Is it worth upgrading from Note9? - Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions &

I currently own the Exynos 9810 version of the Note9, and considering to upgrade to the S20 Ultra Exynos. Would like to get some feedback from owners that owned both Note9 and S20U before.
My Note9 suffers from the infamous horrible overnight battery drain of Exynos processors, ranging from 15% to 30% overnight. However, general light day-to-day usage consisting of social media browsing and YouTube viewing also drains the battery very quickly, often prompting two or three charges a day (30%~85%). Battery had been replaced under warranty once, and the motherboard was also replaced as a courtesy but to no improvements of battery life.
Secondly, colours of photos captured are often washed out and dull, even in bright lighting conditions. Night shots are noisy and grainy even with the aperture at f/2.4 with acceptable lighting.
Would like to know if these issues persist/occur on the S20U, with the knowledge that it has the Exynos 990 and a different camera sensor than SD units, and is it worth upgrading from the Note9 or not, without taking pricing into consideration.
Thanks!

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Anyone came from S7 series?

Hi, currently i have the s7 edge and was thinking trying HTC10 but i heard bad things about the camera screen and battery. All of those are top notch on s7 edge and i was wondering what benefits htc10 could have over s7.
I have the S7, S7 edge and the 10. Most of the reasons I prefer the 10 are subjective. The camera is almost as good, it's quite close. The LCD is one of the best I've seen, but of course that SAMOLED is better on the Samsung. The sound and the hand feel is MILES ahead on the 10, and I feel I HAVE to use a case on the S7/Edge, while I go naked with the 10.
Add in root with no regrets (because of Knox) and custom roms, and that's about all the pros on the 10. I personally wouldn't switch if I were you. I got the 10 for free, but if I had to actually purchase it I wouldn't have.
- Camera is good but night shots with very low light will require you to go pro mode; until the last upgrade which I hadn't properly tested yet in such conditions, the algorithms of the 10 tend to prioritize high ISO over longer shutter speed to capture light
- The SLCD is a top notch one but if you get a tianma you may have to deal with the pink tone from the glue a week or two while it settles down, after that color accuracy, contrast and such are very good
- The battery department depends on personal use, in my case I use to have around 6-7 hours SoT on indoors usage with web browsing, social media, YouTube or Netflix. Given the fact the S7 Edge has a bigger battery, I don't think you'll have better battery life probably
I see thanks both, I'll stay with s7e

Overall love

Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Samsung Galaxy S11, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Samsung Galaxy S11 is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I love my S20U no matter what they said.
The only things that still bother me to this day are the price, the focusing issue in low-light (with the telephoto sensor and with the main camera, shooting closely to the object), the lack of 90 hz option, the palm rejection feature, and the dull colour options.
I love my S20 Plus 5G. Coming from S8 Plus, s20 is a logical "evolution". Pretty similar but better in many small things.
Coming from a S9+ I feel that the S20 Ultra is not worth the asking price.
The camera might be better on paper but picture quality (panoramas in particular) and perception of performance (Chrome tends to hang for a few seconds every now and then) are a downgrade.
The big screen is nice and having an optical zoom is a decent add-on as well, but these aren't features unique to this phone.
When taking into account that this is the very high end offering of Samsung, I am left to wonder whether I should have skipped this year's phones.
Camera software needs sorting to sharpen pictures but otherwise a great phone
Had the phone for about a month and I absolutely love everything about my S20 ultra except for focus on the main lens.
The phone camera is horrible. My 7 year old phone takes better pictures. I have not seen an update that improves the quality. Unfortunately, it degrades the phone to the level of a 10 year old phone or possibly the level of the first phone that came out with a camera, however many years ago was that. I bought it for the memory and additional application processing capacity but little did I know it does not come with a camera, the one installed is worthless.
What about the S20 Plus? I read Ultra was the one to have focus issues.
It absolutely does and it is useless as a camera.
mwyarm said:
It absolutely does and it is useless as a camera.
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But the S20+ is good right?
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But the S20+ is good right?
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Focus issues were with the ultra; my s20+ has perfect focus and takes great pics.
Before the A12 OneUI 4 update, I actually hated this phone because of the barrage of issues I had with it on A11, especially battery life and camera performance. Now with A12, I like this phone more than I did when I initially bought it. I like watching movies on my phone, and A12 added a new feature where you can watch AV1 encoded videos, which is really nice! Overall, this phone is great besides battery life if you're a heavy user.

