sid_008 Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Guys need help deciding between the Pixel 2 XL and S9+ Had almost decided to go for the Pixel 2 XL, but a friend of mine who owned one, told me that his phone had a series of hardware issues especially the screen. Not to mention B2X the service partner was a pain to deal with. Guessing that his might be a one of case, anyone else had any hardware issues with their Pixel phone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelivolusDas Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, sid_008 said: Guys need help deciding between the Pixel 2 XL and S9+ Had almost decided to go for the Pixel 2 XL, but a friend of mine who owned one, told me that his phone had a series of hardware issues especially the screen. Not to mention B2X the service partner was a pain to deal with. Guessing that his might be a one of case, anyone else had any hardware issues with their Pixel phone ? I had posted this a few months ago here. My experience is still the same. Love the phone. Stock (massively important for me) Android P is really good. Camera still continues to amaze. Speed/performance of the device is still top-notch. Battery life is amazing, ~7 hours of SoT. Having said all of that, I feel the S9+ is more of a complete package. Still has the headphone jack. Speed/performance will be amazing here too. Camera is very good too. Not sure about battery life, but considering it's a flagship, it should be fine. And above all, that screen. I truly feel, Samsung is the king of smartphone screens. I'd say go with the S9+ for a more complete experience. As much as I hate Samsung's skin on top of android, they do provide some nifty inclusions to the software, which even stock Android doesn't. But, be ready for 2 gallery apps, 2 calendar apps, 2 email apps and whatnot. Edited June 7, 2018 by VelivolusDas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 I love the s9+, and ya screen is amazing, nothing comes close. Regarding the bloatware, you get a software called package disabler pro, you can disable any app you want without root. So no double apps. Battery life is decent, nothing great nothing bad. I would suggest S9+, if latest OS update is not your main priority. Camera is anyway top of the line on both the phones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KunjanPSD Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 1 hour ago, sid_008 said: Guys need help deciding between the Pixel 2 XL and S9+ Had almost decided to go for the Pixel 2 XL, but a friend of mine who owned one, told me that his phone had a series of hardware issues especially the screen. Not to mention B2X the service partner was a pain to deal with. Guessing that his might be a one of case, anyone else had any hardware issues with their Pixel phone ? I discussed the issues I faced quite thoroughly on this thread a few months ago. I had to put in a replacement request twice in a month since both had screen and charging issues. And B2X is the worst after sales service there is, they took 20 days for the first and 2 months for the 2nd replacement since they "didn't" have panda color in stock but every representative I talked to told contradictory things thus I didn't believe their word at all. Coming to the phone itself, it's just amazing. You haven't experienced Android in all it's glory until you use a Pixel device. Camera is probably the best out there and performance/sot has never faltered me. Don't forget that you get updates each month while with Samsung that might never be the deal. Screen is good enough, color shift and all others problems have been solved for units manufactured post Dec '17, two of my friends got it recently and they haven't faced any problem. But if Pure Android and quick updates aren't your thing, S9+ is a better package for all the reasons people mentioned above. Though, I always find Samsung Phone's lag after a while, my brother in law have owned S5-S9+ and after 6 months, I find it throwing lag or glitches in UI, same happens with my batchmates in college who own S8 and S9+. But that might be just personal use case. S9+ is still a great phone though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Comingle Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 58 minutes ago, AtheK said: I love the s9+, and ya screen is amazing, nothing comes close. Regarding the bloatware, you get a software called package disabler pro, you can disable any app you want without root. So no double apps. Battery life is decent, nothing great nothing bad. I would suggest S9+, if latest OS update is not your main priority. Camera is anyway top of the line on both the phones. Even better. Three is an app called SABS but you have to put some effort the first time. It can disable any app and blocks ads system wide. Works only on Samsung phones with Knox. No root required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid_008 Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 VelivolusDas, AtheK, kunjanp.....Thanks for the detailed replies guys. Appreciate the help! For some reason I completely skipped over the lack of headphone jack on the Pixel as all I was focusing on was the camera performance. Having had an absolutely painful experience with LG G5, and having read how wonndeful B2X is, dont wish to go another issue filled experience. Guess I will go for the S9+ Thanks for the help ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harjas Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 planning to get a smartwatch soon, should not be overly expensive and should work with both ios and android any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakarot Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Even better. Three is an app called SABS but you have to put some effort the first time. It can disable any app and blocks ads system wide. Works only on Samsung phones with Knox. No root required. Didn't know about this.. Went over to xda to download this but unfortunately Samsung has put in a request to take down the thread so the mods there had to delete all the links Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 1 hour ago, -= L O L =- said: Didn't know about this.. Went over to xda to download this but unfortunately Samsung has put in a request to take down the thread so the mods there had to delete all the links Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.powermanager.batteryaddon Use this.