20 Best At&T Go Phone To Buy (2022 Updated)

Purchased the product a couple of months ago, and it has tons of things to like about it but also some noticeable flaws. The Good: 1) The design is gorgeous! I love the victus glass on the back of the phone, and the way Samsung implemented the “bump” for the large camera censors, it is just gorgeous and uniqe! The black versions look slick, the silvers look classy, and the different tones between the glass and the “bump” are really nice, yet the violet-rose gold and red-gold versions are the real unique ones, again, prettiest phones I ever saw! 2) Samsung interface is always the nicest out of the android devices 3) The battery- gets you through the day even if you game or open tons of tabs on chrome, really stands out for me.

4) Great screen and performance overall 5) phone supports wifi 6 6) Samsung Dex is pretty unique and a really nice feature Samsung should advertise more. 7) except for the camera, the S21+ offers almost the same specs as the S21 Ultra which costs way more The bad: 1) Price- The competition today is tough, and other companies offer way cheaper phones for performance and specs close to what Samsung has to offer, I still prefer Samsung as I owned plenty of their devices so far and loved them, but aside of design, it isn’t that tempting for people who consider switching from other companies.

2) The Exynos chip- in the US Samsung offers the snapdragon 888 chip, but outside the US they offer their exynos chip which is not really that great, it isn’t as good performance wise, consumes more battery, and gets way hotter, and therefore after some time during heavy loads the devices gets hotter and slows down a bit.

Next generation of Exynos should feature AMD Zen 2 graphics which should be epic, but the current Exynos chip is a a little disappointing. *Most people won’t really feel the difference* 3) Heat- just want to repeat it, the device gets way hotter than I feel comfortable with during gaming or heavy tasks, both the screen and back are seriously hot.

*Temperatures are normal during casual use* 4) The camera- the design is really good, but the cameras performance is very inconsistent. sometimes I get really good photos and videos with vibrant colors and great skin textures, yet at times they get blurry or the colors are way off.

I know it is not the S21 Ultra’s 108 MP camera, but the Iphones and others take way better photos with 12 MP cameras. I expect better at this price with 64 MP. overall I love the device yet I think people should know the pro’s and cons before purchasing.

Well I was very skeptical about switching from my Motorola to a Samsung because Samsung’s just aren’t as durable. You drop it & either the screen breaks or more often it won’t power on anymore or will only get to the startup screen & then restart (eye roll emoji) but I switched.

Sigh. Smh :’-( 1) Says it has a fingerprint sensor however getting it to actually work is virtually impossible! I’ve tried different fingers, angles, positions, times, days, moods lol heck I’ve even had other people try to see if it was just me & nothing works! Grrrr (insert angry face emoji) Was able to do 1 fingerprint however I still can’t get it to ever unlock that way.

Talk about a hassle! Plus there seems to be dead spots or something on the screen. I’ll touch it sometimes (several times) in the same spot & nothing but if I scroll & then click it works but idk maybe that one is an operator error.

It could use more storage (but I also have a lot of vids) The fingerprint sensor grrr! Wireless charging is a pain, spent $60 on a wireless charger & never use it cause it seems like no matter how I set my phone on it it won’t charge.

Did I mention how terrible the fingerprint sensor is? 🙁 Cause it is. I will say the camera is fantastic! Love it, takes great photos so many options, lenses, stabilizer, different modes, the night mode is very impressive & the zoom.

Wow! And I do like the ways you can customize it. Thousands of themes, fonts, screensavers, AOD’s. It’s also a very heavy phone! I have carpel tunnel and holding this phone hurts my hands and wrists so don’t get it if you have trouble with yours cause between the weight & the stupid fingerprint sensor you’ll regret it.

After reading all the negative reviews on this phone I can only come to the conclusion that all electronics are not equal however, there’s people that unfortunately are limited on tech knowledge as well.

Not saying im any kind of tech expert but I know enough to know expectually with phones loaded with bloatwhere it is critical to remove any apps possible if you don’t plan on ever using them. Keep adaptive brightness on at all times because the phone is smart enough to know when to dim or brighten for best viewing results.

If you keep phone clean and apps removed from back ground functioning you will be amazed on how much time you’ll get with battery time. I can get a day and a half up to 2 days with moderate use and than some.

So just keep in mine that even though these phones are smart their not going to have terrific battery life out of the box. They must be configered according to use and demand depending on personal preferences.

If you compare these Samsungs to iPhones that have minimal configuration abilities they go much longer hands down and I can back that information because Ive had almost every Apple iPhone known to man and many many Samsungs as well and rarely have I seen an iphone with better battery life than an Android phone.

It all comes down to how it’s configured for the user. This Samsung S20 FE is one of the best phones ever built for the price that i’ve ever seen. There are faster Samsung phones but not with better battery life.

Hope this helps people when there reading the reviews on this phone because they can be very conflicting and some better not said in my opinion. Excellent phone for people on a budget or prefer not paying tons of money for a phone that still performs well with good battery life.

I purchased this phone when it came out (Jan 2021) and have been using it all year. There are so many things that I like about it but most of all is that it is compatible with Android Auto so I can use my music apps like Pandora and Spotify on the screen of my car.

The battery life is also very good and I can usually go over a week without charging because when I connect to my car it charges it (I do not use social media so I do not have constantly running things in the background like Facebook, WhatApp, Instagram, TikTok, etc).

Motorola just upgraded the OS to Android 11 which is a bonus and I’m happy to receive it because it helps give you more ability to restrict which apps have permission to things like location, camera, files, etc.

I would give the phone a fully 5 stars but the bluetooth has been *very* *very* buggy for the last 4-6 months. I have some older JLabs bluetooth ear buds that won’t connect unless I reboot the phone.

Same thing happens with my air-pod-style JVC earbuds and Bose mini speaker. I have to reboot about every 24 hours to use bluetooth. Another bluetooth issue is that it “forgets” that my car can have access to the contacts so my car complains that it couldn’t download the contacts and I have to go in settings and flip the switch back to blue (enabled).

I’ve had this phone for a few weeks and I regret buying it. This battery doesn’t last 3 days, I took it on the train to another city on a full charge. In the first hour, it went down 12%, by the time I got back home 8 hours later, it was at 36%.

I had only been on the browser reading articles off and on and I used Google maps for a short period of time to get to 2 destinations. I played no games, no videos, nothing battery draining, yet my new phone’s battery did drain.

I would say it could last 12 hours before it warns you at 15% to charge if you only read articles and avoid games and videos. Many of the words go bold when I text and it’s really annoying. I’ve tried everything to disable this but they still go bold and emoticons pop up if I accidentally click them.

I had a strange number calling and texting me about car insurance for a company I’ve never heard of, so I blocked their number after texting back, “Wrong number. ” They texted, “No problem. ” They were blocked at this point, yet they can still text me.

People have problems hearing me when they call me. I had to hang up on a man who called to set up an interview because he kept saying, “Hello? Are you there?” I had been speaking but it was like the phone was on Mute, though it wasn’t when I checked.

The camera does take great pictures, and the screen is a decent size, but I would not recommend this phone to anyone.

The phone sucks, I rarely write reviews but I have to on this. The phone hasn’t had an update in a while and barely runs anymore. The space sucks to. I can’t figure out a way to free up space and trying to transfer something to an SD is impossible if your trying to make space because you need space to transfer it.

I’m not a phone geek or an Apple guy but this is the worst Android I have ever had. If I could downgrade to my old phone I would 100% do it. Yeah, it’s meant for gaming BUT NOTHING OTHER THEN GAMING! The apps just crash, there’s really nothing other you can do about it.

YouTube, Photos, TikTok, Instagram, etc. dont even work. Yeah, it’s really bad but it’s not all that bad. The built in screen recorder is good, and okay, that’s actually it. BUT if you want to get it okay.

There’s a really good reason it’s like $99 dollars. If you want a Motorola then there’s tons of different ones you can get and not the plays. Honestly I think this is a downgrade. If yours is working at the moment just wait like a few months to a year and it will barely be working.

First things first, the main reason I got this phone was because it flipped open. It’s still really cool after having it for a couple of months (The dent in the middle of the main screen is going to be obvious when the light is hitting it a certain way, but when you’re holding it you’re not going to see it and if you do it’s not really noticeable but if you’re picky about stuff like that then this probably isn’t the best phone for you).

It also have face ID, fingerprint ID, and a password/pin/pattern option so the security is nice. And as someone who switched from an iPhone, this phone was relatively easy to set up and customize it to exactly what I wanted.

I do still believe that the outer screen is very purposeful, seeing as I usually open my phone to take pictures or to change a song, but if you’re someone who goes on their phone a lot- turning it on and off a lot- then this phone might get a tad bit annoying.

Also it’s difficult to open it with just one hand (it’s not impossible, just more difficultly than a phone should require) it will require two hands and it can get a little annoying. I also really love the fact that it can sit up while folded up, it’s most useful when I’m watching a video, using the calculator, or on a video call.

Now as for the things I didn’t like about it: 1. The battery life- it is god awful. Luckily I’m already someone who carries a portable charger and a laptop with them most of the time outside of my house so I’m able to plug it and I’m fine but at certain times- like going out for the night or going to work for a few hours- this phone will most likely die, or at the very best less than 20%, before you even get back home ESPECIALLY if you use your phone often.

2. Every filter on Tik Tok and some filters on other social media (Snapchat, Instagram, etc. ) don’t work at all so if you’re someone who likes to hop on trends that require the use of a filter this phone isn’t for you.

3. I’m not sure if this is just me but there are apps that won’t send me notifications. It’s a bit annoying because I have to remember to check the app myself to see if I’ve received any messages but again I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s just my phone.

I’ve tried installing and uninstalling the apps, restarting my phone etc. but I thought I’d still put it here in case anyone else had the same problem. 4. Like I stated in the first paragraph, it’s a real hassle to open up the phone with one hand and it might sound like I’m being nit-picky but it’s just something I’ve grown tired of on this phone.

5. This phone is beyond FRAGILE. I’m not someone that drops their phone and I even dedicated a little baggie to it that I regularly clean since it doesn’t have dust-resistance (so your pockets aren’t the best place to have this phone).

The main screen of the phone is made of plastic (which gives it more ease to fold without cracking in the middle) and because of this soft plastic it dents at the smallest amount of pressure. So if you’re someone with nails this isn’t the best phone for you and if you’re someone who likes having their phone in their pocket (or just anywhere that can have dust, crumbs, etc) then the little pieces of dust, rocks, etc.

will end up also leaving dents in the screen. Of course they’re not noticeable but when the phone is turned off you can see every little dent. I’m nit-picky about it because I like to have a clean phone.

All in all, I was very excited to hear Samsung had updated some of the features on the Z Flip and this flip phone concept is super awesome but they just have a few more kinks to work out and then this phone will be perfect!.

