Galaxy Note 7

Georges00 wroteAmhaz is still waiting to get his Note 7 shipment.
He's claimimg not all Note 7 have problems and he will be selling the phone soon. Apparently he already sold many phones and no one complained yet.
Check out his Facebook page: Amhaz Original.

lol

as I said earlier

xazbrat wroteSupposedly, Samsung has pulled the plug on the phone and are working on the Note 8, due in the spring. ofc, would not be surprised to see the phone sold by 'reputable' Lebanese companies.

You don't have to be a genius to figure that out.

I urge everyone not to buy a Note7 for whatever price. Samsung released a software update that limits the battery to charge to 60% and they're sending push notifications daily for Note7 devices to be returned ASAP. I think they might brick the phones remotely eventually. Let Amhaz or whoever be stuck with his mountain of Note7's he can't move.

elserge82 wrote

Salloum wrote

elserge82 wroteDo you think removing the dvd drives was a good thing to notebooks:)??
I guess you should stick with apple coz someday they might remove all tech and i'm sure you will be more happy:D

Of course it was, laptops are thinner and smaller and more portable because of it. Disc drives are dying removable media, too big for today's standard. Apple also got rid of the floppy drive. I'm not saying removing the 3.5mm jack was good, it's actually really smart of them (people will go for AirPods (159$ more!) or Lightning earphones (which manufacturers will pay Apple to license!)). But I do think analog technology is outdated and it's actually funny to have an analog port on a device as advanced as a smartphone. I have the 7 Plus and I don't miss the headphone jack. I have the adapter plugged into my earphones and I just forgot about it. The only issue I faced, the other day I forgot to charge my phone at night and couldn't listen to music and charge my phone at the same time at work. It was annoying sure but not the end of the world...

If we are talking about a thin notebook there are always better solutions or cheap ones. A better solution is to integrate a pioneer style Reader that doesn't need lots of room( i'm sure you've seen it in you car). But for sure apple would prefer forcing you to buy and additional item ( external one) . It will improve their figures (Money wise).
I hate when ppl compromise the practical solution in favor of image or prestige. Good luck apple ppl.

Tech should be improved and not removed (ex : floppy -> CD -> DVD-> bluerays)
for Apple ( DVD -> ....) is the ultimate solution:D selling nothing:P with higher price.
And please don't tell me that you can replace a disc with a usb drive cause it's not true media industries don't sell usbs;)

Honestly the last time I bought a DVD or any type of CD was in 2010 at least, probably before too. So I don't know what to tell you.

I wonder if CTC accept to refund a Note 7 bought from black market...
Samsung US would do it as they want to keep their image clean

You can return any Note7 to CTC even black market ones. You can exchange it for S7 edge.

elserge82 wrote

Salloum wrote

elserge82 wroteDo you think removing the dvd drives was a good thing to notebooks:)??
I guess you should stick with apple coz someday they might remove all tech and i'm sure you will be more happy:D

Of course it was, laptops are thinner and smaller and more portable because of it. Disc drives are dying removable media, too big for today's standard. Apple also got rid of the floppy drive. I'm not saying removing the 3.5mm jack was good, it's actually really smart of them (people will go for AirPods (159$ more!) or Lightning earphones (which manufacturers will pay Apple to license!)). But I do think analog technology is outdated and it's actually funny to have an analog port on a device as advanced as a smartphone. I have the 7 Plus and I don't miss the headphone jack. I have the adapter plugged into my earphones and I just forgot about it. The only issue I faced, the other day I forgot to charge my phone at night and couldn't listen to music and charge my phone at the same time at work. It was annoying sure but not the end of the world...

If we are talking about a thin notebook there are always better solutions or cheap ones. A better solution is to integrate a pioneer style Reader that doesn't need lots of room( i'm sure you've seen it in you car). But for sure apple would prefer forcing you to buy and additional item ( external one) . It will improve their figures (Money wise).
I hate when ppl compromise the practical solution in favor of image or prestige. Good luck apple ppl.

