Well I believe part of it stems from the PR disaster that was the Apple vs Samsung lawsuits, that totally overshadowed how brilliant Samsung hardware was. There conversation for many has been "oh Samsung copied this and that" .
Do you not find it strange that when Samsung put in a feature another company uses people are quick to say "Samsung Copied" yet when any another OEM does something that Samsung did (and ALL OF THEM do it) its "Oh they did this, like Samsung". There has been this hate for Samsung for the longest time, and I think people like Zack and Erica who love brilliant hardware (both of them are more about hardware more than software), also see this trend and make it a point to point out that Samsung do a great job with incredibly complex hardware, to make people appreciate it.
Android Central have also done a write-up, to show this, as people don't seem to understand how complex and difficult it is to get something like OLED so damn good as Samsung, it's an incredibly difficult technology, and Samsung constantly get it the best out of all
https://m.androidcentral.com/though...fb_link&utm_content=63478&utm_campaign=social
I personally am a hardware, and love reading up on the complexities of it and on a daily basis I am amazed that my Note8 actually functions so well despite all that has to be going on in the background due to the sheer amount of new hardware in it.
Oh I’ve been one of the ones on this forum to stand up for Samsung when they get accused of copying when they haven’t. But in all frankness, they did copy a lot back in the day and they were also enthusiastic about tweaking Apple in ads, so they brought some of that derision on themselves. Even so, they are big boys with a huge ad budget and can champion their own reputation. It is still puzzling to me why we civilians would feel the need to do their jobs for them and talk like commercials for their products or their brilliance.
Especially when...well the thing is, Samsung isn’t that brilliant. They eff up a lot. I’ve owned more phones of theirs than I ever intended since last year and I’ve seen a wide variance in the quality of their workmanship and components, even among the exact same specced model. And they have worked wonders with their Touchwiz skin and Bixby shows signs of becoming truly useful, but the whole shebang is easily bogged down and needs a lot of looking after to be kept up.
It’s one thing to give them credit where credit is due for advancing some design and engineering innovation, but the hyperbole that is employed in describing what they do is, as hyperbole is by its very nature, excessive.
Especially when Zack holds a lighter to a panel that Samsung made and rightfully slams it for not surviving the burn test that panels made by LG, Japan Display and Samsung for their own models have survived. Why did he not call out Samsung for making such a fragile panel? I guess the blame is on Google for buying them, but I can’t imagine the standard contract for displays includes the requirement that each panel look good in a Jerry Rig Everything burn endurance test.
And like I said, employing the use of adhesive is hardly a virtue exclusive to Samsung, so why slip them the glory by naming them in that instance? These videos, these tweets, they all manage to evoke the virtues of Samsung in a way that hardly feels organic to the conversation. And the same conversations fail to also evoke the many examples of Samsung falling flat.
I have seen enough poopy Samsung OLED panels to make me not terribly upset that Google didn’t use Samsung for the 2XL. I know when it comes to OLED, it’s a massive crapshoot no matter whom you choose. Samsung are not gods of OLED. If they were, all their panels would survive that burn test and all reviews of all Pixel 2s would be raving about their awesomeness.
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This whole screen drama thing doesn't bother me too much but....when I read Erica Griffin's tweets I became a bit worried. Yes, she likes Samsung but she seems a very intelligent and honest person and I always enjoy her reviews. She opened 2 XLs and both had the same issues. The dull color thing won't bother me much since they will release and update but the grain and blue might be problematic. Guess I'll just wait and see and hope the Pandas somehow have magically better screens.
Her tweets are harsh but she says she’s more measured and gentler on her videos. Still, I’ve no doubt the displays she got sucked lemons in a big way. However, while she does hug her Note 7 display, I have, like I said, seen some bad Samsung OLED displays so I know it’s always going to be a bit of a lottery with them for the next couple of years. It’s a bit of a shame we are leaving LCD just as it’s matured and has achieved better consistency in quality.
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The sound isn't good at all on the pixel especially in the wind. Watch the cnet videos.
I’ve seen plenty of videos where the iPhone sound is muffled and the Pixel was loud and clear. Generally the audio seems better on the Pixel.
The best audio is stereo audio and that comes from other makers on other models like LG for the V30 and all high end Samsungs, with the best sound I’ve heard firsthand coming from last year’s S7 Edge. HTC 10 did nice stereo audio, too. It was cleaner in some ways but not as rich as lifelike as that of the S7 Edge. I haven’t had the privilege of listening to the audio from the LG flagships in person.
For my iPhone 7 Plus I use a lightning connected external stereo mic that has a cushion attachment for use outdoors to reduce wind noise. No cell phone mic is going to sound good outside in any kind of wind. The advantage does go to iPhone for having such a great external lighting mic available to it. I don’t know if I will be able to find a usb-c mic for the Pixel.
