Samsung permanently stops Galaxy Note 7 production

[Kanan]

Getting the newest hardware really doesn't apply as an advantage for smartphones ever since about two years ago. The CPUs are no longer making leaps like they used to, and all the rest of the phone is just a new iteration of the same thing. My 'ancient' Nexus 5 is still competing on CPU performance with the majority of 2016 models. And I bought that thing second-hand too, at the time it was still the fastest chip on the market and the Snapdragon releases after that were even less impressive than an Intel 'tick' these days. In some situations they even got slower, but more power efficient, as the low-power Cortex cores were added to stronger cores in BIG.little setups. And these days the only real leaps we see on ARM are on the GPU side because they desperately want to drive 4K on a tiny screen - a development that also has only drawbacks in terms of battery life etc.

Around 2012 I would agree with your statement, but even then and before that, buying a smartphone at or close to release was not a good idea. I remember the Optimus 2X on the 'fabulous' Tegra soc, the 'first dual core smartphone' of the world, and it was a disaster, slow as fuck, and lacking in update policy. After that, the Optimus 3D that also flopped and 3D was no more than a gimmick. Need I continue? We had Apple with antennagate, we have the Note 7 now, and if I start googling I could probably find about 20 more faulty releases that would directly impact your experience as an early adopter.

Being an early adopter has zero real advantages other than psychology of 'being the first'. There are no tangible benefits, only drawbacks - this applies to every single thing you early adopt. The cost is higher, the risk of faults is higher, and the chance of buying a soon to be discontinued product are also higher. Not all faults pop up in the first few weeks after release either - look at Samsung's AMOLED for a great example of this.

Partially true what you said but you disregarded that cpu/gpu aren't everything and that software is at least as important than hardware so I'll stay with my opinion.

Android 6 was a big step forward compared to 5 or 4 and 7 will be another increase which older phones will simply miss. Also the cameras get better every year.

Of course you have less problems with software by having a Google phone that's maybe why you didn't speak of it - but I never really cared about them up to this point, maybe because they get released at the wrong time or are simply not as good as Samsung or other models. I want dead edge when I buy something new for over 500 bucks.

Being a early adopter can be good and it can be bad. I'm early adopter of the kind that waits a few weeks before buying so exploding batteries don't really scare me off. The battery problems of note 7 was public after a few days I would've never buyed it anyway then. I wait 1 month usually as in I'm not someone who directly orders something before release - I rather buy after release. My strategy worked for decades now btw. You guys could never change my opinion. I just have a very good "feeling" for hardware for generally what's good and what is not. I never felt I need a note and now I'm confirmed. It's just too big too much in many ways.

 

[trog100]

turning a "phone" into what amounts to a full blown do everything mini computer in your pocket does have its problems.. he he..

even the ones that too big to make useful phones are still too small to make a decent useful mini computer.. plus the more powerful ones throttle like f-ck and aint quite what the benchmarks make them out to be.. still they are cute little things..

Xaoimi (the chinese apple) make some nice ones.. i have just been looking at the Mi5 pro.. very nice for the money.. relatively speaking.. he he..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xiaomi-Mi...152623?hash=item3d1db120ef:g:b5YAAOSwOVpXZ7QP

trog

ps.. it seems the only problems Xaoimi have is meeting the huge Asian demand for the stuff they make..

 

[eidairaman1]

turning a "phone" into what amounts to a full blown do everything mini computer in your pocket does have its problems.. he he..

even the ones that too big to make useful phones are still too small to make a decent useful mini computer.. plus the more powerful ones throttle like f-ck and aint quite what the benchmarks make them out to be.. still they are cute little things..

Xaoimi (the chinese apple) make some nice ones.. i have just been looking at the Mi5 pro.. very nice for the money.. relatively speaking.. he he..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xiaomi-Mi...152623?hash=item3d1db120ef:g:b5YAAOSwOVpXZ7QP

trog

ps.. it seems the only problems Xaoimi have is meeting the huge Asian demand for the stuff they make..

Samsung needs to just focus on 1 flagship launch and wait a few years instead of trying to launch yearly.