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Are there any amerisharts in this thread anymore? You keep talking about all these different phones but the sad reality is, after that 3G Sunset event, all carriers created a whitelist of phones. Anything not on that list (anything not apple, Samsung, or Google) will either not function normally or will be pretty much banned from their network (pop up message from carrier will appear on phone)
Yet here you all are with your redmagics and pocos and xiaomis and your cumquats.

I just want a fucking Xperia but I have to settle for a pixel because it "just werkz"

I'm not sure what's more aggravating: this or the fact that none of you faggots ever talk about this which further proves to me that you're all brown and this site is dead.

OnePlus won!!!

>>106511163
Anyone using a Xiaomi 14 or 15? How is it? I want to buy it. My biggest concern with it is HyperOS.

If Google goes ahead with their walled garden for apps I'm just going to get a fucking iphone. I haven't used iOS in about 13 years but if my shit is going to be locked down I may as well go with the the group that offers marginally more security and privacy.

>>106511350
How so?

why the fuck are there no phones under 5.5 inches anymore?

>>106511628
Nobody wants a phone smaller than their penis

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SPG (Shill Phone General)

>stop posting your new phones in SPG
>stop talking about legit phone specs and benchmarks
>stop posting facts about lower end smartphones
>stop posting pictures of your vehicle using different phones to compare the cameras
>stop posting phones over $1,000
>stop calling out lies and correcting misinformation
>only $500 mid tier phones are allowed to be posted
>stop posting factual graphs

The truth about smartphones will always be posted using reputable sources and not just unsubstantiated claims, deal with it. If you didn't lie we wouldn't be here. Nothing you trolls can ever say matters to me. Uneducated anons itt post misinformation. They don't even confirm the lies that they post.

Apple and Samsung Won.

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Why the iPhone hate? You're instigating flamewars OP.

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra & the iPhone 16 Pro Max showing us why they are the global sales leaders.
Higher build quality devices with better service and OS support for a few years!
No low end ccp meme phone will ever surpass better quality companies.

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Reminder to keep your phone screens clean and especially make sure your screen protector is applied properly and is clean too. It lowers the quality of what you're seeing if the screen protector has pubes and air bubbles under it.

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>Android flagships and budget phones are being outsold by iPhones globally. A base model iPhone 16 phone this year and the base model iPhone 15 did the same thing last year.

Grim

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Q2 Results:
Apple and Samsung Won Again.
Now that google is locking down its operating system I'm predicting that iphone sales are going to skyrocket exponentially.

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Poco phones are blowing up. Latest incident was in Russia.

https://baku.ws/en/world/a-phone-exploded-in-a-schoolgirls-hands-near-moscow

TKD.

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iPhone will be the only option for side loading until the EU passes laws that forces Google to do what Apple had to do.

https://youtu.be/L1S0SiBuJN8?si=8OvC12dzMfAdDhxU

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Current best Geekbench results

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what is a shit phone with android that is just a normal phone but with small screen, bad camera, maybe physical buttons, but can run any app, instead of those scams with eink and limited OS? i want to try to carry something less adictive, but where i can still run slack for work and telegram for friends and family

those minimal phones seems like a scam where they are overpriced and can only run some useless random apps they choose

Where do Samsung get off charging $650+ for the S25FE?
>same old cameras
>same old optical fp sensor
>same old display
>8gb ram
>128gb storage
>exynos 2400
Srsly, they couldn't give it an ultrasonic scanner? LTPO display? Exynos 2500? 12gb ram? "Fan Edition"? No fan is buying this e-waste.

>>106511163
Why the fuck should I even bother with Android now

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>Idk if your camera is glitching or you lied about going outside and it's a reflection or you added a filter etc. Why are stars showing in the railing?

vivo x200 ultra fake ai enhanced pics lol

Considering trying out iPhone for a bit out of curiosity, does it have a revanced equivalent?

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Samsung Won

>>106511673
the fact that there aren't plenty of phones running open alternatives to android without spending a week flashing custom roms is the true grimmness, Google has always been shit outside of search and maps

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Google Lost

I'm looking for a phone replacement
Currently I have samsung xcover 5.