I took a gamble and ended up getting a Galaxy Z Fold 3 because essentially at the time of upgrade there was no new Note to purchase. It (s22 ultra) was 2 months away, but there was no guarantee if it would launch or what it would look like and I didn’t want a Google Pixel phone, iPhone, s21 or old Note 20 (It also didn’t help that I was intrigued by it since it launched last summer).

So essentially Samsung’s trick of trying to get Note users to be adopters of Fold, worked on me. The Fold has quite a few things to like: if you enjoy gaming and the game is optimised for use on the Fold, it can be an enjoyable, immersive experience.

It’s great for multitasking e. g. watching a video or reading and taking notes. It still has a wow factor as people aren’t used to seeing phones that can open up to a larger screen, plus it’s a stylish looking phone.

Notwithstanding, battery life is poor, which I’m kind of used to, as I own the standard Note 10, but with a phone that’s marketed as being for power users, I was hoping for slightly better performance (I have to have power saving mode on most days to get to the end without a charge).

Having owned the standard Note 10, I was hoping for a better camera selection, but I would say that images are only marginally better than what my old phone could do. The main killer for me is the size/weight, it’s heavy, really heavy, my wrists have started to hurt and I fear I’m getting repetitive strain injury from carrying the load.

It”s an awkward shape and not easy to put in pockets, plus the outside screen makes texting a challenge, even if swiping one handed, and when using the inside screen for texting, I find it too large to text comfortably unless using it like a laptop, (lay flat on the table).

Also right now I’m mainly at home, so I dread to think how comfortable it would be to use if I was actually out and about all day. If I was going to go out for the night I’d probably have to take a different phone as this would take too much space, and definitely wouldn’t fit in a small hand bag (The Flip would though).

If I was doing long train commutes for work, I think I would find this phone more handy than a standard candy bar phone, but I’m yet to test that use case. It didn’t come with the separate S pen, but I was able to claim it along with the case and 25w charger, which in my opinion should have come as standard anyway, based on how high the RRP is.

The S pen experience isn’t a match to what it is on a Note. It’s great that’s there’s more screen space to work with, but I actually find the pen a bit of an uncomfortable size, sometimes it feels too long and of course the main bug bear is that it’s not housed in the phone, and add in that it can’t be used on the front screen (there is a bit of a hack to write on the front screen, but you still can’t use the pen to do it) and it doesn’t include all the air actions.

Re the battery, it’s seems to take a longer while to charge than my old Note. Probably because it only has a 4300 mAh battery, which is rather small considering what it has to power, but having a bigger battery would also make the phone heavier, which I wouldn’t welcome.

In regards to customisation, the case selection for this phone is poor, there aren’t many options, it’s sister phone – z flip has way more, but probably because it is closer to the standard candy bar form factor.

I’ve tried a few cases and they either add additional bulk, or do not offer enough protection, i. e the hinge is exposed. Lots of people bad mouthed S pen case, and by no means is it perfect, but in the end I’ve found it more useful as it gives me something more to grip on to when the phone is open, especially if I have the pen holder on it still.

It could do with some magnets to keep the flap down, and it’s a bit annoying that there’s extra material when it’s open, but it’s not too bad. One of the other big drawbacks is having to constantly worry about the inner display and the responsibility of maintaining it.

The phone is water resistant, but not dust and it is rather prone to finger smudges, and lint build up around the screen protector on the inner display, which once again is disappointing. The crease sometimes gets in the way, but most of the time I don’t notice it.

It’s more noticeable on the Flip because it’s horizontal and you’re more likely to have to move your hand over it when tapping on the certain areas of the screen. One thing is that having the big screen can be a drawback, because it highlights how grainy certain images are or games that look fab on a normal phone, might not look as polished on the Fold because you can see more details and it’s clear that the image isnt a good as you thought (e.

g on PES the football players have less definition on the Fold). Re specs – it’s 5g, 120hz (which I rarely get to experience because it’s always in power saving mode), 888 Snapdragon, updated to Android 12, it’s 271g (which by now, you know I hate), and it should be water resistant for up to 30 mins.

I really really want to love this phone, but right now, the best I could say is that I like its potential and hate it’s ergonomics. I kind of somewhat feel like a tester, and that I’m not getting the full end user experience.

It’s like it’s in the UAT or pre production stage. It’s enjoyable testing new features, but not when I have to pay such a hefty cost to do so, and I just want it to enhance my life not make it more difficult.

I’m torn because I do like a lot of things about the phone, for instance I’m not sure I can go back to a small screen, but ultimately it would be cheaper and easier to have a good flagship phone, i. e.

S22 and a seperate tablet (as I don’t currently have one). I’ve only had it for a month, so I’m going to persevere and hope that the wrist pain settles instead of deteriorating, so that I can make the most out of what the phone has to offer and it’s concept.

Going forward if some of the gripes mentioned above are dealt with, I’d have a better user experience, hopefully by the time I’m due for a next upgrade, all my requirements will be met.

I decided to pick up this phone because the screen on my note 10+ was acting up. Initially I was worried about how the fold would sit in my pocket, but it honestly isnt too bad. I dont notice it any more than I did with my prior note devices (3, 5, 9, 10+) Although this is already the 3rd generation of this phone, there still needs to be some refinement of how the apps switch from cloae to open, and visa versa.

Since this is really the only model out there with this capability, it will be a while until more functionality between that transition is fine tuned, unless other devices begin to adopt this format.

Coming from the galaxy note 10+, i was on a 60hz screen. Getting bumped up to the 120hz was a nice surprise. I knew the refresh rate was updated, but its more of a situation that you dont appreciate it until you start to live with it.

Battery life is usually what I see as a complaint for this phone. Considering that the battery size is smaller than the other flagships put there, and large screens, plus 120hz refresh rate, Im not sure how expecting longer battery life is reasonable.

In addition to being my personal phone, I also use it to respond to work emails/chats, and find the battery life sufficient to get me through the day. I also dont have social media accounts, so im not as glued to my phone with posting stories and whatnot, however i do occasiinally browse reddit threads.

Some drawbacks: The front screen in folded form is a bit skinny for my preference, although it is beneficial for those that usually have a rough time reaching the whole keyboard. The galaxy s pen z fold edition should have been implemented with more functionality as designed with the note series.

I feel for the price point of 50 USD, or 80 USD with the case, is a bit high for the basic features it has. I thought that since the note wasnt getting an updated model in 2021, the innovation should have been shifted to the z fold series.

This phone is definitely a niche market phone, but I think is a good step forward for advancing phones to the next level. As we progress through the many iterations if flagships, its becoming harder to warrant spending 1k+ on a phone that has minimal upgrades to the prior rendition.

I’ve been a huge fan of Samsung since the I phone 5, after nothing but problems with that apple product I switched to Samsung and never looked back. Since then I’ve had about 6 or 8 different models the S9+ the S10 a handful of cheaper phones etc.

Then I bought 2 s21 ultras for myself and my wife, we don’t like payments so we bought the phones out right. $1,300 each X 2=2600 plus tax, but I figured like my last phone it would last a few years and no big deal.

Now I am a mechanic and hard on stuff but my wife is a stay at home mom and rarely has a problem with breaking a screen or anything but nevertheless we had otter box phone cases and glass screen protectors before the phones even showed up.

Since then, we have both had the screens get cracked, then one more drop takes out the digitizer (the electronic circuit board under the screen that cost about 400 dollars alone for the part plus 150 labor for the place to replace it).

After getting my wife’s phone repaired first she literally dropped it on the carpet in our house and that cracked the screen again even with protective case and screen protector. Within a couple days of this minor crack the screen is glitching again and turning all green which means another digitizer.

Once that happened I put my newly replaced phone in a drawer and have been using a 300 dollar Motorola that I bought while waiting for the repairs to be done. Once her phone is repaired we are listing both on eBay and taking a significant loss I am sure.

So 2600 for the phones 550 each for repair then another 550 I’m sure to fix my wife’s again. So $4,250 in phones and repairs in just 4 or 5 months, their reliability, quality, and durability is garbage.

I love the S21Ultra’s amazing resolution & incredible camera. That’s a pretty short list compared to what I dislike:1. Design- To power off the S21Ultra its user must press the Bixby button & the volume down button simultaneously.

Since all the buttons are located really close together on one side of the phone, this is awkward & frequently requires 2 hands for success. 2. The Bixby/”screen off” button is located below the volume buttons.

These 3 buttons are almost the same size. So even after months of using the S21Ultra I still constantly hit the wrong button as all my other Samsung devices are designed with the opposite button configuration or with volume buttons on the opposite side of the power button.

3. Weight- The phone is too heavy. The long screen plus its weight make it awkward to hold & uncomfortable to use for long periods. 4. Bixby- This should come as an option or the ability to be disabled.

I don’t know anyone that likes or uses Bixby. 5. Internet performance- This phone is slower & has more issues than my S5 or my TabE! It has severe lag when loading sites or navigating within a site & freezes regularly.

6. Discord- The S21Ultra does not work well with the Discord app. It is frequently unable to display content. It is extremely slow to load Discord & often freezes once it has. Upon researching this issue I found an article that blames Discord for the issues.

It states that Discord is “not stable when using 5G”. All I can say is that my friends who have the standard S21s are using 5G & have zero issues with using the Discord App. 7. Charge- the “super fast charging” is great because the phone doesn’t hold a charge very long when in use.

The charging cord is too short & the port is on the front instead of the side so the charger pulls out of the socket so easily that it unplugs itself regularly if you move the phone while it’s charging.

8. Constant updates- Despite constant updates & bug fixes the S21Ultra still has all the issues that customers are repeatedly complaining about. 9. Price tag- The S21Ultra is completely overpriced considering all its issues.

DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PHONE. I have been a loyal Samsung customer & I am incredibly disappointed that Samsung released a product with so many issues.

Expensive disappointment. I came to the S21 Ultra from the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, and would easily dub the Note 8 the superior phone. Here is a sample of the lowlights, as it were. – Frequent crashes when using basic features like magnifier.

– Window in window mode of magnifier which frequently relocates itself over the keyboard. – Samsung Call Filter. No longer available- Screen Thumbprint reader works maybe half the time even after having to register the same fingerprint multiple times in every conceivable position.

– Facial recognition also super touchy when compared to old iris scanner. – TalkBack shortcut doesn’t work at all. – Loosing the power button for the Bixby, the most useless of digital assistants, especially since you have the vastly superior Google assistant, which doesn’t need its own damn button.

All in all, aside from the 5G capability it is a downgrade from earlier iterations, and I would not recommend. Find a vastly less expensive note 8 or 9 and pray Samsung decides to once again make phones worth buying.

