Don't know so much about a case, because the cases that hypothetically DO come with the phone are cheap by comparison. But the other things though like the charging brick and headphones, definitely.
It for sure should come with charger but i would prefer to get 10ft long cable fast charging set with usb and usb c adapter to use in car over cheap case and headphones
@@3arthandsky Exactly. Although in my opinion as long as it came with a long enough cable I would prefer to get the charger myself. But that's just me. The cheap case and headphones though, NO WAY. Because those cases are so flimsy that it isn't funny. I would rather get a good case myself too.
@@Themeparkanxiety If they didn't care, they wouldn't be charging. The modern world works on microtransactions, and paid subscriptions. In the 2000s, you'd be right. But in today's world, companies make their money by finding ways to keep consumers paying over and over for a product they already purchased.
You're absolutely correct. The average end user wouldn't use these feature enough to justify any sort of extra payment or subscription. I'm disgusted with corporate greed.
I got a violet 512gb international model on sale in CAD for WAY less than any plan or current deal and I love this phone. If samsung pulls the rug on me, I'll take my losses and sell this phone for another one that won't charge me this subscripton-as-a-service nonsense. This SAAS garbage needs to end. I hope this decision honestly tanks their stock.
I am glad i kept my s20 plus 5G it has the both sim and memory card slot the way to expand the s24 ultra would be for the mmc manufactures to make a memory card the same size as the sim card ?
It’s the same trick they used when Samsung removed the expandable memory SD card slot just to make you buy a more expensive phone if you want more storage.
No your actually stupid if you think a micro SD and actual SSD storage are the same thing. Also they did it to spend the money on better engineering for other components instead of wasted space for the stupid micro SD assembly. We're in the future you can backup to drives and plug into a pc you dont need micro SD cards which are notorious for failing and loosing information
The FE is going to be charged. The s24u will NOT be charged. You read that wrong. That said I'd be willing to pay a dollar a month for to be able to override the fullness setting of my screen being bright I don't care what the temperature of the phone is. What's the temperature is 104 degrees Fahrenheit I want to have full brightness when I'm driving on Google maps and I want to have full brightness when I'm recording video or taking a photo.
What I'm worried about is companies prioritizing their AI features and beginning to neglect or even cut corners on stuff that I actually care about like camera sensors etc...
Here's a novel idea. How about sticking AI up your YKW and make a phone that has decent reception and can make a quality call. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Samsung from first day of releasing S24 said the AI services will be free for 2 years and after that part of these services will not be free. so nothing new here
@@Kratatch The point though is, why is any of this new, if people knew that from the start when the S24 lineup was released? And be realistic, most of these AI features that are in the phone, are Samsung based. This is most likely not a Samsung thing, but a Google thing considering that Samsung uses Google, so realistically the ONLY thing that is going to be paid will most likely be Circle to Search.
@@jordanking7711 circle to search is cool, but screenshotting and using google lens is basically the same thing. And if they start charging me for google lens as well then I'm just gonna have to use my brain and search a little smarter.
My guess is that Apple won't charge in the same way. This is where the smarter architecture of the Apple solution makes more sense. Biggest chunk of AI runs on your processor in your phone, free forever, you own that processor., In the Apple Private Cloud it's running on Apple silicon, much less expensive than Nvidia processors. Finally the entire Private Cloud runs in data centers powered by renewable energy. Voila, no cost electricity. Final step of using Open AI or Google is an option that those companies might charge for. This is where Apple becomes the most widely used platform for AI.
I dont even use AI. I will tell apple or samsung to just disable all AI crap on my phone. World is all about money. Soon as people realise thats what everything is about, you can find fun ways to hold onto your funds.
That’s because you’re not creative. I use it every day lol. It’s easy for somebody without any creative energy to say I don’t use it because you probably don’t lol. Big deal. No one cares if he use it or not I use it every day.
@@AshieMC95 actually I buy a new phone every year. I have four cell phones. I’m gonna replace my iPhone next, but you’re right if I do have to pay for this, I’ll just trade it in for a newer one. But anyways, no one gives a damn if he use it or not who cares if you use it I use it every day.
I think with the AI thing, just like so many others, we become the product. They'll find a way to monetize our AI searches for example so they can sell us stuff. Or possibly bundle in the AI features with cloud storage. With all these things, our data is being stored, AI models are being trained. I was looking at washing machines lately and discovered that even the cheapest ones had both internet connectivity and 'AI technology' - the ability to analyse what clothes were in the wash. Of all the features they could have dropped to make the machine a third of the price of the competitors, they kept those in. Why? Because now they know what clothes we wear and they can tell advertisers on the internet who can advertise to us. In every aspect of our lives now, we're becoming the product.
