What phone you use as your daily driver? And, a discussion of them.

[docnorth]

Sony xz2, it’s 2018 model, bought it 2019 as a flash offer. Still very fast, good battery. Sensitive touchscreen if talking on ear, fortunately I mostly use bluetooth. Even it’s 18:9 ratio is narrow for me, I prefer 16:9 for work, but can’t find one anymore.

 

[LTUGamer]

Not the common one - Oukitel K12.

I like how thick case, unpopular brand and strange materials (lether back and aluminium on sides) make people crazy about it. While I am enjoying superb battery lifetime and sufficient performance

 

[theFOoL]

Not the common one - Oukitel K12.

I like how thick case, unpopular brand and strange materials (lether back and aluminium on sides) make people crazy about it. While I am enjoying superb battery lifetime and sufficient performance

I'm all about battery life man. Sucks our tech in that department hasn't changed much but I hear China is in testing on something of course. I hate how people "Back when I had a Doogee V80? forgot the model but everybody at work say hey what phone is that. I said Doogee V80 then ask where's that company from. I said China based and they looked away. Ah people where do ya think y'alls phone come from lol. Not like we have space here to build factors

 

[lmille16]

iphone XS and battery still lasts me around 5-6 days

5-6 days? Do you not use your phone much or have a battery pack? Normal usage for me has me charging every night.

On a iPhone XS as well. Probably not planning on upgrading for a few years or until it breaks.

 

[Anth0789]

Using the Samsung S21 Ultra since April, love it, had a Huawei P20 Pro before that also which was pretty decent.

 

[The red spirit]

I said China based and they looked away. Ah people where do ya think y'alls phone come from lol. Not like we have space here to build factors

At least my Galaxy A50 is made in Vietnam. I remember that they used to be made in Korea. It's not really surprising, knowing that Samsung alone is responsible for liek half of Korea's GDP. And Samsung has tons of manufacturing facilities. They also make tanks, fridges, ships, cars, dryers and etc. Basically anything at least a bit electronic or moving. After reading more, Samsung also makes phones in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey. They seemingly wanted to also make phones in China, but C19 dropped and it fell apart. Nokias before going bust, used to be made in Finland. That was 2016. Nokias later were made in Vietnam. Sony and Kyocera still makes phones in Japan. LG, before they went bust, made phones in Korea. Xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo, Motorola, LG, HTC, Asus, Micromax to certain extent are made in India. HTC, Asus are made in Taiwan. Modern Blackberries are made in Canada.

Not saying that China doesn't make most phones, it's just that China is losing stranglehold it once had. India seems to be a lot like China was a decade ago. It doesn't help them any, that China has political tensions with western world.

 

[theFOoL]

Why oh Why... LINK

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Samsung S10+ 1TB version. I use it more than I use my deskstop itself and I filled it up 500GB worth of pictures and videos. I even use a 1TB sd card for it. Also great phone with the headphone jack still remaining. I wish there is phone like this with everything in it like SD card and headphone jack plus 1TB plus space. S10+ is almost perfect if the battery is replaceable. S10+ is also the first phone with wifi 6 or wireless AX having wifi speed almost as fast as Lan is amazing.

 

[Auxityne]

Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S21+ (256 GB) that I managed to pick up for about $300 less than MSRP. My only minor gripe is that I wish it had a rear- or side-mounted fingerprint reader.

 

[yotano211]

Samsung S10+ 1TB version. I use it more than I use my deskstop itself and I filled it up 500GB worth of pictures and videos. I even use a 1TB sd card for it. Also great phone with the headphone jack still remaining. I wish there is phone like this with everything in it like SD card and headphone jack plus 1TB plus space. S10+ is almost perfect if the battery is replaceable. S10+ is also the first phone with wifi 6 or wireless AX having wifi speed almost as fast as Lan is amazing.

I have the same phone model, I love the amount of storage it has. I can install all of my shows and movies on it and watch them when I get off from work and relax in the truck. I also have a 256gb SD card, I want to get a larger one but I'm waiting until prices fall a bit more.

