Specs Comparison: Apple iPhone X vs. Samsung’s Finest

Kellen September 12, 2017 @iamkellex

Now that all of Apple’s new iPhone X details are confirmed, it seemed like the perfect time for the ol’ iPhone X vs. Galaxy S8 battle, aka Apple vs. Samsung’s finest. Well, to be clear, we also included the Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 as well, since those round out Samsung’s entire current portfolio, one that Apple is certainly playing catch-up to at this point, even as they have dubbed the iPhone X the smartphone of the “future.”

In terms of just straight up specs battle, you can see that the overall basics are pretty much the same from phone to phone. We don’t yet know the battery capacity for the iPhone X, but we know about its dual 12MP camera setup with dual OIS (just like the Galaxy Note 8), its 5.8-inch OLED display with an edge-to-edge feel, IP67 water and dust resistance (below the IP68 of Samsung’s phones), storage options (64GB or 256GB), and newly minted wireless charging (Samsung’s phones have fast wireless and wired charging). All phones also have premium metal and glass bodies.

On paper, it would be hard to argue that the iPhone X tops Samsung’s phones. I’d imagine that the A11 Bionic processor will wipe the floor in benchmarks with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835, because chipsets from Apple always do. We also know that the dual camera setup should be quite good, though each year it’s a struggle for most to decide which is better at smartphone cameras, Apple or Samsung? But you also have to remember that the iPhone X doesn’t have a fingerprint reader or headphone jack, it still uses a proprietary Lightning port, and it costs a whopping $999 just to start.

Check it out.

iPhone X vs. Galaxy S8, S8+, and Note 8

	iPhone X	Galaxy S8	Galaxy S8+	Galaxy Note 8
Price	$999 / $1,149	$724.99	$824.99	$929.99
Software	iOS 11	Android 7.0 Nougat	Android 7.0 Nougat	Android 7.1.1 Nougat
Processor	A11 Bionic, 64-bit M11 motion coprocessor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, Octa-core, 64-bit 10nm	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, Octa-core, 64-bit 10nm	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, Octa-core, 64-bit 10nm
Display	5.8" Super Retina HD OLED (2436x1125, 458ppi)	5.8" Infinity Super AMOLED Quad HD+ (2960x1440, 571ppi)	6.2" Infinity Super AMOLED Quad HD+ (2960x1440, 529ppi)	6.3" Infinity Super AMOLED Quad HD+ (2960x1440, 521ppi)
Battery	- Wireless charging	3000mAh Fast Charge (wired and wireless)	3500mAh Fast Charge (wired and wireless)	3300mAh Fast Charge (wired and wireless)
Memory	Storage: 64GB / 256GB RAM: -	Storage: 64GB, microSD support up to 256GB RAM: 4GB	Storage: 64GB, microSD support up to 256GB RAM: 4GB	Storage: 64GB, microSD support up to 256GB RAM: 6GB RAM
Camera	Rear: Dual camera with Dual OIS -Wide-angle: 12MP AF Focus Pixels, f/1.8 -Telephoto: 12MP f/2.4, optical zoom, 10x digital zoom Front: 7MP f/2.2	Rear: 12MP f/1.7 Front: 8MP f/1.7	Rear: 12MP f/1.7 Front: 8MP f/1.7	Rear: Dual Camera with Dual OIS -Wide-angle: 12MP Dual Pixel AF, f/1.7, OIS -Telephoto: 12MP AF, f/2.4, OIS 2X optical zoom, up to 10X digital zoom Front: 8MP f/1.7
Size	153.6 x 70.9 x 7.7mm 174g	148.9 x 68.1 x 8mm 152g	159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1mm 173g	162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6mm 195g
Water Resistance	IP67	IP68	IP68	IP68
Ports	Lightning	USB Type-C 3.5mm headphone	USB Type-C 3.5mm headphone	USB Type-C 3.5mm headphone
Connectivity	WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 5.0 4G LTE GPS NFC	WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 5.0 4G LTE GPS NFC MST	WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 5.0 4G LTE GPS NFC MST	WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 5.0 4G LTE GPS NFC MST
Other	Face ID No fingerprint reader	Fingerprint reader Iris scanner Facial recognition	Fingerprint reader Iris scanner Facial recognition	Fingerprint reader Iris scanner Facial recognition
Colors	Space Gray, Silver	Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold	Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold	Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Maple Gold, Deepsea Blue

// Apple

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SiriusDoggie

4K 60fps. Nothing on the market has that in this price range, even 2-3k prosumer Sony camcorders don’t have 4k60. Having 4k60 on a smartphone is amazing. No other phone can do this, not even the note 8 with 4k30. That A11 chip is no joke, help 4k60 bogs down most of the people laptops on here! And they got it doing recording on a phone, for that 1 feature plus stereo speakers I’m switching from my 6p. That’s a game changer if you do any type of video recording and have a 4k tv. There are a few people who shoot with iPhone 7 in 4k using a gimbal and the video is damn near pro level when watching on a 4ktv .

Check this out on a 4ktv and show me 1 android phone that can do this level. Doesn’t exist.

