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  1. Re:Sigh not more of this bullshit on Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Feature a Headphone Jack (sammobile.com) · · Score: 1

    Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Southern, China Eastern, Emirates, United, All Nippon Airlines, and many more ban the use of Bluetooth on their airlines. I guess if you never travel outside the US you're OK. But, considering that China, India, and SE Asia alone account for about half of all humanity - that's a mighty big market you're going to basically say "you can't use your phone for music" to.

  2. Re:Variance from Ars Technica's Wifi testing on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Haptic Feedback - in the S7. Higher resolution - Apple thinks it's important, after all the iPhone 7 Plus has 401 PPI. Battery life - longer is longer. Fifty three models - that's what happens when you focus on CUSTOMERS, not just one narrow niche of cult followers... Probably why Samsung also sells 2-3X the number of smartphones as Apple. Choice rocks!

  3. Re:It's a bit expensive...And for what? on Sandpoint Town Square Home To First Public Solar Roadways Panel Installation (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    I dunno, when you consider the costs of some transit/road construction projects in the US these days, 150 square feet per million sounds downright cheap!

  4. Re:Variance from Ars Technica's Wifi testing on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait, you mean that Samsung can fit twice the battery in a barely larger package (66cc for the iPhone 7, 78cc for the Samsung S7)? Those 12cc sure allow for a lot of battery, eh? LiPos are abour 230Wh/liter, so that extra space is MAYBE 2.3Wh... Given the fact the S7 has 4Wh more battery, it's not the size of the phone that makes the difference - it's the way the stuff inside was packed. Samsung was just more efficient in packing it all in (and they kept that audio jack, too!)

    Oh, and that's while pushing nearly 4 times the pixels.... Face it, the iPhone 7 came up short in battery life. Sometimes Apple doesn't win - but you cannot accept that, can you?

    Come back around iOS 10.3 or so, and we'll talk.

    Yeah, the S8 will be out by then, with even newer features and capabilities that Apple will strive to implement and call "magical" when they finally include them...

  5. Re:Variance from Ars Technica's Wifi testing on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    What, the Ars Technica test where the Samsung S7 trumps the iPhone 7, just like we see here? That test?

  6. Re:Variance from Ars Technica's Wifi testing on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You've never put up actual rest results showing what you claim. And you're the guy who saw the video PROOF that iOS versions got slower and slower (2-3 times slower) on an older phone - and said "I don't see a difference". You're a dyed-in-the-wool apologist for the Cult of Apple.

    Bigger battery for the Samsung phones. Nearly 4 times the pixels. More efficient OS and graphics subsystem. Add it all up - you get more battery life with the Samsung units, but it's not scaled 1:1 for the size of the batteries.

    Bottom line: The iPhone 7 came up short. Woefully so. Live with it.

  7. Re:Security Concerns on WikiLeaks' Big Tuesday Announcement Will Now Take Place Via Video (thehill.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, with Hillary talking about drone strikes on Assange, staying indoors may be the smartest thing to do...

  8. Re:Impossible on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Because the iPhone 7 plus is a lot bigger than these other units. It would then compete against the bigger Android phones which have even longer battery life...

  9. Re:Variance from Ars Technica's Wifi testing on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, you also need to consider pixels being pushed, too. The other phones have nearly 4 times the number of pixels as the iPhone 7. Meaning on those web tests, they're moving a ton more data, running the GPUs a lot harder. That right there shows they are more than equal in terms of efficiency... But I guess if you're happy with a 720p display (versus >full HD resolution), then that's not an issue!

  10. Re:Fireworks for EVERYONE! on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Blow in the pocket instead of in your face? At least you'll leave a good looking corpse for the open casket funeral!

