Samsung Galaxy S8

D0NNELLY

Rear mounted finger print scanner, home button/headphone socket gone to accommodate larger screen.. phone will have to be a big jump in features and not just the incremental improvements we've gotten used to..

More looking forward to this launch than any in a long time. Suits my 2yr upgrade...

pickarooney

Headphone socket gone to make room for screen. Ridiculous.

leemaree

pickarooney wrote: »

Headphone socket gone to make room for screen. Ridiculous.

That is silly. I mean, where u suppose to listen to music?

ellobee

leemaree wrote: »

That is silly. I mean, where u suppose to listen to music?

Bluetooth earphones, same as the latest iphone

HandsomeDan

It's a phone They're all the same. Who cares.

HandsomeDan

ellobee wrote: »

Bluetooth earphones, same as the latest iphone

Nope. Might wanna recheck that.

batman2000

From CNET o n the S8

When the Galaxy Note 7 first launched, Samsung told me it was "proud" of its headset jack. That tune might change if the latest rumor is right. SamMobile is saying that the audio jack used to plug in wired headphones will go the way of the iPhone's nonexistent port.
In its place, phone owners would have to use wireless Bluetooth-connected headsets (like these) or headsets that plug into the phone's expected USB-C port (either directly or through an adapter dongle).

ellobee

HandsomeDan wrote: »

Nope. Might wanna recheck that.

Recheck what??

HandsomeDan

ellobee wrote: »

Recheck what??

Ip 7 has wired digi audio out. If it were bt only nobody would buy it as bt sounds crap.

ellobee

HandsomeDan wrote: »

Ip 7 has wired digi audio out. If it were bt only nobody would buy it as bt sounds crap.

I never said it was BT only, the question was asked how are you suppose to listen to music and I just gave one of the options.

Sabre0001

Samsung need something stellar to get people over the fear of exploding batteries. I'm in the market for an upgrade soon (from my humble S5), so will be curious to see what Samsung has up its sleeves.

leemaree

I just read this ; http://www.inquisitr.com/3781549/samsung-galaxy-s8-release-date-updated-specs-and-price-no-headphone-jack-all-screen-design-delayed-launch-and-more/

dbagman

HandsomeDan wrote:

It's a phone They're all the same. Who cares.

Some people are into their tech. I'm sure there's stuff you'd find interesting that others wouldn't. If you dont care why even bother opening the thread, let alone waste your time posting?

HandsomeDan

dbagman wrote: »

Some people are into their tech. I'm sure there's stuff you'd find interesting that others wouldn't. If you dont care why even bother opening the thread, let alone waste your time posting?

I'm into my tech and reckon phones are done. The point of dimmed returns has long been passed.

Tom Dunne

pickarooney wrote: »

Headphone socket gone to make room for screen. Ridiculous.

Yeah, I'm due to upgrade my Note 5 this year and I was thinking of the S8, but the lack of headphone socket is a big deal for me.

The thought of charging up yet another device (bluetooth headphones) really annoys me.

HandsomeDan

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Yeah, I'm due to upgrade my Note 5 this year and I was thinking of the S8, but the lack of headphone socket is a big deal for me.

The thought of charging up yet another device (bluetooth headphones) really annoys me.

The phone will come with a wired adapter. No big deal. The benifit is that headphone manus can now use their own ad converters,amps etc and are no longer tied to internal phone stuff

D0NNELLY

Headphone sound quality on phones is generally shïte anyway unless you're paying big bucks for earphones, and downloading lossless tunes. Bluetooth is just a small hardly noticeable factor

HandsomeDan

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Headphone sound quality on phones is generally shïte anyway unless you're paying big bucks for earphones, and downloading lossless tunes. Bluetooth is just a small hardly noticeable factor

Wired smart phone sound quality is excellent even on middle market stuff, such is the maturity of converter tech headphones etc. Higher bitrate streams have been shown to be indistinguishable from lossless despite what people like to think. However BT compression is a stretch and is really noticable over headphones.

SuprSi

No headphone socket and a rear fingerprint sensor and I'm out. Having to pick the phone up to unlock it is just stupid and I don't want to a) carry an adaptor for my headphones or b) charge bluetooth headphones.

pickarooney

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Headphone sound quality on phones is generally shïte anyway unless you're paying big bucks for earphones, and downloading lossless tunes. Bluetooth is just a small hardly noticeable factor

Anyone who has paid good money for NIC headphones is not going to be impressed that they can't use them on this, or have to get an adapter to plug them in. Listening to music while charging would be impossible then. Bluetooth is gimmicky, especially when you have to fiddle around swaping between earphones and a car radio. And watching videos with Bluetooth headphones is a hopeless experience with the latency.

_Kaiser_

HandsomeDan wrote: »

I'm into my tech and reckon phones are done. The point of dimmed returns has long been passed.