In all the reviews of these washing machines, people didn't understand why their washing machine needed an app, given they had to be at the machine to put the clothes and soap in anyway. There was no percevable benefit to the customer to having an internet-connected washer. But I think that's the thing, they're missing the point. It's NOT about benefitting the customer, it's about benefitting advertisers who can sell to them. They don't need to ever 'use' the app, so long as they've signed up to it and connected their machine to their Wi-Fi as the setup instructions no doubt tell them to do, that's all the manufacturer needs. The rest is just free data for advertisers, and very valuable too, given they know what people actually wear regularly, that would need replacing, and not just the things they buy once and leave in their closet. Crazy times we live in.
I would hope that you're not required to connect to the net for the machine to work ...and if you're not required to connect, don't. That said, I hope all my existing appliances last forever, just in case.
@@Heisenberg-src You're not, thankfully - not yet anyway! However the vast number of reviews I read were complaining about how the App was pointless, which means they've completed the critical step of actually connecting the machine to their Wi-fi. They can delete the app on the phone, (and many probably have), but unless they go through the whole process of deregistering their machine, it's still sending off info!
That is crazy!! I still use my top load old school dial washer. I had no idea the new washers connected to the Internet, that is insane! There is no reason for that, except like you said to sell our data and try to make us buy things. I bet it’s really expensive to fix the little sensors in those if something breaks.
We are already paying for the phone bill monthly and sometimes the phone monthly. To add on something else for us to pay even more money for monthly is unacceptable.
Same here. Next to never, do I use AI. I find it gimmicky. But I did buy the 24 ultra for that feature. And pass... don't want Gemini to have access to my life.
I think these companies are overestimating the number of customers that use AI most people I know usually just turn the stuff off cuz it's an annoyance
I also don't use the AI features on my s24u due to their atrocious updated privacy policy. So they basically want us to pay even more to take even more of our data. Great deal.
No way I'm paying for AI fluff. And thanks to this nonsense technology, Samsung will be putting all their efforts into this instead of improving hardware.
😤Im NOT paying for AI. I don't NEED it. I flat out don't see much difference in 4G to 5G. I'm at the point of almost going to the dollar store and buying a $25🔥🔥BURNER phone🔥🔥
As long as people will pay premium for this unnecessary feature, they will raise the price. Only when customers base for specific phones will drop, they will drop the price.
Samsung interpreter is only worth it if your using the fold or flip to put the translated text on the back screen especially if your a traveler but most of what it can do is exactly what is free elsewhere. So what $12 a year for something the average person would hardly use simply to have as a novelty feature.
8:45 Yeah but you're missing the fact they control the software so they can always start neutering the phones capabilities & negatively impact the user experience (as opposed to improving it) via software updates. Wouldn't be the first time a manufacturer has been accused or suspected of doing this, point is we don't yet know how Samsung's 7 year support is really going to play out. For example maybe they'll go this route after only 3 or 4 years despite their 7 year policy. Try & force a user to upgrade by making the user experience unbearable with bugs & glitches causing reduced functionality overall. Software updates could potentially be covertly weaponised to make an otherwise very capable device obsolete.
so the Apple method, where like the last major update or so is more than the device could comfortably handle, thus making it feel sluggish and possibly have freezes where there weren't any before.
The AI service for the z fold 6 should be free since these phones are already expensive. They are going to have a very small customer base. Maybe at most their customer base might be kids of celebrities and people in very high paying jobs. People just don't have extra money to pay for these extra luxuries. I would say that shelter and food are the top priorities to have in life right now, not monthly or yearly paid AI features on cell phones.
Well everyone is on 5G now, 5G just enables more to be done on the network than just the speed. It allows certain devices to communicate with each others like cars and etc... but since everyone is getting into 5G it leaves 4G more open and stable.
@@xiondFirstI live in a relatively big city and get 70 Mbps up and down on 4G. I disabled 5G on my phone, just drains more battery as you are not always in a 5G covered area.
@@jackwilson5542well it seems that 4G works for you and that is fine. You can deal with 70 Mbps and that is fantastic but for others 600-800 is better and in addition to better call quality.
@@xiondFirst I'm just annoyed by it. In my country they shut off 3G and reused the towers for 5G instead. So now there's areas with either 2G or 5G coverage with nothing in between. I would love to disable 5G entirely but I simply can't. And there's sadly no phone out there that let's you pick 4G as preferred and 5G as fallback, it's always the other way around.
AI could backfire big time. Surveys show that people want a phone with a good battery, screen and camera. Some people are afraid of AI. Many more, don’t care about AI. I personally am waiting to see if any of the AI features are actually useful. If AI is forced upon people, they may look for different phones.
If I don't pay will it self delete that garbage off my phone? I might give them a dollar if they promise to remove everything related to AI off my phone and prevent those services from ever installing themselves in the future.
