I'm guessing RM5999 perhaps?

Yeah, I think I'm also done buying Samsung's latest and greatest Exynos powered devices now that I have had a taste of how the device would run on a SD chip

I could have saved you the trouble

For me the performance of the Exynos is adequate, but the poor signal strength and battery drain is apparent vs Snapdragon.

Hmmm, my Note 10+ test vs my wife's 11 Pro Max showed different results, the 11 Max Pro had better signal strength - but both lost to my Redmi Note 7

Huh? Signal strength also can cheat?

All phone makers do that these days, no?

Hahaha, I have to take some responsibility here - just the signal strength and the battery standby is excellent over the Note 10+ bro, but you'd be missing a whole load of other features coming from the Note 10 Plus. My biggest miss is the stereo speakers - the S10 Lite's single speaker is feeble by comparison.

The experts say the camera on the Note 10+ is better but for me the one on the S10 Lite does a good enough job for me. Some other features you may miss are Ingress protection, wireless charging, support, QHD resolution, and the S-Pen. I don't miss them, of course

Oh, about the optical FP sensor vs the Note's ultrasonic one, I find it less frustrating and more reliable, though it's not as fast as that of the OP7 Pro.

In the end, you'll have to ask yourself what is important to you. Also, do you really need a Samsung? Because right now, the OP7 Pro 8/256 is going for 2499 - and I find that easier to recommend over the S10 Lite.

This post has been edited by attw: Feb 21 2020, 08:06 PM

I always sell my phones when I'm done with them, hahaha... I don't think Samsung has great resale value too seeing how fast the price drops, but it is relatively easier to sell a used Samsung phone compared to others - if you price it right!

Ya, I don't remember being annoyed with my S10+ signal reception compared to the Note 10+. Maybe it's particularly the Exynos 9825 that causes the issues...

They've been offering the Marshall Major III as FOC item for a lot of other stuffs - probably getting rid of old stocks.

Ya, it's a nice extra perk to differentiate themselves from the other preorder stores like Samsung Experience Stores and SenQ.

Only a 25W charger in the box for the S20 Ultra, and not the 45W one

1k discount to be shared by two units, i.e. RM500 discount each. Let's see if indeed they will offer the same incentive during their roadshow as previously.

I had the OP7 Pro 90hz refresh just after my iPhone XR, then sold off my OP7 Pro and moved back to an iPhone 6S and to be honest, I couldn't feel that much difference. Maybe I'm old and my eyesight isn't as good as before

Hahaha, thanks bro. It’ll come soon, after another week or two. Haven’t had enough opportunities to really test out the camera just yet, but am very, very pleased with the battery life.

It’s silly season in the mobile phone world (and also Malaysian politics) right now with the launches of the Xperia 1 II and the Realme X50 Pro 5G. More announcements coming this week in the absence of MWC2020

Yeah, it'll be their new Realme UI which will be interesting. I have half an eye on the Sony, hopefully it'll be cheaper than the S20+ but I seriously doubt so. Anyways, we best stick to the S20 discussion here. Two more days left for preorders

I have no doubt the camera will be top class. Just curious to see if this new gen Exynos chip has any of the quirks like the previous ones. After my current stint with a SD powered Samsung, it'll be hard to go back to Exynos and not be conscious of signal strength and standby battery drain

This post has been edited by attw: Feb 25 2020, 07:31 AM

To be honest I think that's the prominent selling point for the S20 series, the S20 Ultra's camera. Beyond that, it's hard to ask someone with a Note 10 or S10 series to upgrade to the S20 series non Ultra.

For me personally, the standby battery drain of all Samsung flagships I have ever bought (and I have bought many) has not been good, so much so I've always thought it was an Android problem. Also, on the last Samsung I owned, the Note 10+, the signal reception is inferior to even midrange phones especially indoors. Having now used the S10 Lite into my third week, I am noticing the difference based on my usage pattern, and it is literally night and day.

Yeah, hopefully they have made improvements

Yeah, that's kinda in line with what we have seen in the past with Samsung focusing on single core scores to match Apple's performance. For non gamers like me the performance of the Exynos is more than adequate. Hopefully this round it'll come without the reception issues and the standby battery drain