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Samsung Galaxy S20 or OnePlus 8?

Posted on 06/22/2020 8:25:52 AM PDT by ClaytonForester

I apologize if I posted this in the wrong place. I'm in dire need of a new phone. I've narrowed my choices to the Galaxy S20, the OnePlus 8, or the OnePlus 8 Pro. Does anyone have experience with anyone of these? Which would you recommend? Is there something else better in the same price range?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: galaxys20; oneplus8; smartphones; vanity
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1 posted on 06/22/2020 8:25:52 AM PDT by ClaytonForester
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To: ClaytonForester

I have a note 10 plus and would prefer the samsung to not purchase a Chinese product


2 posted on 06/22/2020 8:27:54 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: ClaytonForester

iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro

Apple is more trustworthy than Google (Android)


3 posted on 06/22/2020 8:28:15 AM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot (Recovering Kalifornian... Loving Alabama!)
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To: ClaytonForester

I’m sort of in the same mode... purchasing a number of phones to replace Samsung S7 and I want to stay away from both android and apple....


4 posted on 06/22/2020 8:33:21 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: ClaytonForester
Purism Libre 5
5 posted on 06/22/2020 8:35:44 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: hecticskeptic

Did you want my Nokia 930? It’s a Windows phone!


6 posted on 06/22/2020 8:37:19 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: CarmichaelPatriot

“Apple is more trustworthy than Google”

The reasoning being? Just curious.


7 posted on 06/22/2020 8:37:43 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: ClaytonForester

I finally upgraded from a flip phone to a samsung antique j2.
What a POS!
I spent a week trying to find out how the screen stopped auto rotating(I never disabled it) It took me 2 weeks to figure out how to load a custom ringtone.
Smartphones..Feh! more frustration than fun.
And there is no file manager, you need to download one!


8 posted on 06/22/2020 8:38:38 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ClaytonForester

LG, S. Korea - great phones.


9 posted on 06/22/2020 8:38:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: ClaytonForester

I bought the Galaxy S20 with 5G. I am very happy with it. Still learning every thing it can do. Voice to text is very good.

One feature about Android phones is you can get a great automatic phone recorder from the Play Store. Records every call; both incoming and outgoing. It is completely legal for all calls if you live in a one-party state. Even if you live in a two-party state, it is legal if you are talking to a public official or if a caller states that they are recording a call. Never tell a caller that you are recording it, especially law enforcement officers. If a law enforcement officer knows you are recording, they will hang up on you; that’s normally a good idea.


10 posted on 06/22/2020 8:41:07 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: ClaytonForester

No experience with either model you mentioned, I can simply say my Samsung Galaxy S9 has been rock-solid. Regular updates to it from Samsung and not a single hitch that I can find. I’ve had it for almost 2 years now and I’m going to run it into the ground.


11 posted on 06/22/2020 8:41:38 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: 1Old Pro

I have the LG G8. I love that the entire screen is a speaker.


12 posted on 06/22/2020 8:41:53 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: CarmichaelPatriot

Apple. Hmmm.

Isn’t that the company that has handed Algore hundreds of millions in stock options?


13 posted on 06/22/2020 8:42:04 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (China kills over 450,000 and the sheeple sleep. Cops kill one person, and cities burn.)
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To: ClaytonForester

You get what you pay for. I has my iPhone 5s for six years. While friends went through several different phones Due to failures over the same period

Buy an iPhone and have it for half a decade


14 posted on 06/22/2020 8:42:09 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: CarmichaelPatriot
Apple is more trustworthy than Google (Android)

Stop being iSheep... the entire iCloud runs in GCS. They're neither more trust worthy...

If you want cutting edge, buy anything Android, if you want 5 year old technology Samsung is selling Apple (screens, etc) buy an iPhone.
15 posted on 06/22/2020 8:42:54 AM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: hecticskeptic

“I want to stay away from both android and apple....”

that kinda limits your options


16 posted on 06/22/2020 8:43:24 AM PDT by FewsOrange
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To: ClaytonForester
How about the Motorola G Power. Big Battery, headphone jack, no wireless charging, no NFC. I can buy 4 for the price of either phone.

$250


17 posted on 06/22/2020 8:44:13 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: Ouderkirk

I’ve had my Samsung Note4 forever...but am looking at changing...LG is an option I had not considered


18 posted on 06/22/2020 8:46:58 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: ShadowAce

Interesting. Thanks for the link.


19 posted on 06/22/2020 8:50:02 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ClaytonForester

Lost my note 9 in the water at the dock while unloading the boat. Oops. Liked it for many reasons, mostly the removable SD card. As a side note, diver who cleans the bottom paint found the phone one month later. SD card was still usable and I was able to recover all the photos and files upon it even after the month in ten feet salt water and silt. Nice feature.

Anyway, bought a note 10 (not the 10+5g) and like it, which also has removable SD card. Battery life not as good as the note 9, but maybe that’s because of too much time spent on FR.

Because I can’t remove battery to go dark, like in my old note 4, I also bought a mission dark farday bag for this purpose, as the “feature” for contact tracing is now part of the operating system.

Hope that helps


20 posted on 06/22/2020 8:50:55 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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