>don't care about ai slop, I want to have ability to turn off as much data collecting services as I can
>don't care about photo/video quality
>needs to fit into my pocket, I need relatively small phone
>phone/os needs to run Interactive brokers mobile application and my bank 2fa
>Most computation heavy application that I will run is Arknights game
>I don't care who is the manufacturer be it Huawei apple samsung I just don't give a fuck
>if android I would like to install custom rom for privacy but not required
>I don't have a budged I'll buy whatever if phone fits my criteria
>ability to connect wired headphones via usbc or jack
>wireless charging is a plus

Wtf should I buy. New apples are big as fuck, apple 12 mini is pretty much obsolete and I would have to buy used one. Samsung phones don't allow graphene os to be installed, Google pixel is another big as fuck phone i dont want to carry around, On huawei's harmony os i won't be able to install my 2fa bank app.

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Yall arguing who has the best phone, I got 5g in my brain anons. I’m levels ahead of your devices. My brain is the smartphone.

Brain Implants Won.

>>106511729
Pixel 8a with Graphene

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I won't make a purchase until the ultimate phone is released

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/lineage_wiki/+/450300
oneplus 12 getting official lineage really soon

I can get the Xiaomi 13 Ultra for $400. Is it worth it? My option is basically that and similarly priced midranger like the Moto Edge 60 Pro.

>>106511984
if xiaomi 13 used can be purchased for 200 then ultra for 400 better be in pristine condition

i think i'll be getting myself an iphone 17 pro

Reposting from the other thread
Question in general for android. What exactly is going to happen to sideloading/3rd party stores in the next year or so. Is there no work around to it? Also how the fuck can it be legal.

>>106512124
we dont know we will have to wait and see, holy shit youre like a woman watching a film

>6720 hours until bootloader is unlocked.

>>106512136
Cut me some slack. I just found out about it and wanted to get some info. You're gonna break my balls because I asked a question about smartphones in the fucking smartphone general?

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>>106512124
>What exactly is going to happen to sideloading?
If the developer of the app you want to use will sign up to Google's program, nothing.
>Is there no work around to it?
adb install will work according to reports
so: shizuku + apps from picrel should be enough to get around it without needing to plug into pc

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Tfw need a phone with an esim and normal sim before the middle of october. ffs i wanted to wait for the s26pro

How good is the Sony Xperia 1 VII in comparison? I know its not worth 1.4k€ but with some half-sketchy import service i can get it for slightly below 1k€, but how does that compare to other phones in that price range? 3.5m jack and SD storage are peak but not sure about the rest of the phone

what's the most normally priced quite modern xperia in europe?
especially eyeing 1v and 5v but can't find anything low enough for two year old phones

>>106511693
Grim. Between 2021 - 2025 pooco has been selling 46% of all smartphones in the Russian Federation.

I'm thinking of upgrading my HTC Desire 310, is the HTC Desire 510 any good?

>>106512228
>>106512206

>>106512258
try looking at the iv, but beware some of them have green line screen defect, it's mostly luck

>>106512006
okay thank you sir

>>106512410
you mean saaar

>>106511708
Get a Nothing Phone 1 and install e/os.

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iPhone 20 will have no notch or front facing camera hole.

>>106511709
The FEs go on sale alot. The Plus models rarely go on sale, only after the next series (so in this case the S26) have been out for a week or two, then they drop the price by $400 (in my currency at least).

with samsung you are paying for a proper working non-trash phone. if you are dumb piece of shit turdworlder who is easily bamboozled by false marketing and think half of the advertized shit on chinkphones means anything then you will think you are going a bad deal with the samsungs but in actuality you are getting a phone with proper functioning software and decent-okish software. the exynos 2400 is plenty powerful for the next 5 5 years, although yeah it should have 12gb of ram. since ram is cheap.

I bought a Samsung A56.
I guess it's alright.

>>106511163
Is there a site where i can see if a certain phone will run a certain app without lagging?

