The company wear felicity has been all over my tik tok and I thought it was a cool idea how you can see a photo inside an ornament. The ornament is pretty pricey at $48, but I wanted to give it as an anniversary gift. I read the reviews on their tik tok post and they were all positive. I placed my order and 10 minutes later emailed then and asked them to cancel my order. I found out that delete any bad reviews about them and somehow stumbled upon some negative reviews and went down a rabbit hole reading them. The reviews were that it’s a scam company, shipping is slow, and the quality is poor. They emailed me back 3 days later and said that as soon as you place an order they begin production and are unable to cancel. Yeah whatever. I was nervous about revering my order but was hoping that those negative reviews weren’t true. I patiently waited for my order. My order was placed on November 11th and I finally received my order on December 9th. Once i received my order I was disappointed that the picture inside is so dark and blurry that you can’t even make out what it is. The picture I gave them was taken outside so the lighting is great. But it’s not even visible when looking inside the ornament. They offer no refunds as it’s custom made. I tried to leave a review on their website and tik tok, but ht they deleted my review. They delete any bad review and only leave the positive ones. Unfortunately the same thing happened to coworker and her ornament turned out the same way and you are unable to see the picture. Please save your money and don’t order from this company
If you are experiencing an infestation of any kind in your home or business, NEVER EVER call Terminix. I work with various contractors in the commercial and residential construction industry around the country and I have never had a worse experience than what I had with Terminix.
I called them out to my home because I had mice running around and needed help getting rid of them. I signed up with Terminix for roughly $1300 to take care of everything. After signing up, I never heard from them again. After a few months I called and cancelled but they were telling me I still owed the total amount. I have called them multiple times and every time they don’t give me a straight answer. I get automated calls everyday saying my account is past due. On top of that, the inspector lied about seeing evidence of mice in an area in the basement that upon later inspection, was clean and clear. They are scammers and have given me the biggest headache out of every company I’ve ever dealt with.
My advice would be to look to local pest control contractors because they will provide the best service.
Just wanted to post here to warn other fellow shoppers. The website is very cute and has so much cute dresses but i ordered one and the quality is so bad and the fabric is disappointing. There are raw edges unraveling. The return policy sucks as well.
The titanium pulls everything together, but Galaxy AI's tricks are mostly helpful in small doses.
The massive Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra doesn't disappoint. But there's nothing here that's screaming, "Upgrade now! Do it!"
The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is big, beautiful, and a heck-of-a-lot-of smartphone. It is the best of everything Android can do, as it can do more than the Google Pixel 8 Pro—it has a built-in stylus. But the real kicker of this year’s Ultra release is its titanium finish, which pulls together the whole look of its “ultimate” aesthetic.
No smartphone is perfect, of course, and after a little over a week with the Galaxy S24 Ultra, I am starting to get irked by some of the Ultra’s quirks. For one, it’s still a ginormous smartphone—though, to be fair, it descended from the same model that brought you the “phablet.” Still, it will overpower people with my sized hands. The full titanium backing also gets a little warm on long streaming sessions, which might explain why Apple didn’t go full titanium for the iPhone 15 Pro.
It’s also about $100 more this generation, starting at $1,300 for the 256GB storage version. The good news is that there have been some improvements to this year’s Ultra. But besides the titanium, which we’re all still dubious about its overall durability, the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s best new features are primarily within the software realm. You don’t need Samsung’s latest and greatest hardware to access that.
Galaxy S24 Ultra Features It’s titanium, baby!
I’m digging the titanium aesthetic that’s taking over premium smartphones. Apple started the trend with the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max, and now Samsung is carrying the torch for the Android-wielders of the world. As a result, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is most certainly in a class of its own. It has its own unique colorways, like Titanium Violet and Yellow. Samsung offered Titanium Gray to Gizmodo for review. The only parts of the Ultra’s frame that aren’t titanium are the volume rocker and power button.
As I mentioned, the Galaxy S24 Ultra can get warm if you stream an app like YouTube TV. At one point, I clocked about a 20-degree difference between the top and bottom of the device, though it was fine while watching apps like Pluto TV and Frndly TV. I’ve contacted Samsung to ask why that app might have been causing the heat disparity and will report when I hear back. I’ve also called in some cases to see if it exacerbates the toastiness.
There isn’t much difference in heft or weight distribution from last year’s Galaxy S23 Ultra—at least nothing discernably so. If you’re not used to this much slab of a smartphone on you at all times, it will be a lifestyle change. Compared to the iPhone 15 Pro Max and Google Pixel 8 Pro, it’s about an ounce more dense in weight. The Ultra is the biggest smartphone you can get without bringing home a tablet.
Galaxy S24 Ultra Specs Ultra performance
Every new flagship includes enhanced specifications, especially at this price range. This year, the Galaxy S24 Ultra has the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, which will power most of the year’s top-tier Android phones. You can only buy the Ultra with 12 GB of RAM, which is how much memory every high-performance smartphone should have—especially those pushing AI capabilities like Samsung with Galaxy AI. I’m glad Samsung finally ditched the 8GB “entry-level” Ultra because it didn’t make sense to offer the ultimate smartphone with a minimum helping of RAM. In our casual benchmark tests, the Galaxy S24 performed well, on par with the OnePlus 12, which also hails a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and 16GB of RAM.
