As long as there is a matte black option, I don't care about the rest. The matte black S21 Ultra is still the best looking phone of all time for me along with the panda Pixel 4 XL.
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Samsung Galaxy S21 / S21+ / S21 Ultra
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Here is an example but there are more blue variations...gee we are in the wrong thread , that should be posted on the S22 Ultra thread. IPhone's Graphite and Blue look amazing.
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Is anyone considering the Samsung Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE)? I've read rumors it is supposed to be released tomorrow, January 4th.
Based on the rumors I've read about the S22, I'm disappointed in the decrease in battery size for the S22 and S22+/Pro. I'd really like to move back to Samsung to take advantage of this hardware ecosystem. Samsung kept dragging its feet in getting eSIM up and working. So I opted for a Google Pixel 6 Pro.
The Google Pixel 6 Pro is great. But Google doesn't have a smartwatch option. I would also like to try out DeX. I think I might be at a point where I could transition to a single device for all computing needs.
Based on the rumors I've read about the S22, I'm disappointed in the decrease in battery size for the S22 and S22+/Pro. I'd really like to move back to Samsung to take advantage of this hardware ecosystem. Samsung kept dragging its feet in getting eSIM up and working. So I opted for a Google Pixel 6 Pro.
The Google Pixel 6 Pro is great. But Google doesn't have a smartwatch option. I would also like to try out DeX. I think I might be at a point where I could transition to a single device for all computing needs.
There's a couple recently launched smartwatch options that will work with the Google Pixel 6.. the Galaxy Watch 4 and Fossil Gen 6th. The Galaxy Watch 4 I bought on launch date... I think it's the best smartwatch out. I like the design of it and the features are solid.
And DeX is awesome as well... doesn't get much coverage as it should. It would be incredible if Google and Samsung could team up to incorporate ChromeOS instead of DeX. Don't get me wrong... I enjoy DeX, but I think adding ChromeOS would help in gaining notoriety among the public.
Most users who don't make an effort to use DeX... which doesn't help in pushing DeX forward, I'll wager less than 30 percent who have built-in Dex functionality use it.
Sorry I’ve not really been keeping up so I apologize in advance if I’ve missed it…but I was wondering if anyone here has either experienced firsthand or heard of camera lenses on the S21 series spontaneously cracking?
I’ve got the S21 Ultra and I got it during lockdown when I wasn’t really going to take it anywhere. It’s been in the house on a table away from kids and pets. It’s never been dropped. It did go on one vacation trip to the beach and was carried in a folio case in my technology travel bag the same as I always do. So basically as the cliché goes, I claim to have babied it. 😜
Yet several months ago while cleaning the lenses, I noticed a blemish that seemed to be under the glass. It looked like it could be a crack, but I thought it was just maybe a hairline scratch on some internal coating. You really had to have it under very bright light and be at just the right angle to see it. And I didn’t notice any effect on photos. I’ve mentioned it before on this forum and referred to it as a crack for the sake of simplicity. But I was never quite sure what it really was until very recently.
So when I originally offered it for trade to get my husband’s Z Fold 3, I claimed it as in good condition. However, an emergency came up and other things sidetracked me so I ended up not sending it in.
Which is a good thing, because I would have made a liar of myself as now I can actually feel the crack with my fingertip. It’s somehow made its way to the surface and is undeniably a crack. I’m pretty mad as that will of course drastically reduce trade in value. I suppose now I won’t trade it in and just keep it for its other excellent features. Or trade it in for the regular S22. Who knows.
But I am bummed out and mystified how this happened because I know for certain it did not experience any impacts, nor did the travel bag experience any impacts to explain this. The fact it started as a barely visible internal blemish that has taken months to manifest as a clear external crack that can be felt just boggles my mind. I had read that the previous generation of S20’s had reports of spontaneously occurring lens cracks. But I had not heard of this happening with the S21 series. Have any of you heard about this?
