No, he's holding his finger on the sensor too long. It doesn't require a press. Go to 3:30
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Samsung's New Galaxy S10+ vs. Apple's iPhone XS Max
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Glad to see they opted for a notch alternative, but it won’t change a thing for me. Waiting for tech to be able to have a camera under the screen that dims when necessary. May be waiting a while, I’m sure, but that’s where I see the full screen effect phone finishing.
How is it slow? You get the major updates every 12 months or so. Just like Apple updates iOS.
So the S10 will get Android Q by this time next year. Whta's the problem with that?
I really don’t get how people say that the swipe up slows down FaceID. It’s literally 1 step to unlock your phone.
The phone is cool, don't get me wrong but in the end of the day, you'll still find me utilizing my Xs Max much more. It's just an overall better phone and OS, and just wait until XI.
It was quite strange when he said that FaceID is faster. From what I've seen it's definitely not faster or more accurate.
I really hope Apple doesn’t copy Samsung on at least one of those things. I can see the phone-to-phone charging feature being quite an annoyance in the future if it becomes a widespread thing:
Friend/Random Person: “Ugh, my phone just died.”
Me: *awkwardly looks away and avoids eye contact with friend/random person*
Friend/Random Person: “Can I use your phone to charge mine?“
Me: “Uhhh... I guess...”
I really hope this doesn’t become a common occurrence. I wouldn’t buy an S10 just cuz I’d be worried about this happening all the time haha
Friend/Random Person: “Ugh, my phone just died.”
Me: *awkwardly looks away and avoids eye contact with friend/random person*
Friend/Random Person: “Can I use your phone to charge mine?“
Me: “Uhhh... I guess...”
I really hope this doesn’t become a common occurrence. I wouldn’t buy an S10 just cuz I’d be worried about this happening all the time haha
The S10 is the total package, it does everything and does it well. The XS is more of a refined product that does less but has a little more polish. If you put your bias aside for just one moment they are both great smartphones in thier own right.
I'm most impressed with the $900 S10 with 8 GB of DRAM & "10-bit color" video capture.
To me, that's "the Benchmark" upon which ALL smartphones "should be" compared.
The XR, XS, & XS Max ALL offer 8-bit "HDR" video capture, which Samsung's newest do NOT.
However, Samsung's newest offer "10-bit color" video capture, which AAPL's newest do NOT.
Samsung's newest Blows AAPL Out of the Water when it comes to DRAM !
However, AAPL wins when it comes to (perceived) "trust".
When it comes to Perf, my 7+ is a Gem, my 2-year-newer XR is a Lemon, Go Figure !
Synthetic Benchmarks do NOT tell the whole story ! ... ONLY real-world application benchmarks do !
Very surprised that MR does NOT have it's own set of real-world application benchmarks !
To me, that's "the Benchmark" upon which ALL smartphones "should be" compared.
The XR, XS, & XS Max ALL offer 8-bit "HDR" video capture, which Samsung's newest do NOT.
However, Samsung's newest offer "10-bit color" video capture, which AAPL's newest do NOT.
Samsung's newest Blows AAPL Out of the Water when it comes to DRAM !
However, AAPL wins when it comes to (perceived) "trust".
When it comes to Perf, my 7+ is a Gem, my 2-year-newer XR is a Lemon, Go Figure !
Synthetic Benchmarks do NOT tell the whole story ! ... ONLY real-world application benchmarks do !
Very surprised that MR does NOT have it's own set of real-world application benchmarks !
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Same thing every year. The newest Samsung beats apple’s latest in some specs for 6 months and then the tables are turned.
Comments like these humor me ALWAYS! As an iPhone user myself I have to ask what security risk are there associated with Google/Android platform? Celebrities iCloud get hacked into daily and their private pics are plastered all over the net. FaceTime just had a very intrusive flaw exposed recently. Just say you don't like Android and it will be more respected.
Fingerprint scanner not as fast as Face ID? I guess you're not including the "wake screen" and "swipe up" stages in that comparison.
The overall unlocking procedure is much faster and more reliable on the S10.
The overall unlocking procedure is much faster and more reliable on the S10.
This comment:
"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."
has no place in the computer worldYes, it's ok the for the mall girls, but we are computer enthusiasts, no?
Well I don't know how you can be interested in performance but use iOS that doesn't even support multitasking, so people express their enthusiasm in different ways.
Nothing bests the S9 on one ui with iris unlock. Bring the phone to your face and bang its unlocked at the home screen. No steps involved.
To be fair to Dan, every iPhone-centric reviewer who's reviewed the phone has done the same thing. Rene Richie even cracked a joke about knowing he activated the sensor incorrectly. If you do what Dan did, the process will seem slower. But we're talking fractions of seconds so it really doesn't matter if one is faster than the other.
Haven’t you learned? Benchmarks don’t matter — unless the Android phone beats Apple.
Yep, specifications like peak CPU performance that no app even makes use of are far more important than something like screen resolution which is only used every second you interact with the phone.
Wrong you are off by a solid six months.
Android Pie is rolling out for S8 as we speak.
https://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-to-download-android-9-pie-update-on-galaxy-s8-plus/
The S8 and S8+ were unveiled on 29 March 2017 and were available starting with April. So it's less then the 12 months cycle I mentioned.
You should take your own advice actually.