Samsung galaxy S23 and S23 ultra

[Dj64Mk7]

Please share pictures of the lavender! I am curious! I remember the Purple-ish color on the Pixel 3a back in the day and loving it!

My cream colored S23 Ultra is coming in tomorrow (Wednesday) and I’ll try to get pictures for all of you, if anyone is curious!

I'm so sorry, I basically dropped off the face of the Earth, at least as far as this forum is concerned... 😭

I had some mental health issues to deal with and work through, and then Ramadan happened, and it's just been a whole thing of constant pressure and stress due to I don't even know what.

Do you still need those photos of the Lavender phone? I'm too lazy to look through over 50 pages to see if someone provided some already. 😅

Surprisingly, I'm still using the same phone today, and I haven't really felt the gravitational pull to switch as I have in the past. It's a new experience for me.

 

[Technerd108]

I'm so sorry, I basically dropped off the face of the Earth, at least as far as this forum is concerned... 😭

I had some mental health issues to deal with and work through, and then Ramadan happened, and it's just been a whole thing of constant pressure and stress due to I don't even know what.

Do you still need those photos of the Lavender phone? I'm too lazy to look through over 50 pages to see if someone provided some already. 😅

Surprisingly, I'm still using the same phone today, and I haven't really felt the gravitational pull to switch as I have in the past. It's a new experience for me.

I always like to see pictures but I am not the person who you were responding to.

Of course I don't want to add more stress trying to take pictures of a phone. It is not important or needed but if you feel like it and it would be fun for you please do.

Another member did share pictures of the lavender just so you know.

I truly hope you feel better. Mental health issues in this country are often ignored and stigmatized. It is important to realize of something is affecting you and to take steps to help yourself. Sounds like taking a break from the forum was a step in self help and that is really important.

Take care and all the best to you!

 

[Dominican]

Sigh. Now I just went into my emails and got another communication from Samsung that they didn’t receive my trade in and are going to charge my credit card $500 again! The communication I posted about earlier was a text.

What on earth is going on with them? I’m really not feeling very confident in their ability to conduct business nor trust them with my credit card information and my account. They already had a data breach that did affect me. Now this?

Weirdos.

I’m not able right now to check what’s going on with the credit card nor discuss this with my husband. I’m currently in the middle of taking care of some things for my mom.

Needless to say I’m really living up to my forum name right now.

This morning they cancel my order three times until he went through in the last time ..crazy stuff…

 

[Technerd108]

Sigh. Now I just went into my emails and got another communication from Samsung that they didn’t receive my trade in and are going to charge my credit card $500 again! The communication I posted about earlier was a text.

What on earth is going on with them? I’m really not feeling very confident in their ability to conduct business nor trust them with my credit card information and my account. They already had a data breach that did affect me. Now this?

Weirdos.

I’m not able right now to check what’s going on with the credit card nor discuss this with my husband. I’m currently in the middle of taking care of some things for my mom.

Needless to say I’m really living up to my forum name right now.

Samsung needs to get there sh*t together.

Hopefully it was an error.

I would be grumpy too. Lol.

Just take care of your Mom. I am sure your husband will figure it out and rectify it.

Really disappointing experience though and I personally at some point when everything is said and done talk with a customer service representative at Samsung about it. I don't think they want to lose you as a customer and this situation has the potential to cause just that.

You would be living up to your name if you were complaining about something that isn't that important. This is completely different when the phone you sent them is stolen when you had no control over it and they want to charge you $500 for basically their mistake.

They better make it right. Once you know for sure one way or the other and have time please let us know the final verdict.

 

[SteveJUAE]

I have that switched off, and prioritise focus.. enabled.. I will keep trying, but the pixel picks up detail way better than the s23.

Try touching your screen to lock focus on a particular point and see if that helps

 

[three]

I'm so sorry, I basically dropped off the face of the Earth, at least as far as this forum is concerned... 😭

I had some mental health issues to deal with and work through, and then Ramadan happened, and it's just been a whole thing of constant pressure and stress due to I don't even know what.

