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PCGuy_5960

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    Intel Core i7-5820K
  • Motherboard
    AsRock X99 Extreme4
  • RAM
    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 2133MHz
  • GPU
    Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming
  • Case
    Phanteks Enthoo Pro White
  • Storage
    Samsung 860 EVO 1TB boot SSD + 500Gb WD Blue + 2TB WD Green
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    Corsair RM750x
  • Display(s)
    AOC 24G2U and Dell P2418D
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    Arctic Freezer i32
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    Razer Huntsman TE
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  1. 6 year forum anniversary. Time flies damn.

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    2. Lurick

      Lurick

      Wow, I didn't even realized it's been that long, nor did I realize you joined like a week after me 😛

    3. Crunchy Dragon
    4. NTDaws

      NTDaws

      I enjoy how you and I joined around the same time.

  2. If this feature is added, every single post on that platform will have more downvotes than likes.
  3. A new iPhone SE would be in a weird place IMO. If they keep the current iPhone 8 design, the battery life is going to be atrocious, especially when you are using 5G making it a pretty bad purchase. If they adopt the iPhone 11/iPhone XR design to fit a bigger battery it is going to cannibalize iPhone 13 sales since (excluding the pros) there aren't enough added features to make the price difference worth it. I'd like to see this iPhone SE have an iPhone 8 Plus body so that they can fit a proper size battery in it, if they did that the SE would be one of the best value for money phones on the market.
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    2. Lightwreather

      Lightwreather

      I'm reading this in J2¢'s iFixit ad voice.

      It's far more hilarious

    3. TVwazhere

      TVwazhere

      17 minutes ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

      I'm reading this in J2¢'s iFixit ad voice.

      It's far more hilarious

      This is the only correct way to read this.

    4. TVwazhere

      TVwazhere

      Sometimes I come back to this to make myself laugh

  4. Maybe complicated wasn't the right word. How about cumbersome? Basically half the information/reviews you find about the phone you want to buy is for a version that is not available in your region. If the difference between the 2 is small like it is with the S21 then it's no big deal, but this has typically not been the case with one version being clearly better than the other.
  5. This is only true for the S21. Historically the difference between exynos and snapdragon has been more significant. It's really not though. Samsung is the only major phone manufacturer that has different SoCs for different regions in their high end models. A different modem for the different bands used in different regions doesn't make any meaningful difference to anyone, a different SoC does. I think when it comes to battery life absolute values are more important than percentages. Battery capacity is not a constant, power draw is. The more efficient chip will have significantly better battery life a year or two down the line if the difference is already at 8% for two brand new devices.
  6. I remember that Apple got a decent amount of shit for the SoC differences in the 6s and I don't think they ever did that again. The difference in modems has to do with the different data bands in different regions, no? Everyone does that I think. If exynos is better it's still a problem though. It's just that Americans will be getting the short end of the stick instead of Europeans. I agree that with the S21 it's no big deal because they are about the same in every way, but this is basically the only time this has ever happened.
  7. I'm not complaining about exynos. I just want consistency. It just makes no sense to me that two people can spend the same amount of money and buy the same phone and get a different experience because one lives in the US and the other in Europe. The 1-2 hours worse SoT for the exynos was quite common in "real world" tests done on YouTube as far as I remember, since real world use is what we are talking about.
  8. You'd be surprised. Browsing tiktok or something on 5G and playing some light mobile games can actually drain the battery quite quickly.
  9. Yep, which is why 1-2 hours worse screen on time is not a minor issue. If you watch a review which claims that this phone lasts all day with heavy use and you get one that doesn't, you'd feel a little cheated. And as the phone ages, the difference will get worse and worse to the point where charging the phone will become a hassle. That's kind of my point. People should just be able to walk into a store and buy tHe lAtEsT samsung, no strings attached. Right now, only half of the world can buy the latest samsung, the others get the latest samsung but slightly worse in every way.
  10. Which is precisely the problem. The average customer will just watch one or two reviews which are typically from the US and just go to a store and buy one not knowing that the phone they are buying may not actually be the exact same as the one the reviewer has. I disagree that it doesn't affect most people. Yes, the performance difference is probably not going to be noticed unless you are running benchmarks, but things like overheating and battery life are very much noticeable by the average user. Iirc, the exynos version of the S20 and the S10 had 1-2 hours less screen on time compared to the snapdragon version, which is quite significant and is going to make a difference even to the average user who has no idea what an exynos is. If you are spending $1k for a phone, you should know exactly what you are getting, even if you are not very tech savvy. An iPhone from the US is no different than an iPhone from Europe, the same should hold true for samsung phones.
  11. Maybe it's not the best time, but they really should eventually choose to either go exynos or snapdragon only. More often than not, the 2 variants have a relatively big difference in performance and battery life which makes shopping for a high end samsung phone too complicated. Granted, this difference was minimized with the S21, but that's the exception rather than the rule. My biggest concern if that were the case would be battery life, especially considering that the S22 lineup will be up against the iPhone 13s which have some of the best battery lives on the market.
  12. Ben Shapiro PC built with facts and logic when? In all seriousness, hilarious video, definitely one of the funniest I've seen in a while.
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