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“Unconfined sets a benchmark in the way materials and technology come together to create a natural flow between device and user and was the inspiration for our fantastic collaboration with Universal Everything.” Patrick Schumacher, Principle, Zaha Hadid. Visitors were welcomed and taken on a journey through Unconfined: The Galaxy S8 Design, a completely bespoke interior, triggering mesmerising digital installations, showcasing the story behind the perfect unity of design, technology and experience of the recently unveiled Galaxy S8. We commissioned the world-renowned Zaha Hadid Architects, and a world-class digital art and design collective, Universal Everything, to collaborate on an interactive installation which would bring to life the design philosophy of the Galaxy S8 in an intriguing, stunning and credible way. We knew that this needed to be more than an exhibition or an installation - Samsung’s activation in Milan needed to be the epicentre of excitement and enthusiasm for our focus on design – something that had never been done before. Where better place to make a splash in the design community than amongst the brightest and best minds of the industry, at Milan Design Week? Samsung also needs to drop the price of this $700 device, because that sum can cover the cost of a decent monitor and a low end smart TV.Samsung wanted to generate worldwide buzz around the new flagship Galaxy S8 & S8+, whilst triggering a serious rethinking of Samsung within the design elite. #Photo splash samsung galaxy s8 tv#A monitor with a Smart TV interface, and a crisp and definitive personality change to a dumb PC-driven display, would be more satisfying than this machine's poor attempt at adding productivity features. #Photo splash samsung galaxy s8 Pc#I found that a monitor which includes a Smart TV interface draws a pleasingly sharper line between work and play by removing my PC as a distraction while watching videos.īut by trying to be clever with the addition of Office 365, the whole package struggles to deliver on the promise of being Smart. Once I figured out the M8's foibles, which meant ignoring its role as a PC alternative, I enjoyed having it around. The monitor instead displays a splash screen with a countdown to entering Smart TV mode, and that can only be dispelled by finding the remote and powering down the monitor off. I also found it odd that the M8 doesn't turn off when a connected laptop is closed or shut down. #Photo splash samsung galaxy s8 mac#But it and the monitor could not automatically detect a Mac I plugged in for some variety. At least the cable can carry power to a laptop. Whether that's a casualty of Samsung being a bit cheap, or the vagaries of USB-C cables, or both, is hard to divine. The USB-C cable that Samsung supplies with the monitor is of miserly length so it's hard to arrange a desktop around the M8. Yes, I could have read the manual, but the M8 is a monitor, a class of device I think it is reasonable to assume plugs and plays. The monitor boasts a pair of USB-C ports, but only one can handle video and the tiny glyphs that make that apparent are all-but-impossible to see because the ports are on the device's rear behind its stand. Writing Desktop Tourism means I've plugged a lot of computers into a lot of monitors this year: the M8 could not detect the presence of my workhorse ThinkPad using HDMI, the first such failure I've experienced. #Photo splash samsung galaxy s8 portable#But for those of you who travel for work and are happy to make your bags a little bulkier, I recommend trying to get the boss to pay for this portable monitor in the name of improved ergonomics wherever you roam. If I were spending my own money, I'd probably buy the tablet. While both of those tablets are smaller than the portable monitor, they can extend a Mac's or a PC's screen … and probably be used on more days a year than the dedicated portable display. The extra screen let me lean out just enough to be more physically comfortable, and once I figured out that the machine's stand is stable in portrait or landscape orientation I was able to put windows closer to my eyeline and appreciated that immensely.ĭell's monitor sells for $320 – $9 less than Apple's most basic iPad – or $29 less than Samsung's cheapest Galaxy Tab S8. I'm above average height and find a day spent working on a laptop puts me at risk of neck pain. ![]()
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