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I have to say that i opened my new nexus this morning with excitement. The build quality and style of the phone is great.
That being said as soon as i turned it on i was really disappointed with the screen quality. The colours look washed out like a cheap budget TV in a sun drenched room. Next to an S3 it cant even compare. Side by side comparison with an S3 leaves the nexus looking awful. I put phasebeam live wallpaper on both phones and there really isnt a challenge from the nexus. The blue corner on the nexus is nearly white the colours are so far off. I tried another live wallpaper called Magic Smoke 3D and the blue areas on the S3 are nearly white on the Nexus. Blacks are almost grey too its really poor. I know the OLED vs LCD debate but i think this is more an issue of a very good OLED vs a very poor LCD or at least very poorly calibrated LCD. The Auto brightness is so dim its also useless and i have to set it manually. Its so bad that its dimmer than my OLED which is insane.
Battery life is a real issue. i had nothing of note installed on the phone and went from 74% down to 0 in less than a half days use.
The loud speaker is tinny and sounds pretty bad and the ear speaker is sounding very odd compared to other phones i own.
Stock android has some nice points which i can appreciate but its lacking in other areas which arent easy to live with. No battery percent is a real stupid omission and i know you can mod the phone up but seriously not being able to dial a phone number directly from an email is pretty poor. took me a while to get the copy and paste working to do it.
Whilst a few things are Goolges fault i squarely lay the blame at LG since i saw the Optimus G and i thought the screen was terrible on that also and the other hardware issues are down to cost cutting and lack of care when it comes to colour calibration.
This phone is worth every penny at £280 and thats all its worth. Its nowhere near as good a deal as i believed before i got it in the post this morning. Its certainly not a £400-£500 Phone. Since LG is a screen company its a real shame they screwed this one up so bad.
Its going back to Google on monday and ill think ill wait for the S4.
Maybe try to calibrate it. Mine came out of the box looking good. After some calibration it is not far from the best screen I've used. Also in bright rooms and sun the screen rocks. Maybe you got unlucky?
Also I can get up to 6 hours of screen time usually around 4 though worth heavier use so I cannot relate to this at all
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If you don't like it then just return it. This really isn't a difficult concept. However, for the price you paid you really can't argue about it.
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Couldnt disagree more with the OP ,
but everyone's allowed an opinion .... I think the screen is fantastic and sharp, the S3 imo is oversaturated, and some professionals have said the colours are much truer to life than the S3s , and like @hewettBR said , you could calibrate it to pretty much do anything ya wanted ..
Im a little confused, did you not know what you were getting with stock android? its stock, bone, clean, if you dont like it maybe try a custom rom?
Also the battery life on my device has been fine, gets me through a days usage with 30% left and 3 hours of screen on time, no problem what so ever. also some custom kernels people have got 5-6 hours of screen on time
Just my 2 cents
italia0101 said:
Couldnt disagree more with the OP ,
but everyone's allowed an opinion .... I think the screen is fantastic and sharp, the S3 imo is oversaturated, and some professionals have said the colours are much truer to life than the S3s , and like @hewettBR said , you could calibrate it to pretty much do anything ya wanted ..
Im a little confused, did you not know what you were getting with stock android? its stock, bone, clean, if you dont like it maybe try a custom rom?
Also the battery life on my device has been fine, gets me through a days usage with 30% left and 3 hours of screen on time, no problem what so ever. also some custom kernels people have got 5-6 hours of screen on time
Just my 2 cents
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I know about stock android but i never realised just how lacking stock android can be in areas. Whilst some complex stuff is included other simple stuff is missing. You really dont know whats missing until a feature that you might use every day on an S3 is just not there in Nexus. This isnt as much as a deal breaker as the screen though.
I really dont want true to life screen quality anyway. its a phone and not a window. I want the red green and blues to pop and amaze everytime i look. The contrast should be high and blacks should be dark. With my nexus i have Blue which is actually White! Black which is grey and washed out. I really think i must have a bad sample or maybe its because i have a comparison phone to put the screen against.
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I know about stock android but i never realised just how lacking stock android can be in areas. Whilst some complex stuff is included other simple stuff is missing. You really dont know whats missing until a feature that you might use every day on an S3 is just not there in Nexus. This isnt as much as a deal breaker as the screen though.
I really dont want true to life screen quality anyway. its a phone and not a window. I want the red green and blues to pop and amaze everytime i look. The contrast should be high and blacks should be dark. With my nexus i have Blue which is actually White! Black which is grey and washed out. I really think i must have a bad sample or maybe its because i have a comparison phone to put the screen against.
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Fair enough, if thats how ya feel then thats how you feel
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italia0101 said:
Couldnt disagree more with the OP ,
but everyone's allowed an opinion .... I think the screen is fantastic and sharp, the S3 imo is oversaturated, and some professionals have said the colours are much truer to life than the S3s , and like @hewettBR said , you could calibrate it to pretty much do anything ya wanted ..
Im a little confused, did you not know what you were getting with stock android? its stock, bone, clean, if you dont like it maybe try a custom rom?
Also the battery life on my device has been fine, gets me through a days usage with 30% left and 3 hours of screen on time, no problem what so ever. also some custom kernels people have got 5-6 hours of screen on time
Just my 2 cents
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Totally agree with your answer, y asked a designer to choose which screen look better between the S3 and the Nexus 4, and she choose the nexus 4 because it has more realistic colors she said. I was a GSIII owner and I am not regreat about switching to the nexus 4.
Sorry about my english.
Just ordered mine last night. I too have an s3 right now.
I hope I'm not too disappointed.
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I mean really....
As someone who had an S3, went to a N4, then went back to an S3 I noticed the following things after going back to the S3:
The S3's screen is nowhere near as sharp as the Nexus 4's. I never thought the difference between pentile and non pentile was big, but it is. Text is far clearer. Colours between the two are preference. I like the pop of the S3s screen.
The S3 is a slow phone. The Nexus 4 craps on it for UI speed.
The Nexus is a beautiful device. It feels really nice in the hand and feels very high end.
The Nexus battery life is rubbish. I do not understand how people are getting 5 hours of on screen time - maybe they have everything turned off. I like to have wifi, gps, BT, 3g all turned on all the time and the Nexus 4 would barely get me through a day. The S3 easily does it and also has the option of spare battery. Also when gaming on the Nexus the battery goes down a % a minute at least. I played sworcery for 20 mins and my battery had gone from 80 to 50something%!
The Nexus 4 gets HOT during demanding gaming. Like, really hot. Changing the kernel fixed this - I don't know how.
I also missed the swipe left/right to call/message from touchwiz.
Stock android quick toggles, whilst looking really good aren't useful at all. All they do is take you to the settings menu.
