In fact it looks like it has a voice indicator that follows up and down with your voice with a similar purple dot pattern found on Siri. I'm sure I'm just imagining the similarities though.
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In fact it looks like it has a voice indicator that follows up and down with your voice with a similar purple dot pattern found on Siri. I'm sure I'm just imagining the similarities though.
The Faceless Master
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i guess you just barely missed the other post! that must be it!
I didn't even post in that thread. And because you don't agree, it doesn't mean that it's not the truth.
Apple needs to stop pretending like they invented old standards. Apple fanatics also need to stop trying to expand that echo chamber around people who don't want to hear it.
In fact it looks like it has a voice indicator that follows up and down with your voice with a similar purple dot pattern found on Siri. I'm sure I'm just imagining the similarities though.
It used to do that when Android phone's had it long before Siri existed lol. Apple basically just combined voice commands on Android with the Android weather widget. If anything, I'd say Apple ripped off the idea more than Android, but it's irrelevant anyway.
Yeah, but Samsung would NEVER have re-used an old Android convention if Apple didn't do so first. You see how it works now?
I always thought 4 inches was the perfect size. That said though, I'd rather have a screen be too big than too small.
I think the screen size on the GSII is perfect, but people who have the Note claim that they'll have a hard time going back down to a smaller screen...and that screen is ridiculous.
The one x is made of plastic to no? I don't get the difference.
Plastic/Polycarbonate etc is much more durable than metal/glass etc. anyway.
Really, it had that familiar Siri purple tint? I had no idea!!!!
The lengths people will go to defend random design theft. Really is the Zenbook thread all over again.
They are both made of polycarbonate. The difference is, one is matt and a unibody, the other is glossy and has a removable battery cover.
Now ask yourself, would you prefer slightly better build or a removable battery? I think Samsung made the right choice, but should have aesthetically prettied up the back more.
The Faceless Master
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it's so ridiculous.
i've already pointed out how the same basic interface has been used for at least 20 years, and the same weather layout is a staple of weather layouts, but oh no, somehow showing a waveform representation of voice is a game changer, despite that probably being the oldest of them all.
I think, if I understand correctly, the LTE radio used in the US is not yet compatible with the quad core processor so the S4 dual core would have to used here.
It's common practice for Samsung at this point. They've been doing this for a good 2-3 years now. I don't know why you try and defend it or act surprised when another example is found.
I guess Gruber agrees with me. Source alone will upset some, but I'm clearly not alone.
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/05/03/samsung-s-voice
Purple usage is now solely reserved for Apple. Got it.
The Note will spoil you absolutely rotten. Dat luxury
That being said, we're only .2 cm from the Streak! Crazy times
This is what Android's voice commands used to look like.
This is what Apple's used to look like. Before it even had anything resembling voice commands or Siri.
You tell me which made the bigger change or "copy". Apple just combined the first and second page of Android's implementation and added a bit of extra functionality, but in principle it did exactly what Google Voice Commands did.
The Faceless Master
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but Samsung uses a lot of dark colors because DAT AMOLED
and pretty sure Purple is associated with royalty...
Clearly its the only color suitable for a voice app. I mean there just aren't any other options, are there?
Biff
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Hmmm. Good to know, thanks. I'll have to keep an eye on that.
Voice memo is not voice commands. I guess you can call it the same thing, but the functionality is entirely different.
I prefer the removable cover. Have a GS2 and a Nexus, the build quality is fine imo.
On a side note..
Whats with all the stealing from Apple bullshit in this thread? smh
The Faceless Master
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better build?
Samsung phones have always performed remarkably well in drop tests. i can't say the same for HTC...
or maybe you mean better LOOKING build...
Has anyone seen this HTC One X drop test video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBo3W6HdPbM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBo3W6HdPbM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
But it's only design theft in a single direction? Apple used a voice command icon to be pretty much exactly what Android used. No fuss. Now Samsung continues to use what Android already had (first, as we've established), but it's blatant design theft because of a similar color? That's ridiculous.
I've learned design integrity is dead, and original ideas don't matter.
*the more you know*
Are you sure there wasn't a fuss, or do you simply not remember one?
Exactly, because the iPhone never even had it at the time Android did. Voice memo was the closest it got. Same as notifications and a whole host of other things. But similarly, Android's copied a lot too, Siri just isn't one of them.
Anyway, enough about such dumb, trivial and nonsense points of complaint.
Or better feeling build. 4S feels like it's made by Bang & Olufsen, but drop it and you're fucked.
