Samsung S23 series

The Smart View Wallet Case arrived this morning. It's fairly rubbish. The exterior is very smooth and doesn't have a great grip, and the front lid flaps up and down as there's no magnet to keep it down.

No sign of the trade-in pack yet.

The CaseBorne ArmadilloTek case I bought on Amazon arrived on Saturday, and it's very chunky, but the phone feels very safe in it.

The phone is great, but two things bother me:

The pop up notification when a Google Clock timer ends doesn't show when the phone is awake, but do when the screen is locked. I drag down the notification panel to stop the alarm. The app is unrestricted, so it's not gone to sleep, and it even happens on a 5-second timer. Notifications allowed too.

Android Auto (wired and wireless) refuses to connect to my Skoda Kamiq, but that appears to be a widespread problem, unfortunately. Not for everyone, but there's a Google community post about it with 153 "me too" upvotes. I can still play audio through Bluetooth but no Android Auto interface. Cleared cache, then data, reinstalled Android Auto, tried the new cable that came with the phone. Resetting the phone might help as it's an upgrade from an S21U, but I'm not setting up everything from scratch just to test that.

Edit: fixed the notification problem by setting the notification pop-up style from brief to detailed again.

Case finally with anpost so should get it tomorrow!

Upgraded to an S23 Ultra from an S10+. Well worth it in my opinion. The screen is brilliant and I don't think I could go back to a 60hz display now. Have an otterbox defender case on. The port covers are very handy for me as I use the phone on building sites.

I haven't used the camera much yet but have had some impressive results so far.

First time using 5G and very impressed with the speeds. I'm getting 5G in places I didn't get 4G before.

Bear in mind the below speed test was done with a clear view of the transmitter.

spigen.pl, case dispatched on 14/2, its arrived to an post Dublin today 21/2, should be door delivered to me tomorrow

8 calendar days all in if it delivers to me tomorrow

Updated yesterday afternoon, noticed no difference myself. Battery seems to be fantastic. 40-60% used/day for me. I do have a lot of stock sh!te disabled and uninstalled where possible as well as a good few apps set to sleep to keep the background activity to the neccessities

Trade in pack just popped through my letter box......

Return pack arrived about 20 mins ago. Did ye include chargers/cables or just the phone itself?

Do you need original box, don't think i have it

Are you using a screen protector with it? I got some tempered glass ones from amazon, but the edges keep popping up on the glass.

Just using one the plastic ones from Amazon I posted a link to it bit earlier in the thread. No issues at all with it using it with two different cases apart from it being a fingerprint magnet haha.

I'm not looking for another phone and it didn't come from a Samsung store.

I'll give you 500 😄

Hi folks, can anyone tell me how i put the phone on silent and have it vibrate only for phone calls, i dont need a vibration for every whatsapp email etc but be handy not to miss a call.

Surely if there supplying you free post packaging to return the item to them and they don't mention having to pay for anything extra then its on them if something goes wrong?

Thinking about getting this as well, does it add much bulk to the phone?

got trade in pack also and An-Post are unable to scan it, have never seen a label like it before. Rang the number on one of the documents also and spoke to Exertis who re-iterated just put it in the An-Post letter box... to which I'm not too keen to send it back without tracking or visibility praying it gets back there and does not disappear into thin air. Don't think its too fair as this is the shambolic return service they offer, the service should be paid for by them with working tracking functionality, they offer a lower market trade in value for the phones.

Awaiting a callback from Samsung about it (Exertis said they sent a message to them to call me)