I think you have a point.. Phones have hit the same point PCs and Laptops did a few years ago.

The last few releases have been marginal/incremental improvements at best. I'm "still" using an S6 Edge+ for example that's just as capable as its successors and don't have any REASON to upgrade.

The Note 8 for example is rumoured to have a 4K display. Seriously, who needs/will get value out of that on a 5.7" screen that a cheaper 1080p panel wouldn't be just as capable in? It makes even LESS sense when these gimmicks remove actual features people want (Like the headphone socket).

The problem is compounded by accelerated release schedules and less testing of course... result being the Note 7 disaster.

Royale with Cheese

Been waiting for this as I have an S6 Edge which is probably the best phone I've ever had aside from it's woeful battery. I've cracked the screen too and there's a pink line on the display from time to time. If it wasn't for those issues I'd probably have no interest in upgrading as it still runs as fast as the day I got it.

I only use bluetooth headphones these days but the lack of a headphone jack would still piss me off. And the price of these phones is getting ridiculous, I paid €870 for the S6 edge sim free (no interest in signing a contract) and I'd be expecting the S8 to be closer to €1000. I'm not sure I want to reward Samsung with that kind of money if they decide to remove the headphone jack and persist with non removable batteries. I'd be tempted to just get the OnePlus 3T instead but I can see myself only changing phone every 3 years or greater from now on so do kind of want to get whatever is top of the line this year and hang on to it for as long as possible.

ellobee

Samsung and Apple need to look at their pricing or they will soon find the Chinese market eating into their profits, I got one of these for my daughter recently and I am seriously impressed with it, the battery on it is amazing and the overall spec for €250 is excellent value. they even have a higher spec'd one with 6gb of ram for very little extra money.

OldMrBrennan83

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Horace Cope

pickarooney wrote: »

Headphone socket gone to make room for screen. Ridiculous.

Yeah, we have Motorola for this, they started it with their Moto X!
[url] http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/06/09/moto-z-doesnt-3-5mm-headphone-jack/[/url]

Captain Chaos

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4k is not for VR. For VR to work you need high refresh rate screens first, 4k slows down the refresh rates causing motion sickness.

It's impossible to game in VR at 4K yet as the fps is too low your current tech. VR is at max 1080p so far.

OldMrBrennan83

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jimmycrackcorm

ellobee wrote:

for my daughter recently and I am seriously impressed with it, the battery on it is amazing and the overall spec for €250 is excellent value. they even have a higher spec'd one with 6gb of ram for very little extra money.

No NFC which for me means no easy leap top ups and no android pay.

Testament1

Patww79 wrote: »

I'd say in a year or twos time you'll find it hard to find a phone with one. I've never plugged headphones into my S7.

Mine are in on a near daily basis. Right now I see no incentive to upgrade my S7. Overall I'm still very happy with it though there is still room for improvement, particularly in the audio department.

OldMrBrennan83

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errlloyd

May I ask how you have an available upgrade when the s7 is only a year old?

I'd be annoyed if they removed the port tbh, I have two pairs of nice wired headphones / earphones and I have adapters.

OldMrBrennan83

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errlloyd

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Ah you're living the dream so! Do you ever jump around brands, or just stick to the latest samsung?

OldMrBrennan83

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jacksie66

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https://twitter.com/technews_google/status/819819554293432320

Am suddenly interested in an S8 as my next upgrade from HTC 10.

OldMrBrennan83

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Patww79

Patww79 wrote: »

Hard to know for sure but from the look of that we won't see a dual camera which is a surprise.

According to a gsmarena article I read, the dual camera will only be available on the plus variant.

Mc Love

I heard it would be wireless headphones for the S8.

D0NNELLY

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/olixar-ultra-thin-samsung-galaxy-s8-edge-case-100-clear-p62529.htm

OldMrBrennan83

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D0NNELLY

Patww79 wrote: »

Pisser that the fingerprint sensor will be on the back though.

Yeah the amount of times I'd just press the home button without picking up the phone to check something. There was talk of building a scanner into the display.. don't know how far off that tech is though

SuprSi

Where did you see that about the fingerprint sensor? Having it on the back is rubbish - having to pick the phone up every time you want to use it just doesn't make sense.

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Tin Foil Hat

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Perhaps they're abandoning it in favour of the iris recognition. That worked really well on the Note 7.

UnknownEntity

I'm really looking forward to this phone after using an S6 for nearly 2 years now. It's been so good to me except for the battery which has been so bad recently...

D0NNELLY

Clickbait rumour.....

Built in projector. They've no room for decent battery, home button or an earphone jack, but room for a projector.....

ssuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee......

Leaning towards the S8 this year. Huge HTC fan, but don't really have time for my hobby of modding devices, and don't really like the direction HTC are taking.

It's just a shame we don't really have many options here. I wish Sony, LG, Motorola etc would step up with better devices, and they were more available.