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

[cst1992]

Moto G Plus 4th Gen.
Got it in May 2016 when it launched.
Almost went with the G non-plus but then it was not that much more money for the Plus so I went with that.
Then the non-Plus launched and it basically sucked so yeah. Sometimes it's a good thing to spend those few extra bucks.

I wish cheap phones had more battery life though. Maybe my Kindle has me spoilt.

 

[yotano211]

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.

I did the same thing, I bought it used on Amazon. Looks brand new, came with everything when it was sold brand new at the store.
I ordered a usb 3.0 on amazon.

 

[Psychoholic]

iphone 13 pro now that they have 120hz displays. Previously Galaxy S21 Ultra which i love but honestly its a bit too big.

 

[yotano211]

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)


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.

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.

30gb per month, wow, lots of times use that per day I use my phone for everything, from work to download all kinds of things.
i'm currently at 1.54tb for the month of data usage.

 

[theFOoL]

I don't really GET the whole 120Hz display stuff so I'm ok with 60Hz since our Eyes can only See that much. I mean I get the frame per sec crap but that gaming requires a Fast Internet which where we Live isn't possible and LTE is a thing but at a cost

 

[Anoniem]

Got the iPhone 13 Pro Max on Saturday, man those camera's rock The macro feature is wonderful but the auto switching of the camera can be a bit annoying. The brighter screen is also a nice bonus.

 

[Halo3Addict]

Still holding on to my Pixel 2 The USB-C port barely functions (fast charging no longer works) and the battery doesn't last a day. Out of support so I've loaded LineageOS on to it.

Holding out for Pixel 6 Pro, but only if Google offers at least five years of support. Otherwise, I'll get something else with wireless charging cuz I've never owned a device with a USB port that doesn't eventually fail...

 

[Psychoholic]

I don't really GET the whole 120Hz display stuff so I'm ok with 60Hz since our Eyes can only See that much. I mean I get the frame per sec crap but that gaming requires a Fast Internet which where we Live isn't possible and LTE is a thing but at a cost

it is possible it affects some people differently but it is night and day for me.. buttery smooth.
Same thing on PC Monitors, once i used 144hz i couldn't go back to 60; not just gaming, even just moving windows around on the desktop.

 

[Toothless]

OnePlus 9 for home, LG V40 ThinQ for work.

 

[WhitetailAni]

so I'm ok with 60Hz since our Eyes can only See that much

What?
Our eyes don't see in FPS or Hertz.

 

[theFOoL]

What?
Our eyes don't see in FPS or Hertz.

Well ha whatever I meant. Just the whole 120hz for displays is stupid. If your on Wifi/LTE would not matter bc of the Server ones on plus Latency and... Movies as far as I know are still shot in 24fps

 

[Ferrum Master]

Well ha whatever I meant. Just the whole 120hz for displays is stupid. If your on Wifi/LTE would not matter bc of the Server ones on plus Latency and... Movies as far as I know are still shot in 24fps

Don't bring that crap here. We are not digital beings defined by a number. We have peak based vision depending previous background and item changes. With thinking like that we technically won't be able to see lightening strikes. On averaged approximate, our vision relies with peaks, 200-500Hz spikes, usually fighter pilots relay on things like that... with that cinematic 24FPS experience they would simply crash into something.

120Hz is good, the overall experience is better and people like the fluid UI rendering effect it brings, despite the power consumption tax. You can always turn it off in settings, for those who care.

 

[cst1992]

Well ha whatever I meant. Just the whole 120hz for displays is stupid. If your on Wifi/LTE would not matter bc of the Server ones on plus Latency and... Movies as far as I know are still shot in 24fps

Ha, then 240Hz gaming displays are useless?

the whole 120hz for displays is stupid

That's not true. If your phone is set to view in VR mode, its display can be split in two and that 120Hz can be split into two of 60 for a fluid VR experience. Some high-end phones can be configured like that.

 

[CabanaBanana]

iPhone 13 Pro Max on launch day, Love it, great phone, great camera and I like iOS 15.