With this year’s release, Samsung also boasts improved ray tracing, though less than a handful of mobile games are currently taking advantage of the spec. It’s great for Samsung’s marketing materials, but you don’t get an apples-to-apples experience with ray tracing on the smartphone as you would on a full-fledged PC. If you like the handheld experience, at the very least, reflections and shadows will appear detailed in games like Diablo Immortal.
Galaxy S24 Battery
The battery capabilities on the Galaxy S24 Ultra seem as reliable as last year’s release, which had the same size 5,000 mAh battery. I will update this section with concrete numbers on how the Galaxy S24 Ultra performs against the iPhone 15 Pro Max, OnePlus 12, and Pixel 8 Pro in Gizmodo’s internal battery benchmark tests.
Galaxy S24 Ultra Camera Further and sharper
Samsung switched up the camera sensors on this year’s Galaxy S24 Ultra, but only in the telephoto department. The S24 Ultra starts with a similar 200-MP primary camera as the last two generations, with a maximum aperture of f/1.7, which aids in those late-night shots. A higher resolution sensor in the S24 Ultra replaces the 10-MP telephoto camera in the S23 Ultra. It’s now a 50-MP sensor with up to 5x optical telephoto zoom, versus the lower resolution 10x optical capabilities offered before. Photos definitely seem sharper from far away, but the most significant benefit appears to be that I don’t need to have some smartphone stabilization method on me when I want to take a photo of the boats on my daily mental health walks.
Galaxy S24 Ultra Galaxy AI What’s with all the AI tricks?
If I learned anything at CES, it was that AI has been weaponized for mass marketing. I was half expecting that to happen with Samsung’s Galaxy AI. But while it’s mostly Google’s large language models running underneath the polished One UI veneer of features like Circle to Search, Galaxy AI proves it will be a worthy tool to have on hand. The only bummer is that you’ll have to pay for some of the features after 2025.
Circle to Search is one of the best new features for Android in a long time. If you’re a person who frequently collects little pieces of the internet, the feature is going to become a part of your everyday routine. I use Circle to Search to save links, clip places to eat from TikTok, and scour eBay for Polly Pockets I encounter on Instagram Reels. Circle to Search is the Google Lens feature for the current AI generation. But that additional bit of usability and the fact that you can scroll up to jump into Google Search immediately makes the whole Google-lives-in-Android experience feel entirely native. This isn’t an exclusive Samsung feature, however. Pixel users will also get the ability in the coming weeks. How nice for Samsung to be the manufacturer to debut it all.
Not sure if this is the right spot, but I needed to vent, and now I need to post about it. American First Finance has a fun habit of charging extreme interest rates, to anybody who must use their service. They asked me for a review of how they're doing. My reply was written, as follows:
"170 percent interest - BECAUSE YOU CAN and BECAUSE WE MUST. How dare you ask for my input, after I am being forced to be assaulted, again...except that it's legal? You're also pulling my money out, before it even gets there, so I get jacked by your boardroom's lust for cash, and by my bank board's tag, on top of that. Having COVID twice, then being forced to pay 170...PERCENT...INTEREST is almost as fun as trying to figure out how I'm going to ever get out of debt. But I'm glad that you all are doing well, in your diligent search for reviews. Here is something that you should all consider. People who NEED your service because they can't afford it aren't the people with money, who should be charged interest. People who WANT your service because they're greedy fucks, would be so much easier to bleed dry, financially speaking. Wouldn't that make more sense, or do you think that I'm just a little mad because I'm constantly being railroaded by capitalism, at it's finest? "
"Miller’s Girl" dives into a complex teacher-student relationship, stirring up a bunch of questions about what's cool and what's crossing the line. It's hard to pin down whether the vibes between them are okay or not, and the movie doesn't really take a clear stance either. It's like the script's playing it too safe, trying to give both characters their due without really committing to a solid point. It's got some interesting ideas, but they kind of just hang there without much development. It's like the movie's got a lot of potential but doesn't totally know what it wants to be.
The story centers on Cairo Sweet, played by Jenna Ortega. She's this rich, independent 18-year-old living alone in her upscale Southern home. Cairo's got her stuff together - she's sharp, ambitious, and the script hints she's a pretty talented writer too. She steps into her senior year of high school and right away catches the eye of her English teacher, Jonathon Miller, played by Martin Freeman. Jon's backstory is kind of sad - he's a writer who never really made it big and is stuck in a loveless marriage. His wife, Beatrice, is this high-powered but distant figure, always busy and not really tuned into what's happening around her. Jon's drawn to Cairo pretty much from the get-go, and they end up in this mentor-mentee relationship that seems to fill a void for both of them.
This movie feels like it was written after taking away the wrong things from the #MeToo movement and then written for the CW crowd. I don’t think we need more media exploring that sometimes women might wrongfully accuse men for their own gains. However, if the film had stuck the landing, or committed to taking a stand, I could at least respect it. Instead, we get a muddled mess that refuses to choose a side.