Except Apple hasn't added anything innovative in years and they continue to take away features that people want to have even though, as Samsung has shown, there's no need to eliminate them if you have the right engineers who come up with solutions rather than adding another dongle and calling it a day.
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Samsung's New Galaxy S10+ vs. Apple's iPhone XS Max
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Except Apple hasn't added anything innovative in years and they continue to take away features that people want to have even though, as Samsung has shown, there's no need to eliminate them if you have the right engineers who come up with solutions rather than adding another dongle and calling it a day.
Would you prefer a Lada over a Ferrari?
Or an ugly girl instead of a pretty one!
No, it's not, it matters.
That’s a lot of bezel around the iPhone compared to the Galaxy. The bezel of the chin of the Galaxy is even smaller. Maybe it’s because of the revolutionary way Apple developed for folding the screen of the OLED...
Samsung's new Galaxy S10+, announced on February 20, is set to ship next week with all of the latest technologies Samsung has developed over the course of the last year.
We were able to get our hands on an S10+ early, and we thought we'd take a look to see how it measures up to the iPhone XS Max.
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Samsung's Galaxy S10+ uses the design that we've come to expect from modern smartphones, with an edge-to-edge display and slim bezels designed to maximize available screen size. The Galaxy S10+ uses a 6.4-inch 3040 x 1440 OLED display and rather than a notch, there's a hole punch-style cutout that Samsung calls the Infinity-O display.
On the S10, it's a single little circle, but on the S10+, which has a dual-lens front-facing camera, the cutout, located at the right side of the display, is a bit wider. It's an odd location, but like the notch, it kind of blends in and you forget it's there with regular use. The OLED display looks amazing with bright, vibrant colors, as does the iPhone XS Max display, but the display of the S10+ curves down towards the edges.
At 6.4 inches and with these curved sides, the S10+ is not a one-handed device, but then neither is the iPhone XS Max. Rather than using facial recognition like Apple, which Android device manufacturers have yet to master, Samsung implemented an under-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. It's neat and works well enough, but it's not as fast or as accurate as Face ID.
Apple's iPhone XS Max has a dual-camera setup, while the Galaxy S10+ is equipped with three cameras: a telephoto, a wide-angle lens, and an ultra wide-angle lens. This is the same general setup that we're expecting in the 2019 successor to the iPhone XS Max, but for now, Samsung has the edge here. We're going to be doing a deeper dive into the S10+ camera, so stay tuned to MacRumors for that.
Samsung implemented a unique "Wireless PowerShare" feature that lets the Galaxy S10+ charge other Qi-based devices like the Galaxy Watch, the Galaxy Buds, and even the iPhone. It's quite a neat feature and one that Apple is also rumored to be implementing in the 2019 iPhone lineup. 2019 iPhones should be able to charge the rumored AirPods with wireless charging case that are in the works and other Qi-based devices.
The Galaxy S10+ brings an updated One UI Android skin, which is similar to the stock Android installation on Google Pixel devices. It's quick, fast, and has a system-wide dark mode, which is something that's also rumored to be coming to iPhones in 2019 with iOS 13.
As for internals, the Galaxy S10+ is using either a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip (in the U.S. and China) or its own Exynos processor. Benchmarks have already suggested that the Galaxy S10+ is slower than the iPhone XS Max, but in practice both smartphones are so fast that there's not going to be much of a noticeable difference in performance between the two.
Samsung's Galaxy S10 and S10+ are certainly some of the best Android devices available right now with innovative features and top of the line specs that aren't included in current iPhones. We'll need to wait for September to see what Apple has in store for its own 2019 device lineup, but rumors so far are promising.
Are you impressed with the Galaxy S10 and S10+? Are there features you hope will come to Apple devices? Let us know in the comments.
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What does the iPhone offer you that Samsung couldn't, other than the same old phone every year with a few tweaks to the hardware? Apple waits six months after the Samsung release and tries to emulate as many of the new features as possible.
Sorry, Muricabrah. But at least you have freedom, even if you have to wait a few extra weeks to get your S10.
