hey mate, hope youre doing great!
i want to mention this, about the camera, yes the over sharping is very very very bad; i'm coming from the iphone 12PM and what a difference from the camera, i was so happy with he 12PM camera by far the absolute best.
it's been a year, me struggling with the camera that i found another solution for the HDR not to be so aggressive on the over sharping. Go to settings>photos>scroll down and turn off the "View full HDR". i hope this helps.
Thank you for the tip ! Will definitely try that out 😁
About the battery life, with almost a year my battery life health is at 98% peak but thats because the Always On display i have always have it OFF.
the Always On Display will drain your battery life super fast, it's crazy how i seen other people commenting about this saying that their battery life's are at late 70's and/or 80"s percentage......
im looking at google pixel 8 and galaxy s24U, will see which one i decide to go to tho 🙂 🙂 🙂
I turned Always-On Display off ever since I got the phone. I personally never liked this feature and never even used it on Android because of how much it drains the battery. I also turned off App Background Refresh and use dark mode only, and mostly use my phone with low brightness. I’ve tried to do everything to “maximize” battery life I guess, but the phone still doesn’t last me for a whole day and I have to charge it at least once during the day. I always charge it with it’s at a 20%-30% range though, I never let the battery die completely.
Back in the first two weeks (I think I was on iOS 16.4 maybe) the phone used to last me two days without any issues. Right now it doesn’t last for one day. It has been like this ever since I updated it to iOS 16.5.1 and it keeps getting worse with every update.. I’m really hoping iOS 17 will be better in terms of battery life, even though I kinda doubt it 🙃
My battery health is still at 100% speaking of right now though. But I’d be very worried if it dropped to like 90% a year later. I have also seen very different experiences from different people with the 14 Pro Max battery health, some who had it drop only to 98-99% or still at 100% a year later, and others who had it drop to 90% and below.. but I guess this could depend on usage and charging habits, which of course differ between every person.
But because I’m not the type who upgrades every year and want to keep this phone for many years, I’m trying my best to maximize the battery life and health, so I really hope it does not drop that fast for me
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im looking at google pixel 8 and galaxy s24U, will see which one i decide to go to tho 🙂 🙂 🙂
Wish you a good luck choosing what you find more suitable !
I was mostly familiar only with Samsung phones and never tried Pixel phones before to be honest. But the difference will mostly be in the software. Google uses Stock Android, which is like the ‘Vanilla Android’ without any additions, and comes only with the default Google apps pre-installed. Samsung on the other hand uses a skin of Android they call OneUI which comes with both the Google apps and some Samsung versions of them and is a lot more feature-rich. So yeah aside from the hardware, the software is also notably different between the two, from the looks, the icons, emojis, functionality, etc.
Though from what I do know, Google’s interface is somewhat cleaner, and is not as bloated as Samsung’s, while Samsung’s has more features and customization options.
So yeah, make sure to double-check which software you’re more likely to prefer before you can make your decision. Again, wish you a good luck !