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DaManFitty

How long was Touch ID a thing on Iphone? And then they ditched it on the Iphone X? Why? I thought they did things better???
jim

all i know is im paying 13.75 each for two Note 8 phones with a high speed charger and 128 gig sd card for each that was FREE , let see the Apple sheep beat that deal lol
El Tigre

So Apple finally caught up to a Galaxy S6 Edge with IP67, no fingerprint sensor/home button, no headphone jack and they are over charging as always??? Sad when a Note 4(518 PPI 1440p) from 2014 still has a higher resolution and higher PPI than this iPhoney joke (458 PPI 1125p). My Note 8 laughs hysterically at this overpriced joke.
jcastill

In all fairness I think the new iPhone supports fast charge based on the background “new features” they included.
ChrisI

I’d say the Mi Mix 2 deserves to be compared now along with these behemoths
LindaCSaldana

Google pays now $99 to each worker for working on computer.You can also avail this.
on sunday I got a great new Ford Mustang from having made $9388 this – 5 weeks past . it’s certainly my favWinite-job Ive ever done . I actually started 6 months ago and almost immediately started bringin in more than $99 per-hWin . look at here
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Pakmann2k

4k 60fps camera and no removable memory with 1000$ for the base model (64gig) is a fail for me. That’s about 40 minutes if every gig was used for videos only.
Dunamis1100

All the other phones this year don’t stand a chance! Sorry Pixel2/XL2, V30, Mate10, XYZ, Moto, etc.
Kisuk3

Don’t forget 40 Million Songs. LOL
drcaveman

Please someone just make a phone that looks like the ones in Syfys The Expanse

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Peter Stover

Why did you leave out my LGG6?!
seldomused

If they really want to outsell Samsung at the market price, they should probably set a price below Samsung’s absurd current pricing model.
Mark Snider

As I right this from a moto z2 play that cost $400 I just can’t see $1000+ for a phone. But, people will buy them just because it’s apple
- David Martrano
  
  Your right price doesn’t matter to the true & blue i-sheeper! They will just carrier finance it!
Lunkman

Goddamn- am I the only loving my OG Pixel (that I paid like $500 new for last October) just a little bit more today?
- Mike
  
  I’m loving that Google replaced my out-of-warranty Nexus 6P last week with a Pixel XL (with more storage to boot) absolutely free of charge. While my wife’s 1-month out of warranty Macbook Pro that stopped working gets “that sucks” from the Apple store.
  
  Google is honestly getting more like Apple used to be, and Apple is getting more like a traditional company.
Tom S

The ad is screwing up the formatting on the chart.
- axis_power
  
  Since when has droidlife cared about what ads do to their site?
  - Tom S
    
    Since it’s not normally an issue I’d say they usually care.
- PoisonApple31
  
  Next thing you are going to tell me is that I have to click an icon to Show Comments!
  - Tom S
    
    I guess it’s not actually that difficult since you found my comment. 🙂
Drew

Chart is 10mm off on the iPhone’s height
peelabrownie

Is the height for the iPhone X correct? It doesn’t have top or bottom bezels, making it have the highest screen to body ratio of any phone. I believe it should be a height of 143.6.

I’m personally excited for this device. Face ID, if they can pull it off, seems like a new promising technology that can push the envelope for buttonless phone designs. The A11 chip will demolish anything snapdragon has put out. Definitely picking this up at some point irrespective of the price point. Until we get new silicon in these Android devices, I’m not switching back.
bbcoachSuperman

I’m over here with my Moto Z2 Play I got for $400 and love laughing my ass off at the notion that someone will pay $1200 for a damn phone. Granted EVERYTHING is technically better inside it but even the G5+ rocked and that was $200. Hell, you could’ve bought a Galaxy S8+ for $450 a few months ago.
- David Martrano
  
  I paid 540.00 for my s8+. A deal I could not refuse. It performs very well!
Droid 1967

What i havent seen mentioned here is. Apple didnt want to do away with touch id. they tried as all were putting it behind the screen, which was not working for anyone, and from the ones i see got it working you have to have a certain type of screen. They couldnt change the design to add the finger print scanner as samsung did putting it in the wierd placement when they figured out they couldnt make it work. Apple apparently didnt have an option to put one back in after the design change. so as i knew they would and the only reason i really watched was to see how they played as if they were inovative doing away with touch id as they surely did not want to do away with it , just couldnt make what they had planned work. Next year they will be innovative by bringing back touch id giving you choices that noone else eve did 🙂
- Fresh360
  
  THIS!!!!
- Mike
  
  I can’t believe that their fallback wasn’t a touchID sensor inside of the Apple icon on the back. I mean hell, they should have done that on the regular phone too, and kept it on the home button just to make it that much more convenient.
  - Droid 1967
    
    I think apple is so arrogant they never made a backup plan if they couldnt get it working under the screen. What happened was noone else got it working so apple could copy how they did it and with lack of preparation they just didnt have time to re-engineer to put a button on the back. samsung already had a button on the back with the s8 so it was probably a pretty quick thing to add it back to the note 8. But dont fret already at least one companie have made it work on certain screens, As always as soon as someone else can make something work Apple will certainly tell their folks how they overcame the challenge, such as they did with their amoled screen making statements of problems that samsung fixed a couple years ago, as well as i believe samsung is supplying the screen, Notice apple didnt say they invented the screen, but they sure alluded that they overcame the challenges with innuendo that other amoled screens are not as good as theirs which is false as theirs is not as high tech resolution or ppi as samsung and lg’s.
Tyler Durden

