Undecided at the moment... But, I need to make up my decision pretty quickly, as the return window won't last forever and I want to avoid dealing with selling it and losing some of my money. I'd love to keep it as I'm really a fan of the phone, but if the battery life will be this bad, continually, it's absolutely not worth it.
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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra/Note 22 Ultra
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Love the size of the S22, but it still just baffles me how it's described as small, it's almost the same size as the Note 7, and back then everyone would talk about how big in size the Note line was.
Funny how when I went for this sized phone back in the day people would comment how big they are, but now I still go for similar sized phones and people comment how small they are. Went from big phone guy to small phone guy while never actually changing size preference.
Yea, times do change. I remember when the Note 4 was considered a monster.
I convinced my friend on the S22 + .. I'm like look how compact it feels with the square screen LMAO don't go small like my iPhone 12 pro..
This phone makes me hate having to have an iPhone for iMessage. Damn, it's such a nice phone.
Okay, thanks. So, I guess I’ll have to wait on OneUI 4.1 for Fold users…I have feeling its coming next month. I rely heavily on Immersive Mode… lately I’ve just been using Pop-Up Window feature until its fix.
That’s why I carry an iPad over an iPhone. It provides iMessage along with having a larger screen and I don’t care to do the 2 phone set up (no shade to those that do).
I like this phone so much more than the 13PM that I'm managing without iMessage. Most people that I care to text with are on FB anyhow. You can semi get the same messaging experience as iMessage thru FB messenger.
It truly is a fantastic device. It's by far the smoothest, fastest Samsung device I've used and the display and camera are top notch.
It was I remember having that beast in my pocket. It was pretty sweet
So for iMessage, I assume that you get messages through your Apple ID, not your phone number, right? I always turn off iMessage when going to my android, but looking for a better solution.
Samsung must go again "Note" , almost everyone is around 6.5-6.8"
Samsung must go with Note Ultra with 7.8"
Samsung must go with Note Ultra with 7.8"
Note II was my first phablet, I was so self conscious when I held it to my ear to take a phone call. It felt so big that I could grab a paddle and go up the river on it.
It was 5.5”. Fast forward to 2022 and my 12 Pro Max looks at my 7 Plus which is also 5.5” as if it’s a midget.
Now we’re talking. A 8” Note OLED tablet is my current dream.
You are correct.
I been using this set up for a couple years now and I have a cellular iPad that way I continue receiving iMessages from family and friends. I have no problem receiving group message or any iMessage features and I was planning on doing the iMessage on Android using a server for the Mac.
But using a server for the Mac.... some features don't work, and this way is straight forward.
8" tablet we already have...im talking about a new phablet (S23 Ultra Mega Big 8" smartphone)
I prefer the s22 ultra over my 13 pro max but the Apple Watch, iMessage, ecosystem and overall app quality makes me still love my iPhone even with less features
“I prefer the s22 ultra over my 13 pro max but the Apple Watch, iMessage, ecosystem and overall app quality makes me still love my iPhone even with less features”
This is where I’m at. I have a Note 20 Ultra. I love the screen and overall quality. I tried the Samsung Watch, and in the end the overall experience and using it all with my MBP, isn’t even close.
This is where I’m at. I have a Note 20 Ultra. I love the screen and overall quality. I tried the Samsung Watch, and in the end the overall experience and using it all with my MBP, isn’t even close.
That is exactly my feeling too! I really love this phone...and can absolutely do without iMessage. I only miss iMessage when I try to send file, video, or high res pic. most of the time...easily can do without. But the ecosystem integration..with photos, Apple Watch, continuity, CarPlay..etc. It is too steep of a hill to overcome honestly. The walled garden is pretty...even next to the best android phone I have ever owned.
Apple will pay $113 million to settle a 'batterygate' investigation into its practice of intentionally slowing down old iPhones
The $113 million payout is just the latest Apple has made after it admitted to slowing phones down to keep their old batteries from shutting them off.
The day i lost faith and trust in apple and pulled the last plug.....shame shame shame...
Breach of trust at its best.
As many of us are aware, that is only one of Cook led Apple's many cases of deliberate lack of honest communication, outright lies, selling products with known defaults for years, and on and on.
