https://goo.gl/s1N7E0 Controversial Galaxy S8 Leaks, Pixel Vs Pixel XL, Samsung's Dramatic Note 7 Fix
Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week’s Android Circuit includes the latest leaks on the Galaxy S8 speakers, headphones, and UI, a comparison of the two Pixel smartphones, Samsung's latest Note 7 solution, details on Android's latest update, the latest market share numbers, a review of the OnePlus 3t, and Google Play's move to 4K media downloads.
Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week (and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here).
Goodbye Headphones, Hello Speakers
There's been a lot of focus on Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S8 this week, with a little tsunami of leaks highlighting the push towards new technology that the South Korean company is making. The headline feature is likely to be the removal of the 3.5 mm headphone jack. No doubt the geekerati will focus on Samsung following Apple's strategy:
There is a difference here and it's one that is important for those moving between handsets. Apple is pushing peripheral manufacturers towards a wireless solution or the use of Apple's proprietary lightning port - both options offering Apple a certain amount of lock-in to keep consumers on the iOS platform. Samsung looks to be taking a different course of action, using a USB-C port on the Galaxy S8 to provide high quality audio.
Although the headphone jack is going, the sound output of the S8 is expected to be improved with stereo speakers added to a Galaxy smartphone for the first time. Meanwhile, is Samsung throwing away one of its key advantages over the iPhone? Forbes' Gordon Kelly thinks so:
Apple annoyed a lot of people by removing the headphone jack and it also gave owners of rival devices a good reason not to buy an iPhone. If Samsung ditches the headphone jack, that reason just dried up for its customers and there are very few USB Type-C headphones on the market (and even fewer Type-C to 3.5mm adaptors) right now to help them - pardon the pun - adapt.
Google made a key point of advertising the headphone jack on its Pixel and Pixel XL ads, and few companies have more data into what the public is looking for than Google.
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