Gadgets

Nokia is back! But I c Have you really got a ‘telephone’? or is it really your … well, yes.

What is it and where is it going?

No doubt. Samsung is in the lead, but leading in what actually?

Remember Nokia? What is the impression of Nokia? Robust, durable, cutting edge, and foremost: TELEPHONY! Nokia was a TELEPHONE! Nokia is now back under the name (or the other way round) of HMD. Phones are now simple things again: Nokia 3, 5 and 6. This is pure Android. And everything else is pure … whatever it is inside.

Nokia is pushing hardware. But although the phone looks great, is this enough? The thing is: do I buy a TELEPHONE? Or do I buy a device, which incidentally can make a telephone call. When do I actually TALK on the thing?

Now here comes Samsung S8. Hopefully the battery will stop killing me. Design is … like nothing I have ever seen. This is beautiful.

The display is from edge to edge, and even spilling over the edge.

Just because of its looks it is a winner.

Iris scanning for unlocking the thing is just into hi-tech. maybe it is even working? Of course we are also seeing Gear 360 and Gear VR as a part of the entire experience.

The fingerprint thing is said to be .. cumbersome and not quit Samsung. But they will get it right.

can get Samsung S8!

The real hectic thing will be Bixby.

There are three parts to Bixby. Bixby Voice is triggered by calling it. From there other applications can be called.

Wiki says: Bixby Vision is built into the camera app and can “see” what one can see as it is essentially an augmented reality camera that can identify objects in real time, search for them on various services, and offer the user to purchase them if available. Bixby is also able to translate text, read QR codes and recognize landmarks.

Wiki says: Bixby Home can be found by swiping to the right on the home screen. It is a vertically scrolling list of information that Bixby can interact with, for example, weather, fitness activity, and buttons for controlling the smart home gadgets.

So Samsung is really not a telephone at all. … and that is why I will go for that one… because I really don’t talk on the thing…. I do so many other things, really!