Asus Zenfone 9

Post by hammyhavoc » Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 10:34 AM UTC

craftkiller wrote: post #416

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #326

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Why does the battery size matter? Do we compare car fuel tank sizes? We typically care about how it affects our use of the product. How long can the iPhone SE last on a charge? How does it compare to other iPhones?

> Do we compare car fuel tank sizes Yes. I can't tell you why they thought it was important, but in my childhood I've heard multiple adults talk about "My car goes miles before a fill-up". Never made sense to me, gas stations are everywhere and filling up is quick.

Post by hammyhavoc » Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 10:37 AM UTC

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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.

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

Post by jaimex2 » Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 11:12 PM UTC

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typically LineageOS uses the stock binary blobs for cameras, too many trade secrets for Qualcomm, Sony, Samsung etc. to release them as open source. you can bootloader/oem unlock zenphones, though that might wipe DRM keys.

Some phones require extra firmware to get good quality out of the camera that are protected with keys that get wiped when unlocking the bootloader, which is probably what was meant.

Post by ece » Wed, Aug 03, 2022, 10:58 AM UTC

hammyhavoc wrote: post #449

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The fit in my pants is honestly the biggest problem I've had too since getting a Pixel 6. The one-handed keyboard/screen mode works fine, the battery life is nice, and the bigger screen I mostly don't care either way about. It's big in my pants though, when I'm not using it, I think only folding phones will really solve this.

Pixel 6a user wanting to know what to do with my phone to actually carry it. Missus hasn't used a handbag in almost a decade, and is now using one just to carry her phone. Impractical.

Post by Marsymars » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 11:25 PM UTC

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What's stopping people from just running the, say, Google build of Android on this phone? If there is custom device drivers or whatever, can't they just be copied from the custom ASUS android over to the standard android build, while avoiding all the crapware and lack of updates?

Apps have started locking you out if they detect you have an unofficial build. Even dumb apps like McDonalds. Good luck using mandatory banking apps there as well.