Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ hands-on: First encounter
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- 31 Mar 2017
132mm from top of the screen to the bottom of the buttons is horrible for their smallest flagship. My S5 is currently around 121mm to the bottom of the home button and I find it just ok for reach, but bad for balance as you need to hold it too low down.
16:9 or 17:9 with on screen buttons or go home. Perferably a larger bezel at the bottom for balance also.
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Anonymous, 30 Mar 2017I beg to differ. I'm using a Honor 8 right now as a replac... moreThe honor 8 sunlight legibility is worse, blacks aren't black, whites aren't as bright as the S7 to name a few. Once you have used a SAMOLED screen everything else looks meh.
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Cassy O, 31 Mar 2017At least it's better than LCD or even an enhanced LCD, and ... moreamoled is saturated and innacurate, also not as sharp as LCD.
LCD has had many advancments since its really as good if not superior. and just wait till JDI comes up with its own superior oled.
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kakouille, 30 Mar 2017Whats the point of having dual camera if single camera is b... moreI agree, the S7 camera is awesome (as was my Note 7 camera).
If you can do one great camera, adding a dual camera wont worsen the quality.
The big advantage of dual cameras is that you effectively get optical zoom and better depth of field effects. Its just strange that every major competitor has dual cameras and Samsung don't.
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Mkdc, 30 Mar 2017Having the chance to play with dual edge displays and the n... moreI am with you
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regs, 30 Mar 2017Sure. Nvidia Share + Moonlight - 60 mbit 60 fps stream gami... moreYou saw some limitations of wireless technology? It requires you to be on same network. Even nvdia hasn't perfected it. This is a spin-off. Saw a YouTube video on same. It's for game stream as of now and is vastly different from what dex is offering. You want to access office files on other network then what? It is offering VMware. Here phone is used as CPU not a stream device. You can do something productive using dex unlike streaming where work is done on main PC and all you are doing is streaming it. Dex enables you to use entire office suite on a PC through mobile. Also in any case keyboard and mouse is required so you need a port anyways. This is just a small box instead of wire
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regs, 31 Mar 2017Not that muchAt least it's better than LCD or even an enhanced LCD, and by the way about your greenish tint Galaxy S6's display, it's white balance problem not viewing angle/color shifting problem, if your S6 already got the Nougat version you can adjust the white balance.
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The best smartphone in 2017
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AnonD-635604, 30 Mar 2017So how about 3000 mah with 5.8 screen?sAMOLED display is battery efficient.
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i only interested on dex station.... lol
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kakouille, 30 Mar 2017Whats the point of having dual camera if single camera is b... moreTotally agree. S7 is best else no. 2 way better than iPhone. One of Samsung camera top 2 competitor is itself.
http://m.gsmarena.com/camera_shootout_iphone7_galaxy_s7_xperia_xz_lg_g5-review-1509.php
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AnonD-632062, 30 Mar 2017Your solar idea is great. But OEM's probably won't do it ev... moreexcept that the energy density of light is not enough to give meaningful charge while in sunlight. how often do we leave our phone lying in direct sunlight anyway. That is only 3watts so you will need to leave it in the sun for 5 hours for a charge. not likely. and that is assuming we have 1000W/m2 which is fairly high. let alone indoors where the effect will be negligible. think of a 20W florescent light for a few m2. not energy dense enough. Useless idea due to inefficiencies in the solar realm. hate to burst the bubble but until we only need 1000mah batteries etc. due to very efficient processors etc. it is not feasible.
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Mkdc, 30 Mar 2017Having the chance to play with dual edge displays and the n... moreMi Mix has the best storage option, most ram, biggest battery and only loses out in Soc (by 15% so it is irrelevant) and camera (which is a big disadvantage).
Unless you actually *need* the camera , then MiMix is still the best phone out there. Anything else is actually ... less.
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- 30 Mar 2017
Help.Does Any one know if GALAXY S8 plus allows simultaneously operation dual sms phone and at the same time micro sd card?
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Anonymous, 30 Mar 2017Is wireless display stable enough at such high data rates? ... moreSure. Nvidia Share + Moonlight - 60 mbit 60 fps stream gaming.
Anyway. There is technology called DisplayPort over USB-C. USB-C isn't just an improved replacement for microUSB. It is also a replacement for MHL port.
http://www.displayport.org/displayport-over-usb-c/
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- 30 Mar 2017
It could have been a great phone, if it had some space for human hands in the front and also if the fingerprint sensor was reachable to human hand while using single handed.
I have been using S7 edge for more than a year now, the only thing I regretted is the bezel less screen or the edge screen. Because of the edge screen, I am not sure if anyone can use my phone as a daily driver. Palm touches the edge screen everytime I try to type and there wont be touch response when palm is touched to the edge. S8 ditched off the bezels at the bottom too, wondering how someone would hold the phone to watch movies or to play games. Seriously - there is should be some space for holding the phone.
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Bombay, 30 Mar 2017No fingerprint sensor..? Hahaha wtf!!!! Yes better display.... moreGuess you're still not able to read. My sympathies...
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Anonymous, 30 Mar 2017The screen. Full stop. The SCREEEEEEENNNN.. The screen is e... moreHaving the chance to play with dual edge displays and the note edge display, I can tell you that by FAR, the worst feature for me is the dual edge. I absolutely hate the outside curving that distorts images/letters on both sides. Having said that, i will pick the G6 over S8 for this small bezel design, and will choose the Mi Mix over both for the prettiest smartphone and tiniest bezels out there, but the mi mix is an old smartphone in androids territory so i will wait and see what mix 2 will be first.
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AnonD-1385, 29 Mar 2017To Obi Wan Kenobi:
If memory serves me correctly I belie... moreYour solar idea is great. But OEM's probably won't do it even if able to, because it would be a huge hit to the production of wired/wireless chargers & electricity providers and the unfortunately, the industry is all about profits as you know.
BTW I have already explored solar charging. I've seen solar bagpacks, so you can basically go on a desert trek without worrying about electricity. The other closest option was solar-charged powerbanks, but they were painfully slow to charge. But this was years ago, maybe now the tech has improved.