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Phones Samsung Galaxy S10

mjschabow said:
You wanna hear something crazy? I'm thinking about coming back. I really miss Android. The Apple Watch is telling me not to do it but the Galaxy keeps calling my name. Plus it's been really awful trying to sell it where I know the iPhone will sell and still has its value.
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Welcome back haha ....
Android is also calling me....
 
mjschabow said:
Now that I've come back to the dark side, I'm curious if you all are using:

- Galaxy Watch
- Galaxy Watch Active
- Other
- No Watch

I haven't decided if I want to keep my Galaxy Watch or get rid of it and just go no watch. AOD kind of helps because I can always see what time it is. Just kind of thinking of the overall picture and if I really need a watch or not. I can still easily load RunKeeper on my phone and run with the phone. While leaving the Apple Watch is tough, I've also started to question if I truly NEED a watch.
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I left my apple watch for a month now.....

Im using s7 temporarily since this is a free fone my office i cant decide if i will get another iphone or stay android..i like the AOD in this s7.... Its useful and i dont miss the watch since i can see the notification by just looking at AOD....

I might get samsung active since its just cheaper.... Not but for now...im ok with aod... Im thinking of getting s10e coz this s7 is a bit slow now...
 
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vine-boating said:
What screen protector do you guys use for the Samsung? The one preinstalled with the phone is pretty terrible
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I’m using some Asian film one from Amazon. OTAO. It’s fine. Optically it’s good and clear. But it took over a month to settle onto the display. Meaning the bubbles had to work out and the edges that used to peel up a tiny bit finally stuck fast. Now it feels like it’s part of the glass. But it took a long time to get that way. Very odd experience. It is a bit thicker and more sturdy than the Samsung one and much, much less expensive.
 
mackie8 said:
I left my apple watch for a month now.....

Im using s7 temporarily since this is a free fone my office i cant decide if i will get another iphone or stay android..i like the AOD in this s7.... Its useful and i dont miss the watch since i can see the notification by just looking at AOD....

I might get samsung active since its just cheaper.... Not but for now...im ok with aod... Im thinking of getting s10e coz this s7 is a bit slow now...
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Good call. Yeah i might just start wearing my Galaxy Watch 46mm and see if I can get used to the size.
[doublepost=1558027297][/doublepost]The one thing I've definitely noticed since switching back to the S10+ is that the signal strength is night and day compared to the iPhone, even on wifi!

Love you Apple, but the fact my wifi speeds on the XS was pulling 3mbps while my S10+ pulls 12mbps is completely unacceptable for a $1,000 device.
 
mjschabow said:
Now that I've come back to the dark side, I'm curious if you all are using:

- Galaxy Watch
- Galaxy Watch Active
- Other
- No Watch

I haven't decided if I want to keep my Galaxy Watch or get rid of it and just go no watch. AOD kind of helps because I can always see what time it is. Just kind of thinking of the overall picture and if I really need a watch or not. I can still easily load RunKeeper on my phone and run with the phone. While leaving the Apple Watch is tough, I've also started to question if I truly NEED a watch.
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No watch! I just dont like them on my wrist especially now when i can just look at my phone to see the time.
 
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vine-boating said:
What is the best keyboard to use with the S10?

The stock keyboard or something like GBoard?
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I actually use stock quite a but because the predictions are pretty good and I use the swipe to move the cursor. But gboard is pretty great too.
 
mjschabow said:
Good call. Yeah i might just start wearing my Galaxy Watch 46mm and see if I can get used to the size.
[doublepost=1558027297][/doublepost]The one thing I've definitely noticed since switching back to the S10+ is that the signal strength is night and day compared to the iPhone, even on wifi!

Love you Apple, but the fact my wifi speeds on the XS was pulling 3mbps while my S10+ pulls 12mbps is completely unacceptable for a $1,000 device.
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I ended.up buying pixel 3xl haha....
Before iphone X i used OG pixel ... I kinda miss pure android its the nearest to iphone smoothness....and the camera still the best for me....
 
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vine-boating said:
How's the battery life on the Pixel XL?
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Comparable to XR in my usage maybe 1hr lesser... can last me for a day...
Im still on android P no beta ..
BT off and digital wellbeing thing...AOD active only when double tap...
Very snappy im so impressed with 4gb ram..
It's really the android version of iphone
 
I have been playing around on the S10+ and I must say im liking it

Very different to the iPhone

I have a few questions to ask

Whats the best ad blocker to use with the Samsung internet browser?

Is it recommenced to leave location services on all the time or is there a way similar to the iPhone where you can have apps only use location services when in use rather than having to be constantly on?

Do you have to turn on NFC to be able to pay with Samsung Pay?

Many thanks.
 
vine-boating said:
I have been playing around on the S10+ and I must say im liking it

Very different to the iPhone

I have a few questions to ask

Whats the best ad blocker to use with the Samsung internet browser?

Is it recommenced to leave location services on all the time or is there a way similar to the iPhone where you can have apps only use location services when in use rather than having to be constantly on?

Do you have to turn on NFC to be able to pay with Samsung Pay?

Many thanks.
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I use Ad Block for Samsung Internet. I try not to mix too many of them together but if you really want to get aggressive, you can run a bunch all at once.

I just leave location services on. The only thing I turn off is wifi/bluetooth scanning and notifications every time there's an open wifi network nearby.

I believe you do have to leave NFC on but I don't notice any difference in battery.
 
mjschabow said:
I use Ad Block for Samsung Internet. I try not to mix too many of them together but if you really want to get aggressive, you can run a bunch all at once.

I just leave location services on. The only thing I turn off is wifi/bluetooth scanning and notifications every time there's an open wifi network nearby.

I believe you do have to leave NFC on but I don't notice any difference in battery.
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How do you turn off wifi/bluetooth scanning?

What about notifications? You don't put them to sleep or let them run in the background? I am so used to doing this with the iPhone so this is all new to me.
 
vine-boating said:
How do you turn off wifi/bluetooth scanning?

What about notifications? You don't put them to sleep or let them run in the background? I am so used to doing this with the iPhone so this is all new to me.
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See the screenshots below!
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I just used Samsung Pay in a store. The clerk told me that they don't take Apple Pay but it still worked and she was amazed.

#somuchwinning
 
vine-boating said:
Is it worth putting apps to sleep to save battery or is it just fine to let it run in the background?
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See how you get on and decide if the battery life needs increasing by putting apps to sleep. If you’re not happy with the battery life, you can see which apps are using the most battery and then make adjustments.
 
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