Phones Samsung Galaxy S10

[The Game 161]

Unpopular opinion but what you guys laud as "customizability" I find garish and cluttered.
I mean its great that you have granular control over settings and notifications but Idk, using the homescreen customizability as a selling perk doesn't work for me (my opinion). The homescreen layouts that are posted here on this thread as well as reddit are definitely not my cup of tea. It looks as bad as when iOS used skeuomorphic design cues.

iOS I guess can be "boring" but its professional looking, uncluttered, and straight to the point, something a cellphone should be. On the contrary, I feel iOS became a bit bloated once they introduced the nonsense features such as animoji and message apps but on the Samsung/Android side I mean how many times a day can a person go into a theme store and look at fonts, icon packs, etc.?

You don't need to use themes and icon packs to make it how you want it

I fail to see how seeing just apps and nothing else is somehow professional and not cluttered. If anything ios is more cluttered as you have no choice but to have apps on the home screen. They can't go anywhere else

Least with android you can have as bare of a homescreen as you want where with ios the most you can do is put them in folders which I think looks more cluttered than having a ton of widgets

With android you choose how you want your phone. With IOS you have no choice to have your phone how apple decides you have it.

Apple decides how your phone looks that's the issue. Every person's iPhone layout looks the same. On android? I bet all of us here with android phones have completely different looking home screens

 

[Vegastouch]

Unpopular opinion but what you guys laud as "customizability" I find garish and cluttered.
I mean its great that you have granular control over settings and notifications but Idk, using the homescreen customizability as a selling perk doesn't work for me (my opinion). The homescreen layouts that are posted here on this thread as well as reddit are definitely not my cup of tea. It looks as bad as when iOS used skeuomorphic design cues.

iOS I guess can be "boring" but its professional looking, uncluttered, and straight to the point, something a cellphone should be. On the contrary, I feel iOS became a bit bloated once they introduced the nonsense features such as animoji and message apps but on the Samsung/Android side I mean how many times a day can a person go into a theme store and look at fonts, icon packs, etc.?

True, it's your opinion and that's cool. But if iOS doesn't look cluttered and boring with huge icons covering the whole screen then your idea of "cluttered" is puzzling. Professional looking clutter? That's what I see.
But, as always, what you like is what you like.

For Android I don't go in a theme store and look at fonts and such all the time. I do it to start, find a few, save them and use them at different times. I actually don't change my fonts at all. It may take someone some time to set it up at first but when it's done,it's done. The point is you CAN do these things.

To each their own.

 

[5105973]

Unpopular opinion but what you guys laud as "customizability" I find garish and cluttered.
I mean its great that you have granular control over settings and notifications but Idk, using the homescreen customizability as a selling perk doesn't work for me (my opinion). The homescreen layouts that are posted here on this thread as well as reddit are definitely not my cup of tea. It looks as bad as when iOS used skeuomorphic design cues.

iOS I guess can be "boring" but its professional looking, uncluttered, and straight to the point, something a cellphone should be. On the contrary, I feel iOS became a bit bloated once they introduced the nonsense features such as animoji and message apps but on the Samsung/Android side I mean how many times a day can a person go into a theme store and look at fonts, icon packs, etc.?

The thing is you can make it look almost exactly like an iPhone. Just plain icons in rows and in folders. Now I would not try this with One UI but on my HTC I ran a launcher that made my interface look like that of a Windows phone. I'd always wanted to try a Windows phone but my husband talked me out of it and rightly so as an expense I was likely to regret.

But if iOS is your thing, that's cool. I'm not here to convince you out of it. But for anyone lurking on this thread I wanted them to get a more clear idea of what the options are.

I personally am proud to have my phone covered in little cats and alpacas

 

[noobinator]

I like the customizability however I find it distracting at times as I've said before. It's almost too good and knowing I have the options overwhelms me. I could just not use all that stuff but it seems like a waste!

First world problem. I know.

 

[jamezr]

Unpopular opinion but what you guys laud as "customizability" I find garish and cluttered.
I mean its great that you have granular control over settings and notifications but Idk, using the homescreen customizability as a selling perk doesn't work for me (my opinion). The homescreen layouts that are posted here on this thread as well as reddit are definitely not my cup of tea. It looks as bad as when iOS used skeuomorphic design cues.

iOS I guess can be "boring" but its professional looking, uncluttered, and straight to the point, something a cellphone should be. On the contrary, I feel iOS became a bit bloated once they introduced the nonsense features such as animoji and message apps but on the Samsung/Android side I mean how many times a day can a person go into a theme store and look at fonts, icon packs, etc.?

