Note 20 Ultra Instagram and battery - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers

Hello. I got my note 20 ultra exynos one. Anyone has problems with the battery lasting too less? And one more question: When i shoot videos on my instagram app camera its low quality and lagy, on Snapchat its better or messenger. And i dont have instagram camera mode on stock neither so is there anything we can do?
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The battery life is pretty terrible. Certainly more complaining about it rather than happy.
I've given up and gone back to my Note 8.

kradcliffe said:
The battery life is pretty terrible. Certainly more complaining about it rather than happy.
I've given up and gone back to my Note 8.
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I still have my note 9, the battery its kinda the same. With battery im good but my frustration is with Instagram
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kradcliffe said:
The battery life is pretty terrible. Certainly more complaining about it rather than happy.
I've given up and gone back to my Note 8.
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Wow.

zedwards said:
Wow.
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Is it really that bad? I was considering upgrading from my note 8.
My whatsapp size has taken all my storage lol. Thought 512gb internal + a big upgrade would help.

dpoverlord said:
Is it really that bad? I was considering upgrading from my note 8.
My whatsapp size has taken all my storage lol. Thought 512gb internal + a big upgrade would help.
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No, not at all. It's the best phone out there right now. Nearly indestructible and very premium quality. The camera is amazing and it feels fast as lighting. People here of all places should know it takes a week of normal use to let the battery settle and get adjusted. My response was because of the dramatic response to the phone that's making me run from this forum. I mean really...going back to the 8? Jesus get a grip.

I dont know what to say. Instagram camera is broken, battery really little less then note 9 after a week
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TaylorMNT said:
I dont know what to say. Instagram camera is broken, battery really little less then note 9 after a week
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Don’t blame the crappy Android unoptimised version of Instagram on the Note 20U. If you have ever used Instagram on an iPhone versus an Android phone, the difference is night and day. I speak from personal ownership experience.
Do a quick GG search. You’ll see how many videos, articles, Reddit posts etc written on this.
Take a look at Flossy Carter’s videos on YT. That bloke does the realest reviews of any major phones on the market right now.

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[Q] Changing from Note 4...

Hello everyone! I'm thinking of getting rid of my Note 4 and getting an Xperia Z3. Don't get me wrong, the Note 4 is a great device, but for the money, the amount of lag and terrible low-light and indoor pictures and pretty bad battery life is just too much for me.
The most important things for me are:
Battery life
Performance (multitasking)
Camera
All the blogs said the Note 4 was the device for me, but over the last 3 roms I haven't been able to fix ANY of these issues.
How's the Z3? Are you guys generally speaking happy with it? Has anyone played with the Note 4 and could maybe shine some light on their opinion and experiences? Thanks!
zkyevolved said:
Hello everyone! I'm thinking of getting rid of my Note 4 and getting an Xperia Z3. Don't get me wrong, the Note 4 is a great device, but for the money, the amount of lag and terrible low-light and indoor pictures and pretty bad battery life is just too much for me.
The most important things for me are:
Battery life
Performance (multitasking)
Camera
All the blogs said the Note 4 was the device for me, but over the last 3 roms I haven't been able to fix ANY of these issues.
How's the Z3? Are you guys generally speaking happy with it? Has anyone played with the Note 4 and could maybe shine some light on their opinion and experiences? Thanks!
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Battery life is awesome. I have 6+ hours of display on time on one charge. Without any battery savings ie (stamina, ultra stamina, low battery mode) which you can turn on.
Lag, well I never had lag on this phone, 3gb of ram does really good job.
About camera. Well this is more personal opinion. Some will tell you it's bed, someone will tell you it's good.
Truth is that people perception pictures difrently and also have different preference so it should be best to go to center, take Z3 and check your self.
For me, camera is good. I always use superior auto mode which does really good job. Panorama photo should be better.
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electrash said:
Battery life is awesome. I have 6+ hours of display on time on one charge. Without any battery savings ie (stamina, ultra stamina, low battery mode) which you can turn on.
Lag, well I never had lag on this phone, 3gb of ram does really good job.
About camera. Well this is more personal opinion. Some will tell you it's bed, someone will tell you it's good.
Truth is that people perception pictures difrently and also have different preference so it should be best to go to center, take Z3 and check your self.
For me, camera is good. I always use superior auto mode which does really good job. Panorama photo should be better.
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That's all good to know! I remember I had the z2 which gave me generally very top performance. But I had hardware issues with 5 of them. So I just gave up on it.
