Optical scanner is still in display, it’s not a physical capacitive scanner on the button. The one I used on the S10 Lite previously was not as frustrating as the ultrasonic ones, but still not as fast as the competitors’ like Huawei or OnePlus.

You and me both, bro. I'll be forever grateful for my S10 Lite experience. It was my first SD powered Samsung phone and have vowed not to buy an Exynos ever again after that

Plus you can use your credit card points and also get an additional year of warranty with Senheng or Senq by signing up to be a member for just 12 bucks.

This post has been edited by attw: Sep 24 2020, 06:32 PM

Don't think just buy

Edit: l’d probably get one too except the iPhone launch is imminent and I’m very much an iFag at heart still...

This post has been edited by attw: Sep 24 2020, 10:49 PM

Yes you should. Good deal that!

What happened to your S10 Lite?

I’d take a cash discount over the free gifts any day!

Well the SD865 is every bit a flagship chipset, and looking at the spec sheet of the S20FE it's not far off from the Note 20 although it's hard to comment if the camera will be on par with the flagship grade Note 20 Ultra without any evidence or reviews at this point. But yeah, most flagships will have a curved screen for the more "premium" feel.

If the seller is a reputable one and can provide after sales service then yes. It's a good buy at that price.

The S10, S10+ and S10e had ingress protection (IP68) but the S10 Lite doesn't, so that could factor in as well.

This post has been edited by attw: Sep 28 2020, 09:10 AM

You'll have to walk in to their physical store and tell them you want to use your credit card points. They can immediately check how many points you have and let you know how much can deduct from your purchase. For Maybank, it's 500 points = RM1.

Malaysia only has a single variant that is the 256GB storage option.

I think the Xperia 5 ii will definitely cost more by the time it gets here and the local after sales support won't be as good. Plus by the time the Sony reaches Malaysia in December, the S20 FE will already cost even lesser.

Huh? My M51 that costs less than half of that had a pair of earphones.. so did the S10 Lite previously...

Yup, no headphone jack. I think they probably missed it in the listing, I have a feeling they will have the type-C earphones.

Yeah, it differs from region to region, so hopefully the Malaysia set will get the earphones.

It's hard to make a case for the 5 ii unless the price is reasonable, which I honestly doubt it will be, haha. But the reviews seem positive so far.

Hahaha, that's steep. I think you'll have to wait for at least 6 months for that kinda price.

For about 3.3k, the viable alternative would be an AP set OP8 Pro 12/256 which has better built quality and arguably smoother UI, although there are people who would pick One UI over OxygenOS. I don't think I can accept a phone with plastic back at above RM3k though

They want you to buy their Galaxy Buds

I would expect the S20FE to look better though, simply because the price is far higher. The S10 Lite honestly felt not that much different in the hand compared to the other phone I had at that time, the Realme 6. That’s saying something coz we’re comparing a RM2699 phone to a RM799 phone, hahaha... I don’t think you should cut corners when you’re pricing a phone above RM3k, but that’s my personal view

I won’t hold my breath for SD to be here officially

This is more of a possibility, hahaha...

Yeah, by the time S21 launches, the S20FE might be better priced

Agreed. It's a pity US is doing what they are doing to Huawei, otherwise they would have been a formidable challenger to Samsung with their own Kirin chipsets and their absolutely gorgeous phones. I'm loving my GMS-less experience with my Huawei phone right now - 3 full weeks already

Also good point. For all the criticism I level at SME, their customer service has been top notched for me whenever I visited them. I wouldn't buy an AP Samsung set too.