Destroys them in power

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- Tyler Durden
  
  *ignorant reply incoming from somebody*
  - trevorsalienarms
    
    you should definitely post that geekbench screenshot more often
  - John
    
    Don’t think anybody wants a pic of you.
- Droid 1967
  
  and? they make good hardware have been for last few years, its really not about hardware anymore. its about preference to android or ios. doesnt matter how great their hardware is. i dont prefer ios. at least this one wasnt constant how great we are we are the first etc etc. I thought it was toned down pretty good and a nice presentation. I also liked how they left off the price of the 256gb iphone x 🙂 just forgot to mention that one 🙂 But if you like the eco system and apple in general i think they put out a good product line this year. Funny though i guess its a grownup thing or something, but im not going to apple sites talking about their low PPI, or how they talk about how their screen is better as they fixed the amoled problems that have been fixed for several years, or how they actually wanted touch id but failed to make it work under the screen as they wanted or how face id was out years ago and mostly not used because its stupid. or how wow i can press the button twice than use my face much easier than just putting my finger on it. And no yours is the ignorant comment. Weve known for years that apple chips outpace the ones used in android for years, you post as if its some new innovation. You constantly posting the same dribble here is worthless, you like iphones more power too you does it make your penis bigger to post this dribble if so im glad i hear you can use it.
- cbstryker
  
  And what’s that going to give you that the iPhone 8, iPhone 7, Pixel, S8, LG V30, etc., cannot provide?
- SVTCobra
  
  Sweet! Now your 2007 homescreen can move around even faster!
alex drum

Facial recognition is dumb! I never even look at my phone while I use it. (About the level of intellect being shown in these comments)
- Bane✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
  
  “I never even look at my phone while I use it”. Wut? Is that you, Stevie Wonder?
Christopher Robert

I am happy Apple finally got a better screen on the iPhoneX. I mean a retina display does not even compare to the current gen Android displays. Even the iPhoneX display is 100 DPI less than the S8+ or the Note 8. They made strides in the right direction though, and its good too because someone needs to keep Samsung in check, they are running away with the market right now.
- Andy
  
  running away, how so?
  - Christopher Robert
    
    By far the biggest market share. Becoming too dominant needs more competition.
hebrewHAMMER

Can someone tell me how much practicality OIS has on the telephoto lens, which I believe is the secondary lens?
- SVTCobra
  
  It’s actually much more important with longer focal lengths. Any movement is amplified because it’s focused on a much smaller area. I’m surprised all these dual camera setups left it out on the 2x camera for this long.
disastrousrainbow

I’ma be real here for a bit and set any kind of bias aside. Perhaps it was their presentation of it all, but I’m not so burned with $999 price after seeing the Face ID demo and the technology powering it all. It definitely seemed more advanced than the run-of-the-mill face recognition stuff Samsung’s been toying around with in the same way their fingerprint reader implementation on the iPhone 5S was miles above Samsung’s initial foray into the tech *shudder*. Coupled that with a really great design (notch be damned), dual audio speakers, and some pretty nifty camera tricks, I can SEE buying this phone and not FEELING like it WASN’T worth the price of admission from the previous model because there are some pretty significant changes between the two.

All that being said, though, I’m GLAD the phone won’t be up for pre-order until October 27th because now I get to see what Google brings to the table with the Pixel 2 XL. If that phone manages to give us a similarly striking bezel-reduced design (which it will), a stereo speaker setup (which all signs are pointing to), improved camera (ditto) AND manages to have a starting point that’s less than $999 for the same base storage (which is looking likely), it will all but extinguish the iPhone X from my mind.
- cbstryker
  
  Their facial recognition hardware is basically a small Xbox Kinect. The 360 Kinect blasted an IR dot field also, and they developed that 8 years ago. That’s the same time the iPhone 3GS was released. The 360 Kinect did facial recognition and it did it with a lower resolution camera with less detail (subjects are further from camera, the effective pixel size for a face was at most 200 or 300 pixels). An iPhone user is going to be holding their phone only a couple of feet from their face, providing resolution and detail almost 10x higher.
  
  Here’s a video showing what the Kinect actually does. It’s identical to the demo from Apple’s event:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yr5_0imcbY
  - Droid 1967
    
    You mean apple took someone elses idea, than announced it in a slightly different form as if they invented it? sounds like what they have done 100% of the time.
- PoisonApple31
  
  The Iris Scanner on the Samsung devices is a bigger deal than the Facial Recognition which has been around since Ice Cream Sandwiches on Android devices.
  - disastrousrainbow
    
    That’s selling the tech of what’s in the iPhone X’s FR incredibly short not to mention the software side of things.
danchi23

When is the pixel xl revealed?
- Orion
  
  Oct 5th is the rumored date.
alex drum

Long time xyz owner here. Here to say bad things about a product I supposedly have owned for many years. Dispite this meaning I’m a total idiot for sticking with the product years, I have somehow, today, just now realized the error of my ways. In no way is this me trying to make it seem like product A loyal people are turing to product B. This isn’t some weird fetish, underhanded tactic, or me begging for upvotes.
Sporttster

I am completely happy with my new S8+. It is by far the best phone I have ever owned and best camera. Not interested in any other phone.
- David Martrano
  
  Sporttster, ditto I feel the same way! Lovin it!
john

Dammit, I can easily see Google pricing the next Pixel XL at $899 now.
- MadMartigan
  
  You shut your your d*** w**** mouth. :-p
- Bourne, Jason C.
  