I think that on screen buttons are far nicer and the back button being on the LEFT is the right place.
Forgot to add - The main reason I switched back was because of the Camera. It is ASS! Just take a look at the photo thread on these very forums for proof. Also lacks burst mode which is a bit annoying. It also took longer to render HDRs and they weren't that great. A lot of people think it's good because they came from a Galaxy Nexus , which had a mid 2010 5MP shooter in it.
I was a s3 user but I do like the nexus 4 color
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I think the display is worse on the SGIII.
iPhone 5 for example uses Sharp IPS LCD panels and have won many tests against SGIII in terms of display quality and the Nexus 4 uses a newer and better display - though the IPS panel made by LG.
Or perhaps you just like oversaturated colors and the blueish tint that you get from OLED.
http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_2.htm
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As someone who had an S3, went to a N4, then went back to an S3 I noticed the following things after going back to the S3:
The S3's screen is nowhere near as sharp as the Nexus 4's. I never thought the difference between pentile and non pentile was big, but it is. Text is far clearer. Colours between the two are preference. I like the pop of the S3s screen.
The S3 is a slow phone. The Nexus 4 craps on it for UI speed.
The Nexus battery life is rubbish. I do not understand how people are getting 5 hours of on screen time - maybe they have everything turned off. I like to have wifi, gps, BT, 3g all turned on all the time and the Nexus 4 would barely get me through a day. The S3 easily does it and also has the option of spare battery. Also when gaming on the Nexus the battery goes down a % a minute at least. I played sworcery for 20 mins and my battery had gone from 80 to 50something%!
The Nexus 4 gets HOT during demanding gaming. Like, really hot. Changing the kernel fixed this - I don't know how.
Stock android quick toggles, whilst looking really good aren't useful at all. All they do is take you to the settings menu.
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Interesting points, but yes the s3 definitely has better battery life than the nexus, unfortunately that is something the nexus isnt good at. But its the fastest android phone, maybe the optimus g as well? I dont know but the nexus is ridiculously fast. Im confident that future android updates will adress those battery issues. In the mean time there are great roms and kernels that give extra juice like franco's kernel or matrix kernel.
I also missed the swipe left/right to call/message from touchwiz.
I agree on the screen, washed out and viewing angles are horrible.
italia0101 said:
Couldnt disagree more with the OP ,
but everyone's allowed an opinion .... I think the screen is fantastic and sharp, the S3 imo is oversaturated, and some professionals have said the colours are much truer to life than the S3s , and like @hewettBR said , you could calibrate it to pretty much do anything ya wanted ..
Im a little confused, did you not know what you were getting with stock android? its stock, bone, clean, if you dont like it maybe try a custom rom?
Also the battery life on my device has been fine, gets me through a days usage with 30% left and 3 hours of screen on time, no problem what so ever. also some custom kernels people have got 5-6 hours of screen on time
Just my 2 cents
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spoonboy said:
As someone who had an S3, went to a N4, then went back to an S3 I noticed the following things after going back to the S3:
The S3's screen is nowhere near as sharp as the Nexus 4's. I never thought the difference between pentile and non pentile was big, but it is. Text is far clearer. Colours between the two are preference. I like the pop of the S3s screen.
The S3 is a slow phone. The Nexus 4 craps on it for UI speed.
The Nexus battery life is rubbish. I do not understand how people are getting 5 hours of on screen time - maybe they have everything turned off. I like to have wifi, gps, BT, 3g all turned on all the time and the Nexus 4 would barely get me through a day. The S3 easily does it and also has the option of spare battery. Also when gaming on the Nexus the battery goes down a % a minute at least. I played sworcery for 20 mins and my battery had gone from 80 to 50something%!
The Nexus 4 gets HOT during demanding gaming. Like, really hot. Changing the kernel fixed this - I don't know how.
I also missed the swipe left/right to call/message from touchwiz.
Stock android quick toggles, whilst looking really good aren't useful at all. All they do is take you to the settings menu.
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I agree on the sharp screen of the Nexus but thats LCD tech and any LCD with 300+ PPI gives that.
My S3 isnt slow though? i tend to use Omega Rom which is rapid. Its easily on par with nexus.
The 400 PPI S4 looks to be the phone for me that will give the sharp text
Dear soon-to-return-nexus-4-users,
You realize the Nexus phone, or any Nexus phone, runs Android WITHOUT any 3rd party skin/addon/UI/etc...?
Yes?
OK. Then Why you ***** about a certain feature exist in a certain 3rd party skin/addon/UI/etc... not available in plain Android?
Next, you should also realize that the pro of owning a Nexus phone is not only about getting updates faster, It's also about the development of Custom ROM/Kernels.
So if you buy a Nexus phone and expect to use it like S3 (i.e. without tinkering the device), you are buying it wrong and I do, REALLY do suggest you return it and go back to your TouchWiz phones.
Later.
it's true google calibration is a bit washed out and weak out of the box
but..
1) let the glue dry and screen burn in for a week or two
2) you can make the colours burn your eyes out with gamma control kernels if you want
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The 400 PPI S4 looks to be the phone for me that will give the sharp text
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You won't be able to tell the differences under normal usage conditions. Trust me.
And I can already forsee tons of website will use magnifiers to tell you how small the pixels are and how sharp things are.
Let the glue dry?
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You won't be able to tell the differences under normal usage conditions. Trust me.
And I can already forsee tons of website will use magnifiers to tell you how small the pixels are and how sharp things are.
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Complete waste of phone battery and processing power IMO - why the **** would you want 400PPI when you can't even see the difference!
And no damn website would ever use 400PPI images - simply because they would be HUGE in size.
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Let the glue dry?
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Sarcasm i think.
There is the awful hissing noise during calls. It happens when person I'm talking to speaks. Its getting annoying....anyone else having issues with this? You can really tell when on speakerphone.
Don't want to go back to the Evo LTE
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Not with mine... Been great both phone and speakerphone...
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Can we make this the official "I love this phone but..." thread. I think we really need to keep all these nit-picky things in one thread.
Sure....
Explicit.....you've has this phone for awhile...have you had this problem?
Just wondering if I should exchange it or not
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Sure....
Explicit.....you've has this phone for awhile...have you had this problem?
Just wondering if I should exchange it or not
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To be honest, no. If it's a hissing sound you're hearing (which I haven't heard myself), I would take it back to Sprint and tell them about it. Then get a replacement. I'm sorry if I sounded like a DB, but it's just that the phone really isn't anywhere near a problem as some people make it out to be. People over the on the EVO 4G LTE boards are saying it's hardly and upgrade, I almost wanted to ball my fist around my One and punch a hole through my monitor.
