The iPhone has consistently beat Samsung's phones when it comes to real-world
speed tests and camera performance and I have little doubt that the A11 chip
will continue to whip Samsung's butt in this respect and that people who care
about truly good photos will prefer the iPhone 8/8 Plus and X over Samsung.
Of course the Note 8 beats the iPhone 8 Plus screen in terms of screen size
relative to phone size and in terms of pixels/quality since the 8 Plus does not
have an OLED screen so here comparing the two is like comparing Apples and
Oranges (pun intended).
I was wondering when Apple said the iPhone X had two hours more battery life if
they were comparing this to the 7 or 7 Plus. According to this article they are
comparing it to the Plus models so if the X truly has 2 extra hours of battery
life compared to a 7 Plus or 8 Plus then then that is quite remarkable.
Everybody who is interested in biometrics knows that Samsung's Face Id is a
joke since you can unlock your phone with a photo so if I assume this can be
turned on or off I wonder who would even turn it on considering this is the
case.
I am surprised that considering how long fingerprint technology has been around the
author said they had a lot of trouble with the fingerprint sensor on the Samsung. Of
course putting it on the back of the phone in my opinion is stupid, they should have at
least incorporated it somewhere on the side. For a while the rumours were Apple would put
Touch Id on the back of the phone and the reactions I heard were consistently
"Please, Apple, don't do this".
As for retina scanning that sounds like a big pain in the butt. I mean here
people are already worried how easy and fast it is to unlock with Face Id where
all you have to do is glance at the phone from a couple of feet away. I am
quite sure with retina scanning you have to really line up the phone with your
eye to do it and as one article points out, something you do 80 times a day
needs to work quickly and more or less flawlessly. Of course this does not even
consider the fact that retina scanning is probably a no-go for many blind
people, certainly those with prosthetic eyes.
Regards,
Sieghard
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Subject: Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs Samsung Note 8: Phablet spec
showdown
Macworld - Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 3:30 AM Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs.
iPhone X vs Samsung Note 8: Phablet spec showdown Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 was
the best phone you could buy for about a week.
Now Apple has come along and spoiled Samsung's party with not one but two new
phablet-sized phones: the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X. While the new iPhones
still don't come with a stylus, Apple did upgrade them in just about every
other way. So how does Samsung's flagship stack up to Apple's latest handsets?
Let's take a look.
iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Size Apple The iPhone X is
significantly smaller than the Note 8.
If you're looking for the absolute biggest phone you can buy, Samsung wins
here. It's Note 8 has a whopping 6.3-inch display, a good deal larger than the
iPhone X's 5.8-inch one. But screen size doesn't tell the whole story.
With nearly an inch more screen than the iPhone 8 Plus and way more pixels than
the X, you'd expect the Note 8 to be a significantly bigger package, but the
dimensions are remarkably similar to the Plus:
Note 8: 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
iPhone 8 Plus: 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm
iPhone X: 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Display Jason Snell The iPhone X's Supe
Retina display is simply gorgeous, but the Note 8's is no slouch.
Both the Note 8 and the iPhone X feature remarkable displays, with the iPhone X
representing Apple's first foray into OLED screens. Samsung edges the iPhone X
when it comes to resolution, but we'll need to compare the two in person to see
which comes out on top when it comes to color and brightness. In pure numbers,
however, Samsung takes the crown, both in size and resolution:
Note 8: 6.3-inch, 2960 x 1440 Super AMOLED, HDR, 532ppi iPhone 8 Plus:
5.5-inch, 1920 x 1080 LCD, 401ppi iPhone X: 5.8-inch, 2436 x 1125 OLED, HDR,
458ppi iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Performance Apple The A11 chip
in the new iPhones is something to behold.
Comparing iPhones to Galaxy phones has never been an apples to apples
comparison, but on paper, Apple's A11 Bionic chip is a screamer. With six cores
and 4.3 billion transistors, it looks to give the Note 8's Snapdragon
835 a real run for its money, at least in terms of raw power. In real-world
use, however, the phones will be pretty close in speed, but the Note 8's 6GB of
RAM could pull it closer in benchmarks. Apple has traditionally been stingy
with its RAM thanks to the intense iOS optimizations, with the iPhone
8 Plus topping out at 2GB. The A11 chip also integrates an Apple-designed GPU
with a three-core design that should give games a boost.
Note 8: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (octo-core, 10nm, up to 2.45GHz) iPhone 8 Plus:
A11 Bionic chip (septa-core) iPhone X: A11 Bionic chip (septa-core) iPhone 8
Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Battery Adam Patrick Murray/IDG The Note 8's
battery is great, but will the iPhone X's be better?
