I have to admit, Samsung have some great things in terms of hardware, but this is not one of them - and their anti-consumer practices will continue to keep me away from the brand.
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Man, I'm glad I bought a Murena Fairphone.
I am 1000% asking Lemmy where to buy my next phone. It'll take some setup but Stallman will be proud.
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If you're technically inclined, you buy a Samsung phone only once.
But in my defense, the Galaxy S3 is legendary up to this day. They didn't got better since then.
There's not really a lot of options out there. Can't say I agree with Samsung's policies but their devices are pretty good compared to everyone else. iPhones are well, if you'd consider an iPhone then we wouldn't be in this conversation. Chinese brands generally have very problematic software, Pixels are pretty barebones unless you're into the AI stuff (Material 3 is also pretty ugly), Sony is very expensive and fairly barebones too.
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Samsung phones have some of the best features like the S Pen and Dex which turns your phone into a computer if you connect it to a TV/monitor. Samsung's marketing is bad and doesn't really tell you all the features it has.
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I had the original Galaxy Note and loved it. Then I went to oneplus one and loved it. Then I went Nexus 6 and liked it enough. Then I got the first Pixel.
I've been pixels ever since. But there was a deal on the Galaxy flip5, $0 up front, $300 over 2 years. I couldn't pass it up, for the novelty if nothing else.
There's a lot I like about this phone, but a lot more that I don't. I'm looking forward to going back to Pixel when I can.
This phone is missing so many standard features, and so many others are locked behind Samsungs walled garden that I refuse to sign up for. It's just a mess. I'm frequently frustrated.
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I love the displays they put into cheap phones, but other than that they charge too much a premium for features that now should be standard such as fast and/or wireless charging
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Changed my phone last December.. increasingly glad it wasn't a Samsung.
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So if I were to order a battery replacement part from Samsung would it already be paired with a screen? Or could it be future proofed with a bit of DIY engineering? Cause I love my S22 Ultra, and am tired of upgrading every 2-4 years because the battery starts holding less and less charge.
Some newer phones allow you to stop charging at 80% which will essentially extend the life of your battery for as many years as you want it.
Settings->battery->stop charging at 80%
I get a full day out of 80% and I'm nearly always near a charging source so I use it and haven't found any issues with it.
I am pretty sure this only showed up in Android 14 for me. OnePlus phone.
My phone doesn't have this feature, so at bed time I just tap a button on a smart switch to give it roughly another 20-60% overnight.
Can you tell me a little more about this please?
I haven't come across a smart switch before as I generally try to minimise the number of smart devices in my home. I presume you have to pair your phone with something. It sounds quite intriguing.
No it's just a typical smart socket and I've put my phone charger in it. (an old 1 amp charger so it is easier on the battery.) The 60% button turns the switch on for about three hours for example. (Phone has 5A battery.)
The charger is on from midday in case I forget to select a charging amount before sleeping.
You could do similar with an old fashioned rotary mechanical timer socket.
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They really should just make 80 the new 100
I fully agree. Like even 90% would reduce the amount of waste significantly without really impacting usability.
I got a reasonably high end phone for my last one (about €500 at the time) and it survived so so well and I only learned about the 80% thing about 2 years into it and still was charging it to full occasionally.
This automatic 80% thing that just came in is great.
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Didn't know about this feature, thanks!
You're welcome. :)
I had learned about the "only charging to 80% extending battery longevity significantly" thing a while back and got over 5 years out of my last phone because of it.
I did switch to lineage OS after OnePlus stopped doing updates. Still... Not having to try to time it myself is a really nice feature now.
I think it's more if you want to replace one you have to replace both, and if you don't glue the battery to the screen the phone will fall apart, that's what I'd do if I was an evil corporation and wanted customers to buy a new phone instead of repairing
So, at this point it is cheaper to change iPhone battery in Apple Store. Wow.
This article is primarily about Samsung, but yes, there is a brief mention of iFix its battery prices, which are $50.
Apple charges $99 for a battery swap on a new phone. Component + labor.
Samsung's replacement is $90 if done at a service center, so it was more expensive to buy the parts (because they included the screen for some reason)
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Evil megacorp declines to be less evil, news at 11
True. Still I think it is not possible to have too much public attention, when it comes to evil corporate stuff. Keep a light on these mf.
mfw the zaibatsu does zaibatsu things
Chaebol. Zaibatsus are in Glorious Nippon, Chaebols are Korean. But same concept, and just as terrible.
Yeah, forgot the Korean term for it, but it's basically potato potato
Did they really say, "We tried to make this work. Gosh, we tried."?
Well, golly.
Yeah. It would've been fleek and groovy if they said mid or litchally. So fetch.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Two years after they teamed up on one of the first direct-to-consumer phone repair programs, iFixit CEO and co-founder Kyle Wiens tells The Verge the two companies have failed to renegotiate a contract — and says Samsung is to blame.
“Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale,” Wiens tells me, even though similar deals are going well with Google, Motorola, and HMD.
Instead of being Samsung's partner on genuine parts and approved repair manuals, iFixit will simply go it alone, the same way it's always done with Apple's iPhones.
(While Samsung did add the S23, Z Flip 5, and Z Fold 5 to its self-repair program in December, that was with a different provider, Encompass; iFixit says it was left out.)
Some of those guides also mention a Samsung Self Repair Assistant app, which is weirdly not available in either Google Play or the Galaxy Store and has to be sideloaded in the US.
We can’t comment further on partnership details at this time,” reads part of a statement from Samsung head of mobile customer care Mario Renato De Castro to The Verge.
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