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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I'm frustrated with the lack of sdcard options in upper midrange smartphones.

If you get a midrange smartphone you either compromise on processor, ram, storage or a combination of other.

I want a good quality smartphone which has 45w of minimum fast charging, UFS 3.1 256GB of minimum. 12GB ram, snapdragon 7+gen 2, or dimensity 8300 at minimum. And provides an sdcard option.

Is it that hard for brands to do that?

Nothing phone 2 and 2a would've been decent. If they had an sdcard option. Alas, they skipped it for some reason..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Nothing skipped on the SD card for no reason. Their cheaper CMF Phone ships with SD card support, though still not with a 3.5mm jack.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing skipped on the SD card for no reason.

I wouldn't say no reason. It's to make more money by forcing you to pay for more onboard storage, the same as any other manufacturer. Others, like Google, have an even clearer incentive to kill the SD card as it threatens the cloud storage subscription they want you to pay an ongoing fee for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I think Google's Pixel 9 128 GB edition is purely to drive consumers towards cloud storage.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I hate Xiaomi's bloatware so much

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I only buy Xiaomi phones because the bootloader is unlockable. The stock UI is eh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Good point indeed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have a Realme phone and it came with so much bloatware that I can't tell. Dozens and dozens of purely unwanted apps that I had to disable almost all of them to get a decent experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Have you tried the Universal Android Debloater?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Debloat with adb or shizuku?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I thought about it but I have Android 10 , from what I understand, I'll have to redo it periodically... I also don't own a computer so far

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's really getting in the way. I got a Xiaomi's as a backup phone recently because on paper the specs were good. Well, the phone is fast, but the UI...

I got a Motorola next, probably going to resell the Xiaomi once I'm done migrating

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

HyperOS?

My phone runs MIUI 11 and I honestly found it very good , I had more problems with MIUI Battery optimization though , and battery draining to some extent

It's probably the first and the last Xiaomi phone I'll ever buy though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

HyperOS yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is your device supported by DivestOS? https://divestos.org/pages/devices

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Why don't 3rd launchers not support native gestures yet? Why does Google refuse to fix that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because google like all things google does not bother. I mean why would they if things are going just as well. Not like you and I are going to switch to a rival OS without google services.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

And now with the US antitrust ruling against Google, they are sure to ignore more of these small things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I have a similar question, how is that 3rd party launchers users do not know or not care about this?

I genuinely envy them lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure why other Android OEMs are unable to fix this issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So far the only way that this has been fixed is with a custom ROM (using their own custom launcher which is average at best) or using Lawnchair with QuickSwitch (requires root, and it is like the best shot you have to have smooth animations with a more customized launcher).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Is it me or is the Pixel 9 hype very low? I feel like nobody is expecting much from it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Well, of course, google leaks everything months before so nobody cares now. Plus the google io was a big fiasco talking 2 hours about AI, completed skipped android 15 which is a pretty incremental release. As a result, everyone expects the same from this event too. Meaningless ai everywhere

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for your comment, didn't even follow the Google IO

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I always watch it because of the android releases (phone, watch etc) but this year's was such a big letdown. It ruined my day

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

What's the hype going to be about? All phones are just black rectangular prisms now. The camera will be a little better, the battery life a little better, the processor slightly faster... But there's no huge leap in functionality and form factors aren't taking risks any more.

It's previous phone release + .1

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I've seen any hype for any new phone releases for a while. And that's OK, the technology has matured a lot so there isn't that much to get hyped about anymore. The foldable phones are pretty cool, hoping that they become affordable in the next decade!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I haven't seen a foldable phone that doesn't have an ugly crease in the screen after a while.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Well then I hope they sort that out in the next decade too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

No big features. Satellite emergency is nice, but that's it. Everything else is just a slow iteration on the last version. So it's fine, but nobody will upgrade early for it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Same old slow chipset, ugly design (personally), software locked features rather than hardware limits

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I don't update apps until they break. Never know when an update is going to enshittify an app. (Fing, etc.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I always update my apps. If an app gets shitty, I change the app cause the problem is not on the app, it's on the owners philosophy and this is what I wanna get rid of.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I don't use most of Google apps and stock's bloatware , so I don't update it too For other apps , it depends on the update itself , if it brings good new things and bug fixes I update , otherwise I mostly ignore until the next update

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Anyone have a Fing replacement from the likes of fdroid/neostore or otherwise that says fuck you to the new "requirement" that Fing is claiming hampered their app?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

This is a valid recommendation (might not apply to all apps, such as bank or password apps) also because bugs can happen... But man I just hate seeing I have pending updates haha.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why none of chat apps have 1080p video call? Is it a Android issue to implement or battery concern?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Good question, I have it too

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For a short period of time, I thought about buying a Google Pixel phone to run Graphene OS on it , Google Pixel isn't available in the local market, so I'll have to buy it from abroad, and this comes with risks : not being able to benefit from the phone’s warranty , the extremely high costs of shipping the phone into the country, and the extremely high costs of making the device work on the local network legally As much as I would like to try Graphene OS, such risks are too crazy to take so I changed my mind or at least stopped thinking about it temporarily... who knows, maybe some local company will bring the brand to the local market one day due to competition with other local companies. The same competition introduced phones to the market that weren't previously there: Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Infinix, Tecno, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This risk seems high indeed, I wouldn't do it either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Plus the Pixels with the Tensor chip suck. You pay a flagship price but the processor cannot even compete with 5 year old chips.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have an old asus zenfone 2 with the x86 processor. Has anyone tried turning it into a small server? It runs some whatever old android at this point, and I figure it could still run a thing or two.