Why is it so hard to find a phone that is regular iphone sized/speccd but in Android? Do I HAVE to buy into iphone finally?

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#2643122 27-Jan-2021 16:38

Right okay.

So at least for now, no need to upgrade to the S20 Exynos then? I keep hearing S20 Exynos is as not the best and the S21 have shortened the gap between Snapdragon and Exynos for the same series phones.

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#2643129 27-Jan-2021 16:41

elpenguino:

Phones are now getting too big to easily fit in the pocket of some of my pants.

Ironically, many pants are far smaller than they were 10 years ago (think super skinny jeans)

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#2643131 27-Jan-2021 16:42

brownie112: Then learned that my Whatsapp chat history cannot be transferred to Apple, got lots of overseas friends on there and cannot afford to lose the chat history.

There are some (paid) 3rd party tools that work for moving WhatsApp messages from android to iOS (or vice versa). We did it when my wife moved back to iOS with the iPhone 12.

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#2643133 27-Jan-2021 16:48

Google Pixel 4a is about as close as I think you can easily get. It's a great phone, if I lost / broke it I'd buy another. Smaller phones have a smaller battery, but I get through a day no problem. Performance is good, I rarely wait for it, not flagship level but good enough. The Pixel 5a might be a bit faster, I guess available late 2021.

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#2643197 27-Jan-2021 19:24

brownie112: ... Then learned that my Whatsapp chat history cannot be transferred to Apple, ...

You might be interested in the Android to iPhone - WhatsApp... thread. Specifically the two comments dated Jan 14th.

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#2643200 27-Jan-2021 19:45

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For me I think the s10 was 'peak' Samsung and things have gone downhill since

Agree. My S10e was a great phone. The new S21 looks and feels cheaper in comparison IMHO

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#2643823 28-Jan-2021 21:06

restecp:

Base storage capacity for all models of the S21 Series is 256GB

128 my man... see below, taken from here

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#2643827 28-Jan-2021 21:16

tanivula:
restecp:

Base storage capacity for all models of the S21 Series is 256GB

128 my man... see below, taken from here

I love when people are wrong.... In NZ they are 256GB as a standard with 512GB available for pre order for the ultra only.

Have a look at some NZ sites then come back to me :)

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#2643842 28-Jan-2021 22:12

THIS THREAD SPEAKS TO ME!!!
I personally hate the larger screens, it's absolutely ridiculous that 6" seems to be smallest size available today (I'm referring to Samsungs here, not any other brand).

I loved my Samsung Galaxy A3 2017, with its 4.7" screen. Fitted into my pocket perfectly and didn't weigh too much. Had an FM radio and fingerprint scanner, too.

Moved to an XCover 4S - 5" screen but it seems like a step backwards.

Can't find anything smaller than 6.3" for what I want to do now. Keeping my eyes for something that ticks all the boxes, but I'm not optimistic. Not interested in Apple either.

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#2643846 28-Jan-2021 22:25

restecp:
tanivula:

128 my man... see below, taken from here

I love when people are wrong.... In NZ they are 256GB as a standard with 512GB available for pre order for the ultra only.

Have a look at some NZ sites then come back to me :)

What part of samsung.com/nz isn't an NZ site?