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To be honest, no. If it's a hissing sound you're hearing (which I haven't heard myself), I would take it back to Sprint and tell them about it. Then get a replacement. I'm sorry if I sounded like a DB, but it's just that the phone really isn't anywhere near a problem as some people make it out to be. People over the on the EVO 4G LTE boards are saying it's hardly and upgrade, I almost wanted to ball my fist around my One and punch a hole through my monitor.
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Upgrade is an upgrade is an upgrade.... No matter which way you slice it. .
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To be honest, no. If it's a hissing sound you're hearing (which I haven't heard myself), I would take it back to Sprint and tell them about it. Then get a replacement. I'm sorry if I sounded like a DB, but it's just that the phone really isn't anywhere near a problem as some people make it out to be. People over the on the EVO 4G LTE boards are saying it's hardly and upgrade, I almost wanted to ball my fist around my One and punch a hole through my monitor.
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Not at all did it sound like a db.
And I hear you man....a lot of nit picky stuff. This is by far the best phone I have owned. I compared the screen to my LTE...AND realized how much crisper the One is.
Just need the phone portion of the phone to function properly lol
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Upgrade is an upgrade is an upgrade.... No matter which way you slice it. .
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I agree, I just can't stand some people that act like the phone isn't as hyped up as it really is. This phone is HUGE for HTC, and everyone should really not nit-pick at not having a removable battery, or no SD card slot, or kick stand, or this and that. It's really all just trolling in my book.
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champ052005 said:
Not at all did it sound like a db.
And I hear you man....a lot of nit picky stuff. This is by far the best phone I have owned. I compared the screen to my LTE...AND realized how much crisper the One is.
Just need the phone portion of the phone to function properly lol
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I agree. The core functionality of the phone should work 100%. Mine works as it should, so I'm not complaining. But like I said, Sprint should be told about it, and it should be replaced if it bothers you.
But the overheating feel is a little overbearing at times when I'm holding the device,especially if it's on the charger at the same time
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I got this phone on release day and I haven't experienced anything close to what I've read from other people about the build quality. I've been totally satisfied with the phone and its feature set. There has been times my phone has gotten hot but it happened with the evo3d too. When devices use as much power as these things demand of course there will be some heat. But overall the phone is well built and works flawlessly for me
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I got this phone on release day and I haven't experienced anything close to what I've read from other people about the build quality. I've been totally satisfied with the phone and its feature set. There has been times my phone has gotten hot but it happened with the evo3d too. When devices use as much power as these things demand of course there will be some heat. But overall the phone is well built and works flawlessly for me
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Same here. And for the heat, I saw someone compare it to your PC or PS3. When I'm running games on my PS3 Slim is gets pretty hot. That's what it does.
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Same here. And for the heat, I saw someone compare it to your PC or PS3. When I'm running games on my PS3 Slim is gets pretty hot. That's what it does.
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True. When you compare it to other phones, it gets just as warm. The reason why you think it's really "hot" is bc it's aluminum, which is a good conductor. Keep in mind that when the phone is in cooler conditions, the internals will be much cooler than the insides of a plastic phone.
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True. When you compare it to other phones, it gets just as warm. The reason why you think it's really "hot" is bc it's aluminum, which is a good conductor. Keep in mind that when the phone is in cooler conditions, the internals will be much cooler than the insides of a plastic phone.
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Right. And in the end I think it is a good thing. If the heat is dissipating through the metal case, the processor is staying cooler. Plus with my case on it I don't feel the heat as much now.
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I got this phone on release day and I haven't experienced anything close to what I've read from other people about the build quality. I've been totally satisfied with the phone and its feature set. There has been times my phone has gotten hot but it happened with the evo3d too. When devices use as much power as these things demand of course there will be some heat. But overall the phone is well built and works flawlessly for me
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Most of the people complaining are samsuck fanboys and don't even own the phone.
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Most of the people complaining are samsuck fanboys and don't even own the phone.
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I 100 % agree with you. I just wish those people would stop trolling, it's going on for months.
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Mine had quite a bit of hissing on the first day I had it (launch day). A couple days later it was gone. Maybe Sprint did something on their end?
I think my biggest issue right now is that bluetooth audio is distorted when I stream to my car. It's pretty much unlistenable.
The only other thing I can think of is that when I'm using headphones to listen to music and one of my alarms goes off, after the alarm is dismissed the music goes up to the alarm's volume level. Pretty painful when that happened.
Minor Issues Experienced So Far:
- Long gaming sessions make the phone incredibly hot, almost too hot, but not quite
- Sometimes pressing / holding Home button doesn't open Google Now ... or do anything
- Kind of difficult to use with one hand sometimes due to it's length and fact that it's top heavy
- Camera 'over-focuses' at night - Takes good night shots but sometimes will get stuck in a 'focus loop' for a few seconds
- Trying to switch to Swype takes some doing - It's in the notification bar but not in the Language / KB settings
- Annoying that unlocking the bootloader (rooting) erases all user data with no option to not do that
- Annoying auto-brightness for screen - Placement for the sensor for a righty is right under hand
- Confusing Camera Settings for Scene Types: Normal, Night, HDR. Night setting makes WORSE photos than Normal setting AT night.
- I miss the Motorola / Samsung options. Night, Twilight, Backlit, Inside Dark, etc.
- Last volume before mute setting is actually fairly loud, have to use touch interface to dial it in right
- Micro-USB slot is 'upside-down' compared to most others which have small end on top.
- Little slippery without a case
- Touch doesn't work with gloves at all - vs. my previous Droid Charge which did
Moderate Issue:
- No LTE in my area (yet), 3G gets terribad reception indoors (could be a Sprint thing in general).
Even with these minor issues - most of which can and probably will be fixed with software updates - I still love this thing. It's just unbelievably fast. The fact that it boots in under 10 seconds, the fact that I can run any game (ShadowGun and Real Racing 3 look amazing), and load it in seconds, is awesome. The IR blaster is probably one of the features I have used the most. From controlling a bar TV to my home, it's incredibly convenient. I also have come to love BlinkFeed and just about everything else. This phone gets attention in public for the screen and the beautifully engineered design. I love it.
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Minor Issues Experienced So Far:
- Long gaming sessions make the phone incredibly hot, almost too hot, but not quite
- Sometimes pressing / holding Home button doesn't open Google Now ... or do anything
- Kind of difficult to use with one hand sometimes due to it's length and fact that it's top heavy
- Camera 'over-focuses' at night - Takes good night shots but sometimes will get stuck in a 'focus loop' for a few seconds
- Trying to switch to Swype takes some doing - It's in the notification bar but not in the Language / KB settings
- Annoying that unlocking the bootloader (rooting) erases all user data with no option to not do that
- Annoying auto-brightness for screen - Placement for the sensor for a righty is right under hand
- Confusing Camera Settings for Scene Types: Normal, Night, HDR. Night setting makes WORSE photos than Normal setting AT night.
