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

smokedog said:
£429 or £349 if you went for the graphite
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Yeah, it was around the £349 mark - I've not worked out precise figures as I paid a bit up front, paid a bit on interest free and what with the cashback etc I couldn't swear it was exactly that. I suppose I could reduce the cost further by selling the buds but... I kind of want to have a play with them (despite having better ones already!) :)

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.
 
smokedog said:
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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I really hope Samsung doesn't shaft us again, with the s25 as I'm skipping the 24, as I doubt I will have reason to change the s23 next year. Anyone had the June update yet?
 
[HB]Rugrat said:
Yeah, it was around the £349 mark - I've not worked out precise figures as I paid a bit up front, paid a bit on interest free and what with the cashback etc I couldn't swear it was exactly that. I suppose I could reduce the cost further by selling the buds but... I kind of want to have a play with them (despite having better ones already!) :)

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.
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That's not too bad. With all the trade in and selling the buds, I'm looking at maybe
superleeds27 said:
Just checked and nothing as of yet. Expect to drop at some point this week though
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Saw a thread on reddit and xda, where you can change the name of csc. I can't be bothered though to do so. I'll just wait for the update.
 
superleeds27 said:

The update of Galaxy S23 in other regions may be delayed, and a new version will be released. Because some users found bugs in the update in Europe in June, Samsung will postpone the update in other regions, including China, in order to solve these problems.
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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. Anyway, happy to wait as I don't have major issues with current firmware.
 
tsobo said:
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.
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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.
 
Just had to swap the screen protector on my S23 (The official Screen protectors)

Annoyingly, the metal connector of the USB-C cable hit the screen as I was not carefully wrapping it up! Made a weird dint in the protector! :rolleyes:

And thankfully the last replacement I have went on fine with no bubbles! Just gotta wait for those weird lines to go now!


In terms of the update. Looks like a new build has been pushed to the servers, so any day now I would guess, subject to there been no hiccups on that one too.
 
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Considering this one, but wondering how much more I get from this than the S20 Ultra I currently own?
 
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superleeds27 said:
Update is out.

AWF1
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Done the update, and I was quietly hoping the latest version would get Samsung's camera app up to the same level as GCam, but after a quick test of each of the lenses and using both apps, the GCam app still has the edge over the stock camera app. Mind boggling how a 'third party' app can out do Samsung's own software in something as important as the camera.

Don't get me wrong the GCam app is a little clunky, and doesn't have the polished features of the stock app, and you certainly wouldn't want to use it for video. But just for picking up your phone and talking a snap, GCam still takes a better looking photo.

Maybe next update.
 
FlyingFish said:
Done the update, and I was quietly hoping the latest version would get Samsung's camera app up to the same level as GCam, but after a quick test of each of the lenses and using both apps, the GCam app still has the edge over the stock camera app. Mind boggling how a 'third party' app can out do Samsung's own software in something as important as the camera.

Don't get me wrong the GCam app is a little clunky, and doesn't have the polished features of the stock app, and you certainly wouldn't want to use it for video. But just for picking up your phone and talking a snap, GCam still takes a better looking photo.

Maybe next update.
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Might take a look at gcam
 
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