15-04-2024 08:25 PM
For a few years now there are "essential" hardware and software still considered as missing in Samsung phones .
1. WHY still no fast battery charging? - For years other Android OEMs have long been using fast charging of 67w or even more and yet Samsung is still stuck in the year 2020. if you want a "fast" charge you have to buy the expensive Ultra line.
2. WHY still no vertical app scrolling? - For years other Android OEMs have long used vertical scrolling or at least an option for one and yet Samsung is still stuck with an iOS-like scrolling.
3. WHY no option to hide apps? - For years other Android OEMs have long used either a gesture or keypad passcode to hide apps and be able to easily invoke them on the fly and yet Samsung is still stuck with an inferior, backward and confusing Secure Folder app.
4. Phones are getting bigger - a feature not actually missing but an annoyance nonetheless. Samsung thinks our hands are getting significantly bigger each year and most phones (midrange or flagship) are getting taller and wider by mllimeters which in the long term is not really good for users wanting a more compact device and anyone who has arthritis.
5. Fingerprint sensor - For years other Android OEMs have long used on-screen optical sensors which are significantly as fast as an ultrasonic one. And yet Samsung's inferior optical ones still remain slow / hit and miss. You have to register a fingerprint twice over to make the unlocking fast-ish.
6. Other features - Dolby Vision, high PWM dimming, high touch sampling rate, 10-bit / 12-bit have long been a staple of OnePlus and Xiaomi brands and yet Samsung still stuck with their "advanced" AMOLED screens.
If you guys are wondering why...me too.
Thoughts and comments please.
15-04-2024 09:07 PM
I'm content with mine Ultra
16-04-2024 12:12 PM
All i want is internet speed meter on status bar,well ai motion shutter in the camera and aptx bluetooth connection
16-04-2024 09:01 PM
Probably coz you don't really care about them and does not apply to you. Whereas most of us do care.
16-04-2024 11:37 PM - last edited 17-04-2024 09:47 AM
Not only do I care but I also understand
17-04-2024 07:30 PM - last edited 18-04-2024 02:49 PM by AndrewL ) in
Not a priority for me. But a lot faster shutter speed and better Apt-X bluetooth codecs would be very much welcome.
17-04-2024 07:31 PM
I do hope you understand.
But i do wonder on how long have you been using a Samsung device and if you have been reading news online (such as GSM Arena or Smmmobile or Android Authority or 9to5 Google).
18-04-2024 07:46 PM - last edited 18-04-2024 07:52 PM
21-04-2024 10:37 AM - last edited 21-04-2024 08:17 PM
I formed my opinions based on:
1. My 14 years of Android use (Yes...that includes numerous Samsung phones)
2. My economic and social status (You know... 9 to 5 job, middle-aged and middle income person)
3. Competition i.e. features that have been around with Xiaomi/OnePlus, etc. for years now that i truly appreciate and find it useful on a device)
4. My everyday needs i.e. what I do with my phone, the tasks and apps i what have been using most of the time.
Battery do degrade in time. There may be incremental tech improvements to the battery capacity / charging speeds / heat dissipation, etc. over the years but for me knowing you have a phone compatible with fast charging (45w or more) gives you that confidence. Handy especially if you forgot to charge your phone overnight and you are in a rush to go to work. Never had any issue with overheating my batteries if you ask me. I don't do endless gaming, video editing, streaming, doom scrolling etc. So i'm not worried on that front.
Samsung is the only Android OEM (last time checked) that does horizontal app scrolling. Possibly they did it to "copy" or annoy Apple. Yes I can slap on a 3rd-party launcher (which has it's own set of issues especially with Samsung devices and a different topic altogether) but yes it would nice to have that option. Rumour has it the next One UI version might add that feature. Who knows.
Hiding apps IS there. But there is no way to invoke it. The feature is well hidden (pun intended) and confusing at best. You have to go back a few steps or click a few buttons to "make it appear". Hyper OS, OnePlus and Nothing OS excels in this field. Samsung does not.
The reality is that these companies shove bigger/taller/wider phones each year down our throats. Nothing we can do about it. Apart from telling them we don't like what what they are doing and hope for the best they will listen. For instance, A OnePlus 10T or an S22+. Two years ago they are totally fine for me. But due to factors such as nature (age & health) i'm finding more smaller, more compact phones to be better. A 6.2"-6.4" in my opinion is the sweet spot. I have to either get a base Galaxy S-phone (which is pricey) or an FE device in order to enjoy that screen and be able to handle and store it well. So, people still DO want a smaller phone. That's a fact.
Samsung's optical fingerprint sensor is way slow and inferior to say a Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco one. Why? Only God knows. I still prefer a fingerprint rather than a face unlock. Samsung Ultra line always have faster sensors than the rest of their line. Always has been. So, no surprise there.
Conversations will remain toxic if someone never listens or reads the whole picture, never considers other people's circumstances or opinions and worse became a hardcore "fanboy / tech bro" defending their lot. It also doesn't help if people kept saying "I don't care" because that is where the problem arise. That is why countries are at war. Simply because they do not care.
Here's a breaking news: NO PHONE IS PERFECT. Oh yeah i thought that was being discussed here right? I'm not an engineer or an expert. Never claimed to be one. My words not yours.
But i happen to use loads of Androids in the past few years. I was fortunate enough to own budget, midrange & flagships that I learn to appreciate and adjust to what I have albeit some lack of what I deem useful and needed features which they truly are.
My two cents.