- I miss the Motorola / Samsung options. Night, Twilight, Backlit, Inside Dark, etc.
- Last volume before mute setting is actually fairly loud, have to use touch interface to dial it in right
- Micro-USB slot is 'upside-down' compared to most others which have small end on top.
- Little slippery without a case
- Touch doesn't work with gloves at all - vs. my previous Droid Charge which did
Moderate Issue:
- No LTE in my area (yet), 3G gets terribad reception indoors (could be a Sprint thing in general).
Even with these minor issues - most of which can and probably will be fixed with software updates - I still love this thing. It's just unbelievably fast. The fact that it boots in under 10 seconds, the fact that I can run any game (ShadowGun and Real Racing 3 look amazing), and load it in seconds, is awesome. The IR blaster is probably one of the features I have used the most. From controlling a bar TV to my home, it's incredibly convenient. I also have come to love BlinkFeed and just about everything else. This phone gets attention in public for the screen and the beautifully engineered design. I love it.
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This must be your first HTC phone. My EVO 3D, EVO 4G LTE and my HTC One all have the USB port positioned the exact same way. I've never really handled a phone other than HTC phones, so I don't know if Samsung has it the other way, or any other manufacturers.
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This must be your first HTC phone. My EVO 3D, EVO 4G LTE and my HTC One all have the USB port positioned the exact same way. I've never really handled a phone other than HTC phones, so I don't know if Samsung has it the other way, or any other manufacturers.
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Had a Droid X, and Droid Charge are like that for me.
Received my new Verizon Note 5 today.Before I could even get my google account setup I get a popup saying closing apps to cool down.Then a this device is shutting down warning.The phone is not even warm to the touch.Chated with Verizon since I billed to my account they wanted me to pay for a new one to be sent out then credit my card back.Told them to call my local store and have a replacement ready in the morning and I would go swap it out.40 mile trip each way.They did give me a credit on my account for the fuel and trouble.
I think I am going to like it if I can get a good one.
I sure hope it was just a faulty unit! Let us know how the new one does, please!
Could you possibly answer a few questions?
Does the Verizon version have the Samsung browser? And how's the back look with the Verizon logo?
And it sounds like a faulty unit..should be fine with a new one.
Did it come with ear buds?
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Rippley05 said:
Could you possibly answer a few questions?
Does the Verizon version have the Samsung browser? And how's the back look with the Verizon logo?
And it sounds like a faulty unit..should be fine with a new one.
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It does come with the Samsung Browser installed by default.
The logo is the same as on the Note 4. I usually cover it up with black tape even though it's behind a case, because it makes me mad when i see it. haha
People and their obsession with the song Verizon logo... Lol. I'll never understand it.
Got mine today as well. Barely gets warm even when gaming while charging.
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Got mine today as well. Barely gets warm even when gaming while charging.
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Is the ram management alright? Open up a heavy website on chrome then Facebook and a game. Can you switch between all 3 without reloading?
I know for sure lg g4 has better ram management than it, but I'm just wondering how bad it is lol. I really want a note =(
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Is the ram management alright? Open up a heavy website on chrome then Facebook and a game. Can you switch between all 3 without reloading?
I know for sure lg g4 has better ram management than it, but I'm just wondering how bad it is lol. I really want a note =(
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The G4 has an entire gig less of RAM. Also, how do you "know for sure" the G4 has better ram management..? That is all on a software/kernel level.
Anyways. I can run Facebook, Chrome with multiple tabs, Fallout Shelter, Trillian, Facebook Messenger with active Chat Heads, weather apps, Z Launcher, various menu pages, the camera running in the background, the stock Launcher running in the background, etc, and I still have almost a gig of RAM free. Everything loads quickly and I can switch back and forth seamlessly without anything needing to reload.
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The G4 has an entire gig less of RAM. Also, how do you "know for sure" the G4 has better ram management..? That is all on a software/kernel level.
Anyways. I can run Facebook, Chrome with multiple tabs, Fallout Shelter, Trillian, Facebook Messenger with active Chat Heads, weather apps, Z Launcher, various menu pages, the camera running in the background, the stock Launcher running in the background, etc, and I still have almost a gig of RAM free. Everything loads quickly and I can switch back and forth seamlessly without anything needing to reload.
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Oh that's great! More than enough for me
And it's because of this video https://youtu.be/_6QSffa9dys
Edit: Going to make a new thread, kind of curious what other people's experiences with this are.
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Oh that's great! More than enough for me
And it's because of this video https://youtu.be/_6QSffa9dys
Edit: Going to make a new thread, kind of curious what other people's experiences with this are.
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Possibly a good idea. I can't say why my experience differs so greatly from his. I can leave everything running overnight and it still all pulls right back up for me no problem. I don't believe I adjusted any settings, and I am still running the same software/OS version it came with NIB. Either way, it is a software/kernel issue. Once we get custom kernels and ROMs that can be adjusted at the press of a toggle, and Sammy will likely send an update to "fix" the issue (put it in quotes because I am not experiencing it myself, and I do not take that one video as proof it is an actual issue).
Note 5 overheating
I had the same problem with my new Note 5 64 gig from Verizon. It came out of the box with approx 35% charge and startup material said to charge to 100% so I plugged it in but only got to 55% before displaying a red exclamation point in a triangle saying it was too hot and wouldn't take any more charge. Red light also flashing. Let it cool down for an hour even though it didnt feel hot and then went through start up procedure but it kept overheating every few minutes, shutting down apps then the entire phone. Did not even feel warm to the touch. I wasnt doing any gaming or even web surfing. I sent maybe 2 simple texts and took one picture and it shut down the text app then the whole phone repeatedly. Spent hours on the phone with Verizon tech who couldn't fix the problem and finally advised me to take it back to the store and they would ship me a new one . Arriving today. Fingers crossed it was just a bad one.
That definitely sounds like a defective phone.
Definitely a faulty unit, I played a couple rounds of VainGlory on the charger last night and it did not even get warm.
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Rippley05 said:
Could you possibly answer a few questions?
Does the Verizon version have the Samsung browser? And how's the back look with the Verizon logo?
And it sounds like a faulty unit..should be fine with a new one.
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It does, and Chrome preinstalled... as for the back, I honestly never looked at it before I threw it in my Tech 21 case lmao, looks great in the case, the only logo that bugs me is the giant samsung above the screen!
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JasonJoel said:
That definitely sounds like a defective phone.
