The Samsung Galaxy S24 / Ultra

[edubfromktown]

The one I'm using only goes to iOS 15.8 I believe? Really slow and choppy / stutter city.

Yeh- iOS 15 is painful on the Air 2 that my wife still uses for basic www and FB lurking when we travel and a Mini 4 too for streamed workouts with her trainer.

The reason I scored a (used & cheap!) 9.7" Pro is that I really like the compact form factor and an "upgrade" was the only way I could pay the stupid Apple CC bill (only had it a short time to get 3% back on Studio Pro purchase). Payment wasn't supported on prior versions 🙁

Performance is not too bad on it.

 

[Dave245]

This morning, when I did my exercising, ruck sack hiking with the doggies, and then pull-ups and push-ups, etc... I had the Pixel 8 Pro with for YouTube Music listening, and I was thinking what a friendly fun easy to use phone.

Then when getting ready to leave for the office, grabbed the S24U, and was immediately like whoa, this is quite a beast, the big flat rectangular display, and the vibrant deep pretty colors, it looks and feels like an upgrade more futuristic phone than the P8P.

So after some time with the S24 Ultra, which is your favourite, The S24 Ultra or the Pixel 8 Pro? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

 

[Technerd108]

That's frustrating I'm sure. I didn't even take the screen protector off of my phone and they accepted my photos. At least it got resolved. The process was a tad unnecessary.

Is it normal to be thinking about iPhone daily? Because when I had iPhone(s) I sure as heck wasn't thinking about other phones daily. It's the damnedest thing. It isn't FOMO I don't think, there isn't any feature I miss from iOS. It's like I lost a sense of security by moving on, a feeling that I can't get rid of. Maybe it's familiarity over all these years always using / having an iPhone handy. Normally at this point I'd use my iPhone for a bit and then swap the SIM back into Android. To get my fix. I'm glad I sold my iPhone + APP + watch so I don't have an opportunity to revert back this time.

My swipes, inputs, and actions are done
faster on the Galaxy, multi-window view and switcher via HomeUp is a game-changer, my typing is faster as the keyboard is more responsive to me vs. iPhone. Galaxy Buds sound better than AirPods Pro, loving the Watch 6 classic. There are so many features on the Galaxy that blow away iPhone, yet I can't stop wanting it back for some reason. Links within Google Drive spreadsheets + opened by Office 365 wouldn't open due to "browser not being associated with this profile" error. Immediately I thought, "this wouldn't happen on iPhone, this is trash." Then adjusted a couple settings within the appropriate apps to not open links within apps, and it worked again.

Apple's marketing is ingenious, I don't have an addictive personality or anything and never buy anything based on ads. Yet I am still affected by it. First world problem and a bit pathetic, I'm fully aware. 😂

Hopefully the feeling will subside. It's just a phone FFS. I think it's the fact that I've had an iPhone since the iPhone 4 and use my phone several hours a day for work and play, just accustomed to the routine within iOS. Brain needs to be re-wired and accustomed to Android, I think.

Do you have a iPad? That’s what kind of helped me get over the familiarity hold the iPhone had over me. Because I think you’ll still have some desire to go back especially when fall season comes around…. heck, WWDC brings some level of hype to the iPhone too.

Since great advice has been given I will just talk about the phone admiring shall we call it.

It is not an Android thing. It is a dual OS thing. Once you jump out of Android only or iOS only and use both then it opens up possibilities on both sides of the equation but particularly for iOS users. iOS users has been relegated to one manufacturer and now being introduced to Android have at least 3 big brands and many more to choose from all offering devices in several price ranges. This can be very overwhelming and exciting from the iOS perspective and now that person who used to just compare iPhones and the new model now has that same paradigm but now the Android one on top.

To make my gibberish clear, I think anyone who uses Apple devices regularly and switches to Android and back is going to start comparing devices in different ways and probably more often as new devices come out on both platforms.

It is natural.

 

[RSB96]

Since great advice has been given I will just talk about the phone admiring shall we call it.