Do you still need those photos of the Lavender phone? I'm too lazy to look through over 50 pages to see if someone provided some already. 😅

Surprisingly, I'm still using the same phone today, and I haven't really felt the gravitational pull to switch as I have in the past. It's a new experience for me.

Mental health comes first and foremost! I am so glad that you’re feeling better and working through it. I’ve since sold my S23 Ultra for a variety of reasons (but mainly the fact I can’t do One UI…) but I’m sure other people would love to see it! ❤️

 

[swarlos]

Mental health comes first and foremost! I am so glad that you’re feeling better and working through it. I’ve since sold my S23 Ultra for a variety of reasons (but mainly the fact I can’t do One UI…) but I’m sure other people would love to see it!

Oooo I’m curious to hear why. Are you back on iPhone then?

 

[three]

Oooo I’m curious to hear why. Are you back on iPhone then?

I realized that I prefer quality of experience over sheer amount of features and options. Samsung throws a bunch of features at you, and I liked many of them, but I wasn’t ever happy with how One UI performed and functioned. It is messy. I wish I could like it more than I do in practice, there’s a lot to like! I jumped around a little bit after I got rid of the S23 Ultra. Off the top of my head, I replaced it with a Pixel 7 then an iPhone 13 mini then a Pixel 7a then an iPhone 14 Pro that I got for dirt cheap with a broken back. I’ve found that although I enjoy Android and I like the customization, iOS is where I’m the happiest at the moment. It’s not that it’s better or even perfect, iOS 16 is a mess, but it fits my needs. Until I get completely fed up with iOS, I’ll stay put with iOS. I have the 7a that I am tinkering with. It’s fun.

 

[swarlos]

I realized that I prefer quality of experience over sheer amount of features and options. Samsung throws a bunch of features at you, and I liked many of them, but I wasn’t ever happy with how One UI performed and functioned. It is messy. I wish I could like it more than I do in practice, there’s a lot to like! I jumped around a little bit after I got rid of the S23 Ultra. Off the top of my head, I replaced it with a Pixel 7 then an iPhone 13 mini then a Pixel 7a then an iPhone 14 Pro that I got for dirt cheap with a broken back. I’ve found that although I enjoy Android and I like the customization, iOS is where I’m the happiest at the moment. It’s not that it’s better or even perfect, iOS 16 is a mess, but it fits my needs. Until I get completely fed up with iOS, I’ll stay put with iOS. I have the 7a that I am tinkering with. It’s fun.

Man I feel that! I did preorder a Pixel Fold so I’m excited about that but there’s just something about Android to me that still feels so unpolished

 

[The point and shoot pro]

I find both the same now, in opposite ways. iOS is a buggy mess, android is UI mess. Bugs can only be fixed by apple at this point, UI in android can be fixed by popping in a launcher and calling it a day. I wish sunbird would hurry up and get that messaging app out in the public. I would mosey on from my iPhone to a bunch of cheap androids that work just as good like my G 5G.

 

[5105973]

Samsung needs to get there sh*t together.

Hopefully it was an error.

I would be grumpy too. Lol.

Just take care of your Mom. I am sure your husband will figure it out and rectify it.

Really disappointing experience though and I personally at some point when everything is said and done talk with a customer service representative at Samsung about it. I don't think they want to lose you as a customer and this situation has the potential to cause just that.

You would be living up to your name if you were complaining about something that isn't that important. This is completely different when the phone you sent them is stolen when you had no control over it and they want to charge you $500 for basically their mistake.

They better make it right. Once you know for sure one way or the other and have time please let us know the final verdict.

They definitely charged our credit card $500. I don't know now how many times they've done so.

It's complete chaos in our lives to deal with this now so my husband and I will sit down and sort through this with Samsung and the credit card company on Monday.

Last night we're all set to eat dinner, pack, trying to get to bed early to leave town before the holiday traffic, and my mom called all upset because something had caused her tv to not work. My husband had to rush his dinner, then he got there and couldn't go in because she decided to take a shower! He had to sit in the hall until she was done. 😵

Then she called me again wanting to know where my husband was! I said he was there but couldn't go in because she was taking a shower.

She said "Oh he's taking a shower?"

Me: "No, he said YOU were taking a shower."

