Been with TMobile some 15 years. Sprint sucks so only if they make it worse( with merger) will I leave but I don't like Verizon and not fond of AT&T but that would be the move but don't plan any.
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We'll that sux for you since you need to spend more lol. I don't read books and don't have any 4K stuff on mine. Hec I only have a couple movies period saved. Not a movie buff and I have a Amazon box with Kody that gets everything anyways. The music, pics and the couple games I have, 64 GB is fine for me. Hec even a 128 GB card is cheap, alot cheaper than getting a bigger phone capacity.
I wouldn't worry about getting any updates anyway except for security. Surprised I got Pie on this. I'm also not one to care about having the latest updates. Pie is a bit different but it's not earth shattering stuff. Battery isn't any better. Cool but could live with 8.0.
If you get the S10 it will be a year before/if you get a OS update. I never saw a 8.1 or anytbing, just had 8.0 til I got 9.0. Never got an update on my GS7.
Get security updates though.
I prefer to have more onboard storage and to supplement it with an SD card. I would want 128GB internal memory but would prefer 256GB or 512GB. I have about 30GB of Music on my Xs max. I do subscribe to Apple Music and YouTube premium (google music) but I prefer to have my music stored locally. I only really use the streaming services for my smart speakers. I also like keeping my entire ebook library on my phone I have a kindle but my phone is always with me. I also like to keep all my comics. I currently have 23,000 plus photos and videos on my iPhone. Although I would store those on the SD card.
I want to use the phone with my gear VR (I hope it still works with the one I have) so I need a lot of internal storage for that.
I have a lot of music videos I’ve purchased from iTunes and a lot of movies and TV shows that I’ve ripped myself and downloaded music concerts and performances. Although in the past I usually kept these on my SD card. I have lots of media and using iTunes to manage it all is a PITA.
There’s also Dex which I’m a big fan of. For someone like me who uses their phone as their primary device (have iPads and laptops) Dex is just an app extension of the phone as a primary computer for me. I also don’t have big computing needs so Dex is perfect for me. I still have my Dex dock so I want to use it again.
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GS7 shipped with Marshmallow and updated to Nougat and now Oreo. Marshmallow came out in fall of 2015. The phone came out in March 2016.
The major issue that stands in the way of more updates is Qualcomm who won't develop SoC drivers after X amount of years. Apple doesn't have this problem because they don't use Qualcomm patents for their SoC apart from Qualcomm modems. Apple does use patents from ARM, the company. They pay a fee on that, but because they design and develop their own SoC, they're not beholden to Qualcomm's whims.
This falls in line with the theory that Google's been working on their own SoC for their own use and then selling it to Android OEMs. They've been poaching Apple, Qualcomm, Intel, Broadcom and NVidia since 2013. They already have hardware they designed and developed. Their first chip went from design to use in a product in 13-15 months. That's record setting compared to the typical industry standard.
While Google is mainly an ad space company, they've been making a foray into services and hardware for a long time. Which is odd given that Apple is going into services since it costs less money in R&D and has a recurring payments system.
Netflix is supposedly the only company whose algorithms know what viewers want, when they want it and how they can pack more data down a pipeline without upsetting their bottom line too much.
Crazy stuff.
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Palm swipe to capture. One of my favourite features of Samsung’s software. I don’t mind using two buttons on the iPhone to take a screen shot but since they changed the process from the iPhone X onwards I’m forever accidentally taking screen shots.
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@Zenithal I will be sending in the S9+. I'm a bit nervous about it because it's a perfect specimen and once it's gone ..it's gone. If they send me a lemon and I send it back I won't get back the S9+ nor get to apply it's value to a replacement, if I understand the terms correctly. So I best rigorously test the new phone before sending in the S9+.
I like the way Google does these trades better but Google doesn't offer as much money for trades.
My entire family is voting for the rose gold watch. I remain undecided.
The S9+ is a great phone. The only reason why I didn’t keep it is because I can’t use two phones due to the way I use my phone (primary computer). It just means that the other one sits there unused as it seems like a duplication of tasks.
I’m waiting to see what trade in offers Samsung have going in the UK. However we have a store called carphone warehouse in the UK and they also do trade ins, most of the time they offer a bit more money than Samsung. The trade ins for the note 9 were really good last year. I could have traded in my iPhone X and only paid about £100 on top to get the note 9. It was a struggle not to do it and although I do like my Xs max I really struggled to justify upgrading this time. I had the same problem last year with the X and I’m not really interested in the new iPhones coming out.
Grumpy mom can you tell me which phone has better speakers the S9+ or the Xs max/Xr. I remember being blown away by the S9+. The Xs max has good speakers an improvement over the X but I’m not as wowed by them.
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Huge performance leap from 6 to 7.
Fuchsia is probably going to come as a replacement to Android. Not a lot about it is known, though. It should fix whatever issues Android has.
Technically, Google may try to go down the Apple path in the future with direct updates, and the OEM layer can install on top of it once carriers can certify the Android version. The reality is there's next to nothing OEM wise that a carrier needs to check out. It's merely a UI layer on top of Android. The base Android operates the phone and its internal components. And very few parts of the OS need to communicate with the radios systems on a phone.
The gravity of the situation is that Google ****ed up and ****ed up big time a decade plus ago when they decided what OEMs would do.
Once Qualcomm is placed aside a lot more headaches will go away. Whether Google comes out with a SoC or Qualcomm sees their empire chipped away by OEMs with manufacturing capabilities (think SoC, image processors, TPUs, et al.) or they're done away with a manufactured problem that won't come to light until years later and causes them irreparable harm in infrastructure and monetary means.
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I don't think you'll get a lemon. Though I understand the issue with giving a phone up. It's a piece of you. Probably why I keep every phone I've ever had. As in the last 30ish years unless it wasn't my property. As for the rose gold, what's the holdup? The color and how it'll match or...? Rose gold has been used in fashion and jewelry for a long time. It only gained more prominence in the last fifteen or so years. I've even pondered buying a rose gold Omega. Done right, it looks less pink and more earthy in tone. Depends on the metallurgy of the piece.
Edit: Oh, wait, was the lemon comment tongue-in-cheek humor for the canary yellow S10e?
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Yeah, won't deny that at all. I've never liked how Apple introduce features so late to their devices. No one gives a damn about emojis or stickers.
apart from my profile pic I’ve never even used Animoji/Memoji. At least Samsung have some cool masks in their messaging app. Come on Apple. I’m sure they will eventually get round to split screen apps. My original galaxy note after it got the ice cream sandwich update in 2013 could do split screen apps.
