i want a new phone and i can get an s26u half price, is it worth it?

i normally go midrange, only considering it because of the deal

i dont give a shit about any of the ai stuff or the privacy screen

what's the state of jailbreaking/running custom Os these, anyone know if it's expected to be possible?

>>108429778
>what's the state of jailbreaking/running custom Os
Completely pointless

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Global Smartphone Sales Jan 2026 - Now!

>>108429794
It's literally easier to make a phone yourself than to reverse engineer the garbage they sell.

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What should i replace my 13 mini with?

>>108429778
If you can get it for THAT price then absolutely go for it

There is no point jailbreaking Samsung phones because OneUI is currently the best android skin on the market right now

>>108430136
>there is no point in [rooting] Samsung
Because it is so locked down.
>because OneUI is currently the best android skin
LOL, like saying it is the most delicious turd. All Android skins from the chinkphones to these gookphones have gross skins on top of Vanilla Android. It's a waste of resources and makes the UI worse.

>>108430160
Nice FUD. Shame you're misleading people about GrapheneOS, the best mobile OS out there!

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New In Depth Tech Reviews Video Is Out.
This one is huge!
https://youtu.be/8UGwNBJseKo?si=na207Qv8K-fPSY33

>>108430156
My brother in Christ, absolutely all android phones have OS skins, even pixel phones do not run Vanilla android. Right now OneUI is really, really good despite its drawbacks.

>>108430156
OneUI is the most complete and user friendly UI around
Google's android leaves much to be desired but at least it looks pretty, kinda like iOS in that regard

>>108430321
Ok so Graphene and Lineage both run the Pixel skin.... Suuuuuuure. You don't understand, Google adds stuff to Android on Pixels, obviously, but it looks and functions mostly identical to AOSP. There's no bloated skin on top trying to create a unique UI so people know it's a Samsung or an OPPO.

>>108430349
Yes, enjoy your Samsung totally different poster, it's totally the best. Just like TouchWiz was.

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iPhone 18 Pro Leaks >>108416590
I'm gonna buy the purple or brown color one

>>108430374
>smaller dynamic island
KEK.

>>108430358
So go and buy a phone where you can install this os, if it means so much to you. Im just sharing my experience and letting you know im very happy with the way OneUI currently is. The fact that you even bring up Touchwiz and think it's even remotely anything like OneUI makes me suspect that perhaps you are not very familiar with the subject matter.

>>108430374
The red one is kino

>>108430358
This nigga talking as if non-google androids run two or three skins at the same time sm h

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Think I'm going to import the Honor Magic 8 Pro Air, as it's unlikely to go global. Will I be okay using a Chinese ROM with PlayStore?

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Global Top 10 Best Selling Smartphones.
(Notice how the Galaxy A series outsells the S)

>>108430411
Samsung sucks at software. Hope you enjoy Facebook as a system all lmaooooo

>>108430428
Heavy skins are gross and lead to performance issues if you can't brute force your way past them.

>>108430437
>hope you enjoy facebook as a system all lmaoooo
I always uninstall that and all the other bloatware using ADB.

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>>108431102
Imagine having to debloat your phone with ADB. Couldn't be me.

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New DameTech Video Is Out!!!!
The iPhone 17 Pro Max performs better than both the S26 Ultra and the Red Magic 11 Pro in a head to head gaming comparison.

https://youtu.be/Evy9NGnw6Fg?si=NPF5b30Zp9zfbEkz

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New Android Side Loading Info!

https://youtu.be/-WF34Sgq76c?si=p68BbZsgiNNwcRIt

Best phone with a headphone jack in current year?

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New Versus Video Dropped!

https://youtu.be/1o2NiZmgvus?si=obnKK4uw7SkFOFIY

>>108431151
Sony phones are shit but they have your headphone jack you autist

High end: https://gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_vii_5g-13843.php
Midrange: https://gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_10_vii_5g-14137.php

Prepare to overpay for what you get in terms of hardware and software update longevity.

>>108431125
There's still a shed load of bloat on a Pixel phone so it's good to be able to know how to remove it and not just disable apps. If you think you're king shit with a Pixel 9 running GraphmemeOS then fair play to you. All I'll say is enjoy your shitty SOC and battery drain.

Any suggestions /spg/?

My Pixel 6 Pro is crapping out, and honestly I don't think it was ever that good to start with. Its heavy, lot of heft at the top which was crap to hold, its huge, its camera was massively overrated, it overheats incredibly easy, its battery is shit (I turn off 5g, location, bluetooth, etc often to make it even when it was newer), etc. I got it because I could put on graphene OS as I liked things unlocked but also usable, but quickly realized a new OS can't really undo trash design. Sort of missed my Moto G Stylus I had before it, but at least then motorola couldn't put a passable camera into anything that wasn't expensive enough to be worth just buying something else.

I have used an S25 for work, its light, camera is pretty good, feels nice all around, but I avoid Samsung for the same reason as iPhone, I like to be able to tell the phone what it does not have it tell me what I'm allowed to do. I am one of those crackpots who uses Linux as my only PC OS so I do stick with Android an unlockable bootloaders, especially with the potential bullshit with Google potentially trying to close off some of Android (I like my no ads youtube, I could put up with ads until it got to be more ads than video/music, I'll listen to the sound of wind in the car before I put up with it again).

I just don't want to repeat the mistake of the Pixel, that overheating brick of a phone went to shit fast.

tl;dr Any good camera, good battery, decent storage phones in the mid range not break the territory that are still unlockable? (Sadly US region which limits a lot of that, currently on tmobile towers but I don't do contracts so I can change it any time.)

>>108431830
Xiaomi 17

>>108429705
I want to imessage with the hoes

>>108429895
oneplus 13s imported from india

>>108431476
What's wrong with them? I had an Xperia Z5 a while ago and it was pretty good apart from the camera (ironically)

>>108431476
If he gets an Xperia 5 V he'll be getting software updates from the Lineage OS devs for a long time

>>108431151
redmagic 11 pro

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>>108429723
My 5 year old honor 9x (picrel) is overheating weirdly, even when idling, airplane mode, no background jobs, locked screen etc. From where it heats, I think the motherboard, so probably too expensive to fix.

