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I don't understand why folks subject themselves to this for $1000 when other options are available. You don’t have to keep supporting Samsung by buying their p

by tbrock 7y ago

I don't understand why folks subject themselves to this for $1000 when other options are available. You don’t have to keep supporting Samsung by buying their phones. Get a pixel instead.

guelo 7y ago
I got an S10 because of the headphone jack and sd card slot. I uninstalled or disabled any software I didn't need pretty easily. I find it to be a fantastic phone.
- maxerickson 7y ago
  Those things are available on cheaper phones that don't come with so many ads. (for example, the Moto G7. Of course, lots of people have Lenovo concerns)
  - King-Aaron 7y ago
    Except cheaper phones tend to be worse consumer products.
sfifs 7y ago
Google branded hardware has a notorious reputation for problems about 1-1.5 year down the road. This has happened with every single Google device anyone in my family has ever owned and so we've basically stopped buying Google. Very few manufacturers apart from Samsung come close to Apple in terms of sheer hardware quality and service support and Apple OS's lack of customisability, pathetic camera and lack of 3.5mm jack completely rules it out for me. That's basically why I have paid a premium for Samsung over the years. I may look at Huawei too now that they appear to have significantly upped the hardware quality game. Being virtually stock Android, pre-installed software is easily disabled (even FB) - the only major complaint is inability to assign Bixby button to something else without rooting.
- lozaning 7y ago
  It's now possible to reassign the bixby button to something else without rooting the phone.
  - sfifs 7y ago
    Oh interesting. How do you do that? I don't see anything obvious in the settings area.
    - lozaning 7y ago
      You've gotta make sure that all your native samsung apps are up to date and then you should see the setting: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-remap-the-bixby-button/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-remap-the-bixby-... Rooting will still give you the most functionality, but Samsung has finally at least partially relented.
      - sfifs 7y ago
        Ah thanks! Wasn't seeing this option
- saulrh 7y ago
  ? I used a Nexus 5 up until last year. Ended up upgrading last year, not because it had issues or because lineage stopped releasing for it, but because IT at my new job refused to let six-year-old devices on the network. Meanwhile, my parents complained continuously about their three-year-old iPhones getting slower and slower. Anecdotes, yeah, but...
  - aosmith 7y ago
    My nexus 5 still works, I don't use it anymore but the thing was an absolute tank.
    - neilv 7y ago
esalman 7y ago
> I don't understand why folks subject themselves to this for $1000 when other options are available. After my "flagship" HTC10 became unusable within 2 years because of battery issues, I was in the market for a new phone. But I was determined to not spend over $250. I ended up with Nokia 6.1. The only issue with it is that it is just a little slow because it uses snapdragon 435 (I think). However for the same reason it's battery lasts up to 2 days. Other stand-out features are unibody metal design, and Android One (meaning no bloatware). I bought it for only $180 from Best Buy after price match, and sold the HTC for $60 at decluttr.com. I think this is one of the best value purchase I ever made- up there with a Toyota Corolla.
voltagex_ 7y ago
If I wanted the best camera in a phone on the market, my choices were the Note 9 (before the Pixel 3, I think) or one of the iPhones. I have enough invested in the Google/Android ecosystem that moving would be painful, plus I'm not a fan of Apple.

by tbrock 7y ago

I don't understand why folks subject themselves to this for $1000 when other options are available. You don’t have to keep supporting Samsung by buying their phones. Get a pixel instead.

guelo 7y ago

I got an S10 because of the headphone jack and sd card slot. I uninstalled or disabled any software I didn't need pretty easily. I find it to be a fantastic phone.

maxerickson 7y ago
Those things are available on cheaper phones that don't come with so many ads. (for example, the Moto G7. Of course, lots of people have Lenovo concerns)
- King-Aaron 7y ago
  Except cheaper phones tend to be worse consumer products.

sfifs 7y ago

Google branded hardware has a notorious reputation for problems about 1-1.5 year down the road. This has happened with every single Google device anyone in my family has ever owned and so we've basically stopped buying Google. Very few manufacturers apart from Samsung come close to Apple in terms of sheer hardware quality and service support and Apple OS's lack of customisability, pathetic camera and lack of 3.5mm jack completely rules it out for me. That's basically why I have paid a premium for Samsung over the years. I may look at Huawei too now that they appear to have significantly upped the hardware quality game. Being virtually stock Android, pre-installed software is easily disabled (even FB) - the only major complaint is inability to assign Bixby button to something else without rooting.

lozaning 7y ago
It's now possible to reassign the bixby button to something else without rooting the phone.
- sfifs 7y ago
  Oh interesting. How do you do that? I don't see anything obvious in the settings area.
  - lozaning 7y ago
    You've gotta make sure that all your native samsung apps are up to date and then you should see the setting: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-remap-the-bixby-button/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-remap-the-bixby-... Rooting will still give you the most functionality, but Samsung has finally at least partially relented.
    - sfifs 7y ago
      Ah thanks! Wasn't seeing this option
saulrh 7y ago
? I used a Nexus 5 up until last year. Ended up upgrading last year, not because it had issues or because lineage stopped releasing for it, but because IT at my new job refused to let six-year-old devices on the network. Meanwhile, my parents complained continuously about their three-year-old iPhones getting slower and slower. Anecdotes, yeah, but...
- aosmith 7y ago
  My nexus 5 still works, I don't use it anymore but the thing was an absolute tank.
  - neilv 7y ago

esalman 7y ago

> I don't understand why folks subject themselves to this for $1000 when other options are available. After my "flagship" HTC10 became unusable within 2 years because of battery issues, I was in the market for a new phone. But I was determined to not spend over $250. I ended up with Nokia 6.1. The only issue with it is that it is just a little slow because it uses snapdragon 435 (I think). However for the same reason it's battery lasts up to 2 days. Other stand-out features are unibody metal design, and Android One (meaning no bloatware). I bought it for only $180 from Best Buy after price match, and sold the HTC for $60 at decluttr.com. I think this is one of the best value purchase I ever made- up there with a Toyota Corolla.

voltagex_ 7y ago

If I wanted the best camera in a phone on the market, my choices were the Note 9 (before the Pixel 3, I think) or one of the iPhones. I have enough invested in the Google/Android ecosystem that moving would be painful, plus I'm not a fan of Apple.