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanuj Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 planning to get a smartwatch soon, should not be overly expensive and should work with both ios and android any suggestions?Ticwatch 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Comingle Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 46 minutes ago, djanuj said: 11 hours ago, harjas said: planning to get a smartwatch soon, should not be overly expensive and should work with both ios and android any suggestions? Ticwatch 2. I've heard some really nasty things about the watch in a lot of places. It's very bad quality apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayush12ice Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Anyone here has the Gear S3 with Samsung pay enabled? I didn't know that there was a workaround in place already to get SPay on any watch. I applied the workaround on my watch and it does work. Added my HDFC debit and credit cards with ease and used them as well. Basically, the workaround changes the region of the watch. I set it to a US region code (XAR). While adding a credit card, it asks for a pin code along with cc number, doe, cvv and name. For the HDFC CC, i just put in 5 random numbers and it accepted it. But, adding citibank credit card has not worked out yet, it keeps getting declined. After agreeing to the TnC, it sends out the request to the bank, i assume, which declines it even before getting to verify using sms, email or call bank option. any pointers on how to add a Citi Credit card? PS: it's cool to use the watch to pay.. adds convenience to making payments. Don't have to take out the phone or wallet out from the pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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harjas Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 On 13/6/2018 at 10:51 AM, adity said: I've heard some really nasty things about the watch in a lot of places. It's very bad quality apparently. I had considered it but after hearing this errr :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanuj Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I've heard some really nasty things about the watch in a lot of places. It's very bad quality apparently. All devices will have conked pieces. Doesn't mean it's a bad watch....it's a really good watch. You can also use qmaefit by Xiaomi. Or Garmin vivo fit. All of them costs around 15k. Except amazefit that costs 8.5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanuj Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Anyone here has the Gear S3 with Samsung pay enabled? I didn't know that there was a workaround in place already to get SPay on any watch. I applied the workaround on my watch and it does work. Added my HDFC debit and credit cards with ease and used them as well. Basically, the workaround changes the region of the watch. I set it to a US region code (XAR). While adding a credit card, it asks for a pin code along with cc number, doe, cvv and name. For the HDFC CC, i just put in 5 random numbers and it accepted it. But, adding citibank credit card has not worked out yet, it keeps getting declined. After agreeing to the TnC, it sends out the request to the bank, i assume, which declines it even before getting to verify using sms, email or call bank option. any pointers on how to add a Citi Credit card? PS: it's cool to use the watch to pay.. adds convenience to making payments. Don't have to take out the phone or wallet out from the pocket. [emoji3] I have a frontier but I have not rooted it etc. Kept it as it is. Don't care for Spay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayush12ice Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, djanuj said: On 6/13/2018 at 3:05 AM, ayush12ice said: Anyone here has the Gear S3 with Samsung pay enabled? I didn't know that there was a workaround in place already to get SPay on any watch. I applied the workaround on my watch and it does work. Added my HDFC debit and credit cards with ease and used them as well. Basically, the workaround changes the region of the watch. I set it to a US region code (XAR). While adding a credit card, it asks for a pin code along with cc number, doe, cvv and name. For the HDFC CC, i just put in 5 random numbers and it accepted it. But, adding citibank credit card has not worked out yet, it keeps getting declined. After agreeing to the TnC, it sends out the request to the bank, i assume, which declines it even before getting to verify using sms, email or call bank option. any pointers on how to add a Citi Credit card? PS: it's cool to use the watch to pay.. adds convenience to making payments. Don't have to take out the phone or wallet out from the pocket. I have a frontier but I have not rooted it etc. Kept it as it is. Don't care for Spay Actually there is no root involved. Everything is as is. It's just a change of region in the watch. Nothing else and you can switch it back to your original if you want (but then pay won't work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRINI87 Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Guys which is the best JIO plan ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRINI87 Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 also anybody updated note 5 pro to miui10 and oreo? i haven't got the update . still on 9.2 and nougat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Comingle Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Recently got S7 oreo update. Really good update. Overall improvements in performance and battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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