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We've gotten to the point of peak absurdity where 5.9" is considered "ultra-compact". I'm in the market for a new phone right now, and it's baffling how ridiculously big most phones are right now. I only use mine for instant messaging and browsing Hacker News. 5" is more than enough for that.
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What Android phone gets OS updates for 6 years? Even 2-3 is quite good by Android standards.
My bet is always to see which phone is supported by LineageOS, or other alternatives. Typing this on a Moto G6 (2018). I also have a fully patched Nexus 7 tablet (2013). Technically, there's nothing wrong with them. It's just that the vendors can't bring themselves to do the work. Hopefully some legislation will come into place at some point to enforce this.
In the same way, mods for games aren't an alternative to the developer just fixing issues.
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It’s sad that no phone maker is playing the open and standard platform game. A brand like Asus would have everything to win with this : they already are recognized as a « geek » brand, they could ship updates with no effort and they could get free marketing from the word to mouth of the « geek of the family ». Instead of that, like any other Android manufacturer in the market, they ship great hardware with shitty or…
Critical phone components (or rather, their drivers and/or firmware) are not open however. I would like a platform with x86-level standardization but competitive power efficiency a lot. I don’t see it happening though. It’s not down to the phone makers, but to the component suppliers—like Qualcomm.
They are either open or isolated in Librem 5.
We've gotten to the point of peak absurdity where 5.9" is considered "ultra-compact". I'm in the market for a new phone right now, and it's baffling how ridiculously big most phones are right now. I only use mine for instant messaging and browsing Hacker News. 5" is more than enough for that.
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That phone came out a year ago, it hasn’t even had time to prove it’s supported. Check back with us in 5 years.
I own the older Zenfone 6 from 2019, i.e. 3 years old. I has received frequently updates until now, including the change of the major version of Android, from the one with which the phone had been initially delivered.
https://www.reddit.com/r/zenfone/comments/ollaq6/i_will_neve...
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Pixel phones beginning with the Pixel 6 are guaranteed five years of updates at a minimum.
The Pixel 6 Pro has been update to become a pile of hot trash in my case. The updates have been so bad I'm returning it this weekend, while I received a perfectly functional hone... I'm sure some will appreciate the (security) updates, because the year or so of OS updates I've experienced have been a constant trend towards the worse.
Just a heads-up for anybody considering picking this up soon after it's released: Early batches of Zenfone 8 started dying after around six months of usage. Even though there were a lot of users complaining on the official forum [1], there was no official statement from Asus except "send your phone in for service.". Also, recent updates seem to break random funcionality like Face ID [2], the notification pulldown men…
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That phone came out a year ago, it hasn’t even had time to prove it’s supported. Check back with us in 5 years.
It might be just me - but my phone battery degrades so significantly after 3 years that the phone isn't worth using anymore, so I'm not that bothered about not receiving updates past that window.
I've been running a Galaxy S7 since 2016 like that and only now do the first battery issues slowly start to appear.
I fear there may soon be zero phones on the market under 70mm wide
It doesn't really feel like width would be problem, now jack, SD card or less than 150mm, those are more difficult to get.
Will buy this purely for the fact that it has the 3.5mm jack and a separate finger print sensor. Sensor placement on the side is perfect, I've long been searching for a successor for my trusty S10e
I've actually underclocked mine, limited the maximum frequency that is, to conserve battery because I don't need all that power. It gets quite hot if you unleash it and do something like have a constantly re-rendering map as you move about (OsmAnd routing). Aside from software problems that are not Samsung's fault (base android just gets more annoying with every version), the "too fast" cpu is the only flaw I've found with it and I'm kind of dreading needing to upgrade in a few years when android degraded further and headphone jacks are entirely unavailable.
My work phone (released 2021) doesn't have a headphone jack. Took a few hours to find a USB C converter where the reviews didn't say "doesn't work with " (version 6 worked fine, it seems the manufacturer removed support for all the ones that previously worked) or "lots of noise on the mic" or "broke after 2 weeks". Couldn't find one where you could also charge without getting a ton of noise, so I got a wireless charger plus with a simple C to headphone converter. Wireless charging makes it extremely hot and the C converter has a loose contact on the third use. Great success, loving the headphone jackless experience.