Posted on 01/29/2015 5:39:36 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 was a monster flagship, except we’ve been able to put together everything you need to know about Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S6, and it’s shaping up to be the most amazing phone we’ve ever heard of.
From a CPU that’s 50% faster, to an incredible quad-HD display, Samsung hit every angle with this year’s flagship phone. It will also have a payment feature which works with magnetic and NFC terminals, incredible cameras, and a gorgeous glass and metal body.
This is shaping up to be the Android phone to beat this coming year.
We were sent photos from our trusted source, though we were not allowed to publish them, so you’ll have to make do with the detailed specifications below.
I want one immediately!
Here’s everything you need to know: •64-bit eight-core 14nm CPU which is 50% faster •5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a 577ppi density, stunning outdoor visibility, super dim mode for late night. •A huge 20 megapixel OIS camera sensor and a 5 megapixel f/1.8 front-facing camera with real-time HDR •32 / 64 / 128GB of storage •2550mAh battery •Built-in wireless charging •Four hours of usage on a 10 minute charge •Quick connect charging •Samsung Pay: works with 90% of existing magnetic stripe payment terminals, and NFC payment terminals •Metal and glass body •Gorilla Glass 4 •Cat 6 LTE
I’m afraid I know nothing about it, other than a few things I’ve read, so I can’t really give an informed opinion on it.
You and I are somewhat on the same page on this.
I’m in love, come home soon. They finally listened to us, the market. YES!
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Well that looks about 10 years more advanced than my Android phone, especially the innards, but that’s OK, I’m happy with mine.
Only geeks count specs ......says the person defending the inferior specs product.
I notice your post never answered my question from post #9.
Well it is OBVIOUS that you don’t get SARCASM and that I don’t give a $hit about either of it...
“Funny you should mention that.
The government is able to spy on people through their phones microphone, even if the phone is turned off.
Only one way to disable that.....remove the battery.”
As with many of the other tidbits you’ve posted in this thread, this isn’t accurate.
If you’re paranoid about your phone being tapped, you can just put it in a metal box (Faraday cage). Much more convenient than removing and replacing the battery too!
Mainly the fact that one can actually buy an iPhone 6 today?
"PPI on the Samsung is far greater."
I think you mean "will be".
It's also meaningless, since ever since Apple debuted the Retina Displays, the pixels have been indistinguishable at any reasonable viewing distance. Granted the Samsung amoled displays have extreme color saturation, which some people like.
"The Samsung has 8 cores versus Apples 2."
I think you meant "will have".
There are a ton of other variables, such as whether the silicon real estate could be better spent on other types of hardware acceleration, overall clock speed, memory architecture, cache, amount of throttling and so on.
"I could go on and on."
Do tell...
"How is the Apple product superior? Please point it out to me."
There's a wide consensus that iOS is superior to Android in many ways. First, there is UI consistency across every app. Samsung phone apps use three different UI toolkits. There is no bloatware/crapware with iOS. There is a wider selection of apps. Finally, Apple is committed to protecting your privacy and data, whereas Google makes it's living exploiting both.
Next, let's compare the current phones (iPhone 6 Plus versus Galaxy S5), instead of speculating on future hardware that may or may not arrive as advertised.
First the iPhone 6 Plus vs Galaxy S5 head-to-head review
You can read the whole thing on your own time, but here's the bottom line:
Overall winner: iPhone 6 Plus
Having won four rounds to the Galaxy S5's two, the iPhone 6 Plus is the clear winner of this head-to-head review. Featuring a larger screen, better battery life and more future-proof assurance regarding software updates, the iPhone 6 Plus is an excellent smartphone. However, with three rounds having resulted in draws and the Galaxy S5 offering a higher maximum storage cap than the iPhone 6 Plus, and costing a full £40 less, it was still a closely contested battle.
That review didn't do any detailed performance testing, so here's a iPhone 6 Plus vs. Galaxy S5 performance review from Tom's Hardware.
Here's the summary:
That's a quick look at how the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus compared to the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the iPhone 5s. The S5 displays more of the color gamut, but Apple's smartphones are by and large much brighter. In general, Apple's newest handhelds also outperform the S5 on many tests, making them the more powerful devices.
One one particularly telling 3D test, GFXBench Manhattan, the iPhone 6 Plus scored just under three times as fast. Interestingly, the S5 performance was definitely impacted by the number of pixels the GPU has to push. We'll see how much the S6 closes the gap, considering its extremely (and unnecessarily) hi-res display. ;-)
Actually that statement was 100% accurate.
Doubling down on ignorance is a bad idea.
This is a Faraday cage. It was discovered in 1836, and is rather well understood at this point.
Here's a product you can buy today that completely shields any device inside from any sort of radio signal.
The Silent Pocket® Suit Pocket is a privacy and security case for your phone or electronic device. By putting your device inside you are blocking ALL radio frequency (RF) signal transmissions. This includes blocking all signals from Cellular, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, RFID, NFC, etc. This does not harm your device and renders you completely out of service.Don't bother to thank me, I'm happy to educate you. :-)Once inside a Silent Pocket® case you are unhackable, undetectable, and untraceable.
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