If I were to buy a new phone, the one thing I want is for it to not have a fucking camera at my face 247. Is the only option here a Zenfone 8 Flip from 2021 or older?

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>>108432277
I tried looking at GSM Arena, but the filter for selfie camera only allows you to select "at least X MP", not "up to 0 MP". I know, for example, the first Huawei Mate X foldable had no selfe camera, you had to flip it over and use the back screen and main camera if you wanted a selfie, but GSM Arena lists its selfie as "No - uses main camera", but there's no option on filters to search for others like that.

>>108432277
>bought chinkphone
>chinks openly turn it into a bitcoin miner
every such case

>>108432308
Good luck mining in airplane mode. Unlike normalfags, I only turn on network (either mobile/wifi) when I'm actually browsing or using the network, so it mostly sits offline in my pocket or my table while not in use.

>>108431125
>turns an $800 smart phone into a dumb phone
Yes, very clever.

>>108432321
Unless you cover the phone in a Faraday pocket you don't actually know whether the firmware actually turned airplane mode on

>>108432321
>he thinks chy-na lets you turn their secret processes off
They have built in systems to ignore and hide this shit and once you connect to the wifi/mobile data it will always secretly run it while your phone is on.
Airplane mode is just a meme for chinese phones.

>>108432336
>>108432345
Funny how the battery last so much longer when the antennaes are off, almost as if it's not wasting energy with that.

>>108432379
>antennaes are off
Well no shit if you have the internet itself shut off there is nothing for it to connect to

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Smartphone Sales By Individual Nations Jan 2026 - Now

>>108432388
Yeah, we're getting off-topic. I don't care if some chink wagie has to watch my fap sessions as long as it's from the back camera on my dong because I'm looking for a phone without a front camera in my face always. Is the only option something before 2021?

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Nice camera comparison video

https://youtu.be/RWXadzjqct0?si=VGsCbL9OMSwnvm3I

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>>108432502
Results in pic related

No white man cares about smartphone cameras.

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>>108431155
Camera comparison video and results in pic related.

https://youtu.be/dArUxUgsSeo?si=e40vZnWFBime5O9h

>>108432597
most people care about the camera in their phone because it's the only camera they have

>>108432612
Yup agreed
>>108432516
This is a video of the iPhone 17 vs Galaxy S26 vs Pixel 10.
>>108432608
This is a video of the iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Galaxy S26 Ultra vs Pixel 10 Pro XL

>>108432612
Most people aren't white. Caring about cameras just to make photos of food in a restaurant or some shitty tourist attraction (which was already photographed millions of times) is not a white activity.

>>108432597
This. Not a single person cares about the camera quality beyond what mid-tier 2018 phones could do, except for the companies who want an excuse to release a new phone every single year.
Everyone else just gets a proper fucking camera or an instax memecam.

>>108432636
>>108432645
>thirdie cope
Some of us want to save memories and save videos and pictures of events that we shared with friends and family and some of us want to use a Camera phone to do so. being in a smartphone general, a camera is going to be brought up and to act all astonished about it is very strange. Some of us can afford to go on vacations and afford to have activities that we find worthy of photographing. Literally social media platforms were built on sharing images and videos one takes with their smartphone.:)

>>108432692
Agreed. /Thread

>>108432692
>Some of us want to save memories and save videos and pictures of events that we shared with friends and family
If people truly care about this how come literally nobody uses any halfway decent photo management software to actually be able to find things in the future?

>>108432726
nta but I know for a fact some people literally use Facebook to sort memories and I personally make folders in my phones native photos and videos app.

>>108432692
i agree saar taj mahal take good picture i show my sister she very happy ,regards rakesh

>>108432003
That's already 3 years old though

>>108432327
>but I neeeeeeed Google Services
You can get them, they're optional. I have them in a second profile. You do realize you can install Android apps?
>but my (feature that requires Play Integrity)
oh no. Anyway...

>>108432277
>buy chinese crap
>get chinese crap

>>108432854
Lasted 5 years. Is that crap by today's standards? Most normalfags switch phones every year, or at most every two years. Honestly asking.

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Top Selling Smartphones for 2023-2025!

https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smartphone-shipments-grew-2-percent-YoY-in-2025

>chink phones are shifting to 200MP main cameras soon
Is this not technically a downgrade? I don't see how drastically increasing the resolution and only slightly increasing the sensor size over the usual 1/1.3" is a good thing. RAWs out of my S23U always look worse than ones out of chink phones with 50MP sensors of an equivalent size, so is their plan to just fix shit with even more processing?

>>108432965
It isn't good. Phone sensors should be like 8mp bt retards like bigger numbers

>>108432965
Raw 50MP on your S23U looks worse than raw 50MP on other chinese phones?

>>108432692
>videos and pictures of events that we shared with friends and family
sent via whatsapp with dogshit compression

>>108432965
its just marketing. bigger number better

>>108432965
most people in this general have absolutely zero clue about photography or anything related to this but I can share my personal experience with my S23U

The 200MP mode isn't a meme and it can actually be useful, however the conditions have to be absolutely perfect to get something good out of it. I have, however, managed to get before shots that looked very, very impressive out of it, I'm guessing Samsung will refine it more and more as time passes

Compare that to the S21U, where I tried to use the 108MP mode and almost never got anything visibly useful out of it

>>108433104
youre an idiot

>>108432822
And? The first Xperia 10/5/1 is still updated to Android 16 because of LineageOS

>>108432988
I mean 200MP binned down to 12MP RAW looks worse than 50MP binned down to 12MP RAW on a 1/1.3" sensor. It's not necessarily exclusive to chink phones.

I've compared my S23U to my Pixel 6 Pro in RAW and one noticeable thing is that Pixel is somehow always sharper and performs better in more difficult lighting. I made sure to use a different camera app on the Pixel to bypass their, albeit really good, stacked RAW in the stock app plus actual manual controls to get a more direct comparison and the Pixel is still almost always better at an equivalent shutter speed and ISO.