  They really need a “Pixel” trade-in program now…
  - PoisonApple31
    
    Mine is sitting on my desk collecting dust…
- Mr Mofo
  
  Just run Oreo on a 6P.
- Orion
  
  Man I hope not lol.
jak_341

The iPhone X is incredibly impressive. This is the new standard for smartphones. Good job Apple!
- John Bush
  
  You must have watched a different presentation than the rest of us.
  - jak_341
    
    Nope. The iPhone X is about as close as you can get to the perfect phone. I assure you, fingerprint readers are dead, and wired charging is well on its way to the grave.
    - Justin Harris
      
      Except the only reason the iphone didn’t have a fingerprint reader was failure to implement it under the display. Samsung failed as well but slapped it on the back in the last minute. Expect it back next year “with courage!”. Wireless charging is a “nothing burger” for android as it has had it for ages. It may be the best Iphone, but the hardware is still behind the competition and sports a higher price to boot.
      - jak_341
        
        The A11 is far better than anything on the market.
        
        Wireless charging was a nothing burger, but Apple makes the market move. Wireless charging will be front and center everywhere. You will see wireless charging pads in malls, coffee shops, airports, and anywhere else. Wired charging has been put on notice. It will be gone in a couple of years.
        
        Same with the fingerprint sensor. FaceID just killed it off. It is no longer needed in the screen or anywhere. Every Android partner will be trying to emulate FaceID. Just watch the phones in the spring.
        
        What’s exciting about this the most is: Apple is extremely close to the holy grail of smartphone design. A bezelless, chin and forehead less, razor thin, and portless design.
      - John Bush
        
        Umm… Starbucks already has wireless charging stations….
        
        How large is that rock you’ve been living under?
      - Dan
        
        So the question is, does apples wireless charging work with anybody else or is it a usual apple only thing?
        
        and, if this gets android manufactures back into adding wireless charging (yeah samsung I know, done with them) then it’s a good thing.
      - cbstryker
        
        I think I read somewhere that it’s using the Qi standard.
      - PoisonApple31
        
        Yes, they said during the presentation it uses Qi standard.
      - jak_341
        
        Really? I’ve never seen one. I only see wired charging stations. I’ll have to look harder.
      - John Bush
        
        They’ve been around for like two years now, built right into the tables. They even offer an adapter (apple fans love adapters) so iPhone users could get in on the fun.
    - John Bush
      
      I remember when my Nexus 7 tablet was released with wireless charging…. Back in 2013. The future is here folks!
DanWazz

Looks like the essential phone made a baby with the G6. At least they made an interesting update to the iPhone instead of the incremental stuff they’ve done the past few years.
Bourne, Jason C.

Welp, they’ve gone and done it.
Price Wars is about to replace Spec Wars. $899-$1299 will be the new “normal” pricing soon.
- Theot
  
  Not for me, I’ll be buying my devices during promo’s and price drops after they’ve been out for a few months. I’ll be damned if I’m spending over $600 for a new phone.
  - JruASAP
    
    Yup, those prices are absurd.
    
    I’m gonna stick with Oneplus. There are too many devices that offer better bang for your buck these days to justify spending upwards of a grand on a phone.
    - Theot
      
      I got two LG G6’s for $500 two weeks ago from T-Mobile. For $250 a phone its a hell of a device! There’s to many good options out there. I really hope this will push more people to look at phones by companies like LG and HTC, they make great devices to for less. I talk to people all the time that don’t even look at anything other than an iphone or a galaxy. Well, this might push them to look further. Spending $4k every couple years on phones for a whole family is just insane to me.
96-06TSgt

Longtime iPhone user checking in. Every single thing they announced today was catching up with Samsung…but shipping in November. Well, there was the part where I can animate a pile of poo….

I think it’s time to part ways. I’m not paying more and waiting longer for a product without a headphone jack, lower IP rating, no fingerprint sensor, no fast charging and a hideous top bezel.

Needing to replace 2 phones, the pre-order deals for the note 8 really add up on the cost savings too.

RIP Steve Jobs.
- cadtek91
  
  Welcome.
  - LindaCSaldana
    
    Google pays now $99 to each worker for working on computer.You can also avail this.
    on sunday I got a great new Ford Mustang from having made $9388 this – 5 weeks past . it’s certainly my favWinite-job Ive ever done . I actually started 6 months ago and almost immediately started bringin in more than $99 per-hWin . look at here
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  - Chilly O
    
    Welcome indeed
- Neel
  
  Not only that but I think the all in on faceID is a bad decision, especially without having fingerprint as a back up. They really want all that facial recognition data huh
  - Mr Mofo
    
    I can’t wait for the stories of compromising faceId, just hold your partner’s phone up to their face when their asleep.
    - alex drum
      
      Can’t wait for compromising stories about a partner using their significant other fingerprint while they sleep… oh wait.
    - Neel
      
      Not only that but did anyone think of the simple problem of unlocking at night time in bed without having to manually enter a pin?
      - alex drum
        
        Not only that, I obliviously didn’t actually watch the keynote and know little to nothing about them directly addressing night time facial recognition. 1/10
      - jay
        
        It has a flood light that illuminates your face
      - alex drum
        
        ”Twas a bit of sarcasm my good man. I was highliting the lack of knowledge on anything to do with the phone or more specifically how it deals with dark places. Personally watched the whole thing.
      - El Tigre
        
        I think it will have an IR sensor like my Galaxy Note 8 has and my Galaxy Note 7 before it for night time facial unlocking, not sure if it works as good as on my Note 8. I personally don’t use it since a 7 digit pin works good for nights out and about in public and then using my fingerprint for when I’m at work and such. The misses doesn’t snoop around since I let her fiddle with my phone whenever she wants, she does the same with her phone, so we have a high level of trust between us.
      - nervous648
        
