Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
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SteveUk, 14 Feb 2023I used Smart Switch to transfer almost 512gb of data and it... moreHow do you get that data from the phone's internal storage onto the HDD?
Using the nightmarish Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) which often lags and crashes? Using USB-OTG, where the date and time attribute of files is lost due to Android's poor file management ability, and through which Android only supports FAT32 and exFAT file systems and not NTFS?
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ledirlo, 14 Feb 2023I agree the design of the S8 and alikes is insanely goodDon't know about design. But if you compare One UI with iOS you will see how cool how easy how advanced and how pleasant One UI is.
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Anonymous, 14 Feb 2023In case you have not realized it yet, the purpose of smartp... moreAnd what about all the people who have average to large hands, so like large phones? (...heck, my last phone was the 7.2" Mate 20X!).
If people with small(er) hands find this phone too big, then they can easily go for a smaller phone... it doesn't mean Samsung should make the Ultra smaller though - it's meant to be the biggest and best.
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Anonymous, 14 Feb 2023Have fun transferring 512GB between two phones at your next... moreI used Smart Switch to transfer almost 512gb of data and it was relatively quick and really easy... obviously, it's not as easy/instantaneous as just swapping an SD card - but it is very simple. And I always have all my data backed up on a portable Hard Drive too...
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Anonymous, 14 Feb 2023Have fun transferring 512GB between two phones at your next... moreSmart switch says hello.
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SteveUk, 14 Feb 2023- "No headphone jack": I wish people would get ov... moreIn case you have not realized it yet, the purpose of smartphones is practicality.
If you want a pretty brick, get a NoPhone or a fake dummy iPhone.
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Anonymous, 14 Feb 2023True. But one thing is wrong. No any iPhone is better than ... moreI agree the design of the S8 and alikes is insanely good
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SteveUk, 14 Feb 2023- "No headphone jack": I wish people would get ov... moreHave fun transferring 512GB between two phones at your next upgrade.
Swapping MicroSD: 60 seconds.
Struggling with Media Transfer Protocol (MTP): A week + risk of data loss.
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Phones without 3.5mm jack are rubbish, period.
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Voiceofreason, 14 Feb 2023You have a fair point. However can't you use a dongle ... more:)
Brands start trends that we're supposed to pay for and I keep noticing awful design choices in the smartphone and computer industry, that's only my POV though.
Like any I won't adapt to those trends, I'll buy another brand new S8 or s8+ as soon as I find one so I have my dream music player for another 5 years or decade :) Because of the sd card. The new phones made since say 2018 don't seem to bring anything worth paying 1000€+ for in my opinion, except for people who need a powerful handheld terminal I guess. Camera quality is not what is advertised at all, and once they have made that move they lose the customers, trust is gone. Quality cameras have become cheap and brands could afford them. Look at an iphone 14 pro that is better and sharper than most, it is the same, you pay for 48mp and get photos that you will need to resize down to 24mp Max., and to retouch with knowledge if you want decent quality, meaning their 48Mp hoax is not any decent. Same about other brands except for a couple overpriced phones.
I just mean it's all really disappointing and their marketing choice is bad, that 200mp won't allow photos to bear decent focus in most cases, that's about 1/16th of a photo that's in focus, the rest being an ugly soup made of blurry zones. On the samples you can see it doesn't give you better sharpness than other phones. I've been hoping to get myself one of those recent top-notch phone cameras and got to disappointed by crooked products
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Voiceofreason, 13 Feb 2023Seems you are a hater of Samsung. I will counter your point... moreI bet they still use dirt cheap wired earphones with trash sound quality. They cry so much that seems like they use some serious in ear monitors but low to zero possibility. And yes now even cheap tws earbuds sound great.
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Voiceofreason, 13 Feb 2023Seems you are a hater of Samsung. I will counter your point... moreTrue. But one thing is wrong. No any iPhone is better than S series.
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wuvy, 14 Feb 2023can anyone recommend me a flagship or midrange android phon... moreYou choices probably would be:
Samsung galaxy s23, Xiaomi 13. I would wait for more new phones with snapdragon gen 2 because it's very good chip and more future proof than previous gen. Maybe Sony would surprise us with small good phone. But I doubt it will surpass S23 or xiaomi 13.
