So Consumer Reports has finally issued its verdict on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+. Both score 82 on the current ratings scale, placing them at the top of the heap. Plenty of praise was heaped on the phone, except for its lack of a removable battery, a difficult-to-access memory card, and then […]

In recent columns, I’ve covered at length the attempts by the tech media to present the just-released Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone as not only superior to the iPhone 7 but more advanced than the unannounced iPhone 8. The latter is obviously an absurd comparison. But what bothers me most is that the Galaxy S8’s known flaws […]

If you look at the media meme these days, the just-released Samsung Galaxy S8 is the bee’s knees. Apple’s unannounced successor to the iPhone 7, which may include a high-end iPhone 8, must be an inferior product. Apple has lost its taste for innovation, and the executives are sitting back and drinking Frappuccinos or some other […]

As you might expect, fans of Android and/or Samsung gear are tripping over themselves extolling the virtues of the Galaxy S8 smartphones. They are supposed to be, in most every signifiant respect, far superior to what Apple is building now and far superior to the rumored iPhone 8. So what’s so superior? Well, its edge-to-edge AMOLED display is […]