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Big Galaxy S24 leak reveals Samsung's strategy against Google's Pixel phone (www.androidcentral.com)

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Quoting the tl;dr in the linked article:

Samsung could be stepping up its game by offering seven years of major Android updates for the Galaxy S24 series, and the generous update policy might extend to other Galaxy flagships.

The Galaxy S24 series might also introduce charges for AI features like Live Translate and Pixel-like photo editing tools after 2025.

There's speculation that users may need to sign in to their Samsung accounts for certain AI functionalities.

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[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 53 points 10 months ago

That is not the only big thing of pixels. To me it's the openness. These are, ironically, the best and easiest phones to leave google. Or at least root them without the evergrowing hassles of each iteration of samcraps.

Noone would ever buy a PC if they wouldn't get admin-access and mustn't install Linux or whatever. With phones they managed to keep us out.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 26 points 10 months ago

i always found it funny that the best method of having a privacy focused phone (without having significant tradeoffs like the pinephone) is to buy the phone from the company who violates privacy the worst, and flashing over it.

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

True. This is why the general recommendation is typically to buy used. That way, they don't get additional revenue from the sale of a new phone, and it also decreases e-waste.

(Sure, the revenue may be a drop in the bucket, but it's still something.)

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[-] pycorax@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Noone would ever buy a PC if they wouldn't get admin-access and mustn't install Linux or whatever. With phones they managed to keep us out.

Realistically this only forms a tiny part of the population though, that's pretty much the only reason why they've been able to keep people out.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

If only a tiny part of people care at all, why even make it sooooo complicated and change every damn update? Let people that WANT control, have control. The others don't care anyway and are scared enough by a "are you REALLY REALLY REALLY sure you know what you're doing here?"-security-question.

I don't pay 1000,- for a phone that isn't mine, and I hate that this has become the default.

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[-] Osiris@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Samsung could easily win me over if their bootloader was unlock able.
Edit: Apparently it's just US variants that can't be unlocked

[-] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Well, bootloader unlock toggle in developer options and fastboot eom unlock are available, am I missing something?

[-] jzentgg@mastodon.social 8 points 10 months ago

@Gallardo994 @Osiris you can’t if you have Samsung with Snapdragon

[-] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I have Snapdragon variant of S23U (UAE version) and the bootloader is unlockable, are you sure it's snapdragon specific and not just US-specific, or carrier-specific?

[-] Byter@lemmy.one 7 points 10 months ago

Not in the US.

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[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

wdym, you just go to dev options and allow it, then reboot and do fastboot unlock.
press power button a couple of times (THIS WILL TRIP KNOX E-FUSE PERMANENTLY WITHOUT ANY WAY TO RECOVER), wait for data to be erased and boom it's unlocked

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[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 34 points 10 months ago

To talk about the article instead of ranting on about niche wants:

7 years of updates would be really good. Given how mature the hardware is nowadays, I can see a phone doing 7 years, save for the battery. Will Samsung be able to keep batteries in production?
I'm less sold on the AI things, I guess that's the buzzword now. AI AI AI everywhere. Also the two features mentioned are already in Google products, and I'd rather use those if I have to, unless Samsung pulls out a surprise and show that they are better at software development than Google is.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Things I want in a phone:

Decent camera
Aux Port - because I want the option
at least one mappable button
Expandable SD card slot
Debloated OS
good speaker phone
water resistant and drop resistant

My favorite phone in the last 10 years was the Samsung S8 Active, before that, the HTC One (front facing speakers). Before that, probably the Samsung FlipShot and LG Chocolate.

I miss innovation in phone designs. They're all the same phone now.

Anyone have any recommendations for the US? I was thinking a fairphone but I think that's UK only.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Aux Port - because I want the option

at least one mappable button

Expandable SD card slot

Debloated OS

These are user-centric features that stifle revenue for the corporations that make these things, and unfortunately consumers have told corporations that they don't care enough about them.

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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

unless that comes with either a 600-700$ decrease in price or the readdition of a microSD card slot I'm not interested.

[-] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 10 months ago

After phone storage got beyond 32GB, I thought I won't need a microSD slot anymore. I was wrong and my 128GB are full again. Downloading shows and music in high quality needs quite a bit of storage, not to mention videos. As if to make matters worse, the OS takes up more storage than my first two phones had at all.

[-] Merlin404@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Do you need all that on the phone?

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

for myself I have about 250 gigs of photo/video from my camera since I use it a lot. then about 50 gigs of apps, the lack of an SD card slot is my exclusive reason that I never upgraded from my s20 to newer models. It's also why I've decided to ditch Samsung when my phone finally dies. I just have yet to find a decent alternative that works in my area

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[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I never understood why anybody wouldn't need SD access... There's no way to have a reliable backup location in the event you can't reach the internet for whatever reason.

[-] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago

Miss me with that AI bullshit, just make the screen completely flat on S24U and I'll be more than happy.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

Please. Who is interested in the curve anymore? I know they just do it for the people in the store.

[-] Dangy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago

I like the edge curve on my S9+ and Note 20U. Makes the bezels feel smaller and makes for a smoother swipe finger-feel.

But if I could trade that for removable battery/storage/repairability I would.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

My only complaint about curved screens is that it makes it impossible to properly protect the screen, and offers ??? in exchange.

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[-] Kit 3 points 10 months ago

Wish granted, it is completely flat

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I'll be leaving the Samsung ecosystem after 10 years. They simply don't offer a phone for me anymore. I WANT an SD card, and waterproofing. And the A line camera is too shite.

I'll probably get some Chinese phone next and give them a shot. Samsung can get fucked with the 1000$ phones that continuously remove features.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Which Chinese phone does that? They were the first to copy Apple when they removed all that. The only ones that still have card slots and headphone jacks are all the low-end phones, and heck, even those are going away. Xiaomi has been removing the card slots on the higher-end Redmi Notes.

[-] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I think Sony and Asus still have phones with that stuff and a headphone jack

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[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Full disclosure: I didn't read the article and only read the bulletin points. However, that last point really convinced me leave Scamsung. When I got my current S21 Ultra, I was bummed to find out that I couldn't root it. I'm about to buy a Pixel 7 Pro and never look back.

[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I can root my s23 ultra (from what I've read at least), however I choose not to because it would permanently break Knox and there would be no way of undoing that outside of replacing the logic board.

With that said, my next phone will probably be a Fairphone.

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[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

Will they be bringing SD support back? I don't get how people can use phones without SD support...

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Which is funny because I don't get why people want it. Unless you're shooting a whole bunch of 4K video, i have no idea why it's needed.

[-] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Here are a few examples of why someone would want it:

Not everyone lives in areas with great wireless connections.

Some are also limited to how much data they can use. So most store their music/movies/pictures on the local SD drive because they don't use cloud storage.

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[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

7 years of updates is the tour of competition I like to see

Nickle and diming “AI” features isn’t.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

So, when is the camera tech finally going to be good enough to make the camera flush with the phone body?

[-] Chriswild@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

It is now. Just make the phone thicker instead of having a bump.

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[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

Tizen or whatever they call it now is garbage. That is why I have a pixel.

[-] jamms@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Do you mean the custom chips they make, exynos? Tizen is their operating system for televisions.

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[-] chairman@feddit.nl 7 points 10 months ago

You had a Samsung which runs Tizen? No wonder it sucks.

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