Phonoppos! Advice needed!

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 06/04/2018 at 10:47 • Filed to: None

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My corporate I6 is on its last legs. I now have the option of a 32gb i7 or a 32gb S8.

Any opinions?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 11:02

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I’ve used both. I’d say stick with the iPhone.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 11:04

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I’d say I7, all my friends love it with exception of the missing headphone jack but they’ve adapted

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 11:12

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id say go with the s8... but thats just coz the missus has one and ive worked out how the camera works :)

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 11:12

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Go for the i7. Bluetooth headphones can be had with decent quality for under $100 if you’re really worried about that.

nerd_racing > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 06/04/2018 at 11:14

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pun intended?

C62030 > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 11:17

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I have a Note 8, basically the S8 with a stylus and a little more power. It’s fantastic if you know what you’re doing since it’s just insanely customizable, which I love. I’m really disappointed with the camera, though (nothing wrong with the fantastic optics but the 12MP resolution just looks like crap anywhere but on the phone screen).

Sweet Trav > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 11:28

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I switched companies and turned in my i7 the new company gave me an S7. I don’t mind android but holy shit samsung phones are terrible. so terrible i plunked down $800 for an I8 for my personal phone to replace an old android phone.

boredalways > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 11:42

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As an Android user by choice, stick with what makes you happy.

If that’s Apple’s iPhones,....

Besides, it your WORK phone.

TheRealBicycleBuck > boredalways 06/04/2018 at 12:08

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Up to now, we haven’t had a choice. My family switched to Android phones over the last year and seem pretty happy. I’m fairly invested in the Apple ecosystem, but that’s because I have a lot of work-related apps. My work phone is my only phone. Well, that’s not completely true. I do keep an older i6 around for music and audio books. It hasn’t been activated, so it’s wireless-only.

The biggest advantage I see with the Android phone is the ability to expand the storage space with an SD card. I have to take a lot of photos/videos for work.

Textured Soy Protein > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 13:03

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If your work phone is your main phone, get whatever you’ll like the most. My work phone is *only* for work and a supplement to my personal phone because of security policies at work, so I take what they give me, which is an iPhone 6S.

gawdzillla > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 13:30

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the google pixels are pretty awesome, bought 1 for the wife.

I like my LG v30+, good all round phone you can get for a great price.

get the S9 if you must go with samsung

i am still worry about the chinese phone stealing my info, so no go there

TheRealBicycleBuck > gawdzillla 06/04/2018 at 13:56

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Corporate gives me all the options as long as it’s an i7 or S8. Basically, we tell them which ecosystem we want and they send us a phone.

boredalways > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 14:47

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Doesn’t Apple offer cloud storage similar to Google Drive and Photos?

Monkey B > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 14:59

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avoid Samsung anything. Period. All of the time.

Monkey B > boredalways 06/04/2018 at 15:00

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at a cost. The free bit fills up when you turn the product on I think.

TheRealBicycleBuck > boredalways 06/04/2018 at 15:05

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They do, but it’s 1/3 the capacity of the phone without payment. Part of the problem is the dang updates. Corp policy forces it to auto update, which it won’t do unless there’s enough space on the phone. Thing is, it automatically downloads as much of the update as it can even if it can’t update right away, filling up all the available memory.

Also, all of the online storage services shrink your photos for you automatically.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > nerd_racing 06/04/2018 at 15:14

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yes, i’m glad someone caught it haha

boredalways > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 15:28

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Ouch. Well there is always 3rd party cloud storage. I have a Box account that I’ve had forever that came with a free upgrade to 50gb because of a Sprint promo at the time. An online search for a discount code may get you something usable.

TheRealBicycleBuck > boredalways 06/04/2018 at 15:37

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That’s a good idea. I already have a couple of Dropbox accounts. I can probably figure out a way to free up some space.

Still doesn’t fix my i7/S8 conundrum!

It looks like most of the feedback so far is anti-S8. 

boredalways > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 17:06

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For what it’s worth, I have a S7 Edge as a work phone. My only true complaint is the center button on the face of the phone. Doesn’t register my thumbprint half the time and is slow to respond to inputs. So naturally if I had the choice, I would get an S8.

TheRealBicycleBuck > boredalways 06/04/2018 at 18:36

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Thanks for the input!

boredalways > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/04/2018 at 22:44

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Almost forgot: the S8 runs Android Oreo 8 by now