Well no remorse at least when jumping is involved if there is not a device I rather have, at this point there isn't. Jumping from the HTC 10 would be an easy decision for most.
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Well no remorse at least when jumping is involved if there is not a device I rather have, at this point there isn't. Jumping from the HTC 10 would be an easy decision for most.
Exactly what I did. I'm at another store (authorized dealer not corporate) picking up an orchid grey S8+.
awesome! Glad you could get one. I love the Orchid Gray color on my S8+
Is there a case for the s8 that would better isolate the fps so one does not have to poke around?
I really like the size, feel, and grip of this device though which tempts me to just go naked plus the fact that it is a real looker.
The s8+ I felt there would be more of an adjustment period (reachability, it being rather tall, etc) so I just went with my gut for which one I would rather have.
I really like the size, feel, and grip of this device though which tempts me to just go naked plus the fact that it is a real looker.
The s8+ I felt there would be more of an adjustment period (reachability, it being rather tall, etc) so I just went with my gut for which one I would rather have.
Really? Wow. Interesting. I'm willing to give TouchWiz launcher a shot. Kind of hate that the app drawer is paginated though. It breaks the seamless transition from swiping up to pull up the drawer, then having to switch to left-right to go through the pages. Wish they kept it scrolling up-down like Pixel.
I'll give it a shot, but I predict I'll cave and throw on Nova for even more customization. But awesome about the stock launcher and apps. I love the TouchWiz gallery app, for sure.
Might be a little too early to say this, but it looks like Samsung has earned the right not to call it TW this time around. I'm not even getting microstutters. So far the only different vs vanilla Android is the animations.
I believe MRU said that Samsung doesn't even call it TouchWiz anymore. It's called the Samsung Software Experience or something (what ever happened to Grace UX?). And indeed, the Verge review doesn't mention TouchWiz once.
I guess it's time to stop calling it TouchWiz here, too. I do it out of habit and just cause it's easier to say than Samsung Software Experience.
Indeed, Samsung has shed both title and stigma of "TouchWiz" of yesteryear.
I believe MRU said that Samsung doesn't even call it TouchWiz anymore. It's called the Samsung Software Experience or something (what ever happened to Grace UX?). And indeed, the Verge review doesn't mention TouchWiz once.
I guess it's time to stop calling it TouchWiz here, too. I do it out of habit and just cause it's easier to say than Samsung Software Experience.
Indeed, Samsung has shed both title and stigma of "TouchWiz" of yesteryear.
Yea, that's a dumb name they gave it. They should have stuck with Grace UX.
Finally got my orchid beauty, was supposed to pick it up from the store yesterday but had to work late. So far it's looking good.
Not sure if it matters but B&H typically doesn't charge sales tax outside of ny though.
I like Grace UX, too.
I've always said, TouchWiz on top of the latest Android version is the perfect marriage of useful features on top of speedy and stable software. Seems more true than ever before.
The Verge calls it the best Android OEM skin. A statement like this would have never existed in the past.
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Actually, that's a very fair point! Thank you. I'm gonna do some math and reconsider...
EDIT: Even with tax, the Best Buy price is cheaper. $725 + tax =/= the $830 or so that B&H is charging. The Best Buy one should come in at just under $800...
Only makes my expectations higher for the Note 8.
Yeah and it sounds like they're shipping it earlier too. Best Buy is just taking pre-orders in may.
B&H is typically a pretty reputable dealer honestly. Better rep than Best Buy although I frequent both.
yeah that doesn't make sense to me either. I wish the app drawer worked like the Pixel as well....swiping sideways after swiping up or down is not intuitive.
You can use an app called AIDA64.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64&hl=sv
The S8 has an OIS front face camera but it's not enabled. Hope they enable it for the Note 8, since they will most likely use the same front face camera.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Upda...es-performance-of-the-phones-features_id93308
Update pushed out to U.S. Samsung Galaxy S8 improves performance of the phone's features
According to the changelist, the update will include:
Does the S8 feature background updating like the Pixel devices? Isn't that a Nougat feature?
Update pushed out to U.S. Samsung Galaxy S8 improves performance of the phone's features
According to the changelist, the update will include:
- Improved performance for face recognition.
- The camera's UI has been adjusted.
- The security of the device has been improved.
- Device stability improvement and bug fixes.
- New and enhanced features.
- Further improvements to performance.
Does the S8 feature background updating like the Pixel devices? Isn't that a Nougat feature?
Loving this phone so far. FP scanner is indeed odd to get to. I use retina scan and its extremely fast. Not as fast as iPhone 7 Plus with raise to wake since i still need to wake up the screen by pressing a button but it's still fast. Love the look of this phone. It is not too tall at all. Samsung Experience or whatever they call TW now is much nicer than previous iterations. I think I'll be sticking with it this time. The camera is amazing as expect.