Please enlighten me. What ecosystem are you talking about? On top of the excessive prices, their half baked crippled services are an handicap and pushing me away.
Software and Software integration with other devices, security, ApplePay, the list goes on.
The Samsung has facial recognition combined with an iris scanner and has always managed to keep the fingerprint reader. Apple has never had the capability for dual biometric authentication because they add a new one and ditch the other.
These types of threads really never seem to go very well. It’s usually the ‘android versus iOS’ banter of “what’s better”, “Who is more innovative” and “Why the other is a bad choice”, etc., etc., etc. The reality is, the user just needs to choose what works for you and the user makes that decision by choosing the operating system, _not_ the hardware. For some, that’s difficult for them to understand this concept, but both iOS/Android have advantages with their own respect.
A blinkered thought, not realising that there are quite a few markets in the world where the phones are available from carriers.
What would that be?
On the s10, I can do screen mirror to any wifi enabled tv. On iPhone, you have to buy an Apple TV - BIG FAIL
You do realize Apple has been playing catch up for several years when it comes to innovation right?
Software and hardware integration is a trap for me. I prefer open standards being able to communicate with other hardware. Security is debatable. Apple Pay still doesn’t work over here, Maps is half baked, siri is a joke, cloud services meh, and the list goes on.
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Lol, I always see this when out of arguments
Depends on how and what you define innovation. Sure, Samsung is an innovative company but the poster merely pointed that the general / overall hardware quality. Let’s say, I can give you the first quantum dot display on a phone that starts dying in 12 months. Will you call that innovative and buy it? Or will you be waiting for the same quantum dot display two years later with a 10 year lifetime?
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No. Not arguments. I just don’t understand why people come here to moan and waste time when they can be happy with something else which in their mind, is clearly superior.Software and hardware integration is a trap for me. I prefer open standards being able to communicate with other hardware. Security is debatable. Apple Pay still doesn’t work over here, Maps is half baked, siri is a joke, cloud services meh, and the list goes on.
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Lol, I always see this when out of arguments
You are right the tablets. What you missed is that Samsung has no incentive to try to make a superior tablet because the tablet market has been plummeting for some time now. They just don't have the appeal they once did unless they are capable of actually working as a comparable alternative to a computer or laptop (surface pro).
Right. All true. For me, this is the list. All my devices are Apple. iPad, MacBook, watch, phones, tv. I use DuckDuckGo as a search engine. Everything is connected together without the need to install any google or amazon or Facebook spyware. And I don’t get stupid ads in my browser. Safari is slow but I’m happy with it. Mail is horrible according to some but it does the job for me. Preview is really awful according to some but it is brilliant for me. I keep adobe and Microsoft rubbish away from my devices. And I’m happy to pay the extra prices knowing that I will get things fixed if they are broken. You may have a different experience. But this is me and I’m happy where I am.Software and hardware integration is a trap for me. I prefer open standards being able to communicate with other hardware. Security is debatable. Apple Pay still doesn’t work over here, Maps is half baked, siri is a joke, cloud services meh, and the list goes on.
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Lol, I always see this when out of arguments
You mean miracast enabled tv.What would that be?
On the s10, I can do screen mirror to any wifi enabled tv. On iPhone, you have to buy an Apple TV - BIG FAIL
Most of those people were devoted Apple fans from the early days. They’ve enough reasons to complain, because they’ve been suffering or still suffer from the neglect Apple is giving them since 2012 while they were relying on Apple hardware. Those people only see emojis, watchbands, price hikes and incremental updates if there are updates at all. I’m slowly getting out of the expensive ecotrap because for me it’s doing more harm than good. But the promises of that great pipeline and great products and telling that Macs are very important for Apple is keeping me around. Only to get disappointed year after year. If Apple just pulled the plug, it would give a clear message and I would stop complaining.
Curious. how many tv do you have to mirror your phone screen in real life?What would that be?
On the s10, I can do screen mirror to any wifi enabled tv. On iPhone, you have to buy an Apple TV - BIG FAIL
If you want to clear it up, you could mention that the iris scanner and facial recognition can be used together, and not at the expense of a 2nd biometric form of unlocking the phone (fingerprint).