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Samsung Galaxy Note 9
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I've decided to try to use the Samsung Ecosystem for anything I can. First step is to try to figure out how to archive in the email app, because I can't find it. I'm using GMail if that matters.
Just use the Gmail app. With Samsung phones, you don't have to go "all in".
Anyways, I just wanted to share my battery life from today where I had very light usage.
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Just use the Gmail app. With Samsung phones, you don't have to go "all in".
Anyways, I just wanted to share my battery life from today where I had very light usage.
I know I can use the GMail app, but the idea is to try to see what the Samsung apps are actually like and what their personal failings are.
Well, the Max went back and I got the smaller Xs. The Note 9 has just spoiled big phones for me. While I liked the form factor on the Max better (flat display, smaller footprint with larger screen), without the extra features like multi-window and spen, it just didn’t seem worth the inconvenience of having such a large phone.
Can't you create a folder and move to the folder?
That's what I do, otherwise I just use search to find it again, but I use the email app for outlook.
For Gmail I just use Gmail.
There is an Archive folder, swipe right and move to archive.
That makes sense. If you’re going to team them up it’s nice to mix up the sizes. S-Pen puts Notes in a league unto themselves.
It’s weird to think if he hadn’t canceled his preorder my husband still likely would not have had his Note 9 yet!
I ended up searching for and basically being told that archiving in GMail is just removing all tags and moving to the All Mail folder. So I figured I'll just do that myself.
By using Gmail in a web browser, you can create and manage folders, contacts to import/export and more. And have email go to a specific folder.
Also it should setup special categories for things like finance, etc.
Google does a lot of data mining thru gmail.
I played around with it yesterday at Target and I just flat out wasn't blown away. I tried to find any hidden fuctionality for the bigger screen and just couldn't find a thing. The build quality and display are phenomenal, as expected, but it just doesn't make sense to me at that price point. I wouldn't even feel right tovmr at $1k IMO it would need to start at $900 to even make some sense ffor myself. What's more funny is I've had the Note9 for a month now, and it felt small to me and becuase of that, felt just like the X I had before.
Scrolling webpages and apps also seemed very slow, which is odd. Maybe that particular action is speedier on the Note for some reason.
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Sweet, cheers
3764 / 9113
3719 / 9116
Consecutive tests
All looks normal, mine is 512GB too
Sweet, cheers
3764 / 9113
3719 / 9116
Consecutive tests
All looks normal, mine is 512GB too
Yup, and it’s not just the spen, but all the other features that combined give the Note a more “mini computer” feel rather than “big phone”.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPhone, but the Note 9 is just a different beast.
I'm going to seemingly go off topic here and ask why Bixby needs to have the phone unlocked to make a timer.
As expected, Samsung is releasing a Note 9 in black and silver on October 9th. Still pisses me off black wasn't available at launch, oh well.
Welp, I still have my Note9 and do love the phone dearly, but even after trashing Apple's decisions with the Max for so long...I caved and got one. At the end of the day, I had a play with the Seris 4 Apple Watch and it pulled me back. It's far and away the best fitness tracker and I take my fitness seriously. Not sure where I go from here with the Note. I wish a lot of its features were available on the Max, and I'm frankly pissed that they aren't, but I definitely need the Apple Watch.
My plan is to keep both, but not sure how long my wife will let me get away with that.
The new watch really is a work of art. If I could have found something I was truly comfortable with, and was at least comparable, then I would have went that route. WearOS is kind of a chaotic mess right now.
My plan is to keep both, but not sure how long my wife will let me get away with that.
The new watch really is a work of art. If I could have found something I was truly comfortable with, and was at least comparable, then I would have went that route. WearOS is kind of a chaotic mess right now.
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Just curious what killer features you have on iwatch that you can't get with others.
I've been around the block with fitness trackers on Android before, and just recently. I have owned the Gear S3 Frontier, the Ticwatch Pro and the Fitbit Charge 2. Not a single one of them are as accurate, or robust as the Apple Watch. None offer quite the level of cohesiveness that it and its bigger sibling (iPhone) do either.
The Gear S3 was the best of the bunch when it comes to synchronization, and it works great with my Note9 in particular, but its fitness tracking is not good. It consistently drops my HR while running and is too heavy to wear comfortably for exercise because of the heavy materials. Also, in my opinion, circular watch faces do not translate to good use with the OS. Samsung has adapted Tizen to the circular face in some areas, but certain things, like notifications, are styled in a rectangular fashion, with information sometimes getting chopped off. Hard to explain that without seeing it. It feels a tad sloppy is all. The Gear S3 is the best of the bunch I tried overall though.
The Ticwatch is just plain inaccurate. Steps counters are way too high, which I rely on every day. That's a notorious problem with any Ticwatch model from my research. The HR sensor keeps my HR consistently but doesn't deliver accurate readings. The watch design overall is nice, but the construction kind of feels cheap in my opinion. WearOS is a bit of a mess as well. It's not nearly as robust as Apple or Samsung's OS, and really needs to be fleshed out. That's probably why there is no Pixel watch coming if I had to guess.
