• y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Lol at the last phones “pro” being “ultra portable”.

    Unless this means that programs and such can be ported to it, aren’t all cell phones ultra portable? Isn’t that the point?

    To me that’s like saying a pro of a specific model of car is that it is “ultra drivable”

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    3 days ago

    Motorola One. Cost me 200 bucks four years ago. Claims to be water resistant, but I’ve dropped it in the lake about a dozen times and accidentally tossed it in the washing machine once (I got it out right away.) It hasn’t so much as frozen since buying it and the battery can still go about two days without a charge.

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      3 days ago

      It’s called the Moto One. Motorola doesn’t make phones. Lenovo makes those, they bought the Motorola mobility brand years ago.

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          2 days ago

          People buy them all the time thinking they’re buying a Motorola phone. They’re not the first person to be upset/disappointed that I pointed that out.

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        3 days ago

        Oh my stars and garters, was I not specific with my words? Am I ignorant to which company has acquired other companies so I can be as technical as possible?

        Or did I buy this phone, the one I’m typing on now, from the Motorola website, and it came in a box covered in motorola branding? How absolutely idiotic of me to assume Moto was short for Motorola.

        I can not believe I was this wrong on the internet. The damage I’ve done to the collective knowledge of everyone who’s seen my comment, who didn’t know any better, can never be healed.

  • StorageB@lemmy.one
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    3 days ago

    I’m very happy with my OnePlus 12. I’d recommend looking into them as an option.

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    3 days ago

    Personally, when I can afford it I’m going to go for the OnePlus Nord N10 5G. I don’t feel the need for the more stringent security hardening on GrapheneOS, so basic LineageOS MicroG is enough for me.

    I hate the lack of a headphone jack enough to make that tradeoff, vs a Google Pixel.

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      3 days ago

      Is there a phone with a proper headset jack and isn’t tainted by whispers of Chinese evil gov spying ? My country still feels the sting of the Nortel issue.

  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    why would you choose any of the asuses?

    “nicely built”, and “sleek design” are not positives, but made up qualities. That’s basically a goal for all phone manufacturers

    “good AI features”. sorry what? do they mean the power button opens the assist lant instead of the shutdown menu? or that the device sends home an order of magnitude more information about you than usual?

    “ultra portable”? what the fuck does that mean for a fucking smartphone?

    and “univeral fast charging” means it’s glued in battery will wear out ultra fast.

    buy a pixel if you don’t care about keeping it for a long time, and about having a removable battery. otherwise get a fairphone

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      3 days ago

      Sites so stupid you know some weren’t even build by AI, just there to sell ads into your brainhole - and those ads will rot your brain less than the actual site “content”.

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    4 days ago

    Google now provides a full 7 years of parts and updates for the pixel 8 and 9. Samsung may I think now do 7 years of updates on some phones no idea about parts though.

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    4 days ago

    God can these people keep AI out of phones?

    Even those stupid “AI” camera features can fuck off, they always make the photo worse, unless all the do is pick a filter and adjust the saturation/brightness/contrast/etc. as soon as the do something unreversable like add blurring, they can fuck off because it always looks janky AF in real world use

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    4 days ago

    I had a similar inquiry, I think the conclusion is Pixel. It’s not ideal but they’re supporting updates for 7 years now which is a good push towards deshitification. And as others put, it can have custom firmware which can prolong that even longer (or if you want out of that Google ecosystem).

    Haven’t took the leap yet though. I’m typing this from a hand me down Galaxy S10 that’s held together with rubber bands because the back glass became unglued. I haven’t had updates in a while but bs Knox protection threatens to brick the thing if I flash a new firmware. Pixels are expensive, though.

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        Eh, I think I’ll order a 15 dollar back glass replacement since it’s also a little cracked. I only got this phone because I replaced it’s spicy pillow battery myself (it was due for the trash heap). I might as well treat it with a little more care until I get some broken Pixel to play with lol