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yonder

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6. Similar to yourself, I'm looking to replace my old S9 bought in 2018 with probably an S25 base model.

Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:45 AM

Apr 2025

The S9 has been a great, problem free phone but is outdated, slow and worse yet, has been unsupported for a while now. The S25 is way more phone than I need but with luck, the service life will be similar. Also, Samsung claims it is now offering 7 years of support for their new flagships. We’ll see.

Like yourself, I have questions about this old dog learning new tricks too. If I follow through with the purchase, it'll be fun to see if I get on to its capabilities or will it become like so many other digital things with me these days: Learn just enough about it to do just enough. It's just a phone, right?

Good luck William769 - to both you and me.

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I brought a Samsung Galaxy S10 when they came out in 2019 [View all] William769 Apr 2025 OP

Sorry I can't help, still on the Note 9 EverHopeful Apr 2025 #1

Thank you for the reply & yes buying the new phone was an impulse buy. William769 Apr 2025 #2

Folio cases are great. I'm still using an old S9 with an Otterbox folio case. yonder Apr 2025 #5

Gorilla Glass is the glass screen of choice for Samsung, that's why iPhones break so easy, they lack that Shellback Squid Apr 2025 #3

Both of us should have bought a case for it! Jack Valentino Apr 2025 #4

Similar to yourself, I'm looking to replace my old S9 bought in 2018 with probably an S25 base model. yonder Apr 2025 #6

I hate tech and do not ever understand it but..... BigmanPigman Apr 2025 #7

No, mine's a S24+. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #8

Found a great video for getting started with S25 ultra EverHopeful Apr 2025 #9

Thanks William769 Apr 2025 #11

Well the S25 ultra seems, so far, to work pretty much like earlier Note phones EverHopeful Apr 2025 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author William769 Apr 2025 #10

Hope I'm not bugging you with this EverHopeful Apr 2025 #13

Start with what you need to do with the phone. tinrobot Apr 2025 #14

All I know is it is huge ecstatic Apr 2025 #15

You can use an Ai search to ask for anything with the phone you need to know. Used it on my Samsung Zfold. RoeVWade Apr 2025 #16