I do agree that we are, in essence, splitting minutiae. This is why, in late December last year, I upgraded to a Note 9 as opposed to waiting for the S10 +. The old excitement of a new phone like the Iphone 4 which was magic has dissipated.
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I do agree that we are, in essence, splitting minutiae. This is why, in late December last year, I upgraded to a Note 9 as opposed to waiting for the S10 +. The old excitement of a new phone like the Iphone 4 which was magic has dissipated.
Absolutely, at the end of the day I'm sure both varients of the S10 will run great and have excellent battery life
Same here very very impressed with s9+ performance. Even my s7 edge it was reasonably fast until few months ago.
Both smilar. Snapdragon better for games because of a better GPU.
I have a Exynos Note 9, I love it, it is great, I have no complaints.
But looking at this video:
It is clear that the Snapdragon has the upper hand, quite significant when it comes to graphics and compute too.
I can't get too worried as I don't have the Snapdragon option.
It will be interesting to see whether Anandtech choose to do option 1 or 3 on their S10 test.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13985/hands-on-with-the-samsung-s10-s10-and-s10e-which-witch-is-which
But looking at this video:
I can't get too worried as I don't have the Snapdragon option.
It will be interesting to see whether Anandtech choose to do option 1 or 3 on their S10 test.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13985/hands-on-with-the-samsung-s10-s10-and-s10e-which-witch-is-which
In practice the difference is negligible so I don't worry about it too much. The biggest issue with the new exynos 9820 is it is a 8nm chip where the sd 855 is a 7nm chip, so I would say the snapdragon will have a small advantage on paper once again.
If I was heavily invested in 3d gaming, which I'm not but I know many who are, I wouldn't call the advantage negligible.
My usage is pretty menial these days, I could make do with a much less specced phone but I like flagships and having the best I can afford.
Given a choice, it would be a no-brainer, I'd take the snapdragon.
I would want the best I could get at the time of purchase.
Personally, I hope the two newer SOC's are closer.
You do have a point when it comes to gaming the snapdragon may offer a noticeable difference, but like you I don't game on my phone. In day to day use however the difference is very much negligible. I know Samsung use to downclock the exynos chips to keep them closer to the snapdragon variants, not sure if they still do it.
Yet people who have owned phones with those chips in have had no issues. I’ve used both generations of chip and my husband has had his note 8 for 17 months. Nothing horrible at all.
I'm not even going to look at those Exynos vs. Snapdragon tests. It's pointless since I'm stuck with Snapdragon if I want full warranty coverage and carrier support. If the Snapdragon is better, what am I going to do, dance a jig around the room? If it's worse am I sending the phone back to Samsung with a letter covered in bitter tears? Nah, I'll be checking my emails and doing everything I always do on smart phones, whether they're speed kings or turtles.
So much is luck of the draw anyway. iPhone Xr is supposed to be a battery champ. Mine is a battery chump and randomly overheats a lot. It still lasts me a day and does everything I need it to do very well, it just isn't as good as other people's Xr's, and I only know that because I read about it. If I was reading National Geographic and People Magazine and hanging out on hiking forums I would be none the wiser and think my phone was magical.
It's good to be informed, but sometimes you drench yourself in minutae that sucks all the joy out of your new purchase.
I'm more concerned that all the features work well, especially the new fingerprint sensor. I was very impressed with how it was working for Flossy Carter during his unboxing video.
However, I'm pragmatic and willing to enter my passcode a lot this first go around with the new tech. I won't be so forgiving next time, but I'm willing to temper my expectations for this model.
So much is luck of the draw anyway. iPhone Xr is supposed to be a battery champ. Mine is a battery chump and randomly overheats a lot. It still lasts me a day and does everything I need it to do very well, it just isn't as good as other people's Xr's, and I only know that because I read about it. If I was reading National Geographic and People Magazine and hanging out on hiking forums I would be none the wiser and think my phone was magical.
It's good to be informed, but sometimes you drench yourself in minutae that sucks all the joy out of your new purchase.
I'm more concerned that all the features work well, especially the new fingerprint sensor. I was very impressed with how it was working for Flossy Carter during his unboxing video.
However, I'm pragmatic and willing to enter my passcode a lot this first go around with the new tech. I won't be so forgiving next time, but I'm willing to temper my expectations for this model.
The 5 minute recording limit for 4K videos because I never take videos for longer than 5 minutes.
I’ll be glad to finally able to watch YouTube videos in 1440p on my phone.
I’ll be glad to finally able to watch YouTube videos in 1440p on my phone.
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My husband has an update on his note 8. I’m just updating his for him now.
I’m going to back up all my photos, files, Music to google services over the weekend and then I’m going to put my sim in my S5 and use it until my S10 comes in. No point in carrying on using my Xs max if I don’t intend to keep it.
Yeah it looks good, like the feature of photo albums as screensavers
I'm not keen on the new look. Then again, I don't use the Samsung store. That said, if you're not keen on the audio quality of Google Music, try out Tidal or Deezer. Though I believe I've recommended these to you before. I'm not completely sure.
We're content with Spotify Premium, though. I'd do Tidal or Deezer instead if I were using my phone's audio jack as an exit to the sound system or if I didn't already have a large FLAC collection. Just seems to be wasteful compared to Spotify.
Where do you plan on selling your iPhone? If I go for the S10+ & keep it, trying to see how much I’ll get for mine (same model, colour & storage as yours).
Not a fan of the operating system but this looks like an absolutely slamming phone! Take note Apple!!
I’m going to sell it we Carphone Warehouse. They do in store trade in. So you can just take it into your local Carphone Warehouse and they transfer the money into your account within 2 days.
I’m not sure if my phone is unlocked or not so it’s either £715 or £770 for it.
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I already have a google ply subscription because I’m paying for YouTube premium and it comes bundled in. I’ve been using it on my google home speakers. If for any reason I don’t like it I might just continue with my Spotify subscription. Which might be more useful as I can use it with my echos too. But either way I’ll keep my google subscription so that I can have ad free YouTube!
Without Samsung store themes the icons looks cartoonish and not attractive. Samsung store is very underrated, they have absolutely gorgeous themes. Wallpapers, icons and other. I buy lots from the store.
I've just been in to Carphone Warehouse and had a look at the new S10 series and they are stunning.
I wasn't going to pick one up but after that I think I will! It's going to be really difficult to decide between the regular or plus model though!
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I love the theme store. I also buy AOD packs when I have a Samsung phone.
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I’m going to have a look in a little while. I’ve already pre-ordered but I want a peek lolI've just been in to Carphone Warehouse and had a look at the new S10 series and they are stunning.
I wasn't going to pick one up but after that I think I will! It's going to be really difficult to decide between the regular or plus model though!
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