>>106512747
youtube or ask in telegram groups

>>106511268
I don't have those models specifically, but I do have a HyperOS 2 phone. I compare it a lot against my older S23 ultra.
In my experience, it's not bad. It comes with a lot of bloat, yes, but almost all of it is removable. The only things you can't remove are google apps. Which is a difference from OneUI which lets you remove or disable everything.
In regards of Ads, I don't really get any, not in the menus, not in notifications, etc. But then again, I turn EVERYTHING off since the setup. And disable notifications from almost every app except communication ones. I'd say my galaxy is even more annoying than my poco in that regard, which has notifications I can't disable.
Customization wise I'd say both are roughly the same, maybe HyperOS is a little more flexible with some things. Ironically, xiaomi's interface seems and feels more "android" than samsung's. My galaxy basically feel like a knock off iphone while xiaomi keeps the original feel. Funny isn't it? That chinks feel less of a knock off. Not that it matters much, android in general is slowly becoming just a copy of iphone now.
I'd experienced a few bugs in HyperOS that I haven't in OneUI. One of which is the desktop's icons get resetted to "default" and I have to re-arrange all my stuff again. This one seems to have been fixed in the couple last updates, I haven't seen it in months now. Another bug I've seen is with the QR scanner, for some reason sometimes (like really few, less than 3 maybe) my xiaomi can't scan a QR menu or something like that, it just doesn't recognize it, while my galaxy can no problem. And lastly, I've noted that the Bluetooth of my galaxy is faster to connect that my xiaomi's. But that might be a hardware matter, never's been a deal breaker.
In summary, both are pretty close when it comes to usability. It does come with bloat and ads but you can disable everything pretty quick and effortless. Not much different than OneUI.

>>106512759
you can remove google apps with canta but i would advise to debloat before you fully set up the phone, i see people trying to "degoogle" their phones by removing play services and they end up bootlooping lol

Is Graphine OS still the best compromise between convinience and privacy? Is it cool to use for a main daily use phone?

I just thought of a really good idea. Does anybody know a way to make your phone beep or vibrate when it connects to a bluetooth device? I have several wireless earbuds and speakers. If I lost my phone somewhere in my house, it would be incredibly helpful if I could grab any one of these and turn them on and have my phone alert me to its position. If I want it to beep/vibrate multiple times, I can just keep turning off and on my speaker.

I have a samsung phone. does anyone know a built-in way or a way to do it with an app from F-Droid?

>>106513279
sounds like something tasker or automate would do

Ppvcag>>106511246
Really? Not one person? Why tf do my posts never get replies?

>>106512557
Samsung Galaxy S29 will make your cock enormous and automatically attract nearby women to suck it.
Source:
>Screenshot of a Reddit post of a screenshot of a tweet of a screenshot of an S25U next to a huge cock with the text "dude trust me bro my uncle works at Samsung"

>>106513299
thanks. I found an app called "automation" on f-droid and set it up to do a short vibrate when I connect a bluetooth device to it. I don't misplace my phone very often, but when I do I'm sure that I'll be incredibly glad I went through the trouble of setting this up.

Last time i bought a phone was 10 years ago no idea about trends and shit:

The only thing i care is about software/having the most compatible/acess to most apps

Is that currently apple or android? And if its android does it make difference from which manufacturer?

>>106513588
>about software/having the most compatible/acess to most apps
apple

>>106513602
ty

>>106512590
I got the 256GB model for £450? I used a trade-in and some Samsung points. Includes a free Sammy Watch 7. Is that a good deal?

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Now that's android removed WPS connect, how to connect to WPS enabled routers?

>>106513923
>WPS
Why would you ever use that shit? Turn it off on all your devices.

>>106513588
>The only thing i care is about software/having the most compatible/acess to most apps
At least android 13 for 6 billion apps
>>106513144
You can disable most of the security features if you want. It runs faster because it doesn't have 6 trillion services running in the background, but a little slower than for example lineageos.
>>106513923
You click on wifi and then you click on the wifi name

>>106514168
I don't, I use it to get free wifi.
>>106514271
>You click on wifi and then you click on the wifi name
Don't work man, it require me to input password

What's the current actively maintained /g/ approved 4chan app for android?

>>106514453
I think dashchan and chance are maintained, personally I still use kurobaex and I dread the day I have to move away from it because I don't like any of the alternatives

>>106514538
I used kurobaex, and moved to the peaceandlove fork but captchas have been broken for me for a long time at this point on there. Tried clearing the cookies and its still fucked up. I'm in the same boat though, I really don't like anything else I've tried.

>>106514553
I'm a passfag which helps, because yeah the captchas are broken. I also use a fork, might be the one you use, because it changes the arch.b4k url. I wish k1 would come back...

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Anyone got any recommendations for a case for my Galaxy A52 5G? Idk if I want another OtterBox, as they're kind of bulky for me.

>>106514593
It's a 100$ phone anon.
Why in the ever living fuck would you use a case, let alone a case that costs half as much as the phone itself?

>>106514618
It was ~$400 when I bought it new in mid-2021. I bought an OtterBox Commuter case for it shortly after I got it, but it's falling apart now.

