How does the "door" on the USB port work? Is it something that could easily break off?
Maybe it's like the battery door on the remote for my Samsung TV? The latch barely holds, so it's always flopping open, but it has a plastic strap attached so it doesn't get lost. Sounds like standard Samsung engineering.
Another watch too?? This one is fitness oriented, thus the moniker: Samsung Fit
It doesn't appear to offer a whole lotta features tho.
How in the world is a normal human supposed to use that thing? The angle is completely wrong. It's like a hospital ID band (meant to be read by someone other than the wearer).
Apple fans! this is supposed to be iPhone 5c a cheaper version of Galaxy S5 and the other one S5 Pro will have probably a 2k (quimick), metal cover (cheap metal), Octa-core (quimick) and ugly like this one! i'm not sure? but lets not get to excited yet and hold our jokes for later
Water resistance is one thing I'd like to see Apple jump on board with. I lost a 3GS to the perils of the bathroom.
And tbh I'd stick my phone into black and white mode permanently if it made a significant improvement to battery.
Water resistance and waterproof will be interesting for Apple to tackle. The Sony Xperia line has waterproof headphone jacks without port covers but the USB port still has a flap. Not being an engineer, I don't know if it is possible to waterproof a device while still having the two ports on the iPhone open. I don't think Apple would do a flap.
Black and white mode only benefits OLED screens. Wouldn't have any impact on the iPhone as it stands right now.
What are you talking about? Did you even read the article?
Unlike Apple who spent 400 million on an acquisition and 2 years of development....Samsung fast tracked their copy machine version of a fingerprint sensor and result is garbage. They can now put Fingerprint Scanner as a bullet point and lull people into thinking it "has the same thing as" the iPhone 5S. The truth is nothing of the sort.
Pulse tracker? Yeah that will get a lot of use.
Sorry, maybe you didn't see my second post. I'm talking about software features.
Also, we've been over the fingerprint sensor a hundred times since the rumor mill started about Samsung adding one. Apple wasn't the first with a fingerprint sensor on a phone, so I don't consider fair to say Samsung copied Apple in this way.
I haven't read all the posts to this article... so forgive me if I repeat someone else's question.... but....
Doesn't it seem of late that Samsung is setting its product roadmap to the voices of the Apple rumour mill?
Hmmm…wouldn't that be just nasty if someone was deliberately spreading credible but baseless rumors about future Apple products and features knowing that Samsung would rush something into production, thus causing Samsung to waste time, money, and resources not to mention damaging its fine, upstanding reputation for quality products? /s
I was thinking more along the lines of the fast autofocus, real time HDR, download booster, and "ultra power saving mode." Those all sound like features users can take advantage of relatively seamlessly.
Ironically, when Apple improves things like battery life, web download speed and camera features, the tech crowd whines incessantly about how disappointed they are about the lack of "innovation."
I much prefer Sony's new Z2 to this thing! If I were to go Android that is - which I'm not.
The new Sony looks great. I really like it from a hardware perspective but it still has a bit of bloat compared to the Nexus device. I wish Google would partner up with Sony for a Nexus device. I just got a Nexus 5 as a dev phone for some stuff I am working on and even with it not having the manufacturer or carrier bloat, it's not my iPhone 5s.
The second Apple releases a larger screen phone, a lot of Android OEMs are going to have a problem.
Also, we've been over the fingerprint sensor a hundred times since the rumor mill started about Samsung adding one. Apple wasn't the first with a fingerprint sensor on a phone, so I don't consider fair to say Samsung copied Apple in this way.
You are correct; Apple was not the first with a fingerprint sensor, but Apple was the first to implement a sensor that worked very well. Samsung is using a fingerprint sensor technology that has been proven buggy, but they used it anyway on their very first top-end phone after the iPhone. That makes it copying.
Gotta love all the tech geeks disappointed because Samsung didn't release some fantasy phone with crazy specs. Perhaps they're finding out that incremental updates are the norm, not just reserved for Apple.
