My last phone was a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and mostly everything was what I wanted except 3 gripes that bothered me quite a bit

  1. Ads in Samsung apps I remember seeing ads every time I opened Samsung pay and some other apps that I don’t remember anymore. It just seemed bizarre that would be ads in their own apps.
  2. Poor standby time The phone would drain quite noticeably when it wasn’t snt in use and almost felt like the phone would last about the same time irregardless of whether I heavily used the phone or I left it alone.
  3. Camera shutter lag This was quite infuriating. There was a noticeable lag from the time I pressed the shutter button to the actual photo being captured leading to blurry images.

I was wondering if these things have been addressed in the newest generation of Samsung flagship phones. I’ve been considering switching to the S24 from an iPhone 13 Pro sometime next year.

  • Sheetzie03forAndroid@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Regarding the ads, you can go to settings>private dns and choose private dns host name and add dns.adguard.com and save it.

    That should nuke the ads.

    Just be sure that if youre unable to login or access a certain site or app, disable it.

    I usually keep it enabled because I can’t stand to see ads. I just disable it briefly when I need to.

    Good luck.

    • doleorange@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I see. I didn’t know about this setting last time I had a Samsung phone. But I’m surprised that I don’t see more fuss being made about ads being present out of the box in $1000+ phones!