Tech should be improved and not removed (ex : floppy -> CD -> DVD-> bluerays)
for Apple ( DVD -> ....) is the ultimate solution:D selling nothing:P with higher price.
And please don't tell me that you can replace a disc with a usb drive cause it's not true media industries don't sell usbs;)

someone is dwelling on the past here.
First Slot-loading drives are similar than regular tray drives, previous macbooks had them. the dont take a lot of space in the Z height, but there goes 1/4 of the laptop with all the space it takes inside (width).
and Disk is old tech, who the hell wants physical media that is prone to damage, wear, and tear, being lost or misplaced when you can digitally stream your movies for as low as 10$ a month. the successor to physical media is internet!
Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving! You dont solve a problem by clinging to old tech for convince, you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further. that's technology for you!

haidcar wrote

elserge82 wrote

Salloum wrote Of course it was, laptops are thinner and smaller and more portable because of it. Disc drives are dying removable media, too big for today's standard. Apple also got rid of the floppy drive. I'm not saying removing the 3.5mm jack was good, it's actually really smart of them (people will go for AirPods (159$ more!) or Lightning earphones (which manufacturers will pay Apple to license!)). But I do think analog technology is outdated and it's actually funny to have an analog port on a device as advanced as a smartphone. I have the 7 Plus and I don't miss the headphone jack. I have the adapter plugged into my earphones and I just forgot about it. The only issue I faced, the other day I forgot to charge my phone at night and couldn't listen to music and charge my phone at the same time at work. It was annoying sure but not the end of the world...

If we are talking about a thin notebook there are always better solutions or cheap ones. A better solution is to integrate a pioneer style Reader that doesn't need lots of room( i'm sure you've seen it in you car). But for sure apple would prefer forcing you to buy and additional item ( external one) . It will improve their figures (Money wise).
I hate when ppl compromise the practical solution in favor of image or prestige. Good luck apple ppl.

Tech should be improved and not removed (ex : floppy -> CD -> DVD-> bluerays)
for Apple ( DVD -> ....) is the ultimate solution:D selling nothing:P with higher price.
And please don't tell me that you can replace a disc with a usb drive cause it's not true media industries don't sell usbs;)

someone is dwelling on the past here.
First Slot-loading drives are similar than regular tray drives, previous macbooks had them. the dont take a lot of space in the Z height, but there goes 1/4 of the laptop with all the space it takes inside (width).
and Disk is old tech, who the hell wants physical media that is prone to damage, wear, and tear, being lost or misplaced when you can digitally stream your movies for as low as 10$ a month. the successor to physical media is internet!
Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving! You dont solve a problem by clinging to old tech for convince, you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further. that's technology for you!

"Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving!" "you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further" I totally agree with you. But how ? How do you play DVDs, music album etc...? you prefer removing a media player in favor of weight. why not working on a media player with less weight? Companies used to think this way. Apple don't.

elserge82 wrote

haidcar wrote

elserge82 wrote
If we are talking about a thin notebook there are always better solutions or cheap ones. A better solution is to integrate a pioneer style Reader that doesn't need lots of room( i'm sure you've seen it in you car). But for sure apple would prefer forcing you to buy and additional item ( external one) . It will improve their figures (Money wise).
I hate when ppl compromise the practical solution in favor of image or prestige. Good luck apple ppl.

Tech should be improved and not removed (ex : floppy -> CD -> DVD-> bluerays)
for Apple ( DVD -> ....) is the ultimate solution:D selling nothing:P with higher price.
And please don't tell me that you can replace a disc with a usb drive cause it's not true media industries don't sell usbs;)

someone is dwelling on the past here.
First Slot-loading drives are similar than regular tray drives, previous macbooks had them. the dont take a lot of space in the Z height, but there goes 1/4 of the laptop with all the space it takes inside (width).
and Disk is old tech, who the hell wants physical media that is prone to damage, wear, and tear, being lost or misplaced when you can digitally stream your movies for as low as 10$ a month. the successor to physical media is internet!
Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving! You dont solve a problem by clinging to old tech for convince, you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further. that's technology for you!

"Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving!" "you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further" I totally agree with you. But how ? How do you play DVDs, music album etc...? you prefer removing a media player in favor of weight. why not working on a media player with less weight? Companies used to think this way. Apple don't.

take Bluetooth as an example. iPhones never supported files exchange via Bluetooth, back then in late 2000s Bluetooth was the main if not the only way to send and receive media, however, it was inefficient, requires a stupid pairing process, slow, and unreliable. that, however did not stop people from sending stuff to each other, on the contrary, it's only booming the likes of WhatsApp, iMessage, hangouts... you can send people stuff instantly across the globe.

