The Official Samsung Galaxy S21 Family Thread

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 21 Feb 2021 at 14:03

I still have chrome installed, but I've switched almost all of my web browsing to the Samsung browser instead.

GMac11 · 21 Feb 2021 at 15:39

Google Chrome has become more of a liability on most platforms these days. It apparently uses 10x more RAM on a Mac than Safari.
I’ve abandoned it on all my devices now. Yes you lose a small aspect of cross device synchronicity but I never relied all that much on that feature anyway.

superleeds27 · 21 Feb 2021 at 17:16

Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
I still have chrome installed, but I've switched almost all of my web browsing to the Samsung browser instead.

I'd use this but you can't manually toggle dark mode. It relies on dark mode being set system side.

Shame

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 21 Feb 2021 at 17:58

I see a toggle in the settings for light/dark mode. Doesn't that work?

Edit nevermind, I just tried switching off system dark mode and the option in the browser becomes greyed out :/

NoNameNoNumber · 22 Feb 2021 at 09:45

I've just upgraded from my Oneplus 6 to the S21 Ultra, should arrive sometime this week. First grumble... No charger on a £1200 phone :/
Read about Chrome not working very well... Will Samsung browser be as seamless to use with my Google acc for passwords etc as Chrome is?

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 22 Feb 2021 at 10:15

It seems to work ok.
After entering in your passwords, you can log in with your fingerprint using samsung pass

Nutty_Death · 22 Feb 2021 at 11:06

NoNameNoNumber said:
I've just upgraded from my Oneplus 6 to the S21 Ultra, should arrive sometime this week. First grumble... No charger on a £1200 phone :/
Read about Chrome not working very well... Will Samsung browser be as seamless to use with my Google acc for passwords etc as Chrome is?

Chrome is working fine for me.

tom_e · 22 Feb 2021 at 12:58

No issues with Chrome here either, not sure I could be bothered moving away considering how well it all syncs between all my machines/phone.

NoNameNoNumber · 22 Feb 2021 at 13:19

tom_e said:
No issues with Chrome here either, not sure I could be bothered moving away considering how well it all syncs between all my machines/phone.

Yeah that's my concern.
I'll try Chrome, see how it goes.

booyaka · 23 Feb 2021 at 11:09

NoNameNoNumber said:
I've just upgraded from my Oneplus 6 to the S21 Ultra, should arrive sometime this week. First grumble... No charger on a £1200 phone :/
Read about Chrome not working very well... Will Samsung browser be as seamless to use with my Google acc for passwords etc as Chrome is?

to be fair - Charger in the box would probably just be left in the box - got loads of various cables/chargers lying around so don't need another one.

kona786 · 23 Feb 2021 at 11:18

booyaka said:
to be fair - Charger in the box would probably just be left in the box - got loads of various cables/chargers lying around so don't need another one.

To charge it at the advertised fast charging speed you need that particular charger. Hardly any PPS chargers out there.

It should be optional. The amount of extra resources wasted in making a separate order is ridiculous.

GMac11 · 23 Feb 2021 at 13:37

kona786 said:
To charge it at the advertised fast charging speed you need that particular charger. Hardly any PPS chargers out there.

It should be optional. The amount of extra resources wasted in making a separate order is ridiculous.

I watched this video when it dropped and it does make you think.
The only thing I would say (which he doesn’t address) is that although yes there is extra packaging for the separate options but most people will only buy the accessories once and then stick with them.
Personally I highly doubt I’d be purchasing a separate charger every time I change phone or earphones for that matter. With the exception of my 7T Pro I couldn’t tell you the last time I unboxed the included charger with my phone. Likewise I’m still rocking my Gen1 AirPods and Samsung over ear cans that must be coming up on 6 years old now.
So in the long run I don’t think it’s quite as alarming - but still an eye opener.

kona786 · 23 Feb 2021 at 14:02

GMac11 said:
I watched this video when it dropped and it does make you think.
The only thing I would say (which he doesn’t address) is that although yes there is extra packaging for the separate options but most people will only buy the accessories once and then stick with them.
Personally I highly doubt I’d be purchasing a separate charger every time I change phone or earphones for that matter. With the exception of my 7T Pro I couldn’t tell you the last time I unboxed the included charger with my phone. Likewise I’m still rocking my Gen1 AirPods and Samsung over ear cans that must be coming up on 6 years old now.
So in the long run I don’t think it’s quite as alarming - but still an eye opener.

As mentioned it should be optional and maybe an extra fiver at point of purchase with a phone.

You only need to go on amazon and see the plethora of chargers they sell. The demand is there. If companies cared about the environment we'd all be using an industry standard of chargers. One premium 30W fast model and one standard 10W job.

Companies not surprisingly only care about their bottom line.

malachi · 23 Feb 2021 at 15:55

Always used Firefox on all my devices. Stopped using Chrome a while back on my phones.

UnworthyBean · 23 Feb 2021 at 16:03

Has everyone who was trading in a device sent theirs back? Still haven't received my trade in pack despite letting them know multiple times.

tom_e · 23 Feb 2021 at 16:06

UnworthyBean said:
Has everyone who was trading in a device sent theirs back? Still haven't received my trade in pack despite letting them know multiple times.

Sent mine back, they confirmed receipt over a week ago but nothing since.

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 23 Feb 2021 at 16:19

UnworthyBean said:
Has everyone who was trading in a device sent theirs back? Still haven't received my trade in pack despite letting them know multiple times.

I sent in my trade in phone on or around the 9th of Feb.
Heard nothing until I received an email earlier saying "Samsung Trade-in Reference No XXXXXX Completed"

2013 · 23 Feb 2021 at 17:14

kona786 said:
To charge it at the advertised fast charging speed you need that particular charger. Hardly any PPS chargers out there.

It should be optional. The amount of extra resources wasted in making a separate order is ridiculous.

kona786 said:
As mentioned it should be optional and maybe an extra fiver at point of purchase with a phone.

You only need to go on amazon and see the plethora of chargers they sell. The demand is there. If companies cared about the environment we'd all be using an industry standard of chargers. One premium 30W fast model and one standard 10W job.

Companies not surprisingly only care about their bottom line.

I agree we aall know thats the case. in my option the cable provided is shorter then they use to offer, plus the old chargers normally go with the old phone, so unless you kept it you will need a new one.

UnworthyBean said:
Has everyone who was trading in a device sent theirs back? Still haven't received my trade in pack despite letting them know multiple times.

im still waiting for my gifts, ive had no update in 2 weeks

DataVampire · 23 Feb 2021 at 19:33

Normally samsung are pretty quick sending out the freebies they are taking a very long time this time, had mine confirmed a while now

Finners · 23 Feb 2021 at 20:29

DataVampire said:
Normally samsung are pretty quick sending out the freebies they are taking a very long time this time, had mine confirmed a while now

Still waiting for my pre-order bits to. Ordered from mobiles.co.uk and my claim was validated on 06/02

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