  11. Re:Impossible on iPhone 7 Finishes Last In New Test of Battery Life (betanews.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    iPhone 7 dimensions: 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm

    Samung S7 dimensions: 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm

    LG G5 dimensions: 149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7 mm

    HTC 10 dimensions: 145.9 x 71.9 x 9 mm

    The Samsung and the LG are very close in dimensions (oh, and they kept their 3.5mm audio jacks). The HTC10 is the big boy, being a bit thicker (1.9mm - about 2 fingernail thicknesses).

    And of course, the iPhone is just 750 x 1334 pixels, the others are pushing 1440 x 2560 pixels, nearly 4 times the number of pixels as well, meaning their GPUs are working a lot harder for that rendering on the screen. Even with that against them - they still trash the iPhone in terms of battery life.

  12. Well, the shrieking of a 1541 going dead could hit the same high notes as Axel Rose...

  13. Re:Clinton's record on data security is pathetic on FBI Investigating Possible Hack of Democratic Party Staffer Cell Phones (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I would expect any future candidate to at least take their required national security training which she refused to do. Of course, if you didn't have the training, it's really easy to call handling classified information "a mistake", rather than a willful violation...

  14. Re:no "Russian Hackers", that's B.S. on FBI Investigating Possible Hack of Democratic Party Staffer Cell Phones (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, because a country that is crumbling because of low oil prices can affect the financial holdings of a real estate mogul. There's so much interplay between oil in Russia and property in New York City!

  15. Forgot the password? on Revealed: How One Amazon Kindle Scam Made Millions of Dollars (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    See, that's why you SHOULD use "password" as your password - you won't forget it!

  16. Re:How many of those... on Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    As I said: I don't believe that is "Hard video proof" of ANYTHING, other than the OS versions are pretty close to the same, performance-wise.

    And for anyone else who is not a dyed-in-the-wool fanboi, the differences are quite large, a factor of 3 or more in many cases. Case closed.

  17. Re:How many of those... on Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    And your data is... ? Nothing? Nothing at all? Hard video proof versus a mac fanboi's vapid claims?

  18. Wait, are you saying there are physiological differences between people? I am triggered! Time to sue! But first - do you have as much money as Peter Thiel?

  19. Re:Clinton is an expert at burning money on Trump Takes On 'Crooked Hillary' With Snapchat Geofilter (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    To be honest, that's a skill she honed in the US Congress, where shoveling buckets full of money into the fire is the first line of action for any issue - good or bad.

  20. Re:How many of those... on Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    I use PaintShop Pro 8.1 all the time. Bought it in 2003. It's 32 bit. And runs flawlessly on Windows 10. Why upgrade the program if it works great, and does what I need? Just because the OS supports 64 bit doesn't mean it cannot support 32 bit as well. Thankfully Microsoft understands the power of backwards compatibility...

  21. Re:How many of those... on Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    Awesome video! Excellent, factual rebuttal of the shill that is macs4all...

  22. Re:How many of those... on Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    Mac? Oh you mean that computer that runs an OS that's less than 5% marketshare? Or about 1/5th that of Windows 10? Or about 1/18th that of Windows as a whole?

  23. Re:How is this different from any university? on How ITT Tech Screwed Students and Made Millions (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    Only if we could get Bill Clinton to shill for the University! But at $750,000 per month, he's a bit expensive...

  24. Re:No one likes on VR Devs Pull Support For Oculus Rift Until Palmer Luckey Steps Down (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Gotta love getting modded down "troll" for posting an actual, hard, fact that simply cannot be disputed! But with the modern SJW-mindset, anything that offends anyone is automatically wrong, regardless of the factual nature of the statement. I assume we'll soon have issues about claiming 1+1 = 2 or 3 x 3 = 9...

  25. Re: No one likes on VR Devs Pull Support For Oculus Rift Until Palmer Luckey Steps Down (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I dunno, arming specific sides, giving money (billions - illegally, mind you) to the guys causing instability, coordinating attacks on foreign leaders, drawing lines in the sand - all those seem to fan the flames of war and aggression. Don't do that kind of thing and I bet the middle east would be a lot less volatile.