Man the phone game has been scummy since phones started shipping without sd card slots and non removable batteries unless you really take advantage of waterproofing. I upgraded to the S24U recently because my Note 10+ wasnt getting any updates anymore but it was still a good phone. AI was never going to be the big wow its been cranked up to be and Hauwei really lit a match under people with their tri fold. Of course not many people would buy something like that but it made people think of how much they're not getting for their money. Apple made me laugh with the camera button because it wasnt needed and I saw way more apple users asking for the TouchID back than anything. It really begs the question how are they going to string people along next year with no real innovation because sales are going to be more stagnant than ever.
Nope. If phone manufacturers charged a reasonable price for a phone instead of up to $3000 which is ridiculous then no problem. I can buy a very large tv for less than that.
They are crazy if they think people are going to pay 2k for a phone….and then pay an additional fee for a service that costs more than cloud storage space.
I own a s24 ultra for half a year now and absolutly loving it. I have never used AI stuff cause i dont need that at all. I will surely not pay for that.
The difference with Apple charging for some features are due to server side costs and they’re absolutely great features such as Apple relay, hide my email, and SOS messaging. And here’s the kicker, you can get all of that just from buying more iCloud space and that includes the .99c a month plan. Also with Apple a lot of the main AI features will be done on device so there’s no realistic reason to gatekeep them behind iCloud+
There's lots of "if's and maybe's" here. Samsung have not actually confirmed they are charging for this yet. They said it would be free for 2 years but I have seen this before. When the free period is over they may abandon fees or extend it. No point getting worked up before it happens.
I hate that narrative don't buy a product for what it can do later.... How about the company can only sell the product for what it can do at launch. Problem solved.
I know that companies spending billions on AI think that AI is the most anticipated feature of the year. But normal people do not care about AI, let alone pay for it.
I'm not paying for Samsung A.I. especially with these high prices they're already charging even when they're not upgrading the batteries and cameras every year. They already stopped giving chargers and headphones. This is getting ridiculous.
Energy and storage requirements for AI are seriously expensive no manufacturers gonna absorb those costs and I can guarantee you that almost every manufacturer will implement a subscription model at some point.
Would I pay for Video Boost on my Pixel? The only time I remember its there is when a tech youTuber mentions it. How is anyone to remember to use a feature if its turned off by default? I did try the Gemini Live Chat today and that was pretty good.
The thing is if you are going to start charging you better make sure yours is the best because depending on the price people will just get a chat gpt sub because they are the best, if samsung do go to a paid model I expect it will be different tiers, there will be a free version with a lot of limits and only basic features, then there will be a basic subscription level which will be around $8-$15 that will give you unlimited basic features and a few more valuable features then I expect there to be a premium tier which you get everything unlimited and early updates to new features (you just slow down the new features updates to the lower tiers)
I was a bit upset that all the features of the buds 3 pro wasn't available on my "flagship" s24 ultra until 3 months later after I pre ordered them and waited for about a month for
Hey QQ--> is it worth upgrading to pixel 9 pro xl from 8 pro right now since 10 series would be tsmc based and also, can I expected similar ai feature as 9 series into 8 series in the coming months?
I bet you Google will trot out some great AI features with the Pixel 10 series launch next year. Then they'll give them to you for free for a year, after that you'll be charged a monthly fee. Like Adam said Google , Samsung, Apple and others need to monetize services. AI is just the next big thing to do just that!
I would pay a subscription fee for my phone AFTER a year of free service to pay it off. But that subscription has to include EVERYTHING from cell service to the newest a.i. features and an upgrade fee, NOT needing to buy a whole new phone for the next model. Idk maybe thats unreasonable though
As a software dev , I think there’s services I’m willing to pay for so that I don’t have to make boiler plate functions (very simple but time consuming pieces of code) but on a phone? There’s already services like codeium which give a free ai companion to help correct code and find bugs . My guess is that it’s like anything else . The tech will be most available for the lowest price where it’s first needed not just wanted. And then spread from there.
The AI in the keyboard that does the writing composer and changes the writing style honestly I might pay for that if it's at a decent price because it's really helps with writing papers or writing out emails make sure that sound professional
The main AI feature i have used on my s24 ultra is the circle to search. Honestly, out of all the ai features on this phone i have used, i believe circle ti search is the MOST useful. Especially when it comes to translating on screen text. But it's definitely not worth paying for monthly. Google search basically does the same thing.
I ACTUALLY CALLED SAMSUNG AND ASKED THEM THIS VERY QUESTION! THEY TOLD ME SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE CHARGING FOR THE AI BECAUSE YOU PAID FOR IT WHEN YOU BOUGHT THE PHONE! 🤔🤔🤔 GUESS WE'LL SEE...
Reminds me of the old sony alpha camera's that use to sell apps in their play memories or digital camera menu. It's been so long I forgot what they were called but that model went down the crapper real quick, hope samsung and other brands learn.
its like charging you twice in that case. what again do we pay for these phones when we buy them? we are paying for that tech. at that time... like they are actually worth 1500.00 to begin with...
