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Day 2 with my new phone. Sorry Windows phone, but you lose. Android on this phone is freaking awesome and this is a gorgeous phone.
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And then people say, Apple geeks are awkward for always embracing the new technology based on its design only. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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Or, in this case, because it feels better designed, faster and more responsive than the HTC M8 that I had before.
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Mind counting the sugar you had to add to the pile to get this beauty? 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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A lot cheaper than you might think. Samsung have a promotion on at the moment.
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Now, that's something unexpected! 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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What I'm wondering about is, what the reason to replace a two years old phone? Was it broken?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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It might as well have been. It was a truly horrible experience at the end. Each software update degraded the experience of the phone, bit by bit.
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Samsung seems to have issues with embedded software of their devices. In recent months there were countless complaints on the Amazon website that "upgrading" the embedded code of Samsung SSDs, completely ruined the devices. The bad part is that the SSDs out of the box worked fine, until they were upgraded.
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I felt the same way when I got my $50 Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (quadcore) running Android 4.4.
Just got it in December and I am still very happy with it.
Inexpensive, large screen, beautiful display and very responsive.
It Identifies Music
One thing I love is being at some eatery or store and a song is playing and I wonder what it is. I just say, "Ok Google, what is this song?" It tells me. 
modified 12-Mar-16 19:50pm.
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My wife has had a couple of Samsungs (Stratosphere and S4 Mini?) and liked them, but the screens seemed to degrade after just a year or two. Still, I'm suggesting she try the S7 Edge. She's due. She's mostly unsure about having such a large phone.
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Unlocked or through a provider? In the US, this thing will set you back $780 USD. True, it's buy one, get one free, but really - that's pretty pricey. But I'm a cheap guy, I use a phone for the phone. I get maybe 10 calls / month on my cell. Most are robo calls.
cg
I did look into trading in my phone. My S2 will get me a credit of $3.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Through a provider.
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Something that is bugging me about Windows 10 is that in File Explorer I can't seem to get rid of the pane on the right. Under the menu View, there is the option to select *either* of them, but it seems that there is no way to select *neither* of them.  I like to use the Details view in the center pane along with the Navigation pane on the left, and generally like to have as much real estate as possible for the Details view, so that I can have lots of attributes displayed. Now, sometimes I do want to have that right pane, so I want a way to easily change it back & forth as I please.
Any ideas?
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Not sure what you are talking about??? Under View, I see the Preview and Details options but I can turn both off so that I have nothing to the right. The choices are either or neither.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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OK, I see that I need to simply click on selection to deselect it - it's like a hybrid checkbox/radio-button )i.e., a radio button that deselects when clicking on the current selection.)
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Both just look like buttons on my system, and work independently.
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Because I know we have some foodies here, and we're all technology nerds to a greater or lesser extent.
And I've just bought (a couple of weeks ago) a couple of cheap ceramic knives - $7 for a 4" (10cm), $12 for a 6" (16cm) and I'm seriously impressed.
I got 'em because Herself has sharpened all my Sabatier knives at the wrong angle, and blunted the lot - so it's going to take me a week with a whetstone to get 'em back, and they'll probably never hold an edge as well again. And I figured that if she plays with the short ceramic, she'll leave mine alone in future...
But the 6" ceramic is gorgeous! It glides through meat and veg so nicely that I may get more. And so far it hasn't needed any edge touch up. I know it will - but you can buy electric diamond sharpening wheels - and I know you have to use wood or plastic cutting boards, but so far it's held it's edge very nicely.
Anyone else tried 'em? Any comments you'd care to share?
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Maybe it was too cheap (I have no idea really, it was a gift), but the tip broke off in a dishwasher accident.
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I wouldn't dishwash my decent knives (or decent glassware, if I had some) so that isn't a real problem! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: $7 for a 4" (10cm), $12 for a 6" (16cm)
Did you left Wales for an oversea trip?
I'm still using steel knifes. But at such low prices it doesn't matter if a ceramic knife breaks or steel one gets edgeless.
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No - it's just easier for most of the world to equate value to the US dollar than the UK pound!
In UK, it was £5 and £9 - but that's probably doesn't mean a lot to anyone outside the UK.
Jochen Arndt wrote: But at such low prices it doesn't matter if a ceramic knife breaks or steel one gets edgeless
That's what I figured - I paid way, way more than that for my decent steel knives (heck, I paid way more than that for my diamond steel to sharpen 'em with) and they've given me good service for over ten years. But sharpen 'em at the wrong angle...or in one of those "V" blocks without even reading the instructions, and ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: cheap ceramic knives
So your ceramic knives were a steel? How confusing!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I hate them. (well, not really, I tried and broke 2 small paring knives)
They cut super nice, and stay sharp, BUT...
They are too fragile, they break if you cut something too hard (bones), they break if you drop them.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I have a meat cleaver and a hacksaw for bones, and I try really hard not to drop anything sharp (because I have a tendency to try to catch them with a hand or foot before they land and that generally gets painful)
But I agree, they aren't going to be as robust as steel. But they do slice meat beautifully....
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