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Samsung's More Affordable Galaxy S10e Compared to iPhone XR
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People shouldn't use their phones while driving period. It's not about FaceID or TouchID. It's not about hands-free vs. not hands-free. It's not even about having your eyes off the road for a split second. It's an unsafe activity period. I realize there are those who feel they're supermen and can do 12 other things while driving a vehicle, but at best they're fooling themselves, and at worst, their attitude will kill someone eventually.
Do some research. Phone usage while driving is a HUGE problem. There is really no safe ways to use a phone while driving. It's a really, really bad idea.
Opening an app doesn't at least imo, constitute faster. Because some of that is dependent on how the app opens up and how animations for the app are set on both platforms. As the (some anecdotal) data suggests, a definition of faster is based on the measurements involved. Battery life, as noted, is also based on varied factors.
My point and the way I value such things are based on my use cases of objective data, turned into a subjective opinion.
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The "fanboy" nonsense does go both ways and really needs to stop. To be noted in many jurisdictions interacting with a phone can get you a ticket. That would include fingerprint sensor as well.
How does synthetic benchmark performance help with real world applications? For example, can it software decode VP9 YouTube videos above 1080p that even newest iPad Pro is still limited to? For comparison, a six year desktop CPU can do 4Kp30 VP9 YouTube software decoding.
Performance/watt isn't a thing when iPhone Xr and even XS Max trail the competition. Apple really need to up their game.
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This really depends on your definition of "trail" and how you want to measure it. I guess some measure it by limitations of youtube videos on an ipad pro. To each their own.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...red-to-iphone-xr.2173497/page-4#post-27184700
In these days of battery packs these types of battery tests don't show much either. If for example, my max lasts three days with a battery pack, why would a youtube video be of interest?
I guess the camera cut out on the S10 line is the lesser of the two evils compared to The Notch, but I still hate the idea of having some physical distraction on the screen. They both seem equal beyond that.
My 7+ has made it two years and none of these new phones seem very appealing yet, maybe next year. Hopefully some fancy voodoo under screen cameras will be a thing by then.
My 7+ has made it two years and none of these new phones seem very appealing yet, maybe next year. Hopefully some fancy voodoo under screen cameras will be a thing by then.
I’m in the same boat—-just too locked with Apple. If I were going to switch, I’d switch to the Note 10, however
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BUT...you have to use Android.
Earlier this year, I filmed a couple of videos on my iphone and wanted to stitch them together using iMovie before uploading it to YouTube. It was barely chugging along on my iPhone 8+ for some reason, so I airdropped the clips to my ipad and repeated the process, and my ipad pro’s A12X chip chewed through it like butter.
And if I recall correctly, iOS devices being limited to 1080p youtube isn’t an issue of processor power, but Apple opting not to support the VP9 codec that youtube uses. Because Protube (a 3rd party youtube app) was in fact capable of displaying 4K youtube playback somehow before it was taken down.
While I am terribly disappointed in MR's journalistic quality going down over the last several years, I do understand why. Creating drama, even artificial drama, is great for sites like this. More clicks/refreshes equals more ad exposure to those who don't run adblockers. And in an age where most run some form of adblocking, you want every bit of help you can get.
Far be it from me to criticize Arnold and his staff for doing this, because I'd do the exact same thing and relish the banter.
I spent a few days playing with an XR and have been toying with an XS Max for over a month and I generally like them but find them to not fit my needs of what I want out of a mobile device. iOS isn't for me. I find it quite limiting in what I can do. I also much prefer how light the S10 series is compared to the XS Max, especially the XR which is a whopper.
You want to know the reason Samsung didn’t include the 5g chip in every s10 model? Total greed. It’s easy to throw some words in a post. Much more difficult to understand the marketing rational of these companies and the demographic information they collected about their target customers.
Hey, headphone jacks… I remember those! What a blast from the past. You used to have to run a wire from your phone to a set of earphones, kind of like those old-fashioned telephones where the handset was connected by a wire to the receiver. I love quaint old technology from yesteryear.
I agree. Honda Civics also dont start at $15k anymore like the late 2000s, more like $20k; a 33% increase. Everything is more expensive as time goes on
And the Xr is not a "budget" device like a $300 Chinese phone is with mid-tier specs. An Xr with an A9, 2gb RAM, 64gb storage, no glass back or wireless charge would be comparable to a "budget" device. The A9 is still better than what is in the Chinese budget phones too.
