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Then don't buy Samsung phones?

eatonphil 4y ago
Pixel series is my favorite. Even the second tier Pixels are better than the Samsung Galaxy I got last year. The builtin Samsung apps suck and can't be installed, true. But also the keyboard or screen size isn't a fit for me so it's constantly inserting periods/upper case words into my stream of words when I type quickly. And worst of all the USB-C port has gotten so bad only 2 of my 8 USB-C cables work with the phone anymore (though they still work with other USB-C devices I need to charge). Really looking forward to going back to the Pixel phones and not touching Samsung again.
- buzzwords 4y ago
  Pixel is generally out of my price range
  - eatonphil 4y ago
    Which Samsung do you get? My Samsung is more expensive than any Pixel I've had before. Pixel 6a is $449 new. You can get an older model than that used for half the price too.
    - eatonphil 4y ago
      My sister-in-law got a Motorola phone under our Fi plan and I think it was fine too. They're around $300 new. https://fi.google.com/about/phones/moto?pli=1 https://fi.google.com/about/phones/moto?pli=1
wiseowise 4y ago
Pixels aren’t available in my country.
- krzyk 4y ago
  They aren't in my country, yet I have my second one (Pixel 3 and now Pixel 4). There are ways depending on your country, e.g. Amazon sends phones further than Google. Sometimes you can get overpriced Pixels in your own country (this way I got my replacement Pixel 4, Amazon didn't have them in stock after my warranty claim, so they gave me my money back and I bot Pixel 4 again for similar price).
buzzwords 4y ago
Believe me, after this experience I will not buy another Samsung phone again.
- vel0city 4y ago
  Personally I expand that out to generally be avoiding Samsung anything. The only positive experience I've had with Samsung devices was dumpster diving their TVs as they had a stupid high failure rate of their capacitors. A couple of dollar order from Mouser or DigiKey and the TV would be better than new. The fact that the only positives I've had with Samsung in the last decade or so is fixing their broken devices to score nearly free TVs says a lot about Samsung. I used to really like Samsung. I bought a lot of Samsung electronics, either as the original device or with their equipment in things (they used to make a ton of PC power supplies for OEMs, their CRT monitors and TVs were often re-badged in the US). I avoid it like the plague these days.

Pixel series is my favorite. Even the second tier Pixels are better than the Samsung Galaxy I got last year. The builtin Samsung apps suck and can't be installed, true. But also the keyboard or screen size isn't a fit for me so it's constantly inserting periods/upper case words into my stream of words when I type quickly. And worst of all the USB-C port has gotten so bad only 2 of my 8 USB-C cables work with the phone anymore (though they still work with other USB-C devices I need to charge). Really looking forward to going back to the Pixel phones and not touching Samsung again.

buzzwords 4y ago
Pixel is generally out of my price range
- eatonphil 4y ago
  Which Samsung do you get? My Samsung is more expensive than any Pixel I've had before. Pixel 6a is $449 new. You can get an older model than that used for half the price too.
  - eatonphil 4y ago
    My sister-in-law got a Motorola phone under our Fi plan and I think it was fine too. They're around $300 new. https://fi.google.com/about/phones/moto?pli=1 https://fi.google.com/about/phones/moto?pli=1

wiseowise 4y ago

Pixels aren’t available in my country.

krzyk 4y ago
They aren't in my country, yet I have my second one (Pixel 3 and now Pixel 4). There are ways depending on your country, e.g. Amazon sends phones further than Google. Sometimes you can get overpriced Pixels in your own country (this way I got my replacement Pixel 4, Amazon didn't have them in stock after my warranty claim, so they gave me my money back and I bot Pixel 4 again for similar price).

buzzwords 4y ago

Believe me, after this experience I will not buy another Samsung phone again.

vel0city 4y ago
Personally I expand that out to generally be avoiding Samsung anything. The only positive experience I've had with Samsung devices was dumpster diving their TVs as they had a stupid high failure rate of their capacitors. A couple of dollar order from Mouser or DigiKey and the TV would be better than new. The fact that the only positives I've had with Samsung in the last decade or so is fixing their broken devices to score nearly free TVs says a lot about Samsung. I used to really like Samsung. I bought a lot of Samsung electronics, either as the original device or with their equipment in things (they used to make a ton of PC power supplies for OEMs, their CRT monitors and TVs were often re-badged in the US). I avoid it like the plague these days.