S20+ Exynos Camera colors are way off

I have had this phone for almost a month now, and the colors I usually get are overly saturated, not S10 or Note 10 like saturation, but old Huawei phones kinda saturation. Mind you, I use the natural colors mode on my phone, and I can still see how much boosted the colors are.
I took few pictures and sent them to my wife's exynos S10+ to compare them with similar shots. HDR and details are defe3 much better, but even the saturated pictures taken by the S10 looks natural and even dull when compared to the S20+ pictures. And it's even worse when I take pictures using night mode.
And no, I don't believe it's a hardware issue, as it happens under certain conditions and not always. The image processing is way off.
And yes, the two updates that supposedly have "fixed" early issues, hasn't done anything to fix the colors issue.

Question Switching from s21 ultra

Hi all I'm thinking of switching from my s21 ultra (exynos variant) but been hearing some bad reviews etc of bad battery life and not so good cameras etc on the pixel does any one who ownes a pixel 6 pro know if most of these have been fixed? And would people consider the pixel 6 pro over the s21 ultra or am I best waiting till the s22 thanks
brockyneo said:
Hi all I'm thinking of switching from my s21 ultra (exynos variant) but been hearing some bad reviews etc of bad battery life and not so good cameras etc on the pixel does any one who ownes a pixel 6 pro know if most of these have been fixed? And would people consider the pixel 6 pro over the s21 ultra or am I best waiting till the s22 thanks
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hi, i have switched from s21u(exy) and battery on p6 pro is amazing comparing to samsung(9h+ p6 pro / 6h s21u - same usage)(p6pro 42h/one charge / s21u/28h) . not only battery, i like the mini rounded corners of p6 pro, software is good enough(its new), will be better after fex fixes.
Thanks so would you say it's a good choice over the s21 ultra
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Thanks so would you say it's a good choice over the s21 ultra
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yeah, right now best choice, i am selling my s21u
Thanks might get it ordered today and pass down the s21 ultra to the lad
After the Pixel 1 stopped getting updates two years ago, my wife and I finally upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 512 GB model, because for the first couple of years after the Pixel 1, I was waiting to buy another Pixel until they came out with a 256 GB model, and then by the time they did, I needed a 512 GB model so I still waited.
The Note 10+ hardware is great. I hate the software. I use my personal phone for my work too, my work uses Google for everything, and apparently, it's common with Samsung devices that they have sporadic syncing of GMail and Chat/Hangouts. When I told my brother about the problem I was having (and I did try deep-diving settings about not optimizing for battery usage, and not killing in the background, and even factory reset), my brother, who had only just bought his family their first smartphones maybe 4 years ago and go the Galaxy S9+, said that he assumed that's just the way Android is. It's not. I never encountered such bad GMail and chat syncing and notification behavior on any other phone.
For chat-type notifications, it was hit and miss whether I would receive timely ones. I could never narrow down what made the difference. For GMail, sometimes I wouldn't get a notification of an email until 45 minutes to even 2 hours later. Multi-tasking on the work computer, sometimes I wouldn't look at my GMail browser tab for long periods of time, and my boss likes to use chat quite often too. Half the time, I did happen to see the email in the browser tab, read it, and even deleted it (for non-critical things), and then later on my Samsung would let me know I have that "new" email. I already saw it and deleted it! Crazy.
There were other things Samsung gimped compared to other phones (Do Not Disturb...), and it also managed to duplicate all my contacts in a way that they're not recognized as duplicates so they can't be automatically de-duped.
Thankfully, back on the P6P 512 GB bandwagon, I no longer have those issues, and we quickly sold our Note 10+'s. So my answer is I'd trade any Samsung for a Pixel. Loved the Samsung hardware, but the software just doesn't cut it for me. The only thing I miss from the Note is the stylus from time to time, which would be handy for Pixel's magic eraser when you have to really fine-tune some erasing.
Oh yeah - I haven't had any issues with my battery life in the month I've had the phone. For the last five years, I never quick charge any phone, I only charge once the phone gets down to 25%, and I take the phone off the charger at 75%. I never charge overnight. The Pixel 6/Pro have Adaptive Charge to help battery life, but my 25-75% battery range lasts me 24 hours normally anyway. I don't own any quick chargers except my original Pixel 1 charger, and I don't use it.
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Hi all I'm thinking of switching from my s21 ultra (exynos variant) but been hearing some bad reviews etc of bad battery life and not so good cameras etc on the pixel does any one who ownes a pixel 6 pro know if most of these have been fixed? And would people consider the pixel 6 pro over the s21 ultra or am I best waiting till the s22 thanks
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If multiple days of battery life is a bad thing, or the camera is too good for you.... you might want to stick with the samdung.
brockyneo said:
