As a user, my experience is the opposite (Note 3). And that's what matters in the long run. The question is more whether they can keep up bringing new stuff into their high-end phones. Apple was not able to do so.
> they can keep up bringing new stuff into their high-end phones
Please no .. if they could start bringing less features but well integrated and thought out ones, that would be awesome.
Right now they seem to see their products as a collection of random gimmicks without thought or cohesion.
The placement of the sensor of their new phone makes me think that they have not changed their way of thinking just yet ...
As of what matters in the long run, sure they can get away with mediocre products right now. After all, even the worst phone on the planet (and I am not saying that it is necessarily a samsung phone) is still a marvel of technology.
However, it makes them open to competitors bringing better products.. IMO the low margin game is what really protects them and matters right now.
Note 3 here too, currently looking at the S8+ with rational techno lust. I am a samsung fanboy, as I wouldn't buy any other Android phone. I may wait to see what the iPhone 8 looks like before I jump... although the pre-order with GearVR seems like a really good deal.
I'm actually considering just buying a new battery for my Note 3 and S8+ is way out of my price range for maybe two years and the competitors are offering interesting phones at very low price-point. I'm amazed how ahead of time the Note 3 was and is such a perfect phone still. (For example a lot of cores for sharing network connections etc.) It only lacks the fingerprint reader and water-proofing that I'd like. And I'd rather have a phone that allows easily replacing the battery but we'll see.
Please no .. if they could start bringing less features but well integrated and thought out ones, that would be awesome.
Right now they seem to see their products as a collection of random gimmicks without thought or cohesion.
The placement of the sensor of their new phone makes me think that they have not changed their way of thinking just yet ...
As of what matters in the long run, sure they can get away with mediocre products right now. After all, even the worst phone on the planet (and I am not saying that it is necessarily a samsung phone) is still a marvel of technology.
However, it makes them open to competitors bringing better products.. IMO the low margin game is what really protects them and matters right now.