Gear 360 - Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories

I bought the S8+ not for a silly Fingerprint Sensor or any Biometrics module. Simply impressed by the Screen, coming from the Note 4 it is a worthy (not Note worthy) upgrade.
I do a lot of Photography and am really hoping to try out the Gear 360. THIS was one of the features that sold me. The ability to stream live Panoramic (Photosphere-style) video and experience on the Gear VR.
I believe it is released the same time the S8(+) goes on general sale. Anyone else intrigued by it? Please discuss…

I had last years Gear 360, so naturally was very excited to get the new version. I've used it a lot with my S8, S8+, iPhone 7 Plus and mac. I love this camera.
This is my review. It has everything covered (hopefully) , samples of every photo and video mode, plus more content will get added over the coming weeks and months of me using the 360. It's great to view the content on my Gear VR too.
https://gavinsgadgets.com/2017/05/1...view-every-mode-tested-on-ios-samsung-s8-mac/
Any questions please ask away as I am sure you might have some. The 360 camera is an acquired taste as at max 4K resolution it's not as sharp as you'd expect, mainly because 4K is spread out over 360 degrees.

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Homido Virtual Reality Review !!!

Is it a pleasure to describe you this super amazing device.
Just few years ago a good virtual headset cost thousand of euro.Now with just 69 euro + a regular 5 inch fullhd smartphone probably you can achieve a better results.
At first thanks to a Samsung stand i discover this new economic way for VR and i was shoked for the Field of View 96 degree and the overall experience.
Samsung gear vr is not still in the market and actually would work just with note 4 so i tried to find an alternative.
At first i bough a really cheap vr headset.A sort of google cardboard made of plastic.And even if it was cheap with a small FOV gave me a pretty good sensation.
But nothing compare with the Samsung vr gear i tried in the mall plus the Color Cross were really unconfortable to wear and to adjust.
I did a great resarch and i find out this Homido ready to be buy with great features.
Design 5/5 Look like a cool snowboards glasses very cool wearable without feel like a nerd
Quality 4/5 Simple but very good material and great optic wich provide you a really immersive feeling with 100 fov basically is the same feeling i had with samsung vr gear.Fully adjustable very easy !!!
Comfort 5/5 If i told you color cross were a pain in the ass for more than 5 minutes Homido seems you can fall sleept with this one no problem even if you have a bige nose.Overall they are just comfort as wearing a snowboard mask...
Service 5/5 I ordered 5 for all my family for 69 each and i get in 5 days saturday and sunday included with no additional charge trought a very fast shipping from China to Florida US
Conclusion:AMAZING product wich work better than i expected.
Amazing for 360 stereoscopic vr video and let
tell you 3D compared with this technology is already the past.Now you feel inside de video.The future vs the past.Even the box is really nice .For sure i will buy more for Christmas if you don't try you can't really undestand the real power of this headset.With S4 best VR i ever tried
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I have went through the same exact experience as you when it comes to the whole VR thing. I have the color cross and imcardboard both foam and card board models. I also had the Oculus rift DK1. The Oculus Rift DK1 was able to show me what the future of vr was going to be like, but I sold it because of the nausea issues caused by bad reoslution and lag.
The color cross kills the bridge of my nose after a couple of minutes and the lenses are barely useable. Also cardboard pressed on your face from the actual cardboard models just kinda sucks. I ordered the Homido a couple of days and have seen very little posts about it. I am glad I found this post as it gives me some confidence that it might actually be useable.
It would be nice to get a decent VR experience in a portable package.
The Homido does not TRULY "fit" devices larger than 5" since the display is cut off all around the device. The view width is only 4.1" so no way a 5" wide display like the Note 4 will truly fit, since a large part of the display is cut off. There are posts and feedback about this and forces you to reduce the image size to not get cut off and this makes the resolution worse with an image already split into two smaller ones.
Very misleading for Homido to say it fits devices larger than 5" and hurts perception of the product. Homido should have made the frame bezel thinner to TRULY fit devices larger than 5" phones.
I;ve been using my Homido also on my Note 4, and i must say its not bad at all.
The one thing that makes me wonder is that movies look kinda bad... and not only SBS, but some good quality 1080p movies. I know that the screen simulation is really big... but still makes me wonder.
Anyone tested gear vr also ? I would love to know if it worths the extra money.
The support and variety of games is wider ofcourse, but anyone really tried both to tell us his opinion ?
Point is a lot of the display is cut off, so the image used to fit is smaller, so not using the optimum pixels for the best picture. Gear VR is better since uses the maximum the display can fit since zero cut off. Homido is a nice designed device constrained by the fact that phones need to be 5" diagonal or less to fully fit the view area.
Bloodimirgr said:
Anyone tested gear vr also ? I would love to know if it worths the extra money.
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I was able to find these two articles that talked about their experience watching movies on the Gear VR:
http://www.roadtovr.com/samsung-gear-vr-preview-oculus-cinema-watching-a-2-hour-movie/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2686...better-than-the-oculus-rift-in-some-ways.html
I demoed the Gear VR for the S6 at the local Samsung store and it was an unbelievable experience, although I could still see the screen door effect even with the S6's 577 dpi while watching a sample video.
Bloodimirgr said:
The one thing that makes me wonder is that movies look kinda bad... and not only SBS, but some good quality 1080p movies.
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I would love to get the Gear VR, but I don't have a Samsung phone, so now I'm learning towards the Homido; however, after reading your comments about watching movies on the Homido now I'm not so sure anymore. Were you able to improve the movie watching experience on the Homido?
Actually i sold it, was getting a lot of screen cut on my note 4 since Homidos opening aint as big as the note 4 screen.
I believe that the ideal for homido would be a 5" 1080p screen
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I believe that the ideal for homido would be a 5" 1080p screen
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From what I've read so far, you'd also want an OLED screen. Ideally, it should also have at least 500 dpi.