Fitbit is solid overall, but just not as engaging. I've really got no qualms with it at its price-point and objective. Fitness is my main concern, and it's great at tracking fitness, it's great at tracking sleep as an added bonus and the Charge is a decent enough looking device. But it's not good at functioning as a smartwatch, and they don't position it as such. It's definitely tougher to interact with vs the Apple Watch or Gear S3 and at the end of the day is simply a one-trick pony. Its a steal at the price point, but I'm willing to pay more to get more. They have the Ionic, but it looks cheap, feels cheap and is priced too high for what it actually delivers in my opinion. Fitbit is also a fitness-focused device but not an overall health focused device. That's where the Apple Watch excels, by letting me use the Health app to log my activity, heart rate data, heart rate notifications, soon-to-be EKG, etc. I feel like Fitbit is focused more on your health today, where Apple Watch is focused on your health tomorrow, if that makes sense.
Apple Watch, and the 44mm specifically, is also the right size for my wrist. It's much lighter than the Gear S3, while not feeling cheaper like the Ticwatch or Fitbit. I already have all my old bands which still work, and it's just such an incredibly cohesive experience with the phone. They've given added function to the watch faces (they may never make another watch face more beautiful than Infograph), which was a complaint I had before. It's noticeably faster than even my Series 3 was. All-in-all it just delivers the best combination of watch and fitness tracker, bar none. I had a feeling if anything pulled me back it would be the Apple Watch. I had all but sworn off the iPhone just a week ago too.
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Welp, I still have my Note9 and do love the phone dearly, but even after trashing Apple's decisions with the Max for so long...I caved and got one. At the end of the day, I had a play with the Seris 4 Apple Watch and it pulled me back. It's far and away the best fitness tracker and I take my fitness seriously. Not sure where I go from here with the Note. I wish a lot of its features were available on the Max, and I'm frankly pissed that they aren't, but I definitely need the Apple Watch.
My plan is to keep both, but not sure how long my wife will let me get away with that.
The new watch really is a work of art. If I could have found something I was truly comfortable with, and was at least comparable, then I would have went that route. WearOS is kind of chaotic mess right now.
I know exactly how you feel. I’ve tried going full time with Pixels the past two years and while I still have some other issues specific to Android vs iOS, the Apple Watch is the absolute deal breaker for me. And the Series 4 is simply awesome—Apple’s best hardware upgrade this year for certain.
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I've been around the block with fitness trackers on Android before, and just recently. I have owned the Gear S3 Frontier, the Ticwatch Pro and the Fitbit Charge 2. Not a single one of them are as accurate, or robust as the Apple Watch. None offer quite the level of cohesiveness that it and its bigger sibling (iPhone) do either.
The Gear S3 was the best of the bunch when it comes to synchronization, and it works great with my Note9 in particular, but its fitness tracking is not good. It consistently drops my HR while running and is too heavy to wear comfortably for exercise because of the heavy materials. Also, in my opinion, circular watch faces do not translate to good use with the OS. Samsung has adapted Tizen to the circular face in some areas, but certain things, like notifications, are styled in a rectangular fashion, with information sometimes getting chopped off. Hard to explain that without seeing it. It feels a tad sloppy is all. The Gear S3 is the best of the bunch I tried overall though.
The Ticwatch is just plain inaccurate. Steps counters are way too high, which I rely on every day. That's a notorious problem with any Ticwatch model from my research. The HR sensor keeps my HR consistently but doesn't deliver accurate readings. The watch design overall is nice, but the construction kind of feels cheap in my opinion. WearOS is a bit of a mess as well. It's not nearly as robust as Apple or Samsung's OS, and really needs to be fleshed out. That's probably why there is no Pixel watch coming if I had to guess.
Fitbit is solid overall, but just not as engaging. I've really got no qualms with it at its price-point and objective. Fitness is my main concern, and it's great at tracking fitness, it's great at tracking sleep as an added bonus and the Charge is a decent enough looking device. But it's not good at functioning as a smartwatch, and they don't position it as such. It's definitely tougher to interact with vs the Apple Watch or Gear S3 and at the end of the day is simply a one-trick pony. Its a steal at the price point, but I'm willing to pay more to get more. They have the Ionic, but it looks cheap, feels cheap and is priced too high for what it actually delivers in my opinion. Fitbit is also a fitness-focused device but not an overall health focused device. That's where the Apple Watch excels, by letting me use the Health app to log my activity, heart rate data, heart rate notifications, soon-to-be EKG, etc. I feel like Fitbit is focused more on your health today, where Apple Watch is focused on your health tomorrow, if that makes sense.
Apple Watch, and the 44mm specifically, is also the right size for my wrist. It's much lighter than the Gear S3, while not feeling cheaper like the Ticwatch or Fitbit. I already have all my old bands which still work, and it's just such an incredibly cohesive experience with the phone. They've given added function to the watch faces (they may never make another watch face more beautiful than Infograph), which was a complaint I had before. It's noticeably faster than even my Series 3 was. All-in-all it just delivers the best combination of watch and fitness tracker, bar none. I had a feeling if anything pulled me back it would be the Apple Watch. I had all but sworn off the iPhone just a week ago too.
Color me surprised
. What happened? You were enjoying your note a couple of days ago.
Is it just the Apple Watch?