Samsung takes on Apple's iPhone 6 Plus with all-metal 5.5" Galaxy A7

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  • Reply 21 of 99
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    Originally Posted by Mac_128 View Post



    What a stupid metric Apple has gleaned onto ... I have no idea who thinks this is important, but Apple has made it their gold standard, and just got bested.

     

     

    I'm going to disagree with you. Apple pushing "thin & light" allows for, over time, new classes of devices. If we were still dealing with devices as thick and heavy as the iPhone 3gs or even the iPhone 4, we'd never have seen a 4.7 iPhone 6 or 5.5 iPhone 6+.

     

    I love my iPhone 6+ (its the iPhone I've been waiting for for years) but I'm not going to lie to you, its just about as thick and heavy as it can be without being totally uncomfortable.

     

    And lets not forget, all the engineering they put into creating "thin and light" phones over the last several years, also allowed them to build the Apple Watch. Take a look at the competition, even the "acceptable" non-Apple smart watches are less powerful or much larger (hello, hock puck sized Moto 360). And the Apple watch will only get better with time as Apple's miniaturization prowess gets better.

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  • Reply 22 of 99
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,398member
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    Wow! It's almost a full millimeter thinner than Apple's flagship. Apple must be fuming that anyone could out-thin them.



    What a stupid metric Apple has gleaned onto ... I have no idea who thinks this is important, but Apple has made it their gold standard, and just got bested.



    I do wonder whether this phone is going to have he same bending issues the Plus did however, and whether Samsung will face the same kind of heat for it ...

     

    Comes out a full 4 months after Apple's product, and is 0.8mm thinner. Wow, absolutely mind-blowing. 

     

    I sometimes wonder if trolls like you ever get tired of trolling, then I realize that would take all purpose out of your lives. 

     

    1. Thinness is not Apple's "gold standard". It's just one metric of their incredible engineering and focus on design and beauty. This phone, aesthetically, looks like shit- so Apple did not get "bested" because its imperceptively thinner. 

     

    2. The iPhone 6+ has no bending "issues', but keep beating that dead horse. And of course Samsung won't face any heat. When have they ever, with all the despicable, shady things they've done? Heat is reserved for Apple. 

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  • Reply 23 of 99
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,772member
    All metal? I'd be willing to bet that only the outer frame is metal and that it still has a plastic back.
    According to published specs (as of today anyway) you would be wrong. It's 6.3 mm thick metal unibody construction.
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  • Reply 24 of 99
    512ke512ke Posts: 782member

    Despair is the worst cologne.

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  • Reply 25 of 99
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    8 Cores. Still can't beat Apple.

     

    And seriously, you named it A7? Can Samsung do anything but copy Apple?




    At least they didn't call it the S6!

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  • Reply 26 of 99
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    I know that Apple likes thin products but I don't think it's just for aesthetic reasons.  I figured it was a matter of saving money on materials.  The thinner it is the less waste of materials which lowers the cost.  Since Apple uses aluminum cases, there's less machining to do and less raw materials to use.  I'd rather Apple made thicker devices to put larger batteries in them, but I think Apple has figured out that there is a certain optimal battery life for a particular device weight that satisfies most consumers.  I'm only guessing there must be some reason other than simple design factors.  In this case of you saying Apple got bested on thinness unless Samsung can get equal or better battery life out of this design, there's no win for consumers or Samsung.  At some point there has to be a low limit in thinness.  A smartphone seems to be harder or uncomfortable to hold when it gets but so thin based on my experience.  I'd be perfectly happy with a smartphone 3/8 of an inch thick especially if they could load it down with more battery.




    I'm happy with thin. One could complain that thinness sacrifices whatever else, battery life.

     

    When the 5 came out, we were like, wow it is freakishly light and thin. Then you get the 5/5S and you realize how chunky and small the 4S. Then comes along the 6/6+.

     

    Of course, at some point, thin won't be something to focus on, unless the goal is a sheet of paper/2 dimensions.

     

    Patrick

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  • Reply 27 of 99
    robmrobm Posts: 1,068member
    A7 ?
    Really, Sammy. An Octo A7 no less - well that'll surely beat the pants off anything else around.