The note 4 has 3gb of ram which is great. But the note has some serious issues with memory management. For example, sometimes while actively multitasking by switching through apps, all of a sudden it will clear out all of my apps! All of them! When 3 seconds before they were all open and just fine!
There is a huge lag when opening a picture I had just taken. Or even trying to press the share button. It's a very well documented case which Samsung hasn't fixed. [emoji35] and battery drain with little to no usage. No rogue apps either. Strange cases for such a premium device.
My partner has the Z Ultra. If it weren't for the camera I would have picked up one for myself. He's very content with it, even after a year. I've had the note 4 for a few months and I'm going crazy! Haha.
Thanks for your input. ?
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That's all good to know! I remember I had the z2 which gave me generally very top performance. But I had hardware issues with 5 of them. So I just gave up on it.
The note 4 has 3gb of ram which is great. But the note has some serious issues with memory management. For example, sometimes while actively multitasking by switching through apps, all of a sudden it will clear out all of my apps! All of them! When 3 seconds before they were all open and just fine!
There is a huge lag when opening a picture I had just taken. Or even trying to press the share button. It's a very well documented case which Samsung hasn't fixed. [emoji35] and battery drain with little to no usage. No rogue apps either. Strange cases for such a premium device.
My partner has the Z Ultra. If it weren't for the camera I would have picked up one for myself. He's very content with it, even after a year. I've had the note 4 for a few months and I'm going crazy! Haha.
Thanks for your input.
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Z3 dosent have this problems, all apps are handled in RAM. even after few hours i pick multi task and go to some app and its still open.
All animation and task go really fluently. I have no words for this.
And z3 is better because its not heavily customized like note4 is.
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zkyevolved said:
Hello everyone! I'm thinking of getting rid of my Note 4 and getting an Xperia Z3. Don't get me wrong, the Note 4 is a great device, but for the money, the amount of lag and terrible low-light and indoor pictures and pretty bad battery life is just too much for me.
The most important things for me are:
Battery life
Performance (multitasking)
Camera
All the blogs said the Note 4 was the device for me, but over the last 3 roms I haven't been able to fix ANY of these issues.
How's the Z3? Are you guys generally speaking happy with it? Has anyone played with the Note 4 and could maybe shine some light on their opinion and experiences? Thanks!
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I just suggest do not change Not to another phone... it will be almost disappointing for u :|
because you will lose lots of features
you cannot understand multi-tasking in another phones :|
if u use s-pen even once a day you will miss it
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Geeks Empire said:
I just suggest do not change Not to another phone... it will be almost disappointing for u :|
because you will lose lots of features
you cannot understand multi-tasking in another phones :|
if u use s-pen even once a day you will miss it
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The spen doesn't worry me too much. It is useful though. But I'd rather have a fluid UI. I guess for the moment I'm going to have to sit tight and see how the note 4 develops. If it doesn't I'll just get the next best thing.
Thank a bunch for your help. ?
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I had Note Edge and Z3 .Now i keep only z3.Touch wizz is totally laggy. I hate it. Z3 also needs a time(2 secs) to open just now shooted pic. Its Android... But Xperia is so so quck.And the IPS vs Amoled is more real and have pure white.In high backlight levels Samsung battery is gone faster.Xperia battery is HERO in every aspect!
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I had Note Edge and Z3 .Now i keep only z3.Touch wizz is totally laggy. I hate it. Z3 also needs a time(2 secs) to open just now shooted pic. Its Android... But Xperia is so so quck.And the IPS vs Amoled is more real and have pure white.In high backlight levels Samsung battery is gone faster.Xperia battery is HERO in every aspect!
Sorry for my bad English!
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To give you an idea. It took me 9 seconds to open the pic I had taken. It's a nightmare. I think I'm going to wait and see if they fix the problem in the next build...
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To give you an idea. It took me 9 seconds to open the pic I had taken. It's a nightmare. I think I'm going to wait and see if they fix the problem in the next build...
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Take in my mind that Sony Lollipop Firmware have serious problems with Ram Managment, killing a lot of apps in background very agressively, so you have to stay in kitkat to avoid this problem.
Also, if it is for the camera, the Z3 doesn´t have a good camera, all said, in my opinion it is one of the worst cameras that I ever tried in a Smartphone, the pics are so blurry, without details and overcompressed.
Apart of that, the Xperia Z3 is a very good phone in battery, desing and UI.