Flash Player, for the younger audience around, Flash was the only (Silverlight was a bad joke) way to display 3D media on websites, like animations video and audio. however it's the most insecure, inefficient thing man ever made. literally a nightmare, but all websites used it.
iPhone in 2007 did not. apple pushed hard toward HTML5, the current standard for web, allowing videos and aminations to run without the need of plugin, single responsive website, for phones, tablets, and desktop computers...etc

Had the iPhone supported Bluetooth, devs would be less inclined to innovate, problem solve and come up with an even better solution. same goes with HTML5 and Flash, especially since Android when it came out back then, one of the main selling points was that it supported Flash. I think today's web would have been a bit different.

Those examples show you that in order to move forward you need to stop looking back, stop thinking that you have safety net that you can fall back to, it will make you lazy, and less innovative. Necessity is the mother of inventions!

Most companies think, if it's not broken don't fix it, however i think this epitome of anti-innovation.

Listing to music is a must, but you dont have to buy full albums, burn disks, hope you burned all the songs you want. then store that music in cd cover, dont misplace, lose it, or scratch it. Or you can listen to music on the internet, listen to any song you want.
same goes to Movies, tv shows... Internet is the new and olny medium .

haidcar wrote

elserge82 wrote

haidcar wrote
someone is dwelling on the past here.
First Slot-loading drives are similar than regular tray drives, previous macbooks had them. the dont take a lot of space in the Z height, but there goes 1/4 of the laptop with all the space it takes inside (width).
and Disk is old tech, who the hell wants physical media that is prone to damage, wear, and tear, being lost or misplaced when you can digitally stream your movies for as low as 10$ a month. the successor to physical media is internet!
Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving! You dont solve a problem by clinging to old tech for convince, you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further. that's technology for you!

"Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving!" "you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further" I totally agree with you. But how ? How do you play DVDs, music album etc...? you prefer removing a media player in favor of weight. why not working on a media player with less weight? Companies used to think this way. Apple don't.

take Bluetooth as an example. iPhones never supported files exchange via Bluetooth, back then in late 2000s Bluetooth was the main if not the only way to send and receive media, however, it was inefficient, requires a stupid pairing process, slow, and unreliable. that, however did not stop people from sending stuff to each other, on the contrary, it's only booming the likes of WhatsApp, iMessage, hangouts... you can send people stuff instantly across the globe.

Flash Player, for the younger audience around, Flash was the only (Silverlight was a bad joke) way to display 3D media on websites, like animations video and audio. however it's the most insecure, inefficient thing man ever made. literally a nightmare, but all websites used it.
iPhone in 2007 did not. apple pushed hard toward HTML5, the current standard for web, allowing videos and aminations to run without the need of plugin, single responsive website, for phones, tablets, and desktop computers...etc

Had the iPhone supported Bluetooth, devs would be less inclined to innovate, problem solve and come up with an even better solution. same goes with HTML5 and Flash, especially since Android when it came out back then, one of the main selling points was that it supported Flash. I think today's web would have been a bit different.

Those examples show you that in order to move forward you need to stop looking back, stop thinking that you have safety net that you can fall back to, it will make you lazy, and less innovative. Necessity is the mother of inventions!

Most companies think, if it's not broken don't fix it, however i think this epitome of anti-innovation.

Listing to music is a must, but you dont have to buy full albums, burn disks, hope you burned all the songs you want. then store that music in cd cover, dont misplace, lose it, or scratch it. Or you can listen to music on the internet, listen to any song you want.
same goes to Movies, tv shows... Internet is the new and olny medium .

The never ending debate to summarize "arrafteh ka zalameh". Bluetooth at that time was way practical than your Iphone apps .. what eva... lower res even slower internet connection data consumption ... I didn't say it doesn't have some added value ( talking about sending files world wild...) but that can;t be considered a better solution. Android has improved file transferring by adding a feature called wifi direct (and that's what I call innovation at that time) speed up to 1900 mbps. I'm sure with your Iphone it is impossible for you to send a 4k movie in a just few min. On the other hand your apps that you call innovation still exist for their platform. I donno how you apple ppl think but I usually recommend Iphone for " dum tech user " please don't take it as an offense and i'm not talking about you I'm sure you are a good tech guy since we are talking here. but that is just me.

elserge82 wrote

haidcar wrote

elserge82 wrote
"Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving!" "you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further" I totally agree with you. But how ? How do you play DVDs, music album etc...? you prefer removing a media player in favor of weight. why not working on a media player with less weight? Companies used to think this way. Apple don't.

take Bluetooth as an example. iPhones never supported files exchange via Bluetooth, back then in late 2000s Bluetooth was the main if not the only way to send and receive media, however, it was inefficient, requires a stupid pairing process, slow, and unreliable. that, however did not stop people from sending stuff to each other, on the contrary, it's only booming the likes of WhatsApp, iMessage, hangouts... you can send people stuff instantly across the globe.

