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You people just say shit to say it.
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the processor is faster/ 1 generation newer, sd 888 vs sd865. literally the main reason to ever buy electronics.
the screen is flat vs curved. the biggest upgrade for s21.
camera is always the same on all phones forever, now you notice? fake.
charger yeah. lucky me i own the electus 25 dollar 45 watt charger on amazon that supports all samsung fast charging for my s7 tablet already, so i'm good.
also nice that it has wirelress charging
the 1080p screen every single review says you cant notice it.
i'm pretty sure samsung pay was not taken away on a Samsung phone. everyone uses google pay anyway.
i googled and i guess youre talking about the mst. mine is a chipped card anyway so i dont think that even applies to anyone.
"MST is by no means perfect: getting a payment to go through on the first try can sometimes be a challenge, and it's worthless in situations where you have to stick your card all the way into a slot."
My card has chip, I always stick it into slot. So this would not come into play for me. Fail.
if you like old phone buy old phone.
Apple doesnt have Micro SD either so....what exactly are your options? Almost nobody else still makes high end phones.
GEEZ THE WJINING. And in another thread maybe we'll have a one plus [phone with a Micro SD and all the comments will be OMG CHINA DATA THIEFS not THANK GOODNESS MICRO SD. You people are FAKKKKEEEE not even consistent.
Who is whining? These are important features to consider. Samsung has done this and reverted their decision with the s6 and s7 and that happened because unlike sheeps like you people like us complained they listened.
And yes exactly my current phone is iphone 12 from a s20. You know why? Because if I have to live without a microsd card and samsung pay i rather get an iphone and have guaranteed updates for another 5-8 years which no android phone can ever. And also battery life is day and night difference on s21 and iphone 12, plus iphone has both 5g sub6 as well as mmwave. So obviously Samsung asking people to buy the iphone!
the screen is flat vs curved. the biggest upgrade for s21.
camera is always the same on all phones forever, now you notice? fake.
charger yeah. lucky me i own the electus 25 dollar 45 watt charger on amazon that supports all samsung fast charging for my s7 tablet already, so i'm good.
also nice that it has wirelress charging
the 1080p screen every single review says you cant notice it.
i'm pretty sure samsung pay was not taken away on a Samsung phone. everyone uses google pay anyway.
i googled and i guess youre talking about the mst. mine is a chipped card anyway so i dont think that even applies to anyone.
"MST is by no means perfect: getting a payment to go through on the first try can sometimes be a challenge, and it's worthless in situations where you have to stick your card all the way into a slot."
My card has chip, I always stick it into slot. So this would not come into play for me. Fail.
if you like old phone buy old phone.
Most cards here in the US has a chip for many years. I don't remember when I saw a chipless card heck many of my cards have nfc and have tap to pay in the card. Samsung pay works for any kind of terminal swipe or insert for chip!
The screen was curved but was 2k vs 1k resolution on the s20.
Even with the sd888 5g battery drain is so terrible virtually unusable. So don't know what the new chip is giving you noticeable advantage for you.
I did buy the s21 after trading in the s20 because I got the s21 for free after trade in and then I sold it and ended up buying the iphone 12 and happy. BTW iphone 12 has a flat screen too and amoled too so all the advantages that samsung had over other phones is literally gone.
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In retrospect, I probably should've gotten the S21. I got the Ultra because I was concerned about battery life. But I guess the people doing reviews do nothing but sit staring at their phones all day. Reviews said to expect the S21 Ultra battery to last a bit more than a day. It's lasting me 4-5 days of about 2 hours/day screen time. I get so much battery life that I enabled all the battery-hogging features like 3200x1440 resolution, just because. An S21 with 20% smaller battery probably would've been just fine for me.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/29/s...-2021.html
I was hoping it would relieve me from lugging my Canon 70-200L f/2.8 IS everywhere. But with the image sharpness I'm seeing it'll only substitute for it in about 10%-20% of shots. Still handy to have since it's always in my pocket, but most of the shots where I might use it, I'd be better off getting closer and using the 24mm main camera (or lugging out the 70-200L).
I don't have any Samsung phone. But would you have any knowledge where having good or great trade in discount? I'm currently in return window of a OnePlus 8 Pro. Might consider getting older Samsung or Oneplus to do trade in
This price just slightly better than the average price they're available for everywhere. It only seems like a good deal compared to MSRP, which nobody actually pays.
Just wait for Black Friday and it'll be several hundred dollars cheaper.
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Backup you photos to a local NAS drive, One drive, Google, ETC. Most without loss of quality.
People shouldn't depend on their phones for file storage. If you're saving more than 256gb of files in a day, you don't need a phone, you need a camera.
I would say yes to everything but Nas drive. Had a Buffalo Nas drive that bricked and lost a ton of photos.
So uh, suggestions on best compromise for <$500? Debating just buying the pixel 3 from the other thread and keeping that for a year or 2. But I don't want to have to charge my phone multiple times a day
The a71 5G which was discounted to about $280 in December and even cheaper with trade-ins. I got one at the time and it's great, headphone jack and SD card slot. There may be further discounts in the future. Samsung also committed to 3 years of Android updates
Will wait to see what 13 brings.
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All of the best trade in deals with Samsung directly are gone unfortunately.
Your best shot now is to wait for another carrier trade in deal. T-Mobile was offering insane deals for Mother's Day and for a while before that as well but that is over now. You can still buy a S9 for ~$200 and trade it for $500 in bill credits, but yesterday it was $800 so it kind of sucks to do that now.
Not sure about other carriers, but I would check with yours to see what they are offering.