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

[theFOoL]

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

Have tried loading Aptoide?

 

[lmille16]

All this talk is making me miss my Nokia Lumia Icon. Say what you want about Windows Phone, but I truly enjoyed it.

 

[LordFarquaad]

Have tried loading Aptoide?

I use APKPURE/APKmirror if I need to "sideload" anything, though P20 Pro does have Play store, so I don't often need to do that, just the later Huawei models don't with the whole US sanctioning Huawei and what-not can't see me wanting to upgrade this any time soon unless I break it which is a possibility as I usually don't upgrade out of loss of perfomance, it's a lot sooner than that when I drop it on the ground or throw it out of anger

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I use APKPURE/APKmirror if I need to "sideload" anything, though P20 Pro does have Play store, so I don't often need to do that, just the later Huawei models don't with the whole US sanctioning Huawei and what-not can't see me wanting to upgrade this any time soon unless I break it which is a possibility as I usually don't upgrade out of loss of perfomance, it's a lot sooner than that when I drop it on the ground or throw it out of anger

Generally Huawei phones are reliable. I used the Huawei Honor Note that I imported from China. Theere is no playstore so I have side load it with an apk. Somehow though certain apps that is very dependent on google services especially don't work well like google photos keep uploading blank photos up to drive. Sideloaded apps and obscure ones work better than official android counterpart though.

Edit : Yes battery was amazing on Huawei. They pretty much close any background apps and you have to enable them manually again. It only drop like 20% for a full day used for me when new.

 

[LordFarquaad]

I'll never buy a flagship again, when I can get 3/4 of the features, performance, build etc for about 1/5 of the price with some clever shopping around, who needs a £1300 PHONE? it's obscene really

 

[theFOoL]

I'll never buy a flagship again, when I can get 3/4 of the features, performance, build etc for about 1/5 of the price with some clever shopping around, who needs a £1300 PHONE? it's obscene really

Especially those iPhones dude especially those...

 

[wolf]

It got brought up on a previous page, but it would be nice to see a few big Android players make a high-end 'mini' phone to go up against the iPhone mini's, if only to keep Apple in check perhaps? but theres clearly a market for them. Who does right now, maybe a Sony Xperia? Samsung, Oppo/Oneplus and maybe Google could fairly easily pull off a great mini model imo.

Personally, I have large hands and 0 issues with these ~6.7-7" display phones, in fact it's preferable for many reasons, and having tested a standard Galaxy S21 through work, I found that to be downright small in 2021, wouldn't take much more shrinking to get a S21 mini in the lineup.

Oh and 120hz / high refresh is dope, I was spoiled by the Oneplys 7 Pro and now the S21U and I want more!

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Currently, I stopped at Galaxy S10+, because there's not even 5G!

 

[theFOoL]

Currently, I stopped at Galaxy S10+, because there's not even 5G!

5G isn't really a thing yet at least here in AL

 

[GamerGuy]

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

That's one of the things that was fixed when I'd moved from the original Fold to the Fold 2, with the Fold, when I'd scrolled up or down, the image/page had this watery effect. It didn't really bother me though, and I think it was more obvious 60Hz vs 120Hz on the larger screen of the Fold,I don't see that effect any more on the Fold 2. I'd originally thought of getting the Fold 3, the S-pen and under-screen camera were nifty wanna-haves, but I didn't need these, though the IP rating was a good bonus. I'm now on my 2nd gen of the Fold and am pretty careful with it (using a Spigen Slim Armor Pro for the best Fold 2 protection).

I'd then decided on the Flip 3 as I'd still want to a fun foldable phones (bought an Araree Nukin 360 case, as well as a Spigen Tough Armor). Not truly concerned about battery life as, as stated, it's my alternate phone, that it looks great is a bonus. Honestly, after having gone foldables, I ain't turning back, will only move forward when rollables debut. I'd also gotten a pair of Buds2 with the Samsung promotion (paid about 36USD + store credit from Samsung) and have gotten a Spigen Tough Armor case for the Buds2 charging dock/case.

That doesn't mean I've given up on regular phones, hence my Note10+ 512GB (+512GB mSD card) as well as a Mi Max 3 64GB (+400GB mSD card) as the former is great for watching movies and music (using an iBasso DC02 + my various IEMs) while the bigger screen on the Mi Max 3 is great for reading my eBooks and manga, besides, the Mi Max 3 has outstanding batter life.

Finished downloading Industria while I was mucking around on the net, gonna start playing the game when I'm done with my usual sojourns around the various forums.....