We won't know exactly how big the new iPhones' batteries are until iFixit's customary tear-down,
but based on Apple's claims, the iPhone 8 Plus will last "about the same" as the 7 Plus,
while the X will last "up to two hours longer," and both phones now support Qi wireless
charging like the Note 8.
The Note 8's 3,300mAH battery gets around 9 hours of real-world use, more than
enough to get through a full day of use, and the 7 Plus was equally
long-lasting. If the X truly lasts two hours longer than the 8 Plus, it could
put it over the top.
iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Storage Doug Duvall/IDG The S Pen isn't
the only thing the Note 8 has that the iPhone doesn't-it also has an SD card
slot.
All three phones offer a base model with 64GB of storage. However, the iPhone 8
Plus and iPhone X add a 256GB tier that isn't available on the Note
8 (at least not in the U.S. anyway). However, the Note 8 includes a microSD
slot so you can upgrade the storage as much as you'd like, and for a lot less
than the $150 Apple is charging for 192 extra gigs of storage.
iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Camera Adam Patrick Murray/IDG The Note
8 is a great camera, but the iPhone X's might be even better.
Apple and Samsung have been slugging it out over camera performance for
generations of phones, and this year is no different. Let's start with the
specs:
Note 8: Dual 12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras, f/1.7 and f/2.4, dual optical image
stabilization, 2X optical zoom iPhone 8 Plus: Dual 12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras,
f/1.8 and f/2.8, optical image stabilization on main lens, 2X optical zoom iPhone X: Dual
12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras, f/1.8 and f/2.4, dual optical image stabilization,
2X optical zoom All three phones have very similar cameras, with the Note 8 edging out
the iPhone X slightly when it comes to aperture. Additionally, all three phones feature a
"bokeh" mode-Portrait on the iPhone and Live Focus on the Note 8-but the Note 8
offers the ability to adjust the level of background blur, which isn't available on the
iPhone. However, the iPhones have a new feature called Portrait Lighting that simulates
various instances of studio-style lighting after portraits are shot.
When it comes to video recording, the iPhone 8 Plus and X both film in 4K at
60fps, while the Note 8 tops out at 30fps. Additionally the iPhones have slo-mo
video support for 1080p at 240fps, while the Note 8 only supports 720p.
As always, however, the proof will be in the pudding. Apple has introduced an
improved image signal processor for the new iPhones as well as some auto-focus
and lighting tricks, but we were pretty impressed with the Note 8's new camera
too.
iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: AR and VR Doug Duvall/IDG When it comes
to AR and VR, the Note 8 and the iPhone X are in different leagues.
The Bionic in the iPhones' new A11 chip means it has a neural engine with a
dual-core design that performs up to 600 billion operations per second for
real-time processing to help with Face ID, Animoji, and augmented reality.
Samsung doesn't specifically tout any AR benefits of the Note 8, but Google's
new ARCore will allow the phone to take advantage of the emerging tech, but it
remains to be seen if it will be as advanced as Apple's ARKit.
The Note 8 does beat the iPhone 8 Plus and X when it comes to VR, however.
Pop the phone into a Gear VR headset and you'll be able to watch 360-degree
videos and play immersive games, something no iPhone can do yet.
iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Biometrics Apple You have to unlock the
iPhone X with your face-there's no more fingerprint sensor.
The iPhone 8 Plus includes the standard Touch ID fingerprint-scanning sensor. However,
since Apple has eliminated the home button on the iPhone X, that phone doesn't have Touch
ID. In its place is Face ID, which uses the TrueDepth camera system to build a
"unique facial map." The Note 8 features an array of options for unlocking your
phones, including fingerprint, retina, and face. The fingerprint scanner isn't in the
greatest spot and we had loads of issues with facial recognition, but the retina scanner
worked flawlessly during our testing (though others haven't had the same result).
Apple promises that it's just as secure as Touch ID, but we'll have to test it
out to be sure.
iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X vs. Note 8: Price Adam Patrick Murray/IDG The
iPhone 8 Plus is the cheapest of the lot.
While much has been made of the iPhone X's $999 price tag, it's really not all
that much higher than the Note 8's $930 price. But the iPhone 8 Plus is
practically a bargain compared to both of them:
Note 8: $930 (64GB)
iPhone 8 Plus: $799 (64GB), $949 (256GB) iPhone X: $999 (64GB), $1149 (256GB)
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