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Samsung's new Galaxy Note 7 largely incremental, except for iris scanner
I came to this website looking for news about iPhones since I am areturning iPhone user. I was hoping to see unbiased coverage and constructive thoughts in the comments section. Unfortunately that is few and far between nowadays (on almost any topic). Glad to see ther are still people out there who can rationally see above a logo and still think rationally and not be a troll or fanboy.hoodslide said:Poor guy, can't afford iPhone so you settled for a knockoff. Tough. The biggest laugh for me is how Sammy claims it works just like a stripe and you hold the iKnockoff up to the terminal, yet they wanna add iris scanning? What a clusterf*** and must look silly for knockoff users. Imagine?
Can't afford? The 64GB Note 7 and 64GB iPhone 6s+ are both $850 unlocked.
Clusterf***? Samsung Pay doesn't require custom POS terminals. It Just Works, and in a lot more places than Apple. The Iris scanning is a feature. You can choose not to use it. But the fact is, fingerprint readers are easily tricked and should be used as usernames, not passwords. Even better, set a strong password on your phone, and use your watch to unlock. (Android users can use any Bluetooth watch or even an NFC sticker to unlock - Apple should innovate that).
Don't be a fanboi. We're all lucky to have Samsung and LG to keep Apple competitive and provide market testing for things like large screen phones, slide-down notification and settings panels, side-by-side apps, etc. If Apple would "innovate" home screen widgets and a proper filesystem, I might consider buying one. Though my LG G4 has a 5.5" screen but is 20% smaller and lighter than a 6s+, has higher resolution, a removable battery, expandable memory, RAW/manual camera mode with a better lens, and an endless amount of software features I prefer over Apple for a phone OS (though I still love my iPad).