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Indeed it was. New one had zero issues starting up, transferring contacts and media, etc. No overheating issues, thankfully.
whoamanwtf said:
Definitely a faulty unit, I played a couple rounds of VainGlory on the charger last night and it did not even get warm.
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It does, and Chrome preinstalled... as for the back, I honestly never looked at it before I threw it in my Tech 21 case lmao, looks great in the case, the only logo that bugs me is the giant samsung above the screen!
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How smooth is it on max?
Haased said:
Indeed it was. New one had zero issues starting up, transferring contacts and media, etc. No overheating issues, thankfully.
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Stinks that you had that problem, but cool that the new one works correctly!
kamranhaghighi said:
How smooth is it on max?
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VainGlory? It was real smooth, smoother than when I had the iPhone 6+
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VainGlory? It was real smooth, smoother than when I had the iPhone 6+
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good to know! I hope it was max!
kamranhaghighi said:
good to know! I hope it was max!
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I always max everything on everything! Lmao, computer ULTRA, Phone whatever the highest is... Everytime, never play less than the best man.
I see some people saying they only get around 3-4 hours sot. I just got my note yesterday. I haven't disabled anything and have brightness at 40% and my battery has only dropped 5% in 30 mins... Therefore at this pace I'd get around 10 hours screen on time.
DeMi-GoD said:
I see some people saying they only get around 3-4 hours sot. I just got my note yesterday. I haven't disabled anything and have brightness at 40% and my battery has only dropped 5% in 30 mins... Therefore at this pace I'd get around 10 hours screen on time.
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I think people start messing with it before discovering this and they cause battery issues on their own.
Gizmoe said:
I think people start messing with it before discovering this and they cause battery issues on their own.
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Right? This is the best battery life I've ever gotten... Did notice a big difference switching to my wifi from 4G LTE. At this point I don't even think I'll go through and disable apps but idk.
DeMi-GoD said:
I see some people saying they only get around 3-4 hours sot. I just got my note yesterday. I haven't disabled anything and have brightness at 40% and my battery has only dropped 5% in 30 mins... Therefore at this pace I'd get around 10 hours screen on time.
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That's not how it works. You will NOT get anywhere near 10 hours SOT.
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That's not how it works. You will NOT get anywhere near 10 hours SOT.
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yes you will, yesterday at 50% battery I had over 5 hour SOT including listening to music for 2 hours, that was with over 10 hours on the battery, my Note 8 runs in performance mode all the time and wifi and mobile data always on.
people who can't get 6+ hours SOT needs to look at their setup and use, I have two Note 8 and both of them are the same.
Try and run it in performance mode all the time for a week instead of installing 3rd party apps helping you to save power etc....
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yes you will, yesterday at 50% battery I had over 5 hour SOT including listening to music for 2 hours, that was with over 10 hours on the battery, my Note 8 runs in performance mode all the time and wifi and mobile data always on.
people who can't get 6+ hours SOT needs to look at their setup and use, I have two Note 8 and both of them are the same.
Try and run it in performance mode all the time for a week instead of installing 3rd party apps helping you to save power etc....
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Lol ok bud.
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When I hit two hours sot my battery was at 82%. I was going to keep track of it but I did a system update which restarted my phone and now my battery stats are reset... I definitely noticed a faster drain when I was on 4glte and had Bluetooth etc on. Still very impressive.
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yes you will, yesterday at 50% battery I had over 5 hour SOT including listening to music for 2 hours, that was with over 10 hours on the battery, my Note 8 runs in performance mode all the time and wifi and mobile data always on.
people who can't get 6+ hours SOT needs to look at their setup and use, I have two Note 8 and both of them are the same.
Try and run it in performance mode all the time for a week instead of installing 3rd party apps helping you to save power etc....
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It's weird but if you read through many of the SOT/Battery threads you will notice a consistency. People who started right off disabling and tweaking apps have experienced poor SOT/Battery Life. People who just use the phone and let it do whatever it's going to do, have good SOT/Battery Life with slight variations due to usage. It seems with the note 8 that disabling apps may be counter intuitive to battery life.
I get approx 1 hour screen time per 10% battery until a certain point in the battery. So I average over 8 hours SOT typically.
Yes, this has been good device so far.
Did you manage to locate your build date and hardware revision? It's on the label on the box.
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Limeybastard said:
I get approx 1 hour screen time per 10% battery until a certain point in the battery. So I average over 8 hours SOT typically.
Yes, this has been good device so far.
Did you manage to locate your build date and hardware revision? It's on the label on the box.
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You can also download Samsung Phone Info and it will also tell you that info. I bought my Note 8 used, and the original owner threw the box away.
According to Phone Info, my build date is 09/15/2017 and its HW rev. 1.0.
I can MAYBE see some "light leak" on the right side. I have to be in pitch black, with the screen white and full brightness. Still not sure thats what I'm seeing. It actually looks like the light reflecting off the edge of my clear protective skin on the frame. It is so hard to see I simply can't tell.
The biggest complaint I have is the edges have a slight pink tint. If Samsung would add the edge tint option like they did withe S8+, then it would be easy to fix. But even that complaint is minute. I'm just mentioning things if I had to nitpick.
This device is beautiful and my favorite phone by far, followed by my Coral Blue S8+, which is now my backup device. Man I wish they would release the Note 8 in Coral Blue. Like the Coral Blue of the S7 Edge.
Mr. Orange 645 said:
You can also download Samsung Phone Info and it will also tell you that info. I bought my Note 8 used, and the original owner threw the box away.
According to Phone Info, my build date is 09/15/2017 and its HW rev. 1.0.
I can MAYBE see some "light leak" on the right side. I have to be in pitch black, with the screen white and full brightness. Still not sure thats what I'm seeing. It actually looks like the light reflecting off the edge of my clear protective skin on the frame. It is so hard to see I simply can't tell.
The biggest complaint I have is the edges have a slight pink tint. If Samsung would add the edge tint option like they did withe S8+, then it would be easy to fix. But even that complaint is minute. I'm just mentioning things if I had to nitpick.
This device is beautiful and my favorite phone by far, followed by my Coral Blue S8+, which is now my backup device. Man I wish they would release the Note 8 in Coral Blue. Like the Coral Blue of the S7 Edge.
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Pink is normal on these new amoled screens. We obviously try and get the least pink screens.
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Limeybastard said:
Pink is normal on these new amoled screens. We obviously try and get the least pink screens.
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Oh I know. I've had three S8+ (don't ask LOL). The third one (whichI kept) has a PERFECT screen. No pink tint, completely even color all across the screen, no need to adjust the screen tint or temperature, no discolored edges. It is perfect. The screen and Coral Blue color is why I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it, so I kept it as a backup device.
