Hahahaha don't think I'll ever be using them againWouldn't buy a dead cat off carphone warehouse - (not sure why anyone would buy a dead cat)
**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S20 Family Thread ****
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The cpw terms are clear and you even said they told you in store.
Your best bet is to go directly to Vodafone.
Can't disagree. They're a decent network overall. Just the capped tarrifs are a joke
I think i'm going to sign up for one of those S20 5G deals. Any ideas whether O2 or Voda is overall consistently better as a network? I get zero receiption with EE and Three in my house and 3-4 bars with O2 or Voda (testing both PAYG sims tonight). On the O2 sim I'm hitting 90mbps. Voda im getting about 30-40mpbs and EE/Three less than 5mbps due to reception im sure. But before I place order for O2/Voda just curious which is the overall better network? (I know Voda CS is garbage, but so is O2 in my experience)
I'm in London and on EE have much better coverage than my girlfriend who is on O2
I'm surprised by that tbh - I've had EE for the last 5 years and I've found the reception is iffy at best whereas O2 always seems to have full bars wherever i go in London. We had EE on my previous employer's business phones and they were swapped to Voda because lots of people complained about the lack of signal. When we switched to Voda, always had full signal and very quick data.
My personal experience with EE has been fast speeds when you have a good signal, but getting a good signal is a challenge. I'm just sick of using EE wifi calling or dropping to 3g to use the wifi booster just to be able to make a call in my home. I honestly dont care about download speeds, I would much prefer rock solid, stable connections everywhere i am and sacrifice 75% of download speed.
We're just moving our business phones away from them as they don't really care about small business either.
We have 10 phones roughly with them and travel massses so spend a lot relative to the number of handsets and they have been totally indifferent to us.
Moving to O2 next week.
Have the s20 ultra on order.
Another review basically saying the Ultra is not worth it
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/28/galaxy-s20-ultra-review/
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/28/galaxy-s20-ultra-review/
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/28/galaxy-s20-ultra-review/?amp#click=https://t.co/XhEXTKznaB
May I ask what you thought of Vodafone outside of their CS? Call quality is supposed to be much better than O2 while signal strength is roughly the same as they both use the same frequencies
Where are you? I find VF to be hot garbage a lot of the time.. Catching a train in anything like rush hour London means I have a phantom signal, I can see it but I can't do anything with it. Driving means frequent drop outs etc etc.
Nothing is foolproof mind, it's a trick for getting what works for you.. for some genius reason my office literally only has Vodafone so I'm kinda stuck.
Although to be fair at home it works great, I've suddenly started getting upwards of 150mb on 4g+ so I've stopped using my home wifi lol.
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Looks like the S20 Ultra suffers partially from the same issue the Lumia 950 XL and Lumia 1020, where due to the larger camera, the focusing takes longer and has a few more issues locking on. Hope that new software fixes this problem.
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The thing is the newer reviews that are coming out are saying that there is a camera update that "fixes a number of issues" but obviously they do not state which ones its going to fix, i am sure most if not all of the camera issues will be fixed including the 120hz refresh rate at full res.
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To be fair if the phone was a lot cheaper reviewers would be all over it. its not the first time or the only industry where things have been released with sub optimal software or something they later have to recall to fix. It will all get pretty much fixed.
to be fair their network is good. Didn't have any issues from that point of view. Slightly patchy. have been with them for years.
That's a fairly obvious conclusion - a £600 phone gets away with stuff that a £1200 doesn't and shouldn't get away with.
I'm glad that every mention of the S20 Ultra comes with the caveat of "it's expensive" and I'm also glad in a way that it's getting marked down because of it.
I think it's refreshing that review sites are happy to go against the mighty Samsung and call them out for hiking the price. I only hope those same sites give Apple the treatment when the 12 Pro arrives with another 100-150 on the price over the 11 Pro because lol 5g.
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Whilst it's my first foray into Android, I must agree some of the reviews do raise a few eyebrows on what they sound a "negative" over.
"It's basic black. I don't like it." Oh really? So it's not got anything to do the the tech, its difficulties (too much slippery glass and its fairly heavy for the smaller hands people means it'll likely drop more). But your own opinion that I should now take as my own? Please(!).
But I'm not going to knock everything that I've read. But I will highlight silliness like the one I quoted, just pointless docking/negative for the sake of it. Totally unprofessional.
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What gets my goat (and I know it was to be expected) is that everyone is reviewing the Ultra. A few more really in depth reviews of the regular and Plus would be nice.
Everyone has different requirements but I generally sit with my phone resting on the little finger of my right hand. My phone is a Note 10+ and it's already fairly heavy so I like to know the weight of a phone. Reviewers who comment on the overall and top heavy nature of the S20 Ultra are helping me out.
I'm also one of those people who, if I spend a grand or more on a phone, want others to know that I've done so. I like nice things and everyone has something that draws them to a model of phone. For others it's knowing they got a bargain £300 Chinese phone. If I spend 1200 quid on a phone, I want the manufacturer to put in the effort. The S20 Ultra grey back in particular is really poor and again I want that highlighted in reviews. It might not bother everyone, but it should be mentioned.
Edit - to be clear, I will not be buying an S20 Ultra, but the points I've made are still relevant.
Yes please! I reckon the normal S20 has the potential to be a real cracker.