Lord Geordie Posted December 29, 2017 Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 1 hour ago, washerboy said: Didn’t think there was much difference between the 5s and SE ? Is the se better speed wise and technology wise ? The processor is vastly superior in the SE as is the camera. My ex has the SE and it blows mine out of the water. Cracking phone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 My 6s is due for upgrade keep getting text messages from o2 with offers might have a look at the 8+ if it is as good as people say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 Hawkeye the 8plus is the bigger phone more screen and easier to see. Battery seems to last longer too on the plus phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 On 29/12/2017 at 23:48, Lord Geordie said: The processor is vastly superior in the SE as is the camera. My ex has the SE and it blows mine out of the water. Cracking phone! Seconded I really like mine, perfect size and pretty capable. Add to that pretty cheap now as people just assume it’s the same as a 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del.gue Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Im not very techy but i have used samsung for several years. Now im wondering if they are at the same thing. I have been getting pestered to upgrade to a newer model but ignored them. Then about 2 months ago i noticed apps and images started to appear on the phone and its now slowed down considerably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rst1990 Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 I knew since I updated to ios11 my battery was **** had another new one installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Its the same with my laptop, every now and then I get locked out while it is "installing updates" but nothing visibly changes. Are the updates to my benefit? Nobody has really explained to me why laptops get slower and slower when I run all the cleanup software regularly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 4 hours ago, al4x said: Seconded I really like mine, perfect size and pretty capable. Add to that pretty cheap now as people just assume it’s the same as a 5 Cheap? I ain't seen one cheap? I only paid £50 for my 5s open to any network! If I could find one for £100 I would leap at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 4 hours ago, del.gue said: Im not very techy but i have used samsung for several years. Now im wondering if they are at the same thing. I have been getting pestered to upgrade to a newer model but ignored them. Then about 2 months ago i noticed apps and images started to appear on the phone and its now slowed down considerably. Android version 7 installed on my Samsung A3 3 weeks ago from ver 4 and its pooh.I dont Instagram or Facebook ever <stoopid peeps wafflebox>but it installed them as core programs and all else as u say is much slower.So it looks like your right and Samsung want a share of the upgrade ripoff market .Make your phone slower to persuede you to buy a newer 1 when u dont want to ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 This is old news, My first smart phone was a Galaxy S2 and towards the end of contract was taking an age to do any task, when I upgraded phone and factory defaulted the S2 the S2 was back to normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 4 hours ago, Lord Geordie said: Cheap? I ain't seen one cheap? I only paid £50 for my 5s open to any network! If I could find one for £100 I would leap at it! £21 a month with unlimited minutes and texts and 5gb data on Vodafone makes it cheap. They also suggested it would be paid off handset wise in just over 6 months which was the first time they have mentioned that before to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, clakk said: Android version 7 installed on my Samsung A3 3 weeks ago from ver 4 and its pooh.I dont Instagram or Facebook ever <stoopid peeps wafflebox>but it installed them as core programs and all else as u say is much slower.So it looks like your right and Samsung want a share of the upgrade ripoff market .Make your phone slower to persuede you to buy a newer 1 when u dont want to ? Never had an issue with Samsung,my A3 is as quick as the day I got it.Always let it update,but don' t have any apps running on it other than TomTom. Edited December 31, 2017 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Had to disable both farcebook n insta drivel wouldnt let me unistall ,probably a way il let my 4year old grandaughter sort it ,she,s the brains of the outfit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 clakk be careful letting the youngsters lose on your phone you’ll be swiping right in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 on a separate note when a founder of apple says this it's a bit worrying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Not telling us anything we didn’t know. The manufacturers try and get away with giving as little as possible in new models so they can get more out of the improvements they find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 My iPhone 5s died on New Year’s Eve but had it fixed £25 but it’s changing again ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Quote Im not very techy but i have used samsung for several years. Now im wondering if they are at the same thing. You've got me thinking now, I've a S6, coming up to the end of a 2yr contract battery life is totally naff along with wi-fi connection dropping all the time. Plenty users complaining on the web/forums etc, had three updates recently IIRC but none have addressed the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Bazookajoe they will be altering the phone via the updates. Too many people having the same problem for it to be coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 1/2/2018 at 19:24, Bazooka Joe said: You've got me thinking now, I've a S6, coming up to the end of a 2yr contract battery life is totally naff along with wi-fi connection dropping all the time. Plenty users complaining on the web/forums etc, had three updates recently IIRC but none have addressed the issue. Batteries by their very nature, will start to degrade from around the 5th charge, after 2 years it may only have 50% of its original capacity, less if you leave it flat for any length of time. As you load more apps and use memory, this further slows the phone, if you can, a factory reset will spruce up its performance a little. Whats annoying about the iphone issue, is that some of the phones they are throttling back, are not 2 years old yet, also , if the phone cannot handle the new software without degrading battery performance, then its either a poorly written update, or not suitable for certain phones. The very idea of an update, is to streamline and improve the software, not kill the phone so you have to get a new one. Apple have not become the financial behemoth they have ,without some pretty aggressive business practices. They are content to keep milking their fans/customers, without really giving much back in innovation. But in this case, to my mind, this is a very blatant attempt to force people to purchase a new phone, or upgrade, when it may not have been prudent or financially viable. Ill say it in plain English, they have throttled back the processors on older phones, to make the newer ones 'seem' much faster. Fortunately they have been caught out bang to rights on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 My old Android phone (4 years old (possibly even 5) last November) has poor battery life now, but I can't complain given the amount I've used it and the time I've had it, plus the price I paid for it. About 1/4 of the price of an iPhone X! I'll replace with another Android phone, wouldn't consider Apple products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam1e Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 They're all at it! I called EE the other day as my contract has run out. And as i was told by some money program, as I've finished paying for my phone i was entitled to a drop in my monthly charge.. Initially they said it wasn't true. I stuck to my guns and said i knew i was entitled to lower payments, and if they didn't lower them i'd leave EE. Eventually they put me on a 30 day contract with less minutes and data. I was happy with this as i used less than what they gave me anyhow. I said i would probably have a new contract, and stay with EE if the deal was OK. I left it at that. But the thing that shocked me, was i had gone from a **** signal, to a really good one in all the rooms we have in our house. It's been **** where we are since we moved some years ago. It's very co-incidental that when i said i was shopping on the net for a good deal with a good signal, my phone miraculously has a great signal all around the house. Yet my wife, who's on the same account/contract isn't due for a new phone upgrade for a while, and she still has a **** signal. Very suspicious to say the least! James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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