Is the LG G4 compatible with the Samsung Gear 2 Neo?

Hi.
I'm looking for a smartwatch that can track my activity, allow me to see notifications easier and listen to music.
Don't really need any Top of the Tops in terms of smartwatches.
I found the Gear 2 Neo a very interesting piece of equipment, but since it has it's own Tizen S.O., I don't know if it will be compatible with the LG G4.
Can anyone tell me if it will be?
I've read some topics regarding the relation between the Gear 2 Neo and the LG G3....and some say it works flawlessly...other don't.
Thanks in advance for your regards
As a person who recently got into the Smartwatch world, I can tell you NO it will not work.
When I say "NO" I mean it will pair and do VERY VERY limited things. But you will lose 90% of the functionality of the watch.
I recently picked up the LG G Watch for $45 refurbished from cowboom.com and couldn't be happier.
The LG G Watch is:
Waterproof
Android Wear (lots of apps)
Rootable, Bootloader Unlocked, Flashable, Custom Roms, etc.
Magnetic Charger is AWESOME
My uses are mostly for work and pool time. Because it is waterproof (up to 3 meters) and I only paid $45, I use it while I sit on my floating raft in the pool (beer in hand). I can see work emails come in, chat with my friends on Messanger, and skip music tracks.
The heart rate monitor crap is stupid. It does have Google Fit on it and does track your activity but it lacks a heart rate monitor.
The ONLY thing I wish the LG G Watch had was a speaker for taking quick calls. I can make and receive calls on the watch and activate speakerphone on the phone, but you still have to be pretty close for the phone to pick up your voice. Android Wear watches do not support speakers yet. It is RUMORED that the next wave of watches coming out in September will have speaker support.
I haven't played with the TizenOS but it is specific to Samsung phones. I like the Android Wear because it is android and has a closer relationship with the android phones. The screen is always on. And has motion sensors for scrolling through notifications and turning on the display. I am highly impressed with my LG G Watch. If I had a Samsung Phone, I would probably go with the Samsung Gear S (although the Gear S 2 was just announced but has a round display).
I think I like the square screens myself. The round ones have a lot of wasted space. They look neat but I dunno. Hope this helps you make a decision.
I know the Galaxy Gear and Galaxy Gear 2 have android ports (but not android wear ports; full blown android ports) that are supposedly really cool. Not sure how well it works but just reporting my findings.

Real Users, will you get an S9 or a P20?

