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Samsung Unveils Galaxy S9 Series Smartphones With Dual Lens Variable Aperture Camera and AR Emoji
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Those were Apple fans complaining about Apple design. Maybe they wanted a significant change. The Samsung users may not be as bothered by iterative design.
That's for sure. Samsung is indeed the better experience, so thankfully your statement is true. Loved Apple for a decade, now can't stand iOS.
So phone updates are pretty much just emoji-related now?
Interesting time to be alive.
Interesting time to be alive.
Disney characters? Tim Cook has some 'splaining to do.
It seems the hardware is getting better and the software more polished, but the actual creative ability has been stifled over the years.
Or, rather, we've updated and innovated so fast that it will be stagnant for a while.
ROFLCOPTERZ!!! So they tried an attempt at doing something Animoji like but instead it seems creepy, and this is basically another S8 with very very minor petty upgrades, and should I mention what also looks to be a bit fatter than the original S8. I think I have a bit more excitement waiting to see the X Plus than this thing, and that Lily purple color or whatever their calling it is also pretty bad but I guess if you're female that will probably be your thing.
I have never had this experience. I had an S8+ and currently have a Note 8 and 3 S7 Edge phones. None of them have slowed down to this day.
I agree with you. How long can these companies keep raising the price of their phones before their profits start to drop?
A huge waste of code dedicated toward adults acting like children.
I'm honestly wondering if phones are being aimed at younger and younger audiences. Animoji and stickers and Mickey Mouse...who are these phones for? I'm 19 and I already feel too old for Apple's marketing. They might as well include candy and arcade tickets with every iPhone purchase.
Is it that the year over year hardware improvements are not drastically different that keeps people from upgrading? Or that the hardware upgrades are not that important? I would argue more towards the latter than the former. Smartphones are plenty fast for the tasks that a lot of users need them to do.
The Galaxy S8 and S9 do have side bezels.
But 99% of the time you will be distracted by the reflection of the light in the room from the curved class.
Well note 8 remains the phone to keep until a new note or foldable note becomes available this upcoming Fall..........I am staying a way from the S series since I prefer the s pen on my mobile devices. Good job Samsung and you can reclaim your display glory once again as usual and the plethora of features your phones already had for the most part. AR emojis was to satisfy the Apple Animoji squad lol.
I Really don’t think speed with processor improvements is a selling point for the average consumer when considering to upgrade or if there smart phone is “Fast enough.” Again, camera upgrades, features like 3D Touch, etc. are the type of features that might be more interesting. The Mitigating factors is the price point, does the average consumer feel compelled enough to upgrade from the previous device to the newest device annually? Likely not. But as I said in a previous post, long-term, it’s the software improvements that need to build the user experience, as hardware is superficial or more of an general attraction.
Yet another person who doesn't own an iPhone X complaining about the notch .
LOL, if that's a fail, then an obtrusive notch will get you kicked out of school all together. Gotta love the blind loyalty.
So their largest aperture has increased a tiny bit over what’s available elsewhere.
I've got bad news for Samsung - hardware based bokeh only comes with massively larger sensors and lenses.
Unless you want a lens at least as large as a couple of Oreos, computational photography is the only way to go.
I've got bad news for Samsung - hardware based bokeh only comes with massively larger sensors and lenses.
Unless you want a lens at least as large as a couple of Oreos, computational photography is the only way to go.
Where's all the complaints about it being the same design or too close in resemblance to the last version? Apart from going to a dull grey finish, it looks almost identical to its precursor, which looked almost identical to its precursor...
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Makes sense....if you don’t like the notch, you wouldn’t buy the phone would you?