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Global Smartphone Use Mar - Now

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Why can't i buy Huawei phone in the west?
I want to try HarmonyOS 7, when upcoming mate 90 comes out.

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>>108925687
yup that is the baker they post all over /g/
>>109050317
apple is not indi*n, but samsung is.

>open factory in 2019 and experience a steady decline in quality control
Samsung operates the worlds largest smartphone factory in ind*a though so stop your absolutely ridiculous attempt at pinning the iPhone as ind*an.

>>109050326
>I’m not even fat
>>108906299

>>109050421
where is that timestamp?

>>109050421
Gotta be 18 and older to post here dude

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>>109050237
Hey OP why are you so butt hurt? You bake the most cringe threads on /g/ tbqh.

>>109050237
is it true that apple's foldable is gonna get cancelled

>>109050847
no info was made public yet anon but its not like you could ever scoop one anyways

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>>109050847
apple is switching to the baby toy market to align with their user base

>>109050945
very much good befitting post

>>109050945
wow thank you so much for the amazing breaking news! this thread is filled with the smartest OP!

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its over for the euros sadly

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/a-spy-in-your-pocket-how-the-uks-proposed-on-device-nude-image-blocking-could-work-in-reality

>>109051094
There is nothing implying otherwise. Unless they're paying you there's no need to do damage control on behalf of Apple. If you do PR work demand payment.

>>109050458
>SEAmonkey timezone
You're not indian but being a pagpag enjoyer is hardly an improvement.

>>109051143
Filipino hands typed this

>>109051161
>The article says literally it's only effecting those using a Czech keyboard dalit liar
Nobody said it didn't say that. Why are you so mad? It took the trillion dollar corporation you swear undying fealty to months to fix it because their multicultural workforce were too busy sipping matcha lattes and making pride month graphics to notice there's something wrong with their shitty software.

>need a new phone since current one died
>figured id shop for phone plans too while i'm at it since i'm on google fi (t-mobile) and the coverage sucks
>google fi is $35-$40/month after taxes
>they offer a pixel 10a for $249
>mint is on t-mobile too so that's out
>verizon and at&t are too expensive ($50/mo + tax + tip)
>visible (verizon) is $25/month but gives no discounts on devices
>cricket (at&t) is $40/month but only has shitty devices (or you can BYOD) and seems to throttle video hard
I guess I'm stuck with Fi?

>>109051188
Well it's not because they played good. If it wasn't for that walking brick named De'Aaron Fox shitting himself out there things would be different.

>>109051251
nah playa the spurs lost because wemby is not that good.

>>109051293
Wemby was fine. Fox was ass cheeks. Normally big leads getting blown over and over points to the other team catching you when you get winded but they were up in spite of Fox's dismal play. Mf was 3 for 12 and still hogging the ball. That comes down to coaching too but that's another story.

>>109050998
Way to go UK. Please lock up the CEOs of Apple and Google. Nobody will complain. The world may even be a better place and President Trump can achieve his dream of world peace and we'll all live happily ever after in Nirvana.

>>109051557
Basically nobody is saying this. Brunson is good no doubt but it ain't like it was 28-3 or some shit.

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what's tim apple's endgame?

>>109051867
It is because other countries have similar laws now and they DO require it at the operating system level. They are taking the path of least resistance because implementing this in a million different ways will result in a huge matrix that needs to be tested under different combinations.
>Essentially the most authoritarian state will decide the norm for them all

>>109051883
And yes, in case you were wondering which country that is it is the freedom thumping, flag waving, eagle screeching country.

You can thank Facebook for that.
The UK only wanted online services to have age verification. Facebook went "Hang on a minute, we don't want to deal with that because if we get it wrong we'll be fined. Can this not be done at the device / OS level?" and so they lobbied US states.

Are foldables still a meme?
I'm looking to get a new phone but with some power as I need to multitask, being able to have probably 2 map apps open and view logs from a Bluetooth serial device. Wondering if something would fit the bill or just get a phone with a bigger screen, though not a massive fan of having a massive regular screen

>>109052551
That's just Europe's Chat control they stole and renamed. It's nothing to do with ID verification at all.

