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  • I have a Samsung S23 and love it. I will admittedly say that I have been a Samsung fan for quite awhile when it comes to phones and TVs. I have tried some others and seem to always come back to Samsung. Although I would be interested in trying the Asus ROG phone. It is a gaming phone, but the perfermance is supposed to be pretty awesome.

    I love ASUS products. When I build a computer, I use mostly ASUS parts. The computer I have now is 10 years old and still going strong. I build some computers for the Church school that my mom assists at and they are still running strong and are around 10 years old. So it makes me wonder if they do that same quality on their phones.

    I had gotten my wife a google pixel phone and it turned out to be c**p. Ended up replacing it with a Samsung. I remember have a Motorola flip phone when I was younger. That was a great phone. Metal case and all that jazz. I might even still have it packed away somewhere for some reason that I don’t know.

    I had looked into the OnePlus phones to may try them, but then after doing some research, I came across some reviews and articles regarding them and changed my mind on that. I have heard that some companies will push updates to make the phones really slow and not work as good to get people to upgrade. I know Iphone does that, and apparently OnePlus does that as well. I had a Samsung S8+ until I got a S21 ultra. I only swapped the S21 Ultra out because the screen was starting to blank out up by the camera and it was just getting worse, so then upgraded to the S23. I plan on trading it for a S25 ultra when that becomes available. I purchase mine directly from Samsung. I choose the unlocked phone so I can use it at any cell service company and don’t have to worry about them having to unlock it for me. And after you calculate it all out, the price is pretty much the same or cheaper going the direct route.

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    @Madchatthew yes, I wasn’t impressed at all query the last oneplus handset I had and previously was always a Samsung user - from the S2 for that fact and that now makes me feel ancient!

    I also have an S23, and will never use anything else. I loved the oneplus 5, but they seemed to go down hill after that. I also own 4 samsung tvs.

  • @Madchatthew yes, I wasn’t impressed at all query the last oneplus handset I had and previously was always a Samsung user - from the S2 for that fact and that now makes me feel ancient!

    I also have an S23, and will never use anything else. I loved the oneplus 5, but they seemed to go down hill after that. I also own 4 samsung tvs.

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    @phenomlab Very nice! It is funny on how the phones we talk about dates us lol

  • @phenomlab Very nice! It is funny on how the phones we talk about dates us lol

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    @Madchatthew Nokia 5110 anyone? 😁

  • @Madchatthew Nokia 5110 anyone? 😁

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    @phenomlab said in Goodbye OnePlus, hello Samsung:

    @Madchatthew Nokia 5110 anyone? 😁

    LOLOL I remember that one hahaha

  • @phenomlab said in Goodbye OnePlus, hello Samsung:

    @Madchatthew Nokia 5110 anyone? 😁

    LOLOL I remember that one hahaha

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    @Madchatthew Thought you might!

    For all the young ones out there, this was bleeding edge tech in the early 2000’s 🙂

    ae185690-dfbd-413f-b9e3-5c2fdd9c336f-image.png

  • @Madchatthew Thought you might!

    For all the young ones out there, this was bleeding edge tech in the early 2000’s 🙂

    ae185690-dfbd-413f-b9e3-5c2fdd9c336f-image.png

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    @phenomlab Booom, blast from the past! I remember having one of those now actually. LOL that is crazy!

  • @phenomlab Booom, blast from the past! I remember having one of those now actually. LOL that is crazy!

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    @Madchatthew yeah, and the snap on covers you could get for them!

  • @Madchatthew yeah, and the snap on covers you could get for them!

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    @phenomlab oh yeah LOL, I remember those. I had one of those as well. Usually didn’t they have a clip on them so you could put them on your belt?

  • @phenomlab oh yeah LOL, I remember those. I had one of those as well. Usually didn’t they have a clip on them so you could put them on your belt?

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    @Madchatthew OMG yes, they did have a belt clip! I think that’s where Blackberry got their design from. Another device I really liked.

  • @Madchatthew OMG yes, they did have a belt clip! I think that’s where Blackberry got their design from. Another device I really liked.

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    @phenomlab yeah I liked those Blackberrys as well. I never had one but played around with one that I knew had one.

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    My Samsung a53 wouldn’t charge so I’ve done away with Samsung and got a Nothing 2a.

    A very similar sort of look to the iPhone. None or very little bloatware, decent battery life to boot.

    https://intl.nothing.tech/pages/phone-2a

  • @Madchatthew Thought you might!

    For all the young ones out there, this was bleeding edge tech in the early 2000’s 🙂

    ae185690-dfbd-413f-b9e3-5c2fdd9c336f-image.png

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    @phenomlab wow! takes you back doesn’t it 😂.

  • @Madchatthew Nokia 5110 anyone? 😁

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    @phenomlab said in Goodbye OnePlus, hello Samsung:

    Nokia 5110 anyone

    Didn’t Nokia have somewhat of a rebirth a few years back?

  • JAC JAC

    My Samsung a53 wouldn’t charge so I’ve done away with Samsung and got a Nothing 2a.

    A very similar sort of look to the iPhone. None or very little bloatware, decent battery life to boot.

    https://intl.nothing.tech/pages/phone-2a

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    @JAC said in Goodbye OnePlus, hello Samsung:

    Nothing

    Links in very well with the topic title 😉

    https://medium.com/eqtventures/founders-story-nothing-737469b7ea62

    Although apologies for taking it slightly off track.

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    Have either of you used a phone where you could install and run ubuntu on it for phone software? I know they have roms out there for that and I think they also sell phones with a version of it installed.

  • @Madchatthew Nokia 5110 anyone? 😁

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    @phenomlab yeap… this brings good and old memories…

    I used to play snake and cover almost of all the screen… I still remember all of the ringtones on that phone…

    nokia… connecting people…

  • @phenomlab yeap… this brings good and old memories…

    I used to play snake and cover almost of all the screen… I still remember all of the ringtones on that phone…

    nokia… connecting people…

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    @crazycells said in Goodbye OnePlus, hello Samsung:

    I used to play snake and cover almost of all the screen

    I remember snake on that phone! That was an awesome game!!

  • Have either of you used a phone where you could install and run ubuntu on it for phone software? I know they have roms out there for that and I think they also sell phones with a version of it installed.

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    @Madchatthew not tried it myself but am intrigued.

  • @Madchatthew not tried it myself but am intrigued.

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    @phenomlab they have roms that will work on various phones. I am guessing that they would have a rom for your oneplus phone if you ever decide to play around with it. I was wanting to install it on one of my older samsung phones but they didn’t have a rom for it at the time.

  • @phenomlab they have roms that will work on various phones. I am guessing that they would have a rom for your oneplus phone if you ever decide to play around with it. I was wanting to install it on one of my older samsung phones but they didn’t have a rom for it at the time.

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    @Madchatthew I traded in my old oneplus handset as a part exchange for the Samsung I now have 🙂


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