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And it has decided to keep the S10 family around for another year, discounted by $150.
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And it has decided to keep the S10 family around for another year, discounted by $150.
Pricier, and no headphone jack. Hmmmm.
Might be worth it for the 45,000mAh model though :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hexus
Not at that price. If the ultra has 8k with 108mp camera, they should include all base models at 256GB memory as space will get used up in a flash (no pun intended). Shooting 8k in a SD card may lead to bandwidth issues unless you opt for high speed cards which is an additional expense.
Also considering the depreciation on the phones, I'd like to get one, but will have to wait for a price drop, £1,400 for the 512gb ultra is definitely out of reach...
Haven't they, like, only just come out with the S10 range?
A year ago....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
Yup not for me with lack of headphone jack
Hole in the screen of every single model. Massive missed opportunity, makes phones that could have been a nice upgrade just uninteresting.
Maybe next year we'll get phones with full screens again, fingers crossed.
Can't see it ever going away I'm afraid...Quote:
Originally Posted by Spud1
Meh... the 90s was only yesterday for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
I only wondered, because some friends (and their parents) have just got "the latest Samsung phones", and they're all S10s...
My S10+ is like new and I do use the 3.5 jack, so I think I'll pass on this one.
The new features and improvements look ok but are not such a big improvement that it actually makes me to want it. Not to mention the lack of a white model.
It is already away on some rivals:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
https://johnlewis.scene7.com/is/imag...pdp-port-1440$
Yup that's as a maybe... but not going away completely. Oh and 1+ as a rival to S20? Hmmm not quite so sure there....Quote:
Originally Posted by kalniel
Ttaskmaster - erm Samsung has released loads more phones since the S10 series....
True, 1+ have top-end snapdragon processors while Samsung make do with own-brand for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
Erm wrong. S20 in the UK has Snapdragon as have the last 3-4 flagship phones. Only in some other countries do the use Exynos and they've cut back on dev for them tooQuote:
Originally Posted by kalniel
UK phones:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
S7: Exynos 8890
S8: Exynos 8895
S9: Exynos 9810
S10: Exynos 9820
S10, S10+, S10E, S105G..... Note10 with all the same suffixes... M10... Folds... a bunch of As... and an Xcover, apparently. Hmm. Good for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
But I've only heard of the S and the Note, which kinda seem the same to me. Since I'm not a phone geek with stupid amounts of money to burn, but these people are, if they tell me their S10 is "the latest" I have to assume that means Samsung's most recent and also their bestest phone, like, ever ever ever..... I don't know of anyone who hasn't bought a flagship phone, aside from my wife.
Sorry I meant to say UK has Exynos.. most other countries have others. Granted that we are in the minority.Quote:
Originally Posted by kalniel
Ttaskmaster - wasn't having a dig or anything, but the S10 isn't the latest or greatest by any stretch of the imagination. We in the UK only see a small amount of phones, especially from Samsung and we don't even get the best specs as pointed out in this thread
I know of loads who buy flagship phones. usually from the fruity side of the argument though
I also know that the majority of people I know have a flagship phone when the newest is out, so for example 3 of my mates are due an upgrade this year and they will go for S10's as the S20 is out
/shrugQuote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
Still not heard of any of teh others, so they can't be that good...
Heck, I'm still using an S5, so it makes no bones to me. Just more incrementally fancy tech that I cannot afford and probably don't need.
S5 is well old and performance is nowhere near that of the newer phones. But each to their ownQuote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
Actually Samsung use Exynos in the majority of countries, while One plus use Snapdragon.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
Which is what I said in a round about way.... lol I'm tired ;)
It runs every app I've tried on it, and you'd need a newer phone next to it and/or some benchmarking software, before you could actually see that much of a difference. It's not even as much of an apparent difference as 1080 vs 1440... I know, because the aforementioned geeks have tried to sell me on the idea of dropping almost a grand on a phone like theirs... which is 2080 Super levels of money, so way OTT for a phone!Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
Camera is way way worse... but if it's not your bag it's not your bag
Samsung are developing under the screen cameras, so I am sure the hole will go eventually
Meh. I've taken pictures with an S10... they come out just as blurry as on my S5.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
My bag (5.11 Moab-10 Tactical Slingbag, by the way ;) ) doesn't even get a say in the matter, though - It's all down to my wallet.