I would consider my Note 8 screen about 99% perfect. The edges have a slight pink tint, and it is just a little warmer overall compared to my S8+, but certainly not pink. Just warmer.
I do wish they would add the edge tint adjustment though. That would make my Note 8 Screen 100% perfect.
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Oh I know. I've had three S8+ (don't ask LOL). The third one (whichI kept) has a PERFECT screen. No pink tint, completely even color all across the screen, no need to adjust the screen tint or temperature, no discolored edges. It is perfect. The screen and Coral Blue color is why I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it, so I kept it as a backup device.
I would consider my Note 8 screen about 99% perfect. The edges have a slight pink tint, and it is just a little warmer overall compared to my S8+, but certainly not pink. Just warmer.
I do wish they would add the edge tint adjustment though. That would make my Note 8 Screen 100% perfect.
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Same here. Fingeresed crossed the next Note won't have these characteristics. I doubt it.
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Mr. Orange 645 said:
You can also download Samsung Phone Info and it will also tell you that info. I bought my Note 8 used, and the original owner threw the box away.
According to Phone Info, my build date is 09/15/2017 and its HW rev. 1.0.
I can MAYBE see some "light leak" on the right side. I have to be in pitch black, with the screen white and full brightness. Still not sure thats what I'm seeing. It actually looks like the light reflecting off the edge of my clear protective skin on the frame. It is so hard to see I simply can't tell.
The biggest complaint I have is the edges have a slight pink tint. If Samsung would add the edge tint option like they did withe S8+, then it would be easy to fix. But even that complaint is minute. I'm just mentioning things if I had to nitpick.
This device is beautiful and my favorite phone by far, followed by my Coral Blue S8+, which is now my backup device. Man I wish they would release the Note 8 in Coral Blue. Like the Coral Blue of the S7 Edge.
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Just downloaded that app and checked. Manufacturing date is 11/1/17 and was made. In Vietnam. Does that mean I got one of the newest batches you think?
I'm not sure aboung that app Samsung phone info, I tried it on both my notes and it claims that my unlocked one bought through Vodafone has root but my sim free unbranded one doesn't, I haven't rooted and trying out a few root checker app they all say no root
DeMi-GoD said:
I see some people saying they only get around 3-4 hours sot. I just got my note yesterday. I haven't disabled anything and have brightness at 40% and my battery has only dropped 5% in 30 mins... Therefore at this pace I'd get around 10 hours screen on time.
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you do not have the lead. you can never evaluate it at the beginning of the cycle.
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j_hansen said:
I'm not sure aboung that app Samsung phone info, I tried it on both my notes and it claims that my unlocked one bought through Vodafone has root but my sim free unbranded one doesn't, I haven't rooted and trying out a few root checker app they all say no root
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my Note 8 has been set Reddish since production =(-6) check via dialer code: *#15987# my display is beautiful as snow
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bassgenerator said:
you do not have the lead. you can never evaluate it at the beginning of the cycle.
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my Note 8 has been set Reddish since production =(-6) check via dialer code: *#15987# my display is beautiful as snow
[img=https://abload.de/thumb/p1200001y2sfb.jpg]
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My first Note 8 was set to that reddish also out of the box. Current one is set to 0 out of the box. I use AMOLED photo mode so it doesn't matter.
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DeMi-GoD said:
Just downloaded that app and checked. Manufacturing date is 11/1/17 and was made. In Vietnam. Does that mean I got one of the newest batches you think?
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Probably not. Since my first note, pre-order was ten days out in respect to deliver date.
My second Note 8 purchased mid November was built on October 17th China. I'm assuming yours is Verizon?
Also did you check what hardware revision it is?
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Limeybastard said:
My first Note 8 was set to that reddish also out of the box. Current one is set to 0 out of the box. I use AMOLED photo mode so it doesn't matter.
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Probably not. Since my first note, pre-order was ten days out in respect to deliver date.
My second Note 8 purchased mid November was built on October 17th China. I'm assuming yours is Verizon?
Also did you check what hardware revision it is?
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Yeah it says REV1.0. What's this mean?
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Yeah it says REV1.0. What's this mean?
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Means nothing has changed. First batch were also the same hardware revision.
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Gizmoe said:
It's weird but if you read through many of the SOT/Battery threads you will notice a consistency. People who started right off disabling and tweaking apps have experienced poor SOT/Battery Life. People who just use the phone and let it do whatever it's going to do, have good SOT/Battery Life with slight variations due to usage. It seems with the note 8 that disabling apps may be counter intuitive to battery life.
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Interesting thing...
Maybe if we disable some stuff cause draining because the phone keep searching apps and services. Will try enabling all the blocked stuff.
Thanks, btw op could share his setup or is by default?
Hi Guys,
I just purchased a brand new Galaxy S21 Ultra,
I am loving the phone, however I have noticed a gap between the screen and Body of the phone and I can slide a piece of paper through it.
(Pictures attached below)
I am deeply disappointed with this, is this normal?
I previously had the s7 and s9 and both had similar manufacturing flaws, it **bleep** to see that Samsung Quality control has still not changed over the years.
Is this a problem? Shall this affect the water resistance of the phone or is this normal?
Please help and give your feedbacks
I'm able to slide a paper in between the front and back glass and the frame too. I guess it's by design...? Never really noticed it in all these months till you pointed it out and frankly, even after seeing it now, it doesn't bother me. I guess some clearance is required between the brittle glass and the metal frame to prevent stress fractures of the glass when the frame deforms under stress, like @adamlee2012 said in his post.
adamlee2012 said:
Mine has gaps the same on the top on both corners. I think it's normal, it's to protect from impact, more likely to crack the glass if frame and glass are touching.
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Thank you for your reply.
That is true however I'm concerned regarding the water resistance?
I tried submerging my phone in a bucket of water for 10mins, other than the microphone which eventually started working after it dried out. Everything else seemed fine
But if this Is normal why is that other device may or may not have it?
enigmaamit said:
I'm able to slide a paper in between the front and back glass and the frame too. I guess it's by design...? Never really noticed it in all these months till you pointed it out and frankly, even after seeing it now, it doesn't bother me. I guess some clearance is required between the brittle glass and the metal frame to prevent stress fractures of the glass when the frame deforms under stress, like @adamlee2012 said in his post.
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That is true but shouldn't it be uniform then, why is that some parts have a wider gap than the others and if so isn't that a manufacturing defect after all?
Do you suggest to keep or return this device?
salvator101 said:
Thank you for your reply.
That is true however I'm concerned regarding the water resistance?
I tried submerging my phone in a bucket of water for 10mins, other than the microphone which eventually started working after it dried out. Everything else seemed fine
But if this Is normal why is that other device may or may not have it?
