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That is exactly why i keep 2 phones. One Android and an iPhone.
I get bored with IOS really fast...but love the user experience.
Then I love Android and how it can do almost anything you want it to.....
Can't wait for the Pixel 4 XL to be announced next week.
I’ve tried 2 phones and it doesn’t work because one sits in a drawer lol I can’t win can I lol
 
My adonit snap stylus has been delivered. So I’ll have a look at it when I get in from work. I don’t think it will compare to the a-pen though.
 
I was happy with the Note with the exception of the consistency of the camera. After a weekend of getting absolutely furious with it when I couldn’t get a good shot of my kids at a get together, I decided to move on and passively sell it, expecting it to take weeks. Well, it took 3 hours on Swappa and I suddenly didn’t have a phone other than my daughter’s old pink iPhone 7. While I didn’t want to me using that, it reminded me of how much easier iOS is. Thankfully I found an 11 Pro in stock the next day and it’s good to be back.

OMG. same thing for me and why I sold the Note 10 (and the S10+ before that). I just really hope they up their post processing on the S11 series... get it closer to Pixel and iPhone 11 levels and I might stay on a samsung phone longer. I do really like their hardware and One UI.
 
OMG. same thing for me and why I sold the Note 10 (and the S10+ before that). I just really hope they up their post processing on the S11 series... get it closer to Pixel and iPhone 11 levels and I might stay on a samsung phone longer. I do really like their hardware and One UI.

Yes! In the last week that I’ve had my 11 Pro I’ve gotten some amazing shots even when the kids are moving.
 
Yes! In the last week that I’ve had my 11 Pro I’ve gotten some amazing shots even when the kids are moving.
I had the same issue with the S10+ camera which I why I switched to a Pixel 3a XL. I’m on the pro max now and the cameras are great but IMO no camera can touch the Pixel when it comes to capturing motion shots. They look crystal clear no matter how much my son is moving around. iPhone still does pretty well but the S10 always had blur.
 
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i just use gcam to take pics of kids/pets. samsung's software is for sure inferior in those scenarios but it's not like there isn't an alternative.
 
Installed the October patch this AM, USA. It appears they included a couple updates to camera (image stabilization and camera picture quality) and touch (touch screen and fingerprint recognition).
 
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i just use gcam to take pics of kids/pets. samsung's software is for sure inferior in those scenarios but it's not like there isn't an alternative.

yeah, I had gcam running on my Note 10 and it did pretty well, definitely better than the stock camera. but was still off IMO compared to my pixel 3 and now iPhone 11 pro. I hope they fix this on the S11 series. Because I'm sure I will get one :)
 
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We’ve all withered away and crawled back to Apple. Such lightweights! Lol
Not me. Still on dual platforms. Going strong on my Note 10+. I’m finding the camera on my 11 Pro better, though. I’m not good at technical terms but it reproduces what my eyes see better. Like colors and saturation and highlights and shadows are just much better most of the time on the 11 Pro. It’s my favorite iPhone ever. Which is why I am heartsick at what Tim Cook gave as his reasoning for pulling that app out of the HK App Store. I totally understand why he had to do it. I’m just absolutely sickened at the moral equivocating.

So it may be my last iPhone ever.

Aside from that I enjoy having a small utilitarian iPhone and a large luxurious Note 10+.

Fortunately there’s no rule saying in the future I can’t have a small utilitarian S11 or Pixel and my Note 10+.

I’m not sure I need to upgrade my Note 10 annually. The aspects of it that I find luxury are not really in need of any upgrading. Camera upgrades are best served in a smaller more pocket friendly phone.
 
i just use gcam to take pics of kids/pets. samsung's software is for sure inferior in those scenarios but it's not like there isn't an alternative.
I do not think it's inferior but more to do with general priorities on lower light levels

By far the general user wants to see the persons face and looking well in difficult lighting scenarios, this bias is a trade-off against faster moving objects and saturation etc

As you note use another app or set up your pro mode as the default are easy solutions when you have other priorities
 
Is it us or yourself you are trying to convince? :)
Not really convincing anybody. More like musing on it. The things that normally would incite me to upgrade would be the camera and the display. The display on the Note 10+ is near perfection. Now if they make it flat...okay I'm upgrading. I use my 11 pro camera more because that phone is easy to fit into my pocket and almost always with me. It's also an overall better performer as a camera. So I'm not emphasizing camera upgrades so much on this phone as the push to upgrade.

My Note 10+ is a strong performer as a phone. No complaints.

Basically it's what I said, all the things I chose a Note 10+ for are already close to perfect, given how I use it. They need to make the display glass flat, I guess.

So I may not feel the need to upgrade annually. It's going to be the smaller phone I carry that could lose its job. But always it depends on the deals that come with a new release. I do tend to hesitate to keep a phone past its warranty and optimal trade in value.

Now if they introduce the new graphene batteries and those prove to be revolutionary on the S11, and they get a new kind of camera that is also revolutionary like some rumors suggest, and also put all of these into the next Note, then I will knock over old ladies and toddlers to get at that upgrade! 🤣
 
Now if they introduce the new graphene batteries and those prove to be revolutionary on the S11, and they get a new kind of camera that is also revolutionary like some rumors suggest, and also put all of these into the next Note, then I will knock over old ladies and toddlers to get at that upgrade! 🤣

We'll make sure to hide the old ladies and toddlers, come next September. 😄
 
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