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My girlfriend has a Note 5 at it gets quite hot when in the case. After the fires she charges it outside the case. 
Im wondering if the compactness of the design that everyone loves about the current Samsung products aren't contributing to the fires; as in, they don't allow heat to dissipate properly.

I was thinking the same thing. I had never bought anything but the 16 gig model and bought an SE earlier this year rather than a 6s.
With the additional camera and additional storage options, I decided to upgrade my second line to the 7Plus. And I think a lot of people did the same. The black option and cleaner look also helped, so Apple did good this year even though they couldn't deliver their true upgrade this model year.

So they were able to get TWO purchases from me this year, a year in which they really didn't have true new models ready. And I'm very happy with my purchases. I LOVE MY SE and if Apple never updates the 4" model I'm keeping it until it dies. I love the compactness of it and is my primary on the go phone.

And likewise I LOVE my 7 plus. I never use my iPad mini anymore and it is an awesome companion with the louder speakers and larger screen to use with maps on a drive or at home reading or watching videos.
And unlike the 6 series in pink and gold with a tacky ring on the camera and tacky antenna lines, ..in black it looks badass.

So I hope this little predicament that Apple turned into a positive by upgrading the smaller 5S and making the flagship not look tacky and give the customer MORE value in the storage options...I hope this predicament of not having a new model ready and delivering customers more of what they wanted in the first place. Smaller option, more storage, truly Apple-like design sensibilities in the 7, I hope they relearned what people love Apple devices. 

Oh and iOS. It can't be stressed enough.  IOS is Apple's greatest asset today and it only keeps getting better. Their chip designs keep getting better.

They may have dropped the ball on the design side, but their engineering and software development is what has kept Apple as the only true high-end product on he market when it comes to smartphones. 
They may not look as beautiful on the outside as they once were, but they are still the most beautiful inside where it really counts.

Haibane said:

napoleon_phoneapart said:

RedPanda said:

RedPanda said:

The issue from what I understand is more that Android requires more power and doesn't have the same unity between hardware and software as iOS. Though anyone who's used both high end Apple and Android phones should be able to tell you that there's no real discernible difference. 

I've used both at the high end and there is a discernible difference.

For me, they both have their strong points. The android phones I have had vastly outperform my iphones with less crashes, but the iphones have much better group integration between all devices.

I've had the complete opposite. I don't know what Android phone you're talking about but Android phones are far more prone to crash and far less responsive.

i will say that when it comes to Android phones, I have to say that the screens on the newer Samsung galaxy phones are gorgeous and their cameras do take fantastic photos. 
But i wouldn't wish an Android phone on anyone unless they were on a really tight budget, ..and even then I would recommed a used iPhone 5s or an SE before having anyone buy and Android device. The 5s would probably outperform any new budget Android device. They would certainly have less headaches.

koop said:

I think people here aren't going to like this, but iOS/Siri is more of a liability for Apple than it's ever been since the first iPhone. Pixel is basically trying to sell itself on software and artificial intelligence. They are selling this as their A.I. phone. You can giggle about the spec wars, but you're missing the big picture that Google has surpassed Apple in software years ago, and Google is going to drive their "information" advantage into a hardware war that wont be about who has the faster CPU or most RAM. 

I can only imagine in 2030 it's really about what company has the bigger server farms, artificial neural networking and machine learning algorithms that determines which product makes consumers lives the easiest. Not some display resolution or wide color gamut. 

Google has the long game here. We're still figuring out what Apple has besides their phone at this point.

You're imagining a world where everyone stops working except Google.
The truth is that Google is far better at services. But Android itself is a major liability. Who in their right mind would spend what the Pixel costs with not just inferior specs, but running the liability that is Android. From a purely value equation, a consumer is risking their privacy, risk malware, and risk a purchase that will most likely not be kept up to date and abandoned in a a few short years as precedent has shown. And all in an uglier package.

Google is fantastic at services and will no doubt continue to exceed in that, but the vessels to their services in Android is a major problem. No amount of specs in hardware or free services will offset that fact for people who are willing to pay for a premium product. It HAS to be a premium product to have a premium asking price. 

And those great Google service are also available in a truly premium product like the iPhone. So again, who in their right mind would pay a premium price for a second rate product? 
As long as any device runs Android it is not a premium product, it will always be a second rate product. Look at Samsung, a company truly able to compete hardware wise with Apple, ...but their Galaxy line no matter how great their hardware, are always seen as second rate to the iPhone for that very fact. That it runs a second rate software. A shiny package can't change that.

Android looks destined to be an OS for a low margin, low cost commodity gadget than what Samsung or the Pixel pretend it to be.

The main things Android and the Pixel have to prove is that their phones will not need to be physically reset constantly when apps or hardware cause the device to freeze. That was my main problem when I was on Verizon before the iPhone was launched on the network.

The second thing that it needs to prove, is that it three short years later the latest Android version will be made available to run on it. Again as a former Android user, that was a major factor in forgetting Android, just as Android and device makers forgot you as soon as you bought their handset. You were abandoned immediately as a concern to them as soon as you were suckered into buying.

Third, is safety. Android has a major malware and privacy  problem that doesn't seem to have a solution or even seems to be a concern to Android.

So there you have it. The problem with the Pixel or any other Android device is Android itself.

The Pixel has fail written all over it as you can get a far cheaper device running Android with equal specs. 
For Android and the Pixel to not be seen as a second rate OS, it has to stop being a second rate OS.