Samsung and LG both introduce their annual flagship smartphone so early in the year. Doesn't it give Apple plenty of time to counter them spec wise if any? Just curious, if you're Apple competitor, what's the pros and cons of launching your flagship before and after Apple's launch?
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
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#12I do love the screen of the Samsung S-line. Not the size, but the actual display, the colors and brightness is why I keep coming back to it.
Any other phone with comparable screens?
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#13I few months ago I lost my 3 years old HTC One, so I had to get a new phone. For the first time I decided to get an iPhone. So I got a 6s. Worst mobile phone I've ever had. The battery life is terrible. Now I understand why people have 'Power banks' with them all the time. The phone also dies with 40% battery! I turn it on, it shows a splash screen meaning low battery, turns on, shows 40% battery, then dies after a m…
> The phone also dies with 40% battery! I turn it on, it shows a splash screen meaning low battery, turns on, shows 40% battery, then dies after a moment again.Funny thing is that I try restarting it several times and at some point it starts working for hours (which means it actually does have 40% battery and its not a calibration issue).
Other complaints aside, have you considered that your device might be defective? What you describe is neither common nor accepted by iPhone users at large.
Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
#14I do love the screen of the Samsung S-line. Not the size, but the actual display, the colors and brightness is why I keep coming back to it. Any other phone with comparable screens?
The Nexus 6P is using Samsung panels.
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#15Samsung and LG both introduce their annual flagship smartphone so early in the year. Doesn't it give Apple plenty of time to counter them spec wise if any? Just curious, if you're Apple competitor, what's the pros and cons of launching your flagship before and after Apple's launch?
Erm, there's around half a year between Samsung and Apple announcements. Is this before or after?
Apple introduces their annual flagship smartphone so late in the year. Doesn't it give Samsung plenty of time to counter them spec wise next year? :)
BTW, no, the iPhone that's going to be announced in the autumn is likely going through the last phases of testing.
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#16The hardware quality of Samsung's flagship products has always been excellent. However the software issues make the price ridiculous. Good luck getting rapid Android updates for your carrier-modified Samsung Galaxy S7. I'm stuck with a T-Mobile Note 4 with 5.1.1.
That is why I moved to the Nexus phones. Base software (no crapware) with rapid updates at a reasonable price.
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#17Still happy with my S3 and feel I'm not missing any key features. The more generations go on you realize just how incremental the phone upgrades have gotten for quite some time now.
The S3 feels like the "core 2 duo" of smartphones. Clearly not as fast as new phones, but still good enough.
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#18I few months ago I lost my 3 years old HTC One, so I had to get a new phone. For the first time I decided to get an iPhone. So I got a 6s. Worst mobile phone I've ever had. The battery life is terrible. Now I understand why people have 'Power banks' with them all the time. The phone also dies with 40% battery! I turn it on, it shows a splash screen meaning low battery, turns on, shows 40% battery, then dies after a m…
Perhaps you're used to a different set of UX standards by being on android so switching feels like worse ux. I feel exactly as you towards android.
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#19Samsung and LG both introduce their annual flagship smartphone so early in the year. Doesn't it give Apple plenty of time to counter them spec wise if any? Just curious, if you're Apple competitor, what's the pros and cons of launching your flagship before and after Apple's launch?
I'd imagine that the specs on the upcoming iPhone would already be more or less finalized by this point. Or moving in that direction, at the very least. Unless Samsung or LG unveiled something groundbreaking that would make upending plans for Apple worthwhile, I don't think it much matters. They probably already have a pretty solid idea on what their competitors are likely to do when they start development in earnest.
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#20Samsung and LG both introduce their annual flagship smartphone so early in the year. Doesn't it give Apple plenty of time to counter them spec wise if any? Just curious, if you're Apple competitor, what's the pros and cons of launching your flagship before and after Apple's launch?
I don't think it's a strategic question like that. It's more simple: Mobile World Congress starts tomorrow. It's the default venue to launch new devices (assuming you're not Apple or Google).