It is not an Android thing. It is a dual OS thing. Once you jump out of Android only or iOS only and use both then it opens up possibilities on both sides of the equation but particularly for iOS users. iOS users has been relegated to one manufacturer and now being introduced to Android have at least 3 big brands and many more to choose from all offering devices in several price ranges. This can be very overwhelming and exciting from the iOS perspective and now that person who used to just compare iPhones and the new model now has that same paradigm but now the Android one on top.

To make my gibberish clear, I think anyone who uses Apple devices regularly and switches to Android and back is going to start comparing devices in different ways and probably more often as new devices come out on both platforms.

It is natural.

In a way that's what's happening to me. The last android I had was the Galaxy S8 and I went many years without looking "off the wall". Last year when I bought the Pixel 7 Pro, a whole new "world" opened up for me. And I became more interested in other manufacturers' phones again. I got the Pixel 8 Pro and now I'm tempted to get a foldable phone.

I'm going to try android tablets, with the Galaxy S9 +. Being an iPad Pro user since its launch, I want to see how Samsung's are doing, because with the Samsung Dex, they seem to have some very interesting ideas.

 

[Harthag]

Since great advice has been given I will just talk about the phone admiring shall we call it.

It is not an Android thing. It is a dual OS thing. Once you jump out of Android only or iOS only and use both then it opens up possibilities on both sides of the equation but particularly for iOS users. iOS users has been relegated to one manufacturer and now being introduced to Android have at least 3 big brands and many more to choose from all offering devices in several price ranges. This can be very overwhelming and exciting from the iOS perspective and now that person who used to just compare iPhones and the new model now has that same paradigm but now the Android one on top.

To make my gibberish clear, I think anyone who uses Apple devices regularly and switches to Android and back is going to start comparing devices in different ways and probably more often as new devices come out on both platforms.

It is natural.

True, I can't help but to compare both sides. For every little thing I may miss about iOS there is something else in Android / on this S24+ that makes me appreciate the options now available. For example, I love the notifications in the form of large app icons that pop up and flood the screen for 5 seconds any time a notification comes in, using the Edge Lighting+ app in Good Lock. It's so cool, never seen it on any other phone.

Also talking with a friend last night made me appreciate life outside the walled garden. Lifelong Apple user. He knew I switched to Android and thought I could no longer send text messages because I didn't have iMessage. A grown man, married with a kid and an intelligent guy, thought there was no ability to send text messages outside of iOS / iMessage. Need to toggle on "send as SMS," bud. That's how strong a hold Apple has on the U.S. market, unbelievable.

 

[Technerd108]

True, I can't help but to compare both sides. For every little thing I may miss about iOS there is something else in Android / on this S24+ that makes me appreciate the options now available. For example, I love the notifications in the form of large app icons that pop up and flood the screen for 5 seconds any time a notification comes in, using the Edge Lighting+ app in Good Lock. It's so cool, never seen it on any other phone.

Also talking with a friend last night made me appreciate life outside the walled garden. Lifelong Apple user. He knew I switched to Android and thought I could no longer send text messages because I didn't have iMessage. A grown man, married with a kid and an intelligent guy, thought there was no ability to send text messages outside of iOS / iMessage. That's how strong a hold Apple has on the U.S. market, unbelievable.

It is unfortunate but there is a lot of misunderstanding on both sides.

That is the biggest lesson you learn is not how different an iPhone is but how similar it is to an Android phone. Most people can't seem to grasp that fact even if they know it is true kind of like cognitive dissonance. Only iPhone can do this and only Androd can do that. It is all BS.

And Apple purposely perpetuates and helps create a situation that makes intercommunication as difficult as possible outside iOS. So naturally Apple users think Android sucks because it doesn't work well with iOS but they don't realize that Apple has designed it this way to keep them locked in. And that. The purposeful locking in and creating roadblocks to make their users never want to leave seems like unfair rigging of the competition. A lot of people argue it is just smart business and I argue it is the opposite because as more people realize what Apple is intentionally doing to make their lives harder if they choose any device or communicate with any device that isn't an Apple device they may start to change buying habits.

It certainly has changed how often and how many Apple products I own. I want my devices to be cross platform compatible or at least be able to have similar communication functionality as Apple products with all my stuff. Samsung products work best in this.