I haven't found any A.I. features anywhere that I'm super excited about. The goal for A.I. for me would be anything that can optimize my time on the phone where I interact with it the least so I can be more present and live more of my life not looking at a screen. If it can be successful in that mission, it might be worth money/sub (to me). If it just encourages using devices MORE then I'll pass.
Additionally, if you're automating anything to A.I., it has to work 100% of the time. I have to trust that it will do what I need every time in order for it to truly be useful. When I saw Gemini glitching out on the Samsung device live at the Google Pixel event, I just turned it off and stopped watching haha. I just don't have any interest in paying a monthly premium to fund a beta program.
I really like circle to search. I miss it when I’m using my iPhone. I wouldn’t pay for it though. I also don’t see how that is AI anyways. Google lens has been around for how long? Isn’t that all it is?
For a phone that's over 1000 you should be getting everything included. That includes charging brick some type of headphones and a case
Same it's ridiculous
Don't know so much about a case, because the cases that hypothetically DO come with the phone are cheap by comparison. But the other things though like the charging brick and headphones, definitely.
@@jordanking7711 I'm not saying they should send an otterbox but samsung makes decent cheap cases they could put one in
It for sure should come with charger but i would prefer to get 10ft long cable fast charging set with usb and usb c adapter to use in car over cheap case and headphones
@@3arthandsky Exactly. Although in my opinion as long as it came with a long enough cable I would prefer to get the charger myself. But that's just me. The cheap case and headphones though, NO WAY. Because those cases are so flimsy that it isn't funny. I would rather get a good case myself too.
And this is how AI in phones died...
Yep
I agree and hope this trend of trapping you or enticing you purchase Ai will end too. I'm sick of this money grabbing for an already expensive phones
Yep they're the next 3D TVs
ON POINT !!
I won't be paying them a dime 😂
😂😂😂
They don't care if they already got you to buy the phone
@@Themeparkanxiety
If they didn't care, they wouldn't be charging. The modern world works on microtransactions, and paid subscriptions. In the 2000s, you'd be right. But in today's world, companies make their money by finding ways to keep consumers paying over and over for a product they already purchased.
@@toddpace4588 I know. I was mostly joking 😁
@@toddpace4588 I know. I was mostly joking 😁
I'm not paying for shit!
I won't pay for ai ...i dont use it
I use free AI. It’s hard to got to paying for it after that.
I just use image up scalers and chat gpt occasionally. And these are free, accessed in a browser
Me either
I won’t either…
I don't use it either. 😂
You're absolutely correct. The average end user wouldn't use these feature enough to justify any sort of extra payment or subscription. I'm disgusted with corporate greed.
I paid over 3000.00 Barbados dollars for the s24 ultra 512 GB, I'm not paying for AI features, no way.
It's about $4800.00 in St.Vincent for the 256gb version. Madness!
I think that's about $1,500 in usd, I could be wrong though. But nothing AI is worth paying for lol
@@eciv2006
I paid $1,082 for my s24-Ultra with 512gb a couple months ago.
I got a violet 512gb international model on sale in CAD for WAY less than any plan or current deal and I love this phone. If samsung pulls the rug on me, I'll take my losses and sell this phone for another one that won't charge me this subscripton-as-a-service nonsense. This SAAS garbage needs to end. I hope this decision honestly tanks their stock.
I am glad i kept my s20 plus 5G it has the both sim and memory card slot the way to expand the s24 ultra would be for the mmc manufactures to make a memory card the same size as the sim card ?
It’s the same trick they used when Samsung removed the expandable memory SD card slot just to make you buy a more expensive phone if you want more storage.
Yeah that's a load of crap. Mid range phones are more useful than the flagships. Note 9 8/512 and Note 10 Lite will likely be my last Note series.
@@mredizon00am gonna stick to my hauwei mate 10 for now cause I don't see the point in upgrading.
My Note 20 Ultra still stands up to the current models if not exceeds with some options.
The business I idea of giving less and charging more is BS.
They were just being an iMonkey. Stupid Apple did it, and Samsung just *had* to follow along.
No your actually stupid if you think a micro SD and actual SSD storage are the same thing. Also they did it to spend the money on better engineering for other components instead of wasted space for the stupid micro SD assembly. We're in the future you can backup to drives and plug into a pc you dont need micro SD cards which are notorious for failing and loosing information
100% agree with you. Ai isn’t worth paying for.
Both greed and inflation is just skyrocketing
😢 u right
Facts ...We don't need AI
Gotta capitalize on that somehow
@@vsty7z mostly greed
I'm not paying for AI. I'll use my brain.
Goodone..
Rip.
The FE is going to be charged.
The s24u will NOT be charged.
You read that wrong.
That said I'd be willing to pay a dollar a month for to be able to override the fullness setting of my screen being bright I don't care what the temperature of the phone is.
What's the temperature is 104 degrees Fahrenheit I want to have full brightness when I'm driving on Google maps and I want to have full brightness when I'm recording video or taking a photo.
