Quote from: virtualdogbert on July 07, 2019, 19:20:48
This is a reason to vote with your wallet, and not buy I note 10, but a buy a note 9 for cheaper.

Companies like Samsung should stop trying to follow in the footsteps of Apple, and innovate, something that has been missing from new phones for a long time.

Unfortunately I'm on the Note 8, if I upgrade just one generation it's miniscule and a waste of money............maybe one of those gaming phones that isn't so tacky-looking?...Is there one? The Blade equivalent in smartphones?
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Now it's looking like the market right before Galaxy S6, every potential device has something seriously wrong, it's basically that. Maybe not this year then.

Now Samsung is no different than all the other manufacturers.  They just gave up what set them apart from the others.   I'm out.....

It's a no brainer! After see that Tab S5e came with no headphone jack and was a nightmare use a dongle, I returned it as many other people did it. I would not buy a phone that force me to upgrade my headphone hifi accesories. Bluetoth headphones  are nice, but still I want to have redundancy to connect to audio systems easily due are HiFi systems using a simple headphone jack.  It's too much money, better to invest in a real laptop with all benefits if it comes with no headphone jack

Was a bit interested, but this definitely decides the case against this phone. I'm perfectly happy with my Blackberry Keyone though, and the Key2 also has a 3.5 mm jack in case I should ever need a slightly newer phone. I only wish it had an optical trackpad; my BB Classic was so much more practical and efficient...

What a stupid decision. They will lose much more on sales than they will earn on wireless earphones.
Fortunately for me they have realeased the perfect successor to the S7, the S10e.... I'll buy it once it's well under 500 and will keep it for many years...

I've  come to terms that the Note brand has devolved from a power user's phone to pretty much just a larger galaxy s.

I find it sad that no one actually bothered to create a galaxy note competitor despite it's good sales. (And no I'm not talking about that square attempt by LG or their low end stylus phones nor those phones named note for no reason by xiaomi)

This is a reason to vote with your wallet, and not buy I note 10, but a buy a note 9 for cheaper.

Companies like Samsung should stop trying to follow in the footsteps of Apple, and innovate, something that has been missing from new phones for a long time.

Quote from: S.Yu on July 07, 2019, 17:23:29
At least a C-to-C+3.5mm dongle is less than $10, no indication of the quality of signal through that dongle though.
Now we join Apple in the age of dongles, at least until that C port breaks.

There's this, too, but you almost definitely lose fast charge.

At least a C-to-C+3.5mm dongle is less than $10, no indication of the quality of signal through that dongle though.
Now we join Apple in the age of dongles, at least until that C port breaks.

Quote from: alphaLONE on July 07, 2019, 14:58:55
The S5 was a really great phone : removable battery, water resistance, USB 3.0, support for HDMI MHL, SD slot... The S6 was the one with a poor reception, because it traded all of those features for an aluminium chassis and glass panes on the front and back. The SD slot and water resistance were brought back on the S7, but it was still a "features-downgrade" from the S5.

Oof, my bad. Fixed.

Quote from: Tmp3150 on July 07, 2019, 15:13:55
What a joke. Get Rid of the headphone jack and go to Bluetooth.   This isn't 2010 so let the past go and grow up and stop whining.

This opinion quickly loses weight the moment you attempt to do any serious audio work. I'll stick with my headphone jack, thank you very much.

What a joke. Get Rid of the headphone jack and go to Bluetooth.   This isn't 2010 so let the past go and grow up and stop whining.

The S5 was a really great phone : removable battery, water resistance, USB 3.0, support for HDMI MHL, SD slot... The S6 was the one with a poor reception, because it traded all of those features for an aluminium chassis and glass panes on the front and back. The SD slot and water resistance were brought back on the S7, but it was still a "features-downgrade" from the S5.