I can use my Samsung products with any PC, my buds work with any device, my watch works with any android devices, and as much as Samsung devices communicate with each other easily I don't feel locked into Samsung products like I do with Apple. This is how I want my stuff to work. Sure using all Samsung stuff is best but it isn't required for basic functionality like it is within the Apple ecosystem.

I even tried the Google ecosystem and that didn't work well unless I buy a Chromebook which is non starter at this point.

So at this point for me I am going to invest more in Samsung devices, whatever best PC I can find, and keep my Apple products as a longer term commitment for the Mac and iPad which I will probably always keep in my rotation.

And if iPhone peaks my interest again which with all the heavy competition from Android side I think Apple will punch back in the next couple of years. If they introduce a really good iPhone then I may just buy one but it will be in the sane strategy of long-term purchase with Apple vs more often recurring purchase with Samsung.

 

[keithop]

Since great advice has been given I will just talk about the phone admiring shall we call it.

It is not an Android thing. It is a dual OS thing.

It is natural.

I really do love these forums, we have the most down to earth chats and I feel we all feel the same way about the "grass is greener" feeling.

Over in the "alternatives to mac hardware" there's a great flip flop thread about mac v windows where we've all been saying much the same kind of things.

The thing is, pixel 8 pro is amazing, s24ultra is amazing, iphone15pm is amazing, and whichever I pick up, I end up loving bits and missing other bits from one of the other phones.

Like today I noticed that I could easily read the top status bar on my iphone, pixel 8 pro even better, s24ultra tiny :/ turns out that the p8p honours the "make everything on screen larger" even for the top bar and the whole OS seems to understand it and not overlap the huge-old-guy fonts etc.

So out I went with the p8p... snapping away like an idiot 🙂 all great... pdf comes in and I reach for the spen. oh. well ok no probs.. then I kept reaching for the power button double tap for opening photos but its at the top unlike the s24 at the bottom which is more reachable. grrrr. But neither is right or wrong, it's what you get used to and on the iphone the closest I can get to a "launch camera" button is the action button which you have to hold down to launch which is slower than the double tap. argh.

Then of course as was pointed out by a pixel loving pal, how much time did I invest in setting up the s24ultra (largely to mimic the iphone stupidly) and how little time did I spent getting to learn the pixel? good point.

The other problem for me is that before last year, I could largely ignore android (shock) I always tried it and very quickly went back to the iphone but the iphone last year was just so bleugh with iffy software as well added to which the s23ultra was just so good!

Choice is brilliant and as a tech I love playing with new stuff but I must admit sometimes I, and my bank manager, wish that I've never set eyes on alternatives ;-)

 

[Harthag]

It is unfortunate but there is a lot of misunderstanding on both sides.

That is the biggest lesson you learn is not how different an iPhone is but how similar it is to an Android phone. Most people can't seem to grasp that fact even if they know it is true kind of like cognitive dissonance. Only iPhone can do this and only Androd can do that. It is all BS.

And Apple purposely perpetuates and helps create a situation that makes intercommunication as difficult as possible outside iOS. So naturally Apple users think Android sucks because it doesn't work well with iOS but they don't realize that Apple has designed it this way to keep them locked in. And that. The purposeful locking in and creating roadblocks to make their users never want to leave seems like unfair rigging of the competition. A lot of people argue it is just smart business and I argue it is the opposite because as more people realize what Apple is intentionally doing to make their lives harder if they choose any device or communicate with any device that isn't an Apple device they may start to change buying habits.

It certainly has changed how often and how many Apple products I own. I want my devices to be cross platform compatible or at least be able to have similar communication functionality as Apple products with all my stuff. Samsung products work best in this.

I can use my Samsung products with any PC, my buds work with any device, my watch works with any android devices, and as much as Samsung devices communicate with each other easily I don't feel locked into Samsung products like I do with Apple. This is how I want my stuff to work. Sure using all Samsung stuff is best but it isn't required for basic functionality like it is within the Apple ecosystem.

I even tried the Google ecosystem and that didn't work well unless I buy a Chromebook which is non starter at this point.