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Take in my mind that Sony Lollipop Firmware have serious problems with Ram Managment, killing a lot of apps in background very agressively, so you have to stay in kitkat to avoid this problem.
Also, if it is for the camera, the Z3 doesn´t have a good camera, all said, in my opinion it is one of the worst cameras that I ever tried in a Smartphone, the pics are so blurry, without details and overcompressed.
Apart of that, the Xperia Z3 is a very good phone in battery, desing and UI.
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Thanks... I guess the grass is always greener, right?
I have had both a Note 3 and a Note 4 in the last 18 months. Both are fantastic devices in theory, however I found in practice they both had shortcomings. The Note 3 was a Friday afternoon job which I ended up fixing myself on 4 separate occasions (2 x usb ports, 1 x antenna, 1 x sd card slot issue) before selling it and getting my copper z3 on an upgrade. The Note 4 was a trial purchase I kept for all of two weeks - thinking with the ram, 32gb storage and huge processor performance would be future proof for a good couple of years at least. After the metal band became scratched to hell after being kept in a case for two weeks (dust scratches? Really?!?!) and I got really frustrated with the lags in the ui with Lollipop and the relatively poor battery performance (compared with the z3 at least....) I sold it asap and went back to the z3. Long story short it is a much smoother, more complete android experiance - at least on kitkat, I've downgraded from Lollipop for the same reasons - easily as quick in everyday life and much easier to root and customise if that's your bag. Oh and it isn't an insurance job if it slips out of you hand into the toilet/sink/sea!
Just my 2p's worth if it helps
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[Q] Coming from the htc m7

I currently have a m7 and I'm looking for my next new phone. I want to know anyone's cons against the s6 that they're using now. Especially anyone who came from m7/m8 etc. I want to know about camera, battery, performance, any lag with touchwiz, etc. I'm finding it a hard decision between nexus 6, S6, (and i would say m9...but the camera looks pretty awful). I need as much feedback as possible. I just want to know any cons before buying this phone that a rep (Verizon) isn't going to tell me.
I came from a launch day m7 myself, and I've had the s6 for about 2 weeks now. I think it was a solid upgrade, and I have no regrets. My only problems with it are the little annoyances, like the volume warning, and the things that I used to use xposed for, since there's no exposed for the s6 yet (and probably won't be for a while, if at all).
But the screen and camera are amazing. The battery and memory issues haven't bothered me because I haven't noticed them - all I know is that they're better than the m7.
One thing though - for the first time ever I'm using a third party launcher (Nova Prime). I don't really have any issues with touchwiz, and I've actually grown to like it a lot once I threw the flat candy theme on top of it, but the touchwiz launcher is a mess.
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I came from a launch day m7 myself, and I've had the s6 for about 2 weeks now. I think it was a solid upgrade, and I have no regrets. My only problems with it are the little annoyances, like the volume warning, and the things that I used to use xposed for, since there's no exposed for the s6 yet (and probably won't be for a while, if at all).
But the screen and camera are amazing. The battery and memory issues haven't bothered me because I haven't noticed them - all I know is that they're better than the m7.
One thing though - for the first time ever I'm using a third party launcher (Nova Prime). I don't really have any issues with touchwiz, and I've actually grown to like it a lot once I threw the flat candy theme on top of it, but the touchwiz launcher is a mess.
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This will probably never ever happen... but a sense 7 port, maybe just launcher.... well that would be pretty sweet.
Do you use any 3rd party camera apps such as camera fv-5 ? or do you really like stock app?
ccsoccer03 said:
This will probably never ever happen... but a sense 7 port, maybe just launcher.... well that would be pretty sweet.
Do you use any 3rd party camera apps such as camera fv-5 ? or do you really like stock app?
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Actually, check out this thread and do a search for s6 - I think people have gotten it to work. I haven't tested it - I've been pretty happy with touchwiz (surprisingly).
Same with the camera - haven't found any reason to try another, stock works great and the photos are awesome.
fachadick said:
Actually, check out this thread and do a search for s6 - I think people have gotten it to work. I haven't tested it - I've been pretty happy with touchwiz (surprisingly).
Same with the camera - haven't found any reason to try another, stock works great and the photos are awesome.
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What about video? I was semi ok with the m9 pics but the video is horrid without OIS.
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What about video? I was semi ok with the m9 pics but the video is horrid without OIS.
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I haven't had any issues with it, but I don't shoot much video. The still pics from the camera blow the htc out of the water though.
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What about video? I was semi ok with the m9 pics but the video is horrid without OIS.
