Earlier this week, my hubby surprised me with a brand-new Android phone. Last Saturday we stopped by the Celcom Digi shop in The Gardens Mall to explore data packages and test out the latest phones. Both our phones, nearing five years of service, had become increasingly frustrating—lagging, shutting down randomly, and struggling to keep up with our daily needs.
After testing various options, hubby chose the newly launched Oppo Find X8 Pro, while I decided on the Samsung S24 Ultra. For me, the most important feature of a phone is the camera, and I’m thrilled with my choice. Having previously used phones from Samsung, Huawei, and Oppo, I can confidently say that Samsung’s camera quality is unparalleled.
The Samsung S24 Ultra’s camera is a game-changer! Its night scene mode produces sharp, vibrant photos, and the blurred background feature adds a professional touch to my snapshots like they were taken using a DSLR camera. With five lenses, it’s a far cry from my old Oppo phone, which only had one lens and delivered lackluster photos. I can’t wait to use it for taking food photos!
Getting a new (and often more advanced) phone is often exciting but with it comes a fair share of headaches. Transferring data, re-registering shopping apps, reactivating bank apps and biometrics, and reregistering 2FA were tedious tasks that took almost two days for me. The most troublesome part was reactivating Secure2U for my banking apps which required going to the banks.
Friday morning saw me at my bank’s counter to activate the phone touch screen secure feature, and later that evening, I visited another bank’s ATM for Secure2U activation. After completing the process, I still had to wait 18 hours before I could make any transactions. It reminded me of the hassle of getting a new phone number—everything has to start afresh.
Amidst all the chaos, my smarty pants Cass stepped in. For RM35 (her way of earning extra pocket money for skating fees), she transferred all my data, including apps from the old phone to the new phone seamlessly with a little help from Google. Thanks to her, I had more time to focus on my work while she earned her well-deserved reward.
Despite the initial inconveniences, I couldn’t be happier with my Samsung S24 Ultra. The stunning photo quality with AI technology, paired with the phone’s sleek design in violet titanium, makes it a worthy investment.
I still need to get a phone cover for my phone.
Another lesson learned – after sticking the fiber glass screen protector onto my phone, my finger print was no longer recognized by all my eWallet accounts and bank apps! And I had to re-do everything again. More time wasted.
Note to self for future – stick the screen protector on the phone BEFORE registering for finger print login on my shopping and banking apps!
No. of times viewed = 10
