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Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by vivab0rg »

andrepd wrote: post #397
kadoban wrote: post #384

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Most of those are not real options, they're about to stop getting security updates, or already did.

I don't run spyware OS anyway, Lineage+microg is the bare minimum. I've found unofficial maintainers give better support for their custom roms than manufacturers.

>. I've found unofficial maintainers give better support for their custom roms than manufacturers.

This is so true. Typing this on a Mi A2 Lite released in 2018 rocking a custom A11 ungoogled ROM and squeezing almost 3 days of battery life out of it. It's screen size is 5.84" and it's perfect. I refuse to go any bigger.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by CaptainZapp »

fuzzy2 wrote: post #225
pjerem wrote: post #219

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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.

I'm seriously looking into Sailfish and, by implication, a Sony Experia for my next phone.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by colordrops »

kyriakos wrote: post #188
colordrops wrote: post #187

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I've been lucky with the battery life for some reason. Still usually lasts through the day for me, even after 3 years. I think OnePlus only charges like $20 to replace it...

thanks for the tip. I'll have it replaced cause other than battery life i have zero complaints with this phone. I was even worried originally because the front camera is a "moving part" but even that seems to have outlasted my expectations.

The pop-up camera is known to be very reliable. Unfortunate that they put so much work into it and abandoned it.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by zeagle »

mPReDiToR wrote: post #159
zeagle wrote: post #101

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I'm curious what your use case for NFC is.

Many, many people in UK use GOOG pay (wallet now) to pay for goods and services. A few contort their wrists to show off their Apple watch, but phones are more than commonplace.

That makes sense and I didn't appreciate it was NFC based. Canada was pretty quick to bring in tap credit cards so I've just done this and not set it up.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by samstave »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #262
Gigachad wrote: post #180

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Users should probably buy devices from better venders. I certainly don’t worry about any negatives from an iOS update

>I certainly don’t worry about any negatives from an iOS update Really? I always have issues after iOS upgrades, mostly related to iCloud. But I still update ASAP because as soon as a new iOS version is released, the old version causes even more iCloud problems. Apple and the whole iOS ecosystem just doesn't tolerate old versions (which is mostly a good thing but also has some downsides)

iOS updates are frustrating because you never know what privacy toggles get un-toggled.

Further, there are time when I DONT want my devices to update.

Device management in iCloud is utterly poor, I should be able to manage all my privacy settings for all my iOS devices in FUCKING iCLOUD!

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by KAKAN »

fsflover wrote: post #293
fuzzy2 wrote: post #225

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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.

> Critical phone components (or rather, their drivers and/or firmware) are not open however. They are either open or isolated in Librem 5.

Librem 5 is much more expensive, too. And the performance isn't even comparable.

It's not viable for a company like ASUS to go for the same approach. And not many consumers would buy them, either.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by kadoban »

andrepd wrote: post #397
kadoban wrote: post #384

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Most of those are not real options, they're about to stop getting security updates, or already did.

I don't run spyware OS anyway, Lineage+microg is the bare minimum. I've found unofficial maintainers give better support for their custom roms than manufacturers.

I could never bring myself to trust microg.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by slotrans »

niek_pas wrote: post #266
xbar wrote: post #184

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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 use mine frequently. Any phone without one is a non-starter.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by sk0g »

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #366
sk0g wrote: post #363

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My bank decided to abandon their own payment solution in favour of GPay, and the neo-bank or two I do use also uses GPay, while I don't actually have physical cards for these. In short, not using GPay is not an option. > it is more secure than the stock OS Maybe, but I don't trust community maintainers (nor auditing) enough. At least Google has a business entity that backs their services, community ROMs have nothing…

Re Google Pay, if it's a must-have for you, then so be it. However, re community maintainers, clearly you have read nothing about GrapheneOS, as security is by far their top priority, at the expense of nearly everything else.

No I do not have the time nor interest to read about every ROM group.

I just want a relible, usable phone, and do not experience safety concerns that would warrant preferring a less convenient experience. I don't think most people do, for that matter.

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