Hi all I'm thinking of switching from my s21 ultra (exynos variant) but been hearing some bad reviews etc of bad battery life and not so good cameras etc on the pixel does any one who ownes a pixel 6 pro know if most of these have been fixed? And would people consider the pixel 6 pro over the s21 ultra or am I best waiting till the s22 thanks
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I did the same thing, and battery is good after about a week or two. You have to give the adaptive battery time to learn your habits. Not sure where you heard the camera is bad. That's the best part of the phone.
roirraW edor ehT said:
The only thing I miss from the Note is the stylus from time to time, which would be handy for Pixel's magic eraser when you have to really fine-tune some erasing.
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There are 10 billion options for capacitive screen pokey things on Amazon. I can't tell you which ones I have, because I can't read the font they used to identify themselves, but works pretty good.
Owning currently both devices here I can maybe share a few thoughts, subjective of course as many of those base on what I like/dislike:
Pro S21 Ultra:
+ build quality
+ display quality
+ overall maturity of the software
+ better standby drain
Pro Pixel 6 Pro:
+ genuine, clean Android with less bloat
+ snappier UI
+ active battery life
+ Camera: much lower noise and much better dynamic range in low light
+ Camera: less heavy-handed noise-reduction/resharpening
+ (slightly) less weight
+ much more development friendly (no hassle bootloader unlock without lost warranty, no Knox.....)
All in all I like both phones, what makes me moving back to the S21 Ultra (or maybe again Mi 11U) is memory - sadly Google only sells the P6P with max 256GB in Germany which I find a bit too small for my purpose.....
And a few more words on the camera: Samsung has its own way in image processing and in many cases this leads to loss of details in grass/leaves/.... which I dislike. The Pixel 6 Pro gives much better results here, as with many indoor shots specifically of pets/kids.... So overall I much prefer the Pixel camera, this doesn't mean the Samsung camera is bad, though - it isn't !
The only thing I like about my s21 ultra is the display screen. Other than that, 6 pro tops it off. (The 6 pro is on par with the iPhone 13 max's camera btw) With the exception of the video quality of course. The iPhone is still the king for shooting high quality videos.
I have both. These are the most notable differences that I have noticed in using both extensively over a few weeks.
Everything else not-mentioned seems the same/equivalent between the two devices.
Battery; The Samsung has better battery life out of the box, hands down. I regularly saw 7hour screen time and easily made it 24 hours or more on a single charge. The P6P gets about 4-5hours screen time and only about 20-22hours on a charge.
Can only hope the P6P gets better with updates. I returned my first P6P because I thought something was wrong with it. Unfortunately, the second one is the same. It's bad (for some people, but apparently not everyone).
Temperature; You have to try really hard to make the Samsung work up a sweat. The P6P seems to get warm at random times without much going on (browsing forums, for example). Then other times when you would expect it to get warm (watching videos), it runs perfectly cool. Very strange.
Camera; There's nothing better or easier than the P6P when trying to produce consistent great quality pictures. Despite superior hardware in the Samsung S21 Ultra, overall picture results are handicapped due to inferior software/processing, especially in portrait mode. It has gotten better with updates, but still gets beat handily by P6P.
Size and Weight; The P6P is more hand/pocket friendly. It is noticeably thinner and lighter than the S21 Ultra, making it more comfortable in the pockets that I carry it in (back pocket or front shirt pocket). The S21 Ultra feels like a small cinder block in the pocket compare to the P6P.
Charging; Despite better technical sheet specs for the P6P, it charges inconsistently and slower than the S21 Ultra. It's not by a small margin either, P6P takes about 2x longer.
It also tends to get warm to the point of thorttling during charging. The S21 Ultra is consistent, and charges very fast and doesnt get very warm (certainly never throttles).
Software; I suppose this could be preference. If you like the Samsung software look and feel, then it's perfectly fine. It really runs almost flawlessly compared to older TouchWiz crap from Samsung. I prefer the look and feel of pure android from Google.
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I have both. These are the most notable differences that I have noticed in using both extensively over a few weeks.
Everything else not-mentioned seems the same/equivalent between the two devices.
Battery; The Samsung has better battery life out of the box, hands down. I regularly saw 7hour screen time and easily made it 24 hours or more on a single charge. The P6P gets about 4-5hours screen time and only about 20-22hours on a charge.
Can only hope the P6P gets better with updates. I returned my first P6P because I thought something was wrong with it. Unfortunately, the second one is the same. It's bad (for some people, but apparently not everyone).
Temperature; You have to try really hard to make the Samsung work up a sweat. The P6P seems to get warm at random times without much going on (browsing forums, for example). Then other times when you would expect it to get warm (watching videos), it runs perfectly cool. Very strange.
