The thing is if they got an iPhone it would probably be cheaper in the end.
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Video Comparison: Samsung Galaxy S9 vs. iPhone X
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Again, if you're absolutely anti-Google, it's possible to use an Android phone without any of their services. Non-google search, non-google apps, no google "things" no login anywhere.
It is frankly bewildering how it is considered by some that in order to use a Samsung phone it requires being from a lower class. Aside from anything else such irrational comments come across as obnoxious.
How have we come to where an individuals place in society is decided upon which smartphone they use?
How have we come to where an individuals place in society is decided upon which smartphone they use?
Why don't they compare it with the iPhone 8 plus? Nearly everything is the same except for Face ID and the "bezel-less" OLED display. The iPhone 8 is a pretty good value and extremely capable device for those who don't need to always have the most expensive phone to show off.
What’s worse is some of them are sure to be adults.That has to be one of the most shallow comment I ever read. Even worse, its been voted up by Apple puppets who are afraid to see beyond one product
It's not about being anti-Google. Majority Android users use Google services, and everything else, and don't pay attention to losing privacy.
Google goes beyond collecting information to make advertising better for the user. Google is collecting everything and finding a use for all the information.
Google is part of Alphabet and Alphabet shares everything it gathers between the companies it owns or has some ties to. And Alphabet continues to buy or invest in a wide variety of companies.
In the user agreement it states Google will share information with authorities if it thinks it should. And the "authorities" are paying a lot of money every year to get access to user information from Google, Microsoft, maybe Apple, and who else?
Look at the teardowns from iFixit of the S9 and the iPhone X. There is substantial additional tech in there, most notably the tech that makes Face ID work. The S9 is a newer phone and yet the processor is slower than the iPhone X (or 8 for that matter).
I disagree with people saying only poor people buy Samsung phones. I actually find the Samsung "flagship" phones to be a ripoff. You can get similar specs with Android software and less Samsung bloatware at far lower prices.
When it comes to the iPhone, I feel you are getting a lot more value for the money than you get with the "high end" Android devices.
7+ & 8+ are pretty much the same darn phone. The 7+ is cheaper and comes in Product (R)ed.
A notch, some animoji, a nice OLED screen with a weird aspect ratio, a great camera and a phone I can unlock with wet hands.
I'm certain it's got other things going for it I just haven't been sold on anything else. So be it.
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Personally I prefer to take my phone on airplanes, that rules out the entire Samsung line.
Apple has always been the “Starbucks” of tech, as real Starbucks is to coffee. It sells a premium image. That’s why those hideous cases with the Apple cutout logo exist, to “show off” that it’s an iPhone.
Slower in what? Geekbench? Great. Go watch EverythingApplePros vs video where the S9 beat it in a speed test and RAM management test. Remember the olden days where iPhone users didn't care about benchmarks? Now all of the sudden they do. What can the iPhone X do that an SE or even a 7 can't?
You're insane... The S8 and S9 phones look like what would've came out of the old Apple design studio.
I watched it and I believe he should had tested the S9 not S9+ against the X - as the S9 has only 4 Gb of ram vs 6 GB in S9+ - that is a huge difference.
Compare the S9 to X and you will see how much nicer the X is. It is even smaller than S9 even-though they got the same screen size. People were giving Apple crap for bezels before X, I will do the same to S9 - the bezels - top and bottom are just out of place in the flagship phone. The edge display is just pointless - screen bleed and the lost sharpness - talk about a gimmick - the notch on the X looks like from the future compare to the edges on the S9. If Samsung could make a reliable face ID equivalent, I can bet that fingerprint sensor wouldn't be present - people get excited that the sensor is that, but they were forced to keep it because of their inability to the proper Face ID equivalent, not because they listen.
It seems that the S9's additional RAM is really the difference here. I've never understood why Apple is so stingy with RAM.
Then again, I've never understood why so many Android users frequent an Apple forum. Why does it matter to Android users. Is there a competition? I've never once visited an Android forum.
Totally disagree. By your logic, they would've also gotten rid of the headphone jack ... which they decided to keep because most of the world likes ... wait for it ... headphone jacks!
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There are "users" that aren't exclusive to the Apple ecosystem. For example, I have slowly started to remove much of my dependence on the system because Apple is turning into an media consumption company versus a technology company. The iPhone X is a complete joke, they've haven't updated the Mac Mini and Mac Pro in years, they've rid themselves of routers, and the list goes on and on.
Hey Verizon thanks for making this review possible. Now can you do something about the crap service on the North East Corridor line?
Same. Won’t buy a new model until they move on from testing the prototype models such as the X and possibly the next generation or two. They’ll have worked out the tech by then to get rid of the notch and return basic aesthetic values.
I think the comment was a sardonically worded post referring to the note 7 debacle.
Purely because it's always been enough. Not until the past few years where android have got really got at memory management