>>108430160
>Graphene is bending the knee

No, just the opposite:
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116261301913660830

>>108430241
>?si=...
silly billy

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>>108430241
Interesting results!

>>108433720
That can't be right
The 17PM is definitely better than the s25u for gaming

>>108433802
the video agrees with what you are saying...

>>108433802
Hmm yes I only run benchmarks on my phone so this is super useful.

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>>108433802
>>108431127
Interdasting indeed

>>108432430
no the spying is secondary they use your battery and processor life to mine bitcoin and handle everyday shit like handling searches

>>108429723
>look up this click thing because it seems great as a messaging and 4chinz only phone
>doesn't come out until second half of the year
AAAIIEE I want to CONSOOM NAO

Waiting for Clicks Communicator 2 to replace my S23 when it hits it's EOL in 2028

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>>108432822
Who the fuck cares I use a 5iii. Hell Id use my xz1c if the gps hardware issue wasn't a thing

I broke my old Samsung A50 and now I have to use a Redmi Note 12S, but it comes full of Chinese garbage, like preinstalled apps that I can't uninstall.

How do I debloat this garbage without bricking the phone?

>>108433890
What coin can be mined offline?
>>108432321
>>108432379

>>108434418
You know you can literally just not open the apps at all right? I chucked them into a folder and forgot about them.

>>108434490
You don't know about custom launchers?

>>108434418
See OP and Universal Android Developer.

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>21:9 ratio
>headphone jack
>fancy ass camera I will not take full advantage of
>micro sd port which they're phasing out for some jewish reason
I don't really need a new phone right now, but this one speaks to me.

Oh, I didn't backread because I thought there was no way someone would be talking about a niche Japanese phone from 2023.

>>108432823
>but anon, you can install google services and apps
>muh graphene for the look and aesthetic
>negate the whole reason for using graphmemeOS
What's wrong son, you too fucking stupid that you can't install the likes of LOS or any other custom firmware?

i got so sick of not being able to leave youtube on in the background on my phone so i installed firefox with adblock, and well what do you know, google tries to sabotage it every step of the way and throttles the fuck out of it for literally like 30 minutes sometimes, because FUCK YOU for not using chrome

>>108435218
bwo your newpipe?

>>108435248
i generally suspect things like brave to be loaded with spyware but idk about newpipe maybe ill try it

>>108435218
>>108435275
iToddler or unaware of revanced?

>>108435284
i hate my phone and use it as little as possible. its a samsong

>>108435289
alright, revanced is a mod for the official youtube app, it has background playback enabled by default

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when trying to use 'tor vpn beta' i get 'private dns server cannot be accessed' error upon connecting to the vpn and now my phone has no internet.
any idea what is the solution to this situation?

Thoughts on samsung a07 8/256?

I love my 1tb s25 ultra jet black
That is all.

>>108435714
yeah stop being a pedophile

>>108435736
poverty tier, my condolences

>>108430241
how does the s25 have thinner bezels and a smaller selfie cam? it looks more advanced than the s26 ultra which went backwards in design, even being rounder too

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>>108432277
you can get a sony xperia and tape the camera
I think it's the only smarphone in the market that don't have the front camera integrated into the display

>>108434777
I have the 5 V and it's pretty based
the only not cucked smartphones out there

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The Red Magic Team is Based

https://youtu.be/xl2o2GNpkv8?si=_CU6CgUUKFbKVqWx

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Uh oh.

https://youtu.be/1o2NiZmgvus?si=WeXRe0Af_ARaMN0T

>>108437279
>those insanely rounded corners on the itoddle and goolag
I cant

whats the best android launcher now that nova killed itself?

>>108436498
I've been using a Samsung Note 20 Ultra for 5 years now and it still works great, looks sexy (bronze, curved display, black leather backing), but
>no headphone jack (last one was a gen before it with the S9)
Also it's really big but it would probably be really nice to use it one-handed like the thinner Xperias.

>>108437279
>the most expensive option is also the best
Woah...

>>108437389
kvaesitso

>>108437389
You could just run an old version of Nova, choom

>>108437448
thanks

>>108437469
thats what i am currently doing but unfortunately that will eventually stop working due to random android OS updates

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>>108432516
>>108432608
Are you using Pro Mode?

https://youtu.be/s8j6glUCvWY?si=ur3x-fQ2gRFKWAnP

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>>108437271
That one water cooled design RedMagic has looks really cool, but I wish they had the fluid be red

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>>108437663
Good news sir!

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>>108437597
Pro mode pictures look superior.

>>108431943
>>108429705
welp my work is giving me an iphone
titan elite 2 for myself then

>>108437699
I see the gold one and damn, it's $1500

>>108436033
S26U has thicker bezels either because of the new privacy display or simply as a cost cutting measure, and the punch hole is bigger because the camera's FOV is now wider at 23mm instead of 26mm

>>108436491
Is that a good old bevel?? Noice.

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Can you believe Apple refreshed an iphone 6 for 10 years? No one else did that. Imagine if we had Galaxy S5 2022 or Nexus 6 2022.

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>>108437938
>is that an archaic design from 2015?
>Woaaaaaaowwwww so retro desu kawaii

>>108432516
>please trust my clickbait and no dxomark
buy an ad

>>108438177
>Typical misinformed tremendous cope
We get it you don't know what you are talking about and are very upset the facts don't align with your opinions. Time to grow up anon. :)

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Sheesh this is crazy
https://youtu.be/16qv_bh9Xr4?si=9Rb-aGqHfx9x8iLg

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>>108429723
give it back, jamal!

>>108429895
A battery replacement
>>108431965
>Features 6.32″ display
Literally unusable

>>108438011
>hole wasting precious screen estate is better than an actual rectangular screen with no holes because le march of progress or smth

>>108438339
>bezels better than hole punch just because.... well, just because!

what takes up more space? a circle for a camera hole or an entire row being removed for bezel which includes the very same camera hole?

>>108438191
>grow up
Dude you post the same shit every day, always sales numbers from one particular website and Versus_com youtube links... it's obvious you've got wayyyyy too much time on your hands if you stick out like a sore thumb, even if you're not a shill for that youtube website posting it every single thread multiple times a thread is suspicious.

