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Has anyone heard or read anything about when we might get Android 6 on the S6? I read somewhere that Samsung has an Android 6 beta testing program going on in South Korea, but there was no mention of when beta testing would end. And then it has to go through Verizon before we get it, right? If we don't have an unlocked bootloader by the time the Android 6 OTA rolls out I think I'll just bite the bullet and update even if it means losing root.
The latest leak said 1st quarter 2016, but there's no proof the leak was legit. If it was, however, that give us until the end of March. Even then, I can't remember if that was just on Samsung's end or if it included Verizon's end.
2016 Q1 is just for Samsung's part of this.
I have a contact that I've asked that would absolutely know. I sent them a text asking for a date. They said "very soon". I will try to make time to call them today and get a more exact date.
I have read that S6 gets MM as soon as this month. But since Verizon seems to be slow at updates, i wouldnt hold my breath for anything soon.
Uh oh, now the buzz is that the first S6 marshmallow wont appear until February. And who knows when a Verizon version shows up.
And now... February / March. I may change to a 6P before S6 gets MM...
Thanks for the replies...I still remember waiting and waiting (and waiting) to get lollipop on my S4.
Whatever Samsung's release schedule is plus 3-4 months for Verizon to de-usefulapp-it and crap-ware-ify it.
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Samsung needs to partner with Google and release a Play Version S7 that is compatible with the 4 big networks. 1 Device, all networks. Done.
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Whatever Samsung's release schedule is plus 3-4 months for Verizon to de-usefulapp-it and crap-ware-ify it.
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Samsung needs to partner with Google and release a Play Version S7 that is compatible with the 4 big networks. 1 Device, all networks. Done.
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It's extra annoying that the carriers still pre-load all that crapware. Their old justification that we're subsidizing your phone purchase so we're putting that junk on your phone doesn't hold water anymore since they are going to monthly payment plans. All of the apps (and I mean ALL) should be able to be completely uninstalled, not just disabled/hidden/frozen/etc.
February or March plus (hopefully not but very likely) another 3 or so months for Verizon to load it up with bloatware.
http://bgr.com/2016/01/25/galaxy-s6-note-5-android-6-0-update/
check this guys.
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/01/30...shmallow-updates-in-korea-for-s6-and-s6-edge/
so how long take about putting boaltware? haha
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It's extra annoying that the carriers still pre-load all that crapware. Their old justification that we're subsidizing your phone purchase so we're putting that junk on your phone doesn't hold water anymore since they are going to monthly payment plans. All of the apps (and I mean ALL) should be able to be completely uninstalled, not just disabled/hidden/frozen/etc.
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Yep. I think carriers should now just keep all their crapware apps on the Play store. Some people do like some of the "value-add" crap that carriers install but many I think would like not having to deal with hiding/removing/freezing the crapware. All they have to do is just put the apps in the play store and if people want them, they can install them there. Maybe Google can jump in and help the situation somehow. I don't know.
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Yep. I think carriers should now just keep all their crapware apps on the Play store. Some people do like some of the "value-add" crap that carriers install but many I think would like not having to deal with hiding/removing/freezing the crapware. All they have to do is just put the apps in the play store and if people want them, they can install them there. Maybe Google can jump in and help the situation somehow. I don't know.
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I couldn't agree more. I wouldn't mind if they "lock" the bootloader until you fully pay your device. The updates should be the same way Apple pushes their updates; regardless of carrier.
Google has the power to impose this just like Apple did; to control the user-experience all throughout. IT'S TIME!
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Yep. I think carriers should now just keep all their crapware apps on the Play store. Some people do like some of the "value-add" crap that carriers install but many I think would like not having to deal with hiding/removing/freezing the crapware. All they have to do is just put the apps in the play store and if people want them, they can install them there. Maybe Google can jump in and help the situation somehow. I don't know.
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I don't so much have a problem with it being pre-installed, but that it can't be fully uninstalled. Sure, preload VZ Navigator, IMBD, NFL, etc but make all those completely removable just like any other app I download from the Play Store. The fact that all you can do is disable them is complete BS.
I've been complaining loudly to Verizon because their last 2 firmware updates have completely killed what little battery life my S6 used to have. When "Android OS" and "Android System" continually show up at the top of the battery usage list using 25% or more of my battery life I know there is a problem. I finally talked to someone willing to discuss the issue who "unofficially" agreed there is an issue and that they are working on it and it would probably be fixed in the 6.0 release "coming soon." Wasn't good enough for me so I bit the bullet and got a Nexus 5x (and am very glad I did!).
