If you have an education account, you can buy S23 256GB for about 3k now.

It's on discount at RM 3359 and you can deduct another 300 buy trading in an old device.

I managed to snag a S23+ 256GB for 3.1k after trade in and reward points.

Those S23 128GB selling for 2499 are from not from official distributors. They will unbox and register the warranty for you and seal it back with generic white seal sticker.

If you decide to proceed with them, take note that the warranty start date will vary. If you're lucky, it will be from the date your purchased it, otherwise it will be much earlier, sometimes up to half a year earlier. Read through the reviews before going through with these type of sellers.

No doubt the item is authentic and the price is very tempting but the discount isn't worth it when you stand to lose out on a lot of the warranty period. There are also cases where customers report that the device has been used before. Consider yourself warned.

The 2.1k for S23 128GB is actually from official distributors as some from here have bought before.

Best to wait for those deals. While the S series has been solid, it also has its fair share of failures so don't discount the importance of warranty over cheaper price. If it's just a few weeks difference that's still acceptable.

You'll also be happy to know Exynos will be making a come back for the S24 and Malaysia is very likely to be blessed by this possibly pile of crap of a processor.

Yes it still trips Knox, there's no way to reverse it once that happens.

Should be 5,199, same as the Samsung online store without any discounts.

Based on the reviews, they have a good reputation for selling authentic products but if you dig further into the review, you'll notice there are complaints about the warranty start date.

Some of the reviews mention it starting more than half a year before they purchased the products. It's possible that these sellers are activating the device to receive incentives for sales. If warranty is not a criteria for you then it's as cheap as it gets.

Yes they will unbox and possibly power on. There are a lot of review photos with a generic white sticker pasted on top of a broken Samsung seal.

There's an authorized reseller on Lazada already selling 512 GB for less than 4k.

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/samsung-...8367068725.html?

Might be a bug, its cheaper than SES Edu price but since it is a Lazmall store, I think its worth buying from at this price.

I'm on OneUI 5.1 all those options are available on Google Photos.

I think you have to be a Google One subscriber to have access to those functions in Google Photos. It's definitely not limited to Pixel phones only.

The 5% first time purchase is for new accounts or accounts that have not made any purchases through Samsung online.

You can just create a new account to take advantage of the 5% discount but if you have Samsung points, you won't be able to utilize it.

I don't think it's anything to worry about, you're definitely not the only one with this issue. Do a quick Google search and you'll find a lot of posts o. Samsung's official forums mentioning this, going as far back as the S20 series.

As long as the IMEI number checks out you should be fine. Also try using apps like Samsung members to run a diagnostic to verify the authenticity.

If they're really at the same price, the S24 Exynos will be a better choice. Despite how good people say SD is, the Exynos in the S24 is still way ahead of the SDG2 in the S23 in terms of performance.

There are some concerns about it heating up more than the SD counterpart and using a bit more battery in most if not all tasks but if your comparison is for an older model, its no contest really. This is before you think about the amount of software support, bigger screen, tougher chassis purportedly, improved camera performance etc...

Do you really want to buy an older phone at the same price as a newer device?

Does it show what is draining the battery in the usage?

I've not noticed any difference of battery drain before and after 6.1.

Create 2 routines with the same conditions in the screenshot. The Edge lighting effect is optional.

Change the battery percentage to the amount you like but I think it can't be lower than 80%, otherwise the battery protection won't start.



You can create the routines by going into Settings > Modes & Routines > Routines

This post has been edited by ChaChaZero: May 29 2024, 10:24 AM

Which model are you using?

S23+ using since July 2023, charge to 100% every night, have not noticed any degradation of the bateli performance yet.

RM85 is for the labor fee. The replacement itself is free but it will not be done on the spot. Takes a few days.