I see the pros and cons of both to be honest.
But for me I find IOS seems to be more cluttered. I mean I can't arrange icons or folders where I want them to be.
I want more than just rows of icons. I want to be able to use a great picture as wallpaper and not have icons over peoples faces.

Then the beautiful thing about Android and especially the S10+ is they have themes that can be as elaborate or minimalist as your tastes desire.

 

[SteveJUAE]

You don't need to use themes and icon packs to make it how you want it

I fail to see how seeing just apps and nothing else is somehow professional and not cluttered. If anything ios is more cluttered as you have no choice but to have apps on the home screen. They can't go anywhere else

Least with android you can have as bare of a homescreen as you want where with ios the most you can do is put them in folders which I think looks more cluttered than having a ton of widgets

With android you choose how you want your phone. With IOS you have no choice to have your phone how apple decides you have it.

Apple decides how your phone looks that's the issue. Every person's iPhone layout looks the same. On android? I bet all of us here with android phones have completely different looking home screens

I do not consider my home screen bare just minimal

I have never liked the cheese grater look on all iphones or the incredible hulk sized icons on Ipads

 

[The Game 161]

I do not consider my home screen bare just minimal

I have never liked the cheese grater look on all iphones or the incredible hulk sized icons on Ipads

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Yeah for me it's more size of the icons on iphones that are more in your face... Even if they let you resize them it would be better

 

[Breaking Good]

I do not consider my home screen bare just minimal


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SteveJUAE - where did you get that wallpaper for your S10 homescreen? It looks incredible!

 

[5105973]

Wow I am at school picking up the kids. XR Cant get the forum..s10+ wins

 

[tonybarnaby]

Wow I am at school picking up the kids. XR Cant get the forum..s10+ wins

Can’t get the forum?

 

[noobinator]

Can’t get the forum?

Forum probably not loading for some reason. Doubt that's an iPhone issue though.

 

[mjschabow]

Yeah I'm guessing she means signal strength.

 

[torana355]

Unpopular opinion but what you guys laud as "customizability" I find garish and cluttered.
I mean its great that you have granular control over settings and notifications but Idk, using the homescreen customizability as a selling perk doesn't work for me (my opinion). The homescreen layouts that are posted here on this thread as well as reddit are definitely not my cup of tea. It looks as bad as when iOS used skeuomorphic design cues.

iOS I guess can be "boring" but its professional looking, uncluttered, and straight to the point, something a cellphone should be. On the contrary, I feel iOS became a bit bloated once they introduced the nonsense features such as animoji and message apps but on the Samsung/Android side I mean how many times a day can a person go into a theme store and look at fonts, icon packs, etc.?

How does this look cluttered?

 

[maka344]

How does this look cluttered?

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Or this:

 

[5105973]

Yeah I'm guessing she means signal strength.

Yeah my Xr often struggles to connect to anything at that particular spot at the school parking lot. XS Max, when I had it was blind there, too. S9+ and S10+ never have a problem.

 

[mjschabow]

Yeah my Xr often struggles to connect to anything at that particular spot at the school parking lot. XS Max, when I had it was blind there, too. S9+ and S10+ never have a problem.

This is definitely a trend I've seen since I made the dive into Android. Both my old Pixel 3 and now the S10+ have maintained signal much better than both the newest iPhones I've owned. I don't know if its an issue with it being a better signal or if the iPhone reverts to a weaker class quicker. But I'm very happy with the better signal for sure.

 

[SteveJUAE]

SteveJUAE - where did you get that wallpaper for your S10 homescreen? It looks incredible!

Thanks, It's from Bali I was at a fashionable beach/cliff bar and was mucking about with my S9+ camera settings and it would exaggerate the colours based on exposure point although should of paid more attention to horizon being level LOL

I just picked a bit from the middle of this pic :



This is closer to actual

 

[5105973]

This is definitely a trend I've seen since I made the dive into Android. Both my old Pixel 3 and now the S10+ have maintained signal much better than both the newest iPhones I've owned. I don't know if its an issue with it being a better signal or if the iPhone reverts to a weaker class quicker. But I'm very happy with the better signal for sure.

