About S8 IR blaster feature

[Shakhir Md]

Interestingly, Samsung has included an IR blaster on its flagship devices starting from the Galaxy S4 up to the Note 4 and Galaxy S6 but removed it from its lineup completely with the Galaxy Note 5 onwards. It is likely that the Samsung found in its research that not many people were using the IR blaster on their Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S6, which led to the company removing the sensor from its devices. However, IR blaster on phones is incredibly popular in Asia and nearby regions, so Samsung should have ideally kept the handy sensor on its flagship devices

 

[dpham00]

I would like to see it too but not surprising that they didn't add it

 

[vasekvi]

One more reason I'm happy to have switched to LG