        It can still unlock at night they already demoed that today
    - PKells
      
      Based on the demo video I saw on another site phone won’t unlock if eyes are closed.
      Now if your partner sleeps with their eyes open you’ve got bigger creepier issues….
      Will be curious to see how it works in reality though. On Android, from when it was introduced back on my Galaxy Nexus to my current S8 face unlock has never worked well for me. Much prefer Smart Lock features for quick unlocking of my phone.
      - Frettfreak
        
        i find that the iris unlock on my s8 works surprisingly good, even in low light. However, i HATE having to hold my phone up to my face (or at least higher than i hold it to use it) and usually have to open my eyes a little wider than normal but it does work well when i do.
      - PoisonApple31
        
        That is the reason a lot of people do not use the Iris Scanner on the Samsung devices. Now imagine having to use that or a Pin all of the time with the iPhone X.
      - TylerCameron
        
        What if your partner is Major Payne?
  - Miguel
    
    I’m really surprised they went that rout and didn’t give the option of a fingerprint sensor in the back.
    - VAVAMk_2
      
      That would admit Android (Pixel) does it right.
      - nervous648
        
        Pixel over hyped over priced iPhone clone
      - VAVAMk_2
        
        No my friend it isn’t
      - nervous648
        
        Ok a friend of mine has one had problems google returned him a refurbished phone trash utter trash
      - VAVAMk_2
        
        Cool story, bro.
      - chikinnn
        
        much detail
      - Frettfreak
        
        ANY company that sends you a replacement for a phone under warranty is 99% of the time a refurb. Your lack of knowledge, and confidence in your ignorance, is pretty amazing though… good job.
      - nervous648
        
        Your lack of knowledge with staying with a product that only gets updates for two years not security updates nice try with your over hyped expensive crap pixel
      - Frettfreak
        
        Funny cause my my last 3 phones got a security update almost monthly. Cool story though.
      - Frettfreak
        
        man if pixel is an iphone clone, its anything but over priced. 1150 for an iphone, 750 for a pixel… yeah. I TOTALLY see what you mean.
      - nervous648
        
        Look at the prices storage model comparisons same price wow can you not use google
      - Frettfreak
        
        Wow… You have zero clue what ur talking about
  - Drew
    
    The facial recognition data is stored on the iPhone, not in iCloud.
  - Frettfreak
    
    between the face ID all in, only ip67 rating, and the price, I hope more people jump ship.
- Iceblu333
  
  I’m right beside you, my note 8 will be here tomorrow. Bye bye iPhone 6s Plus. Bye bye slow innovation. The only thing they mentioned today that was remotely shocking was the semi new design and processor. Android phones had facial recognition and wireless charging for forever, just because you are now doing it with a cute little video don’t think I’m gonna bite. And I’m treetrunking tired of having a ******** water gun instead of an actual gun… imma stop. The list goes on forever. Enjoy your smiling sh** emoji’s I’m out. #dueces
- New_Guy
  
  👏👏👏👏👏👏
- SA_NYC
  
  I’ll tell you, the S8 is a gorgeous phone, pretty close to perfect IMO. The Samsung skin is a little iffy but manageable. Really the only thing bad I can say about it is wow is it fragile — I’ve just broken by second one in four months, this time with a back case and a thin screen protector in place. But then again, the new iPhone is going to be the same in this regard, such is the issue with all-glass phones. But yeah, I imagine you’ll love the S8.
- Tyler Durden
  
  K
  
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  - PoisonApple31
    
    You post that as if its supposed to mean something?
- Tyler Durden
  
  Note 8 might as well not have a fingerprint sensor with its godawful placement that’s unusable.
  - Fref
    
    When you become an adult, your hands should get bigger, and you won’t have a size problem…… At least not in that area.
    - OmegatronV
      
      Savage 😂
  - Mark Kendrick
    
    I never had an issue on the S8+ besides I only use it for secure apps/logins. I use smart lock and my Gear S3 to unlock my phone anyway
  - John Bush
    
    Digging deep for insults. You win the troll trophy this round Durden.
  - Daistaar
    
    According to a quick Google query (by asking Alexa on my Dot) 90% of the global population is right-handed. Somehow, I don’t think most people will have an issue with the placement. Additionally most Note users I’d understand to be power users and should have a decent idea or grasp on the sensor’s placement. Additionally, muscle-memory is your friend.
  - Wanny Pena
    
    Im left handed and have no issue. Stop crying about it.
    - PoisonApple31
      
      I’m right handed and can unlock with my left hand on my S8+. Poor kid is trying to justify that $999 price tag of iPhone X.
    - AJ
      
      I wondered about that. I’m left handed too. Glad to hear a fellow lefty not running into any issues with the sensor. Mine should arrive Friday at Bestbuy.
  - Frettfreak
    
    I am with you actually. I have used my prints to unlock for years. Got my s8 and just cant get to the point where it feels right. Its even more awkward with a case.
    - nervous648
      
      I hope your house or apartment doesn’t catch fire
  - David Martrano
    
    I totally disagree, it took me 24hrs to get use to the FPS. People love to complain. And at least it has a FPS unlike the i-phone! Yikes!
- nervous648
  
  Go ahead switch your house might blowup besides the the iPhone x does offer fast charging you should learn to read
  - 96-06TSgt
    
    Fast wireless you genius. You know, the fast wireless charger I’ll be getting this Friday with my new Note 8.
    - nervous648
      
      Ya it has fast charging now that your name calling that is direct from apples site so ya
      - Pakmann2k
        
        It does not wirelessly fast charge, only plugged in.
      - PoisonApple31
        
        It will get “fast wireless charging” with an update later on and for fast wired charging the iPhone X won’t do it out of the box. You’ll need a different cable and adapter to do that on top of your $999 price tag. LOL
        
        https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/12/iphone-x-iphone-8-fast-charge/
      - nervous648
        
        Go to apples site an read for yourself it clearly states fast charging
      - 96-06TSgt
        
        Insults my ability to read twice.
        