I think Apple needs to kiss and make up with Qualcomm. At least until they can make their own modems.

My S10+ still is getting overly warm. We lost our WiFi today and it seems my S10+ starts heating up on cellular. No photography today so I’m gonna have to troubleshoot since it’s got nothing to do with the camera and backing up to Google. Unless it’s normal for this phone and the Snapdragon 855 to run hot.

I had an AT&T Galaxy S7 that was prone to running hot. I never figured out why, but my second one, an unlocked version, didn’t.

My Xr overheats from time to time, too, but I’ve pretty much isolated that to some news apps which I’ve since removed.

It may be normal for some phones to get really warm to super hot. I’m just not sure because I’ve had some phones set up the same way that kept their cool.

Today was a hot day and I had my Xr in my pocket while I worked outdoors. It stayed cool. Indoors I had my S10+ in my pocket and had to remove it because I could feel it getting hotter. Very similar to how my first S7 was.

I’ll have to keep an eye on this.

It just occurred to me yesterday and today are the first times I’ve used the Smart view Clear cover case. That coincides with me experiencing this sudden warming trend so to speak. I’m switching over to the silicone cover now and see if that makes any difference.

 

[csurfr]

The S10+ arrived this.morning. After a bit of finicking around and having to to a factory reset (wifi calling wouldn't turn on), I have to say the battery is pretty stellar, but it does take a while to charge! I'm at 70% and it has been off the charger for 7 hours now. Not bad. Picked up a 128gb SD card from Amazon for I think 18.00 shipped, which is a good spot for all of my Spotify music .

I'm debating ordering a Samsung wireless charger so I'll get actual wireless fast charging. The Mophie I have is iPhone only (7.5 watts).

Google assistant hates me. Everytime I tell it to turn on the reading light it comes back with search results.... Thanks Google.

Other than that, pretty solid, and I like the prism white easily as much as my prism blue S10 that is going back.

 

[Harthag]

S10e question. Is it just me or is there no way to *easily* disable vibration when I receive SMS messages through the Android messaging app (not using Samsung messages, it is disabled)? I've gone through every notification setting I can find, in the system settings and message app settings, and vibration is disabled. Yet certain contacts vibrate when I receive texts.

The only solution I've seen is to disable vibration for each contact or number separately. Which is a royal pain. I need to click on the settings (the 3 dots at upper right side of screen) within a message from someone and disable vibration this way. Am I missing something very simple? It seems I am, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. This is maddening, haha.

 

[5105973]

Oh I don't know @Harthag I am using Samsung default apps across the board. I'm getting buzzy vibes for all the messages. I want to set up custom tones for my favorite contacts but haven't gotten around to that yet. I am trying to decide if I want to use Zedge again. I have it installed. There are a few things I am still figuring out.

Wifi is back on and the silicone case is back on and my phone has stayed cool like it did the first few days. I don't remember having any overheating while the phone was in my Ringke case and the other clear case so I'm wondering if it was that smart case causing all that.

I had a situation once where I had taken my S9+ out of its smart cover case. Then quickly stuck it back in upside down somehow and didn't realise it. Left it on my kitchen counter for an hour or so. Went to pick it up and it felt hot enough to melt.

Now obviously putting the S9+ in upside down put it at odds with the circuitry of the case. I just wonder if something is wonky between the smart cover case and the new charging feature of the s10+ phone. I have no idea.

It bugs me when these phones overheat because damn, it actually freaking hurts to hold them. I have a ridiculously high pain tolerance since my tomboy childhood. I've had limbs crushed, bitten, stabbed, hit with steel rods and I shrugged it all off. I've been walking around for the past few months on a busted up leg and foot, no problem. I limp a lot but I get around. But I'm hyper sensitive to heat. I don't exactly enjoy cooking because I really can't stand the heat. I love grilling season because my husband cooks! I don't want my phones to get hot enough to fry eggs on.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Has anyone claimed the free google home mini from Spotify in the UK?

 

[The Game 161]

Has anyone claimed the free google home mini from Spotify in the UK?

Yeah got mine.. Been put in the daughters room. Got speaker in every room now

 

[Shanghaichica]

Yeah got mine.. Been put in the daughters room. Got speaker in every room now

Ok only did mine on Friday so just wondering how long it takes to come.

 

[The Game 161]

Ok only did mine on Friday so just wondering how long it takes to come.

Mine took about a week. Might been a bit less