Two months later and I can finally put my sim in my F7 and have newbie questions

[donm527]

Man, this F7 section is dead quiet... did everyone sell their F7 while I was waiting to be able to put my sim and run this thing full time?? LOL.

Well, two months went by and now able to put my ATT sim into my Verizon F7 and went through set up and data transfer last night and will rock this thing full time for the rest of the year and see if I fall in love with it from my S23U or go with the S26U.

Will I find myself unfolding the phone and using the larger screen all the time enough that being able to unfold to a bigger screen is a bigger feature than cameras on the Ultra?

Will the cameras and pic quality be good enough (quality to 30x as good or decent enough) that I don't miss having the cameras from the Ultra?

Is the experience with the larger screens which includes apps running on larger screen be as good as a tablet to not miss my iPad for apps and viewing content in larger format and can leave the tablet behind when I go travel?

Just from some brief play I see how some apps might be cooler on larger screen like Outlook and Teams for work but some apps are laid out a little wonky when opened to large screen... you'd think with Android tablets being out for a while there would be some improvement? And then I even encountered a bug in one app where I am using an streaming app and with screen rotation turned off the app will still rotate if I rotate the phone.

I guess the above could have been put into a couple of separate posts lol but am curious to hear others opinions after rocking the phone for a while positives and negatives... 3+ months do you love your F7... plan to keep or go S26U... quirks and bugs with apps in F7. Oh well.

On to the newbie questions...

1. Can you have separate brightness settings for the outer screen and inner screen? I feel I want adaptive brightness on the outer but on the inner I would want to have it at a constant higher level.

2. On the S23U I set a 4 digit pin to unlock phone and when set it doesn't need to press enter. On the F7 I set the same pin but now I have to press enter. Is there a way to eliminate pressing enter?

 

[Bkdodger1]

Welcome aboard to the F7, I don't have a PIN code for 4 digits as I use 6 digits where in settings I'm able to tick "Confirm PIN without tapping OK".

Routines for the screen brightness

 

[donm527]

Thanks. Took a minute to figure out but able to create same routine as you and works perfect.

The confirm pin w/o tapping OK... yes only available if you create a six-digit passcode.

My S23U with OneUI 8 still gives option at 4-digits. Guessing still works with S25U?? But for a Fold it has to be six??

Well I guess five digits if you include the OK is better than forced a sixth press.

 

[ahiqar]

I think you will have to be the decision-maker on whether or not the fold replaces an ultra for you. For me, the fold is the only device I have, so I appreciate the fact that it has the larger screen option.
If I wanted a phone for the best cameras, however, this phone is not it. The cameras aren't bad at all--they are quite good-- but the Ultra cameras are better. I am not the main picture-taker in my family so the fold is perfect for me. The fam can take all the great pictures, send them to me, and we can look at them together on my big, beautiful inner screen!