Switching from iPhone 8+ to S8

[iApple_man]

Different time and era. S5s are indicative of the plastic, lagwhiz, and janky Samsung. The S6 is a red headed stepchild since it was Samsung's first metal flagship phone, but it failed to offer a SD slot and decent sized battery. Samsung is known for its bevy of features. Rather have those features than iOS' lack of features. Don't care about updates as much as other people because it takes away from my positive experience with my Note 8.

That’s good. Enjoy your phone. I was just saying for me. I respect your points too. My point is the S6 should still be relevant. iPhone 6 is, due to software updates and support. Again, enjoy the note 8 and for the record I was with Android for like 7 plus (no pun) years.

 

[convergent]

I wonder if galaxy S5 or S6 users feel that way? Just saying

I had an S5 (my first Android experience) and hated it. The device was laggy, would get hot sometimes and drain the battery really quickly, would come on at times for no reason and play music... overall just a bad experience. The one thing I did really like about it was the plastic body. I never used a case and dropped it quite a few times with no damage. This is what phones should be made out of... not glass. All of that said, I absolutely love the Note 8 in every way (except it being made out of glass, but the iPhones are too so no difference... must be in a case).

 

[nviz22]

That’s good. Enjoy your phone. I was just saying for me. I respect your points too. My point is the S6 should still be relevant. iPhone 6 is, due to software updates and support. Again, enjoy the note 8 and for the record I was with Android for like 7 plus (no pun) years.

The S6 got Marshmallow and Nougat on my carrier, T-Mobile. It might be in the mix for Oreo as well. Two major updates is something to expect with a Galaxy flagship. Let's see if they can get 3 major updates into the S6. Google only guarantees three years of updates with its Pixels. Since Apple controls everything from to top to bottom, it's reasonable that they can put out many years of updates. I don't hold onto a phone for more than a year anyways typically, so updates will be more important to others. Though I plan to hold onto my Note for as long as it can hold up.

 

[mib1800]

I had an S5 (my first Android experience) and hated it. The device was laggy, would get hot sometimes and drain the battery really quickly, would come on at times for no reason and play music... overall just a bad experience. The one thing I did really like about it was the plastic body. I never used a case and dropped it quite a few times with no damage. This is what phones should be made out of... not glass. All of that said, I absolutely love the Note 8 in every way (except it being made out of glass, but the iPhones are too so no difference... must be in a case).

You know why the infinity display of the S8/N8 is very ideal. When I put a case on it, the extra 1 mm all around due to the case makes the phone still look great having full edge-to-edge screen (plus also prevents accidental touches).

If you put a case on the Iphone X then the already thick all around bezel will look even thicker thus spoiling look.

 

[bobenhaus]

I know, i always considered Android as eternal beta, but on i’m little tired about ios philosophy for these reasons:

1. still usb 2.0 transfers speed
2. no way to manage the photos from the phone, as icloud photo library is totally a mess (and i need to pay every month 3 euros) and with itunes import another disaster (i don’t want to use google photos).
3. too much limitated in apps and nfc, in my city there are a lot of places which there are applications only made for android devices.
4. samsung pay is supported nearly everywhere and in more banks
5. gear3 is awesome and surely less expensive and better than apple watch
6. still slow charger in the box
7. even in the iphone 8, the screens dims a lot when mobile it is under the sun, making impossible to read
8. iphone x will take a lot of time to come.


Contrary to this i will miss incredible touch sensibility of iphone, fluidity of ios, doble camera and incredible battery life.

Was any other one doing this jump?

Mostly Android user but for the past 6 months my current phone is a 6 Plus . I'm going back to Android in the near future. Both OS'es are good with both good and bad exceptions. Its a matter of preference so there is no way to convince someone to switch unless someone wants to change.

 

[lcs101]

You know why the infinity display of the S8/N8 is very ideal. When I put a case on it, the extra 1 mm all around due to the case makes the phone still look great having full edge-to-edge screen (plus also prevents accidental touches).

If you put a case on the Iphone X then the already thick all around bezel will look even thicker thus spoiling look.

Does it help eliminate some of the glare created by the curved edges?