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Not quite as low as all the trade in offers, but pretty decent imo
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G Smartphone 128GB Navy - $631 Delivered @ Amazon AU
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450 AUD bonus credit @JBHiFi plus what ever credit you get for your old phone.
That was also via Samsung directly, if I'm not mistaken
except Samsung doesn't take in broken phones. they valued them at $0 for cracked phones and they won't take my oppo reno 2z for some reasons. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
@ChickenAdobo: Yeah, ok fair call!
My galaxy S7 phone dropped off the list too, but I think I can still trade via chat. I have Edu access so usually better than JB
YOUR DEVICE TRADE-IN VALUE
$300 JB Hi-Fi Trade-in credit + the bonus credit.
Matching Bing Lee I suspect.
Can also use a -$5 discount code on Bing Lee eBay
Bing Lee one is 4G
Grab this if you still want SD Card support in a Galaxy Phone - especially since the S21FE doesnt have the SD Support anymore.
And Snapdragon chip
A good one at that. 110h battery life in GSMArena test is just astounding.
Downside is SW support longevity. Instead of 2027, this ends 2024.
This is only $17 lower than what I paid in the Black Friday Sales in 2020 via Amazon AU ….. thought it would have been much lower now
We got a hell of a deal
I wish there was a way to get Samsung phones with stock (or Google version) of android. Had the S10 for a while now and still hate the fact that there are so many apps baked in where I prefer the Google alternative
I'm using Nova Launcher, Google Phone app and the Google Messages app.
I've disabled many of the Samsung apps and hidden apps that can't be disabled in Nova Launcher.
As a recent Pixel user, on my first Google phone since the Nexus line, Samsung has quite a number of features Google has removed. Just basic usability things like separate volume control for notifications vs calls, etc. I kind of want to go back to Samsung after only a couple of weeks.
On the contrary, for accuracy's sake Samsung technically has added those features, Google didn't remove them. That's what you get with a stock experience. The Google exclusives on the other hand are quite good.
You actually can by flashing custom ROMs. Would recommend pixel experience seeing as you want a google pixel style version of android.
Could you please link a custom ROM for the S20 FE? Haven't seen many
Something to bear in mind: flashing a custom ROM on your device will trio Knox. This will adversely affect Samsung Pay, Secure Folders, Samsung Health and other stock apps that rely on Knox.
I don't know if Samsung can use this is an excuse to deny warranty claims.
Link?
This is the official xiaomi aliexpress store. Its safe to buy from.
I got the Atlantic blue 8gb 128gb. Best bang for buck mobile you can buy. Xiaomi are very good build quality. I've had a few no problems.
$500+ for an import is a ripoff, sorry. You got scammed.
How long did the delivery take
How do the cameras compare?
They don't, hence why OP is avoiding the subject.
lost all interest here:
Chipset Mediatek Helio G96 (12 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G57 MC2
You were looking at the wrong model (you looked at the 4G version).
Check the specs here: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_note_11_pro_5g-11333.p…
CPU is weaker than S20 FE (the embedded GPU for Snapdragon 695 5G is inferior and the ISP (for photo and video recording) is budget class).
Worse processor, worse camera, worse water resistance, worse support, no wireless charging. Remind me again why it's better?
CPU:Snapdragon® 695 5G
Octa core processor
6nm Manufacturing ProcessYou're dreaming if you think the SD695 is better than the SD865. Mindlessly regurgitating spec sheets doesnt make your case.
695 is 6 efficiency cores + 2 performances. It runs almost half the cpu speed, and a much slower gpu.
I personally don't think the SoC matter that much in most people's purchasing decision, but 695 is definitely a mid range.
695 is inferior, not just the CPU part. Qualcomm ensured they crippled 695's GPU enough. Also, there is a reason why the video recording capability is much inferior. The ISP in 695 is also …. yes, inferior (the ISP in there is budget class to be honest).