I am in the process of either buying a P20, or an S9. This is a 35 vs 40 euro per month question (10 total as I need two phones) and since it is 2 years contract I am very interested in the reliability part of the phone, hardware, and software wise.
I am interested in using the phone mainly for communication calls/whatsapp, but also very important for taking pictures and recording videos. No gaming for me.
Reviews, in general, are very good about the P20, but reviews are short-lived usage experiences, and my only experience with Huawei (a Hero 6X), has not been very good: slow to update, the phone freezes from time to time (it is obviously not a flagship, I know), so I was wondering, now that you have (hopefully) used the phone for a while, will you get a P20 or an S9 if you had the chance?
As a former user of the S7 Edge, I tend to think the Samsung is a more reliable phone, but I wanted to hear from real users here.
Thank you.
Asking this in the S9 forums, you're going to be getting answers from people who have already bought the S9 mostly, would be better off asking in the S7 Edge forums where people are yet to decide
Why not buy an S9 and a P20 and have the best of both worlds if you're getting two phones anyway?
Also you can review each of them against each other for other people
kwanbis said:
I am in the process of either buying a P20, or an S9. This is a 35 vs 40 euro per month question (10 total as I need two phones) and since it is 2 years contract I am very interested in the reliability part of the phone, hardware, and software wise.
I am interested in using the phone mainly for communication calls/whatsapp, but also very important for taking pictures and recording videos. No gaming for me.
Reviews, in general, are very good about the P20, but reviews are short-lived usage experiences, and my only experience with Huawei (a Hero 6X), has not been very good: slow to update, the phone freezes from time to time (it is obviously not a flagship, I know), so I was wondering, now that you have (hopefully) used the phone for a while, will you get a P20 or an S9 if you had the chance?
As a former user of the S7 Edge, I tend to think the Samsung is a more reliable phone, but I wanted to hear from real users here.
Thank you.
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I've never had the P20 and never heard of it's reviews, I just want to point out that Samsung also sucks when it comes to software update. Imagine that the May security patch is not yet available through OTA for my device and yet already available in the firmware downloads in sammobile. If you want to get the latest firmwares available you should do it manually through Odin though.
If you're not into gaming, this phone is really fast, and when I said fast, blazing fast. Even though 4gb ram makes other apps reload, it doesnt even bother because they load up really fast. I cant complain much of this phone when it comes to speed.
When it comes to camera, I really like the HDR of this phone and all the features implemented in the camera app itself. It takes really good photos with great exposures (thanks to the improved HDR capability). However, I am not really into Samsung's "smoothening" process, as it makes the photo look smooth, lacking of details. The only way to counterpart that is to enable RAW format in pro mode or use a third party camera app like the gcam port with working HDR+, I use it everytime I found the stock cam's HDR suffering from harsh sunlight and everytime I needed that extra crisp in photos.
Battery? Hhmm. I used to care a lot about phone's battery. I used to disable most apps and features just to get more juice out of it. The least battery I got was about 4h of SOT amd to be honest, Im pretty happy with that. Then, I realized why would I buy a premium phone and then disable most of its features. So I reset my phone and enjoyed it as it is. AOD yeah boy, fast charging will keep me back as soon as possible.
Overall, you cant go wrong with the S9. Speaker with dolby atmos is amazing. I feel like Im watching movies in cinema, for real! I only hate about this phone is that it doesnt have international warranty. Yes it may be a different case with others, this phone was bought in Dubai and then brought here in the Philippines. I wouldnt been so worried until last 3 days that I found out that my phone is affected with "dead zone spots" in screen, and now I've got to deliver it back to Dubai to get it fixed.
kyooohei08 said:
I've never had the P20 and never heard of it's reviews, ...
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Thank you.
Owned the Huawei P20 Pro. If you want good photos, you'll forget about the Huawei.
Oversharpen, blur, bad edge detection, people looking like oil paintings.
The software is bad.
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I was testing both S9+ and P20Pro in the store and...S9+ is a killer I don't see any bad sides besides that fingerprint button on the back...but nowadays its on every phone.
P20Pro...I almost bought it but when I saw how it record videos, I put it out. It's horrible. 60fps is in real 50fps. Bad OIS, video stutters when recording...and little less stuttering when on playback...S9+ feels like a finished, polished product. P20Pro was like...meh, a toy with unfinished software. I don't like it. But huge PLUS for fingerprint sensor under screen and all these gestures with it.
I bought S9+ 2 weeks ago and I'm so happy about it. Perfect phone. I changed from S7 flat (smaller version).
Record videos like..wow. Genius stabilization even with EIS off, nice photos, really big and amazing screen and loud and quality stereo speakers.
I will probably change to S10 next year when they'll implement underscreen fingerprint sensor
If you have any more questions, feel free to tag me. Cheers!
neflictus said:
Owned the Huawei P20 Pro. If you want good photos, you'll forget about the Huawei.
Oversharpen, blur, bad edge detection, people looking like oil paintings.
The software is bad.
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Thanks.
KamilKiri said:
I was testing both S9+ and P20Pro in the store and...S9+ is a killer I don't see any bad sides besides that fingerprint button on the back...but nowadays its on every phone.
P20Pro...I almost bought it but when I saw how it record videos, I put it out. It's horrible. 60fps is in real 50fps. Bad OIS, video stutters when recording...and little less stuttering when on playback...S9+ feels like a finished, polished product. P20Pro was like...meh, a toy with unfinished software. I don't like it. But huge PLUS for fingerprint sensor under screen and all these gestures with it.
I bought S9+ 2 weeks ago and I'm so happy about it. Perfect phone. I changed from S7 flat (smaller version).
Record videos like..wow. Genius stabilization even with EIS off, nice photos, really big and amazing screen and loud and quality stereo speakers.
I will probably change to S10 next year when they'll implement underscreen fingerprint sensor
If you have any more questions, feel free to tag me. Cheers!
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Thanks, S9+ is another option, but I think I am going to go with S9 this time. Main differnce I see are more battery, more screen, adn more camera, but more expensive
I not really big fan of huawei, I'm a Samsung user from a long time, I'm pretty impressed with the camera, Software UI, and some other stuff... I don't really like huawei's Software and Camera quality is damn too low as compared to Samsung...
I would suggest you to go with samsung... but its upto you