And then it is still not comparable because Android the OS costs $0. That Chinese budget device is never getting an official update, and the manufacturer is not going to maintain it much. Unlike iOS which is maintained for 4-5 years on devices and not free to Apple to update and maintain.
Then there are other factors. How many years is Samsung going to support the 10e? 1 maybe 2? so is that better "value" over time if you plan to keep it verus and iphone that you can get updates for 4-5 years?
And what about resale value? Is buying a $750 Samsung device worth $300 next year better value than an Xr that may be worth $550-600 resale in the long run? Who spent "more" in reality?
Its the same thing with a budget Chinese phone. What do people tihnk you will get in a year or 2 for a cheapo $300 phone? $50, maybe $100? Is that any "better value" than the $150-200 lost owning the Xr in the life of ownership?
People seem to forget these types of factors easily and just focus on up-front price. Despite upgrading yearly, I cannot remember ever an iphone "costing me" more than $150-200 after reselling it over that year of usage out of it; considering that buik of the money was recovered.
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It’s not less expensive when you consider resale and the Android phones are worth $200 in 12 months.
Also, iPhones have longer useable lifespans, are more durable, and are actually supported by Apple with both hardware and software.
Oh no, a cable! How terribly inconvenient!
As opposed to garbage sounding wireless headphones that require them being charged that don't last long, cost a fortune and will inevitably be useless once the battery doesn't hold a charge.
Derp.
Better is highly subjective. It's not about just hardware specs or just software specs or even the combination of the two of them if the end result is still not doing what someone wants, or if it's unreliable, or hard to use.
I think Apple is stuck between a rock and a hard place. They are investing huge amounts of money into engineering the internals of the phone. Unlike other companies that buy stock processors (ie. Snapdragon), Apple engineers its own CPUs that perform just as well with fewer resources (RAM, etc.). That matters. But it costs money.
Apple has clearly stated they do not build low-margin bottom-feeding products. The latest Mac mini is an example of that. People complain about the low specs of the Mac mini, so Apple comes out with a high-spec mini, but with that comes a higher price. Then people complain about the price. Ironically, I'm complaining about the price, but found the specs to be sufficient. Apple just can't win, nor can every segment of their customer base.
According to Samsung not many people use the telephoto lens and that's why they didn't put it in the S10e
The S10e looks nice, there is no denying that. It being smaller then the Xr also earns it extra points in my books. It has been evident for a few years now that Apple is going to have to really work hard to stay ahead of the Android manufacturers.
I don't know if I would consider the Samsung though, if I my current phone was dying. For one, I don't want to deal with another platform - let's just call it laziness, and more to the heart of the matter for both platforms, I just don't care anymore. I carry my phone less and less. I don't make calls when travelling, driving, hiking, running, cycling, etc. Nor do I want to be interrupted. I am clearly in the minority, and might well forever be there, but I moved on from the phone as a hub to mobile life, to disconnecting this 'mobile life' - it adds no value to my life. I use wearables for training, but that is it for me.
I will 'sync' with the connected world when I get home.
I should note that the phone manufacturers themselves helped push me this way when the phones grew into bricks, and Garmin allowed me to complete the transition to a phone-less mobile life.
I don't know if I would consider the Samsung though, if I my current phone was dying. For one, I don't want to deal with another platform - let's just call it laziness, and more to the heart of the matter for both platforms, I just don't care anymore. I carry my phone less and less. I don't make calls when travelling, driving, hiking, running, cycling, etc. Nor do I want to be interrupted. I am clearly in the minority, and might well forever be there, but I moved on from the phone as a hub to mobile life, to disconnecting this 'mobile life' - it adds no value to my life. I use wearables for training, but that is it for me.
I will 'sync' with the connected world when I get home.
I should note that the phone manufacturers themselves helped push me this way when the phones grew into bricks, and Garmin allowed me to complete the transition to a phone-less mobile life.
You make some viable points. But man I feel like I’ve gone back 15 years to the Mac vs PC era.
Some of things you mention are personal preference. Like physical size, “nicer OS”, headphone jack, “nicer” design.
We also know iPhones typically last significantly longer than any Samsung despite lower RAM. Because of a better OS, And stop using your phone while driving before you kill someone.