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Samsung's Galaxy S8 to Beat Next iPhone to Bezel-Free Display and Virtual Home Button
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I'm not sure if I would consider a race to the exact same conclusion good competition. It seems that Samsung mostly "pushes" others by simply racing to rumors first, whether they turn out true or not. Does this help anyone but Samsung and their share price? Are Samsung users benefiting from S-Pay, S-voice, non removable batteries/storage, waterproofing, glass screens, etc.?
Wouldn't want them to rush. People don't want their bezel-less screens catching fire or anything.
"But almost nobody mentions that or cares about that because Samsung phones are about specs and not how they look like, while iPhones are defined to a significant degree by how they look like." - @manu chao
Borrowed and re-purposed a snip of your post. No sense re-inventing the wheel.
All within 5 minutes of each other. Original and funny or
and ? Gonna have to go with the emojis.
All within 5 minutes of each other. Original and funny or
I don't pay attention to what other people post.
Click on article ---> type comment ---> post.
Must say something about Samsung if people are all saying the same thing.
I'm more interested to see how the software integrates with the new design. An iPhone without a home button could materially change the UX.
I won't lie and say I didn't laugh at this just after posting. What can I say, sometimes the shoe just fits.. reeeeally well apparentlyAll within 5 minutes of each other. Original and funny or
No, I think it says something about low hanging fruit. "Note catches fire" is the Pokemon Go of comments. Hot one minute, yawn the next.I don't pay attention to what other people post.
Click on article ---> type comment ---> post.
Must say something about Samsung if people are all saying the same thing.
Well, no.
First off, the iPhone 6 curved glass rumor started in April 2014.
That rumor came over a year AFTER Samsung showed off this curved display prototype at the January 2013 Consumer Electronics Show:
The 2013 prototype's display curve excited CES visitors so much, that Samsung later released it as the Edge model. The original design had nothing to do with any much later iPhone rumors.
Not to mention that the later Apple rumor was reported like this:
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Rumor: Apple's 'iPhone 6' may sport curved edges, display glass
Citing a "trusted source," Japanese blog Mac Otakara reports the so-called "iPhone 6" will sport "rounded" edges and a curved display glass much like the design seen on Samsung's Galaxy S III.
- Apple Insider, April 2014
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Yes, that's right. It was originally a rumor that in 2014 Apple would copy Samsung's 2012 design which had curved front glass two years prior.
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You obviously have no experience with VR. Apple has been dragging their feet in this regard but I've been using it with Samsung for a while. Even at a 2k screen the pixels are noticeable - I personally cannot wait until we see a 4k screen in a phone to improve that experience.
But even beyond VR, after you use a 2k OLED screen, the iphone screen looks lack luster and not as crisp when reading text IMO.
They literally just released new MacBooks last month and have had countless articles about them.
Utter nonsense. And shame on those who upvoted it.
First off, the iPhone 6 curved glass rumor started in April 2014.
That rumor came over a year AFTER Samsung showed off this curved display prototype at the January 2013 Consumer Electronics Show:
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The display curve excited CES visitors so much, that Samsung later released it as the Edge model. It had nothing to do with any iPhone rumors.
Not to mention that the original Apple rumor was reported like this:
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Rumor: Apple's 'iPhone 6' may sport curved edges, display glass
Citing a "trusted source," Japanese blog Mac Otakara reports the so-called "iPhone 6" will sport "rounded" edges and a curved display glass much like the design seen on Samsung's Galaxy S III.
- Apple Insider
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Yes, that's right. It was originally a rumor that in 2014 Apple would copy Samsung's 2012 design which had curved front glass two years prior.
Fair enough - I didn't know about that.
They can try, but im sure it will be clear differences in the phone. Will they have the fingerprint reader in the display like apple supposedly will or will they just use a iris scanner. Will they keep the same wireless pad charging or allow for your phone to be charged away from the pad wirelessly as supposedly with apple. Really Apple has a chance to make a splash if they really improve on innovations Samsung already has. Samsung to me innovates for the hear and now and I feel like when apple does it it's more for longevity and they take more time to perfect so their features typically are better to me, but I guess we will see.
I don't know why but this post made me burst out laughing. Goodness knows I've seen some iPhone cases with polka dots and glitter on Amazon. My daughter thought they were the greatest things when she was 8.
I actually don't think in this case Samsung is truly trying to copy Apple. At this point all the manufacturers seem to be moving in unison toward certain changes like removing the physical home button (already done by LG quite some time ago) and reducing bezels and removing the headphone jack (done first by Lenovo? I can't remember but somebody already beat Apple to that).
One thing in support of your idea, is that secrecy (to help with marketing) no longer seems to be a valid reason to withhold preview information... because nowadays we always seem to know everything ahead of time!
Heck, if anything, the early feedback from users could be used to tweak the presentation
I switched to an S7 Edge very recently, and while there are definitely some things I miss from IOS (messages app, find my friends, better email and calendar apps), I do get the ability to put in my own SD card to increase the storage, a standard USB port, better battery life and dare I say less of a chance they will drop the headphone socket. Overall I like it and the apps aren't so bad that I want to drop it and return straight to IOS, it's just different. If Samsung decide to drop a feature I like, there are plenty of other manufacturers making Android devices and often at very good prices - One Plus 3T anyone?
I can't see Apple stopping this obsession with light and thin until they've produced a phone that is only 1mm thick and has no physical buttons whatsoever. It will be an utter piece of crap, but they will have achieved 1mm. I just can't help thinking just because you can do something, doesn't mean to say you should do it.
I can't see Apple stopping this obsession with light and thin until they've produced a phone that is only 1mm thick and has no physical buttons whatsoever. It will be an utter piece of crap, but they will have achieved 1mm. I just can't help thinking just because you can do something, doesn't mean to say you should do it.
For a period of time (short) Apple thrived off of such feedback, and tweaked models faster to help both he company, and give the user base a feeling of being important.One thing in support of your idea, is that secrecy (to help with marketing) no longer seems to be a valid reason to withhold preview information... because nowadays we always seem to know everything ahead of time!
Heck, if anything, the early feedback from users could be used to tweak the presentation
How things have flipped!!
Side note, I am wondering if we are in this type of a period with the AirPods. Hopefully they are withholding them more due to needed tweaks, as opposed to production issues.
This all assumes people will even care about Samsung by then. Given the absolute crapstorm caused by the removal of the headphone jack on the iPhone 7, and all the android users online who were flipping their lids about it, I don't expect such an Android-based device to sell very well. But then again those people also bought Galaxy devices without replaceable batteries and micro-SD card slots, so times are a changing. But when you factor in the exploding devices—that's a lot harder pill to swallow. Furthermore, have they even implemented a 3D Touch ripoff yet? Not sure how you jump straight from where they are now to not having any buttons at all. Apple has been slowly validating the tech to make it happen. But I suppose that helps them clone it faster.
LOL this is the 1st thing I thought of.....
They did it once before when the rumours for iPhone 6 with a curved glass display surfaced, but they misinterpreted the rumour, overcooked it and and put a gimmicky display in the curve of the glass too.
What Apple were really working on was this:
And Samsung had produced a phone which looked like it had had a stroke.