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samsung started the 4K video in smartphones....and it's the best video out there...the stabilization is very good.....it's miles better than the M9...
Is video stereo mic or mono? Not a deal breaker, but something I like.
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What about video? I was semi ok with the m9 pics but the video is horrid without OIS.
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I didn't believe you... so I put it on my nexus 7... wow it actually works... the pictures for blinkfeed didn't scale well... but still.... wow... even themes
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Is video stereo mic or mono? Not a deal breaker, but something I like.
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if you mean recording videos audio is in mono or stereo...it's in stereo....
So I played with this phone yesterday at Verizon.... I'm sold. What is battery life compared to m7? I know the battery is slightly larger, but this is samsung and it also has QHD display and super amoled vs m7's htc and lcd 1080p display.
The battery life is my main gripe about the S6.. I bought and returned my LG G4 for the S6 and the Samsung is built much better yet the G4 got full day battery life. I charge my S6 about twice a day.
Also, the camera is definitely subpar on the S6 in comparison to the LG G4, especially in low lighting. The iPhone performs much better in low light compared to the S6 also. Day time pics are better than iPhone but nowhere near the G4 quality.
Once someone releases a higher capacity battery for the S6, I'd gladly tear mine apart to replace it.
Keep in mind I work for AT&T and I use my phone a LOT throughout the day.. Roughly 20gb /month data usage on my line alone and I don't tether.
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The battery life is my main gripe about the S6.. I bought and returned my LG G4 for the S6 and the Samsung is built much better yet the G4 got full day battery life. I charge my S6 about twice a day.
Also, the camera is definitely subpar on the S6 in comparison to the LG G4, especially in low lighting. The iPhone performs much better in low light compared to the S6 also. Day time pics are better than iPhone but nowhere near the G4 quality.
Once someone releases a higher capacity battery for the S6, I'd gladly tear mine apart to replace it.
Keep in mind I work for AT&T and I use my phone a LOT throughout the day.. Roughly 20gb /month data usage on my line alone and I don't tether.
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What about video? And since you use your phone so much, what is your battery life?
ccsoccer03 said:
What about video? And since you use your phone so much, what is your battery life?
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My iPhone 6 records 60fps 1080p much smoother than the GS6. But I don't record much video anyways.
Off the charger at 7am and I get the battery 15% warning around noon. Quick charge to 45% during lunch then get the warning again around 5pm.
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MrBaltazar said:
The battery life is my main gripe about the S6.. I bought and returned my LG G4 for the S6 and the Samsung is built much better yet the G4 got full day battery life. I charge my S6 about twice a day.
Also, the camera is definitely subpar on the S6 in comparison to the LG G4, especially in low lighting. The iPhone performs much better in low light compared to the S6 also. Day time pics are better than iPhone but nowhere near the G4 quality.
Once someone releases a higher capacity battery for the S6, I'd gladly tear mine apart to replace it.
Keep in mind I work for AT&T and I use my phone a LOT throughout the day.. Roughly 20gb /month data usage on my line alone and I don't tether.
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in low light the G4 is a bit better but other than that the S6 is better....in daylight and video it's better....and the s6 is better in every way than the iphone 6...maybe the 6 plus is a bit better in low light but not the 6....
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MrBaltazar said:
My iPhone 6 records 60fps 1080p much smoother than the GS6. But I don't record much video anyways.
Off the charger at 7am and I get the battery 15% warning around noon. Quick charge to 45% during lunch then get the warning again around 5pm.
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how is it smoother?? it's 60 fps on both phones so it should be the same....and it's known that samsung phones takes the best videos in all smartphones....
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in low light the G4 is a bit better but other than that the S6 is better....in daylight and video it's better....and the s6 is better in every way than the iphone 6...maybe the 6 plus is a bit better in low light but not the 6....
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I own a GS6 after returning my G4. My iPhone 6 is my secondary device and its sitting next to me. I'm giving a legitimate comparison with no bias. You saying the GS6 is better than iPhone in "every way" is ignorance at its best. I'm not a fan boy of either. There are strengths and weaknesses to both. The GS6 camera doesn't come anywhere near the quality of the G4 photos when you put them side by side and view them on the same calibrated monitor. The GS6 struggles with iso levels in low light. The iPhone is better at iso adjustment in low light. That is absolute in my real world usage.
Day light photos on the GS6 are leaps and bounds over the iPhone, however.