>but it agrees with my preformed opinion
lrn2research

>>108438385
>gotta be small because... well, just because!
Who cares? I just want to look at the fucking screen. If I'm looking at something on it, I want to see the whole thing.

Nexus 5x to Iphone 13 mini user here.
I want to get back to Android
Thinking of getting the Nothing 4a pro or a Pixel 10 or 9. Don't really want a bloated phone or AI shit but could live with minimal AI if i don't have any option.

>>108438409
This is a smartphone general and you are on a technology board where things like what you are complaining about are going to be posted because they are facts and they do not break the board rules. Your constant complaining of seeing smartphone facts in a smartphone general is literally you not being able to accept the facts being posted and that is not an issue.

>>108429839
>>108432412
I actually like these new updated charts. :)

>>108438315
6.3" is the new small phone, outside meme territory. otherwise, get the bluefox nx1

>>108432412
>company that allows bootloader unlocks with largest marketshare after xiaomi is motorola, at 3%
dire

>>108437699
the guy in the middle got robbed btw

>>108438436
you are a spamming shill

>>108438423
if you hate AI get a Pixel and use GrapheneOS. You'll find fellow luddites.

>>108438830
Grow up kiddo

>>108438866
Yes, you obviously like this idea of people being younger than you. Always posting shit like "kiddo" or "little bro" - is it some sort of fetish? Anyone who doesn't appreciate your spam reposted every thread for no reason MUST BE underage?

GET NEW MATERIAL


Samsung has a Google problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ROrkctWJ0

Apple to pay Google BILLIONS of dollars to include Gemini in "Siri" after the delays and ultimate failure of "Apple Intelligence"
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/tech/apple-google-gemini-siri

/spg/ has been ruined by this mouthy cunt for months now. Best just to ignore his shit posts.

iPhones :)

>>108434777
I use a 1 IV and it's great. Performance is more than enough for me and the one single mobile game I play. The tall aspect ratio is noticeable though. You're going to want to two-hand it more often than you might be used to.

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I'm selling a phone I didn't like. First time doing somethign like this, all my previous phones I either used until they died or I accidentally them.
>sign out of Google account
>factory reset through normal Settings menu
Is this enough? Or do I need to do more shit like manually fill up the phone with junk data (.e.g video files), or go into the BIOS/'bootloader' and clear some shit there too?

>>108429723
What do you like to do with your old phones? I've got a stack of old Motos and I wondered what kewl projects people do with them these days

>>108439038
Get rid of them. Fire hazard.
>hoarding a pile of old li-ion polymer batteries in your house, unused for years, in various unknown states of charge, where swelling would go unnoticed until a critical stage

Phones would be cool to keep if you could remove that batteries and just run them off chargers 24/7. Then you could delegate different tasks to them. Of course the phone masters don't want us to have that, so they'll never let us use phone without the batteries in.

>>108438830
My local banking apps don't work on those OS. and I'm lazy...

>>108439088
Do phones stop working with the battery removed? I know removing them is a pain but couldn't I plug them into a USB C charger

>>108439101
>In almost all cases, no, you cannot use a modern Android phone with the battery physically removed, even if it is plugged into a charger.

>Unlike laptops, which often have parallel power circuits that allow them to run directly from an AC adapter, modern smartphones are designed with the battery as an integral part of the power circuit.

>Circuit Interruption: Removing the battery physically breaks the circuit in most devices, preventing power from reaching the motherboard.
>Peak Power Demands: Smartphone chargers typically provide a steady, lower current, while the phone requires high "burst" currents for tasks like making calls or using high-end apps. The battery acts as a critical buffer for these power spikes; without it, the phone would likely crash or reset immediately upon booting.
>Safety Authentication: Modern phones use "smart" batteries with internal chips that communicate with the phone. If the phone cannot detect a valid battery via these data pins, it will often refuse to boot as a safety precaution.

>DIY Workarounds (Advanced Only)
>It is technically possible to "trick" a phone into running without a battery, but this requires hardware modification:
>Dummy Battery: You can solder a DC power supply directly to the battery terminals on the motherboard, but you must also bypass the "ID" or "Thermal" pins (often using a resistor) to make the phone think a healthy battery is attached.
>Power Source: You would need a highly stable 3.7V–4.2V power supply capable of at least 2A–3A to handle peak demands.

I am severely autistic and don't like rounded screen corners. Are there any 2026 flagship phones that don't do this?

>>108438957
Is that not why the general was completely gone for a couple weeks or so?

>>108438409
>>108438830
>>108438941
>>108438957
>>108439194
Gotta be 18+ to use this website

>>108438941
>>108438957
>>108439194
You immature ANONS can lie as much as you want in the thread, but the truth is the previous SPG‘s were taken down because the OP was the same troll that is spamming all the iPhone hate on G and everybody was noticing after the noticing, he stopped baking threads with iPhone images in the OP because people realized who the troll was and it’s funny how none of you guys saw that as an issue, but the one person posting facts in the thread that go against your opinions upset you

>>108439019
>tall
its the exact same height as every other smartphone, its narrow, not tall

>>108439332
90% of the people in here don't even have the $ to buy two brand new flagships and are just here to discuss phones that they don't even have in their hands

>>108439144
late 2025 flagship, redmagic 11 pro

>>108429778
Where can you get the S26U half price? I was thinking about the base S26 but when I saw the price and the fact that it lacked the privacy screen I said fuck off.

>>108439356
Carriers are offering discounts if you get it with a new line or an upgrade or with a trade in

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>>108432516
>>108432608
Noticing how other smartphone reviews are also exposing the same things

>>108439360
Oh, well fuck that's not worth it then.

So anyone want to discuss smartphones or has the "little bro" spammer driven any sane person from the thread?

>>108439332
>>108439347
Samefagging lmao. How can you afford to waste money on several smartphones when you don't have a job? Rich parents?

>>108439514
Gotta be 18 and older to use this website

>>108439520
So you shouldn't be here?