Flash Player, for the younger audience around, Flash was the only (Silverlight was a bad joke) way to display 3D media on websites, like animations video and audio. however it's the most insecure, inefficient thing man ever made. literally a nightmare, but all websites used it.
iPhone in 2007 did not. apple pushed hard toward HTML5, the current standard for web, allowing videos and aminations to run without the need of plugin, single responsive website, for phones, tablets, and desktop computers...etc

Had the iPhone supported Bluetooth, devs would be less inclined to innovate, problem solve and come up with an even better solution. same goes with HTML5 and Flash, especially since Android when it came out back then, one of the main selling points was that it supported Flash. I think today's web would have been a bit different.

Those examples show you that in order to move forward you need to stop looking back, stop thinking that you have safety net that you can fall back to, it will make you lazy, and less innovative. Necessity is the mother of inventions!

Most companies think, if it's not broken don't fix it, however i think this epitome of anti-innovation.

Listing to music is a must, but you dont have to buy full albums, burn disks, hope you burned all the songs you want. then store that music in cd cover, dont misplace, lose it, or scratch it. Or you can listen to music on the internet, listen to any song you want.
same goes to Movies, tv shows... Internet is the new and olny medium .

The never ending debate to summarize "arrafteh ka zalameh". Bluetooth at that time was way practical than your Iphone apps .. what eva... lower res even slower internet connection data consumption ... I didn't say it doesn't have some added value ( talking about sending files world wild...) but that can;t be considered a better solution. Android has improved file transferring by adding a feature called wifi direct (and that's what I call innovation at that time) speed up to 1900 mbps. I'm sure with your Iphone it is impossible for you to send a 4k movie in a just few min. On the other hand your apps that you call innovation still exist for their platform. I donno how you apple ppl think but I usually recommend Iphone for " dum tech user " please don't take it as an offense and i'm not talking about you I'm sure you are a good tech guy since we are talking here. but that is just me.

I'm too lazy to do my homework but 1900 mbps? I really doubt that speed. iOS has AirDrop which is similar to WiFi direct and works in conjuction with macOS as well.

It's even more depends on you hardware based on wifi ac

elserge82 wrote

haidcar wrote

elserge82 wrote
"Technology is all about innovation, problem-solving!" "you come up with better solutions that push the boundaries further" I totally agree with you. But how ? How do you play DVDs, music album etc...? you prefer removing a media player in favor of weight. why not working on a media player with less weight? Companies used to think this way. Apple don't.

take Bluetooth as an example. iPhones never supported files exchange via Bluetooth, back then in late 2000s Bluetooth was the main if not the only way to send and receive media, however, it was inefficient, requires a stupid pairing process, slow, and unreliable. that, however did not stop people from sending stuff to each other, on the contrary, it's only booming the likes of WhatsApp, iMessage, hangouts... you can send people stuff instantly across the globe.

Flash Player, for the younger audience around, Flash was the only (Silverlight was a bad joke) way to display 3D media on websites, like animations video and audio. however it's the most insecure, inefficient thing man ever made. literally a nightmare, but all websites used it.
iPhone in 2007 did not. apple pushed hard toward HTML5, the current standard for web, allowing videos and aminations to run without the need of plugin, single responsive website, for phones, tablets, and desktop computers...etc

Had the iPhone supported Bluetooth, devs would be less inclined to innovate, problem solve and come up with an even better solution. same goes with HTML5 and Flash, especially since Android when it came out back then, one of the main selling points was that it supported Flash. I think today's web would have been a bit different.

Those examples show you that in order to move forward you need to stop looking back, stop thinking that you have safety net that you can fall back to, it will make you lazy, and less innovative. Necessity is the mother of inventions!

Most companies think, if it's not broken don't fix it, however i think this epitome of anti-innovation.

Listing to music is a must, but you dont have to buy full albums, burn disks, hope you burned all the songs you want. then store that music in cd cover, dont misplace, lose it, or scratch it. Or you can listen to music on the internet, listen to any song you want.
same goes to Movies, tv shows... Internet is the new and olny medium .