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I own a GS6 after returning my G4. My iPhone 6 is my secondary device and its sitting next to me. I'm giving a legitimate comparison with no bias. You saying the GS6 is better than iPhone in "every way" is ignorance at its best. I'm not a fan boy of either. There are strengths and weaknesses to both. The GS6 camera doesn't come anywhere near the quality of the G4 photos when you put them side by side and view them on the same calibrated monitor. The GS6 struggles with iso levels in low light. The iPhone is better at iso adjustment in low light. That is absolute in my real world usage.
Day light photos on the GS6 are leaps and bounds over the iPhone, however.
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i don't know if you are a fan of either but i own the S6 and its photos are great...i don't own the G4...but ....in all comparisons the S6 was better or on par with the G4 in daylight....in low light the G4 is better.......so saying it's nowhere as the G4 is not right at all...
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i don't know if you are a fan of either but i own the S6 and its photos are great...i don't own the G4...but ....in all comparisons the S6 was better or on par with the G4 in daylight....in low light the G4 is better.......so saying it's nowhere as the G4 is not right at all...
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Buy a G4 and compare them in real world photos yourself and you'll see what I'm talking about. Photo clarity and color accuracy is noticeably better with the G4.
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Buy a G4 and compare them in real world photos yourself and you'll see what I'm talking about. Photo clarity and color accuracy is noticeably better with the G4.
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every one has an opinion.....it seems all the reviewers has the same opinion and you have another....it's an opinion.....and i can't afford as many phones as you i guess....if you had a G4 now an S6 and iphone 6....
My mother has a 6+ and the pictures are still better on my S6, lowlights and video recording. 60fps is smooth on both so I don't know what the guy above is talking about.
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My (not best) comparison between Note 4, S6 Edge+, LG V10 and S7 Edge camera

I know my photos are not the best to check the quality. I hope they can help you to decide!
If I had time, this night (Spain time) I would like a new low light comparison between V10 and S7 Edge.
IMO, I like the details of V10, but at low light I like S7 Edge.
What's your opinion?
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S7 Edge camera sensor: SLSI_S5K2L1_FIMC_IS (ISOCELL)
S6 Edge+ camera sensor: SLSI_S5K2P2_FIMC_IS (ISOCELL)
Show more V10 vs S7 in low light/night.
Edit : V10 looks better in low light, no yellow tint and more sharp. But S7e has punchy color, but LG has spectrum color to be more realistic.
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updated with more day and night photos
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Good enough for me. I had my doubts about s7e camera quality but it looks great. Can't wait to get mine. Thanks for sharing
You sure it was always in automatic mode with the V10 ? here it takes darker pics than the S6E+ whereas usually the LG always take brighter pics than the S6E+ in low light.
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You sure it was always in automatic mode with the V10 ? here it takes darker pics than the S6E+ whereas usually the LG always take brighter pics than the S6E+ in low light.
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All photos have been made in automatic.
Videos in 720p
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All photos have been made in automatic.
Videos in 720p
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I know my photos are not the best to check the quality. I hope they can help you to decide!
If I had time, this night (Spain time) I would like a new low light comparison between V10 and S7 Edge.
IMO, I like the details of V10, but at low light I like S7 Edge.
What's your opinion?
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S7 Edge camera sensor: SLSI_S5K2L1_FIMC_IS (ISOCELL)
S6 Edge+ camera sensor: SLSI_S5K2P2_FIMC_IS (ISOCELL)
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I knew it.. ISOCELL is back...
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I knew it.. ISOCELL is back...
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Is that bad?
Is there sony or ISOCELL lottery again?
Looks like it ill be requesting my phone back if i get isocell no doubt about it
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Is that bad?
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No it's not bad. It's just worse that having a sony sensor. You should probably check the threads about isocell vs sony imx in galaxy s6 and note 5 forums. There's a clear difference and let's just say isocell is not the winner... washed out collors, worse clarity, worse low light with puprle fringe on videos and photos at the corners of the frame. I should know, i have an s6e with isocell.
Sony sensor here: see screenshot below
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Sony sensor here: see screenshot below
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Where is your S7 from? Is it a US or International?
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Where is your S7 from? Is it a US or International?
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US T-Mobile in the first batch
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US T-Mobile in the first batch
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Cool....I'm thinking about going to grab this phone from TMOUS on Friday. Hopefully I get the Sony sensor.
Either way, I'll be happy to be back on Android. I switched to a 6+ and then a 6S+ last summer/fall and I am finally missing Android. Yes there are some things better about IOS but I just feel so limited. Apple not opening it the API really hurts 3rd party app function. The Alarm clock apps along with 3rd party keyboards are horrendous on IOS.
