KITA

It's an excellent SoC and in a device at a good price.

If you're just using your phone for calling, text, photos/video and media consumption apps, you'll likely never use this SoC to its potential. It would be nice to see it reach more of the lower priced iPad lineup where it can make more of a difference.

Xed said:

It also beats most laptops in single-core performance, too.

In peak performance for specific tests, sure. When comparing to a laptop, there's a lot more than just what a peak Geekbench score (with pauses built in to prevent thermal throttling) can say.

AppleInsider said:

The accompanying Pro Display XDR went up for order at the same time as a challenger to more expensive reference monitors.

Challenger? While it's an impressive monitor, it doesn't even come remotely close to the Sony display that Apple called out in their presentation.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtd7UzLJHrU

It's worth noting that the S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra all sample touch at 240 Hz. For comparison, the iPhone 11 Pro only samples at 120 Hz.

This makes a huge difference on how the device reacts to touch.

tht said:

KITA said:

Just a quick comparison on the low end of things:

Lenovo ThinkStation P520: ~$4000

• Intel Xeon W-2145 (8 cores)
• 32 GB ECC DDR4-2666
• NVIDIA RTX Quadro 4000 8 GB
• 512 GB M2 PCIe SSD
• Thunderbolt 3
• 5G Ethernet
• 900W
• 5 years on-site next business day warranty
• ISV certified for a wide range of software

The same machine via EPP is around 25% less (~$3000), which is similar to what a company might pay when purchasing.

That’s just an iMac Pro system, except it comes with a $1000 monitor in a small footprint, and this Lenovo ends up about the same price with a comparable monitor.

ISV certification, 5 years on-site next business day warranty, components that can be upgraded, no major thermal constraint, superior NVIDIA graphics options and a ~$3000 cost for businesses (not the $4000 shown online). You also aren't forced to buy a built in monitor.

StrangeDays said:

Chica said:

radarthekat said:

First, it wasn’t until Apple showed the way.  Par for the course on that one.

Second, sound quality is subjective, but okay, Samsung makes good hardware.

Third, if they’re saying the Samsung product serves the Android market better and AirPods serve the iOS market better, what’s the point?  

Or was it Samsung that showed the way with gear icon X, wireless buds and a charging case. Came out before the first gen AirPods. 

Apple did it first of course though. 

Incorrect. Both products were released in December, 2016. Dunno date of iconX but AP came out December 13. 

It came out July 15 2016 - https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-gear-iconx-cord-free-earbuds-hit-the-shelves-today

I did however notice that you decided to edit Wikipedia just so you could claim they "both" came out in December: