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ericthehalfbee said:

Anandtech already ran a couple benchmarks on the Exynos versions. Very slightly faster than the 6S in the two GPU tests while the 6S is significantly faster in the two browser based CPU tests they ran. But this quote from Anand really sums it up:

"One observation I made today which was particularly concerning, was that both with the Snapdragon 820 LG G5 as well as the Exynos 8890 Galaxy S7 got considerably warm after running some heavy workloads. The fact that the Galaxy S7 touts having a heat-pipe thermal dissipation system is a quite worrying characteristic of the phone and should in no way be seen as a positive feature as it points to high power draw figures on the part of the SoC."

No kidding. Seeing all the Android fans thinking a heat pipe is a great high-tech way to dissipate heat is hilarious. You don't need a heat-pipe if you're not generating heat. And these are supposed to be the "next big thing" in custom (or more likely, semi-custom based on A57 ARM) 64bit cores from Samsung and Qualcomm?

And the LG G5 not having a backup supply so you can hot-swap your batteries (seriously, the device restarts when you swap the battery)? Which also means it will restart when you "swap" the camera module or the DAC. What's the point?

Speaking of the G5 DAC, again, what's the point? Much better to just get a set of headphones with their own DAC that connect digitally to your phone or an external DAC/amplifier (if you're serious about the quality you'll probably already have these and don't need a quality DAC on your phone).


The only thing I see that Samsung did that was smart is to lower the MP count on the camera, but make the pixels larger for better low-light performance. That's a worthwhile upgrade.

volcan said:

How did they change the Apple ID associated with the phone if the phone was locked?

boltsfan17 said:

I came across this article not long ago. Unbelivevable!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2016/02/18/wolff-who-does-apple-think/80565156/

pscooter63 said:

wiggin said:

You might want to actually try reading the various news articles and other accounts. The owner of the phone is the county. It was the guy's work phone. And the county, the owner of the phone, has consented to the search of the phone.

I'm glad you brought that up.  As the administrator of said phone, shouldn't they have done a better job of managing the device... including maintaining its security credentials?

It's disconcerting that Apple is taking the heat for this, instead of the responsible party.