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S24 Ultra. Replaced my Xperia 5 II because I got it for a stupid low price and can't complain about anything yet except the camera which overprocesses everything to infinity. The 4 year old Sony takes better daytime shots, and Sony's processing is IMO one of the best in the business. It doesn't auto edit photos for some major pop points and keeps things natural.

The camera was actually the main reason I got a Pixel 8a to replace a Xperia 5iii. The autofocus sucks on the Sony and the jpg compression has a tendency for banding. The Sony is technically better (as in you can make better shots with it if you put time into it) but as a point and shoot camera (which is the whole point of smartphone cameras) even the budget Google is miles ahead.
 
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The camera was actually the main reason I got a Pixel 8a to replace a Xperia 5iii. The autofocus sucks on the Sony and the jpg compression has a tendency for banding. The Sony is technically better (as in you can make better shots with it if you put time into it) but as a point and shoot camera (which is the whole point of smartphone cameras) even the budget Google is miles ahead.

Oh yeah I agree, Sony had issues too with banding and autofocus. It was getting a bit old too and S24U is miles ahead in that regard but I was just complaining about the overprocessing.

I used to take my time and go manual whenever possible on the Sony as you could potentially take great shots but it wasn't great as a point and shoot. So now the A7c and S24U does the job instead for Manual/Point and Shoot
 
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Oh yeah I agree, Sony had issues too with banding and autofocus. It was getting a bit old too and S24U is miles ahead in that regard but I was just complaining about the overprocessing.

I used to take my time and go manual whenever possible on the Sony as you could potentially take great shots but it wasn't great as a point and shoot. So now the A7c and S24U does the job instead for Manual/Point and Shoot

Two acquaintances have an old Sony XZ2 that they have been using daily for several hours a day since 2019. These are the photos they took less than three weeks ago.

Above you see the compressed images, the original images are over 5MB in file size and also higher quality than the above links.
But even in the links above, you can easily see that the Sony XZ2 is a better photo device than these new Pixel 9 devices.

For the Sony XZ2, they had then paid around 350 EUR since they bought it after it had been released for over a year. This new Google Pixel 9 is almost 3x this price.
If you value photography then the new Pixel smartphones would not be among my top 40 best options for 2024.
 
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How was it? Any reviews?

First impression was and still is a beautiful phone to look, at I feel it's big compared to my S23 but the 5500mAh battery requires some space.

For my use it's a battery champ holding up 1 and a half day compared to a 8 hour work day on my S23.

Is there anything specific you want to know @Apocalypsee ?

OriginOS is different than OneUI, ColorOS and such because here I actively have to activate the apps I wanted notifications for, not like other androids or iOS where all apps by default sends notifications and got access to everything.

Only thing I so far haven't found a fix for is when I got notifications on my lockscreen and unlock my phone they are not visible on the lockscreen anymore but they are in the notification center.
 
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First impression was and still is a beautiful phone to look, at I feel it's big compared to my S23 but the 5500mAh battery requires some space.

For my use it's a battery champ holding up 1 and a half day compared to a 8 hour work day on my S23.

Is there anything specific you want to know @Apocalypsee ?

OriginOS is different than OneUI, ColorOS and such because here I actively have to activate the apps I wanted notifications for, not like other androids or iOS where all apps by default sends notifications and got access to everything.

Only thing I so far haven't found a fix for is when I got notifications on my lockscreen and unlock my phone they are not visible on the lockscreen anymore but they are in the notification center.
Thanks for brief review. 5500mAH is huge capacity (and physical size for sure!)

I just wonder how it perform in camera department? Stills and is there any stabilization on the video recording?

I only familiar with ColorOS since I'm using Oppo right now.
 
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lg phones. v10 v20 v50 g2 g4 g5 g6. hoping tpo pickup more like another v50 and v60

no chinese phones, no samsung, maybe will try sony too in parallel to LG.
 
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It amazes me how few people in this forum use a realme smartphone. It has been the fastest growing smartphone manufacturer for several years and they have over 200 million global shipments. I know Samsung as the market leader does this in one year, but realme hasn't been around that long so this is a significant amount of sales.

