Cheapest so far, was usually $899-999 on sale.
Key Features
Long lasting 4,300mAh (typical) battery and 45W super-fast charging 2.0[1]
All-new Intelligent S Pen in a sleek unibody design
Quad rear camera (12MP+12MP+16MP+3D Depth) with live focus video
Exynos 7nm Octa-Core chipset
Large 6.8" QHD+ dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O display[2]
Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint sensor
256GB on board storage and up to 512GB microSD support[3]
theres none…
except boot logo.
i dont see that as well. none is none
got mine from telstra store day1 - doesnt have telstra boot logo…
didnt flash stock firmware….
@spoonmugen: can you confirm if its dual sim? you can always go to settings >about phone > and see if you have 2 imei no's displayed.
Are you sure? Do Samsung still force you to keep their "S" branded apps such as S-Calendar, and others? I use Google Calendar, so wouldnt want two apps that do the same thing installed on my phone. To me, thats bloat as well. Can those Samsung apps be uninstalled or just disabled?
Cannot uninstall cannot disable and I agree it is bloatware if you can't uninstall it.
No issues at all. I bought a S10 5G "Telstra Branded" from JB and there was no Telstra boot splash page, just a couple of preinstalled Telstra apps that I uninstalled without issue.
Also a s8+ user. It's been a good phone but it is starting to feel a little slow. I might just reinstall and see if that will make a difference, I haven't reinstalled since I got the phone. I also no longer subscribe to the notion of getting a new phone every year as I used to, there's no real point for me, I barely play phone games so there's no pros outside of new updates. s8+ has pretty shitty rom support as well so I guess BL to me.
That's a lot of phone for the price - good bargain
Will this still work if I was overseas using a different network,
Where overseas? Most likely will still work on 3G.
Everywhere but mostly phillipines
Try VPN and check. just kidding… don't shoot me..
If you go to here you can see which countries use which 4G bands, then compare that to the specs sheet.
by the time we can travel overseas, this phone will be outdated and you will likely have a Samsung Note 40+ 4TB 7G
Good question - I would also like to know the answer for this one. While I understand that overseas travel is not happening immediately, I intend to keep the phone for a fair period of time so overseas use is critical. So far my Google search have not produced any concrete results and to top it off, my call to JB was answered with "Google is your friend, my man" :(
I went in to the Sydney city store ready to pay and the sales rep just gave me the disclaimer that this is unlocked in Australia, BUT will not work overseas. I threw the example at him of if I go to HK and buy a local sim, and he said it won't work in HK. Reason why it's so cheap is because its locked to Australia. He said that Telstra does something to the antenna where it will only work in Australia.
Tbh it doesn't sound right to me, but was enough to put me off. Can someone confirm?
Damn, I mean, not sure I ma going anywhere in the next 2-3 years, but shit thing to do.
Call up the store to send him to Centrelink
@Breadie: 100%. Even if it was locked to Telstra in Australia it would work everywhere around the world.
Perhaps HK are still using imperial measurements so the antennae length is incompatable?
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Sales rep is probably anti China.
Can you give that jbhifi staff link to ozb. Tell him/her to join, some of us would like to have few words.
Ok, called two other JB stores and both of them confirmed that overseas sims would work on the phone and it can be used overseas :)
Micro SD support… the good old days! Samsung should make it standard to differentiate itself instead of copying Apple
Apple copies everything from Galaxy. AMOLED, multi window from 7 years ago, large screen, 5G, small bezels,…
except S-pen, micro SD, in screen FP sensor, no notch, file manager,… 1/2 of the extra features. ;)
Saved it for iphone 20.
Yep and pixels are just a few years behind Samsung haha.
FYI iOS has file manager.
120Hz coming to iphone 13. There’s a first for you. Well done Apple…Wait on do other phones have that?
Screen tech made buy Samsung.
S-Pen copied with Apple Pencil.
are you playing ignorant or just too late to the party?
S-Pen copied with Apple Pencil.
Apple did copy Samsung with the pencil/stylus.
Firstly, I don't know what you mean, when you say "copied with".
if you are trying to say that Apple followed/copied the idea of using a Stylus from Samsung, you are right.
If not, here are some fun facts:
First Samsung Note with a stylus was released in October 2011
Apple pencil was released after 4 years, in November 2015
I hope you can figure out who copied what!!
Firstly, I don't know what you mean, when you say "copied with".
if you are trying to say that Apple followed/copied the idea of using a Stylus from Samsung, you are right
Yes that's what I was saying, but reading back on my comment, bad choice of words made my response unclear.
That's what they used to do. But wheres the profit in that? They'll make more money charging people for higher storage than adding sd cards on phones. Sad to say but the mass market has moved on from sd cards and headphone jacks.
Apple dictates trends, there's really no profit in going against the trend.
"Apple dictates trends"
I'm so looking forward to them originating the idea for a foldable phone.
Revolutionary, never seen before. We think you're gonna love it
I do not think foldable phones are still a trend. They are coming back in the market but I do not believe there is a huge profit in that.
