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Samsung Finally Explains Why the Galaxy S6 Didn't Have a microSD Slot, but the S7 Does
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So they didn't have it ironed out by the Note5 release either?
As stated by others above, it may very well be plausible but I still think the extra Benjamins Samsung could make caused the solution to be put on the back burner, only to be fixed after sales suffered.
If Samsung hadn't mimicked Apple so many times in so many ways I don't think I'd feel anywhere near as strongly that it was on purpose, even if just because they didn't find the solution from lack of looking for it. I believe Samsung saw a potential lemonade factor in a lemon of a problem that turned out to be too unsweetened to keep asking buyers to drink it.
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As stated by others above, it may very well be plausible but I still think the extra Benjamins Samsung could make caused the solution to be put on the back burner, only to be fixed after sales suffered.
If Samsung hadn't mimicked Apple so many times in so many ways I don't think I'd feel anywhere near as strongly that it was on purpose, even if just because they didn't find the solution from lack of looking for it. I believe Samsung saw a potential lemonade factor in a lemon of a problem that turned out to be too unsweetened to keep asking buyers to drink it.
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Bottom line: this wouldn't be news if they had told us this before, now would it??
I cannot believe any of you think you heard this before. Are our memories that short? It's only been a year.
I just spent some time searching for news about the S6 from March of last year. I'm home sick today...I got time.
This super fast memory was not mentioned. I could find not one mention. No explanation was given. Article after article tries to speculate why Sammy would do this.
Makes it thinner!
Feels more lux!
One guy actually guessed right: SD Memory slows a phone down. But he was flat out guessing.
From June...people still trying to figure out WHY?!?!
Galaxy S6: The reason why it doesn’t feature a MicroSD slot
That's the guy that was sort of correct.
If we are to believe Sammy, of course.
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I cannot believe any of you think you heard this before. Are our memories that short? It's only been a year.
I just spent some time searching for news about the S6 from March of last year. I'm home sick today...I got time.
This super fast memory was not mentioned. I could find not one mention. No explanation was given. Article after article tries to speculate why Sammy would do this.
Makes it thinner!
Feels more lux!
One guy actually guessed right: SD Memory slows a phone down. But he was flat out guessing.
From June...people still trying to figure out WHY?!?!
Galaxy S6: The reason why it doesn’t feature a MicroSD slot
That's the guy that was sort of correct.
If we are to believe Sammy, of course.
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I agree calling this excuse BS even if true. They got hammered for removing two distinctions when compared with an Apple and it bombed. Now the memory slot is back and the phone is water resistant giving an excuse for no replaceable battery. That was down a bit on my list of must haves (I have several external choices). The top on my list now is built in phone memory. I will NEVER buy anything with 16gb internal again. My tablet is crippled and has a microSD card. With their pre-installed crap leaving only about 8gb free has been a pain and a show stopper. Too many useless things can not be deleted or moved to SD card.
Benchmarks are benchmarks, 95% of all user bases will never see those small differences between performance. I understand for us savvy users it can and in many cases will make the difference between what we buy, but for most it will not. While it may annihilate it in benchmarks, real world applications are where you have to try to make the distinctions, because people aren't buying phones because the S7 destroys the Note 5 in benchmarks. If the person's S5 still does everything they want it to, and it opens all their apps with very little difference, they will not see a reason to upgrade. That was the point i was trying to make.
I absolutely agree with your benchmark statement and with the general operation of your device. If you only use your smartphone to send text messages, post in a forum or on Facebook then yeah, you probably won't notice much difference in overall performance. But there's no denying the way the S7 handled those graphics compared to the Note 5. But yeah, I know folks that are still completely happy with their Galaxy S3 as it does everything they need it to do.
Personally, I find it pretty amazing how far smartphone technology has come. Today's flagship devices have as much (or more in most cases) processing power than your average 1-2 year old desktop PC. [emoji2]
Personally, I find it pretty amazing how far smartphone technology has come. Today's flagship devices have as much (or more in most cases) processing power than your average 1-2 year old desktop PC. [emoji2]
I'm not going to spend $700+ for a new device because it's a quarter of an eye blink faster than the one I've got. Add a few extra hours of battery life per charge, some cool bells and whistles plus a more ergonomic feel and I'm all over it but benchmarks are never reality anyway once you put some apps on their and fragmentation rears its ugly head due to overlayed skins and stuff.
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