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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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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.
What Android phone gets OS updates for 6 years? Even 2-3 is quite good by Android standards.
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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.
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.
Why are screens getting so big? So they can shove more ads?
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Who is on which end of that crapware spectrum? And what is the crapware? Asking as someone who's only had a Pixel, or iPhone before that.
Google is no crapware, Samsung is as much crapware as possible. Samsung has their own version of every built-in app. Text messages for example, they have a much shittier version of "Messages" (no RCS support at least a few months ago). Their apps get set back to default randomly. Photos/Gallery, email, web browser, you name it. They then have other junk installed. Their own app store, their own voice assistant, and o…
On a scale of Samsung to Google, how bad does Asus load up their Android with crapware?
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Detailed and honest? How is this different from all the flashy usual marketing bullshit on a active scroll (or whatever that's called) webpage? Do they mention on that page that SD card support has been removed this year or is it something you have to deduce because CTRL+F 'sd' returns 0 results? Detailed and honest would be spec sheet, camera samples, couple of standardized benchmarks, basically a Kimovil.com descri…
> Do they mention on that page that SD card support has been removed this year According to GSMArena, the Zenfone 8 did not have an SD slot either. [1] Which is too bad, if Asus offered expandable storage on the Zenfone it would be the ideal phone for me. [1] https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_8-10893.php
It is good that Apple offers mobile phones with internal storage of 1tb where Samsung ends up in 512gb but in this times of large photos and movies 2 TB should appear soon.
How can they claim that it's "ultra compact"? That's just plain misleading advertising. Heck, it's bigger than my current Pixel 3a, which is already a bit too large for my comfort.
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I have an S10e as well and the placement & responsiveness of the fingerprint sensor on it is absolutely perfect. Can't believe that subsequent models didn't retain it. I also want to upgrade, but it's difficult to pick which phones will have equally good fingerprint reading. Also hoping for eSIM support, in case anyone has suggestions.
I went from an S10 to an S22 Ultra and the fingerprint reader is leagues better.
Note that S10 is totally different than S10e when it comes to the fingerprint reader, though. On the S10e, the power button is the fingerprint reader. The position is perfect. Contrast that with phones like Pixel 4 or Pixel 5, where Google think a sensor in an awkward location on the back of the phone is the right move.