So for ppl that bought a phone that came out this year... what ya get. What are the good and bad bits from owning a phone that reviewers didn't mention?
Only new phone I got this year was the op7 pro and the most surprising thing for me is just how reliable and smooth rotating from portrait to landscape is. Feels like every android and ios phone ive owned, there is that hesitation before the phone can decide if it wants to rotate or not. Battery life has also been better than my note 9 which is surprising. Guess the disappointing bit is that the UFS 3.0 storage isn't that noticeable in day to day usage... and i think it might add some loading times to some of the less optimized games i've had compared to my note 9. Also the phone got more screen than my note 9... the lack of a 1 hand mode in oxygenOS is getting more and more annoying.
I think the reviewers were on point for the most part. I picked up the S10 and everything about it is excellent except the fingerprint scanner can be a little finicky and slow compared to a rear one. I would still take it everyday over the rare because it's just much easier/comfortable to unlock especially when it's laying on a desk.
Design wise the phone is amazing and the hole punch is not noticeable. I don't feel like I'm missing much from a OnePlus 7 design. Performance has been excellent too and I say this as someone who uses the iPad Pro almost every other day.
My main disappointment is that I feel like my S9+ and S7 Edge both had slightly better battery life. It lasts me the entire day easily, but on the really hard days where I'm going on the camera, I definitely have to charge at some point.
For the camera, I honestly think that S10's day light photos are superb most of the time. I don't really have to do much to get a great photo. In night, they are excellent, but I'm not sure if I actually have a night mode up? This would be something I would need to switch to right?
I also picked up the Pixel 3A. It's a great phone on it's own and Android Q is definitely better than P so far in terms phone navigation and features. The phone takes stunning photos, but I haven't felt like it was that much better than the S10. During my travels, I haven't tried to do the whole comparison thing so it's probably just me being clueless about the differences. Not having 4K/60 FPS capabilities really sucks though. The way they come out on my S10 are really good. Performance wise, the 3A has been more than good enough. I'll to decide whether I want to hold on this as a back up phone or sell it for an overall profit. I intend on keeping the S10 for as long as possible, so I'm not sure if it makes sense to keep this