I think it's more along the lines of "Y'all talk English kinda funny. Ain't nobody here can understand that stuff so it's going to be a bit of a wait."
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I say this as someone who is eagerly awaiting his S8+:
This is why it's dumb to insist Apple's physical design looks "antiquated" compared to the new Galaxies. You can't complain about FP scanner placement, a physical button mapped to an app you don't want, etc and ignore those as part of the phone's physical design. The iPhone may not offer a bezel-less version (yet) but it's FP placement and duel speaker set up, as one example, may in and of itself prove to be a huge improvement on the S8/S8+.
This is why it's dumb to insist Apple's physical design looks "antiquated" compared to the new Galaxies. You can't complain about FP scanner placement, a physical button mapped to an app you don't want, etc and ignore those as part of the phone's physical design. The iPhone may not offer a bezel-less version (yet) but it's FP placement and duel speaker set up, as one example, may in and of itself prove to be a huge improvement on the S8/S8+.
I would never cancel a pre-order based on a button. Especially since I pre-ordered before I even knew or thought about the possibility of remapping it. Funny thing is, I'll put my money on it, that they will find a new way to remap it even without root very soon.
Yikes! Hopefully it was an impulse buy if you were this impulsive to cancel it.
Yes it was. I already own a 256GB iPhone 7 Plus. And I just sold my Pixel and iPhone SE with a decent profit last week. The S8 wasn't going to my daily driver. More my Android play thing.
On the brightside I still have my Nexus 6 and Nexus 7 2013 which I just updated to 7.1.2 (unofficially) today. We will see if the Note 8 features can make me forget Bixby.
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Today I test the S8 and S8+ in an At&T store. I really like the phone, I preorder the S8 in orchid gray. I know there is a “smart switch" to transfer from my iPhone 6 to the S8. Anyone test transferring the music from the iPhone to a galaxy phone (s7) using the smart switch?
Forgive my English, is not my first language
Forgive my English, is not my first language
Did you go with the AT&T Next plan or with the phone outright? I think music switched over from my old iPhone to a Note 5 I borrowed from a family member.
So it takes Samsung many, many months to bring the latest version of Android to their devices, but when someone creates a way to remap their hardware button, they are able to get out a firmware update in a matter of days.
Yup, it's all the mobile carriers fault for delayed updates...
Yup, it's all the mobile carriers fault for delayed updates...
For the 30 months it's $25.00 monthly. Yes you upgrade with a trade-in ( the S8) and when 80% of sales price is paid off. You can upgrade anytime if you paid off the balance due of the phone. I'm going to paid off the phone before the 30 months.
the Note 8
I like the pen, I take many notes in my line of work.
Before the note 7 "battery fire situation" I was ready to jump to the note series.
If the Note 8 offers a 4k display, 6gb RAM, no reason to get the S9 tbh.
Anyways, I preordered the S8 in Midnight Black. Can't wait!
Whoa, my husband just got an email saying his DeX dock is now on back order! He was a day one pre-order from the Samsung site. He and the 15 You Tube reviewers who ordered it must have gotten booted behind the journalists who asked for one.
Really, I can't imagine the demand for something so many people are publicly deriding as a gimmick could be sold out. They must not have made very many of them.
Really, I can't imagine the demand for something so many people are publicly deriding as a gimmick could be sold out. They must not have made very many of them.
Some Galaxy S8 owners are complaining about “reddish” tint on their handset’s display
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/04/1...about-reddish-tint-on-their-handsets-display/
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/04/1...about-reddish-tint-on-their-handsets-display/
I wonder if they tried calibrating the white balance with the scaler if they are on adaptive display .. or whether it applies even when using modes such as basic which normally have a far warmer white point anyway.
Erika reported the discrepancy in calibrations between the S8+ & S8 preview handsets she has and that she had to use the colour slider in adaptive display mode to make them more balanced.
Though I believe once you go back down to Basic both kept similar calibration / white point regardless as you can't manually adjust white point outside of anything but adaptive mode.
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That's very disappointing especially for those who prefer Basic modes proper SRGB colour calibration. I just don't understand why those white balance sliders can't be utilised in all off the settings. Doesn't make economical sense especially if a manual slider allowing correction of the tone in all modes, prevents a user having to exchange their device out.
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