>>108439514 >>108439568
>complains anons aren’t discussing smartphones follows up with a fantasy story about another person in the thread
Zoom zoom please

>>108439584
Discuss smartphones then, don't post the same garbage YouTube links always COINCIDENTALLY from the same channel and "totally legitimate sales figures" cropped from somewhere. You don't even understand it's called /g/ and not "G" you're a tourist.

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>>108438200
Another video about the s26 ultra 8bit panel situation.
https://youtu.be/TYqdo4q2FO8?si=l2BesvMXHDMQ4OGs

>>108439584
kids still freaking out itt too

>>108439622
it’s the underage OP who hates iPhones. adults don’t act this way.

>>108439636
>>108439622
Still samefagging. You don't understand 4chan. Guess I got this 4chan pass when I was less than ~5 years old since you keep calling people who dislike your spam "kiddo" "little bro" "kid" "underage" etc.

I don't hate iPhones, I've had several. Great hardware with locked down software. It's not about the brand it's about the enshittification of /spg/ by one autist, who is probably ACTUALLY underage and projecting that with all their age-based insults.

>the best chance you have at defense against Pegasus and other such malware is to buy an iPhone or a Pixel
>both of which are expensive as fuck
I don't otherwise see a good reason to spend more then $200 on a phone and get at least 3 years of use out of it, preferably more. It's a fucking phone, I only use it for basic things. But you need to because only iPhone or Pixel get updates and security directly from Apple/Google.

As much shit as Windows gets, it gets it because all Windows installations get updates from the source. There is broadly one centralized version. They don't leave it up to the manufacturer to keep you up-to-date, or to introduce extra gimmick features and stupid 'skins' on top of Windows written with garbage code that gives more swiss-cheese surface area for malware to attack. Can you imagine if it were up to HP or Acer to update your OS? But thankfully Microsoft controls it all. Whether you had Windows 10 on modern powerful hardware or a toaster from the XP/Vista days, or the chinkiest fanless mini PC, or the jankiest shittiest DIY build of anicent parts of all time, as long as it had a legit copy of Windows 10 running on it, they were all treated the same, all got the same updates directly from Microsoft. Android fragmentation is a godawful mistake. A security hell of nightmares. Honestly, government should force phones to make them more like desktops/laptops. All Android phones have to run 'stock' pure Google Android, directly from Google, and Google running all the security and updates. Just like Windows. These phone makers should just make the hardware for Google Android to run on, like HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer, Asus etc do for computers. This is the info age, people are getting hacked and scammed everyday, and on a larger scale cyberwarfare is being waged by nation states. The populace is too dumb to understand these concepts themselves. It is up to the government to keep individuals, orgs and nations secure.

>>108439764
Stop trolling the thread because you can't handle facts about smartphones

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>>108439764
Wrong again. Grow up.

>>108439769
>but muh innovashun!
fuck that gay shit, how much more innovation do we need? fucking google glass, fucking meta headset vr shit? musk and his brain implantables?
leave all those gay gimmicks aside. leave the 'innovashun' to places like china, they can have fragmentation and poor data security in exchanger for proprietary gimmicks like 6 bajillion watt charging. who cares.
innovashun means fragmentation means poor data security. if the vast majority of your population uses their phone more than their proper computer, and the vast majority have an insecure OS, that is a disaster.

>>108439793
Wow you can inspect element nice!?

>>108439796
It's a good thing for glowies, don't forget Snowden. The USA is almost as bad as China for surveillance, the FBI is buying your location data from data brokers who eventually down the line got it from cell phone carriers.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fbi-started-buying-americans-location-data-again-kash-patel-confirms/

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Can't wait for my Iqoo 15 Ultra with 24gb of ram. Imagine buying anything less. Goes well with my iPhone 17 Pro Max, OnePlus 15, Red Magic 11 Pro and S26 Ultra. Thank Jesus I'm blessed to be able to buy smartphones for fun.

>>108439865
>I'm blessed to be able to buy smartphones for fun.
I think that's called "autism" Flagship phones are overrated but I appreciate you retards that get them all and review them so I know I'm nopt missing out when I buy an Xperia 10

>Redmagic outperforms iPhone 17 pro max
>Is cheaper and better looking
>FLUSH CAMERA BUMPS
I think I found The One guys

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>>108439899
>Xperia
>>108439917
Not true and I own both. >>108431127 >>108433855

>>108439932
>Pay $700 more for worse gaming performance and battery life
Kek

>>108440043
once again, not true and I own all 3 of those devices

>>108440050
Sorry you can't handles facts, anon

>>108440088
Sorry anon but YOU are still incorrect. kek >>108431127

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>>108431127
>>108433855
Based

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>>108440104
>Samsung data is the same because... JUST BUY APPLE

>>108439932
>1500 eur phone btw

Is there a decent mid range phone that isn't fuck huge or samsung these days? I enjoy the S25 size and light weight but really don't care for their bootloader, UI, bixby, and all the other shit they stuff into android that causes issues. (I know S25 isn't a mid range but wouldn't mind a previous year flagship on the cheap or a midrange phone in the same form factor.) Every midrange phone seems determined to be huge. Motorola and OnePlus have options but their enormous and OnePlus hasn't put out a phone in that range for awhile.

>>108439865
>four phones so he can get different mobile IPs to post spam to /spg/ all day every day.
Extreme mental illness.

>>108440807
pixel 9a

>>108440847
Thanks for posting fantasy tales about me and not posting about smartphones :)

>>108439865
Based af

>>108440872
Are they still top heavy and prone to overheat?

Bros I just got a new phone that doesn't have the curved edges and it kind of sucks
I guess every phone is like that now though

>>108441141
I just got a new phone that doesn't have the curved edges and it's fucking great
I can easily put glass screen protector on it without much hassle.

>>108440807
>>108440872
Or 10a but not a huge difference.

>>108441039
No different than your fantasy about having 10 flagships for...reasons.

>>108441141
Curved edges are a meme. They break much easier, there's a reason they went away.

>>108441160
I know what you're saying. I would buy those Whitestone Dome curved glass screen protectors where the installation feels like surgery, but the end result was worth it.

>>108441161
>They break much easier
I guess I'm just good at taking care of them then.

