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Previously on Lemmy: Sony

Past Discussions:

I thought we should restart the brand discussion with something more popular to give this community relaunch a bit more oomph. So, Samsung it is.

I’ve never really used a Samsung phone much before, despite them being so popular in the States. Have friends who used them, they usually look nice and high quality, and the Galaxy S Active are the only high-end phones I know that doesn’t shatter when you look at them wrong without a case, so, props to Samsung.

There are may reasons I don’t like Samsung phones: Hardware fuse disabling Knox on bootloader unlock, Exynos vs Snapdragon models, the mandatory Bixby button, the Galaxy Note 7 that really blew up. To me, Samsung phones are trying so hard to go against what makes Android good, which is the customizability to do whatever you wanted. Android is everything; Samsung is just Samsung.

Personally, I think Samsung is only worth buying at the very high end for the Galaxy S series. I’ve heard that A series have gotten better, but there always seems to be better choices from Moto/Pixel/Chinese brands on Amazon that it’s not worth considering their low tier offering.

What should we do next week? I’m thinking Microsoft, just to make fun of them for the very idea of making a Surface Duo 2.

FAQ:

  • Margot RobbieOPM
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    11 year ago

    Tell me about the seamless mirroring. I haven’t heard of it before.

    • HidingCat
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      21 year ago

      It’s just mirroring your phone’s screen in Windows. Nice when I’m at the desktop and don’t want to use the phone.

      • Margot RobbieOPM
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        11 year ago

        That’s actually pretty neat. I’ve heard Microsoft is bringing that natively with Windows 11 now.

        • HidingCat
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          21 year ago

          Yea, Win11’s Android subsytem is pretty neat, but I’m waiting for the UI bits to get cleaned up before I think of upgrading. Am happy to use Win10 and this method of getting apps on the desktop screen for now.