 

[Anoniem]

Well ha whatever I meant. Just the whole 120hz for displays is stupid. If your on Wifi/LTE would not matter bc of the Server ones on plus Latency and... Movies as far as I know are still shot in 24fps

120Hz does make a difference! Scrolling through a menu at 60Hz is perfectly fine BUT at 120Hz the text is way more legible. The animations also give a more snappy and responsive feeling. I found myself scrolling through articles looking for pieces of information and I almost never overshot my target. That was way harder with 60Hz back on my 11 Pro Max. As for gaming on PC: If I play Forza Horizon 4 on 60Hz it's feels as if I'm missing information. 120Hz and higher certainly has a place in the mobile space and most certainly in the PC and TV world.

PS. There is such a thing as an adaptive refresh rate that changes the Hz based on the content you're consuming, helps with movies

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

OnePlus 8 Pro 12GB RAM/ 256GB Storage , next one will be an iPhone

 

[dirtyferret]

Pixel 4a 5G, the camera is amazing and shows every detail crystal clear

 

[InhaleOblivion]

OnePlus 8T Plus. Solid device. I've had OnePlus phones since the 6T. Still use my 7 Pro as a backup.

 

[toilet pepper]

I got the Samsung A71 as a gift from my wife and it pretty much does everything I need it do. Camera and games is decent when I use it and the size is just perfect.

Never really a fan of high end phones. My reasoning was with the price they are asking, I can buy pc parts + a mid range phone with the asking price of an iphone.

I pretty much use graphics card prices as a baseline for my other electronic purchases and this whole shortage messed it up. Ohhh that iphone costs as much as an rtx 3080 which I can game and mine on to get some of my money back.. I guess I cant afford it.

That Lenovo Legion phone got me really interested though. The cooling and the way the battery is laid out makes me think it will last longer.

 

[cst1992]

120Hz does make a difference! Scrolling through a menu at 60Hz is perfectly fine BUT at 120Hz the text is way more legible. The animations also give a more snappy and responsive feeling. I found myself scrolling through articles looking for pieces of information and I almost never overshot my target. That was way harder with 60Hz back on my 11 Pro Max. As for gaming on PC: If I play Forza Horizon 4 on 60Hz it's feels as if I'm missing information. 120Hz and higher certainly has a place in the mobile space and most certainly in the PC and TV world.

PS. There is such a thing as an adaptive refresh rate that changes the Hz based on the content you're consuming, helps with movies

Adaptive does not mean it helps with movies. Movies have back-to-back frames and are independent of display refresh rate.
That is fundamentally different than your GPU cranking out frames in real time - if they are not in sync with your display, you will get tearing - that is one half the frame is different than the other half.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

2017 Moto e4 is as slow as heck!

 

[theFOoL]

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2017 Moto e4 is as slow as heck!

removable battery a plus in my book. slow bc it has a MediaTek cpu "A old one" LINK doesn't seem old but does it do basic of task? Probably which All I need

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

removable battery a plus in my book. slow bc it has a MediaTek cpu "A old one"

Booting Android on that one, is like booting Windows 10 on an early-2010s' dual core CPU!

 

[theFOoL]

Booting Android on that one, is like booting Windows 10 on an early-2010s' dual core CPU!

But when booted All good yes? just for basic

 

[LordFarquaad]

Huawei P20 Pro have had it for about 12 months, I picked it up on Amazon UK warehouse as "used in good condition" with 12mth Amazon warranty for about £120, it was as good as new IMO, 6GB/128GB Kirin 970 SOC. Honestly it's been pretty amazing for the specs and the price I paid for it, still only used about 40GB storage out of 128, battery easily lasts 1-1.5 days under heavy usage, 2 days under "normal" use, not really got a bad thing to say about it, I don't game or do social media on it so it's mainly just web browsing, YT/streaming video, banking, etc but it hasn't skipped a beat afaic, just a shame the newer Huawei models didn't come with Google Play Store and services, though that might not be a bad thing