Samsung S10+ 1TB version. I use it more than I use my deskstop itself and I filled it up 500GB worth of pictures and videos. I even use a 1TB sd card for it. Also great phone with the headphone jack still remaining. I wish there is phone like this with everything in it like SD card and headphone jack plus 1TB plus space. S10+ is almost perfect if the battery is replaceable. S10+ is also the first phone with wifi 6 or wireless AX having wifi speed almost as fast as Lan is amazing.

When you transfer videos to the computer, how fast is your transfer rate. On my phone its is only about 36mb/s. I thought it would be faster.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

At least my Galaxy A50 is made in Vietnam. I remember that they used to be made in Korea. It's not really surprising, knowing that Samsung alone is responsible for liek half of Korea's GDP. And Samsung has tons of manufacturing facilities. They also make tanks, fridges, ships, cars, dryers and etc. Basically anything at least a bit electronic or moving. After reading more, Samsung also makes phones in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey. They seemingly wanted to also make phones in China, but C19 dropped and it fell apart. Nokias before going bust, used to be made in Finland. That was 2016. Nokias later were made in Vietnam. Sony and Kyocera still makes phones in Japan. LG, before they went bust, made phones in Korea. Xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo, Motorola, LG, HTC, Asus, Micromax to certain extent are made in India. HTC, Asus are made in Taiwan. Modern Blackberries are made in Canada.

Not saying that China doesn't make most phones, it's just that China is losing stranglehold it once had. India seems to be a lot like China was a decade ago. It doesn't help them any, that China has political tensions with western world.

My Galaxy S10+ was made in Vietnam as well. Looks like Samsung closed the China factory for their phones, sometime after 2014. (if they didn't the same year as well) My Galaxy S5 from 2014 was made in China.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I have the same phone model, I love the amount of storage it has. I can install all of my shows and movies on it and watch them when I get off from work and relax in the truck. I also have a 256gb SD card, I want to get a larger one but I'm waiting until prices fall a bit more.


When you transfer videos to the computer, how fast is your transfer rate. On my phone its is only about 36mb/s. I thought it would be faster.

I just did a test transfer now I could transfer a 1Gib video file under 10 seconds. It should be running 100Mib/s for me. I need to use a 3.0 type C cable though. It sound like your usb type C cable is at usb 2.0 speed being at 30Mib/s. It is hard to find type C usb 3.0 cable I used the cable that came from my portable ssd to make a transfer.

I downloaded tons of videos to my 1TB sd card is awesome little portable computer. Really easy that I forget to go my deskstop. Amazon have an occasional price drop for their 1TB sandisk card which I currently use in this phone.

 

[Flanker]

Honor 20, the last Huawei phone with GMS

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

Pixel 4a
Replacing a nokia 5.1 plus
Loved both
Am kinda limted though Only like stock android
No custom android versions or IOS for me

 

[erocker]

I'm still on my Pixel 3 and it's still running strong. Battery still lasts almost two days for me. I do plan on getting something new in the next couple of months though. Just waiting for the Pixel 6 and whatever else is launching with it.

 

[windwhirl]

Had to replace my outdated Lumia 640 XL a few months ago, went with a Moto G9 Power. Large 6000 mAh battery and good enough specs in general for me. I'm only using it for communications and browsing the web, so I'm expecting it to last me at least three years. Maybe five if I can get away with it.

 

[yotano211]

I just did a test transfer now I could transfer a 1Gib video file under 10 seconds. It should be running 100Mib/s for me. I need to use a 3.0 type C cable though. It sound like your usb type C cable is at usb 2.0 speed being at 30Mib/s. It is hard to find type C usb 3.0 cable I used the cable that came from my portable ssd to make a transfer.

I downloaded tons of videos to my 1TB sd card is awesome little portable computer. Really easy that I forget to go my deskstop. Amazon have an occasional price drop for their 1TB sandisk card which I currently use in this phone.

