I'm still over here having first world problems trying to decide if I'm going to use this S8+ or iPhone 7 Plus as my daily. This has been the first device in awhile that has had me up in the air.
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That makes sense. Apple Pay is functional with a wider swath of industries than Android. I'd still like to see both gain wider adoption. I can't believe in the age of the new chip cards with the screetching readers that take a year to process people arent preferring to use their phone.
To add to what you were saying,each platform is very regional. I don't even know 1 person that uses WhatsApp (I'm in Canada), again, not saying it's not used. My contacts either use : iMessage/Sms/facebook messenger
A good problem to have man. I too came from 7+ that I still have. I know going to my S8+ the two BIG things that worried me were 1- Battery Life and 2- finger print reader.
In regards to battery life it exceeds my expectations. It gets equivalent if not better battery life than 7+ whilst maintaining a MUCH better screen quality. Quite phenomenal it gets the battery life it does. Ive concluded battery life isn't a concern with the S8+. Plus it recharges SO quick when in need of a little juice..
Finger print reader I frequently use but it isn't nearly as big of issue as the media had it being. Yes it most certainly isn't in my personal favorable position but it isn't something I just can't deal with. Combined with lightning quick Iris scanner it hasn't been a problem.
Me personally, I miss my iPhone...but I sure appreciate all Android has to offer. I'm going to likely stick with S8+ but it's a real first world problem for sure
A good problem to have man. I too came from 7+ that I still have. I know going to my S8+ the two BIG things that worried me were 1- Battery Life and 2- finger print reader.
In regards to battery life it exceeds my expectations. It gets equivalent if not better battery life than 7+ whilst maintaining a MUCH better screen quality. Quite phenomenal it gets the battery life it does. Ive concluded battery life isn't a concern with the S8+. Plus it recharges SO quick when in need of a little juice..
Finger print reader I frequently use but it isn't nearly as big of issue as the media had it being. Yes it most certainly isn't in my personal favorable position but it isn't something I just can't deal with. Combined with lightning quick Iris scanner it hasn't been a problem.
Me personally, I miss my iPhone...but I sure appreciate all Android has to offer. I'm going to likely stick with S8+ but it's a real first world problem for sure
Yeah that's my exact same issues what I worry about. The fingerprint scanner is way overblown imo. I have been using it just fine and it's kind of a natural feel for the placement. It's the screen alone that blows me away and it's hard to go back to the iPhone. I just love messaging on the iPhone but it's something I can look past. My main Sim card is in my iPhone right now but I'm thinking about swapping sims here in a few. Lol.
I hear ya man.
Probably biggest thing too I miss, iMessage. Lots of alternatives but getting family.to download anything to accommodate me...facepalm lol. I miss raise to wake too for some silly reason. I realize we have AOD but it just isn't the same. I am astounded at battery life of this S8+... 
Edit: I also like being able to "manage my own files" and not restricted on where apple says I can put them. Makes backing up to FTP and NAS SO Much easier!
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Disagree with you on the new TW...it is sooooo much better than previous versions.
But at least with Android and TW....I can have widgets on my home screen and arrange my icons where ever i see fit
. I can download FREE wallpapers...ringtones....notifications from app like Zedge without having to plug into a computer or use a horrid app like itunes......1 thing we can all agree on; Apple will have a very, very hard job with their new 2017 iPhone, after the release of this new S8/S8+
If Apple think they can just release a 2017 iPhone with just an oled screen and put a €/$ 1000 price tag on it and call it a day, I think even more people will leave the Apple ship. Maybe not your average iPhone user, but def the power users.
They really have to come up with some new useful feautures, besides an oled screen.
If Apple think they can just release a 2017 iPhone with just an oled screen and put a €/$ 1000 price tag on it and call it a day, I think even more people will leave the Apple ship. Maybe not your average iPhone user, but def the power users.
They really have to come up with some new useful feautures, besides an oled screen.
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I should not have said far superior, that is incorrect . From my personal experience it's the access to the touchid on the iPhone 6S plus that makes it better for me. The S8 had a finger scanner on the front, draw.
I mean text looks less smooth, a bit more jagged. This is not a problem for most people. It probably would even be something I wouldn't notice after awhile.
I couldn't afford to have more than one phone either until last year. I have only about another two years where I can mess around with more than one phone like I am doing now. Then it's back to tight budget, preparing for retirement while having a kid in college 4-5 years and medical expenses our family has that will intensify as our parents need more elder care not covered by health plans.
