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Phones Samsung Galaxy S8
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Actually once you set up your ok Google voice for the assistant, you can also use trusted voice to unlock your phone.
I am so impressed by this phone. More than I thought I would be. It is so feature and design rich. Samsung has a real winner in the S8+. The battery has been impressive as I am getting right around 6 hours SOT and have 20% battery left at the end of my day so can't complain there! The phone is very responsive with no lag at all....Samsung has really improved the whole user experience except for that dang FPS.
Most of you can remember how I have not been a fan of the curved displays. But on the S8+ i really don't notice it at all. I have not had any false touches so far.
If there was 2 things I could change on the S8+ .....
I would move the FPS to below the camera and make it round and make the phone just a little bit wider...but not by much.
Taking a little 4x4 trip to the mountains later so will take some pics.....
Most of you can remember how I have not been a fan of the curved displays. But on the S8+ i really don't notice it at all. I have not had any false touches so far.
If there was 2 things I could change on the S8+ .....
I would move the FPS to below the camera and make it round and make the phone just a little bit wider...but not by much.
Taking a little 4x4 trip to the mountains later so will take some pics.....
Refunded my glass screen protector that was basically rubbish.
Ended up with a TechGuard one that is the plasticy feeling one.
Absolutd nightmare to put on. A colleague who is really good at them ended up putting it on and did a cracking job, but i just cant get on with it. Didn't like it at all.
So that's come off too. Only cost £2 on staff discount so can't complain too much.
Looks like my screen will be nekkid as the day God made it for the foreseeable then.
Ended up with a TechGuard one that is the plasticy feeling one.
Absolutd nightmare to put on. A colleague who is really good at them ended up putting it on and did a cracking job, but i just cant get on with it. Didn't like it at all.
So that's come off too. Only cost £2 on staff discount so can't complain too much.
Looks like my screen will be nekkid as the day God made it for the foreseeable then.
They really focused a lot on the little details on the software side this time around for sure!
Your experience essentially is the exact same thing I've been through with the previous 3 edge devices I had. It's just a shame we have to take a gamble/risk to benefit from the screen.
I'm going to see on Friday what the anytime upgrade price is of the S8 and if they offer me a couple hundred off the €799 price I'll snap one up. The orchid grey. But only of I get that anytime discount.
I have to agree at how impressive the phone is.
It literally seems like an engineering marvel, although there are just a couple of things that let it down. Finger print scanner is obviously the biggest issue, or at least it is for me.
I'm also a bit disappointed with the battery. It's still a very good battery and i get a lot of juice out of it, but i guess when you've got used to an iPhone 7 Plus, a lot will pale in comparison.
It's still very very impressive though.
Can't really put it down. Love the thing way more than i thought i was going to.
It literally seems like an engineering marvel, although there are just a couple of things that let it down. Finger print scanner is obviously the biggest issue, or at least it is for me.
I'm also a bit disappointed with the battery. It's still a very good battery and i get a lot of juice out of it, but i guess when you've got used to an iPhone 7 Plus, a lot will pale in comparison.
It's still very very impressive though.
Can't really put it down. Love the thing way more than i thought i was going to.
Ask them if they have the frequent purchaser discount too.
Shhhh he isn't buying, just "looking".
Lol .... Stop. I'm bad enough as it is.Ask them if they have the frequent purchaser discount too
What I was going to say is when I had my handson with the S8 in Dublin you could clearly tell devices were at FHD rather than QHD. Honestly the softness is horrible to me and the power saved (if power efficiency was the decision to implement it as default) outside of gaming would be negligible as just because it's running at a lower resolution, it's still lighting up all QHD pixels. The only saving would be on CPU/GPU side and outside of gaming things like Twitter, Calendar, YouTube etc all do not tax the CPU/GPU enough to gain benefit running at a lower resolution.
It's a strange choice of Samsung to essentially present their best screen in such a default gimped manner. But then the Bixby button and fingerprint scanner show they are not averse to strange decisions.
I didn't like adaptive display mode, but once I changed to basic it looked really great even if the white point did veer a little too warm in basic mode.
