**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S23 Family Thread ****

[smokedog]

Hey guys I have an S22 and I'm thinking about upgrading to the S23 from Samsung's website but was wondering a couple of things:

1. Can I stack a Twitter discount code with a student discount? (UNIDAYS)
2. Can I buy the S23 and trade in my S22 at a later date to so that I get more of a discount?

You can only use 1 code at a time.

I'm intrigued by you trade in later comment. How do you get more discount?

 

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If you know someone with a bluelight card/student or employee discount I think you get an extra 150

You access the employee store by signing up with fake details on

Perks that matter to help you live a better and healthier life.

Perks at Work is designed to help employees save money & feel appreciated.

www.perksatwork.com

 

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Happy Super update day

 

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Oh OK, so with the trade in and cashback how much did you pay, you must have got it really cheap.

£429 or £349 if you went for the graphite

 

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I know I've already said it but I'm well pleased with the phone: as @tsobo said I'll be very, very wary of getting another exynos-based one in future.

I got rid of my S22U after a few months. I went from years of using Snapdragon to Exynos, wasn't a nice experience. Not buying an Exynos based phone again...not paying more for less

 

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This is crazy. I still don't understand how they release buggy software! Surely you would expect them to check and test this before release.

It's a large piece of software with lots of moving parts. There aren't enough resources or time from a finance perspective to test every scenario and sometimes these bugs are very edge case that isn't in the test script.

 

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Surprising news that after how successful using Snapdragon has been for them across the S23 range. Wonder what is behind it, supply issues or cost cutting perhaps?

Successful for who?

Qualcomm is making more money for each phone sold than Samsung. They got the market in a chokehold, they don't have any competition.

 

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Got an email saying new reward available from this address [email protected]

Sketchy?

Very sketchy, they seem to have infiltrated the main site too

Samsung Rewards Program Introduction | Samsung United Kingdom

Welcome to Samsung Rewards program! Earn extra rewards points and enjoy member-only benefits.

www.samsung.com

 

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Kinda ridiculous it can't be done on the phone itself? They make it possible to cut out an object from a photo by holding your finger on it but not to extract audio from a video. I wonder if iPhones have the option.

Not really that ridiculous, a simple google will bring back loads of results like this

Extract audio from MP4 online - Fast & easy

Extract the audio from your MP4 videos and save it to your computer as an MP3 file, all in your browser. You can also cut, trim, and enhance the audio using AI.

flixier.com

And there are loads of apps available

 

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Exynos is rumored to make a comeback for S24. Good news for S23 owners as their devices will hold their value more.

 

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Genuinely curious what the obsession is with wanting the latest security update ASAP.

September security patch just went live

 

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But why would you want keep an old outdated S23U after the S24 been released

The flat screen on the S24 is worth the update alone for me.

 

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Wow that's early.

They moved the Fold/Flip release forward too..Samsung must be broke

 

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Anyone had or have the official leather case? What's your thoughts? feel good, bulky/slim?

One of the best cases you can buy if very overpriced, feels and looks great. They don't add much bulk but I needed to go slimmer and went with carbon fiber case.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805024455740.html

 

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I had a couple of the official leather cases for the s22 ultra and while they looked great initially they discoloured very quickly. It seems to have been a common complaint - I take it the s23 versions are holding up better?

The S23 leather case is exactly the same as the S22 version quality wise

 

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is the aramid case you linked any good? I love me some carbon fibre.

It's great, well worth the money. Feels good quality and extremely slim.

 

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One UI 6 available this morning.

Installed it, don't see much new apart from the new quick settings.

Media notifications do look

 

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I've been looking for a decent S23 deal, preferably S23 Ultra. Can't find any deals for a handset alone (don't need nor want a new contract).

Kinda coped for better deals in run up to Black Friday and as you say, S24 imminent.

It's an okay time to buy now, managed to get it down to £1,009 by stacking 2 codes

Quidco has an offer for the next 2 days for 20% cashback (£200+ back). Which I also used when buying my S23, which helped me get mine for under £500.

This brings the total price down to around £800

 

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I have a "Birthday" 15% voucher - I don't suppose there are any codes that are likely to stack with that against a standard S23?

Search X formerly known as Twitter for 'Get 10% off at Samsung.com'

 

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Spigen tough armour and official Samsung screen protectors from Amazon

Samsung 2x Transparent Screen Protector for Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G https://amzn.eu/d/i5uEnNb

S22 are the same size as S23

I've been through 2 packs of the Samsung S23 screen protectors. I've an issue where the screen protectors chips away at the edges after a few months. Never had this issue with the S22 protectors so I ordered them instead.