And you know that isn't staged or scripted, right?
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Samsung Unveils Galaxy S8 and S8+ With Iris and Facial Recognition, No Home Button
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And you know that isn't staged or scripted, right?
I'm willing to bet that Samsung tested the crap out of this battery and would be the safest phone out. Samsung has too much riding on this. This is not some fly by night Chinese Android OEM.
Some new Kia's and Hyundai's also look better than BMWs or Audi's, but I would still take BMW or Audi over any of them.
Samsung created a nice phone, only because they keep changing the designs every year. The only reasons that the new S8 looks impressive is that Apple's iPhone is using 3 years old design. Spec and performance wise, it is just another year and another bump in the android world - nothing more. It is typical that Android gets newer tech earlier, but usually it is there for bragging rights, not to make peoples life easier or better.
Since iPhone 7 is such a beast performance wise, I would not be surprised if it was even or better in many benchmarks against S8. Time will tell.
Also, I remember when people complained when Apple released 5 and people complained that it was just taller 4S with another row of icons. Fast forward 5 years and now Samsung just did the same thing and all of sudden people get excited about such a tall phone. it crazy how times change.
Wow... where are all these posters coming from?
The placement of the fingerprint sensor is the biggest flaw of the design to me. It's not even centered or close to the center / bottom of the device. That makes it an immediate non-starter. Apple did the right thing by putting the fingerprint sensor in front - the proper way forward is to embed it on the screen, not relocate it.
The placement of the fingerprint sensor is the biggest flaw of the design to me. It's not even centered or close to the center / bottom of the device. That makes it an immediate non-starter. Apple did the right thing by putting the fingerprint sensor in front - the proper way forward is to embed it on the screen, not relocate it.
this crap is just going to blow up again
Hope it doesn't. Apple needs a worthy competitor.
No. But if no one has stepped forward with evidence proving it was, I have no reason to believe otherwise.
I had the S7 edge. Beautiful screen, but the edges just lead to unwanted touches. Between the S7 and S8, I'd rather have the 7 bc that FP sensor by the camera is HORRIBLE! Every picture you take is going to have light defraction from fingerprints on the lens. Also, the only reason for having such a large battery and fast charging is bc that screen sucks the life out of a battery. Overall, yeah, this looks good but it's functionally horrible in so many ways I would never consider it. Phones like the Axon 7 have a much better design with front facing cameras on the very tiny bezels. That's what Apple should be looking at, not this crap. I'm sorry, but unless you have used the S7 Edge as a daily driver, you really have no idea how bad it is to use. Plus, is it just me, or is that S8+ the oddest length phone you have ever seen. Who needs a phone that long!?!?!
"Wow... where are all these posters coming from?"
samsung-paid astroturfers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lol... We had 600 odd in Jan but if we go back to November, we had 922 on an article about non-removable SSDs from new MBP. This is hardly a rarity - especially on articles about the release of iPhones/competition.
I agree. When you flip a Samsung phone over, you see where they saved money. Cheap plastics, no? Part of Apple’s luxury is the feel. The glass or metal on the backs of Apple’s phones feel substantial. The iPhone C showed how plastic can change the perception of the product.
So one mistake means it will happen again ? Please
This could happen to anybody..Apple included. Just immature when people point to the note 7 as if that's normal with Samsung devices
I wasn't attacking you or other people like you, because that includes me! I personally won't buy into their products either because iOS is an absolute must for what I need. But you'll be surprised by how many people are out there who still believes in Apple Exceptionalism. Sometimes I'd rather see these phones outselling iPhones just so Apple can take notes on how to do it right.
lol ok
USBC
gearvr
Dex docking
face recognition
Iris scanning
OLED
wireless charging
water proofing
4k
NFC
curved oled (note edge)
on screen buttons (galaxy Nexus 2011)
are all Samsung first without any rumors of the iPhone having them.you are confusing wishful thinking with rumors.everything the galaxy has is what people rumor about apple doing because Samsung is doing it first.
I actually appreciate the polished texture you see on those phone's back, especially the blue models. They don't glam as much when fingerprints are all over it, but when it's clean it can be very pretty under different lightings.
Oh by the way I think that material is also what Apple's pursuing if they really want to put wireless charging on coming iPhones.
GOOD LUCK! Every time I've switched to android, I've switched back within weeks due to the lack of integration. iMessage is easily the biggest loss, and trying to find a replacement for it is nearly impossible. Transferring files to a mac will sometimes work, sometimes not. Personally, I don't like Samsung phones because the design is frustrating and the duplicative apps are a pain in the ass. Go with something more stock like Moto Z or Pixel.... but don't sell your iPhone right away as you will probably come back to it as soon as you lose the new car smell.
Yet here you are, a paying iCloud customer and 5-year MacRumors member. Interesting. I also believe that evolving complexity, predominantly of networking but also of operating systems, no longer means anything "just works" anymore, but I still think the Apple ecosystem is the best of the bunch, and most importantly I trust Apple with my data head & shoulders above others.
Are people STILL saying that Android is buggy and slow in 2017? Holy crap. Android is extremely stable and buttery smooth. This phone makes the iPhone 7 looks ancient. This year is Apple's put up or shut up year. They've been average for so long.
Samsung as a company has surpassed Apple. Obviously not what people on this site want to hear, but it's true.
Samsung as a company has surpassed Apple. Obviously not what people on this site want to hear, but it's true.
is Samsung it's own real competition right now?
Samsung's main competitor is probably Xiaomi. But, I think the real threat to Samsung is Lenovo. They own Motorola and have a decently strong foothold in the west, unlike Xiaomi and Huawei. In addition, their approach is to compliment Android with their software, whereas Samsung is dead set on supplementing Android's UI. I've acknowledged the beauty of Samsung phones, but only Motorola and their UI has tempted me to switch from Apple.
You're right, because the iphone 7 puts this thing to shame, bezels aren't everything.
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The iPhone 8 will probably have a similar look and the same screen for sure.... so your bastard hybrid will be half Samsung too
I have faith Apple won't be stupid enough to make the corners of the screen round or the edges curved.
This is a S7 with a moved home button and slimmer bezels. If Apple just moved the home button to the back of the iPhone 8 and slightly slimmed down the bezels it would be getting trashed.
I am just saying, you don't HAVE to use "exploding headphones" as was implied. I don't like what apple did, but one isn't foced to use wireless. Not yet.
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To each their own. Samsung's AMOLED's have been ouytperforming Apple's LCDs recently (and maybe not so recently, IDK). Less bezel also means more pocketability and easier use. Pocketability and one handed use et mentioned a lot in these forums, so I figured it was worth pointing out why greatly reduced bezels might mean a lot to those folks. While I do personally think less bezel looks nicer, I cant really argue against a phone with a smaller footprint beind easier to handle and taking up less pocket space; those are just facts.
Something I just learned of today was DeX. Basically you can dock the phone and it become its own mini chromebook. This phone has likely become a competitor for me (and I have never owned a samsung product unless you count a flip phone a decade ago), at least as my work phone. I think we've reached a point where performance is reaching diminishing returns anyway. My wife's 7 isn't any better than my 6s plus in everyday use. By the looks of this, real world use should be up to par with any other flagship, though I am sure we will see benchmarks around the bend.
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