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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not as much on Samsung as it's on Qualcomm playing hardball. By using their own chips Samsung is showing they won't be pushed around.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, but by using their own chips in a big market they're making their users leave for iPhone or potentially other android makers that don't ruin your battery life like Exynos. Typing this from a hot S20 plus ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On that note, may I interest you into looking at the Sony line-up? ๐Ÿ™‚ Either this year's (V) or previous (IV), they make incremental upgrades so it's not a huge difference year-to-year. Even the 2021 models (III) are still interesting if you can find them.

Best battery life I've ever seen on a phone.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had the Xperia Z3 some years back. Great phone, only that it was not a good build. I had (physical) issues with the power button and after I took it to get it fixed I went there eight times because they would not stick the back properly, then the display, then they fucked around with the volume buttons and so on.

And that's when I found out there's no Sony support for my country, even though I'm in EU. They don't sell their phones officially here, they are being brought by sellers from different parts of the world. So, until there's an official way to get a device serviced I will not buy one again from them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's called a grey market model and it's a common problem in Europe, even in established stores.

Sony definitely sell to the EU officially and have support centers in the EU. The trick is to verify your model number when you buy and make sure it's the EMEA model โ€“ or return it if it's not.

I agree that it's a shitty thing to have to do as a customer but it happens with all brands not just Sony. They can't officially service models that are sold out of region. Same thing applies to Apple, Samsung etc.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

probably ur battery already formed dendrites, causing it to have micro shorts internally and thus spreading heat in the phone case. a phone with 10w charging causes the battery to heat, let alone ur galaxy s20 charging at 15w. i actively cool my phone battery while charging by putting it in front of a fan so the battery stays cool and doesn't form dendrites, and thus stays healthy. i also use a silicon case instead of leather else u ll be thermally suffocating ur phone: it uses metal as a case material for a reason. exynos for s20 seem to be made on the 7nm process node which usually should be efficient in term of temps. even when the cpu heats up (even using the 4g antenna, let alone a 5g one when active, the camera flash, all those heats up and causes the phone case to heat up too and then a chain cycle ensues by causing the battery to heat up sponatneously too, then it dries up faster than usual which compels the user to plug the charger and the infinite cycle of heat will never end..i never owned an exynos phone but sometimes a phone need to be underpowered so it could last.samsung phones are really overperforming but unluckely their users aren't just thermal conscious. no engineering degree is needed to have a grasp over phone thermals but sometimes having some knowledge is needed if u cherich ur phone