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Previously on Lemmy: Sony

Past Discussions:

I thought we should restart the brand discussion with something more popular to give this community relaunch a bit more oomph. So, Samsung it is.

I’ve never really used a Samsung phone much before, despite them being so popular in the States. Have friends who used them, they usually look nice and high quality, and the Galaxy S Active are the only high-end phones I know that doesn’t shatter when you look at them wrong without a case, so, props to Samsung.

There are may reasons I don’t like Samsung phones: Hardware fuse disabling Knox on bootloader unlock, Exynos vs Snapdragon models, the mandatory Bixby button, the Galaxy Note 7 that really blew up. To me, Samsung phones are trying so hard to go against what makes Android good, which is the customizability to do whatever you wanted. Android is everything; Samsung is just Samsung.

Personally, I think Samsung is only worth buying at the very high end for the Galaxy S series. I’ve heard that A series have gotten better, but there always seems to be better choices from Moto/Pixel/Chinese brands on Amazon that it’s not worth considering their low tier offering.

What should we do next week? I’m thinking Microsoft, just to make fun of them for the very idea of making a Surface Duo 2.

FAQ:

  • nostradiel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    The battery, though glued to body of phone, is still easily replaceable. I don’t understand why people complain about it. Just remove the back with heat, use IPA to remove it, glue new one there and glue the back and you’re done. Yes, you might need some tools to it, which are cheap, or you just use your imagination and use what you have home. Only thing which you really need apart from new battery is the glue to glue back the back of phone. It cost me 1$ on ebay…

    • HiddenLayer5English
      1·
      1 year ago

      Most consumers don’t even know how to take the side panel off their PC. Yes, it’s doable if you’re technically minded (it’s still way more tedious and frustrating than screws though and you need to replace the adhesive strips with the correctly shaped ones), but the barrier is just high enough that the vast majority of people will never bother.