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Samsung to Launch New Galaxy Note 9 a Month Before Apple is Expected to Unveil New 2018 iPhones
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Haha true.
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A 5 minute 4K clip would be somewhere between 675MB and 2GB depending on bitrate, framerate and codec.
I guess that's how Apple gets people to pay for additional iCloud storage!
Don’t really use iCloud to store my videos but it’s a great option.
Sure... I was just saying a single 5 minute 4K video could be up to 2GB depending on the video settings.
I don't think the average person realizes how quickly their phones can fill up even if they shoot HD video!
This conversation dovetails with the happiness that Apple no longer sells 16GB iPhones.
But people still generate so much content on their phones with videos and photos. And I don't think everyone knows what to do with all that material.
Been an iOS guy since day 1 but switched to the s8 last year and now the note 8 and loving it! The new Galaxy phones are beautiful compared to the iPhone 8 and X. Also love some of the Samsung features like the edge panel and of course I can customize just about anything I want. Also, I can charge my phone, icon x 2018 with my MacBook charger... Can't so that with an iphone
I don't know why Samsung even bothers, they don't sell very many of their flagship phones do they?
Nope they don’t.
The s8 s8 plus accounted for about 10%-12% of Samsung phones sold last year. The s9 and s9 plus is estimated to make up about 6%-8% of total phones sold.
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I have a Samsung for work but there is certain stuff I miss from iOS that make me not use the device as much. iMessage for example
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news...one-x-pushed-down-to-third-place-4502893.html
Why do they bother?
Beats me, they should just stick to making TV's...
According to a market research firm the s9 first month sales out sold the seventh month old iPhone X by only .2% for the month of April. It’s almost July.
Try to keep up.
With S9 sales limping, Samsung won’t hit its 2018 smartphone sales goal
https://bgr.com/2018/06/22/samsung-galaxy-s9-sales-2018-miss-projections/
Apple gains ground on Samsung in smartphone market
Read more at http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/smartphone-market-share-apple-samsung-3478970#288cRQHWm8DWMGyQ.99
“Samsung’s smartphone market share slipped slightly in Q1 2018, allowing Apple to gain a little ground on its arch-rival.”
And?
Wouldn't selling that many phones, even if you miss your targets, be a reason to continue manufacturing them?
If Samsung are doing poorly then everyone but Apple should just give up right?
They still sell the most phones of anyone, worldwide.
No one will touch Apple in the profits game, but for sheer numbers, Samsung still rules the roost, by a large margin.
If you can't see why they would bother to continue making flagships then I guess.. um.. stick to reading BGR maybe?
It generally is, +/- 2 weeks.
Samsung has been keeping up quite well to it's release schedule in 2018. I don't understand why people interpret this like Samsung is trying to release their phones sooner than they would normally.
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LoL why are you so blindly biased?
They probably had targets for a reason and they are not meeting them.
BlackBerry did poorly, Nokia did poorly, Motorola did poorly etc etc.
So what?
So did Nokia and where are They now?
all of the Symbian fanboys were saying the exact same thing... market share market share market share.
Aren’t you the one that claimed there was nothing wrong with the note 7 when it was exploding left right and center. Probably should have started reading BGR, I believe they the ones that broke the story.
They probably had targets for a reason and they are not meeting them.
BlackBerry did poorly, Nokia did poorly, Motorola did poorly etc etc.
So what?
So did Nokia and where are They now?
all of the Symbian fanboys were saying the exact same thing... market share market share market share.
Aren’t you the one that claimed there was nothing wrong with the note 7 when it was exploding left right and center. Probably should have started reading BGR, I believe they the ones that broke the story.
No, I claimed the Note 7 wasn't banned from airlines, you (at least I think it was you, sorry if it wasn't) said it was, the link you provided showed it was banned from being carried on your person, then the link was updated but you kept going on about it....
The thread is still there, go and have a look. Go on, I can't be bothered.
I did comment how how surprised I was at the reaction of the media compared to the Takata Airbag fiasco, how the Note was treated as quite a few people have died due to Takata airbags?
Maybe you're thinking of that? Go and have a look, I'm going from memory and aren't really interested in stuff I said years ago.
Funnily enough, The Takata saga is still ongoing, Takata are bankrupt and there's still millions of cars driving around with potentially lethal srs systems, and multi billion dollar lawsuits.
Media attention? Not that big considering.
Anyway, are you really surprised that Samsung still make flagships?
BGR is a clickbait site with rehashed articles aimed at inciting non moderated comments, you can keep it.
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I use to be a big Samsung fan. But anymore I can’t stand the curved edges. Stupidest design ever. They use to offer Both a regular version and an edge. Now for some stupid reason all’s they offer is the edge. I hated my s8 because of that.
Who was talking about copying? Are you so quick to run and defend your precious apple you didn't bother to read the context?
The person I replied to said Samsung should go back to their original business...refrigerators. I was just saying phones can be argued to be one of their original products. I didn't even mention Apple or compare anything between the two but you're here to defend.
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This! The hardware is excellent, i switched to a Android device because i didnt like the notch, and I must say the HW is excellent, but the Android OS is really fussy, i have a hard time adopting. -as the notch trend is spreading, i will head back to iPhone this september, and tbh i am looking forward to get back to iOS.
I know they want to steer clear of notches in order to avoid embarrassment (having originally patented that design and then ragging on Apple where ever they could for using it) but are pop out camera draws the answer?
I guess we will wait and see what they come up with.
I agree the iPhone backs are ugly looking, unlike others that are so sexy looking.
Apple is the phone that looks ugly on the back, even Apple avoids showing the back of the iPhone for this reason, Samsung phones look nice just like other manufacturers phones one area Apple still needs to learn.
Also Apple needs to go bezel free, when it comes to design Samsung still top Apple iPhone looks dated
Errrr, Apple didn't met targets for the iPhone X either. But don't bother presenting both sides of the argument that would be silly....
https://bgr.com/2018/03/07/iphone-x-sales-estimates-2018/
At the end of the day how many units sold is not directly related to what device is better, the S9 is a superior device to the iPhone X and thats all I care about. The Note 9 will be a great phone!
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The note has traditionally been announced in August pretty much since its inception. It used to be unveiled at IFA towards the end of the month but for the last few years Samsung have been holding their own unpacked events before IFA.
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And not paying taxes is what lets them stockpile all that cash.