So at this point for me I am going to invest more in Samsung devices, whatever best PC I can find, and keep my Apple products as a longer term commitment for the Mac and iPad which I will probably always keep in my rotation.

And if iPhone peaks my interest again which with all the heavy competition from Android side I think Apple will punch back in the next couple of years. If they introduce a really good iPhone then I may just buy one but it will be in the sane strategy of long-term purchase with Apple vs more often recurring purchase with Samsung.

I think it is great marketing / business on Apple's part. It is up to the consumer to properly research. Apple isn't forcing anyone into their ecosystem. People just don't know any better, don't care, or just love Apple products and Apple banks on it. The average consumer is an idiot which Apple capitalizes on. I'm not calling iOS users idiots, let me make that clear. It isn't up to Apple to do product research for people. It doesn't help that Android is a fragmented mess across many different companies and phones, to the point that there isn't a clear cut "universal" version of Android that is identical across all devices, like iOS is. That's not Apple's fault.

I'm definitely not missing a beat in the Samsung ecosystem, the phone + Buds + watch are as seamless as can be. And you hit the nail on the head, I can go get a OnePlus or Pixel and use the Watch and Buds.

I really do love these forums, we have the most down to earth chats and I feel we all feel the same way about the "grass is greener" feeling.

Over in the "alternatives to mac hardware" there's a great flip flop thread about mac v windows where we've all been saying much the same kind of things.

The thing is, pixel 8 pro is amazing, s24ultra is amazing, iphone15pm is amazing, and whichever I pick up, I end up loving bits and missing other bits from one of the other phones.

Like today I noticed that I could easily read the top status bar on my iphone, pixel 8 pro even better, s24ultra tiny :/ turns out that the p8p honours the "make everything on screen larger" even for the top bar and the whole OS seems to understand it and not overlap the huge-old-guy fonts etc.

So out I went with the p8p... snapping away like an idiot 🙂 all great... pdf comes in and I reach for the spen. oh. well ok no probs.. then I kept reaching for the power button double tap for opening photos but its at the top unlike the s24 at the bottom which is more reachable. grrrr. But neither is right or wrong, it's what you get used to and on the iphone the closest I can get to a "launch camera" button is the action button which you have to hold down to launch which is slower than the double tap. argh.

Then of course as was pointed out by a pixel loving pal, how much time did I invest in setting up the s24ultra (largely to mimic the iphone stupidly) and how little time did I spent getting to learn the pixel? good point.

The other problem for me is that before last year, I could largely ignore android (shock) I always tried it and very quickly went back to the iphone but the iphone last year was just so bleugh with iffy software as well added to which the s23ultra was just so good!

Choice is brilliant and as a tech I love playing with new stuff but I must admit sometimes I, and my bank manager, wish that I've never set eyes on alternatives ;-)

It's easy to get caught up in the tech wars that take place on MR. Most recently for me it was when Beeper made iMessage using phone number possible for 2-3 days on Android. People just didn't get it and called out anyone who supported Beeper. It was never about the blue bubbles. I just gave up.

Re: being a techie, my wife just shakes her head at me and doesn't put up a stink anymore when I want to buy a new phone. I am making a good faith effort however to be a one phone guy again, it has been awhile.

 

[sunking101]

You guys.😀
Decide whether you prefer Android or iOS. Then buy the best phone you can afford running that system. Job done. There's wayyyy too much overthinking being done here.

 

[Bkdodger]

"sunking101, post: 32953378, member: 846198"]You guys.😀
Decide which phone you prefer on Android and iOS. Then buy the best phone in each you can afford in each platform running that system. Job done. There's wayyyy too much overthinking being done here.

Fixed it for you

 

[aggie99]

"sunking101, post: 32953378, member: 846198"]You guys.😀
Decide which phone you prefer on Android and iOS. Then buy the best phone in each you can afford in each platform running that system. Job done. There's wayyyy too much overthinking being done here.

Fixed it for you

This. I can't even decide which android device I want to roll with. Don't make me choose between Android and iOS. My head would explode even beginning to attempt that.

