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

[Zach_01]

~13 years on iPhone

iPhone4S
iPhone6S
iPhoneSE (2020)
iPhone15ProMax

About 4 years/device for the first 3.
I'd like to keep the last at least 5years. So far (1 year) battery is at 98% capacity with 168 charging cycles so it looks promising.
If I do keep it 5y, it will be about 210€/year avg.

Switching to the latest every year is just a waste IMO.

 

[3valatzy]

Android 14 is an extremely poor version. It is slow and power hungry / power hog. Why aren't there any power saving features in-built inside?
Will they release updates which fix the terrible Android 14 behaviour?

 

[Peter1986C]

Recently swithed from my HMD Global Nokia G21*, to a Pixel 8a (open box deal for €300) running GrapheneOS rather smoothly.

*which I intend to keep as a music player for locally stored music, disconnected from any network once security updates dry up.

 

[Scattergrunt]

Went from a Samsung Galaxy Luna to a S20 FE as my daily driver not too long ago. My philosophy, while not unique, is that on phones, or anything related to tech in general is that "If it works, if it does everything I need it to do, if the level of performance / capability is where I want it, then its fine."

I also own a I-Phone 13 but I literally never use the thing besides as a emergency phone. I don't have anything within the apple ecosystem to justify getting a new I-phone or using said I-Phone as my daily driver, in case anyone was wondering.

 

[RUSerious]

iPhone 15 Plus. Been using iPhones since the 6s. I upgrade ~ every three years.

 

[KetoRay]

OnePlus 12, before that version 11. I'm planning to upgrade to v13.

 

[BerArtVD]

Galaxy S23 Ultra

 

[jarablue]

I used to like big phones. Now I like the smaller ones. I have an S24 regular version. I don't want a mammoth sized phone in my hand anymore.

 

[igormp]

I used to like big phones. Now I like the smaller ones. I have an S24 regular version. I don't want a mammoth sized phone in my hand anymore.

I really miss my S10e, too bad it got damaged. Had to jump for the S22 (and later my current S24) since those were the "smallest" android phones available for me :/

 

[Crazybc]

I just use a pixel 7 . I got it for a good price new and bought it and I don't game on my phone . I just use it for texting, calls and to check on the weather and to read news feeds at work.. I use more then a few apps. but I don't need a $1,000 plus phone for doing what I do so this was a good choice for me. Its been good Zero issues so far,

 

[SchumannFrequency]

realme C11 3GB (RMX2185) released 2020, July 07

I bought this smartphone for 78 eur. I can compare it to the iPhone 13 (850 eur) that my sister has.

Points where the realme C11 beats the iPhone 13.
- 5000 mAh massive battery
- 6.5" mini-drop fullscreen display (= significantly larger screen)
- microSD and dual SIM
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- price (iPhone 13 was more than 10x more expensive)

Points where the iPhone 13 beats realme C11.
- processor and GPU
- camera (but 13MP AI dual camera is still good for a 78 eur smartphone)
- software support
- RAM

Where they are similar.
- user interface (realme's user interface is one of the best Android UIs)

 

[r.h.p]

I still use a iPhone 6s . since brand new . i broke the screen and bought a alkatel AUS $ 90 dollar phone ( not really into phone and socials ) .Then i thought i might try and get it fixed $65 i year later and it fired up again ! . Geez man i had obviously and didn't realize how much faster and good looking the screen was eh ..Stoked