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Got another G-Play System update - 1.7 meg again and no change in the patch date after, still 1/1/24. Experienced the same oddity a few times on the S22+ as well.

March update is already out - woke up to the install prompt.

Out of the box at launch I was showing July 2023, all the way up til yesterday.

1.7 meg Google Play System update is now showing available - about to install. Update: new version date is Jan 1 24

@S4GRU - do you already know off top of your head if there's a location for that in say either St Johns or Gander? Those look like the two main more populated areas on the island. (Edit: nevermind....I looked it up and they're' actually all over NF island ha!) https://marybrowns.com/locations/ The wife's generational family (2+ back) originated from various areas around/near St. Johns and she's only ever been as a kid. She actually has some measure of land passed down to her in the Kitchuses (sp?) area. We're starting out there (St. Johns vicnity) with the long ferry trip, and going to hit all the high points before finally making our way down to Port Aux Basques. Elliston as much as anything to get the best possible puffins exposure (wife is nuts about them), Gander because of the 9/11 tie but also we've seen Come From Away on Broadway which she loved so there's that too....Twillingate to see if we manage to see any icebergs still around by then...even going up to the L'Anse aux Meadows/only North American/Viking settlement. Several lighthouses/coastal views along the way. But of everything I've looked at, Gros Morne and the excursion boat/Western Brook Pond Tour is probably the thing I'm looking forward to most: https://bontours.ca/gallery/

Also, still no new Google Play system update after the new S24 update after checking that as well.

Yeah same here on S24+ unlocked, been checking daily since mention of the new update but didn't show up til this morning.

We're tentatively planning a ferry-over from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland and back road trip in mid to late summer of 2025, and was curious if anyone has any experience within the last 3-4 years traveling around up there? We'd be starting at the long ferry trip port of Argentia and trying to travel the entire expanse from there - St. Johns, then up and over through Gander to Twillingate/Elliston area, then across to Gros Morne, doing the Viking road up to St Anthony/L'Anse aux Meadows, then back down the entirety of the west coast to take the shorter ferry from Port aux Basques back over to NA mainland. Thanks in advance if you have any insight!

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https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-announces-galaxy-s24-series-update-offering-galaxy-users-more-choices

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I may be on an island here, but I haven't carried phone insurance since ~the LG G4/G5ish days. When I stopped and thought about it, it made no sense to be sending $15+ a month into some entity when vast majority of the time you typically don't even have a need to engage it. So instead, I used the ease of initiation/use Capital One 360 savings accounts I was already using, and just created an extra one and started auto-depositing $15/month into that instead. That combined with the aforementioned Unicorn Beetle Pro cases I've used for years now which make my phone(s) almost impervious to drops anyway, and I really have no worries - plus the added benefit of having that cash nest egg that can be used elsewhere if say an emergency situation came up. Bottom line, if you're paying for phone insurance, you're paying out money you'll likely never see again, whereas controlling it on your own end gives you the flexibility to still have the coverage you need in principle but also be able to use the surplus now and then for other things.

To be clear, my comment wasn't so much a statement on the technical aspect of what T-Mobile has deployed or not. Its more just the flippant use of 'staggering' as a descriptor IMO, particularly juxtaposed against the average customer's expectation or likely perspective in the face of such usage against the volume referenced. I feel like the average Joe on the street might see that speed and go 'Hm, that's pretty good!' maybe....but jaw dropping on the ground in awe? Nah...doesn't really follow to me. Just my own thoughts anyway.

Maybe its just me, but 'staggering' wouldn't be an adjective I'd use to describe peak upload at 200Mbps. Not saying its bad either, but to reach 'staggering' as the no-hesitation descriptor I'd expect minimum 500 I guess heh.

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Interesting btw that Google Play system update appears stuck on July 1st 2023 at least on my S24+ unlocked.

I could care less about overall size including the case - the importance to me is experience in action of how well the UBP cases protect really the entirety of your phone, not even just the screen. Yes it's difficult to pull a phone back out, but for me that's only ever one time ever in the life of the phone. The pull out stand that works both in landscape & portrait view is also an awesome bonus.

Nope, but I don't think what kind of account it is matters given what I'm experiencing. My guess is they're overloaded with everyone getting the S24 variant of their choice today and trying to switch out. Edit: And I ordered direct from Samsung as far as the phone goes (unlocked again)