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THANKS! I didn't realize the option to get rid of that annoying bar below the keyboard would be among the gestures options. I'm using the swipe from bottom without the hints. The top bar still pops down whenever I use the gestures to go back within some apps, it's not as big an annoyance as the...

I had my S10 for about three weeks on it's original preinstalled OS trying to familiarize myself with it until I finally updated to IUI 2 and Android 10 (still not on the latest update). I've noticed it's a little snappier, or maybe it's just the animations but overall I see little difference...

Thanks for all the additional input. For now I will be using the default "optimal" battery setting as a basis for comparison. I've had the phone for 5 days now and I'm starting to use it normally which means much less usage from me as I had spent the last few days downloading apps and getting my...

Thanks, and you're right, it is HK indeed. The first couple of pics are from a country park in the South Side and the rest are from the Harbour. I would have posted 50 more if it didn't take ages to do it from my phone. Btw, you did not miss out on much with the ferris wheel, pretty much...

The first image is the path I was on last Monday where I got caught in a rainstorm that killed my last phone. A few others from the rest of my walk and some from yesterday playing around with the ultra wide and the zoom.

Thanks for all those trying to explain the LED thing but I'm afraid your explanations exceed my ability to understand this matter. As far as I can tell, with this new phone, there is no "extra" charging going like with my last one. I just revert to my old habit from back in my Nokia and Ericsson...

Thanks everyone for the input. I've decided to just keep it charged an additional 10 mins after reaching 100% for now. Battery life could be better. I lose 1% within 3 mins of removing from the charger and currently I lose 10% for eight hours of idle overnight. I still haven't gone into the...

I'm still getting used to it and familiarizing myself with the settings. Honestly I don't see a huge difference between this and my old C5 pro from 2017. I think my last update on that phone was android 7 possibly later, I remember the last one was late 2018. The new phone with the installed...

Thanks for putting it in the correct section. I've since been able to pick up a cheap 5usd plastic screen protector. It's actually quite good, wraps around the whole screen, has a more rubbery feel to it than plastic. Color isn't as good and I can't see the AOD outdoors but fingerprint...

So i thought I would go out and get my new s10 a screen protector today, my preference has always been plastic over glass but they didn't have any at the place I went to. Tried on the glass and found out what all of you already know, it's not compatible with the ultrasonic fingerprint reader so...

I'm going to keep an eye on it for now. I suppose I'll keep it charged a few minutes after it reaches 100% just to be sure for the time being while it cycles the new battery. I'm still on the original preinstalled android 9 and samsung ui 1.1 Can anyone tell me if the updates improve battery...

So my last samsung phone had a led notification that would stay red even after the battery icon and text stated it was 100% charged. It wasn't until the led was green that you knew the phone was fully charged. With the s10, there is no such light indicator and it's a whole different phone and...

Thanks for all the input. I had another look and decided the size on the a51 and the plastic bezel were dealbreakers for me. I bought the s10, seems good and I'm liking it so far.

Thanks guys. I think that the a51 will be more than capable. Probably less of an upgrade compared to my old mid range than the s10 would be but more than enough for my casual needs. I also was able to have a look at one and it felt solid and well built. The only thing I really don't like about...

The s10 is now currently under 500usd in my part of the world, it was something I was considering as a replacement for my old mid range c5 pro. Today I tried the A51 which is 340usd, significantly cheaper and seems to have a good enough feature set for my needs as a casual user with minimal...