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Re:Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of th... by Klathmon on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @08:51AM (#14400704)
And this is why it makes it so difficult to choose high end phones. I have been shouting about how my Pixel phone is magnitudes better of a device than any other phone I've ever used, including the S8.

On paper it looks awful, but everything this phone does works 100% of the time quickly and without stuttering or failing.

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Re:Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of th... by daveguy on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:29AM (#14400973)
I'm on my second Samsung. First was a very annoying pre-capacitive touch that never worked well. This current one is an old Galaxy S5. It is better, but it likes to restart periodically (fortunately Android handles that well). Battery life is crap and it gets sluggish easily.

Before I had a Motorola. It was much better. I will not buy another Samsung.

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Re:Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of th... by rayvd on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:21AM (#14401984)
I like my Galaxy S6. Bike shed!
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Re:Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of th... by abritinthebay on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:16AM (#14401923)
I'd say the Pixel is the best Android phone for sure.

But that should be expected, as it's from Google

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Re:Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of th... by Klathmon on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:25AM (#14402020)
I wouldn't say expected, they have made some poor performing phones in the past (for various definitions of "made").

But my point was more that on paper it doesn't look like much. It doesn't have waterproofing, it's not "best in class" in anything except the camera, it runs software which has less "on paper" features than other brands, it doesn't have an SD card or removable battery, etc...

But when you actually go to use it, it's a night and day difference between it and other devices.

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