The processor is inferior, only has USB 2.0 (so no USB-C/alt-mode), inferior video recording. Thing with Xiaomi I found is that once you really look into the item in depth, you start to see where the corners were cut. Also, Xiaomi has a tendency to dual source display panels so there is a bit of panel lottery. With older Xiaomi phones, I found the batteries degrade after a few months, not sure whether that's improved or not nowadays.
whats the expected support life time of a phone thats already 3 gens beyond
3 updates, 5 years security. Will get Android 13.
so basically 1 more major Android OS update left.
This is not the dual sim version, is it?
I think for less than $300 more you can get the s22 with trade in, including buds2
which deal?? and where? is there a trade in bonus as well? Cheers
Samsung store, pre order and get the buds + $350 trade in bonus
Deal was posted earlier here
Bought s21 plus, using it for 2 months, not happy with the phone, my 2 years old Huawei P30 pro is much better.
Issues with s21+
1.Phone gets hot when e.g. Watch YouTube
2.Battery lasts less than a day (2/3 of P30 pro)
3.Sometimes phone freezes for a few seconds
4.Long phone calls, every few minutes, I cannot hear anything from the other sides for 3-5 seconds (not sure if that is vodafones problem as I switch to them when I got the new phone.)
5.camera is not as good as P30Also 6. it doesn't come with a charger!
Then, sell it and use your P30 Pro. Problem solved.
Although your experience with the S21+ does sound disappointing, this deal is for the S20 FE. I'm not sure your experience with the S20+ can be used as a reflection on how the S20 FE may or may not perform.
Ok cool.
Not sure what this has to do with this deal…
Emm… relevance?
I can relate!
I upgraded from P20 Pro to S20+
My P20 Pro after 2 years of usage the battery still lasts longer than S20+ brand new (Sept 2020)… My S20+ battery life now is poop and like you said, it gets hot easily for example trying to send a WhatsApp message indoor when coverage is bad it will struggle then gets hot…
You proly hate samsung from a bad experience. However, any 2 yr old phone being better than 1 yr old flagship? I doubt that. If true, samsung should have closed down the business. If your s21plus has that many issue, you must have gotten a defect and get a replacement, officially, imo.
I think Samsung still provides advancements in any other areas like cameras etc but it is really shite that Aussies have to get the Exynos version… I'm not sure how good they are these days but I'd rather get SD these days which is why this S20FE 5G was so popular…
The S20 FE 5G is a great little phone for the price. It looks like this is the dual SIM 5G version running the Snapdragon 865. Speedy enough for most tasks. 25w quick charge but comes with a 15w charger, and wireless charging as well. I've got the 8gb version and am very happy with it. No FM chip and no 3.5mm headphone jack are the only real omissions.
How's the camera? And fingerprint reader?
The finer print readee for me is a little hit and miss.. fingerings on some rare occasions can take 3 attempts, but generally it's first go.
The camera isn't as good as the regular s20 I believe. It's only 3x optical zoom. Rear shots are generally pretty impressive. The front selfie camera can look a little soft or dull in indoor settings. That being said, it's still the best camera I've had on a phone.. My previous phone before it was a budget Oppo. I can send some photo samples if you are really keen.
How do you tell it is the dual SIM model?
Yeah, I'm not sure either. The details on Amazon page refers to model number SM-G781BZBIATS.
If you search that model number, one of the hits is the following product site from Samsung Australia, which refers to this model as being single sim: https://www.samsung.com/au/smartphones/galaxy-s/galaxy-s20-f…
I think it was listed down the bottom of the spec list. You can probably also grab the model number and google that to see it listed elsewhere in more detail.
It was a question in the Q&A at the bottom of the link. You might want to triple check that.
Is this worth it over a new Realme 9 Pro+ or a Samsung A52s?
Can people comment about the touch issues that were supposedly fixed by following updates?
No touch issues since update here but I only had it happen once or twice early on.
I was worred about that when i bought it over a year ago, but have encountered no issues
Never got fixed fully, but I got used to it. I am a power user though and type extremely quickly which makes the issues more noticable. Typing is bad and randomly opens up emoji panels and stuff like that when I never touched the button…
Basically it's why I upgraded to s21 fe. Not sure if they made a hardware revision to fix it, but I went through 2 originals which both have the issue.