Camera; There's nothing better or easier than the P6P when trying to produce consistent great quality pictures. Despite superior hardware in the Samsung S21 Ultra, overall picture results are handicapped due to inferior software/processing, especially in portrait mode. It has gotten better with updates, but still gets beat handily by P6P.
Size and Weight; The P6P is more hand/pocket friendly. It is noticeably thinner and lighter than the S21 Ultra, making it more comfortable in the pockets that I carry it in (back pocket or front shirt pocket). The S21 Ultra feels like a small cinder block in the pocket compare to the P6P.
Charging; Despite better technical sheet specs for the P6P, it charges inconsistently and slower than the S21 Ultra. It's not by a small margin either, P6P takes about 2x longer.
It also tends to get warm to the point of thorttling during charging. The S21 Ultra is consistent, and charges very fast and doesnt get very warm (certainly never throttles).
Software; I suppose this could be preference. If you like the Samsung software look and feel, then it's perfectly fine. It really runs almost flawlessly compared to older TouchWiz crap from Samsung. I prefer the look and feel of pure android from Google.
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I think a lot of what you're putting down as negatives against P6P comes down to gservices and broken "pixel features". I'm running pure (google free) AOSP on mine. I pulled it off the charger this morning at 5:30 (7.5 hours ago). Currently have 1.5 hr screen on time and the battery is at 92%, and so far the battery gauge appears to be pretty linear. I've also NOT noticed ANY substantial heating up. It runs pretty cool consistently -- note that heat comes from the battery, so it makes sense.
Also, there is no magic battery BS in AOSP.
I upgraded from a Note 20 Ultra 512Gb and the battery on my P6P is phenomenal compared to the Note 20. There have been issues for some on the P6P but I've been using my 512Gb unlocked variant with no issue at all. Just make sure you set your P6P from scratch and don't transfer data from your S21 Ultra. Also the standby drain is the best I've ever had, took it off the charger at 9PM at 100% and at 8:30 the next morning was at 99%. Not everyone is having the same results that I have.
I had both for a while. S21 ultra for the last 9 months. Tested them side by side . I don't think the pixel is better than the s21 in any single way, they are actually so similar. I prefer the maturer Samsung email and calendar software but that's subjective. The biggest difference, which matters for me was that the pixel has more global 5g and LTE bands than the s21. I used Nova and mimicked the s21 completely. Really couldn't tell the difference except screen better on s21 IMHO.
if I didn't already own the s21 I would have bought the pixel but because they are so similar and it isn't an upgrade but more a move to the side, the change didn't make sense.
Display, build quality, signal quality and probably smoothness are all better on the s21U. However I prefer the camera on the P6P and also Pixel Android to OneUI. The S21U is a solid, well built device and I don't think the P6P is an upgrade, if anything it's a slight downgrade.
Thanks for all the replys I'm still on the fence at the minute lol,can I root the pixel 6 pro and have no problems like knox,drm keys etc like other devices have? And if ibdecude to want to unroot can it be returned back to totally factory as if it was never rooted? I haven't rooted for years and miss been able to uninstall apps etc and is viper4android still going strong or is there another app in its place thanks
Stick with the S21 Ultra. I went from a Note 20 Ultra to the Pixel 6 Pro. I love the camera, the better speakers, cleaner software experience, but overall it doesn't feel like an upgrade. The 5G reception is slightly worse, Android 12 has lots of quirks, charging speeds are much slower, and customization is currently very limited. It's possible that it will improve with updates and custom ROMs but its current state is underwhelming. To be honest, I'm already looking forward to the S22 Ultra.
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Thanks for all the replys I'm still on the fence at the minute lol,can I root the pixel 6 pro and have no problems like knox,drm keys etc like other devices have? And if ibdecude to want to unroot can it be returned back to totally factory as if it was never rooted? I haven't rooted for years and miss been able to uninstall apps etc and is viper4android still going strong or is there another app in its place thanks
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Yep, no bad sides to rooting or later unrooting at all, just jump through some well established hoops as far as banking apps are concerned. It didn't bother me and it was the first time I ever did what I needed for safety net and banking apps to not know I'm rooted. No one can tell you ever had it rooted if you re-lock the bootloader after restoring to 100% stock and then factory reset, which will re-disable the OEM unlock option on Developer Options.
You just never can automatically update to each months OTA, have to follow the proper manual procedure to update and stay rooted. I did it every month for over three years that I had the Pixel 1.
If you value the camera, root and stock Android then get the Pixel. If you don't value those then stick with the S21U. I came from the S21U so I can honestly tell you that the S21U is definitely a better all around device but the fact that I can root really made my decision easier to go with the Pixel. No, the Pixel isn't any smoother than the S21U as I've had both; they are pretty much the same in the smoothness department. Anyone who disagrees is lying to themselves.

