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Question of the Day: What is your preferred computer operating system?
One day all screens will look this good
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Avenue
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what is that a pic of?
nakedpeanut
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Well seeing as it is a Samsung screen we'll be seeing it allot more as they have a crap load of products they can include it in.
cerebus
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Yet for some reason Samsung doesn't see fit to include this screen technology in their own products... allowing Apple to run away with the tablet market for a third successive generation. Well done guys.
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Its called Segmentation...Samsung is a big player in the game, they make a lot of money off their own devices, and they make a hell of a lot off Apple's products by selling the screens to them as well. Its all about having as many cash cows as possible.
cerebus
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Hells bells Dolby not this old potato again.
Yes, run away with, dominate, trample - unless you believe in some kind of Android resurgence this generation? Frankly you're delusional though.
cerebus
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It's called floundering and Samsung is doing it.
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Oh you are joking!
LOL!
Anyway - you checked that cool program that was pointed out in the other thread? FingerPrint? It makes the iPad ... useful. It's added quite a bit of value for me, tbh. Check it out!
At least Apple is finally making something that's technically good again (even though the software still sucks) (and even though they just slap a Samsung product in and the "innovation" doesn't come from them).
Jab
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Nice of Samsung to throw some of their old stuff Apple's way.
nakedpeanut
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lol @ cerebus I think it's got to do with price. Generally Android tabs are cheaper than iPads. This screen is also very new and when apple approached companies for making the screen, LG and Sharp couldn't get the required level of detail and clarity.
I'm sure the screen will find it's way into up coming products in the near future.
I'm sure the screen will find it's way into up coming products in the near future.
unskinnybob
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Its a hard part to include in a tablet because it uses a fairly large amount of power. To get it in the ipad 3rd gen apple had to increase the battery capacity by 70%(42 watt-hours from 25-watt-hours). Squeezing so much battery into such a thin device while keeping weight down is quite a feat.
cerebus
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Not really hey. The cheapest Galaxy Tab is the same price now as a 16gb iPad2. Prices are on par.
/shrug. I hope so.
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nakedpeanut
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Isn't it $499 for the base 16GB wi-fi only ipad I've never really followed their pricing? I know the ipad 2 have dropped in price recently so that makes it hard to compare now.
But those top 2 are 4G devices so should be compared with the iPad 3 LTE (even though it has a better components)
But those top 2 are 4G devices so should be compared with the iPad 3 LTE (even though it has a better components)
cerebus
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The top 2 should be compared with iPad3 LTE you're right...and they're outclassed and not greatly cheaper. Pricing doesn't seem definitively better at all.
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... again demonstrating you don't understand how consumer electronics work :/
See - products have life cycles and they all release the next generation product quite close too each. Pretty much everything ... so BMW will launch the new 3 Series with the latest features in February while Mercedes/Audi are still in the process. It will be the best until the inevitable Audi lunach a few months later ... and then the Merc. Come 5 years down the line and the process is similar.
Samsung haven't launched their next generation device yet - Apple did it first. Big deal?
EDIT : Might as well stop punting your LTE. Initially I thought it was dumb to have LTE in a limited design like the iPad, but now I read that it won't even work in many countries due to spectrum. My bet is when Samsung release theirs ... that the user can download what they want, where they want
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cerebus
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Just stop saying that.
I get that. My point is that pricing across the board is much of a muchness. Android tabs - particularly here Samsung - aren't strongly differentiated by pricing. They announced their 2nd gen Tab models already a month ago and they had the chance to offer a high-def screen but they chose not to pre-empt Apple - meanwhile they were selling the game-changing tech to Apple for 'segmentation'....
They'd better hurry if it's not going to be a big deal.
Ok.