        Clearly can’t read what now 3 people are telling him
        
        Fast WIRELESS, wireLESS, charging.
        
        And as noted by @PoisonApple31:disqus, the supplied standard wall wart won’t even allow you to fast charge wired. You have to spend minimum $75 more to do it with a high watt charger and USB-C to Litening cable.
      - nervous648
        
        well obviously you are believing other people or just not caring either way it is stated on apples site sorry you dont get that
      - 96-06TSgt
        
        Well then either you don’t understand what you are seeing, or you are seeing something that no one else in this thread is seeing.
        
        Screen cap and post where it says fast wireLESS charging and I’ll eat my words and tell you, you were right and I was wrong.
      - nervous648
        
        i never never ever said fast wireless i said it has wireless charging it clearly states fast charging available right on there site
      - 96-06TSgt
        
        SERIOUSLY – go back and re-read this thread and tell me who has the reading comprehension problem.
      - nervous648
        
        Volume up/downRing/Silent switchSide buttonBuilt-in stereo speaker
        ‌Built-in microphoneLightning connectorBuilt-in microphoneBuilt-in stereo speaker
        Power and Battery8
        Lasts up to 2 hours longer than iPhone 7
        Talk time (wireless):
        Up to 21 hours
        Internet use:
        Up to 12 hours
        Video playback (wireless):
        Up to 13 hours
        Audio playback (wireless):
        Up to 60 hours
        Fast-charge capable:
        Up to 50% charge 30 minutes9
        Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
        Wireless charging (works with Qi chargers10)
        Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
        Fast-charge capable
        Sensors
        Face ID
        Barometer
        Three-axis gyro
        Accelerometer
        Proximity sensor
        Ambient light sensor
        Operating System
        iOS 11
      - PoisonApple31
        
        Since you don’t know how to read:
        
        Testing conducted by Apple in August 2017 using preproduction iPhone X units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapters (29W Model A1540, 61W Model A1718, 87W Model A1719). Fast-charge testing conducted with drained iPhone units. Charge time varies with environmental factors; actual results will vary.
        
        Directly from Apple’s site. Guess what? That cable and power adapter are not in the box. You aren’t fast charging anything without buying additional accessories!
      - nervous648
        
        Well with technical specs that are on there site it doesn’t state that so there you go that is the only I have to go by it’s sad this site was good at a time they always try to talk about but it’s not the other way around sorry
      - PoisonApple31
        
        It’s on this page:
        https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/specs/
        
        See that little 8 at the end? Now go scroll to the bottom of the page and read exactly what I just copied in my last post found on that same page. Can’t make it any simpler for you. A five year old could understand this.
      - nervous648
        
        So your point it’s not in the box ok you are not interested in that device so why does it matter oh your gonna get the new pixel or note 8
      - PoisonApple31
        
        My point is quit spreading false information and telling people they don’t know how to read when you are the one that doesn’t know how to read. Also, take a class or two. I worry about your ability to survive out there in the real world.
      - nervous648
        
        I never spread any false information I was only stating what I saw on the site
      - PoisonApple31
        
        You lead others to believe the new iPhones supported fast charging out of the box – which they do not. That is spreading false information. It doesn’t matter anyway, you also proved that you are an idiot.
      - nervous648
        
        like i said earlier learn to comprehend
      - nervous648
        
        96-06TSgt nervous648 • a day ago
        Fast wireless you genius. You know, the fast wireless charger I’ll be getting this Friday with my new Note 8.
      - PoisonApple31
        
        Yep and if you would read the footnote – it tells you actually what I told you in the link that was posted. You need the other power brick and cable – it will not do it out of the box. LOL – learn to read the footnotes
      - Frettfreak
        
        #donglelife
      - David Martrano
        
        Dongle life sucks, I’m really glad Samsung realize’s the headphone jack is a loved feature. I won’t purchase a phone without it. That also pertains to the V30!
- michael arazan
  
  “needing to replace 2 phones”
  
  The best thing IMO about iPhones that Android doesn’t have is the fact when you switch devices your next device activated will be set up automatically to your previous device screen and data saved in all apps. It’s a chore still setting up a new device in Android either switching between OS/ ecosystems or just a new device, wish Google would make that a priority, or at least copy one good service apple does well.
  - John Bush
    
    Umm… Android phones do that too. They back up your data to your Drive account. It even works to move Apple uses over to Android.
  - BG
    
    It was…but for a few years now Android is just as easy
    - Frettfreak
      
      no no no. lol. Yes, Android has gotten MUCH better in this area, but its so far from getting it right. I have tried googles and samsungs just to see which is better and they both fail pretty hard when it comes to app data. I dont get most of it on either backup solution. You have to re-sign in and setup most apps.
      - Ryan
        
        Interesting, I just setup both my Note 8 and my wife’s Note 8 and I believe I had to login to like 2-3 apps per device and I think at least 1 of those was an app that I specifically don’t have my login credentials saved. I was actually really impressed because that was not the case a couple of years ago. If the information isn’t being brought forward to the new device it almost seems like it may be the developers issue because honestly so many had it pulled over to the new device.
- Ryan Davis
  