Her: "Okay thanks for letting me know. Is he coming over after he takes his shower?"

Me: "Mom he's right there in the hall, let him in!

Her: "He's here? He's already done with his shower?"

Me: screams incoherently at the phone then screams at my dining room.

Fortunately my husband heard her talking to me even as I was texting that it was clear to go in, and by that point let himself in.

One of my kids was rolling with laughter. The other barely looked up from Instagram.

My husband fixed her tv in an instant. He said she was in a good mood and wished us safe travels and a nice vacation. It's not exactly a vacation for us, it's something for the kids, but fine, whatever. Close enough. Thanks mom. 😆

With my mom and my father-in-law, tv problems count as full emergencies and they will call every hour on the hour until you finally suspend your meetings or medical appointments, meals or vacations to fix whatever it is.

Oh lordy that was aggravating but it was a much, much better emergency call than I expect to get at night from my mom at assisted living after she had a rough time with a virus. Whew!

Getting back to Samsung, my husband says Samsung is apparently trying to get him to go with Google for his next folding phone. 😆

 

[5105973]

I'm so sorry, I basically dropped off the face of the Earth, at least as far as this forum is concerned... 😭

I had some mental health issues to deal with and work through, and then Ramadan happened, and it's just been a whole thing of constant pressure and stress due to I don't even know what.

Do you still need those photos of the Lavender phone? I'm too lazy to look through over 50 pages to see if someone provided some already. 😅

Surprisingly, I'm still using the same phone today, and I haven't really felt the gravitational pull to switch as I have in the past. It's a new experience for me.

Welcome back! I empathize. It's the times, it just has to be, because so many of my friends and family are feeling the same. I never saw it like this before. It's hard to get caught up with life let alone ahead of the game before the next thing needs to get dealt with. So you're not alone even though it can feel that way sometimes.

I think a lot of us aren't feeling the same pull to switch because the changes year to year are iterative or in some cases a step or two down from what we are used to.

I now find myself dreading what corners will be cut and what downgrade will be made ever since Apple started the trend going by taking away the headphone jack. Then it snowballs from there.

I actually use my S22 Ultra more hours at home on WiFi than any of my newer phones because the display is optimal to me.

I've had two s23 Ultra phones, 3 if you count my husband's and I know they downgraded some aspect of the display to make it more battery efficient. But it is less comfortable to my eyes.

But for going out, my S23 Ultra battery efficiency is much appreciated. I feel it is an upgrade in every other way except the display. Still, the display and comfort are important so I think it's worked out in some way for the best that I didn't trade away my s22 Ultra. Lol of course that's part of a massive bureaucratic snafu now with Samsung and the first S23 Ultra I returned that got stolen at their end somewhere. Sigh.

 

[Dj64Mk7]

Mental health comes first and foremost! I am so glad that you’re feeling better and working through it. I’ve since sold my S23 Ultra for a variety of reasons (but mainly the fact I can’t do One UI…) but I’m sure other people would love to see it! ❤️

One UI is... not great.

The thing is, every issue I've had with notifications, calls, etc., seems to be a Samsung issue, either hardware or software. If I wasn't so reliant on at least 256GB of storage, I would absolutely switch over to a Pixel 7a, just to get away from the Samsung "features" (aka issues). It's a real shame that Google specifically limits the "lesser" devices to having lesser specs.

 

[robvalentine]

Try touching your screen to lock focus on a particular point and see if that helps

I ended up deciding to stick with the pixel 7 pro as most work arounds will be fine if you manually set them up which is 1) inconvenient and 2) impossible with a puppy. Picture for cuteness. Ok pic ain't working so will try later

 

[three]

One UI is... not great.

The thing is, every issue I've had with notifications, calls, etc., seems to be a Samsung issue, either hardware or software. If I wasn't so reliant on at least 256GB of storage, I would absolutely switch over to a Pixel 7a, just to get away from the Samsung "features" (aka issues). It's a real shame that Google specifically limits the "lesser" devices to having lesser specs.

I’m glad that you understand and agree. So many people seem to be taken aback when I say I don’t like One UI. I simply don’t need the heavy feature set that One UI brings. I prefer simple and minimal with thoughtful features and functionality that is provided by the Pixel and the iPhone.

