I'm hoping since Samsung sold US unlocked S7's that is the first step in Samsung getting ready to dictate to carriers..
I don't think it does. They aren't going to lose that $$ for something like that. It doesn't bother them that much.
I'm hoping since Samsung sold US unlocked S7's that is the first step in Samsung getting ready to dictate to carriers..
I don't see it happening. Apple controls the entire software (OS) whereas Android is open for modifications. That's how Samsung can modify it with their stuff as well.Lose money for telling the carriers to leave their stuff off?
I'm hoping Samsung is moving towards being more like Apple in that case.
Well I'm not talking about their own software, but just mainly getting the carriers to loosen control. We know Samsung does their update and then the carrier does it on top of that and they control of their customers get it or not.I don't see it happening. Apple controls the entire software (OS) whereas Android is open for modifications. That's how Samsung can modify it with their stuff as well.
Well people buy their iPhones from carriers too. I'm hoping that Samsung will get to where iPhone is with carriers and skip the carriers with updates and their bloat. I really think they could pull that off now, even if it takes baby steps.
Carriers still lock iPhones. I would rather see the Samsung carrier locks and bypassing carriers for updates etc. I always get my phones unlocked pretty quickly, but there are ways around that if someone can't get the carrier to unlock it.
For me, the biggest plus would be updates outside of the carrier. TMO does the best with the least amount of bloat IMO.
You don't think Samsung could do the same and not isolate carriers since many customers are specifically wanting Samsung?
Well I'm not talking about their own software, but just mainly getting the carriers to loosen control. We know Samsung does their update and then the carrier does it on top of that and they control of their customers get it or not.
You can't even compare TouchWiz from the first Note, or the second Note or even the S3 or Note 3 to TouchWiz today.
Every phone has made improvements over their earlier stuff. It it isn't the same as it was.. Well it isnt what you experienced before.sure, but touchwiz damaged the brand from there on for me. Watching it on my mother's 7" samsuck tab didn't help either (no idea the generation, but I remember cringing when configuring it. It's one of the wifi only models that came around the time the 2013 nexus 7 came out and the difference was striking)
Well people buy their iPhones from carriers too. I'm hoping that Samsung will get to where iPhone is with carriers and skip the carriers with updates and their bloat. I really think they could pull that off now, even if it takes baby steps.
Carriers still lock iPhones. I would rather see the Samsung carrier locks and bypassing carriers for updates etc. I always get my phones unlocked pretty quickly, but there are ways around that if someone can't get the carrier to unlock it.
For me, the biggest plus would be updates outside of the carrier. TMO does the best with the least amount of bloat IMO.
You don't think Samsung could do the same and not isolate carriers since many customers are specifically wanting Samsung?
Well people buy their iPhones from carriers too. I'm hoping that Samsung will get to where iPhone is with carriers and skip the carriers with updates and their bloat. I really think they could pull that off now, even if it takes baby steps.
Carriers still lock iPhones. I would rather see the Samsung carrier locks and bypassing carriers for updates etc. I always get my phones unlocked pretty quickly, but there are ways around that if someone can't get the carrier to unlock it.
For me, the biggest plus would be updates outside of the carrier. TMO does the best with the least amount of bloat IMO.
You don't think Samsung could do the same and not isolate carriers since many customers are specifically wanting Samsung?
Oh yeah the lastest updates were better with the carriers, but this is the first time we are experiencing good updates.Latest stats I've seen: https://www.strategyanalytics.com/s...smartphone-volumes-in-us-in-2015#.V8SG0k0rJhE
Basically - 1 out of 10 was an unlocked smartphone. Of that 1, 3 out of 10 for BLU, 1 out of 10 for Apple, 1 out of 10 for Motorola. The other half was everyone else.
Samsung very much lives with the carriers.
And at least with current flagships, updates seem to be faster on carrier versions than the unlocked variant.
I'm sure I'm not the first person to think this, but I can't help but say that Samsung seems to be distancing itself from Android.
Sure, all of their major U.S. and European flagship phones technically run Android, but it seems clear from interacting with their phones out of the box that they want to distance themselves from Android as much as possible.
I think it is even more than just about Samsung distancing itself from Google's version of Android. I think Samsung is explicitly making an effort to try to be bigger than Android and to be its own brand. I think the company doesn't want to be beholden to Android. Judging by their new UX for their flagships, they don't want people to think Android as the first defining mark of their phones. I think Samsung wants people to think of Samsung as the first thing that defines their phones.
Samsung must be using Android and working with Google to get the Google apps on their phones only because they have to for practical reasons. No phone maker (besides Apple of course) in North America can get away with shipping a phone that doesn't have Google services, and particularly the Google Play Store. So as far as I'm concerned, Samsung only uses Android because it really has to, not because they believe it's important to their success.
It wouldn't surprise me if the top execs at the company were discussing ways of getting rid of Google and Android from the equation in their future flagships. I don't think it's insane to think that they want to control their own destiny.
Does anyone think I'm way off the mark on this suggestion? What does everyone think?
It wouldn't surprise me if Samsung tried to amp itself up and get more ground covered on their own than with Google... But I don't know how far they would get.