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.

I wonder if they are waiting for the 14 day cooling period to end. I'd say it gets messy if you decide to return the phone and they have to return the old phone to you.

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......

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 sent my trade in phone back today. I handed it in the post office but didn't get a receipt as it would not scan. Anyone else have this problem?

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