What I'm worried about is companies prioritizing their AI features and beginning to neglect or even cut corners on stuff that I actually care about like camera sensors etc...
The public wouldn’t allow it so there no need to worry.
I don't need AI. I want a phone that has power. 😁
But your phone is Ai though 😁
I dont even pay for cloud storage
same apple always reminding me to use icloud, and I don't bother
Neither do I. Internal storage and SD cards ONLY. Plus, I don't wanna be flagged and banned by Google's BPD AI.
Lol I use the free amount
Time buy old models phones refurbished or new like 23 ultra or apple 13 0r14dont upgrade softwear
Only a fool would use cloud storage.
I will not pay for ai.
The AI for me is like you use it once "wow cool" then move on not to use it again 😂
Here's a novel idea. How about sticking AI up your YKW and make a phone that has decent reception and can make a quality call. Yeah, that's the ticket!
That's your carrier.
The modem chip inside the phone
Samsung from first day of releasing S24 said the AI services will be free for 2 years and after that part of these services will not be free. so nothing new here
Yea but we do not have to like it.
@@Kratatch The point though is, why is any of this new, if people knew that from the start when the S24 lineup was released? And be realistic, most of these AI features that are in the phone, are Samsung based. This is most likely not a Samsung thing, but a Google thing considering that Samsung uses Google, so realistically the ONLY thing that is going to be paid will most likely be Circle to Search.
@@jordanking7711 circle to search is cool, but screenshotting and using google lens is basically the same thing. And if they start charging me for google lens as well then I'm just gonna have to use my brain and search a little smarter.
@@jordanking7711for me, me, it’s more like foreal, your ACTUALLY doing this to me. I know it’s dumb but that’s how I feel. 😂
I expect this to happen to all the major players. Sammy, Pixel, Apple, and others.
I won't pay it. Maybe there's a workaround
@@Noworries-PU7yeUnfortunately I bet any workaround would need root
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv I I have a friend that knows how to do it.
My guess is that Apple won't charge in the same way. This is where the smarter architecture of the Apple solution makes more sense.
Biggest chunk of AI runs on your processor in your phone, free forever, you own that processor.,
In the Apple Private Cloud it's running on Apple silicon, much less expensive than Nvidia processors.
Finally the entire Private Cloud runs in data centers powered by renewable energy. Voila, no cost electricity.
Final step of using Open AI or Google is an option that those companies might charge for.
This is where Apple becomes the most widely used platform for AI.
I already been boycotting them all for the last year. So glad I did
The first phone that requires me to pay for AI features will be the phone I will never buy again.
I dont even use AI. I will tell apple or samsung to just disable all AI crap on my phone. World is all about money. Soon as people realise thats what everything is about, you can find fun ways to hold onto your funds.
That’s because you’re not creative. I use it every day lol. It’s easy for somebody without any creative energy to say I don’t use it because you probably don’t lol. Big deal. No one cares if he use it or not I use it every day.
@MechArenaEno good for you. You're exactly the person they're gonna fleece funds from 🤔
@@AshieMC95 actually I buy a new phone every year. I have four cell phones. I’m gonna replace my iPhone next, but you’re right if I do have to pay for this, I’ll just trade it in for a newer one. But anyways, no one gives a damn if he use it or not who cares if you use it I use it every day.
@MechArenaEno if your phone works fine why make these companies rich every year. Just don't make sense. But you do you :)
@@MechArenaEnolol explain how you’re being “creative” on a phone, what are you doing on a phone that will differentiate you from me or anyone else.
It makes me want go back to land line phones.
I'm thinking about going back to a flip phone
good luck with that they are obsolete as of 2025
@@louis1154 you'll need a long cable
I think with the AI thing, just like so many others, we become the product. They'll find a way to monetize our AI searches for example so they can sell us stuff. Or possibly bundle in the AI features with cloud storage. With all these things, our data is being stored, AI models are being trained. I was looking at washing machines lately and discovered that even the cheapest ones had both internet connectivity and 'AI technology' - the ability to analyse what clothes were in the wash. Of all the features they could have dropped to make the machine a third of the price of the competitors, they kept those in. Why? Because now they know what clothes we wear and they can tell advertisers on the internet who can advertise to us. In every aspect of our lives now, we're becoming the product.
In all the reviews of these washing machines, people didn't understand why their washing machine needed an app, given they had to be at the machine to put the clothes and soap in anyway. There was no percevable benefit to the customer to having an internet-connected washer. But I think that's the thing, they're missing the point. It's NOT about benefitting the customer, it's about benefitting advertisers who can sell to them. They don't need to ever 'use' the app, so long as they've signed up to it and connected their machine to their Wi-Fi as the setup instructions no doubt tell them to do, that's all the manufacturer needs. The rest is just free data for advertisers, and very valuable too, given they know what people actually wear regularly, that would need replacing, and not just the things they buy once and leave in their closet. Crazy times we live in.
