This is the Samsung Galaxy S8

How come nobody commented on it looking 1.5x longer than a normal phone? wtf is that length? looks like an ultra-wide monitor in portrait mode.
 
Krenum said:
Exactly my point. What you call clumsy, I call life. It happens. I'm way more fun at parties.
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I will have to take your word for it.

Scratches on a phone is a moot point as it happens to all devices. I do not look at the scratch resistance any more than I do on the shape of the front glass.
 
DF-1 said:
How come nobody commented on it looking 1.5x longer than a normal phone? wtf is that length? looks like an ultra-wide monitor in portrait mode.
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Specs seem to be similar, the removal of the home button allowed them to fit a larger screen it seems. Hopefully that is all as a physically larger phone than the S7 regular is definitely a deal breaker for me. It's supposed to be a phone, not a damn mini tablet. :D
 
auntjemima said:
Scratches on a phone is a moot point as it happens to all devices.
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And since we agree that we can't avoid scratches. We can at least mitigate damage to the screen, which brings me back to my decision about not purchasing an edge to edge screen. Hardware specs & choices in ecosystems are cool, they are. But as I get older I find myself buying things that have more utilitarian purposes with logical design decisions. I guess I'm just old fashioned.
 
Matthew Kane said:
I'm waiting for the S100.
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It's sad to see some here will buy the new Galaxy S models even though they have non-removable batteries. You might as well pour your used motor oil into your local fishing lake too while your at it.
 
ZodaEX said:
It's sad to see some here will buy the new Galaxy S models even though they have non-removable batteries. You might as well pour your used motor oil into your local fishing lake too while your at it.
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Educate me.

How would a single, non-replaceable battery cause more pollution than replaceable ones that no one properly recycles?
 
auntjemima said:
Educate me.

How would a single, non-replaceable battery cause more pollution than replaceable ones that no one properly recycles?
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Because when the replaceable battery wears out from normal use, it can simply be replaced with another battery instead of having to replace the entire phone - which leads to way more e-waste. It's much like throwing away your entire car and getting a new one every time you wear your tires out.
 
ZodaEX said:
Because when the replaceable battery wears out from normal use, it can simply be replaced with another battery instead of having to replace the entire phone - which leads to way more e-waste. It's much like throwing away your entire car and getting a new one every time you wear your tires out.
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Ahh, the bigger picture. It's a slow day for me.
 
ZodaEX said:
Because when the replaceable battery wears out from normal use, it can simply be replaced with another battery instead of having to replace the entire phone - which leads to way more e-waste. It's much like throwing away your entire car and getting a new one every time you wear your tires out.
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I haven't had a phone battery wear out in any phone I've had in the last ten plus years. That's not to say that it doesn't happen, but is there any real (non anecdotal) data on how often it happens? There's other factors there too... like does adding the mechanism needed to make the battery removable increase e-waste by increasing the manufacturing complexity and material inefficiency of the phone? Does the battery and e-waste even matter in the great scheme of things? The true impact of a phone's e-waste on the environment might be completely insignificant compared to the impact of manufacturing it and shipping it half way around the world.
 
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