>>108441161
lol I have 4 phones and soon 5, not 10. sounds like youre just salty little bro. us adults are here to discuss stuff we own. enjoy your 1 phone.

>>108441160
>>108441163
Screen protectors are a normie meme.

>>108441171
How often to you buy new phones?

>>108441171
thanks screen replacement company rep will do

>>108441176
Listen little bro I am the richest adult on G just because you are underage and can't afford 5 phones is not my problem b

>>108441189
*drops my screen protector-less phone when hitting the floor to bow down*

>>108441189
>fakes being me now
A new low. I don't post in incoherent thirdie gibberish kiddo.

>>108441189
>richest
thank you for posting sir very much good befitting response!

>>108441163
I couldn't find a single clear screen protector for my previous phone that covered the entire screen properly. I know you can get them for iPhones, but other brands are a hit or miss (mostly miss). If the screen is completely flat, I can be sure I can get screen protectors from China easily.

>>108441228
local zagg stores usually in malls have scanners and they can custom make you one

>>108441176
I buy phones every two years, been using no screen protector for like 10 years. A tiny layer of cheap Chinese glass isn't going to protect your screen, it will break and you'll think "wow I saved my screen" when really the expensive glass on your phone would have been fine. I have cracked exactly one phone in since I gave up screen protectors.

Nice of you to make sure that the next owner gets to actually touch the pristine display I guess?

>>108441236
The only custom ones I know of are all some kind of hydrogel film or something, not tempered glass.
I live in eastern europe so the options are limited, I get my stuff from ali
>>108441258
>A tiny layer of cheap Chinese glass isn't going to protect your screen, it will break and you'll think "wow I saved my screen" when really the expensive glass on your phone would have been fine
It is doe. The screen protector that broke literally absorbed the energy that would have gone to the screen.
Also, literally no fancy glass screen is resistant to scratches from a grain of sand or a speck of dust. Imagine getting a nice phone and getting it scratched up.

OnePlus won!!

>>108437597
>>108437726
>gets mogged using an old Iphone 7

>>108441258
Can confirm, I've never used screen protectors in about 10 years and none of my phones have ever gotten any scratches. All I have is a case.

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>>108439332
Thank you for the (You).

>>108439932
thats not the dunk you think it is, they handled that situation very well>>108440807
>OnePlus hasn't put out a phone in that range for awhile.
oneplus 13s imported from india. 500 bucks, if that falls under your midrange classification

>>108441258
>when really the expensive glass on your phone would have been fine
not falling for it
>I have cracked exactly one phone
nice, zero myself

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Who's ordering this little fellow today?

>>108435946
Topkek. Asking for real here, would this very cheap samsung phone last for 5 years without lagging? My usecase is shitposting on 4chin and reading mango

>>108442845
It will be slow today. Probably slower tomorrow. There is no 8/256GB 5G version btw it looks like 4/64, 4/128, and 6/128GB versions are all you get according to gsmarena. The 4G version has more RAM in a configuration but a much MUCH shittier SoC/processor from 2022. Why get the bottom of the barrel Samsung and want it to last 5 years? The battery replacement you'll need after three years might be almost as expensive than what you paid for the phone

It will work ok, albeit slowly for your use case. Lower resolution screen means things will be less sharp, but that's not a huge deal. The lag from OneUI on a budget phone now will be enough to make you want to pull your hair out.

>>108442075
I should mention it was a minor crack on the curved glass portion of a phone with a meme curved display. Not like you could have easily put a glass screen protector on it anyway.

>>108442780
me if 399 or less

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yooo

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Anyone here has an older nubia redmagic phone? How has it aged for you? I'm considering getting the redmagic 11 pro but am not sure how it fares over time

>>108430358
To simplify things: Google, Motorola and Sony all use AOSP with their own additions to it.
AOSP is the baseline of Android. Every other Android implementation derives from it.
GrapheneOS and LineageOS are AOSP based, therefore they inherit that clean Android look
OneUI is what Samsung came up with to gut the Android experience and replace it with their own so that they stand out.

Samsung also does a very cuntish move I've experienced firsthand: if you buy a budget model, it'll come with OneUI Core, that doesn't just trim OneUI features, it cuts out AOSP features like screen recording, features that are meant to be implemented in every Android device, just so that you're shamed into spending more for a better model. That alone should cross Samsung out of your choices, not even Motorola does it with their bottom of the barrel budget models.

Apart from the S26 privacy mode and the various folders that will be ruined within a year, I haven't seen a single new feature in a phone, and certainly nothing worth upgrading for $1500+ for.

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>>108443081
Bought at $369. They needed $100k to go ahead. In 1 hour they've raised $1.1 mil. Elite shipping in July. Elite Pro shipping in October.

>>108443815
its a good thing that 6500-9000mah batteries dont require $1500, yes

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Reminder to mention this bad boy whenever some cunt manufacturer decides to make phones overly thick and non-waterproof once the EU regulations for user removable batteries come in, in an attempt to gaslight people even further into believing that it is impossible to have a thin, waterproofed smartphone with user removable batteries.

Because apparently we haven't invented rubber gaskets in phones yet, nor will we ever.

i have not dropped my current phone even once

>>108443081
Its $377 right now

>>108442780
What's the advantage of the pro? $500 for a phone seems perfect

>>108442780
seems perfect for emulating j2me

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I'm in the market for a new phone and I'm overwhelmed.
Too many options imo
The Android side is a mess.

Frankly I'm depressed and ashamed to admit that the iPhone 17 is the best option right now

>>108443249
the front of that phone is so fucking sexy, Im continuously impressed

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I'm in the market for a new phone and I'm very confident.
Not enough options imo
The Apple side is a mess.

Frankly I'm happy and proud to admit that I well not be buying an iPhone 17

>>108443979
Pro has Dimensity 8400, 512GB and OIS on the telephoto.

>>108444008
its looks is the least impressive part about it
what im more impressed by is that they went all out on cooling - huge vapor chamber, liquid metal sheet, small bit of liquid cooling for the battery and air cooling for the soc

>>108443989
Good choice
>>108444015
Gotta be 18 and older to use this website bud

now that oneplus is closing it's time to switch to poco

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I thank Jesus everyday for blessing me so much and that I never have to trade in a phone for a discount on a new smartphone, or buy a used smartphone or buying a Poco.

