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Still using my Samsung Galaxy S8. I'm pretty happy with it, and plan on using it as long as possible, but it's starting to have a few small issues, so I think I might only get about a year more out of it.

I'm sorta considering switching to an iPhone for the first time ever, because the iPhone 12 Mini is a great size. However, I don't really want to deal with Apple's bullshit and lack of USB-C and headphone jack. It's a little expensive too, however with the great software support I might be able to keep it longer, that's my main gripe with Samsung.
Every phone on the market nowadays has some sort of big compromise for me. I use the headphone jack pretty regularly and don't want to rely on expensive bluetooth earbuds. I don't like how massive most Android phones are nowadays. Prices are out of control.
The Pixel 4a is a great price, great size, and has a headphone jack, but no wireless charging. Lots of newer phones have high refresh rate screens too, which seems really nice. I also like having a memory card slot, which is getting harder and harder. Not a fan of notches.
Hopefully the newer phones next year are better.

LG G6

telephone!

iOS, imo everything that Android fans dislike about it what I like about it lol


The widgets are kind of cool but I only have one on my Home Screen and I don't care to do all of the needless customization

yeah I think Android users got bored of widgets in like 2014 lol

Quote from: Hiro on October 20, 2020, 11:28:31 PMyeah I think Android users got bored of widgets in like 2014 lol

agreed i think i'd be just as happy with ios if it didn't involve so much integration with apple's ecosystem

iphone 11

i got an iPhone X at launch and have stuck with it since. the a14 chip in the 12 seems neat, but i'm not sure how difficult sideloading shit on the 12 is and that's really the only reason i'd want a more powerful chip at this point. otherwise kind of just fine with the X

ive been considering switching to Android, but feels like a pain in the ass lol. also i'd probably want a samsung doink, cuz i like the idea of DeX, and they're just as pricey as apple's bullshit. so idk lol

I have the X_R. Honestly the only thing about the 12 I think is interesting is the Mini, but I feel like my current phone is a decent enough size lol

Quote from: ME## on October 23, 2020, 12:56:00 PMI have the X_R. Honestly the only thing about the 12 I think is interesting is the Mini, but I feel like my current phone is a decent enough size lol

yeah the mini is like the perfect size, and I like the iphone 4-5s flat style a lot.

Quote from: C.Mongler on October 23, 2020, 09:14:52 AMi got an iPhone X at launch and have stuck with it since. the a14 chip in the 12 seems neat, but i'm not sure how difficult sideloading shit on the 12 is and that's really the only reason i'd want a more powerful chip at this point. otherwise kind of just fine with the X

ive been considering switching to Android, but feels like a pain in the ass lol. also i'd probably want a samsung doink, cuz i like the idea of DeX, and they're just as pricey as apple's bullshit. so idk lol

I don't know a single samsung user who actually uses Dex lmao, imo the "android is finicky" thing is mostly a meme, if you don't fiddle with it everything works fine, it's just that there is the option to fiddle with things if you want to, unlike iOS. samsung's software is kinda weird but there's a few things it offers that I really love, like Samsung Pay and Good Lock. It's pretty easy to de-samsung most of it though.

Quote from: strongbad on October 21, 2020, 09:00:14 AM

Quote from: Hiro on October 20, 2020, 11:28:31 PMyeah I think Android users got bored of widgets in like 2014 lol

agreed i think i'd be just as happy with ios if it didn't involve so much integration with apple's ecosystem

yeah that, no 3.5mm headphone jack, and not being able to sideload apps are my main issues

i have a pixel 2

while i'm on my phone as regularly as anyone else, there are certain things i really just don't use it for at all. like music, or watching videos (if i can help it), or almost any gaming of any kind.

maybe i'm just a bit old and jaded about mobile phone technology, but i have never understood the need for much more than the basics of what a smartphone offers. i'll never want to do anything on it that i could do more easily on my pc, and to this day i still use an old 180gb ipod classic for music.

android works fine. i've never experienced any real issues with my phone and have never had any complaints. that's the way i felt about my old moto x, too.

Quote from: Samus Aran on October 28, 2020, 02:23:17 AMi have a pixel 2

while i'm on my phone as regularly as anyone else, there are certain things i really just don't use it for at all. like music, or watching videos (if i can help it), or almost any gaming of any kind.

maybe i'm just a bit old and jaded about mobile phone technology, but i have never understood the need for much more than the basics of what a smartphone offers. i'll never want to do anything on it that i could do more easily on my pc, and to this day i still use an old 180gb ipod classic for music.

android works fine. i've never experienced any real issues with my phone and have never had any complaints. that's the way i felt about my old moto x, too.

agreed with your sentiments

i am kind of interested in the iPhone SE. Nobody is making tiny android phones and this seems like the perfect size

 also interested in the iphone 12 mini but it's like twice the cost of what is already a lot (imo) to spend on a smartphone

Quote from: strongbad on October 28, 2020, 11:21:58 AMalso interested in the iphone 12 mini but it's like twice the cost of what is already a lot (imo) to spend on a smartphone

yeah if the 12 mini was like $500 it wouldn't even be a question for me, but 700 (or really 850 since I'd like more storage) is pretty steep

Quote from: strongbad on October 28, 2020, 11:20:28 AMi am kind of interested in the iPhone SE. Nobody is making tiny android phones and this seems like the perfect size

the old iPhone SE was great, if they just kept updating the internals on that I would be happy. the 2020 SE is just... eh

Quote from: Samus Aran on October 28, 2020, 02:23:17 AMi have a pixel 2

while i'm on my phone as regularly as anyone else, there are certain things i really just don't use it for at all. like music, or watching videos (if i can help it), or almost any gaming of any kind.

maybe i'm just a bit old and jaded about mobile phone technology, but i have never understood the need for much more than the basics of what a smartphone offers. i'll never want to do anything on it that i could do more easily on my pc, and to this day i still use an old 180gb ipod classic for music.

android works fine. i've never experienced any real issues with my phone and have never had any complaints. that's the way i felt about my old moto x, too.

pixel 2 is a good phone, and I agree with your take as well (except the music part since I use spotify)
mobile games suck ass, I just have fire emblem heroes, sudoku, downwell, and super hexagon
most apps are a waste of time and space, although I spend way more time on reddit and instagram than I care to admit. maybe I should delete those two apps befuddlement

I used to be crazy about smartphones, always looking for new apps, tweaking settings and customization, trying to use as much social media as possible, etc. Then I'd say like 4 years ago I just settled on what I liked and have been figuring out which apps I should get rid of ever since then.