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Cool....I'm thinking about going to grab this phone from TMOUS on Friday. Hopefully I get the Sony sensor.
Either way, I'll be happy to be back on Android. I switched to a 6+ and then a 6S+ last summer/fall and I am finally missing Android. Yes there are some things better about IOS but I just feel so limited. Apple not opening it the API really hurts 3rd party app function. The Alarm clock apps along with 3rd party keyboards are horrendous on IOS.
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Well when you get it welcome back! I haven't owned an iPhone since the 4 and I see no reason to look back. I enjoy the freedom to brick my phone and do whatever I want for fun. I flashed Android N to my 6P earlier today, and I've been tinkering with my S7E lately. It takes time to get things how you like them plus the journey to perfection is fun.
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Well when you get it welcome back! I haven't owned an iPhone since the 4 and I see no reason to look back. I enjoy the freedom to brick my phone and do whatever I want for fun. I flashed Android N to my 6P earlier today, and I've been tinkering with my S7E lately. It takes time to get things how you like them plus the journey to perfection is fun.
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Exactly.......and I miss that part so much. My wife is sticking with the iPhone because when we switched from the 6 to the 6S, she said she loved how everything on her phone went back to exactly the way she had it. I hated that part. I love starting fresh with a new phone and setting it up all over again.
Plus I have the Jump On Demand and I feel like it's going to waste if I only upgrade once a year to the new iPhone. I'm getting my 3 upgrades a year dammit.
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Exactly.......and I miss that part so much. My wife is sticking with the iPhone because when we switched from the 6 to the 6S, she said she loved how everything on her phone went back to exactly the way she had it. I hated that part. I love starting fresh with a new phone and setting it up all over again.
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Same here, luckily my wife loves her Nexus 6P and wouldn't give it up for anything but another Nexus
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TBH the daylight photos of S7e satisfied me, and it amazed me in no-light condition (the beach photos). Still visible in no-light is mind-blowing.
It's also very very clear that the HDR mode eliminates oil-painting effect and cures the relatively low dynamic range too. All HDR photos I have seen so far are very good, always better than the normal one (feel real, not fake like other HDR photos).
The only thing I care now is the low-light mode. Com'on SS, the low-light mode on S3 and Note 2 was increadible, and you have it on A5 and A7 2016 too, so please give it back to S series.
Pilz said:
Same here, luckily my wife loves her Nexus 6P and wouldn't give it up for anything but another Nexus
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LOL.....don't get me wrong, my wife still likes Android, she just doesn't care that much. She actually missed her Android when we first switched but I think facetiming with her family made her want to stick with the iPhone.
I will say this though. We have a couple Android tablets along with a couple iPads and I do believe iOS has Android beat when it comes to the tablet interface. Either way, I'm not really a tablet guy anyway. I'd much prefer to be sitting on the couch with my XPS 13 or gaming on my MSI GT72.

Is battery of pixel 2 good enough?

I do like everything about this phone except battery size. Its sad that google did not upgraded battery and it remain 2700mAh which is rather poor for this price range . Would it give at least 4 hour screen on time with this capacity ? If not then what else phone you will recommend with camera as good as pixel 2 ?
I would expect similar to slightly better than last year's Pixel battery life. My opinion is based on what I've seen from next gen devices from the beginning of Android.
Rajaasim1980 said:
I do like everything about this phone except battery size. Its sad that google did not upgraded battery and it remain 2700mAh which is rather poor for this price range . Would it give at least 4 hour screen on time with this capacity ? If not then what else phone you will recommend with camera as good as pixel 2 ?
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I have the Z2 Force. With my usage between the Z2, S8+, Note8, and my Nexus 5X they get similar numbers with the 5X being the lowest overall time. Z2 Force did a lot better than I expected and people thought the battery was way too small.
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I would expect similar to slightly better than last year's Pixel battery life. My opinion is based on what I've seen from next gen devices from the beginning of Android.
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I have not used normal pixel though pixel XL was great in battery but what was the average screen on time for last year pixel with same battery size?
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I have the Z2 Force. With my usage between the Z2, S8+, Note8, and my Nexus 5X they get similar numbers with the 5X being the lowest overall time. Z2 Force did a lot better than I expected and people thought the battery was way too small.