Some quick research for those who are even lazier than me:
- No headphone jack.
- Will only upgrade to Android 13 (security updates until 2024)
- Subpar battery life.
- Virtual proximity sensor (puke - literally the main reason why I don't buy Xiaomi phones)The main premium features I can find, if you care about that:
- Metal rim (yet plastic back)
- Wireless charging
- Samsung DexThe battery life for me is pretty decent. Easily a day, even with moderate to heavy use. I don't play games on it though but for heavy web surfing it's good imo. The battery life can be extended further if needed by dropping the screen back to 60hz.
Mine is a 256GB 5G and its battery life is excellent thanks to SD chip. Probably the Exynos 4G model has crappy battery life. The proximity sensor issue was fixed a long time ago via updates, so did the multi-touch issue.
Xiaomi/POCO claimed the same thing about having fixed the proximity issue with updates last year yet nothing really changed.
You cannot software-patch a hardware issue, the problem is that they cut corners by removing a proper hardware proximity sensor and instead used software to simulate it using other sensors not meant to be doing that job (gyroscope, accelerometer, touchscreen…).
The battery might be worse with the Exynos version.
Well I have the phone and I can tell you it's been fixed
@Rimas: Here are some recent (~3 months old) comments from S20 SE users regarding the sensor:
- "it can break all my nerves sometimes"
- "Had to literally press my ear with the phone just to turn the screen off. Definitely skip this model if you need reliable calling"
- "the accidental touch protection for the front pants pocket is an absolute disaster"
- "constantly turns on in my pocket"
- "on the S20fe it drives me nuts. The phone constantly activates the screen in my pocket"
- "the virtual proximity sensor is not fixed. It will come on and make text messages and calls in my pocket."
- "the virtual proximity sensor is definitely very bad"
People also seem to be complaining about the fingerprint sensor.
Not sure where you got subpar battery life from. As others have said, battery life is very good.
Had a really bad experience with s9 and since then have dumped Samsung. Battery drains so fast that it’s not even funny. The so called fast charge phone charges so slowly and blames it on the charger when it’s their own provided charger. Had even tried replacing chargers but it was always hit and miss and then ultimately had to switch to wireless charging which is not as fast as how a fast charging wired connection should be but still faster then extremely slow charging that would happen on this phone otherwise.
Though it’s now an old phone and for some of you comparison may not even be relevant but this was their flagship phone and top of the line model when it was launched. Prior to that had something similar with s7 as well. Considering it’s a premium brand, I was completely put off by my experiences. A significantly cheaper Huawei phones work a lot better than Samsungs flagship phones.
You're probably the only one that did
S9 for its time was a terrific option. Although the s9+ had the bigger battery and thus better life. I'm only just upgrading mine now after almost 4 yearsHad it been a one off issue I would have agreed with you but something or the other happened on two phones from the same brand and then after that a mid range huawei phone worked flawlessly so it’s evidence enough that Samsung has lost the plot.
Anyone know where to buy this refurbished?
The refurbished one is more expensive at the most places if you want an excellent condition one.
How does the JB hi-fi trade-in deal work?
This or the S22? I can get 50% off the S22 and get it for the same price as this, I don't need a good camera or very fast performance, Just long battery life and a good screen. My current phone is (profanity) so I don't know if it's worth the two-week wait for the S22 to come out, might just cop this. Also S22 comes with free buds.
Are you serious?
Why wouldn't he be serious? At the rate samsung is going, their phones are getting shitter every year, I would do anything to get rid of my crap s21+ that doesn't even have a bloody micro sd card slot… are you serious? samsung has gone so backwards it's not funny… terrible company. I recommend s20 FE over the s22
Youre bashing your phone for not having a feature that you knew didn't exist when you purchased it?
@Drakesy: I'm bashing the company that made my phone and their unethical ideas, I bought my s21+ for $239 anyways, so the Micro sc card slot is not a huge deal since the price I paid, but if I had paid a premium price for this POS I'd definitely be returning it. Anyways my point is, s20 fe shits on s21 + end of story.