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wuvy, 14 Feb 2023can anyone recommend me a flagship or midrange android phon... moreSAMSUNG S22 ultra or S23 ultra
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PhoneFreak45, 13 Feb 2023Cons:
- No headphone jack
- No expandable storage
- Char... more- "No headphone jack": I wish people would get over this... ALL phones will eventually have no headphone jack, as most people these days use earbuds or wireless headphones - there's a reason why the top brands got rid of the headphone jack...
- "No expandable storage": again, most companies are moving away from this... it frees up more space and there's cloud-storage now. And if you prefer physical storage (I do), just go for a model with bigger storage ... they're not that much more expensive. And you can sell your SD card to help pay for it too 😉
- "Charging is slow compared to competitors with 67 watt or even up to 240 watt charging": I mean... you can still get nearly 70% in 30 minutes, and a full charge in under an hour... waaay quicker than the latest iPhone
- "Large size may mean it may not fit in the pockets of some users, especially female users who's jeans tend to be have small pockets for no reason": This is crazy... because SOME people will find it too big, it's a "con"!? I love the size of it... the bigger, the better. If someone has small hands or can't cope with it, then they can go for the S23 or S23+... the rest of us shouldn't have to have a smaller phone too.
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can anyone recommend me a flagship or midrange android phone? I don't know anything about android.
I need a second phone mainly usage was for playing emulator and RPG maker games.
what I need is fast performance and similar weight to iPhone 14, don't really care for camera software updates since it will be my secondary phone. I don't mind secondhand or refurbished phones. also optional but I appreciate it if it supports one (display out)
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Voiceofreason, 13 Feb 2023Seems you are a hater of Samsung. I will counter your point... moreI think the custom software issue is abt the bootloader being locked on samsung devices, wich is bad if you want to root your device, definitely not something that my aunt might care for, but I doubt that weirdoes that use gsmArena on the reg have the same level of tech literacy/needs as my aunt, and it's nice to know wich phones you own hardware+software and wich you don't. Especially on enthusiast websites
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Voiceofreason, 14 Feb 2023You have a fair point. However can't you use a dongle ... moreRN I am sure that on Oneplus 11 you can still use basically any dongle, but on Pixels you need something that has a dac built in.
Idk what's samsungs behaviour, but if people don't keep pressuring manufacturers to keep this features idk why they should keep them in 5 years.
At the moment I have both a usbC dock [for SD card at minimum, but obviously it has a few extra usb c, few extra usbA and other connectors that might be useful] and a Fiio q3 DAC (to replace the hpj) and I might need an upgrade either this year or the next (sony pulled out of my market last year so yeah), but I will forever hate this companies for not understanding that they don't have the brand cachet to ape apple's idiocy.
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FlagshipsSuck, 11 Feb 2023Cry me a river lmao. Oh no, some other brands actually mana... moreSo lets compile what happened in this thread, shall we?
- You complained about the 128GB then got rekt with the Xiaomi 13 Pro getting 128GB and the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra starts with 256GB which makes it even better. 0 acknowledge.
- You complained about ads, yet chinese garbage brands (like the ones you love = Vivo and Xiaomi, which are inferior in every aspect to Samsung) use waaay more / much more.
- The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is superior to the Vivo X90 Pro Plus in: Cameras, Video, Screen, Battery, Extras, Hardware in overall... As well as Software, Updates and unique features like the S-Pen. It seems you can't handle this reality so that's why you bark and cry so much "ScamDung" in all of the Samsung related articles. Specially here, as it's the KING of 2023 smartphones. ;)
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ledirlo, 13 Feb 2023it's not my discussion but most people, like me, would... moreYou have a fair point. However can't you use a dongle as someone suggested a few comments below? It would still perform the same function as having an audio jack.
With regards to micro SD card. One would have to adapt because eventually the Samsung S8 would stop receiving software and security updates. So, then what would you do? I know it's annoying. I had this same mindset like you, but once I tried cloud storage, it's not so bad. It works just as good as SD Card storage.