How about pixel sized cameras, that way you just have that 2 dead pixel. :-)
I am not buying this phone, nor any other phone for at least 3 years, otherwise i have paid far too much for the one i have, and it is far from the price range of high end Samsung phones.
And i sincerely hope this phone i have will be my last one.
I'm a nerd. I am a nerd with a decent amount of money laying around and a decent job. I'm a nerd who has always bought flagship phones like the nerd that I am. I have a garage with a box full of old phones. I have always upgraded practically as soon as my contract is over. I bought a P990i when I was working in an off licence and it cost a relative fortune compared to my pay.
That even I am completely and utterly put off paying a grand for the base model of these is a big problem for them. I have an S8 and the battery is just getting replaced. I've spent the money on a decent contract to allow me to watch pr0..... entertainment on the bus in full HD (I'm lying.... I never use the bus). I use my phone for practically everything and I'd love the better camera with telephoto and wide angle.
BUT.... the cost is such that, even as a long advocate of flagship phones which pack lots of different devices into one do-it-all-and-do-it-well system, even I would have to say "nearly £1500?!? I'll buy a two year old flagship for £400-500 and an extra-ordinarily decent compact camera". I think what puts me off is there's ALWAYS a compromise and it's usually artificial. When smartphones were getting new and interesting features all the time and it was a race to see who could advance the furthest, it was interesting. Even though the devices were fundamentally flawed in many ways, you could see they were trying to push the technological envelope or do something different.
Now, they're all trying for the same formula, each with different limitations. Which is fine, except for when the limitations are artificial to create a product stack. The Note was supposed to be the do-it-all for nerds but that's now basically an S10+ with a pen and a large price tag, rather than being the nerd version of a normie device with extra features.
I think marketing has taken over the impetus and really the only people I see trying to be slightly different are Oneplus.
I've got a 1+ 7 Pro as a personal phone and an S9 as a work phone. I much prefer the OP. I'm not particularly keen on Samsung's skin, although it is more minimal than it was, I just prefer the layout of the OP.
So the Samsungs have never really been a consideration for me, even before they came with 'how flippin much?' price tags.
I don't see anything in the S20 dog's nadger edition that makes it worth £800 more than my OP.
What I like about the Oneplus phones is they are reducing the animations which are designed to make the things addictive (you noticed the pull down to refresh thing acts like a slot machine lever? No accident) and also rewarding you for taking time out from your phone as well, rather than rewarding you for interacting. I love the idea of something that silences all the social media and other stuff whilst still allowing through important stuff but that encourages and rewards people for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smudger
I think Samsung are trying to get involved in every part of a customer's life and be all shiny shiny beep boop, whereas Oneplus's approach is to make a utilitarian tool that just works.
Three's total price for the S20 Ultra with unlimited data,minutes and texts is £1,716.00!
I'd rather attach defib pads to my gentlemen's vegetables and shout "CLEAR".Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonj1611
Still rocking a Pixel 2 XL, best phone I ever had.
Mid/entry level range phones for the win for me at least. Just got a Huawei P Smart Z(Android 9/Pie with 4000mAh battery) for my birthday and does everything I expect it to do very well.
That won't resuscitate them if they already resemble vegetables, though... You'd be better of buying a swishy new Samsung phone and playing Candy Crush/watching pron on the ultra-high-definition screen!!Quote:
Originally Posted by philehidiot
I'm wondering if phones at these kind of prices are aiming to replace sports cars as the main mid-life crisis purchase...?
I am also still on pixel 2 XL. great phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by deepblue08
I currently have no reason to update.