Can your current phone hold out into the Christmas season? It might be interesting to see what Apple is bringing out. One is going to be a budget buster but there might be updates to the iPhone 7.
I'm going to put the main phone number SIM back into my SE today or tomorrow. I got asked to take on recurring landscaping jobs at my daughter's school going into the summer. Nothing beats the SE for fitting into my pocket for work.
I'm not sure what you're looking for in your next phone but tight budget or not, the SE is a great value for the money. I traded my 6 Plus in and my husband used his business discount so I ended up getting a super deal of about $200 for my 64 GB SE. But if you're tired of the 5s form factor then of course it's a no-go since externally there's no difference.
Oops just reread that you're not on the 5s amymore. Sorry. That's what I get for posting before the caffeine kicks in. Derp
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I had switched to Google for my calendar some time ago so that I could have the same calendar across all of my operating systems.So I made the switch also. Sold my 6s plus and got a s8. Put my apple watch to rest until ios 11 and iphone 8 (hopefully a better phone). So far I am missing a few very needed apps on the android platform and I am quite surprised about the 'this app is not available in your country' thing
And I have to merge my calendar somehow, because this is quite important. Any hints, guys?
EDIT: Found this: http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-transfer-sync-calendar-iphone-android-340386/ doesn't seem to be very hard
Sure is. Wifi requires a constant signal while LTE or HSPA+ comes in simultaneously. Battery life takes a hit.
The Samsung silicone case $19 is really nice. From looking at it closely I don't see it really touching my Armorsuit film screen protector, so it's definitely not going to push it up.
That's the purple case in my pictures a page or two back. You can see how it keeps the edges clear but elevates up at the corners where most of the fractures originate during a bad drop that shatters screens. It's very grippy but easy to clean. It's as nice as an Apple silicone case and protects about the same. It might be a tiny bit thicker than the Apple case.
The Armorsuit protector needs maybe about another day to set properly. It adds a little bit of the typical film sparkly effect and does make the screen feel a bit too grippy, so I think some people will be put off by that. And I personally would not use it in the VR. But for VR I'm using my two older Galaxies so I decided to go ahead and put a protector on this one.
So I made the switch also. Sold my 6s plus and got a s8. Put my apple watch to rest until ios 11 and iphone 8 (hopefully a better phone). So far I am missing a few very needed apps on the android platform and I am quite surprised about the 'this app is not available in your country' thing
And I have to merge my calendar somehow, because this is quite important. Any hints, guys?
EDIT: Found this: http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-transfer-sync-calendar-iphone-android-340386/ doesn't seem to be very hard
My wife and I share an iCloud "Family" calendar, and I use the app "smooth sync for icloud calendar". It'll sync my iCloud calendar to my calendar app on the phone, even let's me make / manage / edit appointments in that calendar.
Apple is getting absolutely infuriating in their inability to deliver products in a timely manner. My husband had to use his business contact within Apple to scrounge around for a he needed for a business trip. The laptop had been out for about two months or more at that point and was still just about impossible to get. My husband even ended up accepting it in a gold color just to get it in time. Even with the contact's help and connections it was a very near thing. My husband had bought a Surface just in case.
Then when the SE's came out it was the same scramble. We weren't even trying to be early adopters. I really wanted to think it through so it was about a month and a half or two months after the official release and again, we had to speed over to the Apple Store when the contact told my husband the SE's had come in. We wanted rose gold but gladly took space grey since rose gold wasn't available at the time. It was a long while after we got ours that they became readily available.
Then it was iPhone 7 Plus after the Note 7 recall. They weren't available.
Then air pods. My husband has them because of his contact. Now we hear Tim Cook is getting rid of these business manager positions so I guess at some point we lose this precious contact who has also made sure my husband's office was kept supplied with the needed Apple products when online ordering came up dry.
Our Mac desktop is coming up on 4 years old. It was a bit galling to find out its potential replacement will be a panicked afterthought rather than a long planned piece from the fabled pipeline.
Now if the rumors are true about the new iPhone being another rare unicorn release, well frankly I'd be out of patience and interest if I were even considering it in the first place. Which I am not because I'm tired of this crap.
I forgot to mention I was part of that long wait for the first generation Apple Watch. jeez.