 

[Bkdodger]

This. I can't even decide which android device I want to roll with. Don't make me choose between Android and iOS. My head would explode even beginning to attempt that.

iOS is an easy choice just buy the Pro and carry on...Android is the fun part with deciding what ya want to roll with haha

 

[Technerd108]

iOS is an easy choice just buy the Pro and carry on...Android is the fun part with deciding what ya want to roll with haha

I think that is actually good advice from a feature vs depreciation perspective. You spend less, get most features and lose less on resale. Not a bad idea.

 

[Tig Bitties]

Easiest solution, just avoid iOS like the plague, you'll be better off LOL.

I haven't owned any Apple products in years, and my life is better for that. HA.

But seriously in the Android world it's good to have "options". The top dogs have been the Galaxy Ultra or the Pixel Pro for awhile now. And a few others as well like Nothing Phone.

Right now I have 2 phones, and it's kinda dumb in my opinion. Yes I kept my Pixel 8 Pro, but my SIM is in the S24 Ultra, and has become my daily driver. Do I plan to put my SIM back into the Pixel and then let the Ultra just sit around? Not planning on it. I will most likely sell my Pixel 8 Pro, because it's just sitting in my drawer now, or used as my workout phone, but that's not worth it.

Just seems like a waste of money to have thousands of dollars in new smartphones sitting around the house, and for what reason really? There's people out there that can barely afford a single Pixel 7a type device, let alone a true flagship, let alone owning several flagships.

The adult thing and financially smart thing to do is just have smartphone and just stick with it for the year or so. Yes I could see maybe bouncing back between an Android one year and then an iPhone the next year to test the different platforms out, but having two phones at once is just kind of silly.

At the end of the day we use a smartphone like an appliance, it's no different than your refrigerator, or oven, or home theater or washing machine. Do you buy a brand new high-end oven every year for the new model? Hell no. So why do that with a smartphone? It's practically the same thing year to year, really little changes nowadays.

We use our smartphones to text, to make and receive phone calls, to email, GPS navigation, to surf the web, to watch videos, etc...all phones do this today. Does that Pixel 8 Pro send my texts better than my old Pixel 7 Pro? Does the iPhone 15 Pro surf the web better than the iPhone 14 Pro? No of course not. It's all the same **** today. No reason to upgrade so often.

Do you ever upgrade to a new phone and at first it's the shiny new toy, it's super cool, but then after a couple weeks you're like okay this barely seems noticable compared to my last phone, it does everything exactly the same, like no difference really. Did I really need that upgrade here? No we don't.

Rant over, that's just my opinion.

 

[Cisero]

I really do love these forums, we have the most down to earth chats and I feel we all feel the same way about the "grass is greener" feeling.

Over in the "alternatives to mac hardware" there's a great flip flop thread about mac v windows where we've all been saying much the same kind of things.

The thing is, pixel 8 pro is amazing, s24ultra is amazing, iphone15pm is amazing, and whichever I pick up, I end up loving bits and missing other bits from one of the other phones.

Like today I noticed that I could easily read the top status bar on my iphone, pixel 8 pro even better, s24ultra tiny :/ turns out that the p8p honours the "make everything on screen larger" even for the top bar and the whole OS seems to understand it and not overlap the huge-old-guy fonts etc.

So out I went with the p8p... snapping away like an idiot 🙂 all great... pdf comes in and I reach for the spen. oh. well ok no probs.. then I kept reaching for the power button double tap for opening photos but its at the top unlike the s24 at the bottom which is more reachable. grrrr. But neither is right or wrong, it's what you get used to and on the iphone the closest I can get to a "launch camera" button is the action button which you have to hold down to launch which is slower than the double tap. argh.

Then of course as was pointed out by a pixel loving pal, how much time did I invest in setting up the s24ultra (largely to mimic the iphone stupidly) and how little time did I spent getting to learn the pixel? good point.

The other problem for me is that before last year, I could largely ignore android (shock) I always tried it and very quickly went back to the iphone but the iphone last year was just so bleugh with iffy software as well added to which the s23ultra was just so good!

