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Samsung to Unveil New Smartphones at Galaxy Unpacked Event on February 11

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Samsung this weekend announced that its next event will take place on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, with the South Korean company set to unveil new smartphones that will compete with Apple's iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max.


Samsung is expected to launch a trio of Galaxy S11 smartphones, which will be the company's new flagship devices when they debut, plus there's been talk of a new foldable smartphone that will rival the Motorola Razr.

Rumors suggest the new smartphones will feature a design similar to the Galaxy Note 10 with a hole-punch cutout at the top of the display. Screen sizes are rumored to be 6.4, 6.7, and 6.9 inches.

Features are said to include 5G connectivity, a four camera array with a 108-megapixel camera, 5x optical zoom, a 5,000mAh battery, a 120Hz display, and facial recognition capabilities.

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Rendering of alleged Galaxy S11 Plus​

Samsung's event will take place at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, with Samsung planning to offer a live stream on the Samsung website.

We'll have coverage of the event as it is interesting to take a look at what new features Apple's competitors are unveiling to compete with the iPhone.

Article Link: Samsung to Unveil New Smartphones at Galaxy Unpacked Event on February 11
 
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Always good to see what they come up with. After using Apple and Samsung Note phones for a few years, here's my list of pros/cons:
- Samung (Android) OS is more flexible for the power and business user. Apple OS interface feels a little archaic
- Apple cameras are much better. Despite the specs on Samsung cameras, they really just suck. Must be a software issue? Poor focus, slow focus, poor low-light performance, too much shutter lag, grainy.
- My Samsung Note has never crashed. My iPhone 11 crashes perhaps one or twice per moth. Or it just gets stuck and sits for a while.
- Can't argue that Apple has the far superior and sticky ecosystem. And it is better for families who want to stay close and in touch.
- I like Face ID a lot more than I thought I would. Samsung has lots of auto-unlock features (like geofencing), but FaceID is overall much better and more useful
- The Apple Card and Apple Pay are great. Samung and Google Pay are clumsy and spotty.
- IMHO, the Samsung Note 10 screen is sharper and richer than the iPhone 11. I also like the Note 10 form factor better. Easier to hold and manage with one hand.
- I still hate the notch. Eats up screen space and really stands out on bright screens. The Note 10 punch hole is less distracting.
- I've grown more weary of Google over the past couple of years. Despite some recent missteps by Apple, I feel that Apple is more likely to respect my privacy than Google.
 
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Looks to be foldable based on the awkward animation. In some shots it's phone sized, in others it's square.

A phablet is a good idea for Samsung who has never been able to create a quality tablet. This might be a happy medium for Samsung users.

Somehow, Apple managed to make a really quality tablet where others have failed.
 
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PruneTracy said:
Looks to be foldable based on the awkward animation. In some shots it's phone sized, in others it's square.

A phablet is a good idea for Samsung who has never been able to create a quality tablet. This might be a happy medium for Samsung users.

Somehow, Apple managed to make a really quality tablet where others have failed.
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Samsung makes some great tablet hardware. Unfortunately for them, their problem is two-fold (intented): 1. They try to charge Apple pricing for their tablets. Yeah, nope. Ain't nobody got no time for that. 2. There is no real commitment to tablet apps on any Android app store. They are all severely lacking.
 
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alj96z said:
Does it still run android? If so, hard pass. 🤮
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Oh no, you can download torrents!
Oh no, you can copy files directly from PC!
Oh no, it has USB-C!
Oh no, it has a headphone jack!
Oh no, you can replace the launch screen!
Oh no, you can have pinned icons!
Oh no, you can have widgets on home page!
Oh no, there is a back button right at the bottom where your finger usually is!
Oh no, you can clear all notifications at once!
Oh no, you can close all open apps at once!
Oh no, you can change your default browser!
Oh no, you can have 2 SIM cards!
Oh no, you can have expandable storage!
 
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Pangalactic said:
Oh no, you can download torrents!
Oh no, you can copy files directly from PC!
Oh no, it has USB-C!
Oh no, it has a headphone jack!
Oh no, you can replace the launch screen!
Oh no, you can have pinned icons!
Oh no, you can have widgets on home page!
Oh no, there is a back button right at the bottom where your finger usually is!
Oh no, you can clear all notifications at once!
Oh no, you can close all open apps at once!
Oh no, you can change your default browser!
Oh no, you can have 2 SIM cards!
Oh no, you can have expandable storage!
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Oh no, your files are locked due to ransomware because you trusted that .apk you downloaded from torrent and you rooted your phone because you wanted that sweet "customization"! Don't worry, you can save your phone once you get that awesome new Android update soon? ...right...? soon?? 😢
 
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PruneTracy said:
Looks to be foldable based on the awkward animation. In some shots it's phone sized, in others it's square.

A phablet is a good idea for Samsung who has never been able to create a quality tablet. This might be a happy medium for Samsung users.

Somehow, Apple managed to make a really quality tablet where others have failed.
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Samsung have already made plenty of phablets.
 
farewelwilliams said:
Oh no, your files are locked due to ransomware because you trusted that .apk you downloaded from torrent and you rooted your phone because you wanted that sweet "customization"! Don't worry, you can save your phone once you get that awesome new Android update soon? ...right...? soon?? 😢
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There's this thing called backups.
 
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Why would you need to root your phone? There's way too much customization available as standard. I can't belive more Android users are "rooting" their phones than iPhone users "jailbreaking" theirs.
I went S10 this year and sure, it's a nice, cheap phone with good enough specs and a good enough camera, not much to talk about. Under screen fingerprint reader is not nearly as good as dedicated ones, hole-punch is liveable but still stupid (if it were up to me, get rid of the front camera all together, I have never, ever used it), dual-SIM is a must (got on my must-have list at the same time I got a company phone, 2 phones to carry? No way!).