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus vs S9 Plus – Camera Test

I put the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus's cameras up against its predecessor the S9 Plus, in an attempt to determine how much has improved and whether or not it's worth upgrading to.
Overall. I've found that there isn't a lot separating both these phones when it comes to the main camera and the telephoto lens that is. Actually, just a little difference, I find that the S9 Plus took pictures that were
slightly more detailed and the high dynamic range on the S9 Plus was also a little better. The pictures taken with the S9 Plus were also more vivid and saturated but whether or not you like that, would depend on personal preference.
Now, where the S10 Plus shines, is the ultra wide camera, the S9 Plus doesn't have that at all, so in that area the S10 Plus wins hands down, capable of capturing nearly as much as the eyes can see, and of course it's generally more fun to shoot landscape images with that ultra wide camera.
Another area the S10 Plus wins in is Video stabilisation at 1080p, trust me when I say the video is really stable.
If video stabilisation and ultra wide images aren't of any interest to you, then, the S9 Plus in my opinion shoots better images so there's no point in upgrading, otherwise if you want something that's versatile go ahead and upgrade to the S10 Plus.
You can either take my word for it or watch the video below, you'll find that everything I said above is mentioned in the video so it isn't mandatory to watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993mzj7aeiw
xdaman85 said:
I put the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus's cameras up against its predecessor the S9 Plus, in an attempt to determine how much has improved and whether or not it's worth upgrading to.
Overall. I've found that there isn't a lot separating both these phones when it comes to the main camera and the telephoto lens that is. Actually, just a little difference, I find that the S9 Plus took pictures that were
slightly more detailed and the high dynamic range on the S9 Plus was also a little better. The pictures taken with the S9 Plus were also more vivid and saturated but whether or not you like that, would depend on personal preference.
Now, where the S10 Plus shines, is the ultra wide camera, the S9 Plus doesn't have that at all, so in that area the S10 Plus wins hands down, capable of capturing nearly as much as the eyes can see, and of course it's generally more fun to shoot landscape images with that ultra wide camera.
Another area the S10 Plus wins in is Video stabilisation at 1080p, trust me when I say the video is really stable.
If video stabilisation and ultra wide images aren't of any interest to you, then, the S9 Plus in my opinion shoots better images so there's no point in upgrading, otherwise if you want something that's versatile go ahead and upgrade to the S10 Plus.
You can either take my word for it or watch the video below, you'll find that everything I said above is mentioned in the video so it isn't mandatory to watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993mzj7aeiw
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I'm an enthusiast photographer with currently the Canon EOS 5DSR, I'm not making a lot of pictures with my phone except at work (another story )
When I received my 9+ last year, as I had heard so many good words about the camera, I test it in a shopping mall garage and it was impressive for a phone...
After that I used it indoors at work with very good results but when It tried in dark/night shots it was regrettable at least (Lot of noise)...
I received my 10+ last Thursday and Friday night I tried 2 night shots in normal view and one in tele, they where the same as 9+ with MAYBE a REALLY slight improvement...
I haven't try the super-wide yet but I will! I agree that if the reason to upgrade your phone is the camera maybe the PIXEL 3 will be better choice as it have some really impressive effects in camera... I really hope someone port the PIXEL 3 camera to my EXYNOS
Terry.666 said:
I'm an enthusiast photographer with currently the Canon EOS 5DSR, I'm not making a lot of pictures with my phone except at work (another story )
When I received my 9+ last year, as I had heard so many good words about the camera, I test it in a shopping mall garage and it was impressive for a phone...
After that I used it indoors at work with very good results but when It tried in dark/night shots it was regrettable at least (Lot of noise)...
I received my 10+ last Thursday and Friday night I tried 2 night shots in normal view and one in tele, they where the same as 9+ with MAYBE a REALLY slight improvement...
I haven't try the super-wide yet but I will! I agree that if the reason to upgrade your phone is the camera maybe the PIXEL 3 will be better choice as it have some really impressive effects in camera... I really hope someone port the PIXEL 3 camera to my EXYNOS
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Yep, the Pixel 3 is great for taking pictures at night, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro also takes really great shots at night.