I’ve got the S21 Ultra and I got it during lockdown when I wasn’t really going to take it anywhere. It’s been in the house on a table away from kids and pets. It’s never been dropped. It did go on one vacation trip to the beach and was carried in a folio case in my technology travel bag the same as I always do. So basically as the cliché goes, I claim to have babied it. 😜
Yet several months ago while cleaning the lenses, I noticed a blemish that seemed to be under the glass. It looked like it could be a crack, but I thought it was just maybe a hairline scratch on some internal coating. You really had to have it under very bright light and be at just the right angle to see it. And I didn’t notice any effect on photos. I’ve mentioned it before on this forum and referred to it as a crack for the sake of simplicity. But I was never quite sure what it really was until very recently.
So when I originally offered it for trade to get my husband’s Z Fold 3, I claimed it as in good condition. However, an emergency came up and other things sidetracked me so I ended up not sending it in.
Which is a good thing, because I would have made a liar of myself as now I can actually feel the crack with my fingertip. It’s somehow made its way to the surface and is undeniably a crack. I’m pretty mad as that will of course drastically reduce trade in value. I suppose now I won’t trade it in and just keep it for its other excellent features. Or trade it in for the regular S22. Who knows.
But I am bummed out and mystified how this happened because I know for certain it did not experience any impacts, nor did the travel bag experience any impacts to explain this. The fact it started as a barely visible internal blemish that has taken months to manifest as a clear external crack that can be felt just boggles my mind. I had read that the previous generation of S20’s had reports of spontaneously occurring lens cracks. But I had not heard of this happening with the S21 series. Have any of you heard about this?
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We probably now already in the post complains period.
The Ultra seem to have been crowned one of the best for 2021 despite your poor experience.
Focus now pretty much has drastically focused to the successor due very shorty.
I only heard about multiple instances of the S20 Ultra camera lens cracking. But I did some digging and it seems like this is also an issue for the S21 Ultra also.
https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S/S21-Ultra-Broken-camera-glass/td-p/8233872
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This is probably the reason they changed the design on the S22 Ultra to having just glass on the camera lenses, obviously Samsung will know this is a design fault with some of the S20 Ultra & S21 Ultra but won't admitting it because recalls cost lots of money.
Same can be said about both the Buds Pro & the Buds 2 causing some people ear infections me included in this but yet not admitted anything, they just go ahead and change the materials for the next buds & stay silent same way they done with the S22 Ultra.
Luckily my S21 Ultra is fine & i've had it since July, but will keep an eye on the camera glass any blemishes under the glass the phone will be gone by trade in before it gets any worse.
Same can be said about both the Buds Pro & the Buds 2 causing some people ear infections me included in this but yet not admitted anything, they just go ahead and change the materials for the next buds & stay silent same way they done with the S22 Ultra.
Luckily my S21 Ultra is fine & i've had it since July, but will keep an eye on the camera glass any blemishes under the glass the phone will be gone by trade in before it gets any worse.
It looks like the Samsung Galaxy S22's launch date is all but set
It's likely less than a month away now
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So I updated my S21+ Android 12 over the weekend because I just ignored the updates for a while.
Whats the reasoning behind not letting us see anything in the Windows File Explorer?
I need to use my phone to transfer pictures for work and now I can't because all the folders are empty. There are files there
Whats the reasoning behind not letting us see anything in the Windows File Explorer?
I need to use my phone to transfer pictures for work and now I can't because all the folders are empty. There are files there
Android 12 changed some things with regards to file transfer and permissions. Delete the device from device manager and then plug it in again and let it install the device. When that happens, may sure to have the phone screen on so you can accept the permissions. Otherwise, it won’t give your Windows machine access and everything will show as blank.
Cool I'll try that later! Thanks for that heads up!
Well it must be something more than that because the afformented method didnt work.
I also tried updating drivers through SmartSwitch and changing every combination of options in the developers menu.
I also tried updating drivers through SmartSwitch and changing every combination of options in the developers menu.
It's probably not helpful, but I can see my files just fine, I'm on 12.
Did you select the allow prompt on the phone?
If you don't, you can see the device in the drive list but it's empty, until you click allow on the phone.
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