I'm using the cable that came with the phone. I guess I'll need to find a correct cable.
Since getting the phone I always wanted to get higher transfer speeds. 100mb/s would be awesome.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

Galaxy S II Plus

 

[chrcoluk]

Still my one plus 6, but I have a new one plus 8 pro boxed for almost 2 months now as I havent had time to change over.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I'm using the cable that came with the phone. I guess I'll need to find a correct cable.
Since getting the phone I always wanted to get higher transfer speeds. 100mb/s would be awesome.

It really a great phone. Often time phone would run out of space before their unusable. The 1TB version makes it able to last a long time. Also the back for the 1TB is ceramic. I bought this phone 2nd hand and it look pristine due to that being harder than glass. There no 1TB phone aside from this from Samsung still or other manufacturer. I can't think of any better phone than this. Ceramic back, 1TB space, micro-sd space, dual sim and trusty old headphone jack. It is Samsung last fully feature phone without compromises. Talking about transfer other phone still use type C usb 2.0.

 

[wolf]

Galaxy S21 Ultra currently. Great phone, I like it a lot more than I thought I would.

Used to have iPhones, but put in an oversimplified statement, the nerd in me needs more customization ability. I swore off Samsungs years ago and loved a couple of Oneplus phones I had (most recently the amazing 7pro), and the S21 Ultra wasn't even on my maybe list until a mate hit me up knowing I was shopping for a phone and had a 50% off MSRP code I used, which made it like upper midrange price for the top-end model.

The Upgrade cycle is yearly, but it's because I cater for my wife and her mother too. So, I get a new phone, wife gets my old phone, her mum gets her old phone. Works well for them so instead of us all buying a phone every maybe 2-3 years, I get my cool new gadget every year, my wife consistently gets a 1-year-old flagship which suits her given I'm the techie one and pick fairly high end devices, and her mum gets a ~2-year-old phone every year which blew her old purchasing policy out of the water, which was use it well beond it's use-by date (flogged battery, broken screen, battered casing, no longer gets any updates etc)

I'm currently paying £4 per month for 8GB data with unlimited call/text, but phones I tend to buy outright - currently on iPhone 11 Pro Max.

This is the way. For many years now I buy (preferably salary sacrifice) phones as I desire, and use a 'sim only' plan, currently $30 AUD per month for 30GB data, what you don't use rolls into a bank of up to 250GB (really handy for travel), unlimited everything else.

Galaxy s4.

Man I loved that phone, user replaceable battery for the win! plus I bet it still holds up reasonably well today, and there would surely be decent ROMs for it if you have the inclination.

 

[sam_86314]

LG V40. Was a great phone until I tried to replace a swelling battery. Slipped while trying to pry it out and nicked the back of the screen, which caused a patch of pixels to die and a vertical magenta line to appear on the screen. I managed to get ahold of another V40 to hold me over until I can justify buying a new phone.

Spoiler: So sad...

My biggest complaint about the V40 (aside from the lack of magical pull tabs on the battery) is the software. My original one is stuck on Android 9, and the replacement is stuck on Android 10 (which is much better). LineageOS does exist for the V40, but it's unofficial, tricky to install (need to mess around in QPST; Qualcomm's leaked maintenance tools), and isn't all that supported by its developer.

T-Mobile will be shutting down the old Sprint network, so all of our phones will stop working in January. We'll probably switch providers when that time comes.

The phones I've got my eye on are the Google Pixel 4a and 5a and the OnePlus 8T. All of these phones look good for custom ROMs, and they also look to be easier to repair than the V40.

 

[las]

iPhone 13 Mini as of today. Flagship performance in small form factor is what I need. Android phones can't deliver that.

 

[Ruru]

iPhone 7+

Bought new and still going : ) Just..

Gotta love Apple's long support. I suppose you also upgraded to iOS15?

 

[las]

Gotta love Apple's long support. I suppose you also upgraded to iOS15?

Yep, that too, 5+ years of support is great.
Can't really see myself going back to Android. It's my 4th iPhone in a Row after being an Android user for many years.