I am exactly the same. Been testing a Samsung A71 this week and blown away by it.
Biggest problem with switching is finding a great Apple Watch and AirPods Pro alternative.
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I am exactly the same. Been testing a Samsung A71 this week and blown away by it.
Biggest problem with switching is finding a great Apple Watch and AirPods Pro alternative.
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The S20+ is £200 more, but has 5G and is eligible for the free samung buds on preorder. I'm still debating it all with myself but it's probably the one I'd get as I don't need the camera on the ultra (nor the larger size).
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Why do you need an Airpods pro alternative? I'm using them with my S9+ and they work great.
You are right about the watch though, nothing really beats the Apple Watch 5.
Hopefully Samsung release the Galaxy Watch 2 in August.
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A question i have not seen asked or seen an answer for" did they upgrade the audio" ie the dac ? does anyone know this.
The DAC wasn't bad to begin with anyway, what issue did you have previously? It's no LG quad DAC but the S10 (example) is more than powerful enough to drive my Sennheiser HD650 comfortably for sure. Not that it matters a huge deal for the S20 since there is no headphone jack and the USB-C headphones currently available are not really geared towards enthusiast audio peeps. Those that are will likely be using Type-C DAC matchboxes anyway?
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I am just interested if it is any different to my current note 9
I'd personally expect it to be just as good but remember, no headphone jack... So you're limited to the output potential if you're using a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter.
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Cheers atm i am using the Samsung galaxy buds. i will be moving to the buds+ once they arrive lol.
Ah in that case you will have the exact same sound. The Buds+ are better so once you get those the sound will be better still. It's the BT IEMs that are doing the bulk of the processing of audio.
You can get a 4G S20 I think.
Yep, £799 less whatever cashback you can find.
Wanting a good camera on a phone means doesn't mean you just care about the camera, not exactly practical carrying two devices or having to transfer a photo just to upload it to instagram or whatever.
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Pretty much this. Not only do you need to charge two devices all the time if you may need the camera, you also need to carry them both around as well. (You also need to worry about loss/destruction of one or both devices)
I don't know about you, but I typically carry Keys, Wallet, Travelcard and Mobile in my pockets and they're full from that already. Carrying an extra device is often impractical. So having a device you do carry around with you (mobile) that also has a Camera capability that does really well (especially in terms of what we've seen so far in what it can do), and it's going to be miles better to just look after the one device.
Although if we take Spit's post literally, then if you REALLY ARE just after a good imaging device, the Camera does beat the mobile (easily), no doubts there.
So true, but if I'm heading to do some photography then I'll take my dslr though got to admit the phone camera is very good and very handy.
Is the upgraded camera on the S20 (not considering an Ultra) worth swapping an S10 in for? I'm probably thinking not but in truth have no idea.
Gut feel is that the S20 and S20+ camera will not be much of an improvement over the S10 series. It's a question I'm waiting to see answered as well.
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