That is true but shouldn't it be uniform then, why is that some parts have a wider gap than the others and if so isn't that a manufacturing defect after all?
Do you suggest to keep or return this device?
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I'm not sure if this will be accepted by Samsung as a valid reason for replacement. But if you're unhappy, by all means try to get a replacement or refund. It's your money, and you should be fully satisfied with what you bought with it, especially for this kind of asking price.
If the gap is giving you sleepless nights, better to get it replaced, or refund to get another phone. If I were you, I'd leave it alone. But it's your decision.
enigmaamit said:
I'm not sure if this will be accepted by Samsung as a valid reason for replacement. But if you're unhappy, by all means try to get a replacement or refund. It's your money, and you should be fully satisfied with what you bought with it, especially for this kind of asking price.
If the gap is giving you sleepless nights, better to get it replaced, or refund to get another phone. If I were you, I'd leave it alone. But it's your decision.
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Well I purchased it off Amazon and I can return it for a refund, however the problem is due to the semi conductor chip shortage, there are no phones in stock, I had to wait for 2 months to get this device, now if I return it I don't know when the next one will come.
Also I am concerned that what if the replacement phone has wider gaps, I mean if this is normal and every device has it then it makes no sense to return it, am I right?
On a side note I found this statement from samsung
salvator101 said:
Hi Guys,
I just purchased a brand new Galaxy S21 Ultra,
I am loving the phone, however I have noticed a gap between the screen and Body of the phone and I can slide a piece of paper through it.
(Pictures attached below)
I am deeply disappointed with this, is this normal?
I previously had the s7 and s9 and both had similar manufacturing flaws, it **bleep** to see that Samsung Quality control has still not changed over the years.
Is this a problem? Shall this affect the water resistance of the phone or is this normal?
Please help and give your feedbacks
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Welcome to 4 years ago.
There is an app here in the s21U forum that checks the waterproofness of the device by asking you to press the screen hard so the app can check the internal pressure sensors.
It is made with the purpose of checking if the phones seals have worn out.
If yours is fine then you should probably just wear a case on the phone and move on
babyboy3265 said:
There is an app here in the s21U forum that checks the waterproofness of the device by asking you to press the screen hard so the app can check the internal pressure sensors.
It is made with the purpose of checking if the phones seals have worn out.
If yours is fine then you should probably just wear a case on the phone and move on
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I did use the app, it uses the barometer to gauge if the water seal is broken or not.
However I do not know how accurate it is.
My phone passed the test though
I don't have this gap on my S21U Silver.
Everything is like molded and glued together
salvator101 said:
I did use the app, it uses the barometer to gauge if the water seal is broken or not.
However I do not know how accurate it is.
My phone passed the test though
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Well you already submerged the phone into water for 10 mins and all was fine so I see no reason to worry. The test must be accurate.
Honestly, given how tough it is to get a phone like that today, best case is to just put a cover on it and forget about the gap.
Unless you wanna try and go to the seller and ask for a new pone and see what they have to say. Soon new, or not...?
Nat.smith26 said:
I don't have this gap on my S21U Silver.
Everything is like molded and glued together
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Are you certain there is no gap at all on any of the sides?
babyboy3265 said:
Well you already submerged the phone into water for 10 mins and all was fine so I see no reason to worry. The test must be accurate.
Honestly, given how tough it is to get a phone like that today, best case is to just put a cover on it and forget about the gap.
Unless you wanna try and go to the seller and ask for a new pone and see what they have to say. Soon new, or not...?
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That is true.
I purchased it from Amazon and I gave only return it for a refund as they do not have any stock for a replacement, I waited for this phone itself for 1 month or so.
Also the phone is heating a lot and the battery life sucks. I have the Exynos variant. The ideal temperature is 35-38*C with some camera usage it goes up to 45 *C. Don't know if that's normal or what
My battery is showing learning usage pattern and it's on day 3.
So I'm really confused
salvator101 said:
Are you certain there is no gap at all on any of the sides?
That is true.
I purchased it from Amazon and I gave only return it for a refund as they do not have any stock for a replacement, I waited for this phone itself for 1 month or so.
Also the phone is heating a lot and the battery life sucks. I have the Exynos variant. The ideal temperature is 35-38*C with some camera usage it goes up to 45 *C. Don't know if that's normal or what
My battery is showing learning usage pattern and it's on day 3.
So I'm really confused
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If you can get a refund for it then that's not bad. Don't know where you live but it might be best to consider buying it locally if it exists in any shop near you.
I also got the exynos. The heating was present at 1st but eventually it stopped. After the usage was calibrated. And on the latest update with plenty of bloatware removed as per Ketan Rom.
Cemera heating up a bit is normal. If it really overheats and it starts being unresponsive that's a problem. Also if you are recording a video in hot weather that's a guaranteed HOT phone. It's happening for everyone and it is normal.
babyboy3265 said:
If you can get a refund for it then that's not bad. Don't know where you live but it might be best to consider buying it locally if it exists in any shop near you.
I also got the exynos. The heating was present at 1st but eventually it stopped. After the usage was calibrated. And on the latest update with plenty of bloatware removed as per Ketan Rom.
Cemera heating up a bit is normal. If it really overheats and it starts being unresponsive that's a problem. Also if you are recording a video in hot weather that's a guaranteed HOT phone. It's happening for everyone and it is normal.
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Hey thanks for the swift reply.
I live in India, the only feasible and best way to purchase it is via Amazon as they have a return period of 7 days if I purchase it from Samsung or any other local shop, there return period is max 24 hours which sucks.
I love the phone, love everything about it and especially now with the new iPhone out, I can still say that this crushes it, there is no other viable contender for it out there.
I can get it refunded and wait for the next bunch of stock, perhaps that might take another 10-15 days or a month due to the semi conductor shortage issue otherwise I can just keep this phone and use it however it pisses me off that inspire of paying 1200$ for it. There are such manufacturing flaw.
Also I forgot to ask and You didn't mention, does your phone have similar gaps where you can slide a piece of paper with ease?
salvator101 said:
Hey thanks for the swift reply.
I live in India, the only feasible and best way to purchase it is via Amazon as they have a return period of 7 days if I purchase it from Samsung or any other local shop, there return period is max 24 hours which sucks.
I love the phone, love everything about it and especially now with the new iPhone out, I can still say that this crushes it, there is no other viable contender for it out there.
I can get it refunded and wait for the next bunch of stock, perhaps that might take another 10-15 days or a month due to the semi conductor shortage issue otherwise I can just keep this phone and use it however it pisses me off that inspire of paying 1200$ for it. There are such manufacturing flaw.
Also I forgot to ask and You didn't mention, does your phone have similar gaps where you can slide a piece of paper with ease?
