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Samsung Unveils Galaxy S8 and S8+ With Iris and Facial Recognition, No Home Button
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Using another Android phone with 4GB and an equally high resolution screen it's fine. Faster than my previous iPhone 6+ by a large margin.
Recently fired up my old Samsung Galaxy S5 and it was faster than my iPhone 6+ in every day tasks. Given that the GS5 was OLDER than the iP6+ I don't know how people say it is faster. Maybe on benchmarks but not in use.
7.0 is quite good and better than iOS 10 in many areas.
It does look good. I'd buy one but I'm over super expensive phones. My $400 Axon 7 is a neat phone and has many of these features already.
I don't think you can delete them. I think you can "disable" them so they are always hanging around. The problem is that Samsung apps are usually sub-par compared to Google's offerings or are not as well integrated into the greater Google ecosystem. They also have a different design language compared to Google's official Material Design so that also is a bit frustrating.
My wife who doesn't care what phone she uses, came from an iPhone 5S to her current S7 (I wanted to consolidate our household on Android). For a while she had both the Google and Samsung apps on, they were both sending notifications, and it was just a pain point that doesn't need to exist.
For this reason (among others) I am very much looking forward to the Pixel 2. Not to say the S8 isn't a nice phone, and that we don't like our S7s -- I just want a less fragmented experience with the phone.
To quote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39425724
"the physical home button is replaced with an on-screen icon - in a similar manner to rival Android phones from Huawei and LG.
A pressure sensor and vibration module have, however, been built into the space behind the new virtual button to provide feedback."
The home button is still on the front under the glass NOT on the back.
what is this fast wireless charging...
...is it true wire less...
...or a charging pad connected to a wire (like they currently have)
...is it true wire less...
...or a charging pad connected to a wire (like they currently have)
The screens on samsung always look over colour, even when samsun make iphones screen it will be re tuned
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Yeah most phones do. It's all about the software for me moe. I just want iOS and macOS.
Nice phone, but all the carrier and Samsung bloatware is just too much. I dont like the fingerprint scanner next to the camera. The LG G6 has a better placement. The Pixel 2 coming out his fall may be a real choice, wih none of the bloatware.
All of these are just WAY TOO BIG.
Give me a new updated iPhone SE.
Give me a new updated iPhone SE.
A Bugatti Chiron also doesn't impress or seem innovative to Ford Truck fans....
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i hope apple doesn't keep the same design and change the internals and call it an upgrade. LAZY 'innovation'.
True - They use these things called pockets.
looks sexy, but i am not a big fan of Samsung , will never spend my $ in a Samsung devices
, will never spend my $ in a Samsung devicesYet, you were calling "Samsung" parts crap in this thread two days ago. Could you please clarify? And I mean no Snark, I'm literally confused by your contradictory posts.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...e-7s-a11-chip-in-april.2038805/#post-24432190
what is this fast wireless charging...
...is it true wire less...
...or a charging pad connected to a wire (like they currently have)
I am intrigued by the people wanting wireless charging where the charging device is not connected to anything, because that would make it wired. When do you expect this to appear? 2069 or 2071?
How so? Samsung first Edge device was the Note Edge back in 2014. Then Samsung went full edge with the S6 in 2015. I don't hear any "developer" complaints with the S6 or S7. My only issue is that I love glass screen protectors and these edge displays suck for them.
Only one browser, you can hide app icons in 5 seconds so you never see these spare apps. Total non issue.. try harder to find a reason why this phone isn't awesome..