Posts by Rack1600

Samsung Galaxy S8+: Seriously. What were they thinking?

I have an S8+ and my comments would be:

Amazing screen. AMAZING. Undescribably good. When you use another phone it's like "what is this brick?". It's like seeing an old CRT screen on a PC.

Battery life good.

Performance excellent.

I don't use Bixby but that extra button is annoying. Overall I don't really notice bixby, and have no expectations of it. It doesn't come up unless I press that stupid button.

I have a case on my phone (Samsung's alacantra cover) so the finger-print sensor is much better deliniated than "naked", and as such is not a problem. Can see though (when I take the cover off) that it is a pain.

I don't have any problems reaching the sensor though and have average size hands (I use medium to large size gloves).

The fingerprint sensor is awesome though for unlocking the phone, etc. I use glasses so the iris sensor is a no-go.

Will just point out that the comparison to the Huawei phone (4GB vs 6GB RAM) is kind of pointless. People will buy the S8 because the design and screen are phenomonal. The amount of ram is not measureable in terms of every day performance. 64BG of storage is the important one an should be fine - plus the SD card.

It's still not as fluid as an iPhone but at the same time you don't feel like you have to own only i-products.

Sleek Nokia Lumia details EXPOSED ahead of Thursday's disrobing

Re: Lens Resolution

I have an SG2 and I would say the quality is not good. Even in good light the pictures are not really good enough for anything other than a 6x4".

And that is all down to the low quality sensor.

Re: What are they selling?

Clearly they are spending all of this R&D cash on the camera because it is unimportant to the masses, as they carry a camera in their left pocket and a phone in their right pocket.

</sarcasm>

Only photo buffs have their camera on them 90% of their waking time. The rest of us have a camera in a drawer somewhere, where we occasionally dust it off for a trip or something. As mentioned before, the best camera for the job is the one you have on you. I take about 80% of my photos on my crappy phone sensor and I would love a better one next time.

Still won't convince me to take Win8 though until they get my banking app. I don't give a S**t about the 1bazillion apps what iPhone or Android or MS have - no banking app is a deal breaker.

Better Place electric car outfit goes titsup

Re: Doomed idea

Yes, but they failed because they didn't get any of these manufacturers onboard. They got renault, and the battery-swap idea was a crap one. All the non-battery-swap companies are still going. I am personally waiting for the Model S and I will probably get one.

Sorry, Apple - China's just not that into your iPhone 5

Rinse and Repeat

This is hand-me-down news really, and not a great coverage - some better analysis of numbers of people with good incomes, comparitive sales figures for similar phones, comparison of the different Network Providers in China would have helped it be more informative.

But you have to take the underlying message as real - Apple have NOT penetrated the china market yet. But there is massive potential - China is one of the only rapidly-growing economies in the world at the moment. It is comparitively well developed in the areas that matter - in the major cities. The divide in income is quite geographical too, so it is easy to work out your potential market.

People in china do want these high-end phones. However as Nokia and Samsung have much better market penetration through the carriers, and better brand recognition and phone selection, Apple do have an uphill battle - it is not the out-and-out win it has been in the past.

Saying that, what Apple brings to the table these days is relatively boring. It is an incremental change - yes, better everything (screen, battery, processor, camera), but nothing astounding. Seen the low-light photos from Nokia's 920, or better yet the videos are amazing - the sound quality knocks the pants off everything else. I have to say the first impression is amazing. Even Samsung's SG3 has just had some pretty amazing updates to their software - especially the camera, to make it more competitive, and the screen and thinness is just awsome for the size. While the iPhone 5 looks like a stretched iPhone 4. Really boring. Safe for people who like Apple, but boring for people who aren't won over about Apple, or iOS, who are finding out abo ut all 3 ecosystems simultaneously instead of being led to believe that Steve Jobs feaces smelled of roses, and he cried diamonds.