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Samsung's New Galaxy S III Phone Offers 4.8-Inch Screen, Siri-Like 'S Voice' Feature
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As long as it still runs the Android OS... no thanks. Looks like they got rid of all the damn buttons across the bottom and went to a single home button like the iPhone.
"If you dont know what the big deal is, it has to do with the way that pixels are displayed on a screen. The standard pixel grid for LCD screens uses red, green and blue sub-pixels for each pixel, combining the colors in different intensities to create a value for each pixel. In a Pentile Matrix layout, each green sub-pixel shares a red and blue sub-pixel with those around it, creating a picture thats less sharp."
http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-has-pentile-amoled-screen-20120503/
Maybe next time they will get it right. Oh wait, isn't there a new Samsung Android phone being released next week or is it next month.
They are also similar in another way. Hyundai copies designs from Japanese and German cars. And they will mix and match the designs. So the car will have a front that looks like a Lexus and the rear will look like a Mercedes.
Samsung does the same. They tried to copy the iPad. Now they are copying the features. It is ok to copy features (that is what competition is supposed to do), but they should put some effort in making it different.
I have the Galaxy Nexus, which is 4.7" and while at first it did seem large, now my old 3Gs and Nexus S (4") look way too small.
I find the larger screen much more enjoyable, although 4.8" would probably be the limit for me.
I would not buy another Samsung (or any other Android with a proprietary OS overlay, however, because these are locked as tight as iOS, and rarely get official updates). The Google-branded phones are the only Androids I'd buy.
I find the larger screen much more enjoyable, although 4.8" would probably be the limit for me.
I would not buy another Samsung (or any other Android with a proprietary OS overlay, however, because these are locked as tight as iOS, and rarely get official updates). The Google-branded phones are the only Androids I'd buy.
Voice recognition and semantic analysis is hard. It's a truly difficult software problem.
I had a 4S for about a week before returning it for a Galaxy Nexus. I had the GNex for about 4 months before selling it and going back to a 4S (for reasons that had nothing to do with Siri). I am stunned by just how much better the voice recognition is in iOS on the 4S than it was on my GNex. Maybe 1 mistake in every 3 sentences, as long as I'm not speaking people's names, versus at least 2 mistakes every sentence on the GNex & ICS. I am in awe of just how good the technology behind Siri and iOS' overall voice recognition is.
Google is 100x the software company that Samsung is. Just look at how bad Touchwiz is. For 15 years Google has been attracting the best and the brightest software PhDs from around the world. If Google can't get voice recognition right in stock Android, Samsung isn't capable of doing it themselves. S Voice is going to be painfully bad. It's a cheap white-paper gimmick feature that every GSIII customer will try out for a few minutes and then never touch again. In contrast, I'm using Siri all the time to email and SMS people while I'm driving. It's a real feature that adds real value to the 4S.
Of course a badly implemented Siri rip-off isn't going to steer anyone away from the GSIII, or Samsung in general. They'll choose the GSIII for the same reasons I chose the GNex - a high-resolution, high-dpi screen with deep blacks.
I had a 4S for about a week before returning it for a Galaxy Nexus. I had the GNex for about 4 months before selling it and going back to a 4S (for reasons that had nothing to do with Siri). I am stunned by just how much better the voice recognition is in iOS on the 4S than it was on my GNex. Maybe 1 mistake in every 3 sentences, as long as I'm not speaking people's names, versus at least 2 mistakes every sentence on the GNex & ICS. I am in awe of just how good the technology behind Siri and iOS' overall voice recognition is.
Google is 100x the software company that Samsung is. Just look at how bad Touchwiz is. For 15 years Google has been attracting the best and the brightest software PhDs from around the world. If Google can't get voice recognition right in stock Android, Samsung isn't capable of doing it themselves. S Voice is going to be painfully bad. It's a cheap white-paper gimmick feature that every GSIII customer will try out for a few minutes and then never touch again. In contrast, I'm using Siri all the time to email and SMS people while I'm driving. It's a real feature that adds real value to the 4S.
Of course a badly implemented Siri rip-off isn't going to steer anyone away from the GSIII, or Samsung in general. They'll choose the GSIII for the same reasons I chose the GNex - a high-resolution, high-dpi screen with deep blacks.
The same for me bro. The HTC EVO was a brick when I first held it, but now it's the standard. The iPhone and others are TINY by comparison. I use my phone to do too much to settle for a 3.5" display.
Now, the sad part is . . . . I'd rather be working with Things, Daylite, and iWork which are iOS apps only.
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You mean, like Apple copied the window-shade notifications and folders from Android (with a Widgets copy coming soon).
You mean, like Apple copied the window-shade notifications and folders from Android (with a Widgets copy coming soon).
Or Android copied folders from ios in ics...
Design is good, but my GOD that thing is too damn big. 4.8 inches screen alone?! I shouldnt have to buy gangster size XXXL jeans just to fit the thing into my pockets.
I wish more manufacturers made 3.3in - 3.7in phones, I prefer my portable devices to be as small and PORTABLE as possible.
I wish more manufacturers made 3.3in - 3.7in phones, I prefer my portable devices to be as small and PORTABLE as possible.
Maybe next time you will get it right. Color reproduction has nothing to do with pentile matrix. It's a feature of OLED. Samsung Galaxy S2 panel uses regular RGB subpixels and the colors are saturated.
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A lot of dumb phones had a form of voice commands but the iPhone had voice control a while back before Android had voice commands.
The issue here is that S Voice is a copy as far as the look and feel goes.
OLED is potentially better. They are great when PenTile technology is not used (sub-pixels shared across pixels). If they have blue screens, it is down to the colour calibration, not the technology.
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Don't bother, he's too busy thinking of ways to change the subject matter to hide is constant inconsistencies. I've read other posters commenting about him/her constantly posting links to forums about subject matter.
A simple Wikipedia search would have shown him that he's/she's WAY OFF.
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If only they could introduce the feature in a way that wasn't a complete rip-off. I put it out there: are Asian companies to set in their ways of copying originals to invent new stuff? Or just make it look different, for God's sake.
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Why doesn't Apple and Samsung just merge already, and end their long standing lawsuit war against each other, and work side by side ( like they actually have been doing for years now ).
If merged, I can't see how any of their competition gaining any ground on them.
Why doesn't Apple and Samsung just merge already, and end their long standing lawsuit war against each other, and work side by side ( like they actually have been doing for years now ).
If merged, I can't see how any of their competition gaining any ground on them.
For the majority of customers who stumble into a Verizon store, this is supposed to be an iPhone, but with a bigger screen and a 2 year contract price that's $50 lower than the 4S.
Sophisticated consumers will either want an iPhone or an Android device, and they'll get what they want.
Unsophisticated consumers will almost always want an iPhone, without necessarily knowing why. They'll walk away with either an iPhone or something that they think is almost an iPhone, without necessarily knowing the difference. Those are the consumers Apple and Samsung are fighting over now, and there are no blows that are too low. Sales kick-backs, telco incentives, laughably gauche and shameless design and marketing rip-offs (Samsung). Anything goes.