You can refer to Apple. Whenever Apple is removing something from its box, the rest of the phone manufacturers will follow soon or later.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Jan 15 2021, 02:54 AM

Mi11 screen is very good based on tech youtubers review. However, still need to see the phone in real life to confirm.

Oneplus and Xiaomi.

More beautiful? Not necessary. Sharper? Yes. On paper, S20+ with higher ppi，the screen is sharper than S21+. However, not everyone can notice it with naked eyes. Some researches even showed that some users can't even notice the difference between qhd and fhd screen.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Jan 15 2021, 10:31 AM

To be honest, both of these brands are equally good as Samsung in term of hardware. The only difference is the software. At the end, it depends on user's preference. If you like the operations software, then you will love the phone, or vise versa.

Joke of the day.

Samsung official was using iphone to tweet their new phone.


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Haha. I knew we will meet again in this thread, bro!

So I guess you will wait for price drop right? Which model you are aiming at? Ultra?

As for me, my heart asks me to change. But my brain tells me to stick with S20+/S10 lite. Lol. The battery life on my S20+ is killing me. The S21+ with 4800 mAh is really tempting! But all those downgrades....Oh the dilemma.

If anyone got the epp discount, do let us know. I want to see how much they offer for S21 series. Thanks

Eh? I thought you won't buy it since you complained about the S21 in various threads including the one in kopitiam. So what changed your mind bro?

Since they already apologized to the fans couple of times in last year Dec video clip and also in the latest exynos video clip. I am willing to give them another chance and believe that this time is the real deal. Don't screw it up Samsung!

This post has been edited by Max2006: Jan 15 2021, 03:59 PM

Normally, we would have judged before the review, because we all knew, it's the same old exynos. But this time, we need to wait for review, for real. I guess it's a good start? Lol.

Confirmed bro. It's the same one on Note 20 vanilla.

The first S21 (Exynos 2100) initial review! No benchmark test though since the embargo is not yet lifted.




This post has been edited by Max2006: Jan 16 2021, 01:24 AM

Normally, Samsung will only provide trade in programme during roadshow and walk-in purchase.

As for senheng/Senq trade in list, not worth it. Their offer is damn too low.

Of course no. I said normally mah. MCO of course is not normal.

Go search the video of new iqoo phone. They are also using S888 and they don't have the same problem like Mi11. So now people suspected that the culprit is on Mi11 design, or the optimization is poor. Either way, we probably won't know the real cause, until some expert dissemble the phone and check the internal. I recommend xyzone channel for that.

I know it's out of stock all around the world. But I am not awared that it has discontinued. Can share the news link bro?

I have watched/read couple of benchmark reviews. SD888 is better than exynos 2100. But we all knew it would be the same old thing. So no surprise there. The most important thing here is how big is the gap between snapdragon and exynos in term of performance this round. If not much, then I would call it a success.

No way exynos can win over snapdragon just in one year. That's dreaming. Of course they will have to take a longer time to achieve this. Just wait for next year and see if they will break through after AMD joining the team.

As for this year exynos 2100, I just hope that the signal reception is good, battery life is good, performance is good, then I am happy enough.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Jan 17 2021, 05:52 PM

I know. But there are a few test scores showing that SD888 takes higher score than exynos 2100. Not sure if it's fake review. Even the famous Samsung leaker ice universe said that different units show different result, claiming that optimization is needed.

Anyway, I don't care about the scores. As long as the performance is on par with snapdragon, then I am happy. Lol.

I am ok with point 1 and point 3. But point 2!. Argh! Just hope the battery life won't screw up. If not, then no point I switch over from S20+. May just stick to it if battery life is equally suck. Lol.

msacras, not sure if you can read mandarin or not. But you are completely right about your 2nd point above.

here's the 3d mark test provided by korean users (exynos 2100).

https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/MobileComm/M.1610871561.A.523.html


Summary.

The thermal throttling and power efficiency is suck compared to SD865. The phone can get very hot easily. So ya. if what happens to SD888 is true, then the same goes to Exynos2100.

The user's suggestion is stick to S20 (Korean is using SD865), only upgrade when S22 is released.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Jan 17 2021, 08:37 PM