The idea is that the phone will scan for images of child pornography on-device and prevent them from being sent to a pedophile. This is incredibly fucking retarded and really flawed and has the potential to prevent images from being sent to parents or medical staff, etc, but that's the idea.

They think magic on-device AI will stop all the pedos.

>>109052546
This is a screenshot of a web browser. What's that got to do with Android?

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>>109052737
>This is incredibly fucking retarded and really flawed and has the potential to prevent images from being sent to parents or medical staff, etc
that's a good thing.
We should go back to mailing

>>109052901
>The ESRB
>Literal video game ratings
Did you use Apple Intelligence to draft your prompt?

>>109052570
>Are foldables still a meme?
foldables will always be plastic, so yes

>>109053122
Yes, I'm sure restrictions on video games is the same as locking features of the OS behind ID verification. Keep coping.
It's possible to use Android without ever needing Google Play at all. That could change in the future though:
https://keepandroidopen.org/

>>109053226
That "age verification" is your credit card number or DOB though. Pretty much what >>109053246 says.

Video game ratings are not the same as making age verification an integral part of your OS.

>>109053342
Yes, lots of things have age gates. That's nothing to do with the OS you fucktard.

>>109053363
>>109053374
Do you know the difference between an app and an operating system? Because it doesn't appear so. There is no age verification in Android outside of the Play Store.

>>109053391
Parental controls aren't the same thing, retard.

>>109053405
How much rupees does Apple pay you?

>>109053413
Now ask it how the Google Play Store and Google Account affect AOSP usage and where in derivative ROMs you'll find this. Oops! It's not there, because it's not actually an Android operating system feature.

>>109053442
It's not moving goal posts when the goal post is Android and you come at me with Google Accounts and the Play Store.

i don't love racism. or apple. or android. Google should be annihilated. why is everyone shillings for bullshit instead of real alternatives to verified, locked-down corpo spyware?

>>109053469
There are real alternatives based on Android because it's still an open platform. It's the Play Services that are bad. Unfortunately, a LOT of apps depend on it.

>>109053532
This is fake news. It's only for websites that pick the strictest settings available. They're not retiring the old reCAPTCHA.

Of course Google can't trust a non-pozzed OS. You can just buy a cheap shitty burner phone and use that to scan and it'll pass all of the tests no problem though. This push for hardware attestation is ridiculous and will solve nothing.

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Top ten selling smartphones globally for Q1 2026

>>109053579
It's not an opinion. Website operators get to pick which version of reCAPTCHA they use. Most websites aren't going to use this because they don't need something this strict.

To be honest though, any website using reCAPTCHA probably isn't worth your time anyway. There's your opinion piece.

>>109050237
>installed revanced 3 years ago
>worked fine for a long time
>got constant notification to update it
>updated it just to get rid of it
>shorts are now filled ads every 3 shorts
what the fuck is going on?
is this youtube or just them getting cucked now?

>>109050282
Why do you want the Chinese Communist Party to harvest all your data?

why isnt felica enabled by default on all android devices like ios?

>>109050282
There's no way that's real. What was it even doing for a year? I bet the display was even and modem doing fuck all.

>>109053917
*display was off

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>>109053917
imagine trusting the chin*se to not lie, cheat and scam...

>>109053490
one misplaced character and i'm a troll
way to engage with my point about thinking outside the Google-Apple box

Is it better to just wait to see what happens with android in 79 days or do I just hope it'll be okay and pull the plug on it?

>>109053989
cope bro and respectfully that entire sentence screams not educated...

>>109054029
The impending class action lawsuit will be interesting. I don't think they're going to do anything because this won't just affect F-Droid but will affect the Amazon AppStore and other stores, etc. If it were just F-Droid then fair enough but I could seriously see someone like Amazon kicking up a massive fuss and sues them if their changes block them.