 

[Dominican]

Any body has Samsung Care+ With Theft and Loss 13.00 month ?

 

[5105973]

One UI is... not great.

The thing is, every issue I've had with notifications, calls, etc., seems to be a Samsung issue, either hardware or software. If I wasn't so reliant on at least 256GB of storage, I would absolutely switch over to a Pixel 7a, just to get away from the Samsung "features" (aka issues). It's a real shame that Google specifically limits the "lesser" devices to having lesser specs.

I love my Pixel 7a so far but I’m still evaluating it. I think if I want to make a Pixel my main phone I will want a good zoom so I’ll consider the 8 Pro in October. I would also appreciate faster charging. I realize I’m a bit spoiled by faster charging speeds now.

The only notifications I really rely on are texts I’d say email notifications as well, but I lost notifications for email a long time ago on iOS and have not been able to fix the problem on my iPhone. In fact I’m having a severe problem with email in general with people not getting emails I thought got sent and that disappear and don’t show in send folders or any other folders. They’re just gone. Whether I use my iCloud or gmail address.

I am going to see if having my emails go through Gmail app solves it because iOS has been majorly screwing me over.

The Samsung email app is one I usually like but I have had weird issues with not being able to go back to the beginning of an email to edit. I have a form of communication impediment that’s also evident in writing, so it’s incredibly important for me to be able to go back to fix my emails (or posts for that matter).

I’m on the road at the moment and using my iPhone because that’s how I am connected to the other people we’re traveling with. Its so hard to break away from that ease of connection with other iPhone users. Lol unless that connection is via email. Then I’m toast.

Sorry this post is a bit babbling. I’ve got other conversations going on around me.

 

[Technerd108]

They definitely charged our credit card $500. I don't know now how many times they've done so.

It's complete chaos in our lives to deal with this now so my husband and I will sit down and sort through this with Samsung and the credit card company on Monday.

Last night we're all set to eat dinner, pack, trying to get to bed early to leave town before the holiday traffic, and my mom called all upset because something had caused her tv to not work. My husband had to rush his dinner, then he got there and couldn't go in because she decided to take a shower! He had to sit in the hall until she was done. 😵

Then she called me again wanting to know where my husband was! I said he was there but couldn't go in because she was taking a shower.

She said "Oh he's taking a shower?"

Me: "No, he said YOU were taking a shower."

Her: "Okay thanks for letting me know. Is he coming over after he takes his shower?"

Me: "Mom he's right there in the hall, let him in!

Her: "He's here? He's already done with his shower?"

Me: screams incoherently at the phone then screams at my dining room.

Fortunately my husband heard her talking to me even as I was texting that it was clear to go in, and by that point let himself in.

One of my kids was rolling with laughter. The other barely looked up from Instagram.

My husband fixed her tv in an instant. He said she was in a good mood and wished us safe travels and a nice vacation. It's not exactly a vacation for us, it's something for the kids, but fine, whatever. Close enough. Thanks mom. 😆

With my mom and my father-in-law, tv problems count as full emergencies and they will call every hour on the hour until you finally suspend your meetings or medical appointments, meals or vacations to fix whatever it is.

Oh lordy that was aggravating but it was a much, much better emergency call than I expect to get at night from my mom at assisted living after she had a rough time with a virus. Whew!

Getting back to Samsung, my husband says Samsung is apparently trying to get him to go with Google for his next folding phone. 😆

My Mom has advanced Alzheimer's disease and before she got too bad my conversations with her were similar. I was her email and Mac advisor and trying to help her with simple basic stuff navigating the Mac was really a lesson in patience. I can also totally relate to the TV. If it goes out it is a major emergency that needs to be fixed yesterday.

So many times I had to resolve simple issues. And she would miscommunicate what was actually wrong so I would go in thinking one thing based on what she said and then having to figure out a solution to something completely different and sometimes I couldn't resolve it because it would be a hardware issue.

Oh good times. I can basically do IT tech support with almost anyone due to the time helping her. It was good training. Lol.

I hope you get everything figured out and a resolution that is satisfactory with Samsung in the end.