I think its the other way around. Apple is always expected to innovate while Samsung and other have continually been given a free pass on innovation.
I predict you won't need to compare anything to Sony phones soon. They have finally started to exit market in which they are losing money.
PCs, most TVs and soon I predict phones.
I don't think so. If anything, Sony has been stepping up their game in mobile. Their MWC releases have been solid upgrades. They are leaning up a bit with other products and divisions but not being in mobile isn't something they could afford to do. Especially now with the Galaxy S5 being a disappointment for a lot of Android users, Sony might actually have an opening.
Water resistance is one thing I'd like to see Apple jump on board with. I lost a 3GS to the perils of the bathroom.
And tbh I'd stick my phone into black and white mode permanently if it made a significant improvement to battery.
Water resistance and waterproof will be interesting for Apple to tackle. The Sony Xperia line has waterproof headphone jacks without port covers but the USB port still has a flap. Not being an engineer, I don't know if it is possible to waterproof a device while still having the two ports on the iPhone open. I don't think Apple would do a flap.
Black and white mode only benefits OLED screens. Wouldn't have any impact on the iPhone as it stands right now.
You are correct; Apple was not the first with a fingerprint sensor, but Apple was the first to implement a sensor that worked very well. Samsung is using a fingerprint sensor technology that has been proven buggy, but they used it anyway on their very first top-end phone after the iPhone. That makes it copying.
Well it's not like they had/have a lot of choice. Samsung actually was a client/partner of Authentec before Apple acquired it. There are Samsung patents from 2011 (about a year before the TouchID rumors) that showed Samsung was interested in integrating a fingerprint scanner in a smartphone (which was also in the homebutton btw). Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0121829 and later also filed with USPTO. Sure they are late to the party but you can't really call it copying when they were investigating the possibility themselves.
The acquisition by Apple meant that all contracts were ended and Samsung thus needed to find another solution. Although I do agree that this solution seems somewhat (if not a lot) less efficient than Apple's. It would have been better for them to leave the fingerprint scanner for what it is for now and integrate it when it's 100% ready.
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Maybe it's like the battery door on the remote for my Samsung TV? The latch barely holds, so it's always flopping open, but it has a plastic strap attached so it doesn't get lost. Sounds like standard Samsung engineering.
Another watch too?? This one is fitness oriented, thus the moniker: Samsung Fit
It doesn't appear to offer a whole lotta features tho.
How in the world is a normal human supposed to use that thing? The angle is completely wrong. It's like a hospital ID band (meant to be read by someone other than the wearer).
Apple fans! this is supposed to be iPhone 5c a cheaper version of Galaxy S5 and the other one S5 Pro will have probably a 2k (quimick), metal cover (cheap metal), Octa-core (quimick) and ugly like this one! i'm not sure? but lets not get to excited yet and hold our jokes for later
Water resistance is one thing I'd like to see Apple jump on board with. I lost a 3GS to the perils of the bathroom.
And tbh I'd stick my phone into black and white mode permanently if it made a significant improvement to battery.
Water resistance and waterproof will be interesting for Apple to tackle. The Sony Xperia line has waterproof headphone jacks without port covers but the USB port still has a flap. Not being an engineer, I don't know if it is possible to waterproof a device while still having the two ports on the iPhone open. I don't think Apple would do a flap.
Black and white mode only benefits OLED screens. Wouldn't have any impact on the iPhone as it stands right now.
What are you talking about? Did you even read the article?
Unlike Apple who spent 400 million on an acquisition and 2 years of development....Samsung fast tracked their copy machine version of a fingerprint sensor and result is garbage. They can now put Fingerprint Scanner as a bullet point and lull people into thinking it "has the same thing as" the iPhone 5S. The truth is nothing of the sort.
Pulse tracker? Yeah that will get a lot of use.
Sorry, maybe you didn't see my second post. I'm talking about software features.