I definitely will be more seriously looking to competitors for my next phone.

i’m an avid Apple user and have been since the release of the iPhone 5. i used to have the iPhone 5 and iPhone 7, then made a major upgrade to the iPhone 12 in July 2021. ever since i’ve gotten it, i’ve had little to no issues with it.

at first, the new layout without the home button and new notch was confusing, but i got the hang of it in less than a week. not being able to see my battery percentage without going into the control centre is a little annoying, but it doesn’t pose as a challenge.

other than that, i occasionally get frustrated with the home bar when i’m trying to get out of my games. moving onto functionality, the phone runs a lot more smoothly and quickly and has better quality than previous models.

audio, visual, and camera quality are all excellent—i personally am very pleased with the new quality of the phone speakers while playing music or watching YouTube. even with constant use of my phone for an entire day, i maybe have to charge my phone once before it hits 20%.

my battery health to this day (17 January 2022) is 91%, but it’s only because i frequently kept it on for an upwards of 72 hours before turning it off and charged it overnight while i slept and YouTube played in the background.

i’m a bit bias, but i love the Apple operating system and it’s design and functionality. i’ve never had problems with apps closing themselves (minus bugs with the app itself) or randomly ended calls.

sometimes, my Face ID won’t read my face, but that’s it. lastly, the design. i got the blue iPhone 12 and the phone is very sleek and stylish. the colour is vibrant, the glass back feels a lot better than aluminium, and the flat edges give a better look and grip on the phone than rounded edges.

even though the phone is slightly bigger than the iPhone 7, it’s still easy to hold and is lightweight. i’m very clumsy and drop my phone a lot, and my screen or the back glass doesn’t have a single scratch or crack (disclaimer: i do have a phone case, but not a screen protector).

the only downside, in my opinion, is the price. it’s a lot more pricier than earlier models, but with the release of new iPhones, the price of the iPhone 12 is going down to a relatively decent price.

if you have the money and want an upgrade, i definitely recommend the iPhone 12. :).

So not much to say, it’s an Apple. For those who know the reputation of Apple, that’s says it all. However, there a few little things that made it not so user friendly to me. And I have been Apple since the late 90’s.

The iPhone 13 mini 5g is a beautifully crafted phone that takes the best of iPhone 13 and 13 Pro and miniaturize’s the whole thing. I will say that I was excited to get the phone and started using it right away.

Same simple iPhone /iPad setup process…. place next to an existing device and boom…. it’s programmed and on its way to transferring all the doc’s and files and all the apps you have on your current phone.

Depending on your Wi-Fi speed this process can be done and over with in less than 30 minutes…. you can use the phone while the apps are being restored. All of the existing add ons, cases etc are available for the mini.

Now as for the iPhone 13 mini itself…. it is exactly what you’re looking for if you want small. You get that glorious screen and all the bells and whistles too. If you currently use an iPhone 6 or iPhone SE and want a physically smaller iPhone with more screen, this may be the phone for you, ………….

if you have larger hands, and want to do the same as above, this may NOT be the phone for you…. did I mention it’s small? Cause it is…. I thought I wanted a small phone with more screen…, I got one with the mini, but for me it’s TOO small….

Also there are aspects of apps that were just carried thru ios15 and not adjusted to account for the size…. The keyboard should offer options. Even just touch typing can be very difficult. I wanted so badly to like the phone but alas, I cannot, little things make the difference.

Apple knows that and it’s why they succeed at almost everything they do. I feel they let us down on the mini….

I still remember the days when people were making fun of Samsung and the likes for launching multiple phones in one go. So much to choose from and Apple was just limited to a couple devices and those few were class apart and had unique USP’s.

Well, times have changed and I guess Apple has gone bonkers. They are crazily launching phone after phone with few tangible differences. I guess it’s not the way it was when Steve Jobs was leading. Anyways, this review is about iPhone 12 and boy oh boy it’s classy.

I opted for Purple and it’s simply mind blowing. Mind you – No significant difference here between the 12 phones launched in the last few years alone (iPhone 11, 12, 13 and their sub versions). iOS 14 and 15 gave some massive updates but not the iPhones per se.

Apple still has some unique creative juice left and knows how to deliver classy products albeit make crazy profits on each device. Back to iPhone 12 – It’s sleek & sexy with a minimalist design. The touch and feel of this iPhone is heavenly.

The performance is another feather in the cap. Smooth as butter and the output is simply remarkable. I have used multiple Android phones for a decade and I can confidently say that the iPhone 12 peaks amongst them.

iPhone 12 also happens to be 4 times stronger than its predecessor in terms of screen strength/resistance. It’s also water resistant upto 6 mts for about 30 minutes. The Audio/Sound quality is superb when used with Apple’a own products/AirPods.

The video quality is simply stunning. It’s so vivid and lively and a treat to music and movie lovers. Battery though is a bummer. I guess iPhone 12 has some serious battery performance issues. A look at their community page says a lot about many users feeling the same about battery output.

iPhone 12 is and will continue to be a solid iPhone at least till iPhone 14 is lunched (only if some tangible and unique features come with it)Apple sure has a funny way of showcasing their love towards nature.

Someone from their strategy team got a light bulb moment aka enlightenment and suggested they stop including Adapters and the rest is history. Hope that strategy person has been handsomely rewarded with a slew of perks/promotions for his love towards nature by the Apple CSuite.

For now, it’s the best iPhone money can buy at least for me and I pretty much like the minute asthetics Apple focuses on. Hope this momentum continues.

I finally upgraded from my Note 10+ that I got at launch all the way back in 2019, and my experience with the ultra relative to it has been pretty positive. But while the S line has been on a bumpy road with features additions, removals, combinations, and design changes, the only thing radically different between 2019 Note and 2022 Ultra is the 44 extra pixels of height on the display.

It’s the same boxy design (which I like), the same curved sides (thankfully much less intense this time around), same S pen (almost exactly the same even), and the same Samsung experience we’ve gotten used to with OneUI.

However, I am happy I upgraded, because while I didn’t gain any features, everything I had before has been upgraded and tweaked to be smoother, quicker, and more powerful. The display is much brighter, and is just as easily viewable outside on a bright day as it is inside at night.

The battery, while I’ve heard it’s lesser than the S21 Ultra, is still miles ahead of the 5-6 hours my Note was left with by the time I upgraded (I had never replaced the battery), I’ll easily get 8 or 9 hours off a full charge and I’d consider myself a power user with many background apps as well as processing heavy daily tasks.

S Pen thankfully has all of the features it did before, I’m one of the few who finds practical use for Air Command when watching YouTube propped on a table and don’t need to reach my arm across to skip or change the volume, and especially when taking photos from distances or if I need to hold a specific angle and tapping the shutter button would ruin it (I can’t be the only one with that problem right?).

Speaking of photos, the cameras live up to the hype on this year’s Ultra. I’d heard complaints and gripes since the S20 but when I finally jumped it seems Samsung has ironed out most of those. Point and shoot picture taking, without any fancy zooming or photo modes, is class leading, and while you lose zoom options in the true 108 MP mode having a photo with a ton of detail can be cool and enhance it in most situations.

Wide angle is basically perfect, with the great color and detail persisting across the lenses, and the zoom is mind blowing and very freeing. The best uses I’ve found for the zoom are wildlife or nature photos, where you can frame something exactly and get it in crisp detail.

Zooming up to 60x is usually the most you’ll get away with, although I’ve managed to get a couple stunning shots at 100x, which is impossible on my brother’s S21 Ultra. The night mode is so good it’s almost a catch-22 (pun intended), if you take a picture at night it’ll automatically do a long exposure night mode photo and the result just looks like daytime, complete with blue skies.

This does mean if you want to preserve the dark night look, some adjustments or post touchups will be needed, although it’s better to capture all the detail now and adjust later than to lose it all in the dark from the beginning.

A good tip for using the camera is that photos never end up how they do from the viewfinder, there’s a ton of post process done on every one (something you can turn off in pro mode if it’s not your fancy) so you might just need to take a photo to see if it’ll be good.

Video performance is pretty good but can be hit or miss, although admittedly I don’t take many videos. The same great color performance carries through most of the time but lighting can be a bit off, especially when you have a bright light in a dark room (i.

e. a TV screen in a room at night) but it’s usually taken care of with quick adjustments with the brightness slider. A good benchmark for video lighting is plays, as in live actors across a stage. Being a large dark room and wanting to capture what’s going on can be tough for a lot of cameras but with a couple taps the S22 catches up and creates a surprisingly balanced and detailed video from what would normally be very non-optimal circumstances for phone cameras.

Overall I think it’s definitely an Ultra phone, it’s got all the big numbers and lives up to them for me, even if they might not have in the device’s between my Note and now. And while there aren’t any new features compared to my Note, it doesn’t mean this isn’t the swiss army knife of phones, heck, electronic devices.

As a tech enthused type I often need to do specific tasks for this and that and in specific ways for this device or that one, and this phone works every time when I use it, although for productivity my desktop computer is my first choice when I’m home.

Samsung has made a very refined device, bringing all the best features from past devices and upgrading them to truly be worthy of the name Ultra. I’d recommend the phone to anyone looking for the absolute highest across the board, even if it doesn’t do anything incredibly interesting like fold in half or have a ring light built in.

I bought this phone, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, the best variant of their 2022 flagships, a month ago and I absolutely love it. It’s the best phone I’ve ever had, and that does sound cliche, but I will explain why I say this.

Samsung is a consumer electronics company that’s been around for over sixty years – it’s absolutely clear that they know their material. Their camera features which they’ve built into this device are absolutely above and beyond what I’ve seen on other phones, and even other dedicated cameras! I believe I read that consumer electronics companies (maybe it was just Samsung themselves!) decided that the best camera a consumer has is the one that is on their person at all times – Samsung most definitely follow this philosophy closely.

The cycle for taking a single, simple yet extremely high-quality, high-resolution (nominally 4000×3000 pixels – depending on color range and variety going up to six megabytes) picture can be completed in maybe five seconds depending on how long it takes to line up the shot – a grid and AI can assist with this – but if you can spare 15, you can make a Single Take session, which captures multiple photos and videos from different angles.

And there are professional features included which I have not yet explored. The customization afforded to the user compared to my previous phones, which due to their operating system have been comparatively locked down, is absolutely overwhelming.

I don’t believe I’ve discovered half of what this phone can do at its core, and I’ve got a while yet, I suppose, before I do. From motion wallpaper, custom icons and sounds for each app, multiple home screens and widgets, to varied ways to navigate the phone’s interface – including eliminating the navigation bar and going full gesture mode on the full display – you’ll never lack ways to make this phone your own.