 

[yotano211]

I'll never buy a flagship again, when I can get 3/4 of the features, performance, build etc for about 1/5 of the price with some clever shopping around, who needs a £1300 PHONE? it's obscene really

I bought my phone used, about 1.5yrs after it came out. I love the space it has. I dont use the camera that much so I dont need the top camera. I mostly use the space, my phone has to have lots of storage.

 

[GamerGuy]

I bought my phone used, about 1.5yrs after it came out. I love the space it has. I dont use the camera that much so I dont need the top camera. I mostly use the space, my phone has to have lots of storage.

When able to, I try to buy my phones used, like the Mi Max 3 which cost me about 148USD just over a year back, my 12/512GB Note10+ cost me 368USD a little more than a year back (bought it from my bud). The Fold 2 and Flip 3 were brand new purchases, so I guess I tend to split my purchases between used and brand new.

Samsung has come a long way, my Note10+ still has one more major OS update (Android 12) while my Fold 2 has two more, with the brand new Flip 3 having three more OS updates. I know the cameras on my phone aren't terribly good, but then, I ain't one for selfies and photography. I do take the occasional pics now and then, so the latest and best cameras aren't exactly a priority for me. As long as I can aim and shoot, and pics taken are of decent/passable quality, it's good enough for me. I did have a Huawei P30 Pro for a while, but the issue with full Google support got to me, plus the awesome camera on it was wasted on me.

 

[PLSG08]

Just bought the Poco F3 and flashed AOSP android on it. Makes it a very different phone and because of GCam i can get pixel-esque quality images.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

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

That's a load of rubbish btw theoretically our eyes can see up to 1000hz but the increase has diminishing returns most tests have proved that the eye can accurately perceive upto around 150hz anything past that and the only way to notice is to have large jumps in frequency.

 

[GamerGuy]

That's a load of rubbish btw theoretically our eyes can see up to 1000hz but the increase has diminishing returns most tests have proved that the eye can accurately perceive upto around 150hz anything past that and the only way to notice is to have large jumps in frequency.

I've seen peeps claiming to see a difference between 120Hz vs 144Hz, and 144Hz vs 165Hz, I'd find such claims to be head scratchers for me as I do sincerely doubt that many, if any at all, can see a difference between 120Hz vs 144Hz, and 144Hz vs 165Hz in a 'blind' test. As for myself, I'm perfectly happy with my secondary Acer 75Hz Freesync monitor, and my main Samsung 144Hz monitor.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

There is science to suggest otherwise those small increments upto around 150hz can be perceived but past that point is where it gets harder. Noticing the difference between 250hz and 270hz is extremely negligible but between 250hz and 450hz would be reasonably obvious.

There are alot of hardware hoarders on this site maybe a thread about them using a old 60hz monitor then moving to something near the 300hz range might give us some real answers.

 

[GamerGuy]

There is science to suggest otherwise those small increments upto around 150hz can be perceived but past that point is where it gets harder. Noticing the difference between 250hz and 270hz is extremely negligible but between 250hz and 450hz would be reasonably obvious.

There are alot of hardware hoarders on this site maybe a thread about them using a old 60hz monitor then moving to something near the 300hz range might give us some real answers.

Yep, it'd be interesting to hear from such users/upgraders, but we've digressed, apologies to one and all. On a side note, my Fold 2 just received an update to One U.I. 3.1.1, with Security Patch to 1 August....

 

[The red spirit]

Ha, then 240Hz gaming displays are useless?

They kind of are right now. Our hardware is still too weak to truly drive those displays at anything over 1080p.

 

[1freedude]

All this talk reminds me of hanging out in Android Users Clubhouse, chatting with @InnocentCriminal.

 

[SN2716057]

Samsung Galaxy A50, works fine for me, although the camera is shit.

 

[The red spirit]

Samsung Galaxy A50, works fine for me, although the camera is shit.

Those cameras would be fine, if Samsung removed e-waste depth camera and used that budget to remove crappy post processing and gave us real manual mode. Oh and 4K mode that phone supports and can record, but for some reason it was removed by Samsung from stock camera app.

 

[v12dock]

iPhone 11 Pro Max I can't wait to go back to an android.

 

[milewski1015]

iPhone 6S here, still going strong. Looking to upgrade soon though

 

[sam_86314]

Just switched cell providers because T-Mobile can go fuck themselves.

Gonna be dailying a Moto One Ace until I can get the phone I really want. Got it for basically $1/mo, so y'know.

Who knows, maybe I'll like this phone. Dunno about custom ROM support for it, though.

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

Galaxy A22

90hz Amoled screen and 5000mah battery for 180$ is a solid deal!