Apple will pay $113 million to settle a 'batterygate' investigation into its practice of intentionally slowing down old iPhones
The $113 million payout is just the latest Apple has made after it admitted to slowing phones down to keep their old batteries from shutting them off.www.businessinsider.com.au
The day i lost faith and trust in apple and pulled the last plug.....shame shame shame...
Breach of trust at its best.
Yea you will get them through the apple id. Carrying an android phone and not always having my iPad with me that causes me to miss messages. So I keep iMessage off on my iPad as well when using my Android phones.
Not quite as easy but the video and high res pic thing is not exactly a deal breaker anymore. I immediately shared ~500mb video files from my daughter's cheer competition this weekend with other parents and my family this through Samsung quick share. It uploads and then creates a cloud link where they can view or download the video. Sure you probably want to be near wifi or have great cellular data speeds (and a plan without usage based throttling). Also FB messenger, Whatsapp, etc can be used but still not as convenient.
Android auto isn't as pretty and a major overhaul is supposed to be coming but I like it as much as carplay and prefer maps on Android auto.
I'm not a Mac user and don't really use continuity with my iPad as I always have my phone beside me.
The Apple watch is the biggest thing keeping me tied to apple in any way. Even having the Galaxy Watch 4, it's heads and shoulders above anything Android has to offer. The GW4 is a fine watch but I much prefer my Apple watch 7. I'll always have an iPhone even just as a wifi device for that reason.
I don’t care what anyone says, they did it to save your phone from randomly shutting down (possibly in a critical situation) for people who were to obtuse to realize their battery was shot and needed a new one. You didn’t even have to go to Apple for it. There was nothing nefarious (like forcing people to buy a new iPhone) about it.Apple will pay $113 million to settle a 'batterygate' investigation into its practice of intentionally slowing down old iPhones
The $113 million payout is just the latest Apple has made after it admitted to slowing phones down to keep their old batteries from shutting them off.
The day i lost faith and trust in apple and pulled the last plug.....shame shame shame...
Breach of trust at its best.
I don’t even use an iPhone anymore and I’ll still defend this action. Should they have been more transparent about it initially? Absolutely. Did they do it to force you into a new iPhone? Not even close to anything resembling the truth. Other than those looking for a false “narrative” (hate that word) where they had an axe to grind already and needed something, anything to hold on to it.
This ^^^^^^ is my dilemma all the time. I am slowly weaning myself from the ecosystem though.
i was going to let this go but...since we are expressing our opinions....
Sorry but this was inexcusable. They had a known battery defect and ignored it. They played God and figured they knew what was best for its customers...total BS.They should have issued a recall or offered to fix the issue without having a class action suit filed and all the bad press coverage.
They throttled the phone without informing customers they were doing it to cover up the battery defect.
So what happened to people who noticed their phone was slow at certain times? Well naturally they upgraded to a new phone because that is what loyal Apple customers do.
Here we have a company covering up a known defect with slowing down the product....which in turn drove new product sales making the company millions of dollars. They made money slowing down the product. It would have cost them money fixing or replacing the defective part in the product.
So take Apple out of the equation and apply this to say a car or whatever products. Would you still defend a company doing this? I don't think people would accept this from other companies to be honest.
Then they were not proactive about this...they only came out with this information after people had hard evidence they were throttling.....at first they denied it.....
Then I am not just dumping on Apple here. Because I believe every big corporation will or have done this sort of thing.
They all have their bottom line in mind over their customers
I think you are missing the point. Or at least I‘m wrong. But I thought the issue isn’t a battery defect, but Apple knowingly throttled iPhones when battery was poor.
The issue is Apple should have let us be aware of this… whereas not sharing this information pushed customers to upgrade their iPhones. If this information was shared… customers wouldn’t upgrade, but replace the battery on their iPhone instead.
13 pro max
Series 7
12.9 iPad Pro
Air pods pro
Air pods max
Apple TV
MacBook Pro
2 HomePod minis
No chance I will leave the ecosystem lol
That said I enjoy android and think I will always have a slab Samsung and a foldable now