>>106511653
Because iphone fans are annoying assholes that thinks themselves better just because they're prisoners of the Apple. A golden prison but at least we can change brands and lose a little.
I really can use that freedom in change of status.

>>106511246
>>106513351
So...no Americans on this American website?

Got it.

>>106514730
learn english, please.

>>106514795
If you were here for a while and use this general daily and actually read every post you would know we have people from the USA here like myself.

>>106514666
That only makes it sillier to keep using a case, let alone an expensive one.

>>106514816
are you 24/7 monitoring this thread ?

>>106514839
don't worry about what I do anon. I don't even once think about any anons like the way you do. who cares what smartphone general posts another is making. very cringe.

>>106514826
Well then that's terrible because not one of you complains about not being able to use anything outside of the big three cell phone makers, nor has anyone ever mentioned carrier whitelists.

>>106514730
No Apple iPhone user thinks like that and it is obviously android fanboys who have iPhone users living rent free in their heads. I have 2 android phones and a iOS phone and I never care what someone thinks about them. why are you sirs and impoverished so obsessed with stuff you can't afford?

>>106514889
You do not live in the USA I guess, because none of that is true. We are not stuck buying only Apple, Samsung or Google. So many brands are available and a quick check on Best Buys website will clear that right up or just visit carrier websites or check eBay. One of my friends has a Xiaome, another has OnePlus and some have Motorolas. Your over generalizations are incorrect and full of 0 intellectual research. We have more than just AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon as carriers too.

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Is android version backwards compatible with older apps?
https://apkpure.com/shami-arkan-remote-control/com.shami.hamzeh.arkanremote
I need this app to control ceiling fans in my place.
It doesn't install on the latest android 14

>>106514980
you need an adb command to install it, thanks to a jewpple move done by jewggle

adb install --bypass-low-target-sdk-block name.apk

>>106511729
I'm looking for the exact same thing. The only phone currently on the market I can find is the Unihertz Jelly Max but it is rather thick and the camera isn't great

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poorfag here. xiaomi redmi 10 pro is still going strong. and it's aesthetic af.

>>106515038
So it's just soft lock?
or there's some issue?
I'm willing to move to different better app if there's something.
>>106515047
Enjoy your Li-Po battery

>>106515058
just a soft lock that blocks apps compiled with the old api

>>106515047
LOL

>>106515078
Will try to get it to work.
Does the IR blaster change it's API?

>>106515091
no no it doesn't do anything, it's just like i said a jewpple move by google for literally no reason just to fuck with us, i have an old launcher i installed on android 15 using this command and it's working normally

>>106515129
NTA anon, but what about WPS? in >>106513923

>>106515149
i don't use routers with wps, so i don't know, maybe try searching xda for a command or something

>>106515058
>Enjoy your Li-Po battery
my battery with 2 years of heavy daily use has been absolutely fine.
>i just downloaded a health measuring app
it says the battery health is good

>>106515232
>it says the battery health is good
You believe that?

>>106515047
happy for you anon, cheers for more 7 years of your phone

>>106515232
Unless you battery is Si-C, it's never healthy

>>106515263
>You believe that?
lol kinda because i get 1 - 2 days of use. almost the same i did day one.

>>106515047
I hate how they put that legal shit on the back of the phone

>>106513618
nta
yeah anon. you are fine

>exynos is coming back
I hope that they don't put it on the ultra. I don't want my emulators to be fucked again

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>>106515515
>noooo I need my SnapoDraco CPU to play my shitty video games! :(
Calm down, sweetie!

You're still going to have your SnapoDraco CPU anyway!

You think an iPhone 14 Pro will soon be laughably obsolete since the 17 is coming out in a few weeks? I feel like I will have to upgrade.

>>106515680
you can rock an iphone as long as it gets new updates, so don't go with the sheeps your phone is fine

>>106515680
if you can afford it do it and ignore the people who say no. they can't afford a iPhone 17 pro. 3 year difference is huge between a 14 pro and 17 pro.

My options are iPhone 14 or 14 Plus or 16 e or Samsung A56 or A36 or Honor 400.

I want a phone with long support and good batteryife or easy ways to add battery capacity (battery case or magsafe wireless) What should I get?

>>106514836
My phone is still usable and will probably continue to be so for the next few years. I'd rather keep using a case, but I wouldn't mind using a cheap one.