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I think it's called the Nexus.
start just now
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/09...r-the-galaxy-s6-and-galaxy-s6-edge-in-poland/
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start just now
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/09...r-the-galaxy-s6-and-galaxy-s6-edge-in-poland/
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Which means we'll get it in 6 months haha
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I've been looking around for news on when TMO and the other US carriers are going to release Nougat for the Note 5. No real news out there that I can find. Anyone find anything?
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I've been looking around for news on when TMO and the other US carriers are going to release Nougat for the Note 5. No real news out there that I can find. Anyone find anything?
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It was released randomly for the SM-N920C 2 ¹/² weeks ago in Turkey...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=71465602
...so it shouldn't be too much longer for the rest of the world to get it. Depends on when your service provider decides to release it though. I asked T-Mobile when it would be for SM-N920T and they pretty much said that they weren't allowed to say, that it would be sometime in the near future and just to keep an eye out for it. No one knows when it will be released, but literally EVERYONE is waiting for this, so believe me you'll know when it arrives on XDA.
Sprint got 7.0 today
We got N920TUVU4DQC2 today.. guess we have to wait a bit longer for Nougat.
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We got N920TUVU4DQC2 today.. guess we have to wait a bit longer for Nougat.
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Have you noticed any differences with the new update?
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Sprint got 7.0 today
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Here's a write up about the Sprint Note 5
http://phandroid.com/2017/04/06/sprint-galaxy-note-5-nougat-update/
Folks rocking the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will want to be on the lookout for an OTA to hit their phone. It’s Nougat!
The update is coming in as version N920PVPU3DQC5, a 1.4GB affair. It’ll be receiving all of Nougat’s new features and those which Samsung are delivering as part of a big upgrade to TouchWiz. It may even make your phone feel brand new, though we aren’t promising anything. Oh, and its security patches are fairly up to speed with a March 1st, 2017 level.
Anyway, for such a massive file size you’ll want to make sure you’re on a WiFi connection and have a decently charged battery (let’s say more than 50% to be on the safe side) before attempting to pull it down. Head to the settings menu on your phone to look for it manually if it hasn’t already hit your notifications tray.
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Here's a write up about the Sprint Note 5
http://phandroid.com/2017/04/06/sprint-galaxy-note-5-nougat-update/
Folks rocking the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will want to be on the lookout for an OTA to hit their phone. It’s Nougat!
The update is coming in as version N920PVPU3DQC5, a 1.4GB affair. It’ll be receiving all of Nougat’s new features and those which Samsung are delivering as part of a big upgrade to TouchWiz. It may even make your phone feel brand new, though we aren’t promising anything. Oh, and its security patches are fairly up to speed with a March 1st, 2017 level.
Anyway, for such a massive file size you’ll want to make sure you’re on a WiFi connection and have a decently charged battery (let’s say more than 50% to be on the safe side) before attempting to pull it down. Head to the settings menu on your phone to look for it manually if it hasn’t already hit your notifications tray.
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Yea I read this yesterday
Sounds like the ATT folks began getting the update yesterday. How far behind can TMO be?
Verizon just got theirs......so it looks like T-Mobile is last.
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Verizon just got theirs......so it looks like T-Mobile is last.
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So tmo might be just around the corner i unrooted just to be clicking software update and be motivated lol
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This
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This
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And this i am so happy now waiting
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JonathanRAZ said:
And this i am so happy now waiting
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Testing phase...commencing! Can't wait.
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JonathanRAZ said:
And this i am so happy now waiting
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Wow they changed that thing fast after I screenshoted it to them...
bigTINY779 said:
Wow they changed that thing fast after I screenshoted it to them...
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Hahaha yeah and thanks maybe that got them to get quicker i hope it comes tonight haha this already made my day
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So tmo might be just around the corner i unrooted just to be clicking software update and be motivated lol
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I made this tutorial awhile ago for people with root to still be able to receive the update. Doesn't work if you're currently using a Nougat rom though. Can be done easily however from either stock Marshmallow or a Marshmallow rom that's based on your devices firmware.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=70961601
EDIT: Oh...I forgot you commented on it. Guess you already knew about it. [emoji14]
Tmobile SOON 7.0
I wonder why all the other major US carriers have it out and TMO does not. I hope it is not an indication that the TMO version has bugs.
Could be they wanna make sure it is good for us first. I have heard about the other carriers releasing buggy updates to just get them out...lol we can hope anyway
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I am tired of waiting lol might as well re root feel bored
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This is ridiculous at this point. It has been available in South Korea for a month now. Anyone else very frustrated with the wait?
I am.
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I don't know. I mean, I'll try it out. But I've got too many assistants already with Alexa and Google.
Samsung makes great devices but I'd forgotten how ridiculous they've gotten with pushing their software. I wish I could root this and put plain Android on it. It's really the only negative I have with this phone.