My realme has been working perfectly for 4 years now anyway. It was the smartphone with by far the highest price/quality ratio at the time I bought it.
All they need to do now is slightly increase their ‘overall quality and performance’ in their flagships so that they can compete directly with Samsung and iPhone.

 
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Thanks for brief review. 5500mAH is huge capacity (and physical size for sure!)

I just wonder how it perform in camera department? Stills and is there any stabilization on the video recording?

I only familiar with ColorOS since I'm using Oppo right now.

Haven't recorded video yet, I took some photos and they look really good quality wise.

If my memory serves me correct these are the modules:
Sony IMX920 - 50 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.56", PDAF, OIS
Samsung S5KJN1 - 50 MP, f/2.0, 119˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF

So I guess the normal video should be fine since it's a good and known sony sensor.
 
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Haven't recorded video yet, I took some photos and they look really good quality wise.

If my memory serves me correct these are the modules:
Sony IMX920 - 50 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.56", PDAF, OIS
Samsung S5KJN1 - 50 MP, f/2.0, 119˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF

So I guess the normal video should be fine since it's a good and known sony sensor.
On paper those specs looks good! Maybe I should look for IQOO phone too
 
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On paper those specs looks good! Maybe I should look for IQOO phone too

So far I am enjoying it, just look careful because the Neo9 models have a plastic frame and it do get hot when pushed.

I do not mind plastic it's not durable in my world than glass and fancy things :roll:

I took the fake leather option for mine since I really enjoy the white and blue look of my Vivo iQoo Neo 9s Pro+
:D and the 2 symmetrical camera lenses on the back.

I really loved the phone when I first saw the Neo 9 and I am happy Vivo kept the design and I just knew when I saw the Neo 9s in the blue that was the model I wanted and know I have it and it have not disappointed me.

I am still learning all the features it have, but there are still a little complain from my end since the phone is meant for the chinese market a lot of the "vivo" apps are in chinese and the vivo translation app will translate any language but only into chinese :kookoo:

Other than this you can uninstall almost all the default apps when activating adb without root using a program, there are several tutorials on youtube about it, but I don't want to mess with these things since the security needs to be on or a lot of my country apps for banking, security and such won't work this is also why I do not do beta testing anymore since a lot of beta builds ain't signed and secured so the apps I use on a daily basis doesn't run sadly.

I am waiting on a Android 15 release and I know Vivo is working on it and it's currently in beta on the Neo 9s Pro+ so I am excited.

I believe I finally found the right phone design wise and spec wise just have to learn the OriginOS day by day because it's a little strong on battery saving during the night where I loose about 2% battery life when I go to sleep around 22:00-23:00 and wake up at 06:35 which is impressive but than all my apps notifications appears but phone calls and sms' works fine.

*Edit* I am not native in the english language, but what I mean is all my apps notifications first appear when I unlock my phone in the morning but alarms, phone calls and sms' works fine doing sleep.

What I like the most is I found a video explaining how to get apps on your lockscreen without adb rights you can do it directly on the phone no hacks required :D just remember what I wrote above which is the only downsize but it's small price compared to others which have a larger battery drain.
 
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went in to buy iphone 16 pro max 512gb ... out of stock... so the wait continues with 12pro max...
 
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went in to buy iphone 16 pro max 512gb ... out of stock... so the wait continues with 12pro max...
What do you expect? It's a new phone that's just been released :laugh:
 
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What do you expect? It's a new phone that's just been released :laugh:
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Shame the battery on most Samsung phones is suck a pita to switch out. It is usually much easier on a iPhone, on more modern ones though there is the problem with non apple fitted ones been unrecognisable and hense losing the battery health. Which is what happened to my old ip11 that I gave to my partner. The battery lasts great even though it is a eBay special.
I'm using a ip13 now and will chug the cost of apple replacing the battery when it needs it this time.
 
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Since my last post, I've added yet another phone, from left...

S24 Ultra, Z Fold6, Z Flip5, Nothing Phone 2a, and my good old Note10+
 
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Since my last post, I've added yet another phone, from left...