>>109054033
i am a highly educated former valedictorian but after my crystal meth addiction began to spiral i can go days at a time without sleeping. that's why

>>109053756
use morphe
revanced is a dead project
core devs moved to it for some reasom
seems like there was some drama but none of them i care

>>109054261
no wonder, I'm not aware of this drama. I tried searching solution on their subreddit since they're still active but they also don't have any solution.

>>109054447
again, use morphe, not revanced
it solved the problem for me
latest revanced barely worked for me, not even a single video playing but after changing now it's just how it perfectly was

love how you can openly troll certain brands, but when you post truths about android here its a no no. is this supposed to be the safe space for android posters to avoid reality?

>>109054591
what is your redpill?
>inb4: iphone android blah blah
unironically use PMOS if that is your redpill

>>109054767
That's our resident troll/spammer, probably got banned on one of his many mobile IPs for starting a flamewar. Now complaining about moderation and trying to start a flamewar again.

>>109054941
thanks for information
many such cases

>>109054941
but enough about the /spg/ baker >>109050326

>>109053960
All these chinese phones run on android. Chinese phone brands have 0% power how optimised android is.
>>109053917
They always work on it, what do you mean?

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>>109055270
incorrect stop covering for companies that have nothing to do with you. they’ve been caught swapping out hardware from the models that they sent to influencers versus the ones that they sell in stores as well as software tweaks that overclock the CPU during testing. 3dMark removed the rm11 pro for fake results.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Latest-RedMagic-gaming-phone-line-caught-cheating-in-3DMark-benchmark.1267712.0.html

>>109055309
This is a chink feature. To improve gaming performance, open antutu in the background.

>>109054591
they won't even let anyone post about Android age verifications here while talking about the iOS age verifications. lel bunch of hypocritical anons.

>>109055398
No it was cheating and they got caught and removed from listings. they also were putting gold parts for phone they sent to influencers so they run more efficiently. can't wait to read the excuse for that!

>>109055309
>incorrect stop covering for companies that have nothing to do with you

Again you posted ANDROID brand. Has nothing to do with HarmonyOS.

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>>109055577
Android is made by Google who make Pixels which were never removed or caught cheating benchmark testing or swapping parts out for devices sent to influencers versus ones sold on the retail level. Companies owned by Chin*SE were removed after being caught for software tweaks and swapping hardware out that results in a influencer showing off results a retial model can not reproduce. You are purposely deflecting and trying to hide the truth for some reason.
>>109053960 >>109055309

>>109055644
I am not deflecting, I don't care about android or your gay android benchmark drama. I am interesting in HarmonyOS.

>>109053960
>>109055309
>>109055644
Jesus ...

>>109054591
Yep, it’s a safe space & that’s for sure lol

What do I need to look for in a phone that can multitask heavy apps? not gaming

>>109056956
powerful soc and at least 16gb ram and 67 watt wired charging minimum

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S26 or Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra 16GB. which
comparison
>F8 has 16GB of RAM, S26 has 12GB (cheapskate fucks)
>F8 has a considerably fatter battery
>F8 lacks AF on ultrawide and front cameras. S26 has AF on all cameras
Is this a dealbreaker?
>F8's bootloader is unlockable. Samsung phones brick as of One UI 8
>Samsung has pledged 7 years of updates. Chinks said 5 years, but whether they'll deliver is dubious at best
>S26 has bypass charging. F8 doesn't seem to (support claims enabling battery protection makes battery stop charging upon hitting the selected charge percentage, but it's not the real deal. radio silence from fagtube reviewers on this)
>S26 has Dex. doesn't look very convincing though
concerns
>chinks are infavmous for having a spotty track record with updates
>F8's source for custom roms hasn't been released yet. god knows if they will
>chink software sucks. One UI is bloated

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Sony xperia XZ C discontinued
Sony xperia 5 discontinued
FUCK YOU SONY
all I wanted nice compact phone, 5 V already pushing it.
.t XZ2C last good compact phone