    Pathetic. Shameless attempt to blur the the specs.
    No class - you still fail. :no:
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  • Reply 28 of 99
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    An A7? Seriously, Sammy? Does your "A" stand for Asshole?
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  • Reply 29 of 99
    But, does it bend?
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  • Reply 30 of 99
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
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    Originally Posted by christopher126 View Post

     

    Just a personal note: I'm running with the 4s and really appreciate Apple supporting it as far as most of the features of iOS8. It is noticeably heavier than the 5s but I do like the size compared to the 6 and 6 Plus which feel a little oversized to me.

     

    As much as I like to keep things simple and minimize the number of devices I own and carry, I think I'm going to get an iPad 3 Mini and wait and hope Apple introduces a smaller iPhone than the 6 with all the latest chips, etc. I carry and use the iPhone 90% of the time and am happy to carry and use the Mini sometimes.

     

    P.S. No way would I buy a Samsung/Android product. Uggh.

     

    Best




    I had reservations about the size, got a 6 Plus and within a few days it wasn't noticeable and the functionality of having that larger viewing area was appreciated... That's especially true if you don't use cases: the 6/6 Plus units are preposterously light. The LTE Mini is quite a bit larger...

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  • Reply 31 of 99

    Good to know, Jfc1138. Thx.

     

    I have handled them at the Apple store and you're right they are, indeed, very light.

     

    I'll take another look at the 6.

     

    Yep, I'm not a fan of cases.

     

    Best

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  • Reply 32 of 99
    sricesrice Posts: 120member
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    Originally Posted by SolipsismY View Post



    1) Is that an active octo-core or a big.LITTLE arrangement?

     

     

    Ding, ding, ding!  It is a little disingenuous to describe a big.LITTLE processor as an 8 processor phone since only the big (1.5GHz) or the LITTLE (1.0Ghz) is active at any time.  So basically it's a .2GHz bump from previous models.  Big deal.

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  • Reply 33 of 99
    robmrobm Posts: 1,068member
    Good to know, Jfc1138. Thx.

    I have handled them at the Apple store and you're right they are, indeed, very light.

    I'll take another look at the 6.

    Yep, I'm not a fan of cases.

    Best

    But, but - the Samsung with the A7 octo core is sooo much lighter !
    /s
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  • Reply 34 of 99
    9 cores. C'mon Sammy, you can do it.
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  • Reply 35 of 99
    9 cores. C'mon Sammy, you can do it.

    Along with their 65-bit processor.
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  • Reply 36 of 99
    robmrobm Posts: 1,068member
    srice wrote: »
    Ding, ding, ding!  It is a little disingenuous to describe a big.LITTLE processor as an 8 processor phone since only the big (1.5GHz) or the LITTLE (1.0Ghz) is active at any time.  So basically it's a .2GHz bump from previous models.  Big deal.

    Yea - but unfortunately that minor distinction won't matter to Samdroids.
    It's an A7 and it's got 8 cores - I can hear the salespeople trotting this out even as I type.
    Joe Blow won't know and will be lead blindly by the wallet to the checkout.
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  • Reply 37 of 99

    Yawn!

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  • Reply 38 of 99
    kpomkpom Posts: 664member

    The Qualcomm processor is their mid-range 64-bit processor using a stock ARM design. It isn't particularly impressive and is outperformed by the 805. Similarly, the Exynos processor is using fairly old processor technology.

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  • Reply 39 of 99
    "0.8 millimeters thinner than Apple's iPhone 6 Plus."

    Hopefully, this will help to break Apple's silly obsession with thiner and thiner iPhones. What others can do can't be that special.

    The thinner they are, the greater the need users feel to place them in cases. I tell friends that mine%u2014inside a sturdy Otter Defender case%u2014looks like something combat troops would use. Someone would have to look very close to tell that it's an iPhone 5.
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  • Reply 40 of 99
    freerangefreerange Posts: 1,597member
    jkichline wrote: »
    8 Cores. Still can't beat Apple.

    And seriously, you named it A7? Can Samsung do anything but copy Apple?

    Yes, but they did come up with innovative colors - white, black and gold. Oh, wait...
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