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Galaxy Unpacked 2018 - 5pm this Sunday

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Hey guys,

MWC is fast approaching (Day 1 kicks off Mon 26th!) and as seems to be tradition, there's some excitement happening before hand. Samsung are holding a 'Galaxy Unpacked 2018' event this Sunday from 5pm UK time. Now, we've no idea what Samsung plan to talk about but for the tech-savvy folk here, we're sure you've got a few ideas wink.

You can watch Samsung's own live stream of the event when it starts right here.

Keep your eyes peeled on the O2 Twitter and/or Facebook accounts and we'll break any news as and when it happens. If something does happen, we'll update everyone on the O2 Community too. And if you're really intrigued, you can register for updates here.

So, who's excited? We got any Samsung fans here who think they know what we'll see?


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@viridiswrote:
Something like that I guess.
I have great confidence that a few surprises are coming at MWC

Then I too have confidence...😏

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So, who liked what they saw from Samsung this evening?

If you're *that* tempted by it, check this out 😉


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The clarity and colours on Samsung screens are second to none, I’d love to own one...  but it’s the bloatware and touch wiz that I can’t stand.

 

And having seen a few snippets and read bits it seems that there’s nothing substantially new to the S9. Can’t see there being a big rush for this! 

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@Anonymouswrote:

The clarity and colours on Samsung screens are second to none, I’d love to own one...  but it’s the bloatware and touch wiz that I can’t stand.

 

And having seen a few snippets and read bits it seems that there’s nothing substantially new to the S9. Can’t see there being a big rush for this! 


I had a note 4 (which sadly died), coming straight from a nexus 5 (and nexus 4 before that).  I also have a Galaxy Tab S2 (after a Tab S and both Nexus 7s. The bloat and touchwiz are over exaggerated .They really are not bad. If you don't like the front end, just put Nova Launcher on the device.

Lest you think I'm a fanboy, I should say my current phone is a Huawei Mate 9 and I will not be buying a Samsung flagship any time soon due to thin and tall screens with permanent reflections down both sides from the curved edges  

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If honest I had never heard of Touchwiz on my Note 4. Then I started getting prompts to install it. I ignored them till I turned my phone off completely then they were the only two options I had on the black screen when I turned it back on.

Launched easy touchwiz...blumming nightmare. Then@MI5told me to to go to settings and install Touchwiz, not the easy option (they were the only two available). That seemed ok but there were some things still missing, like the facility for blocking numbers. When I checked settings again, I then had the option to return to standard settings. I did that and all fine now.

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Touchwiz is just the Samsung name for their launcher which has been for years.
The problem you faced was a change made by Samsung to make it supposedly easier for people to use that aren’t possibly all that tech savvy.
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@MI5wrote:
Touchwiz is just the Samsung name for their launcher which has been for years.
The problem you faced was a change made by Samsung to make it supposedly easier for people to use that aren’t possibly all that tech savvy.

Well I fit into that category, though I was 'savvy enough' to deal with the launcher already installed. Also savvy enough to reset it back to standard when I decided I didn't like Touchwiz, whatever version they decided to force on me.

Reading Samsung forums I am certainly not alone in my dislike of touchwiz...

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Everyone loves to bemoan Touchwiz but it’s just a launcher that can be easily changed if it bothers the user that much wink
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So @MI5 what launcher was on the Note 4 originally?

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Just standard Touchwiz with no fancy add ons.
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