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4 Star Reviews

Ben

10/15/2023, 12:00:00 AM

Needed a new phone after my last one ran out of security updates. I liked my previous Galaxy S10E and decided to stick to a straight upgrade. Bought on Prime Day for 50 dollars more than the MSRP of the (oversized and lower spec) S23FE. Unfortunately, it came with a dead pixel from the factory and needed the screen replaced. Warranty covered it, but still sucks that it slipped through QC. Since getting that sorted, I'm very happy with the phone. Battery life is great, transfer from my previous device was smooth, it seems to run games well if you care about that in a phone, Only other issue is that it charges very slowly, and my wireless car charger that worked with my S10E's fast charging is apparently not compatible with the S23's fast charging. Not sure what changed there. No charger is included. 5 years of security updates should get me well into 2028, by which point the EU's new rules requiring user-replaceable batteries will have kicked in and affected manufacturing worldwide, so now it's just a matter of maintaining the battery's health until B-day. As of this writing, it's approximately 2 months to go before the S24 is announced. Unless that phone introduces an unexpected game-changing must-have feature (QI2 magnetic charging is likely, but that doesn't matter much to me), this one will still serve you extremely well and should easily last until you can (finally!!) get a user-serviceable device again.