Need new phone, suggestions?

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It's a list of all Samsung pre-load app. There's a lot of useful ones. Samsung pay; Translator, memo etc...
Only a ****ing idiot would gimp their phone like that. The phone isn't designed in the stone ages. The phone has 128GB +6GB it's more enough one can use.
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1. What's useful for one person may not be useful for another. I use OneNote, not memo. I don't find NFC payments worthwhile, so I still use my cards... etc etc
2. If I want an app with a specific function, I'll get it in the Play Store.
3. It's one thing to pre-install apps, which is perfectly fine... Unless you don't want them and can't remove them. I believe that's called Shovelware.
4. Uninstalling things you don't want/need is not gimping your phone, it's removing things you don't want/need.

It's no different than when companies pre-install crap like McAfee, one-stop-shop-photo-print-shop, and other garbage on pre-built desktops and laptops. At least those can be removed. Imagine if Dell or Lenovo prevented you from uninstalling their bundled software.

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t3hl33td4rg0n said:
1. What's useful for one person may not be useful for another. I use OneNote, not memo. I don't find NFC payments worthwhile, so I still use my cards... etc etc
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Exactly, but plenty of people do, so what's the issue?

It's no different than when companies pre-install crap like McAfee, one-stop-shop-photo-print-shop, and other garbage on pre-built desktops and laptops. At least those can be removed. Imagine if Dell or Lenovo prevented you from uninstalling their bundled software.

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Who is saying you can't remove software? Again, what's the problem? If you don't use it, you have the option to disable or remove it. If you do, leave it on there. The point is the phone is powerful enough that it doesn't hinder it in any way to have those things installed. It's not like it was years ago where you'd freeze all sorts of bloatware and see a noticeable change in speed of the phone; it's already blazing fast out of the box. You also don't even need to root them anymore to freeze or remove software.
 
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If I had to change right now, I'd go for Oneplus 6t. Although the phone isn't yet released (in 2 weeks) so we don't know about first owner's issues. And it kinda sucks that they removed the audio jack.
 
t3hl33td4rg0n said:
1. What's useful for one person may not be useful for another. I use OneNote, not memo. I don't find NFC payments worthwhile, so I still use my cards... etc etc
2. If I want an app with a specific function, I'll get it in the Play Store.
3. It's one thing to pre-install apps, which is perfectly fine... Unless you don't want them and can't remove them. I believe that's called Shovelware.
4. Uninstalling things you don't want/need is not gimping your phone, it's removing things you don't want/need.

It's no different than when companies pre-install crap like McAfee, one-stop-shop-photo-print-shop, and other garbage on pre-built desktops and laptops. At least those can be removed. Imagine if Dell or Lenovo prevented you from uninstalling their bundled software.

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That's true but by getting rid of memo you lose off screen memo, no? Who likes to unlock their phone every-time to write something?
Samsung pay is not only NFC you can use it with magnetic stripe readers. You lighten your wallet and add security to your purchases. I thought Samsung pay is gonna be gimmicky but I use it on all my purchase, I even use it to swipe myself in my bank ATM. The worst thing about Samsung pay is you have your wallet even if you forgot it.
Those are 2 of many distinguishing features of the note line. Another feature is translation, I rarely use it but the option is there.

Those apps aren't the same as crappy software bundle you mention. Obviously you never use it if group as such.
Anyone who use it once can see the usefulness of it. Removing major features is gimping your phone. It's a really dumb thing to do. The apps don't get in the way and the resources it uses is negligible. More useful to have the option than not. Unused RAM and storage are wasteful. Well, it's not my phone so they can do whatever they want. The reason to remove them isn't very smart but whatever. :bleh:
 
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Mahjik said:
They don't have the best cameras or any other catchy things, but if you are interested in battery life take a look at the Motorola phones (E family). Their phones have been scoring high for battery life.
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Just a note, I recently picked up a Moto E5 Plus phone. The phone itself is a little bigger than most phones. It's not Samsung Note size, but larger than my LG G5. It's also heavier. Part of that is due to the enormous batter which is about 5000 mAh. For reference, the Note 9 has a 4000 mAh battery.

Normal use of my phone all day has me between 88-92% battery life at the end of the night. I could go likely two work days between charging if I wanted. I say work days as I play with my phone more during down time on the weekends so I will use more battery then.
 
I am balls-deep with iPhone apps so I had to stick with apple. I recently went from a 6s to a Xr and I am blown away with this new phone. I know all the downsides(non oled, single camera) but it has served me really well as I don't watch movies on my phone and the camera is surprisingly well, especially the portrait mode.
 
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