I would hope that you're not required to connect to the net for the machine to work ...and if you're not required to connect, don't. That said, I hope all my existing appliances last forever, just in case.
@@Heisenberg-src You're not, thankfully - not yet anyway! However the vast number of reviews I read were complaining about how the App was pointless, which means they've completed the critical step of actually connecting the machine to their Wi-fi. They can delete the app on the phone, (and many probably have), but unless they go through the whole process of deregistering their machine, it's still sending off info!
Not paying for AI
Google is no better as they're going to charge also! I will ABSOLUTELY NOT pay for Samsung AI
Here is one thing that all the players have in common when it comes to charging for AI-- they can *all* go fk themselves.
I don't think Google will charge pixel owners for AI that would crumble their company
That is crazy!! I still use my top load old school dial washer. I had no idea the new washers connected to the Internet, that is insane! There is no reason for that, except like you said to sell our data and try to make us buy things. I bet it’s really expensive to fix the little sensors in those if something breaks.
Don’t think they’ll charge. They’re going to get so much flack for it. Not worth the bad press vs the 10 people who will pay for it.
We are already paying for the phone bill monthly and sometimes the phone monthly. To add on something else for us to pay even more money for monthly is unacceptable.
Same here. Next to never, do I use AI. I find it gimmicky. But I did buy the 24 ultra for that feature. And pass... don't want Gemini to have access to my life.
Its a drug dealers practice. Give you stuff for a cheap but once you get hooked. No more friendly discounts.
As long as they don't charge for Circle to Search, I don't care.
They won't charge for that, it's an advertising cash-cow.
Exactly! That's the ONLY AI feature I use.
I use that to the rest of those features. im not paying half a wooden nickel for it
I agree. That circle to search is almost perfect if not perfect!! That's the one feature I use the most.
They will, that's a part of AI feature
i can see people paying for the Interpreter feature but everything else just seems like an extension of the camera and phone software
I think these companies are overestimating the number of customers that use AI most people I know usually just turn the stuff off cuz it's an annoyance
Your paying $1000 or more on a samsung Galaxy and they want to charge you no way!!!
Unless you get the S25 then it will last another 2 years. Good way for AI suckers to upgrade
We will see
Not everyone upgrades for the same reasons. I may do for the upgraded RAM.
@@TechOdysseywasn’t apple supposedly going to start charging for satellite 📡 calls by now?
You use A.I if you use predictive text and you are subject to algorithms. So you can act high and mighty and retarded but AI is here.
That might be their big plan. Cash grab
I also don't use the AI features on my s24u due to their atrocious updated privacy policy. So they basically want us to pay even more to take even more of our data. Great deal.
Glad I got the OnePlus 12 instead. Basically the same exact phone without the AI nonsense
Does it have a pen
Nope but who cares
No way I'm paying for AI fluff. And thanks to this nonsense technology, Samsung will be putting all their efforts into this instead of improving hardware.
Samsung is like a crack dealer, try it for free, you'll be back...😂
😤Im NOT paying for AI. I don't NEED it. I flat out don't see much difference in 4G to 5G. I'm at the point of almost going to the dollar store and buying a $25🔥🔥BURNER phone🔥🔥
Don't blame ya
As long as people will pay premium for this unnecessary feature, they will raise the price. Only when customers base for specific phones will drop, they will drop the price.
I don't even pay my child support 🤣 Samsung bugging if they think I'm paying for all that
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Honestly I would pay for interpreter mode good where I work I use that a lot
I'm not paying! Is there a way to disable remove AI?
Yeah don’t buy a new phone that’s “designed” for AI
They is why we should start to boycott the big tech companies and support those who care about customerservices
What battery lasts seven years?
You know you can get batteries replaced right?
@TechOdyssey yeah, but what is the percentage of people who keep a phone for 7 years these dayz.........so what's the point of a battery replacement
@@earllittle6591 ask the companies who did the research that indicated it was a good financial decision to support their phones that long.
@@TechOdyssey where? How many days will it take?
@TechOdyssey in my opinion, it's all just bulljive.... these companies are just nickel & diming folks.....
Samsung interpreter is only worth it if your using the fold or flip to put the translated text on the back screen especially if your a traveler but most of what it can do is exactly what is free elsewhere. So what $12 a year for something the average person would hardly use simply to have as a novelty feature.
8:45 Yeah but you're missing the fact they control the software so they can always start neutering the phones capabilities & negatively impact the user experience (as opposed to improving it) via software updates. Wouldn't be the first time a manufacturer has been accused or suspected of doing this, point is we don't yet know how Samsung's 7 year support is really going to play out. For example maybe they'll go this route after only 3 or 4 years despite their 7 year policy. Try & force a user to upgrade by making the user experience unbearable with bugs & glitches causing reduced functionality overall. Software updates could potentially be covertly weaponised to make an otherwise very capable device obsolete.
so the Apple method, where like the last major update or so is more than the device could comfortably handle, thus making it feel sluggish and possibly have freezes where there weren't any before.
