I went for the Spigen Tough Armor case in the end and it's not that much more expensive than in the US or Europe, surprisingly at AR$4500.
Delivery is a tad long though at 14 days.
Posts from Splinter in thread „Android phones“
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Samsung finally collected the trade-in Galaxy S9 with the broken screen, nearly three weeks following the Note 20 purchase. At least they have stuck to the $20,000 trade-in price which is being credited back to the card on a monthly basis, so that's something.
All I have to do now is sell the Galaxy S8.
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The camera has a 108mp function which results in some incredible detail, but at a cost of around 25MB per shot, bearing in mind that most high quality photos from phones are around 2-3MB.
Here's one I took earlier at 12,000 x 9000 pixel resolution (28.4MB), resized to 1440 x 1080 (831KB) and it still looks pretty good.
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I can't help myself. If it's shiny...
More pics.
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I ordered the phone on Tuesday afternoon and it arrived today at 1630. I was able to track it and see the delivery car, urging the lady to drive a little faster!
It's quite a beast, so I'll write more when I've played with it for a while and found a decent case for it as they are quite scarce.
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How about this for a kickass case?
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You get a Watch Active 2 or the Buds as a gift? Then, that's not bad at all, especially with those interest-free payments.
Can anyone tell me why my credit cards don't have limits this high? My limit is 42,000, which these days is not much at all. I admit not much cash goes through my bank and I am not a monitributo or anything like that, could that be the reason why they won't increase my limit? Considering the situation, 18 months no interest would be something I would be interested in. Less so dropping 140,000 in one go.
My other half is an accountant and she says that you can ask to have your limit increased, but they may need proof of income and all that kind of thing.
Without trying to justify the purchase too much, lol, we bought a 4K TV for AR$15,000 a couple of years ago on 50 payments of AR$300.
How many cups of coffee can you buy with $300 which is now about US$2?
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It's quite a hike actually. The Note 10+ is 100k and the Note 20 Ultra is 140k.
Having said that, on 18 months interest-free payments through Samsung Arg, the extra cost would be manageable, especially with inflation the way it is. However, they have now run out of stock and I'm having to look elsewhere. I'll probably go direct to Claro now since I'm with them anyway, but they only offer 12 months interest-free.
Common sense/economics say Note 10+, but...
Update!
The Note 20 Ultra came back into stock so we bought it.
There were other reasons for going with this offer, apart from 18 months interest-free payments:
Adri's lad has an S9 which he dropped and the screen is broken, but the phone works. The trade-in gives us AR$20,000 on that, subject to scrutiny.
There is also a Samsung Members e-Voucher for AR$20,000 valid till 1st October where I can choose a Galaxy Watch Active 2, Galaxy Buds, or some other gifts like Office 365 and YouTube Premium.
Not such a bad deal in the end
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I'm weighing up the options between the Note 20 Ultra and the Note 10+, with the latter being the most sensible option from a price point of view.
The reason I'm hesitating is that the Note 20 Ultra is very expensive and for the price you don't even get a 5G option, a service which will surely come to Argentina shortly.
It does offer a 120Hz screen and a 108 megapixel camera with some other fancy functions, but for the price difference, my head says the Note 10+.
Any thoughts Semigoodlooking ?
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In the real world, I'd probably move to either the Note 9 or the S10+ when prices begin to tumble. I recall buying the Note 8 for less than £500 last year (new price around £950)
Having said that, the Note 8 performs flawlessly for me with 6gb of RAM, the Exynos CPU, 64Gb internal and a 64Gb SD card. Also, a rugged Spigen Tough armour case takes care of those little accidents.
For me one of the biggest advantages of most Android phones over Apple is the storage expansion.
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No sooner had I bought a Galaxy Note 8 (OK , that was last year) then the Note 9 came out and now we have the Note 10 which packs more power than many people's computers.
The Note 10+ uses an octacore 2.73 Ghz CPU, 12Gb of memory, 512Gb of internal storage which can be expanded to 1Tb by using an SD card. It also packs a 6.8" super amoled FHD screen and of course the SPen.
It's rather expensive though at around £1200, so I'll be waiting until it's been around for a couple of years.
