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After one week with the 6S+... Decided to go back to Android
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Wait...is your iphone slowing down? Is it lagging? Is it becoming choppy or something? You're the first person I heard say they want their phone to be slow......
I can really respect someone who has actually tried both phones. A lot of pro-android people I know have never used an iPhone and yet hate it. A lot of iPhone people I know hate Android and have never used it. How do you know you don't like it unless you've tried it?
Really appreciate the time you spent - found your post very interesting. I started out with Droid 1, HTC Thunderbolt, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, Moto X, Note 3, and now have had the iPhone 6+ for over a year. I find a lot of your views very similar to mine minus the fact that I don't torrent, etc...
For me, build quality, no need to spend forever fiddling with the phone to get standby battery life to be acceptable (used to have to root to do this back in the day), and like you, I think the iPhone screen wins against SAMOLED. So I'm probably sticking with iPhone for awhile - but SD card, quick charging, and edge to edge screen is tempting.
Definitely think people should go with what they want. Thanks for your post, I found it very interesting.
Really appreciate the time you spent - found your post very interesting. I started out with Droid 1, HTC Thunderbolt, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, Moto X, Note 3, and now have had the iPhone 6+ for over a year. I find a lot of your views very similar to mine minus the fact that I don't torrent, etc...
For me, build quality, no need to spend forever fiddling with the phone to get standby battery life to be acceptable (used to have to root to do this back in the day), and like you, I think the iPhone screen wins against SAMOLED. So I'm probably sticking with iPhone for awhile - but SD card, quick charging, and edge to edge screen is tempting.
Definitely think people should go with what they want. Thanks for your post, I found it very interesting.
i guess it does.....i am glad you are happy with the tortoise experience you described on your iphone.Yes, but it gets to the finish line.
From someone who loves IOS devices, and I have many Android models. Note 3, 4, 5, S4, S5, and so on. This new S7 Edge is the best phone I have ever owned. My last phone was a 6S plus and the battery life on the S7 edge equals that of the iphone. I don't have to tweak it to last all day! Love it. You will love it if you get one.
There's plenty of benefits to both platforms and I personally think you're missing out if you limit yourself to one platform.
I own the S7 Edge and an iPad Air 2, this combination gives me the best of both worlds and I don't miss out on any exclusive features such as iMessage and FaceTime. With that said, I personally wouldn't own an iPhone as my smartphone, I appreciate iOS but it doesn't fit my needs for a smartphone.
The iPad is the best tablet available and iOS is incorporated beautifully even though it doesn't make the most of the available space but there really is no competition from the Android side.
I also own a Surface Pro 3 for more serious school work and tasks that can't be done on the iPad which is really just a consumption device for me at this point.
Regardless of all this, I think it's a good idea to diversify your "tools" as there isn't one which is a perfect fit for every person and every task. It's best to try all the platforms available and choose according to what fits your needs best, keyword being your.
I own the S7 Edge and an iPad Air 2, this combination gives me the best of both worlds and I don't miss out on any exclusive features such as iMessage and FaceTime. With that said, I personally wouldn't own an iPhone as my smartphone, I appreciate iOS but it doesn't fit my needs for a smartphone.
The iPad is the best tablet available and iOS is incorporated beautifully even though it doesn't make the most of the available space but there really is no competition from the Android side.
I also own a Surface Pro 3 for more serious school work and tasks that can't be done on the iPad which is really just a consumption device for me at this point.
Regardless of all this, I think it's a good idea to diversify your "tools" as there isn't one which is a perfect fit for every person and every task. It's best to try all the platforms available and choose according to what fits your needs best, keyword being your.
I had to stop reading after the OP said the 6s makes his amoled screen look terrible. He has either a damaged screen or broken eyes...
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You sir are awesome.. well thought out touch id ? You place your finger on the slot and hey presto it unlocks. Enjoy seeing all the new and exciting features and thinking you will maybe get them in a year or two after Apple has copied them. Let me guess, when they do water proofing, they will.do it right eh? Jeez
Or simply a personal preference and their own opinion ..
Were they being overly dramatic in their wording? Yes. But they are still entitled to their own opinion & preference.
Is that why there was another phone out there that had unlocking as inherent, basic, straightforward, quick, and realizable as TouchID made it (with other manufacturers having their similar versions that were like that only afterward)?
Beat me to it.
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Ok, my phone has been scientifically proven to be the best. It doesn't work like that. Some people just prefer the way LCD looks when viewing content. You don't need accurate colours when you're reading emails, do you?
Well let me be the one that informs them that their opinion is wrong then. This isn't even up for debate.
Scientifically Proven is the wrong wording.
