Well they're not exactly betting a single camera can do the work of two, considering they've already beat two camera phones time and time again.

@curiousandcheap I'm glad I could help! It's really one of the simplest upgrades you can do as long as your laptop doesn't specifically block access to the RAM compartment, but most brands make a door like the one shown to make it easier.

Samsung scans your eye. Apple scans your entire face. Your eye is more unique than a fingerprint or your face. I don’t see what’s so creepy about an eye scanner… they’ve been around since the 90’s, and it’s pretty hard to trick a modern one. While a face, on the other hand, could be tricked easily with a picture molded onto a dummy head or a mask.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recog...

Please stop calling Samsung a gimmick just because you personally have no use for its features.

Well, I guess you'd go to your bank, and withdraw $400 to pay for it.

@yuramateurs Correct; not everyone who buys this phone will have the capability to microsolder these components. So it makes replacement much easier for your average individual!

Also, apple doesn't actually make their own chips, they design them and have someone else make them. Samsung does it all themselves.

@oldturkey03

thoughts on the above comments?

The Platform controller hub- if it’s the same one as other LGA2066 motherboards- I would be willing to try another LGA2066 processor if everything else checked out. Luckily I use PC which is fully upgradable.

Hmm. Must be DDR6.

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