Samsung also have you covered with this phone if you use a computer heavily! If you use Windows 10 or 11, you can use their app called Phone Link, together with the Link to Windows feature on the phone, to send and receive messages, make and receive calls, look at and transfer pictures, and stream the screen wirelessly! The best part of computer integration is this: There is a feature called DeX, for Desktop eXperience, which describes it to a tee! Download the special app on Windows or other platforms, connect via a USB-C cable, USB-C to A cable or (most conveniently) wirelessly, and you have a whole other operating system overlaid, but integrated with the host! Here, the potential for interoperability is greatly increased, and some phone apps have greatly expanded UX (User eXperience) if used on a desktop – many times you can access their tablet interface or even other special functions! Bottom line – get this phone if you want a full exploration of all that consumer mobile devices can do, and many things you didn’t even know were possible on handheld devices!.

I’ll try to make this review short and concise as there are probably plenty of detailed reviews that have been written or video recorded. I’ll try to breakdown the areas which I have a problem with after I give an overview perspective.

Overview Perspective Having not owned a Samsung smartphone in close to 10 years (my last device was a Note 3) I can see that Samsung has come a LONNNNNGGG way in improving the design and functionality of their devices.

The S22 Ultra is definitely one of the best Android devices of 2022 and with Samsung’s commitment to 4 years of OS upgrades and 5 years of security patches, the S22 Ultra will be a solid device for years to come.

Area of Contention #1: Software. Touchw. I mean Samsung One UI (;-) is a MARKED improvement over Touchwiz of yore – however, it is still a fairly “heavy” Android skin that seems to still stand to be improved upon quite a bit.

I am coming from a OnePlus 7 Pro (still running the ORIGINAL Oxygen OS (11)) and OnePlus WAS known for having a light Android skin tweaked for performance and battery life. Samsung could take some direction from OnePlus for tweaking their skin for better battery life and performance and leaving the extras that they add into their deployment of Android as plug-ins or software that can be loaded from the Galaxy Store.

One of my main gripes with the software concerns Bluetooth in the following regards: 1) The BT device menu popping up EACH TIME you turn on the BT radio (it is MIND NUMBINGLY ANNOYING) 2) Not being able to see the battery life of the connected BT device directly in the status bar (as I can on my OnePlus) (and instead having to long-press on the BT icon (when the device is connected) from quick settings to see the battery life of the connected device.

This is a HUGE miss and one that should be a STANDARD for Android as a whole (let alone the S22 Ultra). I could go on and on with other little details, but overall – OneUI has much room for improvement that I hope gets better with OneUI 5 and beyond.

Area of Contention #2: Battery Life I know that there are many factors involved in the battery life of a device and that battery life is a subjective topic person-to-person – HOWEVER, the battery life for the S22 Ultra SHOULD BE MUCH BETTER.

Yes, I can make it through a day on a charge (I have the charge setting enabled to limit charging to 85%) and I only charge my device when I need to and not every night (I am trying to extend the life of the battery for as long as possible).

However, with my OnePlus 7 Pro – I can EASILY make it a Day and a half before having to charge that device versus the S22 Ultra where I am true to have to top it up first thing in the morning following a previous day’s use.

I know that this is attributed to how the software and OS is optimized and there’s not much that I can do about it (other than uninstalling apps that I don’t use). Area of Contention #3: Speakers Performance.

Okay, there’s no easy or nice way to put this but. the speakers on the S22 Ultra are pure sh!t My OnePlus 7 Pro has a pair of speakers that blows the speakers on the S22 Ultra out of the water (and that device is 3+ years old!).

For a $1000+ device, I expected speakers to be top-of-the-line and competing with the speakers from iOS-based phones – but instead, they are just pure trash and that is unacceptable. If I didn’t invest so much into this device (case, screen protector, vinyl skins, etc.

) – I would highly consider trading this phone in for the new Pixel 7 Pro. I may even consider trading this in for the S23 Ultra if that device has an improvement in the speakers (volume output, better bass tones, etc.

) (YES, the speakers are THAT BAD). In conclusion, the S22 Ultra is a solid device that will MORE THAN fulfill your smartphone needs. It has areas that desperately need to be improved upon if Samsung continues to price this device in the $1000+ territory, but for the price, you’re getting a device that will serve its purpose and then some.

Great if you’re coming from an 11 or below. I upgraded from my 13 Pro Max as I do every year. Needless to say I am extremely underwhelmed and pretty dissatisfied with this years IPhone. My 13 pro max was better in almost every way, battery life being the major hit to me.

No heavy gaming, streaming etc just daily text, call email etc. avg 4 hours per day screen-time. My 13 lasted almost a day and a half at this rate; my 14, I find myself needing a charge before I’m even off from my shift at work.

The dynamic island is an over marketed, over hyped piece of useless software and does not function as cool as Apple made it appear. Always on display was fun for about 2 minutes setting it up, then immediately being turned always off because it’s way too bright and sucks power like you wouldn’t believe.

All of apples key selling points are all the keys reasons I dislike this phone. Always on is a nightmare, battery life is a joke, dynamic island is useless, crash detection goes off on roller coasters, the cameras have very very little upside differences, the brightness of the screen only lasts for a couple seconds until it auto dims to conserve energy.

I also feel like the overall build quality is lacking, I purchased the phone and the Apple leather case; this being the first time I’ve ever even used a case on my iPhone. My 13 lasted a year being dropped multiple times and didn’t even have a scratch.

I dropped my 14 face down on a flat floor with the Apple leather case and it chipped the front corner. If you are coming from the 13. Don’t bother upgrading. If your coming from a 12 or below, consider upgrading to the now discounted 13.

I’ve owned and used plethora of smartphones in the past 10 years such as the Galaxy S3, S5, S8+, S20FE 5G, iPhone 12 Pro and Galaxy Z Flip 3. However, my favorite phone till now was my Galaxy S8+. Unfortunately, the iPhone 12 Pro only lasted less than a year; it was one of the two most problematic phones I ever had within the past 2 years, where Apple technical support was involved.

I never had preordered a phone before and this was a first for many; also a first for costing way over $1000. Within hours of owning this device I was already recommending this to my friends, as my colleges and supervisor already ordered theirs.

Apple has outdone Samsung on this phone, even though it took them ages on getting certain features that were on my Galaxy S8+, but done so perfectly. The iPhone 14 Pro Max does feel more premium than the regular iPhone 12 Pro, and this device blows everything out the water in my opinion.

It just didn’t made sense to spend $1000+ on the Galaxy lineup when they only have internal storage and lacked expandable storage, and just didn’t feel as premium as a $1000+ device should be. Compared to the 12 Pro, this is very snappy and quick.

Display is way better. Camera definitely blows the 12 Pro out of the water when compared. The Dynamic Island just blends in perfectly unlike the notch of the 12 Pro (couldn’t watch anything in full screen).

Battery life is significant as it should last me more than the normal working day for me.

While I don’t think it’s an amazing phone, it is great. I upgraded from a shattered iPhone 12 Pro Max, so I made more at an ecoatm rather than trading in. But the 12 was awesome, great battery life, I got used to the notch quickly, it was durable.

On day 1 and 2 of having my 14 it got extremely hot with general use and the battery drained very fast. I then turned off background app refresh and it solved the issue. I’ve also had one instance of opening my phone straight to the camera and it made it vibrate very audibly, just like my 12 with a broken camera lens lol.

Gave me a scare. Overall nice phone so far though. All of the selling points are minuscule compared to the price difference of a 12 or 13. But at the same time if you already have one you can get 800$ off the 14.

So do what you want. But I wouldn’t say it’s worth it unless your phone is very old or you can get several hundred off with trade in.

First let me say I’m an Apple fan when it comes to phones, and I have only had iPhones since smartphones were launched. I’m coming from an XS. Can confirm the service issues. Calls dropping many times over where I had no issues before with my XS.

I’m in the middle of a 5G Ulta/5G Nationwide/LTE widely covered smaller metropolitan area so I wouldn’t think I’d be having problems. Right after calls are dropped, cannot immediately call back or text either, so definitely a network problem.

Battery life, as many have stated, is no better than my last phone when it was new, and is depleted by new features. You can turn off the always on display to preserve, but then you’re rendering one of the selling points useless.

Cameras may be upgraded but won’t focus properly in certain third party apps (google lens and Marco Polo in low light, for example. Phone won’t focus close up in google lens and in Marco Polo, kept going in and out of focus in low light conditions).

I don’t have extensive use of the camera yet but when you’re using the camera app directly, the phone focus seems fine. I know this is definitely personal preference, but having come from the sleek & thin XS, this phone feels like a boxy downgrade and all the side controls feel like they’re in the way.

I know this return-to-old external design was rolled out with the 12, but if you’ve got an 11 or older and are bothered by sensory things/tactile experience, go to the Apple store and try this out in hand before you buy it.

The main plus for me is the dynamic island. It makes viewing critical info from other apps a breeze. Still on the fence as to whether I will return this. I don’t usually go for the newest tech but it made sense financially with the trade in value, otherwise I’d have been paying the same price for older tech.

So I’m hopeful iOS and third party apps will catch up and the 5G connectivity issues will be resolved.

I’ve been an iPhone guy since the 4s (and was an Apple Watch guy until the Garmin Epix 2nd gen but that’s a different review). I had an iPhone X, skipped the 11 (I think), briefly had a 12 and, most recently, had the 13 mini.

The mini was a great size but the crazy masses think that bigger is better so the mini is no more. The 14 Pro is my first Pro iPhone and it is excellent. Face ID is faster than ever (although I maintain that Touch ID was more convenient).

The screen is gorgeous and responsive. I think True Tone was released with the X and I immediately turned it off: the screen was constantly changing color and it wasn’t any sort of great feature at the time at all, IMHO.

Well, I finally decided to turn it back on after four years and, holy cow!, did Apple ever improve it in the meantime! Like I said, the screen goes from being ho-hum to gorgeous now! Colors really pop after having turned True Tone on.

(Maybe all the rest of you already knew this but I get a little tired of Apple over promising and under delivering so I tend to not use features when they under deliver but then I miss out when the reality finally, eventually, maybe catches up to their promises.

) The Dynamic Island is a ho-hum feature out of the box so I’m looking forward to them doing more with that and hopefully not just eventually killing it off like they did with Force Touch (under delivered).

The always-on display is okay and battery life is definitely better than it was on my mini. The trade-off is that phone is too darn big but there’s always a trade-off in life. I’m using the Accessibility setting’s double- and triple-tap settings for Reachability and Home, respectively (in case that helps anybody out).

Lately, Deep Purple is a great color but I’ve got it hidden behind a case.

It’s been a few years since I got a new iPhone and I just traded in my iPhone 12 Pro for this beauty. A couple of years without an upgrade have presented me with not one but two years worth of improvements.