>>108442780
im cautiously on the clicks side, i put in a reservation a bit ago but might pivot to unihertz once we see working models. clicks just looks easier to type on and i prefer the design.

>>108444348
>I never have to trade in a phone for a discount on a new smartphone
I hate Media Expert so fucking much it's unreal, if it's not being the most predatory shitstain of a business, it's their fucking ads

>>108444015
Good choice
>>108443989
Gotta be 18 and older to use this website bud

>>108443989
If you're used to android, think twice about going with an iphone
I'm selling my 17 pro max after just 3 weeks because the software is just too backwards for my liking

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>>108429723
I miss the Blackberry Keyone design

>>108444389
>the software is just too backwards for my liking
Elaborate. Is it because it doesn't have a multi-window option?

>>108441258
Glass is glass, and glass breaks

>>108444015
>doesn't know the difference between will and well
yea this posters iq level checks out

>>108444027
>512GB
That might be just what I need, I'm tired of phones that require the top-tier "trim" and max RAM option just to get an acceptable amount of storage.

>>108444389
fake story. post your iphone 17 pro max with a timestamp.

700$ for the 2 elite pro
haet leafland
>>108444444
checc'd & kek'd

>>108444418
It's not any one feature that's a deal breaker. There are lots of small to medium design details that hinders usage which never happens on Android that when seen as a whole, makes the OS very unpalatable. I'll go into details tomorrow since I'm going to bed soon

>>108444543
I don't understand

I use my old phone only for internet, messaging, taking pics and banking. Now how do I know what to replace it with? Probably many specs are wasted on me.

>>108444556
It's a lying troll bro. iPhones are the most sold smartphones globally and have the easiest UI literally designed for anyone to be able to use with ease. You see little kids literally using iPads better than the parents can sometimes lol.

>>108444568
You can get any older phone for cheap and enjoy 99% of what the latest flagships can do. Just pay attention to android versions and battery size if you want it to last.

>>108444603
>You can get any older phone for cheap and enjoy 99% of what the latest flagships can do.

not true at all, with lower tier smartphones you are sacrificing things like processing power at slower sometimes laggy speeds and lower quality photography and more cost cutting measures like build quality etc

>>108444543
I get it.
I set up my parents' iPhone 16s when they got them last year, iOS has a lot of weird UI choices. Like, it isn't difficult to change settings, just a lot of settings aren't where they logically should be compared to even MacOS.

>>108444603
Should it be something from the last 1-2 years then?
My current phone is 6 years old but maybe I should replace it more often. I like large battery life, good (non-ai) camera and a humongous amount of storage

>>108444621
Let me rephrase, I seem to have confused the shills

You can get older flagship phones for cheap. The same phones you were shilling 3 years ago are just as fast and reliable as they were in 2024. Although iPhone was forced to stop selling some phones because they no longer met the requirements of beaming harmful radiation into your face.

>>108444652
>good (non-ai) camera and a humongous amount of storage
RIP. Gotta spend big $$$ for 1TB these days. I'm on a 128Gb S22 Ultra, really solid so can recommend if you find one.

>>108444658
>delusions of grandeur
You can lie as much as you want in the thread but this is a technology board and nobody is going to believe that a $200 mid-tier phone is on par with a flagship now you're changing the goal posts and claiming that a 2 to 3-year-old flagship is on par with a modern day mid-tier just stop it bro not everybody has to buy a cheap phone just because that's your budget some of us will buy flagships I don't understand what it is with this thread and people thinking that everyone has to live in the same income bracket as they do and than coming here to lie and claiming that a mid-tier phone is this astronomical piece of technology that is surpassing $1,000 plus flagships kek like just stop it with the fantasy tales it's embarrassing and it lowers the quality of this thread

No a 2-3 year old flagship is not on the same level as a modern flagship. This is misinformation.

>>108444678
>nobody is going to believe that a $200 mid-tier phone
I'm stopping you right there, you have misread and misunderstood twice now so its time to stop.

Here's the simplest I can go for you:
iPhone 15. Following so far? Is LESS MONEY. Got that? Than iPhone 17. Whew, take a break, you made it.

>The idea that a sub $500 flagship from a few years ago is more ideal than purchasing the $2000 flagship of this generation just for a 1% faster load time on facebook is foreign to the resident shill
Shocking.

>>108444726
>the impoverished misinformation posters are still in the thread posting fantasy stories that a 2 to 3 year plus old flagship is only going to be one percent slower than the modern version
Sad

>>108444744
nah fr it's cool to save money or buy something used, but don't come to a tech board boasting that it's not that far apart from a new modern version which has significantly made improvements.

Has anybody here ever tried buying open-box from Bestbuy before? How was your experience. I found a very inexpensive pixel 10 fold and impulse grabbed it. They said it wasn't refurb or pre-owned, just open box, but it was basically half off.

>>108444756
>significantly made improvements.
This is what shills actually believe

>>108444796
>this new flagship is a scam because it has no improvements in my mind and I'll disregard all the facts to cope with my old smartphone purchase
Yea we get it bro; you find new flagships to be too expensive for you, but not all of us deal with that problem.

>>108444788
Half of my tech is open-box from best buy, I've never had a problem with it.

>>108444817
Dude ran away with the goalposts on this one.

I literally responded to an anon that doesn't need much suggesting that an older flagship is enough. Your twisted mind is hallucinating quite an argument here

>>108444817
sometimes I have to remind myself the type of people that use this website and what their lives are like and I forget that most of these people dont even have jobs

>Didn't give BIG CORPO as much money as possible? Wow must be poor
This is exactly what being poor sounds like

>>108444831
yea fr I agree anon

>>108444831
$1,200 is not a lot of money for a smartphone if you're a functional adult, like I spend $300 a week at the dispensary on smokables...

Man, I love my Z Fold 6, I started with Google's first fold and man, that feels like a million years ago.

