u/Level-Try7888

Yes, I'm still on version 8.0 and I'm very afraid to update.

I wanted to share a very short, but incredibly vivid and meaningful dream I had recently.

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First of all, I've never really had this kind of dream before, although I once dreamed about a 19th-century European monarch. Anyway, in the dream, I was standing in a green field, but it had a bright, white glow to it, as if the place existed on another frequency. I looked completely normal, but Marilyn Monroe was there with me. She was wearing a light, flowing white dress, and both her appearance and presence seemed to radiate pure light, almost as if she were a living source of it.

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We were holding hands, walking together, and smiling at each other. It was a very brief moment, but the feeling of lightness and pure happiness was so strong that I woke up with the certainty that she is at peace, evolving on another plane of existence, completely free from all the pain she experienced here on Earth. It was an indescribable sense of peace and serenity!! ✨🤍

Hey everyone! I have an honest question and really want to get your opinion. How is the One UI 8.5 update running on your Galaxy S23? Is it actually worth updating? I’m still on One UI 8.0, and to be honest, I'm holding back because I'm so frustrated.

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Frankly, what Samsung is doing to the S23 series is a total disgrace. The update is over 4GB, yet it brings absolutely nothing useful. Where is the real AI? They added that blue menu animation in the gallery with 'create' and 'style' options, but they completely gutted the features! We can't use text-based generative editing to change clothes or backgrounds (something even the Pixel 9 does with similar processing power), and they only left us with 4 basic image styles.

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Their excuse is that some S23 models only have 8GB of RAM, but what about those who bought versions with more RAM? Do we just get left behind anyway? And it doesn't stop there: they didn't give us the AI tool to remove wind and background noise from videos (neither for our own clips nor for YouTube/TikTok videos), they left out the new smart anti-spam call screening, and to make things worse, the S23 was excluded from the new QuickShare integration with Apple (AirDrop), which allows sending files directly to a Mac or iPhone without losing quality. That feature doesn't require new antennas or insane hardware; it was locked on purpose.

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And yes, the S23 has a great processor with more than enough power to run all of this smoothly! I used to admire and love this brand so much, but after this... to be honest, they are really making a fool out of the users! They only brought the actual new features to the S24 and S25. I didn't want to update my phone just to customize the control center or see pretty album covers in the gallery; I find that very lackluster. For those who did update, did the system feel heavier or did the camera get worse? What has your experience been like?

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