cybertec69
Silver Member
Samsung just put the final nail in HTC's coffin.
Are you going to compare every company's "innovation" around Samsung's Edge design?
I seem to remember the Galaxy S4 not selling for crap because it was such a small step up from the S3. I don't see how this is news or relevant to anything. At the expense of sounding like a jerk, and I apologize in advance if I'm overstepping my bounds as a regular member of the site, but I think you're fanboying just a little too hard at the moment.
it's largely a gimmick niche product with no practical functional appllication
You didn't overstep your bounds. You stated your opinion clearly and didn't come off as insulting. Good post.Are you going to compare every company's "innovation" around Samsung's Edge design?
I seem to remember the Galaxy S4 not selling for crap because it was such a small step up from the S3. I don't see how this is news or relevant to anything. At the expense of sounding like a jerk, and I apologize in advance if I'm overstepping my bounds as a regular member of the site, but I think you're fanboying just a little too hard at the moment.
All the phone makers trickle out the tech - they're milking the gravy train as long as they can.
The vast majority of people aren't on 1-yr upgrade cycles. They're not intending the M9 to be a major upgrade over the M8, but the M7 and people with 2+ year old phones from other OEM's.
Seems like many people barely use their phones for calls any more, so that's not a major plus for differentiation. Pretty much all you're left with is the camera, which for some reason is severely lagging possibly even battery tech.
The Samsung Edge is unique, I'll give them that. But I still think it's largely a gimmick niche product with no practical functional appllication - for all intents and purposes all they've really done is bend the edges of the screen and dictate you put apps and shortcuts there....which seems pretty restrictive for something that's supposed to be cutting edge tech.
About the only thing interesting to come to me is reduced bezel around the displays and possibly expandable displays.
It's more than just shortcuts. It's shortcuts to your favorite apps, favorite contacts, a Notification Center, a ticker style display for news and sports, and it holds contextual controls for a slew of apps.
How would you achieve all of that on a normal screen? You can't scroll one section of your screen?But it's dumb. There's nothing preventing anyone from doing that on a normal screen. All they did was angle the edges. There's no utility inherent in that.