Tag: Samsung

Last time, I was waiting to replace my Note 8 for too long. What people don’t get is that “no security updates” isn’t mitigated by “nobody will want to hack my phone”. No security updates means no certificates. No certificates means no HTTPS. No HTTPS – no Internet services. So this time, I decided to try an upgrade just after 2 years, in hopes that the market value of my S22 Ultra will be higher.
Tradein doesn’t seem to be a viable option. The official prices are so high that even with a tradein, you still don’t reach Amazon prices. So I just got it on Amazon.
Honestly, the transition between Android phones is quite magical now. You almost don’t feel it.
The problem is, the changes are miniscule. The battery is still 5000 mAh. The weight is the same (S24 is 5g heavier). The size is the same. One improvement, though, is that S24 went back to a completely flat screen, which means you can buy glass screen protectors again.
I always adores S22 Ultra for the unique camera, which I called spyglass for the incredible zoom. This one is slightly different. I’d say, less sharpness, better colours, though.
Still happy that I upgraded, but it’s certainly not a quantum leap as it was with Note 8 to S22 migration.

Something I started noticing while playing Diablo 4 on my QN94A TV is that the colours are messed up when I enter a new location, but then they slowly fix themselves.
At first I thought it’s the dynamic contrast feature. But after some experimentation, it turned out to be the Local Dimming.
Luckily, the TV stores separate configurations for different inputs, so I just turned Local Dimming off for PS4.

The really groundbreaking feature of this phone is its camera.
At first I wasn’t impressed. Yes, it takes rather bright photos at night, but that’s it.
But then I zoomed to see the moon, and… wow:

And this one was taken from some 50 meters away, across the canal.

The way I discovered that my Note 8 is “slightly outdated” is when I noticed that my Evernote stopped supporting new features. Turns out it requires Android 10 now, and my Note 8 is still on Android 9. And has been for a while – since August 2021, it seems.
That way, by buying a flagship back in November 2017, I skipped Note 9, Note 10 and Note 20. There was no Note 21, because COVID. If I wished to, I could stay 5 years with the same phone 🤯

Сменил свой Samsung 840 250GB на Samsung 970 500GB, который под NVMe.
Не без приключений, конечно. На материнской плате у меня два M2 порта. Подключил к одному – отрубились почти все SATA. Полез в инструкцию – действительно, отключаются 4 из 6и.
Ладно, открутил видеокарту, а она у меня огромная, установил в другой порт. SATA порты вернулись, но пропал front USB3. А про это в инструкции ни слова. Ладно, придется с front USB2 жить пока.
В заслугу Samsung будет сказано, что их Samsung Data Migration сработал на отлично, перенеся ОС без всяких осложнений.

Пощупал Samsung Galaxy S20.
Наконец-то Samsung признали, что чертова Bixby никому не нужна, и убрали отдельную кнопку для нее. Правда по умолчанию долгое нажатие на кнопку не выключает телефон, а вызывает чертову Bixby. Приходится в настройках это переключать, иначе телефон тупо нельзя выключить.
3.5mm jack’а будет конечно не хватать.
Первый телефон на моей памяти, который уже идет с нормальным screen protector’ом. Что дальше, станут еще и кейсы к телефону за 800GBP прикладывать?
Перенос данных очень простой, если у тебя уже был Samsung Galaxy. Втыкаешь USB C в оба, и всех делов.
Экран конечно впечатляет. Точнее впечатляет то, что это те же 6.2″, что и в Samsung Galaxy S9+, при этом в значительно меньшем телефоне.