I'm Sending It Back to Amazon...

So I finally got the TCL 10 Pro today from Amazon. I'm not going to waste time doing a full review or anything. There are plenty of YouTube reviews out there for that. I'm simply going to give the reasons why I'm sending it back to Amazon.
First, the cameras are REALLY average. And that's probably being generous. They lack so much detail and take such soft pictures that it looks like a watercolor. I took some pictures of bricks on my fireplace with this phone and they appeared almost completely smooth and without texture. I took a number of pictures, with AI on and off, with the 64MP mode as well as auto and pro mode. I should back up a bit to say that I have used a LOT of phones and I actually own quite a few because I like to switch them out. I have flagships like the Samsung Note 10, the OnePlus 7 Pro, and the Google Pixel 3, so I know what good pictures can look like. BUT, I also own a number of midrange and budget phones. Recently my daily driver has been a Xiaomi Note 9S. A $250 phone with better specs than this $450 TCL 10 Pro (except for the screen which is LCD instead of Amoled). The Note 9S takes AMAZING pictures compared to this phone! It's crazy how night and day they are. The Note 9S has better colors, much more detail, better dynamic range, etc. And it's $200 cheaper. I take a lot of pictures and selfies and so that's the MAIN reason I'm sending this one back. I DID actually install a few different versions of GCAM, and even with GCAM installed the pictures were not much better than the default camera app. So that was also a little disappointing.
Also, the NXT Vision feature is maddening. If you have it turned on, it is constantly messing with the screen brightness, and saturation, and color. If you take a picture and go to gallery it messes with the color on your pictures AFTER you have taken them. The only way to see what your picture REALLY looks like is to just turn it off, which is what I did. But then you don't get the enhancements to videos that you are watching unless you go back in and turn it back on again.
So anyway, the phone looks and feels and is built like a flagship. And if you don't care about photos or the camera, then go for it. But as I said, you can get more phone for the money that takes better pictures. I know the Xiaomi Note 9S may not have 100% LTE band coverage in the USA (I'm in NJ), but I do get LTE coverage, and I use T-Mobile. I would take the Note 9S any day of the week over the TCL 10 Pro. It's $200 bucks cheaper, and has a SD 730, and takes better pics. I'm not saying that you should buy one, or trying to talk you into one, I'm simply saying you can get better phones for the money if you shop around. Heck you can get last years flagships for less money and they have way better specs and take better photos.
I realize I only used the phone for a day, but as I said, I know phones and have plenty to compare them to. Happy to answer any questions.
I agree with you about the weird colorimetry of the camera. I haven't done much testing so far, though. As for textures, I haven't noticed anything. I have however few recent references: My old phone is a OnePlus 5T... I do not use GCAM. Should I?
I don't have against any problem concerning the download speed, either in wifi (2.4G / 5G) or in data.
Some translations of the interface in French are very approximate.
NXT Vision is the kind of "gadgets" I never activate. Besides it is not enabled by default but proposed during the initial configuration.
The quality of the screen is superb (HDR with Youtube or Netflix) but I notice very unpleasant changes in "color temperature" / brightness during the change of orientation of the device, for example.
I'm impatiently waiting for software improvements that will correct these youthful errors
Can't find a case for TCL 10 pro other than AliExpress.com
They arrive in weeks.
Sending the phone back
xphyle1971 said:
So I finally got the TCL 10 Pro today from Amazon. I'm not going to waste time doing a full review or anything. There are plenty of YouTube reviews out there for that. I'm simply going to give the reasons why I'm sending it back to Amazon.
First, the cameras are REALLY average. And that's probably being generous. They lack so much detail and take such soft pictures that it looks like a watercolor. I took some pictures of bricks on my fireplace with this phone and they appeared almost completely smooth and without texture. I took a number of pictures, with AI on and off, with the 64MP mode as well as auto and pro mode. I should back up a bit to say that I have used a LOT of phones and I actually own quite a few because I like to switch them out. I have flagships like the Samsung Note 10, the OnePlus 7 Pro, and the Google Pixel 3, so I know what good pictures can look like. BUT, I also own a number of midrange and budget phones. Recently my daily driver has been a Xiaomi Note 9S. A $250 phone with better specs than this $450 TCL 10 Pro (except for the screen which is LCD instead of Amoled). The Note 9S takes AMAZING pictures compared to this phone! It's crazy how night and day they are. The Note 9S has better colors, much more detail, better dynamic range, etc. And it's $200 cheaper. I take a lot of pictures and selfies and so that's the MAIN reason I'm sending this one back. I DID actually install a few different versions of GCAM, and even with GCAM installed the pictures were not much better than the default camera app. So that was also a little disappointing.
