[OnePlus Pad] blackhawk:
You are welcome.

I use the Samsung browsers (beta one too) for watching vids. 80 tabs max is a better limit. If you crash it you'll lose all the tabs🤣

I use ColorNote to backup bookmarks and more; it supports real time backup to cloud and expandable storage.

Exactly. No variable refresh rate display either however it's a stunningly gorgeous display that's great for vids. Doesn't have the higher brightness of new displays but I rarely use over 50% brightness. The brighter they burn the quicker they die. This display is long lived and trouble free with excellent color rendering/accuracy.

The 5G variant is only with the Exynos chipset that's inferior to the Snapdragon. This early 5G implementation will likely eat battery.

4G is fast enough to stream vids and dirt cheap now. Because of 5G it's bandwidth has gotten better too. Most sites limit download speeds making 5G useless. Since you have expandable storage no cloud crap is needed. Simply backup the critical data on the SD card regularly and redundantly to multiple drives.

I use a 1tb V-30 rated Sandisk Extreme card as a data drive; all critical data goes here, including installable copies of all my apps. I can do a full reload from it with no internet connection.

Only apps, the DCIM and download folders go on internal memory. The rest of that space is scratch space. The DCIM is then backed up to the data drive regularly. After files are vetted on the download folder they are moved to the data drive as well. I have a 250gb music collection of mostly wav, hdcd and flak files so I needs lots of storage. I also have a growing movie collection.

I'm using about 600gb of that drive.

I just upgraded to the 911 version of Poweramp. It's incredible. It's not the latest but has the parametric equalizer option. Because of Android 11, 12, 13 and 14 restrictions the Poweramp versions after that may be less functional even on older Android versions. Not sure, so...

Poweramp's backup of playlists is dependent on the music library's integrity. I keep several redundant copies on multiple drives. I would never trust this to cloud storage.

The N10+ is a well balanced platform with 12gb of ram that simply doesn't bog down easy no matter how many apps are open. At first I wasn't happy that it didn't have the 865 Snapdragon but it turns out the 855 is fast enough and more efficient. It weighs a 30 grams less then the S23U and has the best display/bezel ratio of any Samsung. A case is mandatory; the Zizo Bolt works well.

The biggest downside is getting one still running on Android 9 or 10. New ones can still be had but they aren't cheap ie about $700 Android 10 factory load from a known good vendor. Used ones are incredibly inexpensive but will likely be loaded with Android 12. That can be rolled to Android 11 but not 10. Android 11 is when scoped storage becomes fully active, fubar.

The cams are excellent but lack the low light capabilities of the latter flagships. No cam hump and the protective lense cover is flatter and easier to clean than the S23U.

The N10+ lacks some of the advanced bluetooth features as well like the 360° use interactive surround sound. If this is desirable I don't know.

However without high resolution audio files and the space to store them it becomes a moot point. Samsung really screwed up by dropping expandable storage in their flagships.

I use my N10+ as a music server mostly through the Buds+. I literally have my whole uncompressed music collection in my pocket. For me the N10+ continues to fulfill its mission with very little maintenance. Extremely reliable. It remains a joy to use even after 4+ years.

The Note 10+ forum.