Apple removes SD card: customer has to buy expensive phone that has more memory.
Apple removes headphone jack: customer has to buy wireless airpods.
Apple buys beats headphones (one of the biggest competitor), makes it not much popular to push their own airpods.
Apple remove one thing and creates market for another thing.
In case of foldable phone, it is not still profitable as there is still no market for it. So if Apple come introduces foldable phone, they have let go something to cover up the market.
It will not be hard for apple to produce any kind of tech which can be as advance as it gets because it has billions of dollars. But producing tech is not their only goal, forming market is. So, yes they can produce any advance tech, but nobody will buy it due to absent of market.
Apple is gonna be the last in the foldable game yet they're the one that's gonna make it go mainstream.
The mass market doesn't care about innovation. Look where innovation lead LG.
Agree with you. LG held on to micro sd card, headphone jack and removable battery for the longest. And look at where they are now… Sigh…
Damn, if it was dual sim I'd be all over it. Killer deal through.
I got the 256gb, it has 2 card slots, dual sim or 1 sim+ memory card
Was yours Telstra branded?
This is 4G version, it's dual hybrid sim. The 5G version is single sim.
I think should be mentioned in the title that this is not 5G.
No, 4G
The Telstra version is single SIM only, sure it has two slots but the SIM only fits in one of them.
No. Says in the jbhifi page
Lol, literally the first line of the description in the JB page.
Australian carrier variant only. Device is unlocked, and works on all Australian networks
Lazy.
Is the device unlocked though? =p
Factory or network unlocked? :)
Got one, thanks OP
Comparison:
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9732&idPhone2…
Note10+ has more ram (12GB) than Note 20 series (8GB)?!
Its a great phone tbh (using one) just afraid of planned obsolescence
When this happens, the XDA forums have got your back.
What kind of planned obsolescence is there to be concerned about with these phones?
Planned obsolescence from when these drop off the list of software and security updates (which they are perfectly capable of running..)
Only 1 more year of official support for os updates.
Well it's inevitable
Not sure if Samsung slow their phones down on purpose like crapple
in my experience Apple phones are completely fine until the 2nd or 3rd newer gen is released, then performance drops off a cliff amongst a flurry of updates.
Android phones however seem to gradually slow down through the life of the phone, from what I've seen.
The Note10+ will get Android 12 next year, which will be the last major official OS update for it, and it'll continue to get security updates for another 2 years at least. Bbuilt-in apps can continue to be updated beyond that, since most of the built-in apps have been decoupled from just OS updates and can be updated from the store.
Is there any particular obsolescence that you're concerned about? Our kids still use the Note 5 amongst others, which is 6 years old and runs the official Android 7, and we haven't run into any compatibility issues with games or apps. Almost all games and apps only require between Android 2+ and Android 5+ anyway that i've seen. I could also manually upgrade the Note 5 to Android 11 but haven't needed to yet. The same can be done to the Note 10+ well after it becomes EOL.
device getting slow
Any good dual sim phones from Samsung in Australia- AU version?
I am also after one. Can someone please help out?
see comments below
Samsung A52 or A72 are decent phones.
Thanks
A72 almost the same as A52 by specs but $200 more expensive
A52 currently $430 if you buy it through Samsung education store, great phone for that price
@looster: Any school/uni email suitable for registration. Just need to confirm the email once.
20% off plus additional $50off for registration
If A72 in screen fingerprint sensor is anything like the A71 I wouldn't go near it. Had to keep redoing my fingerprints every few days because it wouldn't read it..
I'm assuming the A51 series would have a similar experience.
Personally I hate underscreen fingerprint sensors but A52 works great, almost the same sensitive and speed like side sensors
just need to switch off fingerprint animation which is slow
@rwt: The underscreen scanner on the OP9 works amazing which really surprised me considering their obvious limitations.
Glad to hear Samsung has cleaned up their act a bit
This is dual sim. I have one.
Note10+ Telstra version? Asking as sometimes the carriers lock that feature.
Actually no, unlocked from Officeworks. Didn't know Telco's lock it, could always just reflash it.
May be this?
(https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/samsung-galaxy-s20-128gb-…)
Dual SIM (nano-SIM+ eSIM)
Good price
Great price for still an excellent phone.
Using one to write this comment.
The S pen feature so useful for signing documents without having to print them out and sending. Don't think I will be upgrading my phone any time soon.
I do digital signature on PC. but I guess doing it on a phone would be more convenient.
Got one thanks! Using 5% giftcards via suncorp rewards, total cost was $616.55
Wow!
Clearly I'm unbiased but best phone ever!
I feel like buying to put one up on my wall
Good one mate.
Unless Samsung is going to release future Note series with a micro sd slot, seriously thinking about getting one as a backup phone in case the one I'm using fails.
This is also tempting too
lol
This or S21?
I would be avoiding the S21 with a 10 foot pole.
Get this, or even the S20 FE.
Could you please elaborate?
Decent price. I am thinking of getting one to replace my Galaxy s8+. Do you know if the Telstra bloatware makes any difference to the performance of the phone or Android updates?