RoadHazard
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I'm sure this has been brought up, so I apologize in advance, but... why no full 720p display with softkeys rather than hardware keys? One thing I love about my Nexus is how, when watching widescreen videos on it, the softkeys disappear to let me utilize the full 720p 16:9 display area. With what Samsung has gone with here, you're forever stuck with those thin black bars and slightly downscaled HD video.
Also, their TouchWiz GUI looks pretty bad compared to vanilla ICS. But no surprises there, I guess.
Other than that the phone looks pretty sweet, but it won't be the one to make me feel the need to upgrade from my Nexus.
Also, their TouchWiz GUI looks pretty bad compared to vanilla ICS. But no surprises there, I guess.
Other than that the phone looks pretty sweet, but it won't be the one to make me feel the need to upgrade from my Nexus.
Nobody gave a shit about Apple taking a microphone icon for siri, because they were too busy laughing at the idea of anthropomorphizing a phone.
What a failure the 4S was, after all. Are you done with your short quips?
Gamer @ Heart
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Has it been confirmed yet that the hspa+ version in the USA that is coming first is not getting qualcommed? There would be no reason to seeing as how the GS2 exynos handles it fine.
The latest qualcom in the one x is really good, so its not to big of an issue but I am curious.
The latest qualcom in the one x is really good, so its not to big of an issue but I am curious.
I don't care if there was one. It's you who is claiming that Samsung is out to steal Apple's ideas. They weren't Apple's ideas. Let it drop.
I'm done with this stupid line of discussion. It's obvious that Apple didn't have it first. Stop moving the goal posts. We've gone from "lol, copied Siri in everything" to "lol, copied Siri icon" to "lol, copied icon animation" to "lol, copied purple" as we've tumbled more and more down the hole of pettiness. I don't want this to keep going to the point where it's about number of pixels in the height of the icon.
This is why matte plastics or acid bath aluminum > *. The plastic on the back of the Wildfire S is even nicer to the touch than most other plastics I've run into on phones. Maybe it is just HTC, but their plastics are really nice.
Fucking made me LOL hard. Didn't even realise it but damn you're right lol.
Anyway, any more comparisons with the One X?
I agree. It's because they're matt, rubberised or slightly textured. S2 has a very slight pattern, but is still glossy as is the S1. This just doesn't feel as nice on palms and can make them get hot or sweaty under heavy use. Samsung should have gone for textured or matt instead imo. Or metal plated or something.
Most folks assume design is inevitable. It is why when a true innovation occurs, most people just go 'of course it is that way, why wouldn't it be?'. As Ives said in Objectified, good design is unseen.
I still hold on all points minus the icon, which is clearly in common use. I was mistaken on that point. The screenshots still speak for themselves. Samsung lifted the Siri design scheme from top to bottom, making really minor tweaks. Sorry you don't see it, but I'm not changing my opinion.
at&t's version will be LTE so Qualcomm there, and the international model doesn't support 1700 for whatever reason so t-mobile's version will almost certainly have a different radio and possibly Qualcomm chips as a result.
Yep, noone but TMobile is going to launch a flagship phone without an LTE radio now. So noone will even see the chipset that hits those benchmarks unless they are not in the US, or perhaps if they are on TMobile. I swear to god if TMobile gets the best S3....
I know right. Comparing rectangles is serious business.
And I don't want anybody to think that I don't like pxleyes, he's one of my favorite dudes in the NCAA football threads during the season. For some reason we're just butting heads on this one. And yeah, I'm being a little defensive here over stuff I usually overlook.
I think with the phones getting so crazy on these benchmark scores that I may not upgrade this year. My GSII is still solid, and waiting another year has my head swimming at what the jump up will be in regards to tech.
I think with the phones getting so crazy on these benchmark scores that I may not upgrade this year. My GSII is still solid, and waiting another year has my head swimming at what the jump up will be in regards to tech.
You mean we can have a healthy discussion on GAF without going at each other's throats? *high five*
I think Im going to buy again next year. I have a contract I can sign for this year, but yeah you are right. I think we are on the verge of a major performance increase with the next gen of devices next year. I don't reckon Ill be able to pass come this time in 2013. Ill just buy unsubsidized.
In fact it looks like it has a voice indicator that follows up and down with your voice with a similar purple dot pattern found on Siri. I'm sure I'm just imagining the similarities though.
Did you notice that the entire screen of the SGS3 has a purple tint in the screenshot you posted? The colours of the screen is way off. It's the videocamera that causes that. The colour of the voice visualizer is blue.
Only issue with rubberized plastics is that when they scratch, you have a more distinct gash that can sometimes spread out slightly after a while. It happened to certain edges of my N1 after only a year.