Recent content by Winston P

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water resistance seems partially useful but wireless is not. Never used it; in fact will be ordering my first wireless charger to keep the s10 juiced up as necessary, but seems inconvenient for daily use.

So my S10's charging port just fried itself, and I won't be able to get it fixed until I fly home for Christmas. Until then, I've been looking at the BF deal: 3a for $299, or std. 3 for $399. Is the $100 jump worth it?

S8 is my absolute favorite. The only drawback on that thing was the poor durability, which cracked from a lap-height drop onto my bedroom floor. The screen was brilliant, performance was smooth, and battery stayed pretty great throughout my 18 month ownership. It was, and still is, the only...

I think the S9's battery was just generally sucky. I didn't have one myself, but my friends' smaller S9 phones would consistently struggle to hit 3h SOT, and the S9+ also only managed about 4.5h, which I think is way below average for a Plus phone.

Definitely the most impressive one so far. How is there no Android System or OS usage? And I'd guess Snapdragon 855 variant?

I personally went for the 10+, but am curious how the E is holding up. No battery threads yet anywhere so far, I believe.

I think the face unlock is annoying. On the N9, I had an option where face rec would only start when you swipe. Now, it's on as soon as screen is on. What usually happens is I put my thumb on the scanner to unlock, by then face unlock has already opened me in, and i instead "bump" the...

Two years ago, I remember watching the HTC U11 unveil, and I remember feeling impressed, but simultaneously worried for the company that made it. The U11's Edge Sense was genuinely cool, and maybe a technological marvel, but it failed to present a real use case (I think the best application for...

I understand that the menu is exclusive to Samsung, but if you press quick start at the bottom, your battery goes straight to 0%. At least the indicator does. And while I can't tell you WHY I went from 2h SOT on my S4 to 4h SOT after doing that, I can tell you it happened.

There is a secret code in the dialer, *#0228#, that resets the battery callibration completely, killing the phone straight to 0% and asking you to charge to full. I last used it on my S4 and went from 2h SOT to 4.5h SOT, but it also completely screwed up the battery callibration, which meant the...

You do know that Samsung now lets you turn of Bixby Home right? And if you dont want voice, you can just not set it up? I turned off the stupid home shortcut because i kept pressing it when i wanted to turn down the volume, but i do keep Bixby Voice on.

They simply call their skin an "OS"

Nova does add some battery drain, but not to the level when you lose a quarter overnight. In my experience, on a clean build my S7 drains 2-3% overnight, and about 4-5% with Nova.

Hoping for two years, but if battery deteriorates as quickly as my S7 has, then one year.