‘Please go back’ beg Samsung fans demanding return of ‘removed’ features and cry ‘they are becoming everything I hate’
USERS are blasting Samsung over changes made to the latest Galaxy models, deeming the manufacturer money-hungry.
In a Reddit post Sunday, the owner of a Galaxy S22 Ultra claimed he was getting “tired” of the company.
“They are becoming everything I hate about big corporate,” the user wrote.
Among the biggest complaints was the disappearance of the SD card slot, which began with the release of the Galaxy S21 line.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra was the last Samsung flagship phone to have a microSD card slot.
“They charge you more money for more space. And the price is always in steady incline for new phones,” the user continued.
Another gripe was the company’s decision to stop including a charger and earphones in the box with new devices.
Samsung announced this change at the beginning of 2021, claiming it would support customers’ decisions to make “sustainable changes in their daily lives to promote better recycling habits.”
Due to these changes, Samsung was no longer “the greatest of all time,” the user professed.
“To any Samsung fanboy that is going to comment ‘use cloud storage,’ you are part of the problem,” the Redditor continued. “You are the reason Samsung has become worse.”
The manufacturer stressed the camera quality of its flagship S22 models, even partnering with professional photographers in a splashy campaign.
For users, it seems, the reality was much different.
“I had so many issues with Samsung S22U,” another Redditor remarked.
“People were shocked when I posted here and said I found the camera underwhelming compared to many iPhones.”
The user claimed he had switched to the Google Pixel 8 Pro and was much more satisfied with the camera.
Other users circled back to the missing SD cards, pondering Samsung’s motives behind the removal.
One user suggested it was due to “reliability issues.”
“While nerds like us understand SD cards and their risks, a lot of people don’t,” he continued.
“When their data is lost, they blame the phone brand. No brands want to deal with that.”
Other netizens proposed it was an industry-wide problem spurred on by greed.
“There might be truth in that being part of the reason, but if you take SD cards out of your phones, people are forced to spec up higher storage amounts to compensate at quite a markup,” another user wrote.
“If it wasn’t a money thing they wouldn’t charge exorbitant amounts for more storage. Everyone does it, not just Samsung.”
Samsung – a brief history
Here's what you need to know...
- Samsung is a major South Korean company made up of many businesses that operate globally
- It’s known locally as a “chaebol”, which means “business conglomerate”
- It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company
- But over several decades, it branched out into food processing, insurance, textiles and retail
- It wasn’t until the late 1960s when Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which it’s best known in the West today
- It also launched businesses in construction and shipbuilding in the 1970s
- Today, Samsung’s most important sources of income are its smartphones and computer chips
- The firm accounts for around a fifth of South Korea’s total exports, and roughly 17% of the country’s GDP
- More than 270,000 staff are employed by Samsung globally
- And in 2023, Samsung Electronics turned over the equivalent of $194 billion in revenue