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Well that's disappointing. Adding gimmicky(imo) sensors and removing functional/useful sensors. Obviously Samsung is thinking from a consumer prospective, but still very disappointing.
Are temperature and humidity really that useful? I know many Android phones have had them, but have they really be used? Do they really add much to the device?
Well that's disappointing. Adding gimmicky(imo) sensors and removing functional/useful sensors. Obviously Samsung is thinking from a consumer prospective, but still very disappointing.
Well that's disappointing. Adding gimmicky(imo) sensors and removing functional/useful sensors. Obviously Samsung is thinking from a consumer prospective, but still very disappointing.
> and removing functional/useful sensors. Are temperature and humidity really that useful? I know many Android phones have had them, but have they really be used? Do they really add much to the device?
In the short term these new sensors will provide more benefits to the consumer, but to the majority they will be something you use 1 or 2 times then forget about.
Well that's disappointing. Adding gimmicky(imo) sensors and removing functional/useful sensors. Obviously Samsung is thinking from a consumer prospective, but still very disappointing.
> and removing functional/useful sensors. Are temperature and humidity really that useful? I know many Android phones have had them, but have they really be used? Do they really add much to the device?
If temperature were useful, then humidity would be as well because then you could calculate local humidex.
Well that's disappointing. Adding gimmicky(imo) sensors and removing functional/useful sensors. Obviously Samsung is thinking from a consumer prospective, but still very disappointing.
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When you give developers more tools, they surprise you with what they come up with. Consumers didn't say they wanted accelerometers, but once developers got ahold of them, they proved massively useful. If you give me a new sensor, I might not have any ideas on how to make it useful, but if one developer has one good idea, that benefits me.
Exactly correct! Google and Motorola put a barometer into the Xoom to test GPS altitude improvements, and it turned out that some developers (like me, and like the opensignal team) discovered that the sensor actually has world-changing potential in atmosphere modelling. Huge benefit from a simple sensor addition that didn't even really have a clear purpose at launch.
Well that's disappointing. Adding gimmicky(imo) sensors and removing functional/useful sensors. Obviously Samsung is thinking from a consumer prospective, but still very disappointing.
I've never found a phone temp sensor to be useful, primarily because it tends to be several degrees higher than ambient due to internal components.
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> and removing functional/useful sensors. Are temperature and humidity really that useful? I know many Android phones have had them, but have they really be used? Do they really add much to the device?
Temperature would be extremely useful... if not for the fact that I typically store my cellphone millimeters away from my body. If temperature were useful, then humidity would be as well because then you could calculate local humidex.