Quote from: Hiro on October 26, 2020, 03:23:25 PMI don't know a single samsung user who actually uses Dex lmao, imo the "android is finicky" thing is mostly a meme, if you don't fiddle with it everything works fine, it's just that there is the option to fiddle with things if you want to, unlike iOS. samsung's software is kinda weird but there's a few things it offers that I really love, like Samsung Pay and Good Lock. It's pretty easy to de-samsung most of it though.

i've got an A10e that I use as my Android playground lol so i'm not totally foreign to it. i dont have any issues with it being finicky. and dex is definitely super niche, but i like the idea of minimizing my travel setup (not that i travel right now lmao). would be great to just bring a usb c hub and a small formfactor kb + m and plug that into whatever tv for some basic work shit isntead of having to lug around a laptop sometimes. i actually would have preferred linux on dex but they killed that lol, though there are other ways to run linux on android, its just not as clean as linux on dex was

i find with altstore that iphones are tinkerable enough for my needs, tho it would certainly be less annoying if it was offered out of the box. also the fact that apple is being a dick about streaming apps like gamepass suckssss. but apple chips are beasts for emulation and games, tho the snapdragon 875 might be a decent response to the a14, so we'll see

granted 875 phones will also be like a grand lol

yeah phones are way too fucking much now, i feel like high end flagships from 3 years ago had far more value than flagships nowadays, there's just nothing that they can really do that makes the 900+ price tag worth it at all. Instead they just keep removing features from phones so the flagship will look more appealing, but then again only budget phones have headphone jacks nowadays lmao
I just found out about altstore recently, so long as apple doesn't take it down it seems like a good resource

yeah phone prices def make no sense lol


like how is an iphone 12 mini $100 more than an ipad air.  it boggles the mind, i blame all of the installment plans for them shooting up in price and not really being worth it


also remember when people freaked out over the original iphone starting @ $499 lmao goonish

srsly, the profit margins are just getting higher and higher

OH i forgot the other holdup; i have an apple watch 4 lmao. and i actually use it quite heavily as my running GPS tracker. i don't think it's really possible to use it independently of an iphone? lol, I guess i could plug my ole' X in somewhere as homebase and use it that way, but i would have to go back to my super old all garmin GPS watch if i switched to the droid.

how do you guys feel about these folding phones

my little brother is about to spend too much money on the moto razr 5g and it feels like a bad idea

i like where they're going, but i am nowhere near sold yet lol. the razr seems silly tho, why lol. the latest galaxy fold seems okayish. i actually like the surface duo quite a bit but the price is waaaaaaay too high for what it's offering atm tho. once they start adding features to it, i might be a maybe down the line lol

smartwatches are a waste of money
folding phones are kinda cool but don't really serve much purpose yet and are wildly expensive

i mean if you don't have a use case, yes, but the cheapest GPS watch worth salt is still over $100, and that one is extremely fucking barebones. the first tier of garmin i'd want is $150, and you can get a GPS Apple Watch Series 3 for...$170 lol (i have a series 3, not 4, oops).


but yeah as like a phone alternative/replacement, they are not good for that at all lol

also for the record i have not purchased any apple watches for myself. first one i had was my mom's hand-me-down when she got a new one, and the one I currently have was a gift from my wife cuz she was like 'uhhhh husband like tech idk' but i do actually use it like 4-5 times a week for runs so whatever not the worst lol

what purpose does a gps watch serve though

distance and route tracking, as well as health analytics. the latter is kind of whatever, but i do actually rely on the former quite a bit because i run random routes/distances all the time and wouldn't know how far i've run exactly without something tracking my distance. i could do most of this with my phone on my person obvs, but i also prefer to leave my phone at home cuz my running shorts/tights are skimpy and only have a pocket for a set of keys and not much else lol. i usually have to bring a running backpack to have my phone on me, which im not the biggest fan of

my old phone RIP'd recently, well not really but the battery lasts for like 10 minutes after charging to 100% so i decided to replace it. got a moto g8 and it's been on point so far, i feel like it's like the perfectly balanced phone for normal use (i.e. not gaming) and is able to be delivered at a very comfy price point. the only down side is that the camera isn't great compared to what you can get on other phones

i feel like the flagships nowadays are extremely overkill, like what use do i even have for a 1440p display at 120Hz on my bloody mobile phone?? 16 cores? 8gb ram? waste of money IMO. i don't like the idea of "gaming phones" becoming a thing but it looks like that's where things are going rn

Apple

I wanna make my own phone someday.

Quote from: silvertone on January 24, 2022, 06:14:17 AMI wanna make my own phone someday.

https://www.fairphone.com/en/

Quote from: ME## on January 25, 2022, 08:08:48 AM

Quote from: silvertone on January 24, 2022, 06:14:17 AMI wanna make my own phone someday.

https://www.fairphone.com/en/

Holy...that's more expensive than an iphone. I just wanted to hook up a piezo speaker to a raspbery pi

can we stop posting in this thread it's 2022 for christs sake