Essential Official Android Thread

[drifter]

Best Buy coming through with the best S21 deal so far, requires trade-in

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsun.../pcmcat1608044124188.c?id=pcmcat1608044124188

I'd been seriously considering making the jump anyway so I'm glad I waited, $800 off the Ultra already is insane. If you have a 2020 phone it's $900.

Best Buy's even giving $100 more than Samsung for the same phone, yeah idk if I can pass this up. Especially when you don't have to deal with Samsung keeping your money through store credits.

$399.70 for the Ultra, so with tax that's ~$450 for a $1200 phone that came out 1 week ago lol

 

[HollywoodP]

This Android 11 update


Now u can't customize the color of the quick panel from the QuickStar app

Good lookin out for the heads up. That one previous update that had Good Lock down for months was unbearable. Had everyone wishing they hadn't installed that damn update. I'll skip this update for awhile if it's gonna fukk with my setup

 

[Eza]

S21's are 100-200 off today at most major stores..I been in the market for a new phone since last summer, been waiting on the price of that Note 20 Ultra to drop, but this shyt hella tempting..

Lack of SDcard might be a deal breaker though...

Anybody got a Note 20 Ultra they tryna sale? Barely used?

 

[LordLyons]

S21 ultra would only be 250 for me

 

[Zero]

@what Android 11 has done to storage for SD cards

Unless your files have been placed in the root or regular download directory, you can't access them because they're otherwise going into their respective app folder in the Android folder which you can no longer access unless you take the SD card out and use it on another OS (basically, your PC).

They're really trying to phase out external storage

For fukking what...the cloud?

 

[R=G]

New night mode camera..taken 1 minute ago

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I'm on a Pixel 2XL, bout to upgrade.

S20 + vs S21 Ultra.

Any reason I should get the 21 Ultra? Phantom silver vs phantom black, which is best?

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

@what Android 11 has done to storage for SD cards

Unless your files have been placed in the root or regular download directory, you can't access them because they're otherwise going into their respective app folder in the Android folder which you can no longer access unless you take the SD card out and use it on another OS (basically, your PC).

They're really trying to phase out external storage

For fukking what...the cloud?

Yeah I don't like my shyt on the cloud but android phones ain't exactly private from what I read

 

[R=G]

I'm on a Pixel 2XL, bout to upgrade.

S20 + vs S21 Ultra.

Any reason I should get the 21 Ultra? Phantom silver vs phantom black, which is best?

Phantom black is the best..

 

[R=G]

Yeah I don't like my shyt on the cloud but android phones ain't exactly private from what I read

Neither are Apple phones in case you forgot Jennifer Lawrence being exposed.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Phantom black is the best..

Phantom black looks like plastic though

 

[R=G]

Phantom black looks like plastic though

Not at all

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Not at all

From the videos and pictures it look like cheap plastic. I don't want to spend $1000 and have an ugly phone.

 

[R=G]

It dont look plastic. Not sure where you are getting that from. No fingerprint magnet is more like it

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I keep holding off on getting a new phone and the S21 making me want to wait some more. This s7 edge been a little shaky battery wise. Waiting for what the Oneplus 9 Pro is gonna be like and a few other phones (Xperia 1 iii).

Other than Oneplus in March, what are some other new phones I should look out for in Q1?

It's a shame Hauwei is out the game, they make some damn good phones. I had the Nexus 6P they made

What's good with the Oneplus line? They can compete with Samsung?