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Yes I have also used 5X and excellent camera but very poor battery as i was getting maximum 2.30 to 3 hour screen on time so have returned it . 6P has no good reputation about battery either.
we dont have z2 force in here and i assume its camera is not as good as you get from note 8 or pixel..By the way if you have used boht note 8 and s8 plus then which camera is better between these two?
thought because of sd835, amoled display and 3520mAh batterylife will be nice but we will see in reviews.
Rajaasim1980 said:
Yes I have also used 5X and excellent camera but very poor battery as i was getting maximum 2.30 to 3 hour screen on time so have returned it . 6P has no good reputation about battery either.
we dont have z2 force in here and i assume its camera is not as good as you get from note 8 or pixel..By the way if you have used boht note 8 and s8 plus then which camera is better between these two?
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I am not much of a camera guy. They both look better than the Z2. I give the Note8 the edge because of camera tricks you can do cause other than that I can't tell the difference between photos. Personally if you like photos you can't go wrong with either.
The Z2 has those mods going for it. Personally I use 2 mods. The projector and the battery. With the battery I get 3 days of usage between charges. The projector I use it to watch something at night in my bed. Great for my neck lol.
Personally if I can get 6 hours of SoT per day is all good for me.
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I am not much of a camera guy. They both look better than the Z2. I give the Note8 the edge because of camera tricks you can do cause other than that I can't tell the difference between photos. Personally if you like photos you can't go wrong with either.
The Z2 has those mods going for it. Personally I use 2 mods. The projector and the battery. With the battery I get 3 days of usage between charges. The projector I use it to watch something at night in my bed. Great for my neck lol.
Personally if I can get 6 hours of SoT per day is all good for me.
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6 hour screen on time is excellent and few phones can give this SOT with consistency
I had s7 edge before and was happy with battery(5 to 6 hour SOT on 4G) but still photography was not as good as on Pixel or even Nexus 5x/6p .
I don't know why high end phones don't look at battery department because all midrange or low end phones coming up with 4000mAh aand 5000mAh capacity and that also on 720 p screen . I don't mind extra weight as long as battery is excellent
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6 hour screen on time is excellent and few phones can give this SOT with consistency
I had s7 edge before and was happy with battery(5 to 6 hour SOT on 4G) but still photography was not as good as on Pixel or even Nexus 5x/6p .
I don't know why high end phones don't look at battery department because all midrange or low end phones coming up with 4000mAh aand 5000mAh capacity and that also on 720 p screen . I don't mind extra weight as long as battery is excellent
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Sadly that's the problem. There are people want thinner, waterproof, and lighter phones. There has also been no strides is battery for the hardware department. There's some promising projects but the costs currently isn't worth it.
Ironically the only reason why I got the battery mod for my Z2 was because that phone is lighter than the 5X.
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The original pixel would last me a solid day. I don't watch a lot of videos though so... If you're a youtube fanatic you're probably screwed.
yeah, pixel 1 is 2700mah and it seems ok..honestly, i get the same battery life out of this (if not better) than i did my v20 which was like 3200mah
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The original pixel would last me a solid day. I don't watch a lot of videos though so... If you're a youtube fanatic you're probably screwed.
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I don't know too much about YouTube on mobile usage, but generally video playing doesn't requires too much finger input and that's what consumes more battery. And I don't consider YouTube in WiFi to be so battery killer.
What really kills my battery are video calls......I never had a good battery with video calls.
I don't think your statement about YouTube giving you better battery is accurate at all. In fact I think that's completely false. Almost everyone review site uses screen on while running video because streaming , brightness, and video all eat up your battery quicker than say a static e-reader image.
For instance, almost every review site uses video run down tests on the phone. The run down tests usually knock a battery out in half the SOT.
ndonnine said:
I don't think your statement about YouTube giving you better battery is accurate at all. In fact I think that's completely false. Almost everyone review site uses screen on while running video because streaming , brightness, and video all eat up your battery quicker than say a static e-reader image.
For instance, almost every review site uses video run down tests on the phone. The run down tests usually knock a battery out in half the SOT.
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You are right, I don't know too much about YouTube because I always use it via WiFi. I should had mentioned "video playing" (and not YouTube), so I don't bring the battery consumption used by LTE modem into this. I'll edit my post.
Now, in my experience browsing (tapatalk, whatsapp, chrome, all the apps that constantly requires you to be touching the display) consumes more battery than a video (at least a local video or movie downloaded in your memory).
It's about the same capacity as last year, and the s835 seems to be rather more efficient than the s820/821 judging by other manufacturers' results, so I expect it will be fine.