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It is an annoying situation indeed... Mine doesn't have the gaps, no. It is the silver exynos 256gb.
I'd say this is a rare issue and getting another phone would 99.9% be gapless... 24h is enough to test it throughly as well, so... Definitely consider it.
It also beats the new iPhone and that's a fact.
Lolz
babyboy3265 said:
It is an annoying situation indeed... Mine doesn't have the gaps, no. It is the silver exynos 256gb.
I'd say this is a rare issue and getting another phone would 99.9% be gapless... 24h is enough to test it throughly as well, so... Definitely consider it.
It also beats the new iPhone and that's a fact.
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Yeah that truly sucks.
My phone just finished the battery learning usage calibrating and I'm getting around 5.5hrs of SOT which is horrible compared to what others are getting and all the reviews out there.
I'm using adaptive 120hz refresh, wifi and 4g on, light surfing usage + Bluetooth on and always connected to the watch + WQHD enabled
Is this battery life normal? how much of SOT are you getting?
I was shocked to see that some people got 8-10 hrs of SOT while I only get the half
salvator101 said:
Yeah that truly sucks.
My phone just finished the battery learning usage calibrating and I'm getting around 5.5hrs of SOT which is horrible compared to what others are getting and all the reviews out there.
I'm using adaptive 120hz refresh, wifi and 4g on, light surfing usage + Bluetooth on and always connected to the watch + WQHD enabled
Is this battery life normal? how much of SOT are you getting?
I was shocked to see that some people got 8-10 hrs of SOT while I only get the half
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I'm getting around 6 hours of SOT with one and a half days of mixed usage. All features of the phone enabled. I'm happy with it.
There are users on XDA who've reported 8-10 hours of SOT but I've never been able to achieve that routinely. I have managed to reach 8hrs of SOT a couple of times, but I had to disable 4G, use only wifi, disable background sync, not use my Galaxy Watch, not open any app that used camera, stay in dark mode with low screen brightness, automatic brightness disabled etc etc to achieve that.
I didn't like the experience so decided to use the phone to it's fullest capability and forget about SOT as long as I got through to my bedtime.
I used to feel envious of these people initially, wondering why my phone didn't get insane SOT but after a few months of using this phone, I just don't care anymore, as I get to the end of my typical day with half the battery remaining.
Everyone has a different usage pattern, so battery life can vary wildly. If you're unhappy, you can try to disable some features, try debloating etc to try to improve it and see how it goes for you
salvator101 said:
Yeah that truly sucks.
My phone just finished the battery learning usage calibrating and I'm getting around 5.5hrs of SOT which is horrible compared to what others are getting and all the reviews out there.
I'm using adaptive 120hz refresh, wifi and 4g on, light surfing usage + Bluetooth on and always connected to the watch + WQHD enabled
Is this battery life normal? how much of SOT are you getting?
I was shocked to see that some people got 8-10 hrs of SOT while I only get the half
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100% what the above comment said.
I also can get about 6h sot with everything enabled including AOD. I spare nothing and 5-6h SOT is more than enough.
It easily lasts a day and that does it for me.
All the people showing how they got 8h+ SOT are basically using the phone at a very limited capacity. Lowering everything to show others how much SOT u got, is similar to cheating in a game. It's not realistic.
Your s21u is better than anything else u even had n the past. it is okay that the SOT is less than some other phones, they don't have what ur phone has.
So enjoy and don't overthink it.
enigmaamit said:
I'm getting around 6 hours of SOT with one and a half days of mixed usage. All features of the phone enabled. I'm happy with it.
There are users on XDA who've reported 8-10 hours of SOT but I've never been able to achieve that routinely. I have managed to reach 8hrs of SOT a couple of times, but I had to disable 4G, use only wifi, disable background sync, not use my Galaxy Watch, not open any app that used camera, stay in dark mode with low screen brightness, automatic brightness disabled etc etc to achieve that.
I didn't like the experience so decided to use the phone to it's fullest capability and forget about SOT as long as I got through to my bedtime.
I used to feel envious of these people initially, wondering why my phone didn't get insane SOT but after a few months of using this phone, I just don't care anymore, as I get to the end of my typical day with half the battery remaining.
Everyone has a different usage pattern, so battery life can vary wildly. If you're unhappy, you can try to disable some features, try debloating etc to try to improve it and see how it goes for you
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babyboy3265 said:
100% what the above comment said.
I also can get about 6h sot with everything enabled including AOD. I spare nothing and 5-6h SOT is more than enough.
It easily lasts a day and that does it for me.
All the people showing how they got 8h+ SOT are basically using the phone at a very limited capacity. Lowering everything to show others how much SOT u got, is similar to cheating in a game. It's not realistic.
Your s21u is better than anything else u even had n the past. it is okay that the SOT is less than some other phones, they don't have what ur phone has.
So enjoy and don't overthink it.
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I get 5.5hrs max of SOT with screen on QHD+ 120hz enabled, wifi connected and galaxy watch connected. I have been trying to limit background apps an so but can't survive for more than 5.5hrs.
Max my phone lasts is for 18-19hrs with 5.5hrs of SOT.
I have gone through several reviews of people claiming 8hrs+
I don't even have heavy usage, all I use is WhatsApp, YouTube and chrome and a bit of Facebook.
Considering how light the usage is surely the battery life sucks?
As enigmaamit above also said that he has mixed usage and still gets 6+ hrs and mine is light usage and it still struggles so I wonder is this normal?
salvator101 said:
I get 5.5hrs max of SOT with screen on QHD+ 120hz enabled, wifi connected and galaxy watch connected. I have been trying to limit background apps an so but can't survive for more than 5.5hrs.
Max my phone lasts is for 18-19hrs with 5.5hrs of SOT.
I have gone through several reviews of people claiming 8hrs+
I don't even have heavy usage, all I use is WhatsApp, YouTube and chrome and a bit of Facebook.
Considering how light the usage is surely the battery life sucks?
As enigmaamit above also said that he has mixed usage and still gets 6+ hrs and mine is light usage and it still struggles so I wonder is this normal?
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There are too many variables into the equation...
FB uses plenty of battery for one.
Two, maybe where you are, your phone isn't catching great signal. usually when that happens, it drains the battery as the device is constantly trying to get better signal.
Maybe since you are not rooted you have plenty of bloatware that is draining your battery.
Additionally, putting usused apps to sleep, adaptive battery being ON, and also maybe you are using white mode instead of dark mode. Dark mode saves plenty of battery on our amoled screens.
Also I am rooted. So no bloatware. Battery fully calibrated. No draining apps. I use FB trough my KIWI browser with dark mode on for all pages.
If you get a full day, you are good.