>>109056956
That leaves you with Motorola, Pixel and Xperia.
That goes without saying but the battery life will suffer for it.
t. Xperia 1 VII user

>>109057195
I will buy a OnePlus thanks

>>109056979
Is 8gb not enough these days? Also what SoC's to go for? I assume Snapdragon is the only go to still?
>>109057195
Yeah those were pretty much the brands it seemed like to go to, especially because would like to have a custom ROM on it

>>109057195
what phones does motorola have. there's a humongous gap between the edge 70 fusion to signature
>>109057237
>Is 8gb not enough these days?
no, 8gb today is what 4gb was 5 years ago
the bloat is accelerating and manufacturers are holding back the ram (previous gen had 24gb options)

>>109057237
>Is 8gb not enough these days?
no, its the bare minimum

I thought I had damaged my screen just barely 24 hours after buying the phone, but it turns out I just forgot to take the plastic cover off.

I just bought a used, great conditioned S24 for 300 USD. 256 gig capacity. That being said, what are some must have apps to use? I have Newpipe and Morphe installed. I'd like to utilize my phone as much as I can, given that I just upgraded from a poor spec Moto G Power.

Is an s25+ a good buy at $700?

Samsung bros? >>109015128 >>109015181 >>109015583 >>109023104

>>109058003
So I'm guessing the answer to my question is no... Goddamit I wish I could just get a Redmagic since it has cooling but it doesn't support Verizon (which my parents pay for because it's a family bundle plan).

>>109057980
Is it brand new? It's right at the going rate for a new S25 Plus

>>109057063
why do you care so early in product's lifecycle? phone has 7 years of updates and new units will always come with earliest security patch allowing anybody to unlock without xiaomi account following that exploit

>>109058481
>7 years
The F8 Ultra gets updates until 2031... in theory.
>new units will always come with earliest security patch allowing anybody to unlock without xiaomi account following that exploit
yeah, that's one of the reasons why I was eyeing it.
As for the S26, Samsung gutted the ability to unlock bootloaders, and updates to One UI 8 are a guaranteed brick afaik (heard some stories of people with unlocked bootloaders who updated to it being able to roll it back, but I wouldn't want to test that)

Hey, /g/. Does anyone here actually use a safe to use app to block reels on Instagram for Android?

I want to stop using this shit as much but I cannot stop using Instagram in general bc social life and reels suck up too much of my time.

>>109058879
Use instagram on Frefox
The shitty responsiveness will do

>>109050237

all i want is a phone with at least 256 GB, a hole-punch camera, that runs GrapheneOS. the only real matter is "how long does it last", and "how cheap is it".

smartphones hit their technological peak roughly 6 years ago and everything new is just absurd 100+ megapixel camera faggotry that will still look like a 2007 facebook photo or AI assistant integration.

>>109059239
>his post that says "DUDE I'M TOTALLY FROM NEW YORK" got flushed
iphone spammer confirmed to be jungle asian

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Coming from a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G, I need a modern phone for security updates and extra storage capacity.
I want a good camera, good build quality, and the least amount of spyware possible.
Thinking about getting the latest flagship Pixel, but I've never owned a Google device before, and Samsung has been decent so far.
My mind immediately went to the latest Samsung as my default choice, but the AI integration seems extremely deep and I don't want my entire filesystem and OS interaction being datamined and sent off for analysis. I know that the Pixel also has built-in AI, but Samsung's seems more ubiquitous in everything.
I also love having the ability to flash custom ROMs onto the Pixel, and am strongly considering it since I can use GrapheneOS which seems awesome.
However, I'm traveling internationally to Japan for a few weeks soon, so I need to make sure the device is reliable and won't make me fiddle with permissions and niche settings every 15 minutes and risk missing a train or something retarded.

Any opinions on Pixel vs. Galaxy, and/or experiences with GrapheneOS?

>>109059239
>>109059269
wrong, I am not asian and I am here in NY. Pull up bro. :)

>>109058986
>GrapheneOS
you'd have to wait for a while, the morotola partnership is only releasing in 2027 and will start with flagships only first.

