Mike Stevens 🇦🇺 S23U
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It’s what stopped me getting one. There’s just no way I’m gonna bother listening to media on the thing, only to have it stop if I want to pick up the tablet and sit on the couch.
I assume they did this to keep the speaker cheap enough to include for free and at a compelling price for as many people as possible. Here’s hoping they, or a third party, release a premium version at some point!
I had the first gen, and it wasn’t great in terms of performance, but damn I Ioved it. Very fond memories.
Also, I do have to chuckle at the progress since then. My S23 Ultra’s screen is almost as large at 6.8 inches, yet the overall device is much smaller and obviously much, much, much more powerful. Progress!
Just an utter, abject failure of a device. How did they learn so little from four generations of Samsung foldables?
Nova. I actually really like the One UI launcher anyway, but I’m just used to Nova. Mostly just the extra gestures and the bigger home grid. Not interested much in the cosmetic tweaks it’s able to make.
But yeah, One UI is quite good too. I got used to it back when Android gesture nav didn’t play nice with 3p launchers.
Still just using the PWA, tbh. It’s not perfect but I’m overall pretty happy with it. Probably won’t move to an app until Sync or Artemis launch.
Extremely frustrating, but I suppose I get it.
I’ll probably get some airtags. I have an iPhone I don’t use, but I’ve taken to carrying a bag more often when I’m out, so I guess I can just keep the iPhone in there for these sorts of things. (And hope I don’t lose the bag. 😂)
Hmm. What you’ve posted isn’t far off Samsung’s shade, except for some weirdly wide buttons at the top and a media controller that doesn’t add anything to the experience.
Yes it’s got minor but not insignificant aesthetic differences, but to say Samsung’s is awful and then hold this up as an example of good design… 🤔
Here’s my Samsung’s shade in its two positions (which can be changed to open fully on the first swipe if preferred).