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Well, finally..

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Tom6068
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Just got the update for my unlocked S25U using Metro (T-Mobile). My last beta! 
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Sveney
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Got it was well unlocked Google Fi
PrettiP
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Im with yu when yu right, Tom
JerryDavis65
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Just got it myself and installing right now.
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Alexskyy
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I also just finally got it
LarMan
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My last beta as well.... Appreciated agonizing through this with you all!... ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Your_hero
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Has anybody on AT&t gotten it yet?
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Members_LzgYR8y
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After each and every beta I say it's my last. But then a new one is released and I can't resist the pull.
Tom6068
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@Members_LzgYR8y I am not against the betas at all, this is my personal choice. My position if form the past year+ of the betas becoming ever longer taking up my phone for the benefit of Samsung. I noted this is another post here a few weeks back: When I join a beta, I know and understand the rules and conditions and that it is possible that a beta can brick my phone and that I cannot hold Samsung liable for it. It is really low risk I know, but it exists nonetheless. But when they start taking 4 and 5 months, that is just too long for me and not worth my time seeking out the issue and doing work I am not rewarded for other than getting the next gen UI/OS, while Samsung devs use that work for the company's benefits; less labor costs.

 


For many users who just want the next shiny thing, betas are marketed as an allure, a means to get that free labor and the free use of hardware the user paid in full that Samsung is not responsible to replace if a beta ruin it, yet any data that comes form the beta that ruins the device can be used to aid development preventing it from happening again and where the cost lays. See the irony of the profit motive there (rhetorical)? Right after this was done, there were people saying they cannot wait for the next UI/OS, and that is fine, but it is that next shiny thing I mentioned, it is the FOMO created. For me, I am not about that and I am very disciplined.

 


Having said that, I think Samsung knowing they limit beta testers, should reward those who from the very start of a beta run to the very end, give them sizeable discounts like on the next phone releases or peripherals. While I also get some people telling devs "thanks" for their hard work, they totally forget those whose devices were used of their free will to give devs information, they more than likely could not accrue on their long usage without mass input. All people who work, at whatever they do do so for pay, that is their reward. For me, they do not get my thanks, they already got free labor from a device I bought at full price, to get data to improve and create the next UI that will be marketed for their profits.

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Take care