  My wife is a 10+ year Apple user, and she’s strongly considering picking up the Pixel 2 XL when it drops. Given all the steps backwards Apple’s taken with this launch. Overpriced “high end” phone without commonplace functionality. Or lower end phone with the fingerprint scanner, but not as good, plus my wife was quite upset that they aren’t going to have the color options. Odds are because her family is entirely crazy for Apple (who knows why), she’ll end up biting the bullet and getting the X, but the fact that a future phone could pull her away from the “phone of the future” for even a second is impressive (or it shows the lack of impressiveness from Apple this year, one of the two).
- Chilly O
  
  Thou has seent (yes I said seent) the light…welcome brother
- Joel
  
  You will love having a back button. That alone makes Android better than iOS.
- David
  
  Welcome to the darkside
- Ismail Akram
  
  I might first get Note 8 but I think iPhone X is more exciting than Note 8. Only thing I wish was fingerprint sensor be included as well otherwise. X feels interesting. That no button UI makes it exciting. Well I am not yearly phone buyer and that might have to do with my interest in X. I buy all phones ( almost ) S8 makes Note less interesting as owned S8+ twice and now I have U11 and also Pixel XL.
  
  I am liking that display even a lot, how Samsung has done is almost everyone doing see V30 which IMO is also more interesting phone than Note 8.
  
  iPhone have stereo speakers yes no jack but that didn’t bother me much when I had 7+ and now U11 don’t have that and I guess I am pretty okay with it.
  
  Note 8 is awesome phone but X is really cool one. And X will hold it worth to way longer than Note 8, cuz S9 won’t be far away.
krt2005

I don’t know if the last paragraph pointing out that the phone doesn’t have a fingerprint scanner is fair. They replaced it with the 3D face scanner. That’s like the big thing here. Be a little bit more fair. This is not like the IRIS scanner. It’s actually something new. They just made fingerprint scanners obsolete.
- rodney11ride
  
  obsolete? wow ok. Many will take the fingerprint option over the face any day. hardly obsolete
  - Kenn Cheek
    
    Preach!
- jak_341
  
  Exactly. From today forward, fingerprint sensors are a dead technology walking.
  - John Bush
    
    Except on the new iPhone 8 where fingerprint is still king!
- Bourne, Jason C.
  
  It’s not really new, it’s more of an evolution (nothing wrong with that, who doesn’t like improvement). They’ve made something that already existed better. We”ll have to wait to see how it plays in the real world, though. Although, I anticipate that it’ll work well but not well enough; else they would have ditched it on their “main” iPhone release.
- Dobies
  
  I don’t have to stare at the phone with fingerprint unlock. Why would staring at it be a better option?
  - OreoMan
    
    Especially when driving! Like I need more people trying to hit me on the road these days… FML
    - PoisonApple31
      
      I’m more worried about those people playing with the animoji while driving. Gotta show to my friend exactly how I feel!
- Mr Mofo
  
  Lets see how taking your phone out of your pocket and glancing down at it while standing up works on the X.
- Suicide_Note
  
  And the face scanner failed during the presentation.
  - pappy53
    
    Look at the video, and the phone screen. It had not been used, and asked for a passcode to get started, just like other phones.
    - Suicide_Note
      
      Wrong.
- PoisonApple31
  
  I remember when the micro SD card was “made obsolete” – it made a comeback.
- Wanny Pena
  
  No i 100 percent prefer fingerprint scanning and i think a lot of people do as well. I can guarantee you once Samsung or someone else (which i think they already have) figures out how to put finger print scanners under the display Apple will then follow. Apple has been playing catch on technology for years now, and once they doit they re brand it with some bs “magical” name. Why not leave you the option to have various ways of unlocking, like many other companies.
- John
  
  What happened to the underscreen fingerprint sensor?
TheRunner024

Can the 835 handle 4K at 60 FPS?
- cbstryker
  
  Yes
sinfoman

Well, when you put it THAT WAY…
capncoad

Outside of the Dual Cameras it has more in common with the Galaxy S8+. I do think Apple is likely going to nail facial recognition in a way Samsung hasn’t, and Apple’s CPU/GPU are going to embarrass qualcomm even further than they already have over the past two or three years. The gestures seem OK, but I wonder if people are ready to accept a non-visual way to close out and switch apps. I think an on-screen navigation system would have been more user friendly. I don’t recall them saying if the dual speaker system was going to be in the X or not, but I liked what I hear about the iPhone 8’s speakers.

What’s a bit gross is talking up 4k 60FPS video, and the entire multi-media smorgasbord of features and then selling your flagship device with non-expandable 64GB for $999. Should have started at 128GB no question.

Overall, Apple made some comments about the X being the future of phones and a Wayne Gretzky quote about skating to where the puck is going to be, none of which Apple is doing, and there’s no amount of Ultra-British Jony Ive videos that are going to convince me otherwise.
- VAVAMk_2
  
  Facial recognition failed big time on stage.
- Pakmann2k
  
  Completely agree with the storage. 64gigs is about 40minutes at 4k 60fps.
Looks like a Duck

We’ve taken your phone(s) and reinvented a much better product.