[AMA] ZenFone 7 in my pocket ! Do you have any question ?

Hey !
Just received my regular zenfone 7.
Even if I won't keep it more than 7 days, I'll try it and will make a review on youtube (french language).
But, if you have any question for the phone, I'll try to answer you on Monday !
So, lets go !
How the battery life been in comparison to the zenfone 6? What kind of screen on time are you getting?
What carrier are you using it on?
Do you think it's worth upgrading to from the 6?
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How well does it work with Gcam? Are you able to access all 3 cameras?
Hows the photo quality on gcam compared to other phones( zp6 or other flagship)
Thanks in advance!
I'd really like to see some GCam samples too.
sedp23 said:
How the battery life been in comparison to the zenfone 6? What kind of screen on time are you getting?
What carrier are you using it on?
Do you think it's worth upgrading to from the 6?
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Battery life is a little bit disapointing considering I was most of the time on wifi. You can hope for around 5h+ of SOT. Not bad, but not 5000mah level. Zenfone 6 was better.
I'm on SFR (french carrier).
Stay with the 6.
jj1378 said:
How well does it work with Gcam? Are you able to access all 3 cameras?
Hows the photo quality on gcam compared to other phones( zp6 or other flagship)
Thanks in advance!
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Will test gcam this afternoon !
There's a LOT of GCam versions so perhaps try the ones compatible with the Zenfone 6? Link here https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-6-2019/themes/google-camera-mod-zenfone-6-t3965028
I'm curious if the flip module will work with GCam. If not, I'm sure GCam developers will make it work.
My review is live ! I put some GCAM sample just for you !
https://youtu.be/Z3bnYvd_ENQ
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My review is live ! I put some GCAM sample just for you !
https://youtu.be/Z3bnYvd_ENQ
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Wish I could understand Français! ? Thanks for doing the GCam. Photos look good, perhaps not amazing. Video looks great though, especially selfie! I see you have a OnePlus sticker in the background. I currently have a OnePlus 5 and GCam is great on it but my selfie cam is awful, the battery is starting to go bad after 3 years and the earpiece is breaking so I need an upgrade. I'm not a hardcore phone user, just want something with a near stock android, smooth performance, and to be able to take some good pictures easily (including selfies). I'm almost tempted to order the Zenfone now.... Or do you think the OP 8T could be a better option??
crumble6 said:
Wish I could understand Français! Thanks for doing the GCam. Photos look good, perhaps not amazing. Video looks great though, especially selfie! I see you have a OnePlus sticker in the background. I currently have a OnePlus 5 and GCam is great on it but my selfie cam is awful, the battery is starting to go bad after 3 years and the earpiece is breaking so I need an upgrade. I'm not a hardcore phone user, just want something with a near stock android, smooth performance, and to be able to take some good pictures easily (including selfies). I'm almost tempted to order the Zenfone now.... Or do you think the OP 8T could be a better option??
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For the better price / Perf you can look at Oneplus 7(T) PRO or even Oneplus Nord
Lowlight video quality looks pretty bad from other samples I've seen. Do you have any to share? Also gcam lowlight videos?
AhhdafunK01 said:
Battery life is a little bit disapointing considering I was most of the time on wifi. You can hope for around 5h+ of SOT. Not bad, but not 5000mah level. Zenfone 6 was better.
I'm on SFR (french carrier).
Stay with the 6.
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Has the battery life gotten any better?
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sedp23 said:
Has the battery life gotten any better?
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I too have been a little underwhelmed with the battery life. Was expecting a lot out of 5000mah. I pretty much feel I'm getting the same as I did on the Xperia 1 ii, with that only have 4000mah. Certainly doesn't feel like I'm getting 25% extra anyways.
Though with that said, it's not bad and has improved I'd say.
I am currently using a Oneplus 7T Pro and planning on getting the Zenfone 7 Pro. My question is, will the Zenfone 7 Pro be a good upgrade over the OP 7T Pro?
absolut_zero said:
I am currently using a Oneplus 7T Pro and planning on getting the Zenfone 7 Pro. My question is, will the Zenfone 7 Pro be a good upgrade over the OP 7T Pro?
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I don't think it's really worth it. I compared it with my brothers OP7 Pro and both are great phones. Save your money for bigger upgrade
Tagion said:
I don't think it's really worth it. I compared it with my brothers OP7 Pro and both are great phones. Save your money for bigger upgrade
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Thank you for your inputs. :good:

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