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i was trying to get away from all black phones this year....buuuut the S8 def looks better in black.
I prefer white phones myself, but if the black one is going to look that slick, it'll be difficult to resist.
Sensors is something OEMs will have to learn to design around as we get more and more advanced front facing sensors.
Actually, one option for people that want an all black front with a non-black phone, is to get a glass screen protector for a black phone. I personally wouldn't do it, as it seems too much of a hack. But hey, it's an option.
With no samsung logo in the front i am sure Verizon is trying to figure out how to put theirs on there.
They'll be a blue (coral?).
Yeah, I bought a coral blue gs7e for a friend and she loves it.
After the initial release, they'll release a blue (coral, probably).
That'd be nice. Samsung often releases mid-year color updates, but not in all regions.
1000 fps slow motion video capture 
Front Camera 8MP sensor that has auto-focus
Improved Iris Scanner
(The Galaxy S8 will also feature a 3.7-megapixel RGB camera sensor for iris scanning)
I'm hoping we can get a 1000 fps on 1080 resolution.
http://www.androidcentral.com/galax...ties-1000-fps-slow-mo-front-facing-auto-focus
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/03/1...00fps-videos-iris-sensor-gets-an-upgrade-too/
Front Camera 8MP sensor that has auto-focus
Improved Iris Scanner
(The Galaxy S8 will also feature a 3.7-megapixel RGB camera sensor for iris scanning)
I'm hoping we can get a 1000 fps on 1080 resolution.
http://www.androidcentral.com/galax...ties-1000-fps-slow-mo-front-facing-auto-focus
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/03/1...00fps-videos-iris-sensor-gets-an-upgrade-too/
Don't. Do. This. To. Me.1000 fps slow motion video capture
Front Camera 8MP sensor that has auto-focus
Improved Iris Scanner
(The Galaxy S8 will also feature a 3.7-megapixel RGB camera sensor for iris scanning)
I'm hoping we can get a 1000 fps on 1080 resolution.
http://www.androidcentral.com/galax...ties-1000-fps-slow-mo-front-facing-auto-focus
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/03/1...00fps-videos-iris-sensor-gets-an-upgrade-too/
Samsung Galaxy S8 will use facial recognition for mobile payments....
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsu...ed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)#comments
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsu...ed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)#comments
It's a conspiracy. Today I logged into my S7 checking the endless stream of notifications (which is why I don't care about the notification led...there are always notifications) and I saw a message from Samsung informing me that as a Samsung account holder I was entitled to one free Kindle book per month (from their limited selection). Samsung has all of these evil deals and promotions like that.
I looked at the bare handful of free books. They all got good ratings. I picked the most cheesy looking romance book on the list. I have read about six romance novels in my entire 50 years and all but one of them were hand-me-downs from my German grandmother and were written in the 1960's. Such a weird genre. There's a character named "Brace" in it. You know it's going to be good for lols with a horrible cliche name like that. I'm going to read this horrid book and laugh my butt off and think of Gran.
I realized as I downloaded that infernal book to my S7 that I'm stuck in yet another ecosystem. This one is a marketing one. I'd really miss all these cheesy promos and deals if I were to leave Samsung and stay exclusively with iOS. Some things like the books I can put on my iPhone, but other freebies are Samsung specific.
I looked at the bare handful of free books. They all got good ratings. I picked the most cheesy looking romance book on the list. I have read about six romance novels in my entire 50 years and all but one of them were hand-me-downs from my German grandmother and were written in the 1960's. Such a weird genre. There's a character named "Brace" in it.
You know it's going to be good for lols with a horrible cliche name like that. I'm going to read this horrid book and laugh my butt off and think of Gran. I realized as I downloaded that infernal book to my S7 that I'm stuck in yet another ecosystem. This one is a marketing one. I'd really miss all these cheesy promos and deals if I were to leave Samsung and stay exclusively with iOS. Some things like the books I can put on my iPhone, but other freebies are Samsung specific.
At well Samsung pay would have to actually come to the U.K. And I don't think that's going to happen. Even India managed to get Samsung pay before we did so there's obviously a serious issue.
We need samsung pay first
Same here in NZ but I get the feeling it's the banks dragging their feet here, that and a population of 4.5 million... oh well.......
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Exynos 8895 Geekbench Results, Not impressed as a previous s7 edge exynos owner.
I had Hoped they Would Come closer to the single core Performance of the iPhone, but No the gap is still very big. Multi Core Performance is Nice but Not Important on Android Phones, because they can Never use it in real life.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here...Galaxy-S8-and-its-Exynos-8895-chipset_id92126
I had Hoped they Would Come closer to the single core Performance of the iPhone, but No the gap is still very big. Multi Core Performance is Nice but Not Important on Android Phones, because they can Never use it in real life.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here...Galaxy-S8-and-its-Exynos-8895-chipset_id92126
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Oooo
That memory latency referred to in the article...is that something remedied by throwing more RAM in? I read the Chinese S8's are getting 6GB. The rest of us get 4GB. I am not quite well versed enough in these things to know the significance of the difference.