Big Galaxy S24 leak reveals Samsung's strategy against Google's Pixel phone

AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.world – 132 points – Big Galaxy S24 leak reveals Samsung's strategy against Google's Pixel phone
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Quoting the tl;dr in the linked article:

  • Samsung could be stepping up its game by offering seven years of major Android updates for the Galaxy S24 series, and the generous update policy might extend to other Galaxy flagships.

  • The Galaxy S24 series might also introduce charges for AI features like Live Translate and Pixel-like photo editing tools after 2025.

  • There's speculation that users may need to sign in to their Samsung accounts for certain AI functionalities.

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unless that comes with either a 600-700$ decrease in price or the readdition of a microSD card slot I'm not interested.

After phone storage got beyond 32GB, I thought I won't need a microSD slot anymore. I was wrong and my 128GB are full again. Downloading shows and music in high quality needs quite a bit of storage, not to mention videos. As if to make matters worse, the OS takes up more storage than my first two phones had at all.

I never understood why anybody wouldn't need SD access... There's no way to have a reliable backup location in the event you can't reach the internet for whatever reason.

Do you need all that on the phone?

for myself I have about 250 gigs of photo/video from my camera since I use it a lot. then about 50 gigs of apps, the lack of an SD card slot is my exclusive reason that I never upgraded from my s20 to newer models. It's also why I've decided to ditch Samsung when my phone finally dies. I just have yet to find a decent alternative that works in my area

Dont take me wrong, i will never defend a manufacturer taking away features for profitens while increasing price... I feel most manufacturer fucks there customer because most people bend over and accept, and the more people do, the more they try to get away with. F hate the current tech climate

I can delete most of the 20 GB of video, as it's also uploaded to my photo gallery (Immich). Maybe another 5GB of apps that aren't necessary, which often need a few hundred MB (Paypal 0,5GB).

Anyway, an SD card would solve those issues. Hopefully 256GB will finally be enough storage.

Nah you'll still run out. Just because you have more storage you start downloading more shows/filmsin higher quality.