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I've just bought an A33 for £249, ships with Android 12, immediately updated to 13 and guaranteed upgrades to 14, 15 and 16. Don't need an S.
https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-give-galaxy...
https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-give-galaxy...
NordicCrankShaft said:
Was going to wait for this but opted to trade in my S20 Plus just before Christmas for an S22 Ultra, cheaper phone bill with the trade in plus the Samsung £300 cashback.
If it wasn't for my wife's Note 10 winding down on software support, I would have kept my S21 Ultra. She'll get this phone and I'll have the S23 Ultra.Driver101 said:
BlueJazz said:
12 GB RAM / 512 GB memory S23 ultra ordered. Delivery on 13th Feb. With discount and trade in, £1,074.10.
What do you do on a phone that needs 12GB RAM?Inflation is quite eye watering.
Bought my S10 new when it first came out for £850, still does everything I need of it apart from the camera, which could be better.
Another £400 on the headline price, I'll tapping out when it does come to replace this one, might end up with an A series or a Pixel.
Bought my S10 new when it first came out for £850, still does everything I need of it apart from the camera, which could be better.
Another £400 on the headline price, I'll tapping out when it does come to replace this one, might end up with an A series or a Pixel.
I tend to buy the previous generation of phone - don't feel quite as ripped off that way... I also keep them for a good few years.
Currently on the s21FE. Only changed because I dropped my S10 and smashed it rather badly. From what I've heard they may be stopping the FE line, which would be a shame as for me it's a good compromise.
Currently on the s21FE. Only changed because I dropped my S10 and smashed it rather badly. From what I've heard they may be stopping the FE line, which would be a shame as for me it's a good compromise.
RayDonovan said:
Looks, er, expensive 
I'm still rocking a S21 Ultra and really can't see a reason to upgrade..
£1,249 for S23 Ultra, £420 trade in my mine leaves quite a lot to upgrade..
I have a s21U and was looking at the trade in price and I also compared the trade in value of a galaxy s10+ which is 3 years old and it was only about £150 less so it will cost me effectively £150 to keep my s21U for another year - this plan gets royally screwed though if the s24 goes up massively in priceI'm still rocking a S21 Ultra and really can't see a reason to upgrade..
£1,249 for S23 Ultra, £420 trade in my mine leaves quite a lot to upgrade..
I think I will take the gamble seeing as the s21 looks almost the same as the s23 anyway and it is still a very capable phone with another 2 years updates included.
Iv just ordered a regular s23 in graphite grey with the 'free' upgrade to 256gb, tend to swap every 2 years before batterys start to lag and they become worthless. Dont like the bigger squarer designs of the ultra so was easy for me to rule the extra cost out for that version.
£260 trade in for my 128gb s21 was pretty good considering i only paid £460 for it 2 years ago when i traded my s10 in against it.
Shame i had to pay for new pods this time over getting freebies, my live pods case died last week from me leaving it in my workshop in the minus 6 temps meaning the buds won't charge without being plugged in anymore.
Be interesting to see if there's any noticeable difference after 2 years of development.
£260 trade in for my 128gb s21 was pretty good considering i only paid £460 for it 2 years ago when i traded my s10 in against it.
Shame i had to pay for new pods this time over getting freebies, my live pods case died last week from me leaving it in my workshop in the minus 6 temps meaning the buds won't charge without being plugged in anymore.
Be interesting to see if there's any noticeable difference after 2 years of development.
M4cruiser said:
Driver101 said:
BlueJazz said:
12 GB RAM / 512 GB memory S23 ultra ordered. Delivery on 13th Feb. With discount and trade in, £1,074.10.
What do you do on a phone that needs 12GB RAM?
I don't think many people are benefitting having the latest and most expensive phones.
BlueJazz said:
I plug it into a docking station and use DEX. Saves the need to carry my Mac Book. My S21 Ultra has 12gb and my tab 8 Ultra 8gb, there's a noticeable difference when enough programs are running.
To be honest wish Google would roll out their own version of Dex, I used similar on Ubuntu Touch years ago before it got discontinued, UT Ports is still available but not really useful as a daily phone. S22 ultra here. No intention to upgrade this time as its hardly any different and the opening offer is weak.
I don't think they are going to sell many and once that initial burst of sales is done it will drop off a cliff and they will have to get a better offer on the table ie earbuds, watch, cashback etc.
I don't think they are going to sell many and once that initial burst of sales is done it will drop off a cliff and they will have to get a better offer on the table ie earbuds, watch, cashback etc.
The contract on my S21U has just come to an end and for the first time since owning a mobile (1997/8, always on contract, and always upgraded as soon as my contract allowed), I've not upgrade and have instead I've gone for a 12 month SIM only contract.
The only thing I'd upgrade to is a folding phone, such as a Fold4, but I don't want to lose the camera of my S21U. If the Fold5 has the same camera(s) as an S21U (or 22U etc) then I might well do so, but the Fold5 is a few months away yet - hence I'll wait another 12 months.
Also, I'm on Three, and only this week the have made huge changes to their rates for new SIM only contracts and contract phone. Until then, it was actually cheaper to get a PAYG monthly SIM as opposed to a contract SIM. Now they have changed that (well, some data amounts are better, some not).
And, now, if you go for a contract phone, you pay the same amount for the phone in total, regardless of the term, and up front cost. You can pay the full amount up front, or various smaller amounts, and then pay the rest over 12,24 or 36 months. But the total is the same. Finally, you then add a contract for data (+calls and texts, but that hardly maters now), and the term of that contract can be different to the term of the handset.
The only thing I'd upgrade to is a folding phone, such as a Fold4, but I don't want to lose the camera of my S21U. If the Fold5 has the same camera(s) as an S21U (or 22U etc) then I might well do so, but the Fold5 is a few months away yet - hence I'll wait another 12 months.
Also, I'm on Three, and only this week the have made huge changes to their rates for new SIM only contracts and contract phone. Until then, it was actually cheaper to get a PAYG monthly SIM as opposed to a contract SIM. Now they have changed that (well, some data amounts are better, some not).
And, now, if you go for a contract phone, you pay the same amount for the phone in total, regardless of the term, and up front cost. You can pay the full amount up front, or various smaller amounts, and then pay the rest over 12,24 or 36 months. But the total is the same. Finally, you then add a contract for data (+calls and texts, but that hardly maters now), and the term of that contract can be different to the term of the handset.
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