Also, we've been over the fingerprint sensor a hundred times since the rumor mill started about Samsung adding one. Apple wasn't the first with a fingerprint sensor on a phone, so I don't consider fair to say Samsung copied Apple in this way.
I haven't read all the posts to this article... so forgive me if I repeat someone else's question.... but....
Doesn't it seem of late that Samsung is setting its product roadmap to the voices of the Apple rumour mill?
Hmmm…wouldn't that be just nasty if someone was deliberately spreading credible but baseless rumors about future Apple products and features knowing that Samsung would rush something into production, thus causing Samsung to waste time, money, and resources not to mention damaging its fine, upstanding reputation for quality products? /s
Ironically, when Apple improves things like battery life, web download speed and camera features, the tech crowd whines incessantly about how disappointed they are about the lack of "innovation."
I much prefer Sony's new Z2 to this thing! If I were to go Android that is - which I'm not.
The new Sony looks great. I really like it from a hardware perspective but it still has a bit of bloat compared to the Nexus device. I wish Google would partner up with Sony for a Nexus device. I just got a Nexus 5 as a dev phone for some stuff I am working on and even with it not having the manufacturer or carrier bloat, it's not my iPhone 5s.
The second Apple releases a larger screen phone, a lot of Android OEMs are going to have a problem.
Also, we've been over the fingerprint sensor a hundred times since the rumor mill started about Samsung adding one. Apple wasn't the first with a fingerprint sensor on a phone, so I don't consider fair to say Samsung copied Apple in this way.
You are correct; Apple was not the first with a fingerprint sensor, but Apple was the first to implement a sensor that worked very well. Samsung is using a fingerprint sensor technology that has been proven buggy, but they used it anyway on their very first top-end phone after the iPhone. That makes it copying.
Gotta love all the tech geeks disappointed because Samsung didn't release some fantasy phone with crazy specs. Perhaps they're finding out that incremental updates are the norm, not just reserved for Apple.
I think its the other way around. Apple is always expected to innovate while Samsung and other have continually been given a free pass on innovation.
I predict you won't need to compare anything to Sony phones soon. They have finally started to exit market in which they are losing money.
PCs, most TVs and soon I predict phones.
I don't think so. If anything, Sony has been stepping up their game in mobile. Their MWC releases have been solid upgrades. They are leaning up a bit with other products and divisions but not being in mobile isn't something they could afford to do. Especially now with the Galaxy S5 being a disappointment for a lot of Android users, Sony might actually have an opening.
Water resistance and waterproof will be interesting for Apple to tackle.
I would love a waterproof (10+ feet) iPhone . Would be able to used it for snorkeling and the beach
The Lightning Port is already waterproof.
The Lightning Port is already waterproof.
Well there you go. I didn't know that. Thanks.
I think it is totally feasible for the next iPhone to be at a minimum water resistant, if not completely waterproof.
I would buy a Nexus 5 over this. ITs going to be a rough year for Samsung.
You are correct; Apple was not the first with a fingerprint sensor, but Apple was the first to implement a sensor that worked very well. Samsung is using a fingerprint sensor technology that has been proven buggy, but they used it anyway on their very first top-end phone after the iPhone. That makes it copying.
Well it's not like they had/have a lot of choice. Samsung actually was a client/partner of Authentec before Apple acquired it. There are Samsung patents from 2011 (about a year before the TouchID rumors) that showed Samsung was interested in integrating a fingerprint scanner in a smartphone (which was also in the homebutton btw). Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0121829 and later also filed with USPTO. Sure they are late to the party but you can't really call it copying when they were investigating the possibility themselves.
The acquisition by Apple meant that all contracts were ended and Samsung thus needed to find another solution. Although I do agree that this solution seems somewhat (if not a lot) less efficient than Apple's. It would have been better for them to leave the fingerprint scanner for what it is for now and integrate it when it's 100% ready.