The never ending debate to summarize "arrafteh ka zalameh". Bluetooth at that time was way practical than your Iphone apps .. what eva... lower res even slower internet connection data consumption ... I didn't say it doesn't have some added value ( talking about sending files world wild...) but that can;t be considered a better solution. Android has improved file transferring by adding a feature called wifi direct (and that's what I call innovation at that time) speed up to 1900 mbps. I'm sure with your Iphone it is impossible for you to send a 4k movie in a just few min. On the other hand your apps that you call innovation still exist for their platform. I donno how you apple ppl think but I usually recommend Iphone for " dum tech user " please don't take it as an offense and i'm not talking about you I'm sure you are a good tech guy since we are talking here. but that is just me.

wifi AC on phones reaches max 867mbps in 2X2 MIMO config. real world speeds is half of that!
AirDrop also uses wifi direct, seamless file transfer between iphone, ipad macs. no authentication no pairing.
and i have discovered something, you dont hate apple as brand, you think you do but you hate it's user. yes they can be snobby, the guy just paid his entire salary to get the new iphone. and some apple fans can be obnoxious especially back in the days when iphone came out and competition was basically nokia (was no android first year). However i believe tides have shifted, i currently find the most obnoxious people are the die hard spec heads android users, who feel they are superior to others, just because they have 4K, 6GB ram, 10 core phone! " please don't take it as an offense and i'm not talking about you I'm sure you are a good tech guy since we are talking here. but that is just me.

What's really funny is people really honestly believe Apple products are useless and inferior and that all these hundreds of millions of people are all stupid sheep... really..? Can someone really have that big of an ego in this world to think that?

vegetaleb wrote

elserge82 wroteI'm not offended. Again I'm sorry if you did.
Things are going off topic. I'm not going to talk specs, features, innovation. ..And I don't hate ppl. Don't be judgmental., you don't know me:)
You deserve Apple. My replies to this thread ends here. Gd luck

Don't waste your time bro, apple dudes think they created the world of tech but they just being fooled to pay for useless products.
They are the perfect marketing easy targets
But yeah let's go back to Note 7 topic.
Rumors say the samsung will release the S8 sooner than expected to cope with the lack of Note 7 sales (and to fight Google Pixel)

Right. I've heard of it. As a note fan, i hope they bring an s8 plus version. Or i won't upgrade my phones this year.

elserge82 wrote

vegetaleb wrote

elserge82 wroteI'm not offended. Again I'm sorry if you did.
Things are going off topic. I'm not going to talk specs, features, innovation. ..And I don't hate ppl. Don't be judgmental., you don't know me:)
You deserve Apple. My replies to this thread ends here. Gd luck

Don't waste your time bro, apple dudes think they created the world of tech but they just being fooled to pay for useless products.
They are the perfect marketing easy targets
But yeah let's go back to Note 7 topic.
Rumors say the samsung will release the S8 sooner than expected to cope with the lack of Note 7 sales (and to fight Google Pixel)

Right. I've heard of it. As a note fan, i hope they bring an s8 plus version. Or i won't upgrade my phones this year.

The rush into USB type C can be the culprit too, when the htc 10 came up with this port we have been warned not to buy any cable, only tested and recommended ones or you can end up like the Note 7.
(and for the apple fans, yes the majority of your apple products are useless because this is called successful Marketing, I reckon the masters of marketing are apple, they do so much ads, use so much TV series, movies, speeches,paid magazines articles...they really don't give you a chance to think twice)
A little humor to show you how , hoping you understand French: http://www.gamaniak.com/video-5767-steve-jobs-guignols-info.html

vegetaleb wrote (and for the apple fans, yes the majority of your apple products are useless because this is called successful Marketing, I reckon the masters of marketing are apple, they do so much ads, use so much TV series, movies, speeches,paid magazines articles...they really don't give you a chance to think twice)

Around 25% of the market don't see it as useless products. All you are is someone with an opinion

Salloum wrote

vegetaleb wrote (and for the apple fans, yes the majority of your apple products are useless because this is called successful Marketing, I reckon the masters of marketing are apple, they do so much ads, use so much TV series, movies, speeches,paid magazines articles...they really don't give you a chance to think twice)

Around 25% of the market don't see it as useless products. All you are is someone with an opinion

This is why I called them ''master of marketing'', you can sell anything to anyone as long as you have a strong marketing, of course you can have millions of apple fans but that doesn't make apple products useful or better than others, it's just that apple has a better and far more aggressive marketing.