Honesty I can take it or leave it. Free I'll use it. Pay no thanks.
The AI service for the z fold 6 should be free since these phones are already expensive. They are going to have a very small customer base. Maybe at most their customer base might be kids of celebrities and people in very high paying jobs. People just don't have extra money to pay for these extra luxuries. I would say that shelter and food are the top priorities to have in life right now, not monthly or yearly paid AI features on cell phones.
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@@Porkchop-76 only for those that pay
Its even questionable to get the flagship phones because of these features. Its even more questionable paying for ai after you paid the premium price
I've had 5G devices for two years and I still can't see any diference from 4G. If anything, 4G is more solid.
Well everyone is on 5G now, 5G just enables more to be done on the network than just the speed. It allows certain devices to communicate with each others like cars and etc... but since everyone is getting into 5G it leaves 4G more open and stable.
@@xiondFirstI don't have a 5G device. I am still using the Samsung S9. So there are a few people out there that don't have 5G devices.
@@xiondFirstI live in a relatively big city and get 70 Mbps up and down on 4G. I disabled 5G on my phone, just drains more battery as you are not always in a 5G covered area.
@@jackwilson5542well it seems that 4G works for you and that is fine. You can deal with 70 Mbps and that is fantastic but for others 600-800 is better and in addition to better call quality.
@@xiondFirst I'm just annoyed by it. In my country they shut off 3G and reused the towers for 5G instead. So now there's areas with either 2G or 5G coverage with nothing in between. I would love to disable 5G entirely but I simply can't. And there's sadly no phone out there that let's you pick 4G as preferred and 5G as fallback, it's always the other way around.
AI could backfire big time. Surveys show that people want a phone with a good battery, screen and camera. Some people are afraid of AI. Many more, don’t care about AI. I personally am waiting to see if any of the AI features are actually useful. If AI is forced upon people, they may look for different phones.
If I don't pay will it self delete that garbage off my phone? I might give them a dollar if they promise to remove everything related to AI off my phone and prevent those services from ever installing themselves in the future.
Unknown. Have to wait and see
Your sources?
I seldom use any of that AI now and it's free, so they can charge away
How many of us take time to go through the fine print.. Good job for letting us in on this.
Man the phone game has been scummy since phones started shipping without sd card slots and non removable batteries unless you really take advantage of waterproofing. I upgraded to the S24U recently because my Note 10+ wasnt getting any updates anymore but it was still a good phone. AI was never going to be the big wow its been cranked up to be and Hauwei really lit a match under people with their tri fold. Of course not many people would buy something like that but it made people think of how much they're not getting for their money. Apple made me laugh with the camera button because it wasnt needed and I saw way more apple users asking for the TouchID back than anything. It really begs the question how are they going to string people along next year with no real innovation because sales are going to be more stagnant than ever.
Nope. If phone manufacturers charged a reasonable price for a phone instead of up to $3000 which is ridiculous then no problem. I can buy a very large tv for less than that.
Let’s see how many more nickels and dimes we can get from our loyal customers.
Nickels dimes and dollars.
They are crazy if they think people are going to pay 2k for a phone….and then pay an additional fee for a service that costs more than cloud storage space.
I won't be paying for it I will be looking for an android that doesn't have AI tbh I hate it & am not a fan of AI
My S20FE is still as fast as it was on day one. Screw AI.
Glad to hear it's working well for you.
Ain't nobody is paying man let's be honest it's all garbage at this level
I own a s24 ultra for half a year now and absolutly loving it. I have never used AI stuff cause i dont need that at all.
I will surely not pay for that.
The difference with Apple charging for some features are due to server side costs and they’re absolutely great features such as Apple relay, hide my email, and SOS messaging. And here’s the kicker, you can get all of that just from buying more iCloud space and that includes the .99c a month plan. Also with Apple a lot of the main AI features will be done on device so there’s no realistic reason to gatekeep them behind iCloud+
There's lots of "if's and maybe's" here. Samsung have not actually confirmed they are charging for this yet. They said it would be free for 2 years but I have seen this before. When the free period is over they may abandon fees or extend it. No point getting worked up before it happens.
Nobody needs this AI crapware.... and Bixby....
I miss my s pen and was considering going back but I will stick with my pixel if Samsung think I will pay for stuff that’s free on google.
I heard about this earlier this year or last year that it was coming. I've had a.i. for two months and haven't used it once
I’ll be honest, i couldn’t care any less about AI. I don’t even use the voice assistant.
I hate that narrative don't buy a product for what it can do later.... How about the company can only sell the product for what it can do at launch. Problem solved.
I know that companies spending billions on AI think that AI is the most anticipated feature of the year. But normal people do not care about AI, let alone pay for it.