@Toffcuz: Unethical ideas like cheaping out and not adding a hardware proximity sensor to a high tier phone?
I'd have a phone that I can reliably use to make calls and doesn't send text messages while in my pocket over some extra external storage any day of the week. A phone that I can actually use as a phone.
@HigoChumbo: Bruh a hardware proximity sensor shouldn't even be needed if you just knew how to lock your phone screen LMAO… an SD CARD is much needed storage option instead of someone forcing you to pay for a soldered sd card at a MUCH higher rate just because "they can" wtf is that and how is it being supported on a website like ozbargain…
@Toffcuz: Yeah well, when I'm paying 600 dollars for technology I expect it to work reliably without requiring half-arsed workarounds. This is straight out budget level Xiaomi cheapskatery on a high end Samsung.
As for the SD card… really, it's not ideal but I fail to see why people get so livid about it. What on Earth do you guys do with a cellphone that requires more than 128GB anyways? My fancy work desktop has a 512GB main drive and I have a massive game like Red Dead Redemption 2 installed plus heavy productivity apps (Photoshop and so on), virtual machines and a few movies here and there… The most demanding mobile game I can think of (Genshin Impact) is under 15 Gb… how many gazillions of candy crush sagas do you need installed on your phone at all times? I have 130 high resolution pictures in my DSLR camera and they occupy some 2 GBs… in professional-grade RAW format… Two full seasons of a series (that's 20 hours of video in Full HD resolution) under 18gb…
Just back up your data from time to time mate. Hell, these days you can even connect external hard drives directly to your phone. Why are you carrying so much data on a portable device anyways?
@HigoChumbo: You ever heard of a music library? Mines over 100gb lmao. That's all the reason in the world…
@Toffcuz: Yepp, I totally need 100gb of offline music stored in my cellphone at all times, because I spend 36 hours a day on the road and completely isolated from any source of WiFi.
And worst case scenario, totally not something that can be solved by a simple cheap ass usb adapter.
@HigoChumbo: Why would I stream my music??? The quality is way worse, the time it takes to load is way worse, and I'm always on the move… you're clearly being ignorant here lmao… not gonna waste my time anymore
@Toffcuz: Mate, 100GB is about 300 hours of flac music and some 800-1600 hours of mp3 music, that's up to over 60 days of non-stop music, so unless by "on the move" you mean "I take 2 month research trips to Antarctica", I seriously don't see why one would absolutely require that much music permanently on a phone.
With 50ish GB of music you can listen to non-stop audiophile quality music for an entire week without even having to hear the same song twice. And that's without taking into account downtime for activities like, you know, sleeping and such.
@HigoChumbo: Due to the limitations of the hardware, flac and mp3 won't have any quality differences when u use a phone to play them.
Also for a human brain we could remember lots of songs or sounds but we could't organice them, so after around 10hours(3hours for me) of listening u couldn't tell the next sound u play is repeated or not.@samelight: There you go. That's 1600 hours of mp3s then. Enough for over two months of non-stop distinct music apparently required to be at all times in one's cellphone.
@HigoChumbo: As I said u couldn't tell the songs are repeated or not after 10hours of listening.
10hours that about 200songs, do you remember whats the last 200th word u have written? Or have u used this word in the last 10hour u have spoken?
If u hardly tell from 10hours, 1600 hours just pointless.@samelight: Mate, take a deep breath… we are saying the same thing…I'm precisely saying that pretending to absolutely require 1600 hours of music on ones phone at all times is just ridiculous.
@Toffcuz: I too get mad when my corolla can't do 0-100 in 3 seconds
Toyota is unethical and a pos because of this@Drakesy: Yeah, I too would get mad if my yaris had more torque or power than my corolla… do you understand the problem here???
I will trade my s20 fe for ur s22 😄,
but I don't u got one and that's why u B's like this.Edit: Forget about the s22, I will trade my s20 fe for ur s21! We got a deal?
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How much was the trade in deal?