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has anyone returned tsmc phone for a samsung replacement?

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EdisEdward

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i have a tsmc phone right now but i have some dust particles under my camera lens. affects some of my photos, but not a huge issue. im thinking of getting a replacement but dont want a samsung chip. thoughts?

also dont need to hear "oh not this again....tsmc/samsung is the same bro"" or anything. what i want is a tsmc replacement phone. dont care what your opinion is on which chip is better.
 
It's a crapshoot but you are more likely to get a better response in one of the (many) existing threads.

Also, I'm not positive that dust under the camera lens is currently cause for a unit replacement.
 
I would say there's no guarantees what you'll get, and if you're past your 14 day return window (or holiday window, if applicable). So if the replacement doesn't have the right chip, you'll be out of luck. Since it's not actually, you know, defective...

Depending on the number of Samsung returns, guess what's happening to your odds of getting a refurbished Samsung chipped phone? Not sure if they're doing refurb phone replacements yet or not, but they soon will. And all those returned phones aren't getting tossed in the garbage...

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You'd have to be within the 14 day return window, unless you get a friendly Genius who will let you swap your phone because it has the Samsung one. YMMV.
 
All three of my phones had a Samsung. Seems like the TSMC ones are rarer or I just got unlucky. :(
 
EdisEdward said:
damn, anyone have received a replacement that has tsmc here before?
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People posted a few times that they received TSMC chipped phones in the past. Even the people who were returning them specifically for that reason. But there was also a lot of people who didn't Unfortunately (for you), there's no way to pick that out until you install an app that can show you the chip.

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CNeufeld said:
People posted a few times that they received TSMC chipped phones in the past. Even the people who were returning them specifically for that reason. But there was also a lot of people who didn't Unfortunately (for you), there's no way to pick that out until you install an app that can show you the chip.

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thanks. i will update you guys how my luck goes later today
 
EdisEdward said:
i have a tsmc phone right now but i have some dust particles under my camera lens. affects some of my photos, but not a huge issue. im thinking of getting a replacement but dont want a samsung chip. thoughts?

also dont need to hear "oh not this again....tsmc/samsung is the same bro"" or anything. what i want is a tsmc replacement phone. dont care what your opinion is on which chip is better.
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Oh, not this again
 
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Just got my new phone. It is a Samsung :( they couldn't just fix the camera. Le sigh
 
What he said above. I have a Samsung and it lasts all day and sometimes a few days of normal use. Different settings, different usage, longer or shorter time on phone and we all well have different battery life. Some people go nuts over this and its just plain silly, not to mention OCD
 
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Oh my god seriously does it really matter which chip. You are talking half hour to an hour in battery. Just enjoy your phone it really doesn't make a difference. I got Samsung chip and am very happy with it great performance and battery
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It is worth the hassle of repeatedly returning in order to get one or the other? Heck, no.

But if someone put two iPhones in front of you and said one lasts 10 hours and one lasts 11 hours, which would you pick?

At the end of the day, it's perfectly normal to be curious about the difference in these chips and to discuss it on a forum like this.
 
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Way things are going I would not be surprised if Mothers returned their new born babies someday because of small imperfection
 
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skiltrip said:
It is worth the hassle of repeatedly returning in order to get one or the other? Heck, no.

But if someone put two iPhones in front of you and said one lasts 10 hours and one lasts 11 hours, which would you pick?

At the end of the day, it's perfectly normal to be curious about the difference in these chips and to discuss it on a forum like this.
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Exactly. Give me the one with an hour's extra battery please. In a year's time it will still give the usage time of the other one when it was brand new. I have a Samsung chip btw.
 
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