Don't see any reason to replace my edge with this. Given how difficult it was to find an ok plastic screen protector and that no glass ones exist for these, that makes it even less likely for me.
^ are screen protectors really still necessary? I've just had one because of old school thinking. If the screens are resistant to keys and coins, is that good enough? I just won't bring the phone out to the beach (sand). My wife's S7 plastic screen protector was a royal PITA to get it to play with the case.
^ are screen protectors really still necessary? I've just had one because of old school thinking. If the screens are resistant to keys and coins, is that good enough? I just won't bring the phone out to the beach (sand). My wife's S7 plastic screen protector was a royal PITA to get it to play with the case.
^ are screen protectors really still necessary? I've just had one because of old school thinking. If the screens are resistant to keys and coins, is that good enough? I just won't bring the phone out to the beach (sand). My wife's S7 plastic screen protector was a royal PITA to get it to play with the case.
Well, I had the same thought when I had the Note 4 and didn't put a screen protector on it. About a month later I really regretted it. I still don't know what caused the scratches but I won't be making that mistake again.
With the S8 I think I'll be going with one of the soft wet application types which should fit the screen contours better.
If samsung was working on it and didn't have enough time then that gives apple 6 months to finish it, so odd's are they will include it. Now the note series will come out at the same time, so odd's are by then it will have the reader under the front glass, if they announce it a week earlier they will steal apple's thunder... assuming its not another S sidegrade.I can't help but wonder if that will be Apple's ace in the hole if the fabled OLED iPhone arrives this year: "we have an all-screen phone as well, but ours doesn't make you smudge your camera trying to find the fingerprint reader." Just put your thumb on the bottom part of the screen.
^ are screen protectors really still necessary? I've just had one because of old school thinking. If the screens are resistant to keys and coins, is that good enough? I just won't bring the phone out to the beach (sand). My wife's S7 plastic screen protector was a royal PITA to get it to play with the case.
what screen protector did you end up going with?
I have never used one on my 7 Edge in about a years use. I can't see any scratches on it at all. I won't ever bother getting one for the S8. I don't keep anything else in my pocket with my phone though, which Im sure helps.
My wife on the other hand has cracked 2 "unbreakable" glass shields that Verizon put on by dropping her iPhone. I think the actual screen would have been just fine without it, but the protector cracked after the fall.
It's because the S7E is 16:9. The S8's display ratio is different, it's longer on the top and bottom and also a little thinner on the sides. Great for web browsing in portrait, but it's not as good for standard 16:9 video. Wish I recorded it.I don't understand that. On my 7edge the video takes up the entire display.
I read all of it, and my pants got tight.Displaymate test
http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S8_ShootOut_01.htm
Best display ever.
>1000 nits
But record numbers all over
Got to try the S8 and S8+ at a Verizon store tonight. The phone was very fast and fluid, and while it looks great, I actually am not a fan of how skinny they are. It looks too much like a candy bar, and standard YouTube videos looked way too small. I prefer the 16:9 format, and I hope the Note 8 goes back to that.
Hmm, then it must be the added vertical space that makes the narrower shape more pronounced in my mind. Either way it's a gorgeous phone.The Galaxy 8+ (which I assume will have the same screen size as the note) is just a fraction of a millimeter narrower than the note 7. That means when displaying 16:9 content, the displayed screen size is about the same as the last gen. They really only gained more vertical space, which at best is great for web and texts, at worst it's the same displayed screen size as the note 7 for video.
Sell it on Swappa. If its in great shape, you can get more than $230 for it. I've had nothing but great experiences selling phones on there... quick, easy, no hassle, and probably the best price you'll get.Think I can probably do better elsewhere, it's in great shape.
And once we do, we find that the diagonal of a 16:9 video on your Galaxy S8 would be merely 5.18”, and on the S8+ - 5.54”. In terms of surface area, about 13.5% of your screen will be employed by nothing but black pixels on the left and right of the video.