>>108444854
You get a free iPhone with most jobs anyway, so $1200 isn't bad to spend on a daily driver I'll actually want to use

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>>108429723
q25 is comfier

>>108444878
Every time you post your pdf phone I report it to the glowies

>>108444652
>large battery
>good (non-ai) camera
>humongous amount of storage
zero phones all 3, the first 2 are almost mutually exclusive. if you can say goodbye to the camera then moto g86 power + sd card. if you want a slightly better camera and worse battery, xperia 1 or 10 vii + sd card

>>108444698
kek. youre arguing with this generals resident shill retard anon, cant expect too much

>>108444951
You're just angry because you can't handle the smartphone facts being posted in this general. how does that make me the shill when you are the one who can't handle the truth? You literally post about me 24/7 in a smartphone general kek. You're a fan little bro.

>>108444568
poco x8 pro

>>108444969
truth and sadly they always complain about you instead of talking about smartphones

The Fold 7 is thinner but I don't like the feel of it, thinking I will try the pixel 10 fold, the big screen is so much nicer. I saw a Chinese company made progress on a creasless folder too, really excited to see how Samsung and Google improve, seeing as the screens are mostly Samsung anyway

Battery size is such a silly criteria for phones, what phone can't charge to 80%in under an hour these days? 5000 mah is good enough

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im buying the trifold, the most successful foldable smartphone ever released!

>>108445080
Don't be silly, that's just excessive. The Pixel and Z Fold are the size of a normal smartphone with a practical fold-out screen and a functional hinge that I love putting youtube on while still having room for a texting app or browser

>>108445070
>nooo you have to be a slave to and plan around the outlet god
no thanks

>>108445142
Kek, good one. You put it down at night and wake up charged. You go to work and top off (you do work, right?) And then you go home. The only actual use case for a larger battery is traveling outside of civilization on foot and then you would have baggage for an external battery

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uh oh, guess that new phone isn't going to get those software updates

>>108445535
https://youtu.be/gW8RE9cHW2E

>>108445535
Iqoo or Red Magic.

>>108445535
tfw no oneplus 15s

All this "it's so over" posting is pretty cringe, senpai

>>108429723
>https://www.gsmarena.com/smartphone_buyers_guide-review-2036.php
>Honor Magic V5
Does anyone here even have a Honor folding phone ?

>>108444444
WITNESSED

>>108438423
>Nothing
Also considering this but I heard they have ads? Android phones have those nowadays? wtf

>>108430241
>brown hand

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>>108446146
Your point?

Bros, I just can't decide, I've been lurking for a week and watching all the reviews and I think I'm down to two choices

>Google Pixel pro 10 fold
Gemini is easily one of the best AI tool on the market and the big screen makes it easier to access my PC and use my local AI tools. Plus I get all the updates. The only downside is that the case I usually buy is sold out! But I can wait.

>redmagic 11 pro
Impressive cooling system and the best gaming performance. Every review I've come accross praises the performance in gatcha games but also has great performance on PC games thanks to android's emulation. I'm hesitent to go all in on mobile gaming, but if I wanted to, this is the best option hands down

>>108447084
>pixel
slow with bad battery life
>redmagic
lack of software updates over the long-term

>android
>needing software updates
>not just getting new phones
Kek, poorfag.

Forgot to mention the Graphene os choice as well, since Pixels are a dime a dozen. I never thought I'd see the day Google had the top smartphones

>>108447084
What's the most important thing to you in a phone? You haven't considered Samsung? I'm assuming you don't care about the camera since you aren't considering the big boy chinese cameraphones?

>>108447154
>lol just get a new phone

And what if people don't want to buy new phones every two years? I'm glad Samsung got it's shit together now with updates but I still remember the dark times when Samsung and most androids in general got only 2 OS updates and that was it

>>108447154
>Google
>Top smartphone
Lel

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>>108447084
Saar get the iPhone 17 Pro Max, it is the best for doing the needful for emulation thoughbeit you cannot easily make use of JiT compilation which is necessary for everything higher than PSone and Saturn emulation...

Just kidding. The Redmagic has an inferior dust and water resistance rating, IPX8, the 8 means it's good at water the X means no resistance against dust. Not that the hinge on the Pixel Fold is going to like dust, but that phone is claimed to have an IP68 dust and water resistance rating. I'd compare the two.

>>108447113
>slow
At benchmarks and in unoptimized waifu gacha games it is less performant than the Redmagic but it is by no means slow in day to day usage.
>bad battery life
Again, depends on use case. But for typical people the battery is fine, I've had days of 10 hours SoT on one charge before, on the smaller 10 Pro, so I wouldn't call it bad.

If your use case is vidya then sure get the Redmagic but if you want to get Day 1 and beta updates or run GrapheneOS the Pixel is your best bet.

Check out the comparison here:
https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=14277&idPhone2=14014

>>108447249
Samsung is okay, but I prefer Google's UI. I have several proffesional grade cameras, I do not need a smartphone camera. Right now "big screen" has my attention, and if it creases, I'm just going to trade it for the non-folder

>>108447279
Thunk u, I luv u

Genuine question since we're talking android versions, but why would I even need the latest update 4 years later? The latest seem like they just threw AI into everything. I have a samsung 2022 and its fast and still runs any app I download. Btw yes, I am still on windows 10

>>108447279
>necessary for everything higher than PSone and Saturn emulation
I have pi 3 for that

>>108445535
The video says that at the moment starting in April OnePlus is only going to be available in China and everywhere else they're going to be shutting down their global market

>>108447350
>not installing security updates on a device that is constantly connected to the internet
>using the most popular OS on the planet
>on the juiciest target for people's personal information
Hmm I wonder.

>>108447404
Pi 3 can't do PS2, GameCube, or newer I'm pretty sure. High end Android phones and tablets can, newer iPhones have the hardware but is locked down by Apple which blocks JiT (Just in Time) compilation unless you tinker tranny your way into enabling it. Thus, no one bothers to make emulators past the PS1/Saturn/N64 generation for the iPhone. I mean, you CAN sideload Dolphin, but again it won't run without serious tweaking.

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>>108447084
>plastic screen in 2026
sounds like an easy choice

>>108429895
Matebook 13s