Gone quiet in here now that everyone has their headphones. How are people finding it now after more usage?
Liking it a great deal. Think it's the best phone of this generation for what I'm looking for. I don't personally like the look of the curved edge screen on the S9s, never have when I've seen earlier Galaxy S models. I like how on the P20 Pro with the notch, small chin and option to remove soft keys, you get a front that looks pretty much all screen, but flat without distorting curves at the edges.
One of the best things is that the battery life in this phone is really exceptional - I'm basically just charging it every other day with normal use and I didn't think I'd see that with a phone ever again. I like how fast the fingerprint reader and face recognition are, and it pretty much unlocks the instant I pick it up and look at it.
I did wonder how well I'd get on with EMUI, but it seems like a nice system and with Nova launcher everything works very well. I definitely prefer EMUI to the Touchwiz in my old phone.
The camera is far better than I've owned before and I've taken some shots with it that I'm really pleased with. The software is a bit over-aggressive at times, it's screwed up the colours on some shots, and I'm still a bit lost in all the settings, but 3x optical/5x hybrid (and it's a very good hybrid) zoom and night mode are features not found on any other phone and outweigh the software shortcomings, I think. Oh, also the dedicated monochrome lens takes some lovely mono shots that look much better than software forced mono.
I don't care about 4k OIS video, so the lack of that option isn't an issue for me, though I understand it's a deal-breaker for some. Lack of wireless charging is also a bit disappointing, but as I've never used it I guess I'm not missing anything.
Overall, I'd make the same decision again choosing a current get phone.
EDIT: Oh, there is one annoying bug/fault that I really hope is fixed in an update. I have had the issue I posted about above, where the Wifi+ will switch to mobile data when I stray too far from my router, but then it won't switch back, and will give "network access denied" errors when trying to manually reconnect until I switch wifi off for a few seconds and then back on. This is still annoying as it mean I need to be watchful for when it's using my mobile data. It doesn't happen every time by any means - perhaps once every couple of days it seems at the moment - but it is something I really hope is fixed at some point.
I had to re-upload it used photoshop to highlight where the dates were.