First of all, compared to the 12 Pro, the 120hz refresh rate that started with the 13Pro is a welcome addition. Navigating the screen is just so snappy and smooth. As far as 14Pro improvements over the 13Pro, it’s obvious the always on display is very welcome! When I’m working on my laptop on my desk I have had the 12Pro on the handy magnetic Mophie stand that I bought on the Apple website, but it mostly was just a blank screen.

Now, with the always on display, when I have my iPhone 14Pro on the stand it shows the time and date and a couple of sports/news headlines at all time. Yes, very handy. I love the unique out of the box “Dynamic Island” that Apple has now put in place of the “Notch That Does Nothing.

” I think this feature will become more and more handy as time goes by and more third party apps invent ways to use it with their applications. The brightness on the new iPhone 14 Pro came in very handy the other day for me when I was outside and got an important text.

I used to have to really struggle to be able to see the screen in bright daylight but now with the 2000 nits on the new Pro, it was so readable! I LOVE this phone. It’s getting to the point now that, after being an Android person for half a dozen years, all of the things I loved on Android that weren’t available on the iPhone have now appeared.

In my opinion, this latest version of the iPhone Pro now has everything I could possibly want on a smartphone. I’m glad I didn’t wait for another year.

I upgraded to the 11 after loving the 7 Plus. I can honestly say that after having phone for almost two years, upgrading was the worst decision I’ve made. This has been the worst performing iPhone I’ve ever had.

Even the four year old 7 Plus was performing better by the time I upgraded. I know with the bigger body size Apple can fit a larger battery, but after a few months my 11 can’t hold a charge. I thought I would get use to the notch on the Home Screen but I still find myself annoyed by it.

While Face ID is great 90% of the time, it can be painfully slow. Touch ID was miraculous and I wish Apple would reintroduce into their phone line. Also, ditch the lightning port! Apple uses USB-C on all of their other devices besides the cheapest iPad.

What does it say about Apple that their phones that cost several hundred more than the base iPad have the same parts? After spending almost two years with this device, I can’t wait to upgrade. At this point I highly doubt it’ll be to the newest iPhone.

Upgrading my current iPhone 11 and I wanted to leave a review before I did. This was the most durable phone hands down! Just purchased the iPhone 11 and I haven’t even bought a case for it yet when I accidently left it in my jeans pocket and threw my clothes in our front load washer.

Took me a few minutes to realize what I had did. When I saved it from the washer it was dripping wet and I thought I killed it. After it dried off, I worked just fine and only a small crack in the corner.

I was soooo impressed and so happy my phone survived! Upgrading for other reasons not phone related but my iPhone 11 is still going strong! I hope my new iPhone 13 can live up to its predecessor.

I have seriously tried a dozen brands of boxer briefs including both designer and expensive specialty brands like Tommy Johns. All Citizens are by for the best all around choice for literally less than half the price! The fabric & fit compare with the best of the rest.

All Citizens also have the amazing horizontal fly and Paradise Pocket features making AC the best all around choice. Seriously, why would you buy any underwear with a horizontal fly? Its the only fly that makes any kind of sense and once you try them, you’ll hate any other style.

These are the first brand of boxer briefs I’ve tried with the Paradise Pouch feature and I’ll never buy undies without this ever again. The pouch makes wearing briefs so much more comfortable and virtually eliminates embarrassing adjustments and other uncomfortable situations.

No more “bat wings!” Please, please, please start selling the longer fit boxer briefs with the Paradise Pouch!.

This phone feels about right — nice screen, perfect size and decent camera. I’ve had S series and note series Samsung phones in the past but this time I wanted to give one of their A series a go and liked the clean lines of the A32.

AMOLED is important and so too regular updates but equally important is smooth operation and this is the one area where I think Samsung cheaped out a bit. The G80 is by no means a bad chip but it would have only cost Samsung a few dollars more to have used a Dimensity SOC and this phone would have been almost perfect for the money.

I am not devastated by the use of the G80 as it performs very well under most circumstances but with other manufactures using better silicon in cheaper phones I do wonder if this was a missed opportunity.

Regardless, I love the phone and have no regrets buying it. I bout the official Samsung S-View wallet case for it and it looks superb. There are some better value phones out there for the money but at the end of the day they are not Samsung and they certainly won’t be receiving the updates Samsung is promising for this device.

All in all I am happy.

I bought this phone a week ago and so far i am plesently surprised. I decided on purchasing it because of the price point, battery life, screen size, and fingerprint reader. Throughout the week i found that i only need to charge it every other day even though use Spotify to stream music or podcasts my entire 8 hour work day and during my commute.

The fingerprint scanner has proven reliable, if your having trouble with it i recommend adding your preferred fingerprint 2 or 3 times and ensure your finger is clean. The performance is way better than what i expected at the price i payed.

Its faster than the a21 i had previously. Dont expect to run 14 apps at once though. I also dont play games on it because thats not my thing. Movies come out crystal clear and play smooth with good sound quality.

Calls come in clear and with the volume all the way up it has hurt my ear at times. Not a bad thing because some people talk super quiet. Ive had no one ask me to repeat myself. Connection seems strong unless im in a rural area where no phone has service.

Internal storage is smaller than i would like but a sd card helps upgrade the phone. The camera takes a decent picture and it has most of the modern features. I will continue to use it everyday and promise to update this review if anything changes.

Before you buy just remember its a 79. 99 dollar phone. If your expecting s22 ultra super features you will be disappointed. Also Its 4g and ive never used 5g so cant compare. plenty fast for me.

As a long time Samsung mobile user, I have very disappointed with this once. The fingerprint scanner is next to useless for starters which makes answering calls a pain let alone accessing the phone for anything else.

The camera is unimpressive and I don’t get the same quality of pics I was getting on my Note 5+ or my S8+ even those models are so old. I didslike that when I try to MOVE pictures from the Gallery into a folder, they remain in the Gallery and the folder.

I was given support on a work around but that didn’t work at all so appears to be a defect. I used the supplied weather app widget to load up a couple of different world wide locations to get time and weather but on the old phones, I was able to carousel the view between those locations via the widget without my having to open the app, go to the menu and select which other location I wished to view.

Grrrrrrrr. I don’t get any light flash notifications to indicate I have messages waiting. All in all, a very disappointing phone – it does the basics but that’s all. I will be changing to another brand going forward.

This is my first Windows phone, purchased after I left my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active on top of my car, then driving away and losing it. I purchased the Go Phone as I could activate it with my current phone number and plan with AT&T.

I have only had it a few hours, but these are my impressions so far; The set up was relatively painless with the exception of getting the back off the phone to install the SIM, battery and micro sd card that I purchased on Amazon.

All I had to do was call AT&T and they were able to activate the new SIM and the phone was up and working within minutes. The screen resolution is great, was easy to personalize the background, tiles and colors, email accounts were a breeze to set up.

I love Cortana and have already utilized the function several times, and can see it being a favorite app. The sound is good during calls, and the person at the other end said that I sounded clearer than I did on my much more expensive phone.

External speaker volume is good, and sounds good, not tinny or otherwise distorted. I love that you do not need to close each app before going on to something else like with my old phone – you simply hit the home button and it closes.

Battery life so far is great – the battery was almost fully charged when I got the phone and it only took about 30 minutes to charge fully. I have been running You Tube, taking pictures, checking Facebook, and reading on my Kindle app and the battery has barely gone down.

How it handles after using all day long obviously remains to be seen. The only draw backs that I have encountered so far is the lack of apps (compared to Google Play) with many of my favorite games not available, and no Chromecast app.

Also, there is no flash for the camera, but there are setting s that let you maximize the lighting that is available so pictures that I have taken in low light turned out bright. Night shots remain to be seen as well.

All in all, this was a fantastic buy at under $50 and I can’t see myself upgrading anytime soon as this meets all of my needs. This phone performs well, and would be a great low budget option for someone that can’t afford a high end phone but still wants most of the high end functionality.

I bought this phone for $39 on Black Friday 2014 and use it on a post paid AT&T plan. With all of these companies charging $600 to $750 for the base model new phone whether you pay monthly or up-front, you cannot beat this little feature packed phone.

Do the math. If you are on an old contract plan, compare it to what you would pay on those mobile share, pre-paid plans, or where they add a monthly charge for financing the phone. I have a gadget geek and have used high-end Android and Apple devices, but I needed a replacement phone because the expensive phone I was currently using no longer worked right so I bought the Lumia 635.

I also bought a Nillkin brand tempered glass screen protector, which I really like and a case with a soft silicon insert with hard shell to protect it. Pros: Price. *No Contract works as a GoPhone or on AT&T post paid accounts (or did for me) *Cortana works very similar to Google Now or Siri *Live Tiles *User Replaceable Battery that can be easily replaced when needed or carry spares for convenience.

A fully charged battery easily last me a day. *Drive mode connects with my 2014 Toyota Corolla for texts, phone calls, and music. *micro SD card (expandable storage) *Micro USB adapter *Windows 10 upgradable (I am an inside beta tester-improvements to the UI and especially Outlook and other Office apps) *This device is like having a mini office in my pocket.

*Was available as a GoPhone at my local Wal-Mart *Corning 3 Gorilla glass touch screen (not those plastic feeling touch screens on found on low-end Android phones that are not responsive). *Swipe keyboard *Speech to text dictation through Neutral *Camera is only 5 MP without a flash, but it has auto focus and *surprisingly* takes clear crisp shots even in situations where the lighting is not good.

I have found it much better than the pre-paid Android phones that sold for under $150. Note that there is no front facing camera. Cons Windows stores has many of the common apps. However, you may find it more difficult to find a specific ones including a banking app, store app, work app, etc.

In particular, some miss the Google apps which tend to tie the Android and Apple phone together. We used Hangouts, for example. You may be able to get around some of these limitations by pinning those that have websites to the homescreen.

The ads are annoying in some of the apps. Conclusion. I have been really impressed with the value and features for $39 so much so that I cannot seem to bring myself to part with more $ right now for retail price of a phone or to add a monthly charge even though I would still like a phone with a larger screen, higher resolution, and really need those missing apps, and as my only camera.

Windows 10 is also impressive. I wonder if this will make a difference apps being offered in the Windows store as well now? There are some really nice phones that would fit my needs at much less than the high end phones I had been using.

For what it is worth, I would rather have a slightly thicker phone and a battery that would last a little longer and could be replaced easily with memory being more important than paying for looks–I am putting it in a case anyway.

The Lumia 635 does that all and for less than $50!!! It is a great phone especially for those who do not need it for the reasons I mentioned looking into another one.

At a fraction of the price of many smartphones that offer the same features, this phone punches above it’s weight. The windows 8 interface is easy and instinctive to navigate and easily handles messages, emails and all the everyday things todays phones do.

The camera has some nice options for those wanting a bit more than a point and shoot and the HD video is a bonus too. But why this phone does not have a selfie function is a mystery, given that is now a standard for all smartphones.

