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I like your eye for user-focused design. Apple has absolutely lost this game. The iPhone wants to be magic. I want mechanical joy.
I doubt there are many users who still want a headphone jack.
I do!
Asus Zenfone 9
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#372“Unbeatable performance” then says 15% faster. Then in foot note says “ Manufacturer’s performance data. Compared to Snapdragon® 888.”. Lmao
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#373Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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
S*t, now nobody is offering a SD card slot? Neither Samsung nor Apple. Just when in 2022 you can have a large storage AND privacy. I think Huawei is the only one offering a Google mobile phone and storage? 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.
Sony's Xperia line seems to be the last one to still offer microsd support in a high-end phone. They also have headphone jacks, waterproofing, front facing speakers, and no camera notch. I kind of hate sony, but I might end up buying one of their phones next, just because they seem to be the only manufacturer that isn't removing features and calling it progress. On the down side, their commitment to updates is pretty lame.
Right now I'm on a Moto g100/Edgs S, which is a mid-range phone with a microSD slot and a headphone jack, but it has two camera holes in the screen, it's not waterproof and it has a single shitty down firing speaker. However, it was $270 used, so I figured I can live with this until I find something I actually like.
Oh, and both Motorola and Sony make it easy to unlock the bootloader, which is sadly not guaranteed anymore. I'm still a little salty at Google for permanently locking the bootloader in my old Pixel 2 and I sent it in for a repair.
Re: Asus Zenfone 9
#374Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like your eye for user-focused design. Apple has absolutely lost this game. The iPhone wants to be magic. I want mechanical joy.
I doubt there are many users who still want a headphone jack.
I do. A phone without a headphone jack is like a car without an air conditioner.
Re: Asus Zenfone 9
#375We'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.
My last two phones are a Moto Z Play (5.5in) and a Pixel 4a (5.8in). While the Pixel 4a screen was larger, I found the larger Moto Z phone immensely more comfortable to use. The chins meant you could more comfortably reach the inside corners, and the different aspect ratio meant the phone could be used in landscape mode without the keyboard occluding the entire screen. The Pixel 4a, despite its ostensibly larger screen, actually felt like a step down because the keyboard usability is heavily dependent on how square the screen is.
Imho the move to higher than 16:9 aspect ratios has really made it harder to talk about screen size.
Re: Asus Zenfone 9
#376Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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
S*t, now nobody is offering a SD card slot? Neither Samsung nor Apple. Just when in 2022 you can have a large storage AND privacy. I think Huawei is the only one offering a Google mobile phone and storage? 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.
I think the best phones are made by Sony. If you want stereo speakers, SD slot, headphone jack and high end performance, it's hard to find other models than these manufactured by Sony.
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#377Earlier quoted context omitted.
S*t, now nobody is offering a SD card slot? Neither Samsung nor Apple. Just when in 2022 you can have a large storage AND privacy. I think Huawei is the only one offering a Google mobile phone and storage? 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.
> now nobody is offering a SD card slot For some reason sd card slot is like audio jack, it's considered a thing for middle tier phones. Xiaomi have a bunch of them (various Redmis for instance), and Samsung at least used to, I haven't checked recently.
Sony seems to be the last manufacturer offering MicroSD slots in their high-end phones. (The last manufacturer that sells phones in the US, anyways.) They also include a headphone jack!
Samsung ditched both of those features in recent years.
I kind of hate sony, but in this instance they seem to be less shitty than everyone else.
Re: Asus Zenfone 9
#378We'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.
Samsung Z Flip 3. you're welcome
Those are pretty wide.
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I went from an S10 to an S22 Ultra and the fingerprint reader is leagues better.
Good to know the S22 Ultra has a decent fingerprint reader. 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.
I actually prefer the sensor on the back of the phone. I find it to be at least as convenient as on the power button, and with the power button placement, it frequently unlocks right after I just hit the power button to turn the screen off.
However, both of them are leaps and bounds better than the optical in-screen sensors that fucking blind you if try to use the phone somewhere dark. I had a phone with one of those for about 2 weeks before I returned it.
Re: Asus Zenfone 9
#380The only problem with Asus phones in general, which is also apparent in their ROG phones, is the lack of updates. Their hardware is top-notch, literally; I've never seen faster phones. But, they don't update them consistently enough, unlike Google and Samsung which have pledged multiple years of software support through Android releases.
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#asus ZenFone 8 is being supported. So, there's good chance that ZenFone 9 will be as well.
Thia is an aftermarket ROM that needs root, bootloader hack etc. This wont be used by 99% of the people.