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[BS ISF]

Ok guys, I have had my S6 for way too long and have to buy a new phone. I have always had Samsung so think i will stay but which one would you reccomend? Was told to stay away from 5G but have no clue.

S10
S10+
S10 note

I will be using this for work and personal.
Social media & Forums
Emails and quoting
Take pics and vids
Needs to have quality battery life

Due to it being so long since I looked for a phone I have no clue what is best.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Ok guys, I have had my S6 for way too long and have to buy a new phone. I have always had Samsung so think i will stay but which one would you reccomend? Was told to stay away from 5G but have no clue.

S10
S10+
S10 note

I will be using this for work and personal.
Social media & Forums
Emails and quoting
Take pics and vids
Needs to have quality battery life

Due to it being so long since I looked for a phone I have no clue what is best.

Personal preference between those. S10 smallest screen, s10+ bigger screen, note 10 has a pen and even bigger. I would bet battery life to be pretty similar between them.

Go s10 plain, unless you want a bigger screen or a pen.

 

[Mook]

Pixel 4 vs Iphone 11 pics. Both are pretty similar but I'll take the Pixel....the Iphone tends to oversaturate in all instances.

Pixel 4 vs. iPhone 11 Pro: a first look at camera photo samples

Some sample images ahead of a full review

www.theverge.com

 

[bikrboy128]

Is Google still doing the trade in credit deal too? I'm tempted to upgrade my 2xl

 

[Mook]

Ya. I did it for mine but will likely just sell it on swappa or FB or something. It was like...140 bucks trade in maybe?

 

[Marko]

Do any of you guys have the 5G Samsung S10 Galaxy?

or should I get the other S10?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Do any of you guys have the 5G Samsung S10 Galaxy?

or should I get the other S10?

Don't bother with 5g. Waste of money right now. Maybe in 3 years

 

[BS ISF]

^^Was told the same about 5G

 

[Marko]

Cool. Thanks guys.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

Soooo like what the fuck!


I sent out 13 messages last week, individually, not group chat, just a copy and paste to each person.

2/13 people got the text. I had to retext everyone just about. Messages show sent on my end, but not in recipients message.

I had that same issue last week. I was texting about 4 individuals and one group text. Of course, the person that wasn't getting my texts was the company owner. Luckily it was just our lunch order. lmao Some of the texts popped up on his phone about 3 hours after I send them.

It has been fine since that day.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

I'm not sure if it was all Android or just my Samsung but my phone automatically connects to Android Auto on the WiFi. That is nice not to be forced to plug in the cable. Upgrade for sure.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

I'm not sure if it was all Android or just my Samsung but my phone automatically connects to Android Auto on the WiFi. That is nice not to be forced to plug in the cable. Upgrade for sure.

What... Do you mean in-car wifi?

 

[Pressure Ratio]

What... Do you mean in-car wifi?

Well, I am talking about Android AUTO.

But yes, I have an aftermarket head unit in my car and it has a wifi network. The phone connects automatically over the wifi network and all the Android Auto stuff works that way. The radio upgrade makes that ancient 2007 feel a lot newer with Android Auto.


A buddy was saying his new 2019(2020?) F150 has a wifi network. But I guess Ford said that they will not support Android Auto over the car's networks. Which sucks. Hopefully over time the change their minds and update to make it work.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Well, I am talking about Android AUTO.

But yes, I have an aftermarket head unit in my car and it has a wifi network. The phone connects automatically over the wifi network and all the Android Auto stuff works that way. The radio upgrade makes that ancient 2007 feel a lot newer with Android Auto.


A buddy was saying his new 2019(2020?) F150 has a wifi network. But I guess Ford said that they will not support Android Auto over the car's networks. Which sucks. Hopefully over time the change their minds and update to make it work.

They probably didn't do the network security sides of things to allow Android auto without making the computer system vulnerable since OEM headunits are more integrated in the car system.

 

[Marko]

Verizon has a good deal for switching carriers.

 

[GTvert90]

Android 10 dark mode is great. I'm a fan of black backgrounds over gray it makes no sense that the notification panel, settings, boot screen are black but the Gapps are all dark gray. Instagram looks badass blacked out.

Trying to hold off buying the 4... It's probably not going to work, never lasts long. I was going to wait for the BF deals but Verizon is offering 450 for trading in the OG xl. It's hard to pass up

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Wow just did some research on the pixel 4...what a fucking money grab

No more headphone jack and doesn't come with any headphones or dongle.

No fingerprint reader at all!

No more unlimited raw photo backups.

2800mah battery... sad

Only 64GB max storage

1080p display

No 4k 60fps video...

No front facing stereo speakers anymore.

Using a sd855 outdated processor

And overpriced.


This is a fucking joke of a phone from Google in 2019.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Battery life is going to fucking BLOW hard! 2800mah with a 90hz panel and active radar scanning

 

[EmersonHart13]

It already does on my P3 and my wife's too and Mook's P2

 

[Mook]

The 4 xl will be fine.

No finger because it has face unlock.

XL has a bigger battery.

I have original size uploads with Photos through 2021.

Haven't needed a headphone jack in years.

Processor appears to the same every other flagship is using.

Really tho, the camera is what I upgrade for and it looks to be another slam dunk.

 

[Mook]

My 2 xl makes it through the day but the life is definitely not like when I first got it.

 

[Mook]

Looks fine to me.

Google Pixel 4 XL - Full phone specifications

www.gsmarena.com

 

[Mook]

Also, the front facing speakers on the 2xl are garbage so not gonna miss em.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

The 4 xl will be fine.

No finger because it has face unlock.

XL has a bigger battery.

I have original size uploads with Photos through 2021.

Haven't needed a headphone jack in years.

Processor appears to the same every other flagship is using.

Really tho, the camera is what I upgrade for and it looks to be another slam dunk.

It's the same camera sensor as the 3....they just added a telephoto and higher mp front camera. No upgrade.

Face unlock is stupid, gotta look at my phone to unlock it??? No thx. How do apps that use fingerprint authorization work now?

The sd855 is still dated and for the price, it should of been a newer processor.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Bottom line, for the price, it's a fucking rip off. That's all.