So if selfies matter, this is not the phone for you. Other things to like are Cortana, a voice activation app that actually works and a GPS navigator that also works perfectly and looks good too. There are also a good range of apps on offer from the microsoft store, many of which are free and whilst the windows OS may not yet be a serious contender for those apps only serving android and iphone, this will I think change in the neear future.

My only criticism is that the OS is prone to some bugs. Within four weeks of using the phone, I’ve had to fix a sound file error that stopped videos and music playing on the phone (after downloading an unrelated app).

For someone less tech savvy, navigating their way through software to fix those kinds of things might be too much. So whilst it’s not a perfect phone, it still makes an impressive mark and I for one have had no regrets in purchasing this handset.

Currently Samsung is offering their primary Signature (“S”) Series and during the past couple of years they’ve replaced their former budget friendly J series with the now infamous A series. The concept with the A series remains the same as with the previous J series: that Samsung wants to offer a budget conscious phone that still has plenty to offer and is plenty competitive with others (ie, ZTE, Motorola, etc) in the same price range.

Actually Samsung tends to be the premier choice for android users and has been pretty much since the beginning. If you want to see what’s great and popular about an android phone (vs an iPhone) then definitely get or at least use Samsung for proper comparison.

Don’t get me wrong, LG & Motorola are high ranking androids too, but something about Samsung’s phones are next level in terms of quality, features, performance & value. Even though most of Samsung’s competitors are often found at a lower cost there’s good reason for that.

Suffice it to say that Samsung actually lives up to the hype often associated with their name. That said, this phone in particular hits all the right notes, for a Samsung phone and any phone in general.

I’ve had their A02S and A10e phones before and was pleased with them, it’s no wonder that I’m going back to them as I once again move on to a new provider. Absolutely recommend.

Do you want a phone who’s technology and touch response is slower than dial up internet? This is definitely the phone for you! I dropped my LG and shattered it beyond repair and was informed they went out of business so I had to buy an iphone or samsung.

I hate samsung in the first place bc the technology on phones were better 15 years ago on my brick nextel I carried around. This phone seriously is worse than anyone I’ve ever had, and thats a lot bc I have adhd and love to drop and lose my phone, which is another reason I bought this bc it has a fingerprint scanner so I don’t have to remember all my 100 passwords for my kids and self.

This phone is 129$ and should be 39$ honestly. It has taken me 50 years just to write this because the keyboard is trash and it corrects normal words to something random but when I write ohone it is like sorry no way i know what you’re saying here.

plus even the keyboard spaced out max it registers the inbetween letters so just constantly fixing mistakes. I use my phone for flashcards and stuff for college and it makes me want to launch it into space every second.

TBH imma to buy another one and hand this off to my husband since I’m past the return window lol, his phone cracked a week after mine and he had an old samsung that we paid 50$ for and still works better than this horrible phone.

My husband and I bought Samsung A12 phones in May 2022 and are VERY disappointed!!! this is my third Samsung phone and I have always rated them very highly BUT this model is nothing but trouble. both phones often say they are overheating, even when they have not been used for some time and have been sitting in a cool place inside our home.

When this happens we cannot open any apps even our contacts or make phone calls. I recently went on a chat line and chatted with someone for over half an hour before they told me they couldn’t help me because they only dealt with USA.

they then gave me a number for Australia. I rang the number and spoke to CHUKKA S from Samsung Care. I was on each phone for an hour. This person got remote access to each phone and went through everything.

He then told me that my problem was our signal was too weak. It is the same signal we have always had and this has never happened before. there is definitely a problem with these phones.

These are decently nice phones to be as cheap as they are priced. I mean I paid $40 for mine and it came with a $40 phone card too for free! If you want to unlock this phone though better luck next time cause they lock them down oem bootloader lock.

I’ve been on the phone with Verizon several hours trying to tell them that they are the only ones that can help me oem unlock the bootloader on the phone so I can root the phone. Such a pain in the butt, anyways the Moto e4 has a decent vibrant display, has a nifty little finger print reader that’s actually pretty good about reading things right, has facial recognition, mobile hotspot on the 2.

4ghZ (N) and also the 5. 0ghz (AC). With only 8gb of storage, it fills up quick, considering that the actual OS on it takes up a good 2 GB so buying a micro SD card should be up your to-do list if buying this phone.

I personally like the phone, but it’s a little slow and lags to me, I recently was using a top of the line HTC M One 9 phone that was a powerhouse. Alot of storage and memory with the toughest screen I think anyone’s made.

It worry’s me about the Moto e4 about how strong the screen is, by looking at it, it doesn’t feel very sturdy and strong. To me I feel like one drop and your screen will be toast. It feels brittle or fragile better yet.

All in all a good little phone for the money. Don’t buy from Verizon if you want to unlock it. Good luck if you do!.

Bought this almost a year ago for $50 on sale, and I’ve been really happy with it. I don’t run any games whatsoever, and not very many apps. The phone is perfect for me. It’s sturdy, so it can take a little beating when I’m at work.

I really like the rubberized texture on the back. I don’t know a lot about smartphones, but this one is perfect to learn on, since it can do almost anything a flagship type phone can do. I especially like that it was so cheap, so I don’t have to stress about something happening to it.

I have no problems with the battery going all day, even after a year, with moderate use. Now, after a year of use, I’m just barely starting to find myself looking for something more in a phone. But when I look around for phones, I find that even spending another $100 more, they really aren’t an upgrade over this phone.

You might get 0. 1 more on the processor, or a slightly better camera, or 1/2″ more screen size, but not all at once. If the camera is really important, you probably should go for a different unit, but that’s about the only reason.

Otherwise if you just need to run a few apps, text, check email, drive gps, etc, this one will do indefinitely, and you’ll save about 500 bucks over your smart friends. Eventually you’ll want to move up, like me, but there truly won’t be any hurry.

I bought this for my nieces to use with wifi. I didn’t like them using my tablets or phone. For the price this works great for them. I can put on youtube, and a couple kids games. They are very happy with it.

The adults are also happy since if this breaks its only a couple dollars. The version of android is recent so it should be ok for a few years of their use. The specs aren’t spectacular, but they aren’t doing anything intensive so its fine for them.

The 16 gigs of storage is a decent amount. I haven’t actually timed how long the battery lasts, but I know they get at least 4 hours of constant use with youtube or non demanding games.

For 50 bucks, I just need to say this is one GREAT little smart phone! On many sites the specs are wrong, but this Wal-Mart site has them correct. Internal memory is 8GB (BestBuy says it is 2GB, and many eBay listings has it at 4GB), but only about 4.

5GB of the 8GB is usable. It also has 1GB RAM, not 2. Yes, it does come with MANY bloat ware apps, but every single one of them can be disabled, and unlike some newer phones that have locked out the ability to move apps to the SD card, most apps you download can be easily moved to external memory.

You can even set the SD card as the default location for downloads, but make sure you buy a class 10 32GB or smaller, because my HD 64GB card couldn’t be read by this device. I tested this next to my Galaxy S4, and in every test I made, it loads every app just as fast and does every internet search just slightly slower than the 5 times more expensive and memory rich S4.

In fact, it locates me, draws the map and begins navigation more quickly than the S4. Even after moving apps to the SD card, I have noticed no lag of any kind when opening any of them. Many of the apps it comes with are nice.

Although limited, both the video and music apps are all most people would need and the Dolby stereo app with pre-set and custom equalizer settings is amazing! I couldn’t believe the sound that comes out of the tiny little speaker on the back, and the sound through my headphones is even better than the S4.

The screen is bright and easy to read and the battery lasts me two days before I have to plug it in with normal use. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the Galaxy line, like corning glass screen, metalized accents, side sync, air gestures, etc.

, but for those wanting a phone they can use the heck out of, not worry about and that will work flawlessly most of the time, this phone is remarkable for the price, and for those of you who have long wished your calendar app would show the current day and date on both the home screen and in the app drawer, this one does.

So far, I have found nothing I don’t like about this phone and the only reason I’m giving it four stars instead of five is because the camera is just so-so (and the front facing one is pretty much a joke).

I got this phone when I switched to AT&T about 10 months ago. I knew it would be a step down from my Sony Xperia Z, but I did expect it to work. The first ZTE Maven I got, I had to return a couple of days later because I couldn’t make calls with it.

The replacement phone, which I’ve had ever since, has been a big teacher of patience. I have to try 2 or 3 times to make a phone call. This means dialing a complete number more than once if it’s not stored in Mr contacts list.

When I first try to make a call, it will either do nothing or look like it’s calling but hang up after a few seconds, without recording anything in the call history. When people call me, it sometimes automatically puts them on speakerphone (quite a shock when it’s up to your ear), and sometimes I can’t hear the person in the other end at all.

The contacts list is a pain. It imports every email address that you’ve ever sent anything to or received from in your Google (Gmail) account, and there doesn’t seem to be any way to disable this. This means that to find a phone number you have to scroll through tons of email addresses just to get to someone’s phone number.

You can find a phone number pretty easily through the search function at the top of the phone app though, so this in itself didn’t make me hate the phone. Apps crash regularly, often when you’re in the middle of something.

The apps that crash the most frequently for me are messaging (sending text messages–infuriating them you’re most of the way through writing a long text and then the app crashes and everything you wrote is erased), Facebook, and YouMail (a visual voicemail app).

These are not the only apps that crash, just the most frequent. I have never had a problem with Netflix or the Chrome browser closing though. This phone sometimes takes a while to do simple things. I’ve learned that if I’m trying to put my phone on silent, and it doesn’t change right away, to wait several seconds because it’s probably going to change eventually.

This also goes for trying to make phone calls. I need to wait at least 10 seconds after telling it to call someone before trying again. If I try again too soon and then it turns out it was making the call, I don’t get the “phone call” screen.

This wouldn’t be a problem, since that screen is accessible through the pull down menu on the top of the screen, but each time I turn on the screen it goes dark so quickly that I can’t do anything. This continues for the duration of the call, and makes me unable to hang up at the end of the call.

There really isn’t a lot of storage space. I disabled most of the pre installed apps, freeing up some space, and I really don’t have many apps of my own installed (maybe 10-15). I got an SD card and put as many downloaded apps on that as I could (a frustrating process, as it takes forever and doesn’t always work).

Still, I run out of space if I even take a 2 minute video or have more than about 20 photos on it. Oh, and I haven’t found a way to put photos or videos on the SD card. Now it’s telling me I can’t update some apps because I don’t have enough storage space.

Now that I’ve listed most of my frustrations, on to the good points. Most of the time it’s pretty fast. I like that you can access several different things from the pull down menu. It does send and receive both phone calls and text messages, even if it does sometimes take a few tries.

