- Apr 20, 2014
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Is anyone that was contemplating getting either the Galaxy S8/ S8 plus now NOT getting it for some deal breaker?
I am still rocking a Galaxy S5 and am waiting for the Note 8.
But.......
If I was considering the S8, the fingerprint reader would have been a deal breaker to be honest. Just so bad and wrong on a number of levels. Too high up on the phone compared to other phones with a rear reader, the sensor too small in area compared again to other phones. And of course, that notorious placement next to the camera. I wonder how many others are going to give this phone a miss just because of this.
I know the story of how this reader got placed there. Apparently Samsung were working furiously on an under the glass fingerprint reader but ran out of time. A late minute decision put the reader in that awful location.
Also, I think the battery capacities are very conservative relative to the screen. I understand why after the Note 7. But I would have taken a chance with that.
But for me, the fingerprint reader would have been a deal breaker. The iris scanner is no substitute. Press the power button, swipe up, hold the phone close to your eyes. Not convenient for every time time want to unlock. And the face scanner is more convenient than secure.
I soooooo hope the Note 8 improves on this. Otherwise I'll be hanging out for the S9.
Deal breakers anyone?
I am still rocking a Galaxy S5 and am waiting for the Note 8.
But.......
If I was considering the S8, the fingerprint reader would have been a deal breaker to be honest. Just so bad and wrong on a number of levels. Too high up on the phone compared to other phones with a rear reader, the sensor too small in area compared again to other phones. And of course, that notorious placement next to the camera. I wonder how many others are going to give this phone a miss just because of this.
I know the story of how this reader got placed there. Apparently Samsung were working furiously on an under the glass fingerprint reader but ran out of time. A late minute decision put the reader in that awful location.
Also, I think the battery capacities are very conservative relative to the screen. I understand why after the Note 7. But I would have taken a chance with that.
But for me, the fingerprint reader would have been a deal breaker. The iris scanner is no substitute. Press the power button, swipe up, hold the phone close to your eyes. Not convenient for every time time want to unlock. And the face scanner is more convenient than secure.
I soooooo hope the Note 8 improves on this. Otherwise I'll be hanging out for the S9.
Deal breakers anyone?
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