Choice is brilliant and as a tech I love playing with new stuff but I must admit sometimes I, and my bank manager, wish that I've never set eyes on alternatives ;-)

Love this write-up. I myself having been with iOS for a while but really tired of the "well I have the Apple Watch so my one option is iPhone". Going back and forth on trying out the s24 ultra or pixel 8 pro and either way going with a wearable that I can use either phone with, even considered something like a Garmin that would work with any mobile OS.

The usual coming from iOS the Pixel might be more seamless, but if you get into the OneUi and Samsung it has so many features and more premium hardware. Might just have to bite the bullet and try both at the same time to really see which one clicks 😂

 

[Bkdodger]

Easiest solution, just avoid iOS like the plague, you'll be better off LOL.

I haven't owned any Apple products in years, and my life is better for that. HA.

But seriously in the Android world it's good to have "options". The top dogs have been the Galaxy Ultra or the Pixel Pro for awhile now. And a few others as well like Nothing Phone.

Right now I have 2 phones, and it's kinda dumb in my opinion. Yes I kept my Pixel 8 Pro, but my SIM is in the S24 Ultra, and has become my daily driver. Do I plan to put my SIM back into the Pixel and then let the Ultra just sit around? Not planning on it. I will most likely sell my Pixel 8 Pro, because it's just sitting in my drawer now, or used as my workout phone, but that's not worth it.

Just seems like a waste of money to have thousands of dollars in new smartphones sitting around the house, and for what reason really? There's people out there that can barely afford a single Pixel 7a type device, let alone a true flagship, let alone owning several flagships.

The adult thing and financially smart thing to do is just have smartphone and just stick with it for the year or so. Yes I could see maybe bouncing back between an Android one year and then an iPhone the next year to test the different platforms out, but having two phones at once is just kind of silly.

At the end of the day we use a smartphone like an appliance, it's no different than your refrigerator, or oven, or home theater or washing machine. Do you buy a brand new high-end oven every year for the new model? Hell no. So why do that with a smartphone? It's practically the same thing year to year, really little changes nowadays.

We use our smartphones to text, to make and receive phone calls, to email, GPS navigation, to surf the web, to watch videos, etc...all phones do this today. Does that Pixel 8 Pro send my texts better than my old Pixel 7 Pro? Does the iPhone 15 Pro surf the web better than the iPhone 14 Pro? No of course not. It's all the same **** today. No reason to upgrade so often.

Do you ever upgrade to a new phone and at first it's the shiny new toy, it's super cool, but then after a couple weeks you're like okay this barely seems noticable compared to my last phone, it does everything exactly the same, like no difference really. Did I really need that upgrade here? No we don't.

Rant over, that's just my opinion.

I think of my phones as TVs I have a few

See ya at Pixel 9 Pro


We are just different here

 

[Neofox]

Easiest solution, just avoid iOS like the plague, you'll be better off LOL.

I haven't owned any Apple products in years, and my life is better for that. HA.

But seriously in the Android world it's good to have "options". The top dogs have been the Galaxy Ultra or the Pixel Pro for awhile now. And a few others as well like Nothing Phone.

Right now I have 2 phones, and it's kinda dumb in my opinion. Yes I kept my Pixel 8 Pro, but my SIM is in the S24 Ultra, and has become my daily driver. Do I plan to put my SIM back into the Pixel and then let the Ultra just sit around? Not planning on it. I will most likely sell my Pixel 8 Pro, because it's just sitting in my drawer now, or used as my workout phone, but that's not worth it.

Just seems like a waste of money to have thousands of dollars in new smartphones sitting around the house, and for what reason really? There's people out there that can barely afford a single Pixel 7a type device, let alone a true flagship, let alone owning several flagships.

The adult thing and financially smart thing to do is just have smartphone and just stick with it for the year or so. Yes I could see maybe bouncing back between an Android one year and then an iPhone the next year to test the different platforms out, but having two phones at once is just kind of silly.

At the end of the day we use a smartphone like an appliance, it's no different than your refrigerator, or oven, or home theater or washing machine. Do you buy a brand new high-end oven every year for the new model? Hell no. So why do that with a smartphone? It's practically the same thing year to year, really little changes nowadays.