YouTube and Netflix stream quickly with no interruptions (depending in Internet speeds, of course). There are several options for customizing it. It’s cheap plastic, but sturdy enough if you get a decent case for it.

I managed to put a couple of marks on the screen, but I seem to do that to any phone I have. It’s usually best to get a screen protector anyway. It’s lasted for 10 months with no new problems cropping up (which is good, since it had so many to start with).

If you know someone who really needs to learn patience, this is the phone for them–as long as they don’t give in to the frequent temptation to throw it against the wall.

I have been putting off purchasing a new phone for over a year. Bought this phone and transferred my SIM card over right in the store, chose to import from old phone, logged in to my Gmail everything transferred over from prior backup.

Note that I had a recent backup. It installed my apps, contacts. I purchased the Scan Disk 32gb microSDHC and it Recognized it right away. I installed my Cardio Trainer for tracking my workouts and Power Amp for playing my Music and Itunes, set the Power Amp to point to my SD card, used my PC and USB cable to transferred all my Music libraries over the the I then directed My camera to save photos to the SD card.

NOTE open a window for both your ZTE Maven SD Music Folder and your Music/Itunes Folder and Copy Paste over from your PC to your ZTE Maven. Note Copy entire Album folder and except the recommend format the splash screen suggests.

I installed my You Version Bible App and downloaded the KIV,NIV,NKJV and ESV. Phone works fantastic, Cardio Trainer can now record my workouts with out running out of memory NOTE I also bought the L/K Hard Case , very nice Great Phone and awesome menus and features.

I Love my ZTE Mavin.

For weeks Tesco stores had increased the price of the A13’s to 179 following a labeling problem. As we wanted to upgrade 2 x A20e phones this priced them out of our market, so when we spotted the same phone on the Tesco eBay site at 139 we jumped at them.

I ordered 2 on Friday, they arrived Tuesday (not Monday as promised) Slightly bigger & a little heavier than our old A20e’s. Most Samsung Galaxy’s work in the same way – so things like ring tone, camera etc work like my old phone.

It was a (fairly) simple process – even for a 61-year old – to move existing numbers & smart switch from old phone to new. As we are already Tesco Mobile customers, & having existing Samsung phones (& chargers – none came with new phones – enviro-friendly, apparently), we simply saved our numbers to the micro sim, & using the lead provided, we followed the Smart Switch app to transfer our photos messages & (most of) apps onto the new phone.

Some more “personal” apps (ie: banking etc) do not transfer using Smart Switch (tip – dont wipe your old phone until you’ve checked/compared) The whole set-up on 2 x phones was completed by me within a couple of hours.

This a nice phone for your basic needs. Its runs the lastest Andriod 12 uodate along Samsungs latest One UI 4. 1 update. It has a extra upgrades from the 5G version. The biggest upgrade is the display.

Its 10x better than the display on the Galaxy A13 5G and the Galaxy A32 5G. It’s a 1080p screen with grear colors. The phone has dual sim abd both sim slots actually work. Now here are the downgrades.

The storage is limited to 32GB, the total ram is limited to 3GB. The phone isnt slow by any means. Ive already received one updatr from Samsung that address performance issues. Now the phone runs much better than it did out the box.

Ive added a 128GB, the updated software also features Samsung’s Ram plus feature that lets boost your total ram. So that helps with performance. The battery life is amazing, I average 8-10 screen on hours daily.

It does feature quick charge (no charger in the box, only the cable) but I have an 18w fast charger already. The cameras are great. Better than the a13 5g. This phone has a wide angle camera, unlike the A13 5G.

Overall it’s a decent price phone for the price. It has many perks. So im happy with it.

After breaking our Android phone we grabbed one of these as a replacement thinking it would “get us by” until we bought a more expensive model phone for better performance. Truly there is no need, this phone works wonderfully and has plenty of power to meet our needs.

We use a local GSM carrier and had no problem activating this unlocked version of the AT&T phone. One note: the pre-installed AT&T Apps tend to try and take over after initial activation and do not work since we are not on the AT&T network.

But after installing after market App’s from the Google Play store like a dialer, contact manager etc. and setting them as the defaults for the phone all problems were fixed. Bottom line: the phone works great, strong performance and and a real steal for the price we paid.

Our only wish is that it had a larger screen but for the money no complaints.

This is an AT&T go phone but, I am using it it on an mvno carrier just fine. It is larger than described 5″ easy to use has android 6. 0 operating system. Looks good, sound is good. The only problem I have is with the Google store I can’t download apps.

HAVE TRIED ALL THE FIXES TO NO AVAIL. NOT A ZTE PROBLEM. I will try AGAIN in a few days. Love this little phone.

I needed to have a phone temporarily for the next year. I am testing a new app for a research study. The installer said she had NEVER had such an easy and uncomplicated install, and that it projected a better signal than her smartphone.

Apple – hands down you have the worst operating system and your phones are garbage. They may be tougher on the outside and some of them made of metal. but some of them are also made of glass and most of them shatter the first time you drop them.

Clearly there’s something wrong if they’re shattering that easily. Another thing and yes there will be a good handful of these. The headphone jack is the same as the charger and takes a special pair of headphones? So you guys are the ONLY ones who sell these headphones and people don’t have a choice but to buy these ones cause the technique is patented and nobody else can make a pair of head phones that fit into an apple phone unfortunately.

So if someone breaks theirs and can’t afford a new pair well sorry you’re than completely out of luck. This is terrible that customers spend that much on a phone to not be able to use the headphones they want or already own more than a few pairs of.

this first of all is greedy and a discussing business tactic to make money. Apple is one of the richest and most greedy companies in the world which is a good reason to NOT support them. Neverminded the fact that they’ve been LITERALLY CAUGHT slowing down and making old phones not function anymore so you don’t have another choice but to go out and spend the 1500$ on a brand new phone once every 2 years.

AWFUL! The charger is HELLA inconvenient. These aren’t typical and people don’t use tend to have multiple ones of these kicking around. This isn’t a typical charger and this isn’t what you find in a lot of vehicles and stereos you can connect your phone to.

You aren’t able to just go out and buy a cheap dollar store charger to hold you over if you need one you don’t have that option at all. Besides all of this the last thing that I’m going to mention is the fact that you aren’t able to customize this phone at all.

Other than your background you can’t do anything with it. I am not sure why people even was the money.

I first got this phone 10. 12. 2018, at first it was great, but i definitely do not recommend this phone. For one, it came out in 2014 so it is extremely old for a phone. The battery life on this thing is tremendously terrible.

my phone will go from 100% to 50% in the span of 30 minutes. Not to mention, I rarely use it, I mainly just listen to music, and even then, the battery percentage goes down when you’re not using it because there’s an app open/being used in the background.

The iPhone 6s does terrible when it comes to cold weather, the phone will be near to 100% percent and then the battery will die on its own as for how old it is. If I am being completely honest: as much as I bash this phone, it does have its benefits.

This is a very simplistic phone with OK camera quality (compared to the new iPhones like the iPhone 12,) it also is a good size in my opinion, it’s not too big unlike the new phones out on stock. Regardless; if you’re looking for a phone, I personally would recommend something like an iPhone XR, or any phone after that (i.

e the 11 or 12. ) It may be more pricey compared to something like the iPhone 6s but if you get an XR or anything after that it’ll be worth the cost. The iPhone could be considered outdated. None the less, if you are looking for something simple and don’t care about the battery life or anything in general about a phone, then this is is what you’d be looking for.

Another year, another new iPhone and this time it is really a different from all iPhones before not only because supports 5G or of the new square design, but everything it’s new inside and out and looks and feels promising.

Delivery from Amazon top notch only took 2 days. The phone itself works great, connectivity is much better than previous models and battery life is just as before, screen is crisp and colours are great, camera performance is excellent for day and night photos, stereo speakers are definitely the best of all phones I ever used, they simply deliver immersive sound that matches cinema experience.

All in all Best iPhone to date. Negative: well the price is on the higher end but we all know that.

I upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) phone to a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 5G. The principal reason was to be able to make phone calls when on 4G only sites, for which VoLTE support is required. Having 5G was also wanted for future proofing.

So far VoLTE and 5G are showing up on the Skinny (Spark) network, and I will have to wait for Skinny/Spark to enable VoWiFi for the Flip 4 before I can try that – it should work. It was a major requirement for me that the phone still fit in my pocket in a way that did not interfere with push biking, and the Flip 4 was pretty much the only choice that I could find that is for sale in NZ and was not a parallel import.

It works well for that, but I am having to get used to flipping it open to use it, which is a little less convenient than with the A3. So far, I have rooted it successfully with Magisk and copied all my data and apps over using Smart Switch.

The only thing that I have found so far that does not work while rooted is Google Wallet, and with a little more work it is possible that I may be able to get that working too, but I am not worried about that as I never used it (as Google Pay) on my old phone.

I also had a problem where most of my contacts had been moved out of their specified groups to “Not assigned”. I had to spend some time going through them all and putting them back in the appropriate group, which was annoying.

I suspect a bug in Smart Switch was responsible for that. The hinge location can be visible in the middle of the main screen and when you do notice it, it is a little annoying. But mostly I do not notice it.

The Flip 4 is very fast compared to the A3 and I am greatly enjoying that. One annoying thing is that on certain apps, such as Clock, the fonts used are too large and there are unnecessary gaps between the alarm clock entries, resulting fewer showing at once compared to the A3, despite a much taller screen.

I am hoping to find a fix for that. Once rooted, the DHCPv6 app works well, and I get DHCPv6 assigned IPv6 addresses when on my home WiFi, making it much easier to manage my network – I can assign it a DNS name on my home DNS servers.

Overall I am very pleased so far, but it is only a week or so since I got it rooted and I have many more things to try out yet.

All these top-tier phones do all the same things quite excellently and this phone is no exception except for the lack of a telephoto lens, which may be a good thing if it helps not make the otherwise streamlined phone look like it growing several barnacles sticking out like the iPhone.

This phone of course adds the flip feature which appears to be perfectly implemented. The funny thing is, now that phones can do so many different things, Samsung completely dropped the ball with the most basic service, which is the Phone and Voicemail apps.

My previous two phones had the phone and voicemail integrated, transcribed my emails, and had many other features that are lacking in this phone. One would think that the new phone would be better, but no.

The phone and voicemail apps are two totally separate apps, so you can’t for instance, block a number after checking a voicemail without remembering the number and manually searching for that number in the other app.

If you want transcribed messages, Samsung has a weird workaround where you can have voicemails sent to the messaging app. So now we are involving three different apps in what used to be done in one. And to add insult to injury, I downloaded the Google app from the play store that does all these things well only to find that the voicemail feature is disabled when installed on a Samsung phone.