Impatiently waiting. I honestly thought we would see it by now.
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damn bixby button. Sick of accidentally waking it just to have to exit it. Pointless button. Don't see where bixby fits into an already busy landscape. Worse thing about this phone other than the idiotic place to locate a fingerprint sensor!
like going to a car dealership buying a new car ,the salesman tells you that it does not come with brakes at the moment ,it will have brakes but we don't know when !!,,,come on Samsung pull your finger out!
They already gave a time frame. Late spring.
That means from now until mid June.
Honestly, I'm perfectly fine with them taking however long they need to make sure that their software is where they'd like it to be. HOWEVER, if you are going to put a dedicated hardware button on a device as expensive as this which does not currently have a function, then your customer should have the ability, natively, to remap it's function as they please. I take offense to having a dummy button on a phone I've paid this much for.
I really don't care, I use Google anyway and have Bixby disabled. Use the Bixby button to launch the flashlight, some use it to launch Google Now but all you have to do is say it.
Just what the world didn't need: another voice assistant (that isn't even ready for prime time).
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Just what the world didn't need: another voice aasistant (that isn't even ready for prime time).
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To be fair, if you watch the korean tests, it is leaps ahead of any other assistant in terms of functionality.
Skander1998 said:
To be fair, if you watch the korean tests, it is leaps ahead of any other assistant in terms of functionality.
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Not really. It does a FEW things others don't, and can't do things that the existing ones can... It is just more of the same.
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Not really. It does a FEW things others don't, and can't do things that the existing ones can... It is just more of the same.
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Care to elaborate? There doesn't seem to be anything missing from what I've seen.
Well it doesn't integrate with SmartThings or any other home automation system for one.
It will eventually but it doesn't today, and I use that functionality on Google Home literally a dozen times a day.
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like going to a car dealership buying a new car ,the salesman tells you that it does not come with brakes at the moment ,it will have brakes but we don't know when !!,,,come on Samsung pull your finger out!
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yes, just like that... only different.
I thought I read somewhere that Bixby Voice was catching S8/S8+ 's in S Korea on fire, so Samsung was thinking of rebranding it as a tool against Fattie Kim... S Koreans can speak a specific phrase into Voice then lob the phone over the DMZ. Who knows? May be useful as a more accurate missle warhead than what N Korea is littering up the China Sea with...
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Lol
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lsxmma said:
This is ridiculous at this point. It has been available in South Korea for a month now. Anyone else very frustrated with the wait?
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Not the slightest. Bixby is frozen w/TB like the rest of the pointless samsung features that are completely unnecessary for a power user like myself.
Looks like it's going to be delayed yet again.
https://www.slashgear.com/is-bixby-...gs-siri-rival-reportedly-struggling-31487051/
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like going to a car dealership buying a new car ,the salesman tells you that it does not come with brakes at the moment ,it will have brakes but we don't know when !!,,,come on Samsung pull your finger out!
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That.... That is the worst analogy I've ever heard lol.
Has anyone received an email back or actually have early access to Bixby yet? Read somewhere that AT&T S 8 users haven't received access after signing up to the invite . Anyone?
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Has anyone received an email back or actually have early access to Bixby yet? Read somewhere that AT&T S 8 users haven't received access after signing up to the invite . Anyone?
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I think not. But is not wort it. I have friend with T-Mobile and he sing in. Bixby is very slow to respond. Google Assistant is 10 time faster and better. then bixby. I hope they final release will have lot of improvements.
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Has anyone received an email back or actually have early access to Bixby yet? Read somewhere that AT&T S 8 users haven't received access after signing up to the invite . Anyone?
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heres the deal. i applied, not chosen, if not chosen by now, you wont be. BTW.............. THE 28TH IS SLATED TO GO STATES WIDE.
sure one can download APK FILES, wont work because its server initiated between device and samsung. GOOGLE NEEDS TO IMPROVE ASSISTANT ON S8 PLUS. stay tuned. BTW.....................................................DID U LOOK UNDER THE GALAXY APP STORE ON S8 AND LOOK FOR UPDATES
Samsung apps are updated . Your probably right about not getting it until launch
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bixby is the worst failure since i owned my note 7s.
Did anyone get Bixby voice outside beta testing? as stated above should have been released on 28th..
Its later then normal?
no march update usually date ask google please then tell us why
I'm over it Samsung ultra is coming up soon
Is there something cutting edge and beneficial enough to make someone change their life in the update?