Your simply talking about displaymate test results, and even then it's more nuanced than just generalised statement you made. For a start they are referring to 'basic mode' which drops the over saturation and mutes the colours. Once that has been turned on the colour difference between the S7/e and the 6S+ is very minimal - with colours and images looking very similar on both panels.
Question is how many Samsung users actually use this mode ? Most here seem to always reference vibrancy and 'pop when comparing and referencing the screens - which means they are actually then preferring the least 'accurate' in that regard.
But this is by the by, It's still doesn't change the fact you couldn't be bothered to read the OP's full post, but felt the need to respond with a snide remark. That's plain ignorance.
That's not the issue, so cut the snide remarks. If the s6 screen has been compared by men in white labs using scientific instruments and their verdict was that it's as close to displaying colours in their true form as is physically possible, then anyone who's eyes prefer something else ie. An iPhone with its more "natural colours"? What does that even mean... need to have their eyes tested,
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No its not, have you bothered to look at all the display data, spectrum analysis results, colour gamut, RGB ranges, all sorts of stuff.
Probably not, how did you word it, that's just plain ignorance.
No its not, have you bothered to look at all the display data, spectrum analysis results, colour gamut, RGB ranges, all sorts of stuff.
Probably not, how did you word it, that's just plain ignorance.
You simply don't understand the difference between proof and scientific evidence. Your referring to a single set of displaymate test result. They are indeed evidence, they are not however scientifically proven.
Proofs exist only in mathematics and logic, not in science. Mathematics and logic are both closed, self-contained systems of propositions, whereas science is empirical and deals with nature as it exists. The primary criterion and standard of evaluation of scientific theory is evidence, not proof. All else equal (such as internal logical consistency and parsimony), scientists prefer theories for which there is more and better evidence to theories for which there is less and worse evidence. Proofs are not the currency of science.
Proofs have two features that do not exist in science: They are final, and they are binary. Once a theorem is proven, it will forever be true and there will be nothing in the future that will threaten its status as a proven theorem (unless a flaw is discovered in the proof). Apart from a discovery of an error, a proven theorem will forever and always be a proven theorem.
In contrast, all scientific knowledge is tentative and provisional, and nothing is final. There is no such thing as final proven knowledge in science. The currently accepted theory of a phenomenon is simply the best explanation for it among all available alternatives. Its status as the accepted theory is contingent on what other theories are available and might suddenly change tomorrow if there appears a better theory or new evidence that might challenge the accepted theory. No knowledge or theory (which embodies scientific knowledge) is final. That, by the way, is why science is so much fun.
Further, proofs, like pregnancy, are binary; a mathematical proposition is either proven (in which case it becomes a theorem) or not (in which case it remains a conjecture until it is proven). There is nothing in between. A theorem cannot be kind of proven or almost proven. These are the same as unproven.
So yes. You chose the wrong wording ...
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No, I am simply saying that your posts are snide and ignorant.
You clearly wish to troll for reaction, of which I have no desire or compulsion to gift you.
Sorry what? I don't recall making the snide remarks. As I understand, you were the one claiming the OP had 'broken eyes'.
My point is, men in white labs using scientific equipment could make the verdict that the colour blue is generally more visually appealing to humans than other colours, but that doesn't make people wrong or have 'broken eyes' if their favourite colour is red. It's the same with display technology. It's opinion based.
People look at a screen, and they think, 'that's a nice screen', because it provides a nicer experience to look at, not because of the spectrum data analyses, RGB results and whatever else. And the whole thing with the more natural colours, that again comes down to opinion. Natural just means more pleasing to the eye, and again refer to my analogy with colours.
You're acting as if all human brains function the same way. They don't. That's how opinions form. You're going on about colour gamuts and spectrum analyses, but you're completely ignoring human nature and psychology.
Your post was kinda snide...
That said, I can see your initial point and on a personal level, I think the S6 screen looks much better......... to me.
If you found the taste of pork more superior to beef and someone had done a scientific study and concluded beef was superior, would you admit to being wrong?
That kinda how it works, obviously the metrics would be a lot different but I'm sure you get my point.
Don't feel picked on, just adapt and enjoy
That said, I can see your initial point and on a personal level, I think the S6 screen looks much better......... to me.
If you found the taste of pork more superior to beef and someone had done a scientific study and concluded beef was superior, would you admit to being wrong?
That kinda how it works, obviously the metrics would be a lot different but I'm sure you get my point.
Don't feel picked on, just adapt and enjoy
Is that why after Touch ID, phone manufacturers tripped over themselves to get fingerprint reading better or right? Additionally After the 5s, how many 32 bit flagship phones are now on the market?