We use our smartphones to text, to make and receive phone calls, to email, GPS navigation, to surf the web, to watch videos, etc...all phones do this today. Does that Pixel 8 Pro send my texts better than my old Pixel 7 Pro? Does the iPhone 15 Pro surf the web better than the iPhone 14 Pro? No of course not. It's all the same **** today. No reason to upgrade so often.

Do you ever upgrade to a new phone and at first it's the shiny new toy, it's super cool, but then after a couple weeks you're like okay this barely seems noticable compared to my last phone, it does everything exactly the same, like no difference really. Did I really need that upgrade here? No we don't.

Rant over, that's just my opinion.

I don't know about you but I use my smartphone WAY MORE than any other appliance in my life.
I carry it with me all the time, everyday, everywhere to do almost everything in my life. Our smartphone are the core of our professional and personal life and it justify (at least for me) spending more money more often on it. We are not in 2000 anymore.

Also I'm kinda passionate by technology and like playing with cutting edge stuff so if new interesting things release I will buy them. And to be honest most of my appliance are not that interesting or get as much attention as smartphones does. Fridge almost didn't evolve at all the last 10 years except being more efficient maybe. In contrary I will say that I do upgrade my TV more often than most of people do maybe, as TVs are actually quite advancing fast too and play a big role too in my house.

 

[edubfromktown]

...

It's easy to get caught up in the tech wars that take place on MR. Most recently for me it was when Beeper made iMessage using phone number possible for 2-3 days on Android. People just didn't get it and called out anyone who supported Beeper. It was never about the blue bubbles. I just gave up.

Re: being a techie, my wife just shakes her head at me and doesn't put up a stink anymore when I want to buy a new phone. I am making a good faith effort however to be a one phone guy again, it has been awhile.

I side-stepped the Beeper kerfuffle and did not view the work-around solution as some sort of heinous act.

Reminded me of ages ago when Blackberry desktop software was required for mail to flow between the old two-line email devices and Outlook/Exchange 5.0 mailboxes.

I've always been a one phone person. Just about all of my colleagues carry a separate work phone.

 

[JohnRckr]

Even after 2+ months I am still toying with switching to 24U from 15PM even though I got MacBook. At this point I don’t even know why would I do that, but I’m still thinking about it. iPhone is just so boring..

 

[jamezr]

Tomorrow's update should be good!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760155190630768874

 

[JohnRckr]

Tomorrow's update should be good!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760155190630768874

I like the first image more idk

 

[JohnRckr]

Does Ultra shoot in 24mpx default like 15PM does?

 

[Ludatyk]

Even after 2+ months I am still toying with switching to 24U from 15PM even though I got MacBook. At this point I don’t even know why would I do that, but I’m still thinking about it. iPhone is just so boring..

Go ahead and pull the trigger! YOLO… you can go back to the iPhone when the new one gets released.

And I have a MBP along with an iPad.. but I have an Android phone.

 

[JohnRckr]

Go ahead and pull the trigger! YOLO… you can go back to the iPhone when the new one gets released.

And I have a MBP along with an iPad.. but I have an Android phone.

Does it… work for you? I use Safari only, but I imagine transfer to Chrome is not a pain really. Is there anything you wish you’d have an iPhone for when it comes to your iPad and MacBook?

 

[Ludatyk]

Does it… work for you? I use Safari only, but I imagine transfer to Chrome is not a pain really. Is there anything you wish you’d have an iPhone for when it comes to your iPad and MacBook?

For me, it works.

But I use Safari specifically on the iPad… because it’s a better experience. When it comes to the MBP, I prefer Edge… mainly because it’s more feature rich compared to Safari (I like the split screen feature and sidebar). And when it comes to Android… Samsung Internet is the top dawg (imo).

It might seem rather strange to have different browser for each device, but if I need to pick up where I left off from some site… that’s where Google Keep comes into the picture. Or if I need to transfer files among my devices… I use Google Drive. And to be honest, there’s no feature other than iMessage but I’m able to replicate that with BlueBubbles.