Signed,
Tim Cook, Apple.
- Looks like a Duck
  
  P.S. And slapped a $999 price tag on it. And people will love us for it.
- John Bush
  
  You’ll love the bunny ear screen because we say you will.
Anthony Coggins

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James Fry

Let’s see. Nearly 6″ screen, wireless charging, face unlock, on-screen keys…

HEY APPLE, 2014 CALLED IT WANTS ITS NEXUS 6 BACK!
- alex drum
  
  with these being the determining features the exact same thing could be said about all those samsung devices. 10/10
- Tyler Durden
  
  Nexus that’s trash compared to iPhones lol
  - John Bush
    
    Who cares about updates after two years? We all buy a new phone every two years anyway!
    - Orion
      
      Exactly lol!
    - John
      
      Apple fanboys havent gotten a new phone in 10yrs. Forgive him for being ignorant.
  - nervous648
    
    Exact
    Y that is why I left android
  - SVTCobra
    
    How’s that brick after 2 years? Because that’s all they become with iOS updates they cannot handle.
  - James Fry
    
    About the same as iPhones. You get security patches, but not the new features.
    - Dan Letsch
      
      But the number goes up, so it has to be new, just like every new iphone. /s
neo1738

So Apple is yet again finally catching up to Android. They are so behind. I’ve been wireless charging for 2 years now.
- Whoa, What?
  
  Five years for me. Even though the Nexus 4 would be a dinosaur compared to today’s standards (especially the screen size/resolution and lack of ACTUAL 4G LTE), I loved the overall feel of it in my hands. Plus the glass back on it was SOOO gorgeous.
  
  None of the glass backs I’ve seen from Apple ever come close to how beautiful that phone looked–especially the way it glimmered in light.
  
  Then again, a matrix-style glass back on an iPhone would look really funky.
  - SVTCobra
    
    Nexus 4 screen resolution is very similar to the iPhone 8’s.
- Eric R.
  
  5 years here, starting with the Droid DNA
sj0808

“Super Retina HD OLED” lol

I think Apple meant to say “Super AMOLED”
- sj0808
  
  https://www.cnet.com/news/oled-displays-theyre-awful-says-apples-ceo/
  
  Let this be a record
  - Galaxy_Fan
    
    I gave up on apple devices a long ago and laughed at, and got annoyed at, all of the hype and “creativity” talked about at the apple event today but that quote is from over 4 years ago. In terms of screen technology improvements, and just regular technology improvements, that was a long time ago. I can see an opinion changing on OLED screens in that time. Now give the quote where Tim says the note 4 was too big and awkward but that the iphone 7 is the perfect size and I will agree with you on the hypocrisy.
- New_Guy
  
  Ghaaahahahahah 😂😂😂😂
aleubalton

So the best new iPhone is an Android phone. Nice.
- Looks like a Duck
  
  I was just thinking “What if this was Apple’s plan all along, to eventually release a phone that basically an Android phone with a different OS? (and no fingerprint reader…because that would be too obvious)
  - Dobies
    
    They’re both converging on the same OS. Eventually it’ll just be the same device with a slightly different kernel branded under two different companies !
- Tyler Durden
  
  Works infinitely better than Android phones, you are correct
  - aleubalton
    
    Infinitely subjective, but okay… I guess…
    - Tyler Durden
      
      I mean, just look at all the comparison videos. You can even see 2GB of ram > 999999GB
      - aleubalton
        
        I’ve seen them and the only apps where iPhones make a real difference are in games, where they load up much faster. And I don’t consider that working “infinitely better”…
      - Daistaar
        
        Not at all. With all of that RAM you can run the entire OS, applications and content in RAM and never need to load anything.
  - Turb0wned
    
    I have to agree with Tyler, I am no fanboy of ether one and I own an S8+ and iPhone 7 Plus. The iPhone just does things better unfortunately. Even when they play “catch-up” the final product is better and polished. I guarantee you that facial recognition is light years ahead of any Android’s version.
    - Suicide_Note
      
      That’s why it failed during the presentation, right?
      - pappy53
        
        It didn’t fail. Look at the video, and the phone screen. It had not been used, and asked for a passcode to get started, just like other phones.
      - rodney11ride
        
        you think they ran through that presentation and never set it up?
      - PoisonApple31
        
        It said “Your passcode is required to enable Face ID.” You get the same message with Touch ID (“Your passcode is required to enable Touch ID.”) when you put your wrong finger on the fingerprint sensor causing it to FAIL. That’s why on stage he reacts by saying “Oh, let’s go to backup here.”
      - PoisonApple31
        
        It failed.
        
        It said “Your passcode is required to enable Face ID.” You get the same message with Touch ID (“Your passcode is required to enable Touch ID.”) when you put your wrong finger on the fingerprint sensor causing it to FAIL. That’s why on stage he reacts by saying “Oh, let’s go to backup here.”
        
        Not to mention he wipes his face on stage after it fails, suggesting that sweat on the face causes as issue with Face ID. That’s not just a nervous tick – he knows why it failed on him on stage.
      - Suicide_Note
        
        Wrong, sir.
      - pappy53
        
        Absolutely not wrong.
      - pappy53
        
        Not wrong.
      - Lucky Armpit
        
        Exactly, I LOLed at that.
    - rodney11ride
      
      light years… lol it didnt even work during presentation. smh
    - B!
      
      “I guarantee you that facial recognition is light years ahead of any Android’s version.”
      
      Yes, especially after a 6 year head start.
    - John
      
      They are better at failing their own demo at their own event too. #FACEIDFAIL
  - John Bush
    
    Did Apple spike your koolaid?
- VAVAMk_2
  
  But not a great Android phone.
- nervous648
  
  Ya who wants a device that doesn’t receive updates

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