Get in? Get out? Either way, be prepared to go through what we have to go through to get to the finished product. This is not for the faint of heart. If you are impatient, don't do it. It's a long, drawn out process and everyone should realize this before they jump on board. Relax, breath and chill. The long, bumpy ride will be worth the end result. It will actually make you look forward to the next Beta. This will be my 3rd or 4th time and I'm super excited to be a part of finding the flaws and helping to get them fixed. Either way, Good luck!
I agree ๐ with everything you said and I feel like the reason they are doing another one ui in the same year as the "supposed stable version" of 7 is to fix all the problems that were still there on 7. I was a part of the beta for 7 and let's just say if I had to pick a beta that was the worst I've participated in it was beta 7. There were so many problems and bugs and uncertainty and I couldn't believe they released the S25's running the software that was still buggy and imo wasn't complete or stable enough to be put on the newest phones. I got the S25 Ultra 2 weeks ago and I thought ๐ญ before I joined the beta and I would recommend that to anyone who does for the future and even if you have participated in 4 or 5 or more it's always good to think ๐ค about what it will entail and to make sure you come first like you said and to make sure it's not going to affect or impact your life negatively and to remember it could get worse before it gets better. 2 same model phones, on the same network, at the same address, side by side, running the beta, can experience totally opposite affects of the beta software or any software for that matter so I feel like people should also keep that in mind. I agree ๐ with you about everything you said and it does feel like they released an unfinished product with 7 and if anyone went through the beta from 6 to 7 they will understand what we are talking about. I will have to think ๐ค about each beta to decide if I want to participate but I won't probably join the first beta. Maybe the second after it's been released for a week like I did this beta. I read on every tech article that the 1st beta is usually not the best to join in during and after doing several betas from the beginning I definitely agree ๐ with that as well. So for me I will look at the beta on the second wave of them and determine what is best for me. This may not be everyone's thought ๐ญ process but I'm just talking about mine. I am not as eager to jump on in the beginning anymore
Always do what feels right for you, not trends, not what others buy into etc and read critically. I was literally buying new devices every years since 2014. My first Samsung pone was the S5, bought an LG the next year, then an S7 in 2016, it failed (my fault overall but Samsung would not cover the warranty since it was bought out of the US market). Awesome phone for the 3 months it lasted and arguably then the best camera. I then got a OnePlus 3t (I miss the Oxygen OS, the best closet to pure android I have ever sued), then I was all Samsung the next year starting with the Note 8.
Then I got the S9 for my wife in 2018, the S10 in 2019 (IMO the best Samsung phone ever), the S21 Ultra in 21, the S22U in 22. Then it stopped, because the S22U while great, was barely an upgrade over the 21U. And the 23-24 were not worth the money, almost the same hardware in the cameras with faster chips. I got the S25U and I am happy with it, but I am aware with how little of an improvement to the camera hardware from 2020 to today has been, with almost the same hardware and now, nearly no more new software to improve images (I think Samsung hit a peak it cannot make higher). Samsung is selling (like Apple the past 3-4 years) cosmetic changes as new features and improvements. I am not buying into that. If the camera hardware is not substantially improved (like having 1' sensors) I will be moving on again. As I noted in another thread, the lack of competition in the US allows Apple and Samsung to regurgitate the hardware sold with different interfaces and news stuff. Some people buy into it. I for one do not sit at make over my UI every other day to make it look good to my eyes while the hardware does not improve.
Yes exactly. Its high rick because Samsung don't have a good customer service so if you face any problem they are not able to fix and you have to fix it yourself. And that happened to me on my watch. It got stuck on beta since last year they couldn't figure out what wrong with it. So joining the beta is a high risk to lose your device