My concern is my brand new pixel buds disconnecting and reconnecting constantly. Think that a firmware update on my buds would be more important. That's just me though
boorog said:
I'm over it Samsung ultra is coming up soon
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you will regret it. Just wait for pixel 8 pro 3nm or snapdragon 8 gen 3 big update expected
Tracker31 said:
you will regret it. Just wait for pixel 8 pro 3nm or snapdragon 8 gen 3 big update expected
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Got my wife the 23U and no noticable difference from the 22U. Just an update to what was already created. Agree with you 100%.
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Is there something cutting edge and beneficial enough to make someone change their life in the update?
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Only that quick dopamine hit of having the latest and greatest.
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Only that quick dopamine hit of having the latest and greatest.
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Haha. The "alright! I'm updated," until after the reboot feeling. I get it.
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My concern is my brand new pixel buds disconnecting and reconnecting constantly. Think that a firmware update on my buds would be more important. That's just me though
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Which is a separate update from the Phone firmware
HipKat said:
Which is a separate update from the Phone firmware
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Really? Who would've known(sarcasm).
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no march update usually date ask google please then tell us why
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A quick Google search would've told you rather than you coming here and posting bs.
QPR3 kicking off on the 13th, do the math.
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Exactly, I don't understand why people are all up and arms about the monthly being late. Are you in a rush for something? If you have ants in your pants and itching to update something, just reflash your current version to curb your addiction. Everyone needs to relax and stop opening meaningless threads. Be patient and just wait for the update to come out.
Well, maybe because one of the reason they bought the phone is that it should be the first to get each monthly security update. It's google update for google products after all.
Turned out, this month, my S23U is getting update faster than my P7P.
Am not itching or b*tching about update. I just find it funny that google is lagging behind in an area where they should actually excel. Not to mention they only have less than 20 phone models in their portofolio to manage as well. Lol
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Well, maybe because one of the reason they bought the phone is that it should be the first to get each monthly security update. It's google update for google products after all.
Turned out, this month, my S23U is getting update faster than my P7P.
Am not itching or b*tching about update. I just find it funny that google is lagging behind in an area where they should actually excel. Not to mention they only have less than 20 phone models in their portofolio to manage as well. Lol
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And how many of the 1 million Samsung devices did get the update this month?
Samsung is known to have a history of taking back or stopping updates due to massive problems. Google isn't the best update company too.
Better late and stable than early and buggy.
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And how many of the 1 million Samsung devices did get the update this month?
Samsung is known to have a history of taking back or stopping updates due to massive problems. Google isn't the best update company too.
Better late and stable than early and buggy.
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Well, consider that samsung, within one month, sold 1.1 million unit of s23 series alone globally, and those series been updated/getting march 2023 update,
i'd say, 1 million then.
number aside. I agree about being bug free. Which, surprisingly, exactly how it goes so far for my s23u.
Why do people talk about Samsung Phones in a Pixel Forum?
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Why do people talk about Samsung Phones in a Pixel Forum?
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Probably the same reason people talk about Pixel in Samsung forums. Justify a purchase, feel the need to lord it over if something is presumed better on one, really like their phone and want to convince others to like them too, tribalism, cult status.. all kinds of things. I just take it as entertainment on a Sunday morning. I do like the size specs on the S23 mini but then again it's a Sammy so...
As for the topic at hand I think if Google at least gave a reason for the delay that would appease many folks but that doesn't seem to be forthcoming. There are always little bugs we're hoping to squash with each monthly and maybe that's why everyone is wondering when. Even the columnists at AP and 9to5 are wondering and mashing the update button so for people to say just wait, what's the big deal, cool your jets etc. it is a little disingenuous.
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Probably the same reason people talk about Pixel in Samsung forums. Justify a purchase, feel the need to lord it over if something is presumed better on one, really like their phone and want to convince others to like them too, tribalism, cult status.. all kinds of things. I just take it as entertainment on a Sunday morning. I do like the size specs on the S23 mini but then again it's a Sammy so...
As for the topic at hand I think if Google at least gave a reason for the delay that would appease many folks but that doesn't seem to be forthcoming. There are always little bugs we're hoping to squash with each monthly and maybe that's why everyone is wondering when. Even the columnists at AP and 9to5 are wondering and mashing the update button so for people to say just wait, what's the big deal, cool your jets etc. it is a little disingenuous.
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the one big important thing against Sammy is Knox and Warranty lose when bootloader unlock. You w8 big part of new product because you want to keep warranty.
Unrelated to the update scenarios, I'll say this...I had the pixel 5 and swapped to a Samsung note 20 ultra which I used until getting the p7p. If I'm honest, the note has a way more premium feel to it, holding it, looking at it, using it blows the p7p out of the water. I've been swapping back and forth between the 2 and even at 3 cycles old the Samsung holds it's own.