Also, the NXT Vision feature is maddening. If you have it turned on, it is constantly messing with the screen brightness, and saturation, and color. If you take a picture and go to gallery it messes with the color on your pictures AFTER you have taken them. The only way to see what your picture REALLY looks like is to just turn it off, which is what I did. But then you don't get the enhancements to videos that you are watching unless you go back in and turn it back on again.
So anyway, the phone looks and feels and is built like a flagship. And if you don't care about photos or the camera, then go for it. But as I said, you can get more phone for the money that takes better pictures. I know the Xiaomi Note 9S may not have 100% LTE band coverage in the USA (I'm in NJ), but I do get LTE coverage, and I use T-Mobile. I would take the Note 9S any day of the week over the TCL 10 Pro. It's $200 bucks cheaper, and has a SD 730, and takes better pics. I'm not saying that you should buy one, or trying to talk you into one, I'm simply saying you can get better phones for the money if you shop around. Heck you can get last years flagships for less money and they have way better specs and take better photos.
I realize I only used the phone for a day, but as I said, I know phones and have plenty to compare them to. Happy to answer any questions.
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Just got mine today and yes, the camera is not great and updates are a bit disappointing, still in March security patch, not great as well, but the phone looks amazing, the build quality is very good, I paid £340 for mine, from the UK retailer Argos and I should be able to claim a free 32" TV from TCL, not sure, because T&Cs say that I had to pay £399 for the phone and I paid £339, checked the price again today and it is in fact £399 now, not sure if I was lucky to buy it whilst there was a pricing error, but for £340 for a new phone, I think it is worth it and if the free TV comes later as well that would make it an even better deal, the phone has a great build quality, NFC for mobile payments and that AMOLED screen is very good too, the Note 9S is not even close in terms of build quality, plastic back and frame, LCD panel, no NFC, bloated MIUI compared to stock Android on the TCL, these things have a cost and it shows, but I agree, If you value camera more than anything, then yes, this is not the the best phone for that, I would prefer a used Pixel 3 XL or a Samsung S9 / Note 9.
hugoprh said:
Just got mine today and yes, the camera is not great and updates are a bit disappointing, still in March security patch, not great as well, but the phone looks amazing, the build quality is very good, I paid £340 for mine, from the UK retailer Argos and I should be able to claim a free 32" TV from TCL, not sure, because T&Cs say that I had to pay £399 for the phone and I paid £339, checked the price again today and it is in fact £399 now, not sure if I was lucky to buy it whilst there was a pricing error, but for £340 for a new phone, I think it is worth it and if the free TV comes later as well that would make it an even better deal, the phone has a great build quality, NFC for mobile payments and that AMOLED screen is very good too, the Note 9S is not even close in terms of build quality, plastic back and frame, LCD panel, no NFC, bloated MIUI compared to stock Android on the TCL, these things have a cost and it shows, but I agree, If you value camera more than anything, then yes, this is not the the best phone for that, I would prefer a used Pixel 3 XL or a Samsung S9 / Note 9.
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Basically agree with everything you said except for the build quality of the Note 9S. The back is actually made out of glass, not plastic, but yes it has a plastic frame. ?
xphyle1971 said:
Basically agree with everything you said except for the build quality of the Note 9S. The back is actually made out of glass, not plastic, but yes it has a plastic frame.
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Found a GCAM port that improves the picture quality
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tcl-10-pro/themes/gcam-port-tcl-10-pro-t4110393
Were you able to get 4G LTE, VoLTE, & Wifi-Calling while on the tmo network?

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