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I hate my new phone

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TheBeesKnee · 17/02/2023 23:00

Just a whinge.

I had a Google Pixel for years. The battery was getting knackered and DP very generously bought me a new phone for Christmas. It's a Samsung and I just cannot get on with it. I liked it in the shop because it was the right size (I can't handle the large phones) and the operating system was android so pretty familiar.

Every day there's a new niggle which irritates me. The keyboard. The search function. The alarm. The camera. The Bluetooth. The weather widget not updating unless you open it. The screen is so sensitive it jumps selling like crazy. Notifications not coming through consistently/correctly. Yes, I do try to Google solutions as things come up but it's very frustrating when you're used to stuff just working.

I've tried really hard to get on with it but it's been a couple of months and it's outside of the returns warranty so I am stuck with it. I wish I had told him not to do it and just saved up the money for a replacement myself. I think if I'd have bought it myself I would have admitted much sooner that I didn't like it and sent it back. As it is, I feel bad about wasting his money if I was to sell it on and buy a different phone.

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WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 17/02/2023 23:01

Put it up for sale on ebay or facebook marketplace? Or are you stuck in a contract?

TheBeesKnee · 17/02/2023 23:10

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 17/02/2023 23:01

Put it up for sale on ebay or facebook marketplace? Or are you stuck in a contract?

I don't think I'd get as much as he bought it for and it feels rude to sell a gift so soon after getting it? Idk 😭

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Soproudoflionesses · 17/02/2023 23:14

Oh no op l love my Samsung!! Apart from the typos it does - that drives me mad

ouch321 · 17/02/2023 23:18

I'm surprised you are struggling so much. Used Samsung for years but have played about with the Pixel and it seems pretty similar to me.

Stressybetty · 17/02/2023 23:20

I have a Pixel 6, DH has my old pixel 4a, I resisted getting the pixel 7 pro although I really wanted it and waiting for the next one. I find it really difficult to adapt to a new phone as well op. Maybe chat to DH and see if he's ok with you selling that and getting something different.

Livinghappy · 17/02/2023 23:22

What model do you have?

Namechangingagain111 · 17/02/2023 23:28

I've recently swapped from a Samsung to a Pixel and thought they were very similar

Are you sure that some of your niggles can't be sorted? (e.g. don't like the keyboard? select another one)

In terms of the screen jumping and notifications not working consistently - could these be faults rather than a general feature of the Samsungs? (I know a few people with new Samsungs and they're really really happy with them)

TheBeesKnee · 17/02/2023 23:48

Livinghappy · 17/02/2023 23:22

What model do you have?

S22! By all accounts a good phone, we're just not made for each other 💔

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TheBeesKnee · 17/02/2023 23:49

Namechangingagain111 · 17/02/2023 23:28

I've recently swapped from a Samsung to a Pixel and thought they were very similar

Are you sure that some of your niggles can't be sorted? (e.g. don't like the keyboard? select another one)

In terms of the screen jumping and notifications not working consistently - could these be faults rather than a general feature of the Samsungs? (I know a few people with new Samsungs and they're really really happy with them)

It could be? I just feel like I'm constantly googling how to fix things. Some are resolved and some are not.

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Mumof1andacat · 17/02/2023 23:56

What network are you on? Go back to say the 3 (for example) they will happily talk you through it. I would say the weather widget generally only updates if you have your location on all the time.

Mumof1andacat · 17/02/2023 23:58

Sorry the 3 shop (example] I have had Samsungs for about 20 years. Never had any real issues. I hate iphone

housemaus · 18/02/2023 00:17

Haha - I had a Pixel, then got the S21 and am now due an upgrade and I'm going back to the Pixel.

I hate Samsung's operating system - it looks and feels clunky to me, nothing ever works smoothly.

See what you can get for trade in on it. It's very nice of your partner but you have to use it every day!

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