Galaxy S8 and S8 plus officially unveiled

[MyName13]

Another year, another iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, how much can smartphones advance in just one year?Why does apple demand over 500$ for a phone that has only 1 year long warranty?Why don't they make something for entry and mid level consumers?Why don't they invest into batteries?Why do people even buy a new phone every year?Besides why do they use different soc for the American market?

[Castdeath97]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

To annoy people like you.

The black bars will be fun!

[ZackCodesAI]

13 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

2960 x 1440

2960

2960

 

 

 

 

 

WHY!

Battery life....

[AG1233]

1 minute ago, MyName13 said:

Why don't they make something for entry and mid level consumers?

Samsung a shit ton of phones for the entry and mid range whereas Apple has only iPhone SE but you can get the older models for less than 500$

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, Castdeath97 said:

The black bars will be fun!

You know what will be fun? Super tall portrait videos because it's likely the camera sensor will allow you to shoot at 37:18

[Castdeath97]

1 minute ago, MyName13 said:

Why does apple demand over 500$ for a phone that has only 1 year long warranty?

It depends on the retailer however.

 

Quote

Why don't they make something for entry and mid level consumers?

iPhone SE?

 

Quote

Why don't they invest into batteries?

Who said they don't, their phones are thinner = less space for batteries

 

Quote

Why do people even buy a new phone every year?

Contracts, to get newest and greatest, idiots, etc.

[Castdeath97]

2 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

Battery life....

Yay for extra work for the GPU and non standard aspect ratios!  I can deal with 16:10 with laptops and 4:3 for tablets since they are browsing devices, but 37 : 18 for a phone...why?

[Castdeath97]

4 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

You know what will be fun? Super tall portrait videos because it's likely the camera sensor will allow you to shoot at 37:18

Probably won't spend much time on the gallery vs video playback, but fair enough.

[DnFx91]

9 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Well well. Looks like LG has their work cut out for them. Again. Though people who like to take pictures do find LG's camera setup more compelling.

 

That also looks like its doing super-resolution.

 

 

To annoy people like you.

 

Samsung apparently has had mass production capable 10nm since October.

 

SoC's tend to get smaller nodes first though.

that raises my other question, is the Exynos chip actually manufactured by Samsung ? or is it just a custom ARM chip, apple style ?

[Aytex]

10 minutes ago, MyName13 said:

Another year, another iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, how much can smartphones advance in just one year?Why does apple demand over 500$ for a phone that has only 1 year long warranty?Why don't they make something for entry and mid level consumers?Why don't they invest into batteries?Why do people even buy a new phone every year?Besides why do they use different soc for the American market?

Um what? Samsung makes decent budget devices..

Samsung J and A series

 

They need a different soc cause Qualcomm and American cellular networks are a bitch and still use CDMA and the bands

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

that raises my other question, is the Exynos chip actually manufactured by Samsung ? or is it just a custom ARM chip, apple style ?

Exynos is Samsung's baby.

 

2 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Yay for extra work for the GPU and non standard aspect ratios!  I can deal with 16:10 with laptops and 4:3 for tablets since they are browsing devices, but 37 : 18 for a phone...why?

In some aspects (hur dur), I kind of want a taller aspect ratio, for a few reasons:

• Let's me see more content, be it websites or Kindle
• Keyboard takes up less space now, relative to the total space
• Assuming most games put the control elements in relative positioning, it also means I get to see more game stuff than not. Assuming the FOV isn't screwed up or something.

The only gripe is sure, there's no video formats that use it, but that's a minor issue in the grand scheme of things.

 

Also I think extra resolution would be more of a display factor than the GPU needing to work harder, considering the display is an OLED one. And I'm certain there's been lots of effort put into making the GPU do as little work as possible. Like lowering the refresh rate automagically.

[Aytex]

10 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

that raises my other question, is the Exynos chip actually manufactured by Samsung ? or is it just a custom ARM chip, apple style ?

Custom arm tweaked and manufactured by Samsung iirc, (not 100% sure)

[TidaLWaveZ]

Will preorder non plus variant as soon as available.

 

Price is worth it IMO, has everything I want except a removable battery.

 

It'll be $30 a month for me with a free gear vr.

[MadOne627]

Haven't seen anything about expandable storage or swappable battery. Probably safe to assume this will be getting neither.

[Aytex]

Just now, MadOne627 said:

Haven't seen anything about expandable storage or swappable battery. Probably safe to assume this will be getting neither.

No removable battery, and yes for expandable storage

[TidaLWaveZ]

1 minute ago, MadOne627 said:

Haven't seen anything about expandable storage or swappable battery. Probably safe to assume this will be getting neither.

It has SD support but no removable battery.

[AG1233]

3 minutes ago, MadOne627 said:

 

Haven't seen anything about expandable storage or swappable battery. Probably safe to assume this will be getting neither.

 

It has both and its internal memory is also starting at 64 gb.

[MadOne627]

Awesome. I am probably going to get one. I will give up on the swappable battery for water resistant, but will probably swap it a year in.

[Aytex]

2 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

It has SD support but no removable battery.

Do try and get the exynos variant ?

[TidaLWaveZ]

Just now, Aytex said:

Do try and get the exynos variant ?

I wish, unfortunately my only option will be the snapdragon.

[xboxonthego3]

45 minutes ago, Colonel_Gerdauf said:

I've said this before, I'll say it again:

For an actual cellphone (under 6-inch), 1440P nets you zero visual benefits over 1080P. Want 1440P? Get a tablet then.

 

Also anything with a screen size exceeding 6 inches is classified as a tablet. Using such devices as smartphones is absolutely moronic.

Only benefit of that resolution is VR. It will make a difference if anyone uses it for VR. But for everyone else who doesn't use it for VR. Yeah probably won't.

[Aytex]

I'm pretty sure you can downsize the rez too on the s8, S7 edge has the same features

[TidaLWaveZ]

2 minutes ago, Aytex said:

I'm pretty sure you can downsize the rez too on the s8, S7 edge has the same features

[mynameisjuan]

57 minutes ago, Colonel_Gerdauf said:

I've said this before, I'll say it again:

For an actual cellphone (under 6-inch), 1440P nets you zero visual benefits over 1080P. Want 1440P? Get a tablet then.

 

Also anything with a screen size exceeding 6 inches is classified as a tablet. Using such devices as smartphones is absolutely moronic.

And refresh rate should be no higher that 24fps because that is human eye limits right? 

 

I dont know about you but I can tell the difference pretty easily. Especially on content that takes full use of the extra pixels. 

 

[ManIkWeet]

I don't understand the curved displays... distorts everything no?