Samsung phones

5owners with an opinion

60%of verdicts positive

1/1positive/negative since 2024

4 yrslongest happy owner

1happy after 3+ years

Praised for build quality and display; criticized for reliability and durability.

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Likes itOwned 4 years

Well... Samsung phones are mostly compatible with LineageOS. Only reason, why I buy used Samsung phones. Build quality and AMOLED screens are perfect. With LineageOS I can use Android completely degoogled, which I have about 4 years now.

Likes it

Sometimes it is the hardware, sometime it is the software. Two xiaomi phone models with different BT issues: One couldn't connect to two chipolos, the other loses wifi stability when connected to A2DP (ping raises, connection stutters and as the BT devices get closer, connection is lost randomly) Samsung phone: no issues [detected so far] Then I have some Sennheiser headphones that I can get stuck and need to be physically turned on / off when it loses connection due to distance and there are other phones nearby (I roam around the house without the phone. I know that's partially on me) I remember the time there was for windows a "BlueSoleil" BT stack besides the "Broadcomm" stack. Blue soleil was more stable, supported more profiles (pan, a2dp, etc) on more devices. And, all those BT security issues over time? It makes me feel BT protocol cockroaches always come back. Apple has no excuse since they control both hardware and software. They are dropping the ball.

Doesn’t like it

How is Samsung? I had 1 bad experience with their phones, 1 bad experience with their tvs, a few bad experiences with their appliances, and a bad experience with their SSD. I just assumed they are the Apple of Android, big marketing budget, expensive, but mid-tier.

Likes it

My own phone is on LineageOS, but we have a few Samsung phones at work and they don't have special apps other than the Samsung browser, music, etc apps, nothing particularly obnoxious. My phone was on Xiaomi's MIUI before and although Xiaomi includes many extra apps, some of them useless to me, there were no ads or third-party apps either and even the useless ones somewhat made sense (for Xiaomi's domotics system, etc). I seem to remember that Xiaomi specifically disabled ads on phones in Europe though, so maybe that's not the case in the US.

Doesn’t like it

Maybe they designed this way, but in practice usb-c ports are getting destroyed over time and not cables. On my two Samsung phones ports started degrading over 2 years use and after 3-4 years they are trash, barely connecting without fix to any cable. Same cables connected to the less used hosts, like new Kindle or new powerbank connect snugly and hold fine. I feel that usb-c port design is just garbage or maybe pushes materials too far. And I've never ever seen a usb-a port break or the cable connector part.