 

[Technerd108]

Funny One UI 5 is certainly not perfect but it has been a much better experience for me than iOS 16. I do experience some glitches ever now and then buy they are rather rare.

If we are talking polish then Pixel UI is probably my favorite but there are some UI elements I like better in One UI 5.

If we are talking menus and settings then Pixel UI is much better than iOS and although Samsung can be a little convoluted there are so many more settings and features in One UI 5 than Pixel UI and iOS.

I may get annoyed that some settings are buried in sub menus it doesn't take long for me to familiarize myself and remember it.

I would rather have more settings and features than not having an option that I may want at some time.

Overall I think it is not that iOS is superior or better but it is more about habit. Once you are used to doing something a certain way it becomes kind of like a right handed person writing with their left hand. It can be done but it doesn't feel right. Most people that have used iOS for a long time and switch always complain about Android and how it feels and that the UI is a mess. It is not a mess it is just sensory overload compared to iOS.

Navigation gestures are just one way that Android is better than iOS. It is something that you use multiple times a day and impacts productivity throughout the UI. Swiping left or right to go back is vastly easier than trying to find a back arrow.

 

[mjschabow]

Yeah I definitely have gripes about Android/Samsung, but OneUi is not one of them. iOS App Library is still a complete disaster compared to the 2 pages of apps which are sorted alphabetically. I can also choose where my apps and widgets are placed. And with a simple swipe on the right hand side of my screen I can access 18 of my most used apps. So many little features that give me the ability to access what I need with less clicks. In the past, it's been the opposite where OneUi was a mess and iOS was more intuitive but I really believe the tides have turned.

In the end, I still want to return to the iPhone at some point but I'm not in a hurry to do so. Hoping future versions of iOS iron out the bugs and make it more simplistic again.

 

[Technerd108]

Yeah I definitely have gripes about Android/Samsung, but OneUi is not one of them. iOS App Library is still a complete disaster compared to the 2 pages of apps which are sorted alphabetically. I can also choose where my apps and widgets are placed. And with a simple swipe on the right hand side of my screen I can access 18 of my most used apps. So many little features that give me the ability to access what I need with less clicks. In the past, it's been the opposite where OneUi was a mess and iOS was more intuitive but I really believe the tides have turned.

In the end, I still want to return to the iPhone at some point but I'm not in a hurry to do so. Hoping future versions of iOS iron out the bugs and make it more simplistic again.

Completely agree.

I like iOS and certain things like the ability to flash iOS to an iPhone or iPad if there is ever a problem I wish Samsung would do as well. If your Samsung phone gets a software glitch that can't be resolved by a reset you have to send it back to them for them to flash it.

But there are a lot of issues with iOS right now and cumulatively they just got on my nerves. Combine that with self imposed hardware limitations and it was a recipe for me moving on.

Like you I will have an iPhone again but with already high prices set to increase I may wait a while.

 

[Bkdodger]

Happy MDW folks ..hope everyone is enjoying so far ...post workout done ....BBQ this afternoon


And protein smoothie before we eat some real food ...haha

I normally make my own shakes BTw and you now will see why

 

[Technerd108]

Happy MDW folks ..hope everyone is enjoying so far ...post workout done ....BBQ this afternoon


And protein smoothie before we eat some real food ...haha

I normally make my own shakes BTw and you now will see why

Everything has gotten so expensive these days.

McDonald's is as expensive as a dine in restaurant used to be just a couple years ago.

At least it looks like a healthy and tasty smoothie. Hate to know what a large would cost?

 

[Bkdodger]

Everything has gotten so expensive these days.

McDonald's is as expensive as a dine in restaurant used to be just a couple years ago.

At least it looks like a healthy and tasty smoothie. Hate to know what a large would cost?

Tell me about it ..any place is a $20 spot for fast food for one lol

I think the larger size was $3 additional but that small one is more than enough loaded at least

 

[swarlos]

Happy MDW folks ..hope everyone is enjoying so far ...post workout done ....BBQ this afternoon


And protein smoothie before we eat some real food ...haha

I normally make my own shakes BTw and you now will see why

$13.46 for a smoothie?! Absolutely not. Things have gotten so insane.