Now as for your S8+ screen lacking any red, I am so "jelly". I had to use the slang term because "envious" is actually the grammatically correct choice, but it seems overkill for my actual light-hearted sentiment.
Mine is still very pink on my preferred basic mode and pink edged on Adaptive. When I tilt mine down at an angle I can see my screen looking blue at the top, pink in the middle and almost purple at the bottom. It looks really pretty and matches my case and Samsung theme.
But I do think I would prefer an evenly white display from a head on view. I am patiently waiting for the fix. If it fails, I can live with the tint, though. There are some flaws I can't abide but this isn't one of them. I am glad to know, though, that there are flawless displays out there and that you got one of them.
While I agree it's disappointing that Apple doesn't seem to be leapfrogging the technology in any real way and is only, for the most part, playing catch up, I predict it will not be a hard job for them to succeed.
One can't underestimate the branding -- Apple catching up is the big deal. The hype will be real and the success will be sweeping. I don't think they'll lose much in terms of user base; you might be right about the power users though when they see the Note 8, but for the most part, I don't foresee a big change. We've seen it before when Apple finally introduced larger screen options. Didn't people, in fact, migrate back to Apple?
Of course, today's competition is very different. It's clear as day Apple is behind both hardware and software-wise, thanks largely in part to Samsung and the S8.
For Apple's timetable, catching up is a big deal. It will be nuts, especially with the predicted supply constraints and the dated-looking 7S models; everyone is going to want the iPhone 8.
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My return window on my S8 is approaching so the yearly decision is looming. Yes, this is the best Android phone I've ever used, but I'm not sure I will keep it. I like it, but do I $900+ like it when I have a perfect good (and paid off iPhone 7 Plus). I could sell my iPhone and only lose a few hundred bucks but I'm debating if all that hassle is worth it at this time or not. Despite it being the best Android phone I've used, I still feel drawn to my iPhone as I always do. I'm torn. Anyone else torn with the decision?
Easily the biggest hang up for me when switching. I get the "ewwww, you have the ugly green messages now since you went back to Android". My job is 100% iPhones and it kills me sometimes.
I love dabbling my foot in the Android water once a year. Last year it was the S7E for a month but did not enjoy the experience at all.
This year I was thinking Pixel or giving the S8 another go even with its OS being not to my liking.
I absolutely love most of the hardware of the Android devices over Apple's as they are beautiful, especially Samsung. But man do I miss iMessage and that integration for my ATV and Mac when switching.
if you feel drawn back to your iphone like always why not just stick with it? Everyone has a preference and yours is probably iphone, nothing wrong with that
I'm also on the fence about buying the S8 Plus. I am so very bored of the iPhone and iOS - I currently have the iP7 Plus.
I am debating whether I should get the S8+ on an additional line and use two phones?! Does anyone currently do this? I'd be interesting in hearing about experiences. Or, both devices but exchanging SIM cards whenever I decide to swap.
I am debating whether I should get the S8+ on an additional line and use two phones?! Does anyone currently do this? I'd be interesting in hearing about experiences. Or, both devices but exchanging SIM cards whenever I decide to swap.
Yep that's currently what I do. I always have 2 lines so I can keep an iPhone on one and Android on the other. I'm torn between the 2 right now as we speak about which phone I'm going to pop my sim in and use as a daily.
I most likely will. However, I think if I stuck with it and made it a couple months I'd be fine. It's just the transition period that's tough. I'm so happy and comfortable with my iPhone that I never make it past that transition window.
I know how you feel. The amount of times I have gone to android and then just started using my iPhone again. With that said I have an S8 ordered and I'm going to give it a real try. I hope...
You had a perfectly good iPhone 7+ when you got the S8, so what's changed? I think if you can answer that, you'll know what to do.
Based on what you're saying here, I'd recommend returning it. Sounds like you are ultimately happy with your iPhone, so the extra hassle of cost and potentially selling the iPhone (if that was the plan) doesn't sound worth it. Especially if you have legit buyers remorse and just want to get an iPhone again.
I've been using Whatsapp for iMessage / FaceTime replacement. Seems to be working well. I "facetimed" via Whatsapp with my parents yesterday for about an hour so they could see/chat with my 18 month old daughter and it worked just as well as FaceTime did. Also, I think Hangouts is either going away or shifting to more of a business software. So I'm leery of it's future.