My wife still uses an iPhone and I can't wrap my head around how extremely old-fashioned and stale iOS feels. I left around iOS5 and not much seems to have changed (except the totally flattened icons). Or, it has gotten a lot worse with features tacked on an OS never intended to have them. The ecosystem locks you in, yes. When did that become a good thing?

I've worked for years to get out of the Apple strangehold and I've reached as far as I can, I belive. Working fulltime as Mac sysadm, you can't really leave Apple behind and keep your credibility.

Oh, btw, that S11 looks really fugly with all those cameras. Really happy the S10 still looks "sane".
 
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bollman said:
Why would you need to root your phone? There's way too much customization available as standard. I can't belive more Android users are "rooting" their phones than iPhone users "jailbreaking" theirs.
I went S10 this year and sure, it's a nice, cheap phone with good enough specs and a good enough camera, not much to talk about. Under screen fingerprint reader is not nearly as good as dedicated ones, hole-punch is liveable but still stupid (if it were up to me, get rid of the front camera all together, I have never, ever used it), dual-SIM is a must (got on my must-have list at the same time I got a company phone, 2 phones to carry? No way!).

My wife still uses an iPhone and I can't wrap my head around how extremely old-fashioned and stale iOS feels. I left around iOS5 and not much seems to have changed (except the totally flattened icons). Or, it has gotten a lot worse with features tacked on an OS never intended to have them. The ecosystem locks you in, yes. When did that become a good thing?

I've worked for years to get out of the Apple strangehold and I've reached as far as I can, I belive. Working fulltime as Mac sysadm, you can't really leave Apple behind and keep your credibility.

Oh, btw, that S11 looks really fugly with all those cameras. Really happy the S10 still looks "sane".
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So you’ve never done a FaceTime type of call? That sounds more old fashioned than what you claim iOS to be.
 
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tridley68 said:
They are still behind Apple.
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But they are catching up fast when it comes to stupidity.
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farewelwilliams said:
Oh no, your files are locked due to ransomware because you trusted that .apk you downloaded from torrent and you rooted your phone because you wanted that sweet "customization"! Don't worry, you can save your phone once you get that awesome new Android update soon? ...right...? soon?? 😢
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I'd rather have ME decide what and how I install in my devices than Apple, Samsung, Google, or Microsoft.
 
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MarkB786 said:
- My Samsung Note has never crashed. My iPhone 11 crashes perhaps one or twice per moth. Or it just gets stuck and sits for a while.
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That's surprising. We had a couple of Android phones at one point in my family... and it's what turned us all into iPhone users. Easily, the most crash-prone and buggy devices we've ever dealt with, and the longer we owned them, the worse things got. Mysterious battery drain. Applications not launching or crashing randomly. Random phone restarts. Features of the OS breaking for no apparent reason. It just was endless.

My family has had about 10+ iPhones over the course of the last 9 years and they have all been rock-solid, and generally, it seems to be the same with other iPhone users I talk to. I wonder why your experience is so different? One would think with the looser rules for applications and the way Android allows developers to get into the OS's internals moreso than on iOS, that Android would be the more prone to crashing.
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sideshowuniqueuser said:
There's this thing called backups.
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There's also this thing called better system security.
 
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inkswamp said:
That's surprising. We had a couple of Android phones at one point in my family... and it's what turned us all into iPhone users. Easily, the most crash-prone and buggy devices we've ever dealt with, and the longer we owned them, the worse things got. Mysterious battery drain. Applications not launching or crashing randomly. Random phone restarts. Features of the OS breaking for no apparent reason. It just was endless.

My family has had about 10+ iPhones over the course of the last 9 years and they have all been rock-solid, and generally, it seems to be the same with other iPhone users I talk to. I wonder why your experience is so different? One would think with the looser rules for applications and the way Android allows developers to get into the OS's internals moreso than on iOS, that Android would be the more prone to crashing.
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That is interesting. We’ve had iPhones for years too, and always had something going wrong. Speakers and mics failing, battery drain, severe slow down, bad home buttons, bad ear phone jacks, frayed charger cords, etc. Which caused us to try Samsung, which were very solid for us. Go figure. We went back to Apple due to the ease of family communication and seamless sharing of info, photos, apps, etc. Hoping for better luck this tome around, but a little worried about my 11’s freeze ups.And sometimes the screen won’t respond to touch for several seconds to a minute.
 
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alj96z said:
Does it still run android? If so, hard pass. 🤮
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iOS user here. [Just wanted to point that out right away before I comment], that said; I think android has come along way.

It’s different from iOS, but for those who I do know use android, they absolutely love it. The same can be said about iOS, some of us are just devoted to which platform you prefer, but I do think android is not what it used to be. It’s easy to poke at androids flaws on an Apple related website, but realistically, there are quite a few Apple users who’ve never experienced android, but they use the ‘bandwagon effect’. We have to respect all technology alike, that’s why we have choices.
 
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farewelwilliams said:
Oh no, your files are locked due to ransomware because you trusted that .apk you downloaded from torrent and you rooted your phone because you wanted that sweet "customization"! Don't worry, you can save your phone once you get that awesome new Android update soon? ...right...? soon?? 😢
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Oh please. Apple also have vulnerabilities. If you repost with things that are SPECIFIC to Android then your post will have merit.
LOL, and also some of the stuff in the list can be done without rooting.

Fail.
 
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