Question S21FE (exynos) vs Pixel 6a

Which of these two is better if my main concerns are camera, battery and display?
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Rear cameras look the same while Samsung has a much better front camera, though Pixels have a reputation for producing better images with similar or fewer megapixels. The Samsung has a slightly larger display that should scroll smoother, both of which should draw more from the similar size batteries, but that is probably offset by the more efficient CPU in the Samsung. So IMO the Pixel has a better rear camera but Samsung has the better front (aka selfie) cam, battery life should be close, and the Samsung has a smoother scrolling quarter inch larger display.
I recently watched reviews that battery of pixel 6a is better than S21 FE. Is the difference too much?
quoting u/TheDogstarLP from reddit, a redditor which used the Pixel 6a more than two weeks
So long as it's the Snapdragon version (which it probably is, because I know both US and EU S21 FE use Snapdragon... or at least, my local store has it), the 888 > Tensor any day of the week. Exynos 2100 isn't great though, and is probably on par/only a little bit better. As for the rest...
Cameras will be close enough (Pixel 6a probably a bit better in some ways), screen is better, build is better (S21 FE has Victus, for example), faster charging, wireless charging, same software support, more RAM and storage options, better fingerprint sensor.
I made the switch from the S21 FE to the Pixel 6a and prefer the Pixel.
The cam of the P6a is so much better and especially in good lightning condition I produce way better pictures. But also in low light or with moving objects the Pixel is superior. You really can feel/see the life in the images. The S21 FE (SD888 version) somehow got an extreme shutter lag and you have to stand still another 1-2 seconds after taking a picture - pretty annoys me and was the reason for the switch! Any tipps on this are welcome, I still have the phone.
For videos I would say both are equal. Samsung got more settings options, but with the right lightning and white balance settings the Pixels videos do look somehow more realistic - but unfortunately they seem to lag a little more...like frame drops or so!
Battery of the Pixel 6a -> standby forever (iPad style). SOT 6-8h - without any battery saving options. With the S21 FE I was always getting around 4-4,5 hours and not even managed to get 16-18h overall mixed usage - with Bixby routines changig to 60Hz on every app where I don't scroll btw.!
The only thing I miss from the S21 FE is the display, but not because of the 120Hz vs 60Hz...it's just a way better screen. Regarding the often discussed frame rates topic: After a day I haven't realized that I'm back to 60Hz, but if you put them side by side the Samsung display is sooooo much better! But how often you compare phones side by side a day?
So if you love taking pictures and like to have a 'smaller' phone with great battery, I'd go with the Pixel. If you like gimmicks or if you use DEX, go with the Samsung! The Dex Stand works with the P6a btw. - keyboard and mouse will be recognized after a sec. But screen mirroring doesn't work - so you have to use a chromecast or something if you want to use this function. Pretty sad that Google still deactivated screen mirroring. My Essential Phone Ph1 had this in 2017 already, not to speak of my Atrix 4g or Moto Razr and Razr HD.
Thanks for the read!
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Which of these two is better if my main concerns are camera, battery and display?
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I have both now. My experience
1. Camera: Pixel 6A is much better in terms of taking photos which look similar to what you see (people, scenery etc.)
2. Display: S21 FE looks much better but has a wider display making one-handed typing tougher compared to 6A but videos and apps look much better on S21 FE
3. Battery life: Interestingly similar but S21FE lasts longer, a couple of hours overall use. I have set Battery Saver at 40% for pixel 6A and Power Saving through Routine on S21 FE at the same percentage
Overall I would recommend 6A though because of the camera output.
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I have both now. My experience
1. Camera: Pixel 6A is much better in terms of taking photos which look similar to what you see (people, scenery etc.)
2. Display: S21 FE looks much better but has a wider display making one-handed typing tougher compared to 6A but videos and apps look much better on S21 FE
