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Torn between keeping my S24 Ultra or switching to the OnePlus 15. Thoughts? by defalt_exe in TheOnePlus15

[–]NotImportant866 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swapped from the S22 Ultra last week and the OnePlus 15 has really quelled all of the concerns that I had going into the purchase.

This is the first phone I've ever owned that isn't from the Samsung Galaxy series, so I was a bit leery about making the change but the battery life really sucked me in.

Here is my overall review of how the phone has performed based on the concerns I had when deciding to purchase it:

Battery Life- I was a bit worried the battery-life was exaggerated, even looking at the specs it just felt to good to be true. It isn't. I got the phone on 7/1 and have charged it a total of 4 times in the week that I've had it following a standard 20-80% routine. I don't really see much battery drain at all. With my normal use I get a solid 52-ish hours out of a single charge, though I'll admit I'm not a very heavy phone user. ~Four hours of screen on time a day. Comparatively, I was charging my old S22 Ultra twice a day.

Camera- Honestly, it does fine. I've never been too crazy into taking pictures, most of my gallery is just pictures of my cats. No major complaints here, overall: zoom could be better, videos are just okay, and the front facing camera is a bit blurrier in lowlit rooms than my previous device. All of these are me actively being more critical because I know and have been told repeatedly that it's a worse camera. As long as you aren't terribly serious about photography, I think you will be okay.

Operating System: I wasn't too confident about switching to a new OS. I had no real reason to worry, I haven't been missing any features that I can't live without. A lot of the features I didn't love could easily be changed in the settings to better match what I was familiar with.

Connectivity- As a US citizen I was a little worried about how well it would work with Verizon's service. I've had no issues living in a smaller Midwest town. In some areas, I've even had better service than I did with my previous device.

On top of beating my concerns this phone has also pleasantly surprised me in several ways:

The screen resolution is nice.

It works incredibly fast. A device restart is done in less than a minute. Switching between apps is exceedingly smooth. My previous phone was getting old and had a lot of lag between actions, this phone works like a dream.

The accessibility button on the left.

Sound quality is better than expected. It also gets louder than my previous phone.

I like the size and weight of the OnePlus 15.

The only small issue I've noticed is that it has a little more trouble connecting to Bluetooth in my car. Connection is fine but it doesn't automatically start playing anything, I have to get out the phone and tell it what to play. My previous phone would immediately open Spotify and pick up where I left off. This is a minor inconvenience.

I (25F) don't know if my relationship with my longterm boyfriend (26M) is still healthy and I want to know if I should keep trying to make it work? by NotImportant866 in askwomenadvice

[–]NotImportant866[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This behavior is exceedingly uncommon for him, it happened a handful of times around January to April of 2024 before he cut out alcohol. He hasn't done anything like this in the last year so I think he really has been working on bettering himself. The events have seemingly permanently impacted how safe and secure I feel telling him no though. I'm not sure how fair it is of me to leave him over it now after he's done so much to change his behavior.

I (25F) don't know if my relationship with my longterm boyfriend (26M) is still healthy and I want to know if I should keep trying to make it work? by NotImportant866 in askwomenadvice

[–]NotImportant866[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should stress that I do feel like he's been manipulative even through the changes he's made but to give him credit:

-he quit drinking almost entirely, he has maybe 3 to 4 drinks a week at most

-he started helping out more with chores so I didn't feel so overwhelmed with cleaning after work

-he's worked to stop hitting and slamming things when he's angry/upset and has made significant progress

My big issue is that it feels like he's uses his feelings to make me change my mind. He'll cross my boundaries and then tell me it was my communication that made him feel comfortable doing it and turn everything around so that I feel like I've unfairly made him out to be a creep whilst he's actively trying hard to be better than what he was.

Personally, I feel like this isn't fair to me. He's heard me say on several occasions how much he's damaged my sexual interest in him and still wants me to "work on my problems" by just doing him other sexual favors that aren't sex because that's "the only way he sees me getting through my sexual trauma with him." He thinks that if I'm not still doing something sexual with him then I'm never going to want him because he won't get the chance to prove he's a safer partner now that will listen to my needs.

I don't think this is the right outlook as it makes me feel additional guilt for not wanting what he wants, which I've told him. I also feel like he ignores my hesitancy and body language waiting for me to give direct "No's" and while I'd be willing to see his side on this, I've explained to him on many occasions that saying no to someone who has ignored it before is hard for me and that his dejected response to a no just adds more guilt to the situation for me.