Category: My Next Phone
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Galaxy S23 – 1 Year Review, Part 3
Onto my conclusions… Alarmingly, it took nearly 10 months for the One UI 6 Device Control menu software issue to be fixed or disappear completely. That means I have little hope going forward. Yes, I love my phone, and when it works, it’s fantastic. But those other times, when it hasn’t worked brilliantly, it’s left…
Chris JK
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Galaxy S23 – 1 Year Review, Part 2
Now, for the negatives… Weight While the smaller size has been lovely, I simply wasn’t prepared for the bump up in weight. Whereas my S21 feels as light as paper, by contrast my Galaxy S23 is a brick. That could be due to the S21’s lighter plastic back, compared to the S23’s heavier glass back,…
Chris JK
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Galaxy S23 – 1 Year Review, Part 1
It was in July 2023, just a week before I headed off on holiday, that I settled on the Galaxy S23. That holiday was spent in Hampshire and Sussex, as I went down for a week’s stay in a caravan on Hayling Island, prior to the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, for which I had…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone 2023, Part 3
So… I’m down to just 2 phones. The ZenFone 9, or the Galaxy S23. Well, I couldn’t get the ZenFone 9 on contract with my chosen network, and I also couldn’t justify buying the device outright and then doing getting a SIM-only contract. I’d prefer to combine the two costs, like I have in previous…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone 2023, Part 2
iPhone 14. iPhone 14 Pro. Galaxy S23. Xperia 5 IV. Xperia 10 V. ZenFone 9. A bite of… Apple? First, there’s the iPhones. I have been using an iPhone 6s since 2019 – which is when I bought it, pre-owned, to get me back up to speed with iOS (my last device was a 4th…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone 2023, Part 1
It’s been a little over a year since I last blogged about my new phone, the Galaxy S21. Since then, things have only gotten worse. The phone is really slow and buggy, the camera app lags tremendously, the battery life isn’t what it was, and ultimately I really have a hard time of using it.…
Chris JK
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(24 May 2022) Samsung Galaxy S21 – One Year Review, Part 7: conclusion
A new experience? When hunting for my next phone in 2020, I wanted a new phone with a fresh experience. Well, even though I ended up with yet another Samsung phone, it certainly has been an experience… Firstly, when I received the phone it came bundled with a free £150 gift card for the Play…
Chris JK
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(17 May 2022) Samsung Galaxy S21 – One Year Review, Part 6: Cameras & photos – Wide & Telephoto Lenses
In the first of these two blogs about my S21’s cameras, I talked about the good & bad things about the ultrawide lens. Next up, the Wide/default and Telephoto lenses. I’ve grouped these 2 lenses together in this blog as I’ve found that I sometimes use them interchangeably, to achieve a similar result. Let me…
Chris JK
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(10 May 2022) Samsung Galaxy S21 – One Year Review, Part 5: Cameras & photos – Ultrawide!
My Galaxy S21’s cameras have been very good during the first year, and that’s despite it being the base model of the S21 series. During the last 12-ish months, I’ve never I wished that I instead opted for the S21 Plus or the S21 Ultra. That’s not to say it’s been perfect at all times…
Chris JK
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(6 Nov 2022) My thoughts on phone audio quality: Galaxy S7, Galaxy S9+, & Galaxy S21
Phone audio quality, for the last decade, has been something that’s always bugged me. Switching from one device to another has brought me a fresh experience – even when upgrading to a phone by the same manufacturer – and better security for the future. However, the audio quality has sometimes taken a hit. I’ve blogged…
Chris JK
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