Maybe.
The Plus was their worst selling phone, so naturally, they made a thinner version of it.
It’s just Samsung copying Apple at this point.
I miss DJ Koh.
If it works, why fix it? The same camera sensor has been doing its job for years.
Can we just call the new lineup the Galaxy S No SD card slot phones?
Wouldn’t be surprised if they use the new silicon battery, since fitting a 4700-5000 mAh battery in there won’t be easy. I’d rather have a normal thickness with a 6000mAh battery.
Ash said:
Wouldn’t be surprised if they use the new silicon battery, since fitting a 4700-5000 mAh battery in there won’t be easy. I’d rather have a normal thickness with a 6000mAh battery.
Yeah, they’ve made their main lineup outdated with old camera tech, and probably saved the new battery tech for this slim phone. They need to force sales somehow.
Looks cheap to me.
Oak said:
Looks cheap to me.
Doesn’t matter how it looks, as long as it works.
Oak said:
Looks cheap to me.
Doesn’t matter how it looks, as long as it works.
Sure, phones all work one way or another, but if you’re paying for a non-budget model, you want it to look good too.
@Oak
What if it looks great but doesn’t work well? You might be worried about what others think of your phone.
Parker said:
@Oak
What if it looks great but doesn’t work well? You might be worried about what others think of your phone.
If a phone doesn’t meet my standards, I’m not buying it. Non-budget phones should nail all three: hardware, software, and design. Mid-range phones can do two out of three, and budget phones just one. No one’s spending $1k on a phone they don’t even like the look of, right?
@Oak
Not everyone cares about looks.
Oak said:
Looks cheap to me.
Doesn’t matter how it looks, as long as it works.
Yeah, I prefer a phone that works well and gets long updates.
That’s why I got the S24 Ultra. It’ll last years.
But I wish Android was as easy to upgrade as a laptop. Some features might not work after an upgrade, but many don’t really matter, like fingerprint unlock. I can live without that.
We’ve come full circle to the early 2010s, when everything was being made thinner at the cost of battery life and headphone jacks. For a while, companies stopped making phones so thin, but now with higher density batteries and better materials, they’re all back at it.
It’s fine if thinness happens naturally after all useful features are in place, but if corners are being cut just for thinness, that’s an issue.