3. Battery life: Interestingly similar but S21FE lasts longer, a couple of hours overall use. I have set Battery Saver at 40% for pixel 6A and Power Saving through Routine on S21 FE at the same percentage
Overall I would recommend 6A though because of the camera output.
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Forgot to add that I use my phone at 60Hz for S21 FE
Be careful of the Samsung shutter lag especially on moving subjects. It is by far the most annoying thing of the phone's camera.
You take the photo, when you click on the image to see it for a brief second you actually see the photo and then it switches to a later frame that the camera captured. Here's an example I made this weekend.
Look closely when I took the photo and then look at the result.
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I made the switch from the S21 FE to the Pixel 6a and prefer the Pixel.
The cam of the P6a is so much better and especially in good lightning condition I produce way better pictures. But also in low light or with moving objects the Pixel is superior. You really can feel/see the life in the images. The S21 FE (SD888 version) somehow got an extreme shutter lag and you have to stand still another 1-2 seconds after taking a picture - pretty annoys me and was the reason for the switch! Any tipps on this are welcome, I still have the phone.
For videos I would say both are equal. Samsung got more settings options, but with the right lightning and white balance settings the Pixels videos do look somehow more realistic - but unfortunately they seem to lag a little more...like frame drops or so!
Battery of the Pixel 6a -> standby forever (iPad style). SOT 6-8h - without any battery saving options. With the S21 FE I was always getting around 4-4,5 hours and not even managed to get 16-18h overall mixed usage - with Bixby routines changig to 60Hz on every app where I don't scroll btw.!
The only thing I miss from the S21 FE is the display, but not because of the 120Hz vs 60Hz...it's just a way better screen. Regarding the often discussed frame rates topic: After a day I haven't realized that I'm back to 60Hz, but if you put them side by side the Samsung display is sooooo much better! But how often you compare phones side by side a day?
So if you love taking pictures and like to have a 'smaller' phone with great battery, I'd go with the Pixel. If you like gimmicks or if you use DEX, go with the Samsung! The Dex Stand works with the P6a btw. - keyboard and mouse will be recognized after a sec. But screen mirroring doesn't work - so you have to use a chromecast or something if you want to use this function. Pretty sad that Google still deactivated screen mirroring. My Essential Phone Ph1 had this in 2017 already, not to speak of my Atrix 4g or Moto Razr and Razr HD.
Thanks for the read!
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For shutter lag, my only solution was to click and drag on the shutter to shoot in burst mode. It is somewhat inefficient because you end up with 20 photos but gets the job done if you really need to capture anything good.
Booty_Hunterrr said:
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I don’t know what other people are talking about re: Pixel battery being better but that is not the case. I have both phones and I charged them to 100% and left them alone. They had the same apps running and were only on wifi. I only checked in on them once a day. The Pixel 6a lasted 9 days on standby, the Galaxy S21FE was still at 9% when the Pixel died.
The battery is better and I like the size & screen better on the Samsung. I think the camera is better on the Pixel and you’ll get more software updates.
Also, for me, the Pixel fingerprint reader was completely broken when I first got it. They released an update mid-September which fixed it and it’s perfect now. The F21FE reader has been good the whole time.
They’re both good phones. They are not my primary phone so actual “phone” features aren’t a primary concern. I *really* like the size and feel of the FE with the Samsung silicone case. I like the Pixel because of the Googleness of it. As a backup, I’d go with the FE because I like the Samsung Secure Folder feature and the size. If I had to use one as my daily driver, I’d go with the Pixel for the better camera, longer shelf life (longer OS support) and because it supports eSIM with the FE does not.

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