I guess just to force users to use Samsung’s convoluted apps whether they want to or not. This poor software implementation is almost a dealbreaker and part of me wants to send this phone back despite the fact that it is wonderful in every other way.

At age 80 decided I was ready for another flip phone after some 27 years, so I traded in my S20 Plus. My concerns about a smart flip phone were probably similar to those of anyone purchasing a modern flip phone.

Battery life, the strength of screens’ glass, and durability of its seam. Whatever the issues were on the previous generation flips, the Z4 has dealt with them and then some. While you should, and will, be conscious of the fact that this phone is not the typical block phone in terms of handling, it is solid, well designed, and it will be very durable.

While I have only been using this phone for a few days, I have to be consciously looking for the fold seam on the screen and even then I can’t see it unless I tilt the phone to an angle that reflects light off of it.

So it’s just not an issue. Whether it will become an issue after months of use will most likely depend on how you treat the phone when closing and opening it, a little caution and measured smooth movements as opposed to a rough, jerky, hard motion will go a long way toward preserving the screen I suspect.

Battery life is not an issue, at least for me. I am a moderate user and mid-day I still have plenty of battery life left. I can’t see anyone having an issue with battery life unless they are the heaviest of users.

The only thing I am still dealing with is getting my Google Pay set up so that I can use it without opening the phone. It works fine, but so far I need to open the phone to unlock Google Pay. To me the camera is just fine, I can’t tell any difference in quality from the S20 camera and that one was exceptional.

I bought the new Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 512GB, phone on Sunday 19th June 2022 at JB HI FI Forrest Chase. My previous phone was Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and it was a great phone, but I do miss the micoSD plus Samsung Pay does not do magnetic strip thing anymore, oh well, what can I do and/or others.

This new Galaxy S22 Ultra is insanely smooth such as 120Hz with QUADHD+. I currently don’t have a case and screen protection at all, I don’t mind if I drop this phone that cost RRP: AUD $2149, when it was released earlier this year.

The battery is a big difference such as 4500mA on the previous phone and now 5000mA, better & faster processor and efficient chip on S22 Ultra, solid built phone. Camera system is truly amazing with 4 camera at the back compared to just 3 on my previous phone.

The Camera software and hardware is much different with them both as the S22 Ultra is a whole new level with pictures and videos quality even with low light. The apps are much more stable than the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra for some reason, not sure why.

This phone battery is being protected by the 85% maximum charge capacity which in terms longer battery life as well as degrading at a slower rate. Overall it is the best investment for me personally, it maybe out of your price range or if you have enough I suggest buy it.

This phone might or might not suit you, so please ask your service provider such as Telstra, Vodafone, Optus or others. If you are buying outright please ask the sales representative and ask as many questions before purchasing this product such as JB HI FI, Samsung, Officeworks, Good Guys and other retailers.

If you can please research your own as well such as reviews, canstar reviews, choice reviews, Google reviews, retailers stores reviews and others. If it is right for your needs the go ahead and purchase this Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 128GB or 256GB or 512GB or 1TB (Only at Samsung online).

Please don’t take my word for it as personal preference is different to me and you and to others. You might like it or hate it or neutral or love it or the worst ever phone, no one can ever agree to the same phone or others, we are all different ways of thinking.

Just in general please feel the phone at one of the retailers such as a demo or at their stands, whichever suits you. In terms of purchasing this product I saved approximately $524. 00 RRP for this phone, therefore I spent $1625 for the 512GB S22 Ultra.

Most were paid with the Gift Cards I bought at Woolworths which was called “The Ultimate gift card for Teens” & The Ultimate gift card for Home”. They were 10% off at Woolworths once and no longer available as it was a weekly catalogue special from Wednesdays to Tuesdays and when I post this will be on Friday or Saturday depon where you live.

There might be errors or grammar errors or others, I do apologise for your inconvenience. Ultimate unconditional greatness love and kind regards, Steve Chong.

This phone is a very nice phone but the release stock was rough as many people didn’t receive it on time due to supply issues which I understand but once it arrived I began to use this phone daily from second week of March I believe.

Display: The screen is amazing and pretty much most Samsung amoleds are these days. I have used the note 20 ultra and s21 ultra and this one is amazing in color reproduction, clarity and it’s very very bright just like those were.

Camera: the main camera is sharp and vibrant and packs a punch in various shooting situations, the wide angle is great in sharpness and color and has a pretty wide field of view. The telephoto 3x and 10x and great and I think best telephoto on any phone currently due to having both 3x and 10x optical giving more clarity at those zooms and further digital zooms.

The night mode is improved and pretty amazing. The night mode on Samsung phones were already amazing but wow it’s even better here. One of the best cameras I’ve used. If anyone is wondering though this camera vs iphone 13 pro max I would say this one is better due to the better overall.

Iphone 13 pro is amazing but this is even higher. Battery Life: The battery the past almost two months has been pretty good and easily gets me through my day considering that this phone does so much.

I do wish it to last a bit more though and maybe that’s asking too much haha. I have been spoiled a bit by the iphone 13 pro max which the battery lasted for days without a charge but this phone is way more feature packed than any iphone although I love iphone too.

45 watt charging is overdue upgrade and it’s fast enough to charge up while I get ready for work or when I’m about to go out so no issues there. Performance/Software: When the phone first released it was quite buggy the software.

To be frank it was jittery and stuttering all over the place but the March update fixed so many bugs and now the phone runs much smoother but there are still bugs here that hopefully Samsung will get rid of in the coming months because as of right now even though the phone is running nicely it’s not as smooth as last years s21 ultra or even the note 20 from 2020.

Hardware wise this phone is More powerful than both of the phones I just mentioned but so far the software bugs are my only real gripes so if someone is considering this phone I’d like to share my experience on that.

It’s just the overall 120hz doesn’t feel entirely smooth and Polished as it seems to drop down, along with some stutters in scrolling, and animations. Once everything is polished I will give it a five star.

Overall quite a nice phone just wish the software was polished out of box.

I purchase this phone because I wanted a big screen. This phone has a 6″ screen. Plenty for me. I read some of the reviews and was a little worried about buy the phone. But Walmart had the phone on roll back for 76.

00. so I couldn’t refuse. I also purchase the insurance in case the phone started acting stupid. But so far, everything good. I don’t know why some people are having problems with this phone. Unless they are doing things with the phone that they have no business doing with the phone like jail breaking or rooting.

Maybe they downloaded some applications that ain’t compatible with the phone and causing the phone to act stupid, Or they got a lemon. I did notice that the phone was a little slow in the beginning so I went into setting and found a setting to change the phone performance mold.

Now the phone seem to be quicker. I would suggest getting an micro SD card to store music and videos on it because the phone has about 8gig of storage that is usable. the camera take good pictures for my liking.

I’m not an professional photographer so I’m looking for high performance camera just something to take occasion pictures. Now I do have some complaints about the phone. But for 76. 00 I really can’t complain.

This isn’t a 800. 00 Samsung Galaxy 8. But my complaints are the battery doesn’t come out so I can’t carry a extra battery with me. So I’ll have to use a external battery pack. Also it’s hard to find a protective case locally so I’ll have to go online for it.

And by biggest complaint is not with the phone, but with the service. I have the att go plan. And on the go prepaid plan, att has the hotspot disabled so u can’t use the phone hotspot feature. So if you want to hotspot then don’t get the go plan.

U will need to get att contract plan. I wish I would have knew that before I brought the phone. Would have look some where else. But I do love the phone though.

I got this on a Black Friday sale because of the price. I figured I would end up giving it to the kids or using it to replace my failing B&N Nook. I was skeptical about how I would like it considering how I’m used to the Samsung Galaxy series, and I find most other phones to be lacking in the camera, screen quality, and general performance.

So I was very suprised by the Ascend XT. The screen is good, earning at least an A- from me. It’s not 1080p, but I don’t hold my phone 6 inches from my face and look for pixels. Colors and contrast are good enough, and the outdoor visibility is good thanks to one of the best auto-brightness systems I’ve come across.

And it’s an IPS display, so the viewing angles are great. The camera is also good. I give it a B+. The 8MP hardware doesn’t match the 8MP from my 5 year old Galaxy S2, but the images are decent. Where the camera impressed me is the app itself.

The HDR mode was easy to use and does yield images that on par with my old Galaxy (which still works and I used for comparison). It has a very easy to use voice activation for taking photos. And it includes a document scanner (cropper) which I use frequently.

And for the performance we start the story with a slight disappointment. It has 2GB of RAM and way more CPU cores that my old S2, but it was just barely faster. Still good performance for the price, and way better than other budget phones.

But I was expecting more. Then fast forward past a couple over-the-air updates, adding a high-speed SD card, and installing the Nova Launcher. The phone is now noticeably faster and operates with more available RAM.

So it now impresses me with it’s multitasking, responsiveness, and how it handles the light gaming I do. It still won’t keep up with the newest flagship models, but it blows away everything else I’ve seen for under $100.

As for bloatware – there’s some, but I was able to remove or disable pretty much all of it very easily, and it wasn’t really that bad to begin with compared to some other phones I’ve seen. Durability is good.

I did get a screen protector, but do not use a case. It’s had at least 3 bad falls so far, and suffered only scratches on the corners. So my overall score is 5 stars. Now, if I were to score it on the same scale one would use for something like the S8 or the Nexus phones, then I would rate the Hauwei Ascend at barely 3 strars.

But they aren’t on the same scale. Most flagships are at least 4 or 5 times more expensive than this phone. So once you consider that this one is less than $100, it’s an unbeatable value.

I had a $50 Huawei a few years ago that I bought because it was the cheapest smartphone on the shelf; it was great until it got stolen. I had never even heard of Huawei before that but afterwards I wanted another great, cheap phone, so I bought the Huawei Ascend with high expectations.

Well, it’s not so great. The camera is very nice, I’ll give it that. That’s about it. The call quality is terrible; that’s my single biggest complaint because why else do you have a cell phone but to be accessible by phone? I can have the thing right to my ear and the voice quality is distorted and fuzzy to the point that I can’t make out the words the person is saying.

If the person has an accent, I have to ask them to repeat themselves 3 or 4 times. The screen also freezes frequently. When I go to touch a number previously dialed to make the phone call it, I frequently have to touch the screen 6 or 7 times to make it call.

I have never figured out how to personalize the lock screen — I’ve figured it out on all the previous cheap prepaid phones I had, I can’t be that dumb, but I’ve given up trying. It installs things I don’t want like Caller ID and I have to fight with it to get them off there.

It also has set up its own mail system, which I didn’t want, so every time I get mail through Gmail I get a duplicate through this system. Really, I can’t overstate how substandard the call quality is.

I am going to buy another phone because of that. I don’t know what happened with Huawei on this phone, or if I just got a lemon. I’m just not impressed.