S24 Ultra, Z Fold6, Z Flip5, Nothing Phone 2a, and my good old Note10+
It looks like you have a perfect scratch going from the fold 6 to the flip 5, could be the light, it aligns perfectly.
 
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It looks like you have a perfect scratch going from the fold 6 to the flip 5, could be the light, it aligns perfectly.
It's the lighting from some sort of lamp I have above my monitor....didn't notice the alignment till you'd mentioned it.
 
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Cooling Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2
Memory 32 GB 3200mhz CL16 Silicon Power (2 x 16gb)
Video Card(s) Aorus 5700 XT
Storage 2x Samsung 970 evo plus 500gb (One is on an expansion card)
Display(s) XG2431 (Luv ya Viewsonic for this great monitor)
Case Cooler Master MB TG520
Audio Device(s) HyperX Cloud Alpha
Power Supply AP850GM (Aorus 850 Watt)
Mouse Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard Redragon K614
Software Windows 11
Benchmark Scores 4.7GHZ on the CPU at 1.3 Volts
ROG Phone 6
I want the huge battery and Snapdragon, that's it.
 
Joined
Mar 7, 2010
Messages
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Location
Michigan
System Name Daves
Processor AMD Ryzen 3900x
Motherboard AsRock X570 Taichi
Cooling Enermax LIQMAX III 360
Memory 32 GiG Team Group B Die 3600
Video Card(s) Powercolor 5700 xt Red Devil
Storage Crucial MX 500 SSD and Intel P660 NVME 2TB for games
Display(s) Acer 144htz 27in. 2560x1440
Case Phanteks P600S
Audio Device(s) N/A
Power Supply Corsair RM 750
Mouse EVGA
Keyboard Corsair Strafe
Software Windows 10 Pro
I have the s24 Ultra and the Pixel 9 Pro XL. I use the Pixel dad to day just because it feels so good one handed... Not into gaming but love photography and both these phones do well with that. IMO!
 
Joined
Mar 18, 2024
Messages
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Location
Queensland, Australia
System Name Full Aorus PC that upgrades forever
Processor Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus X370 Gaming 5
Cooling Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2
Memory 32 GB 3200mhz CL16 Silicon Power (2 x 16gb)
Video Card(s) Aorus 5700 XT
Storage 2x Samsung 970 evo plus 500gb (One is on an expansion card)
Display(s) XG2431 (Luv ya Viewsonic for this great monitor)
Case Cooler Master MB TG520
Audio Device(s) HyperX Cloud Alpha
Power Supply AP850GM (Aorus 850 Watt)
Mouse Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard Redragon K614
Software Windows 11
Benchmark Scores 4.7GHZ on the CPU at 1.3 Volts
I have the s24 Ultra and the Pixel 9 Pro XL. I use the Pixel dad to day just because it feels so good one handed... Not into gaming but love photography and both these phones do well with that. IMO!
How's 8G3 and Galaxy AI?
 
Joined
May 3, 2019
Messages
2,123 (1.03/day)
System Name BigRed
Processor I7 12700k
Motherboard Asus Rog Strix z690-A WiFi D4
Cooling Noctua D15S chromax black/MX6
Memory TEAM GROUP 32GB DDR4 4000C16 B die
Video Card(s) MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Trio X 10GB
Storage M.2 drives WD SN850X 1TB 4x4 BOOT/WD SN850X 4TB 4x4 STEAM/USB3 4TB OTHER
Display(s) Dell s3422dwg 34" 3440x1440p 144hz ultrawide
Case Corsair 7000D
Audio Device(s) Logitech Z5450/KEF uniQ speakers/Bowers and Wilkins P7 Headphones
Power Supply Corsair RM850x 80% gold
Mouse Logitech G604 lightspeed wireless
Keyboard Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed wireless
Software Windows 10 Pro X64
Benchmark Scores Who cares
Just got a galaxy s24 today, SM-S921B/DS Really impressed with the circle to search. Only needed a normal sized phone so did not need to get reamed for the ultra, this is perfectly fine.
 
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