The Faceless Master
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US unlocked GS7 still waiting on Nougat
But the gs6, edge, edge+ and note 5 are getting carrier rollouts...
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But the gs6, edge, edge+ and note 5 are getting carrier rollouts...
brotkasten
Member
Samsung is handling the unlocked GS7 really shitty for whatever reason. I'm still waiting for the security updates.
Sounds like a potential lawsuit and or huge FCC fine.
Pretty big news for fans of NFC mobile payments:
https://blog.google/topics/shopping-payments/new-ways-to-pay-android-pay-and-paypal/
S8/S8+ reviews dropping now
Looks like the excellent hotness right now
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/18/15328968/samsung-galaxy-s8-review-s8-plus
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/0...xcellent-mainstream-smartphones-from-samsung/
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s8
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Galaxy-S8-Review_id4338
Looks like the excellent hotness right now
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/18/15328968/samsung-galaxy-s8-review-s8-plus
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/0...xcellent-mainstream-smartphones-from-samsung/
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s8
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Galaxy-S8-Review_id4338
Flying Toaster
Member
Let's be honest the phone was not going to review poorly. Still it is good for Samsung from what little time I had with the phone it was impressive.
brotkasten
Member
I can't wait for Samsung and Synaptics to get their shit together end embed the fingerprint sensor in the screen. That thing on the back is such a half-step, it's not even funny. Total downgrade from the S7.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Just another useless thing that Samsung keeps trying to ram down people's throats that no one asked for and no one wanted.
Flying Toaster
Member
The only thing Samsung has done that is not worthless is Samsung Pay.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I mean we could have written these.
Screen and camera great
Fingerprint reader rushed out the door
Bixby half baked
Software not terrible but ehhh
Bottom speaker sucks but included headphones nice
Waterproofing legit
Pretty much, the only thing we get to learn from these reviews is the battery life.
Seems like the included headphones aren't amazing lol. Better than your typical free buds but definitely not worth the $100 MSRP.
I do agree though, at this point I can easily write an accurate review for a phone from just looking at a spec sheet and pictures of the phone lol.
Pretty much. The aesthetic is amazing, but not worth the upgrade if you have an Exynos S7 edge. The S9 should fix all these issues and Bixby would be probably more useful.
Very good considering the massive bump in screen size. This is for the Exynos version though. I can see the SD835 version hitting 80 hours at least with probably an hour less web browsing and video playback. I think the biggest improvement for the Qualcomm chip was battery efficiency. At best it will probably achieve same battery efficiency and be a bit behind in performance.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I think the fact that they are pushing Bixby so hard is awful. Seriously, why make your own thing when Google Assistant works just fucking fine?
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/18/15338052/samsung-galaxy-s8-touchwiz-android-software
Most surprising article today. The verge being positive about TouchWiz 2017!
Most surprising article today. The verge being positive about TouchWiz 2017!
TTOOLL
Member
We just can't expect good surprises here, can we?
LostMyNarbles
Member
Does it really? Unless I am mistaken Google Assistant is still pretty half-baked at the moment. It is still lacking in what app support it and what features it offers. I see no reason why Samsung and other manufacturers shouldn't be releasing apps similar to what Google offers when time and time again Google has shown they half-ass things. While Samsung does have a lot of bloat, I feel like it can't be denied that many of their apps offer a vastly better experience than what Google offers.
I commented here once that whatsapp was the most popular app for messages and some users said I was crazy...hmm
I'm really not surprised by those figures. WhatsApp is absolutely massive outside the US. It's like everyone not in the US and some parts of Asia uses it. South Korea prefers KakoTalk and I think in Japan, LINE is preferred.
LostMyNarbles
Member
This Motorola ad is something else...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb3Pqn60g-A&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb3Pqn60g-A&feature=youtu.be
LostMyNarbles
Member
AT&T Stores should still have them available for $199. They are selling it as a GoPhone, but so long as you make sure they don't turn on the device you can take it home and request an unlock code on their website then get it unlocked. You have to buy a $30 Prepaid card with it, but you also get a $20 discount on the bundle so it should be around $210 plus tax.
Jazzy Network
Member
Sorry but Google Assistant is not working "just fine". Far from it. I stopped using it. It's not very good at all.
I only yell at my phone to set an alarm these days.
Anything else I just do by hand.
Jazzy Network
Member
People bitching Bixby isn't finished upon release turning a blind eye when Assistant suffered (and still suffering) from being a beta product.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I commented here once that whatsapp was the most popular app for messages and some users said I was crazy...hmm
I hate this as it doesn't count what's already preinstalled.
Nothing against WhatsApp and I know it's one of a small handful of top message apps.
That being said iMessage won't even ever be on this list by virtue of how Apple handles the app.
The valid complaint I see is that it's unfinished and also positioned near the volume buttons so you might accidentally hit that instead.
Wonder if you can completely disable Bixby?
Flying Toaster
Member
None of the assistants or apps that are trying to be assistants are worth a damn. I set a timer or an alarm. I have a highly developed voice command timer for when my kid has to go to timeout.
I am waiting for better uses.
The bixby button should be mapped to open up a website. I would make it my NeoGAF button.
Jazzy Network
Member
Which Verizon app would be #1?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Google didn't put a fucking button on the side of the gosh damn phone.
Jazzy Network
Member
That's cause they used the shell of an old HTC phone.
Flying Toaster
Member
They can put it on the next HTC shell they use for their next phone where the headphone jack used to be.
Or put a giant big button on the chin that only opens whatever the new messaging app that google will discontinue in a year.
xplicitone
Member
The upgrade to Nougat seemed to help with my Note 5's terrible battery life.
Now, I think I just need to backup my contacts/images/videos and then do a factory reset and hopefully that'll make the battery life even better.
Otherwise, the S8 seems really enticing other than the silly fingerprint being wonky and having infinity mode cut off top and bottom of videos. If it weren't for those 2 things, I'd definitely just take the plunge and pre-order.
If it's not the S8 then it'll most likely be the Pixel 2.
Now, I think I just need to backup my contacts/images/videos and then do a factory reset and hopefully that'll make the battery life even better.
Otherwise, the S8 seems really enticing other than the silly fingerprint being wonky and having infinity mode cut off top and bottom of videos. If it weren't for those 2 things, I'd definitely just take the plunge and pre-order.
If it's not the S8 then it'll most likely be the Pixel 2.
Hardware wise, will be boring at best.
brotkasten
Member
I commented here once that whatsapp was the most popular app for messages and some users said I was crazy...hmm
People who dismiss WhatsApp are most likely from the US, which isn't surprising, because WhatsApp is not popular in the US and this a US-centric forum. It can definitely be annoying, though.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
I factory reset mine yesterday, so far so good. Lasted the day on mostly mobile data, and that was without using power saving mode or data saver.
Still way off what I want for battery life though :/
Baroquemantic
Member
I think it'll be more G6 than S8 when it comes to design, which I'd prefer anyway as I don't care for the edge display.
I love the G6, but can HTC make a phone as good as the G6 ?