The regular S21 have made me appreciate smaller phones. I was in the camp of go big or go home. But the S21 is changing my mind. The size is really convenient, much more practical handling wise than my previous A71. Of course, the downside is the smaller screen when watching content, but day-to-day, the S21 is more enjoyable to handle.
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Samsung Galaxy S21 / S21+ / S21 Ultra
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i have always been a small phone person,
even with my previous time with iPhone
they are just "comfortable"
Thinking of picking up the s21 ultra tomorrow. Anything I should know going from iPhone to the s21 (besides disabling iMessage and untrusting the device on my Apple account)? Already move from iPad to the Tab s7 already btw.
Are your photos backed up with Google Photos? As long as most of your services are from Google you should be fine.
Verizon had an app where I could have my content transferred from one phone to the other. I'm not sure what carrier you are on, but it should be similar for the major ones at least. It worked out for me and I got my contacts and photos transferred. Everything else I just wanted to start fresh and build up the Android phone manually.
Contacts are now good after I had to manually export my contacts from my iphone, save the file to onedrive, then import into windows and my google contacts.
What I'm more worried about is accessing my apple account once I trade in my iPhone I would have any apple devices to authenticate for apple music on my non apple devices, apple tv, & iTunes on Windows purchases. I read some horror stories that some lost their digital purchases (movies, etc) as they didn't have a apple device to authenticate their log in.
Also, I'm not sure but I think I need to disable imessage before resetting and erase the iPhone, right?
I think for authentication, iCloud can use SMS as a fallback. Just make sure you remove your iPhone from your trusted device.
Two-factor authentication for Apple Account - Apple Support
Two-factor authentication is designed to make sure that you're the only person who can access your account. Learn how it works and how to turn on two-factor authentication.
Yes, you will need to disable iMessage and Facetime on the iPhone prior to resetting it.
What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Use these steps to transfer information to your new device and, if applicable, remove your personal information from your old device.
Forgot about facetime. Thanks.I think for authentication, iCloud can use SMS as a fallback. Just make sure you remove your iPhone from your trusted device.
Two-factor authentication for Apple Account - Apple Support
Two-factor authentication is designed to make sure that you're the only person who can access your account. Learn how it works and how to turn on two-factor authentication.support.apple.com
Yes, you will need to disable iMessage and Facetime on the iPhone prior to resetting it.
You should also disable Find my and sign out off iCloud completely on your iPhone.What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Use these steps to transfer information to your new device and, if applicable, remove your personal information from your old device.support.apple.com
Going to check out the Telus store and see how it feels in the hands. I might stick w/ the 13 Pro max if it doesn't feel good.
Thanks.
Honestly, all you need to use is Samsung's smart switch and literally everything will be on your new phone except for the notes. I think the notes feature is locked to iCloud so if you have stuff there I can't remember what you need to do to transfer that. But for texts, pictures, etc smart switch is the way to go. Also usually when you authenticate stuff for Apple they give you an option to text your current number, so if you're number hasn't changed then you should be fine.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Samsung does this… given Apple has the iPhone Mini and Samsung hasn’t offered a product similar to it.
Apple has the mini - for now!
If the rumours are true then there won't be another mini next year!
I think that if Apple can't sell a small phone in the numbers they want then I doubt Samsung could.
The S10e was hardly a runaway success so I don't think they'll make another smaller flagship phone any time soon. Just my opinion.
Isn't the Mini 6 a slightly larger Galaxy Note minus native calling capability?
Samsung had had mini versions of their Galaxy phones long time ago. And they probably see there's not enough market to justify the cost, since they are already running at lower margins than Apple. The "small" Android phone ship has sailed so long ago. The regular S21 is the smallest one can get.
I officially got rid of the Apple Watch today. I didn't really want to, but if I was to switch from Iphone to Samsung, the Watch (Based on what I read) would become a useless device. It would track the time of a work out, but the data would never actually be recorded. I'm not sure if I'm going to get an Android watch or stay out of the smart watch business. It will be weird in the next few days not having to worry about closing rings, even though I still plan to take walks and even go back to the gym, finally. Still, it was a nice 2 years.
When i switched back to Samsung few months ago after getting fed up with the constant bugs with the iPhone 12 Mini, one thing i do miss is the Apple Watch SE it was brilliant tbh.
I got the Watch 4 44mm on launch and I'm pretty disappointed with it, sleep tracking is pretty poor & doesn't register deep sleep, also gmail notifications come through silent both still not fixed with latest update.
I've no doubt Samsung will/hopefully fix them in next few months & it will become a solid smartwatch, but i don't think it will ever be on par with the Apple Watch.
I got the Watch 4 44mm on launch and I'm pretty disappointed with it, sleep tracking is pretty poor & doesn't register deep sleep, also gmail notifications come through silent both still not fixed with latest update.
I've no doubt Samsung will/hopefully fix them in next few months & it will become a solid smartwatch, but i don't think it will ever be on par with the Apple Watch.
I think people are now preoccupied by the new phones being launched.
The just landed iPhones and the impending Pixels.
This is just me, but I'd get either an iPod Touch or a real basic iPad just for this purpose.
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