I was reading some reviews from Time and Wired. I forgot the latter has Apple fan boy from The Verge, David Pierce. He actually makes decent points but is wrong on the Galaxy Note.
He mentions the Galaxy Note will forever be a niche product. LOL. Yet, without the Note, the iPhone 6 Plus wouldn't exist and we wouldn't have this upward trend in bigger screen sizes. LG is even copying Samsung with a stylus. Selling 10M Notes within a couple months is niche? If that is niche, what are the Moto X, Nexus, and HTC Ones which have sold FAR LESS? Hypocrisy from a guy who kept complaining about Samsung design/build quality and now calls the coolest-looking Samsung smartphone ever pointless. The same pretty boy strategy that drives reviewers like him in buying anything with an Apple logo on it as long as its pretty! At least The Verge will stop having those terrible videos of BEST SMARTPHONE YOU CAN GET. Pierce did it twice last year going from 5s to 6. So predictable from such a Samsung hater and Apple Kool-Aid drinker. If Apple emulates it, I expect David to praise them for their innovation and not label it niche... K.
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/galaxy-s6-edge-pointless/
Wow, someone's really offended that other people have different opinions than themselves.
He's right though, phablets are a niche, but a very large niche. But there is no way the note, 6 plus, and nexus 6 are going to outsell the regular 6, s6, HTC one, xperia, and moto x. Not sure where the g3 would land as its in between, but you get the idea.
Oh, and I finally got to play with the dge today, AWESOME handset. It seems as though Samsung finally gets it and instead of just throwing features and specs at us, is actually polishing and improving what they got. Though I think I prefer the regular s6 over the edge as it felt getter in the hand. Still trying to decide if I should give the screen size of my note to get the s6 or wait for the note 5.
Edit: just read Davids piece and I have no idea what you find so offensive about it. He said the edge was pointless, as in it had no use other than looking cool, comparing to the Note Edge where that edge actually brought some added functuonality. Its his view that this was a step back, and I see nothing wrong with that. While personally I felt those extra functions were gimmicky and feel Samsung did a better job with the s6 edge, I can totally see how someone who was a fan of the Note edge would feel its a step back. Same for those disappointed about the lack of removable battery and SD card.
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