About Bluetooth stutter using Apple Music... I have had that problem from day one with my Note 7, my first S7 loaner, my S7 Edge, my current S7, and if I'm not mistaken, my HTC 10. I'll need to test the HTC 10 again and get back to you all on that when I have the opportunity. We are still spending time with extended family for the rest of the weekend but I can test in a couple of days.
The only device I can be absolutely sure of not having trouble with playing Apple Music over a Bluetooth speaker is an iPhone. Hmm...imagine that.
So far, playing Amazon music via Bluetooth on the ALT headphones has been smooth.
The only device I can be absolutely sure of not having trouble with playing Apple Music over a Bluetooth speaker is an iPhone. Hmm...imagine that.
So far, playing Amazon music via Bluetooth on the ALT headphones has been smooth.
I'm using Nova because I want to use an icon pack and I don't like the paginated app drawer. Also, I prefer the look of Nova (Pixel launcher). In this screenshot I'm using Delux UX Icon Pack.
So, REAL reason: The same reason people have always used custom launchers.
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I don't have the S8+. Normal S8 here. Battery definitely drains faster than it did on my 7 Plus. Its still extremely good compared to some devices I've had previously.
Was that an Exynos version? I've read that the Exynos versions do have insane battery life. Snapdragon 835, not so much.
Exynos =/= Snapdragon. I trust the 7+ for day to day usage more than a Snapdragon processor. I am a former 7+ owner too.
∆ plus the video is xeetechcare. Let's just take the findings with more that a heaped teaspoon of salt ...
Also i just want to give a little shout out to Samsung's web browser, which i find really nice to use and navigate.
Chrome is not my favourite, and it always struck me as being quite resource hungry, but not getting that same impression from Samsung's browser.
I also like that the home button is on the bottom row along with a button to shoot you back to the top of a web page. More great stuff Samsung. *thumbs up.
Yeesh, sounds like I'm turning into a right fan boy!
Chrome is not my favourite, and it always struck me as being quite resource hungry, but not getting that same impression from Samsung's browser.
I also like that the home button is on the bottom row along with a button to shoot you back to the top of a web page. More great stuff Samsung. *thumbs up.
Yeesh, sounds like I'm turning into a right fan boy!
What resolution is everyone using? I switched to WQHD+ and haven't noticed much worse battery life. I have chargers everywhere so I am going all in with options this year.
Also i just want to give a little shout out to Samsung's web browser, which i find really nice to use and navigate.
Chrome is not my favourite, and it always struck me as being quite resource hungry, but not getting that same impression from Samsung's browser.
I also like that the home button is on the bottom row along with a button to shoot you back to the top of a web page. More great stuff Samsung. *thumbs up.
Yeesh, sounds like I'm turning into a right fan boy!
I also enjoy the features of the Samsung browser. I read an article on The Next Web yesterday that stated, "Samsung Browser, for example, is nowhere near as good as Google Chrome." I have no idea what they're referring to that is so much better about Chrome.
https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/04...rs-will-get-souped-version-google-play-music/
Which processor does European market have?
Also, I have changed between FHD and WQHD - haven't noticed ANY difference lol, can anyone tell me what it is? I understand higher res but what difference does it make to the phone, apart from potential battery life?
One last thing, having moved from iOS can someone advise if there is a way of turning off the Android version of background app refresh? Basically I don't want Facebook to tell me I have notifications (I have turned notifications off but I still get the 1 or 2 on to icon)
Thanks
Also, I have changed between FHD and WQHD - haven't noticed ANY difference lol, can anyone tell me what it is? I understand higher res but what difference does it make to the phone, apart from potential battery life?
One last thing, having moved from iOS can someone advise if there is a way of turning off the Android version of background app refresh? Basically I don't want Facebook to tell me I have notifications (I have turned notifications off but I still get the 1 or 2 on to icon)
Thanks
As i said earlier if your not taxing the GPU/CPU with really heavy tasks then running at WQHD+ over FHD+ would be negligible difference wise, which is why it's perplexing for Samsung to choose the lower resolution as the default.What resolution is everyone using? I switched to WQHD+ and haven't noticed much worse battery life. I have chargers everywhere so I am going all in with options this year.