing. The only place it’s a problem is when watching video. However I accept that the notch itself is necessary to house all of the sensors.
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This is absolutely how I feel about my iPhone X.
I posted a thread about it here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/the-notch-why-video-on-the-iphone-x-is-just-fine.2129796/
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/01/intelligent-scan-versus-face-id/
A quick google search turns up tons of results.
Its not just most or some people.
Buy Apple because it is a luxury brand like Louis Vuitton, not a tech company, HSBC says
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/31/buy...uis-vuitton-not-a-tech-company-hsbc-says.html
Why the iPhone X means Apple is now a luxury brand
https://www.wbs.ac.uk/blogs/staff/why-the-iphone-x-means-apple-is-now-a-luxury-brand/
First look: Apple’s luxury iPhone both copies and innovates
https://www.boston.com/news/technology/2017/09/12/apple-iphone-x-details
Analyst Calls Apple a Luxury Brand, Not a Tech Company
https://wccftech.com/apple-luxury-brand/
With the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, Apple creates another tier of luxury.
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-apple-iphone-20170912-htmlstory.html
That’s 30 something after vat.
So what about the iPhone X?
Or does that not exist to prove his narrative?
This does not show an S9 being fooled by a picture. The company that showed this on the S8 have declined to repeat the test. Did you actually read this article.
For clarification, Samsung have always stated that the facial recognition was a convenience feature. Leave your phone on a table with friends while at the bar and they will not be able to open your phone. But you cannot use it with Samsung Pay.
Iris scan is secure for Samsung Pay. Holding up a photo with contact lenses fitted won't look at all suspicious at the M&S checkout
I may be wrong, but I understood intelligent scan used face and iris recognition in an AND configuration, not OR.
For clarification, Samsung have always stated that the facial recognition was a convenience feature. Leave your phone on a table with friends while at the bar and they will not be able to open your phone. But you cannot use it with Samsung Pay.
Iris scan is secure for Samsung Pay. Holding up a photo with contact lenses fitted won't look at all suspicious at the M&S checkout
I may be wrong, but I understood intelligent scan used face and iris recognition in an AND configuration, not OR.
Well that’s my opinion on the matter which I am entitled to just as you are entitled to yours. When the X plus comes out I won’t feel the need to fill the screen because the size of the video natively will be big enough.
You're completely missing my point.
I'm not saying that there are no flagships that support SD cards. I'm not saying that SD cards aren't cheap. I'm not saying that other, non-phone devices don't use SD cards (this is getting waaaay off my original topic) and I'm not saying that nobody uses SD cards or that they're completely irrelevant.
My original point was that "SD card support" isn't as big of a selling feature as it used to be, partly due to the abundance of cloud storage making "SD card support" less essential (I'm NOT saying it's pointless) since there are other options out there.
I'm literally just saying that Samsung stating "We have SD support and Apple doesn't" isn't as big of a "hit" today because of increased internal storage and cloud storage options, some of which are free.
Yeah, 4 years ago when my family and I all had a 16GB iPhone 5S and no free unlimited Google Photos storage, we really wished we had SD card support. Today when you buy a flagship iPhone, you'll have at least 64GB, access to Google Photos, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc. Plus we have the added benefit of accessing these files on multiple devices nearly anywhere without swapping out a physical card.
Would SD card support still be nice? Of course it would. Is the lack of support as restricting as it was used to be? Definitely not.
Face ID is more secure but it has been fooled by siblings and family members. No unlocking method is 100% secure. Some are just more secure than others. Touch ID has been bypassed before.