What issue is caused by pre installed apps? This is one of these comments that get tossed around a lot by people with anti-Samsung sentiment. Or more generally, anti-Android OEM sentiment.
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Samsung Debuts Galaxy S10 and S10+, Along With Premium S10 5G and Lower-Cost S10e
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Really no different to the crap we get pre-installed on the iPhone too.
Well the one basic difference is that one can just remove Samsung "bloatware" from the homescreen(s) and disable it in settings. It's effectively gone and will only be a nibble out of 128GB of storage.
Edit : I have actually installed Samsung Internet on my Huawei as I find it better than other browsers. (Of the ones I have tried).
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https://www.samsung.com/uk/smartphones/galaxy-s10/buy/
ok this has me tempted. 10+ 128GB version at £899 plus free Galaxy buds, and potentially even more off through device trade in's.
I like iOS and I'm somewhat a devotee of iCloud and iMessage but this is a serious deal.
Can Apple justify their prices against this?
ok this has me tempted. 10+ 128GB version at £899 plus free Galaxy buds, and potentially even more off through device trade in's.
I like iOS and I'm somewhat a devotee of iCloud and iMessage but this is a serious deal.
Can Apple justify their prices against this?
Lol. I'm 42. My wife is 41. My father is 81 and mother is 71. My partners at work are in their 40's, 50's and 60's. Friends are all in their 40's.
They are all comfortable with the little iMessage enhancements to SMS and Ain't no What'sApp conversions going to happen here.
But if I were in my 20's or early 30's again, probably....
Nope they can’t
Performance wise Samsung devices are just as good as IOS..and feature wise there is far more to choose from
Apple needs to add more features and lower prices and fast
Agreed. My Xs max is too expensive for what it does. The S10 and even the note 9 does much more and are worthy of their price tags. Apart from the ecosystem I’ve nothing to say about the Xs max.
But what's wrong with that?? If i'm out with a friend and I don't want their phone to die and I have some battery to share if I want to what's wrong with that?? It's better than nothing. 5% might get them to bar close and home safely.
Samsung have their own version of iCloud. It pretty much works in the same way.
Here’s a video explaining it
True. That's the reason I sent back my XS Max in a week of owning it. It's basically a bigger iPhone X with a worse optimized resolution for Apps. It does nothing different than any iPhone from 2014 is doing, well besides being more expensive and "Gold".
The idea is more to charge accessories like the galaxy buds or the galaxy watch.
It's an "extremely inefficiently" feature because it's not an Apple feature, if it was on the next iPhone it would be the world wonder of features and innovation!
Besides with a 4100 battery it shouldn’t hurt too much
Hell if you use your say galaxy active to bed and it runs out in the day just charge your watch up or your buds up if you do gym after work
That is not a gimmick at all it’s a useful feature
I played with the S10e at the Samsung store and there is no doubt in my mind that this is what the XR should have been. The S10e still feels ultra premium, elegant, and high end despite being the "low tier" phone while the XR looks and feels like utter **** next to the iPhone X.
Yes it means devices like buds and watches that aren't themselves USB-C can all be charged via a single USB-C cable via the PowerShare phone. One adapter to carry (at most).
In contrast, the hassle now required to charge a custom puck charger Apple Watch, USB-C MacBook/iPad Pro, and lightning cable iPhone is a complete joke of an "ecosystem".
Same. That's groundbreaking innovation. I wish the iPhone also had one. I'm not here for FaceID.
I know. Just delete the ones you don’t want. Just like I have to delete the stocks app.
Some of them cannot be uninstalled, but they can be disabled. Once icon is removed from the homescreen, they are effectively deleted.
Who told you that?
My knowledge of physics.
Every single source on the planet with any knowledge of low current wireless charging.
Ever wonder where that extra heat is coming from when you wireless charge your phone? That's energy that isn't ending up stored in your battery....
You can't convert electric current into a magnetic field and back without some pretty significant losses.
It's not a particularly efficient process.
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No, it's just inefficient because it is inefficient - simple as that. I don't think it's a particularly bad feature - I do like the idea of being able to top off earbuds in a pinch if needed. Marketing it as being able to share power with a friend is a little disingenuous because it won't work that well in implementation. A huge portion of that energy you're draining from your battery to 'give' to a friend will just be lost in the process as heat. You'll be draining 10% of your battery to give a friend 5%. (The ratio will probably be much worse, especially if you both have cases on your phone.)
Honestly, it's just an example of a feature that sounds great but won't work well in implementation and people will be disappointed by it (except for maybe topping off earbuds or a watch that don't take much energy to begin with).
I'm not a fan of low current wireless charging in general. It is just a really inefficient technology that leads to further waste of energy. I prefer things that increase efficiency. It also takes like 10x longer to wireless charge your phone vs using a fast charger...
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