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Samsung Unveils Galaxy S8 and S8+ With Iris and Facial Recognition, No Home Button
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It's disappointing to me that Samsung just gathers all the iPhone rumors, patches a phone together, and hurls it out at us. I value competition in the marketplace, but this is like clone wars.
My iPhone 6 plus has 43,000 photos, 650 apps and 112,000 e-mails. There is no way I would trust that amount of content to a Samsung device, and depend on everything to update correctly.
My iPhone 6 plus has 43,000 photos, 650 apps and 112,000 e-mails. There is no way I would trust that amount of content to a Samsung device, and depend on everything to update correctly.
as an apple forum can't believe how many haters are on here, I stick with apple cos iOS is better than android end off
That implies the iPhone 7 was a piece of crap and a flop that couldn't have survived on its own without Samsung's faulty batteries. And I totally reject that narrative. For one thing it assumes people will bail on iOS in droves for a nice Samsung phone but that hasn't historically been the case in either direction. Ecosystem stickiness, for one thing.
If the rumors are accurate, the iPhone 8 is going to be very, very similar anyway: ~5.8" OLED screen (made by Samsung), virtual home button, retina scanning, much smaller bezels, etc. iPhone does have the dual-lens camera trick up its sleeve, which Samsung did not address. As usual, I think it's mostly going to come down to which OS you prefer and which ecosystem you're most invested in (and how deeply).
No, you would short AAPL if you believed they're the next BB.
....and Warren Buffet made Carl Ichan look like an idiot for selling.
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Apple's success is actually the direct inverse of how much hate they get. The more people hate a device, the more successful it actually becomes.
Thinking of switching from iPhone 6 Plus to S8 after been in Apple ecosystem for almost a decade.
I was wondering how easy it is to switch and how well Samsung phones are integrated with Mac OS X as I am not fully ready to switch the desktop.
I was wondering how easy it is to switch and how well Samsung phones are integrated with Mac OS X as I am not fully ready to switch the desktop.
Apple users always say that about Windows and Android. As someone who uses a mix of platforms, I have to say that the supposed prevalence of malware is an Apple scare tactic. Common sense works surprisingly well as anti-virus protection.
Anyway, I hope the S8 sells like mad! Push Apple to do even better. Only competition drives innovation.
No, I would not.
I will not spend my own money betting against Apple.
I don't like their current position or trajectory, and there would be poop running down my leg if I was a board member, but I am not saying that they won't still pull it out of the fire.
They certainly have access to the resources, the momentum, the recognition, the talent.
By not having strategic vision, all that they are burning are user goodwill and time. Neither of which show up on the balance sheet, which is why the investors haven't caught on yet.
The users, on the other hand, smell a rat. Hence the conspicuous lack of increases in adoption or market penetration.
This is similar to the position that Blackberry was in in 2005, and maybe PALM in around 2000.
("Make the same thing but thinner" or "increase the price and give it a crappy keyboard and no ports" are not strategic vision. "Reinvent music" and "all mobile software is horrible -- let's make a wonderful stack that everyone can use" are.)
I believe that Apple is one visionary leader away from owning the 2020's the way that they owned the 2000's. And I desperately hope that they find that visionary.
I hoped that Blackberry would get it right too, and they still might. I wanted PALM to knock another one out of the park, and lord knows they had everything they needed to do it.
I wasn't long or short RIMM or PALM, and nor will I be AAPL.
Mark my words. People will be nostalgic for the home button in ten years. I found a second generation iPod in the closet. Like an old car, its design is amusing and unique again.
[doublepost=1490831701][/doublepost][QUOTE="HiRez, post: 24443261, member: 26580”]Go outside, the graphics are amazing![/QUOTE]
HiRez, I LOVE your tagline!
[doublepost=1490831701][/doublepost][QUOTE="HiRez, post: 24443261, member: 26580”]Go outside, the graphics are amazing![/QUOTE]
HiRez, I LOVE your tagline!
Maybe, but I think as people get used to changes in tech, they adapt. (Like touch screens becoming the dominate smartphone style from the Blackberry models of actual keyboards & screens).
Some people may miss physical keyboards, but the majority of people seem to favor the real estate of a full screen.
You're the only person in the world to draw similarities between BB and Apple. You're wasting your breath.
I don't have these problems. Apple TV is flawless as is my Extreme, Apple Watch, iPads, Mac, and iPhones. Sounds like user error or a Samsung fanboy that never actually owned what he states.
I never had FaceTime disappear or crap battery life after an update. The fact that they just released a new file system that was a flawless install for millions of people is amazing.
If Samsung is so freaking wonderful, buy one and enjoy Touch Wiz and few if any OS updates.
You have to do the Pepsi and Coca Cola test... remove the logos and let people play with the iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S8... then ask which one
It will likely demonstrate how clueless Apple’s current customers are. Every time Apple announces a new iPhone model, Jimmy Kimmel approaches iPhone owners on the street and asks them to comment on the new phone. He showed them an iPad Mini in one example. In another example, he showed them the exact same phone as the one the person had. Unsurprisingly, they went gaga over it!