Quoting the tl;dr in the linked article:
Samsung could be stepping up its game by offering seven years of major Android updates for the Galaxy S24 series, and the generous update policy might extend to other Galaxy flagships.
The Galaxy S24 series might also introduce charges for AI features like Live Translate and Pixel-like photo editing tools after 2025.
There’s speculation that users may need to sign in to their Samsung accounts for certain AI functionalities.
That is not the only big thing of pixels. To me it’s the openness. These are, ironically, the best and easiest phones to leave google. Or at least root them without the evergrowing hassles of each iteration of samcraps.
Noone would ever buy a PC if they wouldn’t get admin-access and mustn’t install Linux or whatever. With phones they managed to keep us out.
Noone would ever buy a PC if they wouldn’t get admin-access
Why not? They do it with phones all the time.
“you can’t uninstall a system-app” (while trying to get rid of all the bloatware like mcaffee)
“you cannot upgrade to win8, but you can factory-reset your win7”
“you can only factory-reset 3 times, please call <insert company>-support!”
“you don’t have access to this file”
"defender has removed this ‘malware’ and there’s nothing you can do about it’
“You can’t install linux on this machine, this machine came bundled with Win7Home”
“you cannot install this program”
“you are not allowed to enter the bios”
“you cannot boot from this non-licensed device” (usb-stick)
etc.
One of these would probably do it :-)
i always found it funny that the best method of having a privacy focused phone (without having significant tradeoffs like the pinephone) is to buy the phone from the company who violates privacy the worst, and flashing over it.
7 years of updates is the tour of competition I like to see
Nickle and diming “AI” features isn’t.
Charging extra for features of a £1000+ phone is hilarious. They really try and act like we’re getting them for free.
Miss me with that AI bullshit, just make the screen completely flat on S24U and I’ll be more than happy.
Please. Who is interested in the curve anymore? I know they just do it for the people in the store.
I like the edge curve on my S9+ and Note 20U. Makes the bezels feel smaller and makes for a smoother swipe finger-feel.
But if I could trade that for removable battery/storage/repairability I would.
My only complaint about curved screens is that it makes it impossible to properly protect the screen, and offers ??? in exchange.
I’ve had screen protectors on all my edge-curved screens 🤷♂️
I said “properly”.
Proper screen protection doesn’t mean a 1mm thick reflective grease-magnet on top of the display. It means a case that provides several millimeters of much softer materials.
I guess I always use a case so for me it just feels like anothervpkace for dust to settle.
Wish granted, it is completely flat
So, when is the camera tech finally going to be good enough to make the camera flush with the phone body?
To talk about the article instead of ranting on about niche wants:
- 7 years of updates would be really good. Given how mature the hardware is nowadays, I can see a phone doing 7 years, save for the battery. Will Samsung be able to keep batteries in production?
- I’m less sold on the AI things, I guess that’s the buzzword now. AI AI AI everywhere. Also the two features mentioned are already in Google products, and I’d rather use those if I have to, unless Samsung pulls out a surprise and show that they are better at software development than Google is.
As an iPhone feature, we get these AI features for free and the phones cost the same.
Although im not sure about the photo editing.
The biggest reason I do t use Android is the lack of long term security and software updates.
The second reason is bloatware.
Atleast in Australia , the iphones cost double.
Take something like GrapheneOS if security is important for you:
- No bloatware
- 7 years of updates on the new pixel phones with it
- Much more secure than an iPhone
- An iPhone isn’t really privacy respecting or similar even though Apple always claims it to be
- An iPhone locks you in. Heck you can’t even let Nextcloud or Immich sync files in the background on iOS just because Apple says “no background sync only works good with our own services so you give us your money and use iCloud Photos and Drive”.
I need to use commercial chat apps for work on my phone. I’m concerned they will not work on GrapheneOS.
When it comes to my work, privacy has to come second, so I’m just sticking with the main operating systems.
Which ones? Haven’t experienced any app that doesn’t work with GrapheneOS. Even my banking apps work. Only thing that doesn’t work is Google Pay.
I guess the bigger point is that even if my apps work now, they are so important to my business that if they stopped working then I immediately would not be able to do my work until I got a new phone.
I rely on specific chat apps so heavily to communicate with clients.
I hope someone releases a build of LineageOS or any AOSP based custom ROM for the s23 series.
This takes time, there is only just now a lineage OS release for my S20 FE.
unless that comes with either a 600-700$ decrease in price or the readdition of a microSD card slot I’m not interested.
After phone storage got beyond 32GB, I thought I won’t need a microSD slot anymore. I was wrong and my 128GB are full again. Downloading shows and music in high quality needs quite a bit of storage, not to mention videos. As if to make matters worse, the OS takes up more storage than my first two phones had at all.
I never understood why anybody wouldn’t need SD access… There’s no way to have a reliable backup location in the event you can’t reach the internet for whatever reason.
Tizen or whatever they call it now is garbage. That is why I have a pixel.
You had a Samsung which runs Tizen? No wonder it sucks.
Will they be bringing SD support back? I don’t get how people can use phones without SD support…
lol this is hilarious 😂 it does not matter how long they say you get updates so good as Samsung is in 7 years you are getting 3/4 updates … 😂 😂 😂 but most people eat with the eyes 👀 wow 7 years? I go to buy a Samsung 😂😂😂 do that and come back in 7 years to tell me about your experience good luck
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Wouldn’t a power bank solve that issue? So far the airports I’ve been to usually have the power sockets completely hogged so I don’t even count on the chance that one is free. I usually bring along a power bank that gets me through 2-3 full charges of my phone.
really I’ve rarely seen airports that full even LAX but I also don’t travel during the busy times of the year