I'm not paying for Samsung A.I. especially with these high prices they're already charging even when they're not upgrading the batteries and cameras every year. They already stopped giving chargers and headphones. This is getting ridiculous.
Interesting to see what they try and charge for, I won't be paying for anything tbh. This was known at launch, nobody should be caught off guard.
Energy and storage requirements for AI are seriously expensive no manufacturers gonna absorb those costs and I can guarantee you that almost every manufacturer will implement a subscription model at some point.
And I can't get circle to delete or search, to work on my phone
Would I pay for Video Boost on my Pixel? The only time I remember its there is when a tech youTuber mentions it. How is anyone to remember to use a feature if its turned off by default? I did try the Gemini Live Chat today and that was pretty good.
The thing is if you are going to start charging you better make sure yours is the best because depending on the price people will just get a chat gpt sub because they are the best, if samsung do go to a paid model I expect it will be different tiers, there will be a free version with a lot of limits and only basic features, then there will be a basic subscription level which will be around $8-$15 that will give you unlimited basic features and a few more valuable features then I expect there to be a premium tier which you get everything unlimited and early updates to new features (you just slow down the new features updates to the lower tiers)
I was a bit upset that all the features of the buds 3 pro wasn't available on my "flagship" s24 ultra until 3 months later after I pre ordered them and waited for about a month for
And aren't Google trying to do the same with different things that they offer?
What happens if you have a payg sim on a bought phone
They better find a different way to monetize it because I'll never pay a cent.
Can I pay to remove them?
Hey QQ--> is it worth upgrading to pixel 9 pro xl from 8 pro right now since 10 series would be tsmc based and also, can I expected similar ai feature as 9 series into 8 series in the coming months?
I bet you Google will trot out some great AI features with the Pixel 10 series launch next year. Then they'll give them to you for free for a year, after that you'll be charged a monthly fee. Like Adam said Google , Samsung, Apple and others need to monetize services. AI is just the next big thing to do just that!
I'd wait for the pixel 10 at this point.
I would pay a subscription fee for my phone AFTER a year of free service to pay it off. But that subscription has to include EVERYTHING from cell service to the newest a.i. features and an upgrade fee, NOT needing to buy a whole new phone for the next model. Idk maybe thats unreasonable though
As a software dev , I think there’s services I’m willing to pay for so that I don’t have to make boiler plate functions (very simple but time consuming pieces of code) but on a phone? There’s already services like codeium which give a free ai companion to help correct code and find bugs . My guess is that it’s like anything else . The tech will be most available for the lowest price where it’s first needed not just wanted. And then spread from there.
00:43 ain't that the truth? There are apps on the web that offer the same AI services for free as well.
The nerve of them to charge $1300 for a phone and then charge even more money to actually use it. Ridiculous.
Your videos are awesome 👌
Glad you like them!
The AI in the keyboard that does the writing composer and changes the writing style honestly I might pay for that if it's at a decent price because it's really helps with writing papers or writing out emails make sure that sound professional
The know that no matter what, there's a segment of consumers that want a new phone every year
The main AI feature i have used on my s24 ultra is the circle to search. Honestly, out of all the ai features on this phone i have used, i believe circle ti search is the MOST useful. Especially when it comes to translating on screen text. But it's definitely not worth paying for monthly. Google search basically does the same thing.
The circle in pixel i use it a ton, hopefully dont add on pay package
They will probably charge subscription to use the camera and other basic functions
I ACTUALLY CALLED SAMSUNG AND ASKED THEM THIS VERY QUESTION! THEY TOLD ME SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE CHARGING FOR THE AI BECAUSE YOU PAID FOR IT WHEN YOU BOUGHT THE PHONE! 🤔🤔🤔 GUESS WE'LL SEE...
Reminds me of the old sony alpha camera's that use to sell apps in their play memories or digital camera menu. It's been so long I forgot what they were called but that model went down the crapper real quick, hope samsung and other brands learn.
its like charging you twice in that case. what again do we pay for these phones when we buy them? we are paying for that tech. at that time... like they are actually worth 1500.00 to begin with...
I haven't found any A.I. features anywhere that I'm super excited about. The goal for A.I. for me would be anything that can optimize my time on the phone where I interact with it the least so I can be more present and live more of my life not looking at a screen. If it can be successful in that mission, it might be worth money/sub (to me). If it just encourages using devices MORE then I'll pass.
Additionally, if you're automating anything to A.I., it has to work 100% of the time. I have to trust that it will do what I need every time in order for it to truly be useful. When I saw Gemini glitching out on the Samsung device live at the Google Pixel event, I just turned it off and stopped watching haha. I just don't have any interest in paying a monthly premium to fund a beta program.
I really like circle to search. I miss it when I’m using my iPhone. I wouldn’t pay for it though. I also don’t see how that is AI anyways. Google lens has been around for how long? Isn’t that all it is?