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>>109057154
Yeah my waif loved her 5

So I had recently purchased a Xperia 1 VI on ebay. Loved the phone for the short time I used it. Unfortunately I ended up having to return it, as it was an obvious refurbished/reproduction. However the kicker was, for some reason when I had connected it to my desktop it triggered DNS issues on my computer, that forced me to soft reinstall the Windows 10. After the experience I don't think I'll ever risk buying a phone from a third party seller despite any good review they have.

Now having handled a modern Xperia I don't think I can go back to Samsung again. Since I'm living in the US and to avoid sketchy sellers my only option is the Xperia 1 VIII, however I have some questions which I'm not sure if any anons can help with.

1. WIll Pixel IMS work on the VIII?
2. Is Wonda Mobile the most reputable seller for buying an Xperia in the US, or is there somewhere better?
3. The bands for the VIII look near identical to the VI/VII, is the 5G connection that bad in the US?

Regarding the 3rd question, I was using the VI on 4G LTE unlocked with Shizuku/Pixel IMS, and had a perfect connection so I never really bothered trying 5G out. I'm just trying to future proof and won't like to get 5+years out of the phone.

Do not buy a new phone without rom support no matter how good the deal is. Modern android is truly fucking misery

Is there a really safe website nowadays to download cracked apps?

>>109059300
eyyo mang u interested in a 14 Pro Max, foo?

Guess I'm doing the Xperia 1 VIII in gaudy gold for the 16gb RAM, it's gonna be a while 'til it gets here though.

>>109051207
I'm on US Mobile. I think they offer phones but I just buy whole price and unlocked anyways. $15/month for 5gigs, ultra wideband Verizon towers. You can choose to use other carrier towers if you want. When I was on VZW, it grew from $20 to $30 a month with just 5g, no UWB. The speed difference is noticeable.
I'm getting better service as a not-Verizon customer than when I was an actual Verizon customer.

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interesting

https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/2026-smartphone-shipments-to-post-worst-annual-decline-on-record-as-memory-crisis-and-geopolitical-shocks-converge

>>109050237
>Buy USB keyboard
>Buy USB A -> C Adapter
>Plug into iPhone
>Type password
OMG difficult

>>109053775
They can do less with it than the US government.

>>109061831
kek the baker could never figure this out if it happened to they/them
>>109061837
proof?

>>109061825
>world economy takes a plunge
>jack up prices and downgrade your offerings at the same time
>surprised when demand for your product drops off a cliff
they deserve it

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hand slide gesture to screen was one of the top msot retarded ideas it never gets alright it always scroll off the screen I am trying to screenshot it boils me so mad in hatred fucking stupid shit

>There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance... Right now we're selling millions and millions and millions of Windows Mobile phones a year. Apple is selling 0 phones a year...
- Steve Balmer, 2007

>>109062965
crapple only sold that much because of first mover advantage and worked on brand cultism to attain status as a fashion icon
>nokia, the only noteworthy competitor, was sabotaged and decimated by microjeet at every turn, stopping them from growing
>other OEMs were pieces of shit with their own personal OSes with inconsistent experiences full of cruft (e.g. wi-fi and bluetooth barely worked, airplane mode was a rarity). not to mention software support was shit (basically no 3rd party software)
>crapple had amassed a huge install base with iTunes and iOS was the first one to launch a general appstore (no more paying $2 for an MP3 on your carrier's WAP portal)
>iOS was the first one to get a more or less decent mobile browser going
in the end microjeet is to blame as always

>>109062965
Microsoft dropped the ball when they had no answer to the App Store. Everyone was making apps for the iPhone and nobody wanted to make Windows Mobile apps.

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>>109063064
based

>>109063064
more like windows users HATE appstores and prefer downloading their EXEs from the developer's site without some megacorporaiton in the middle telling you what you can and can't do

>>109063328
if that were true windows mobile os and windows phone would still be here bud

>>109063328
On the PC, yeah, but on mobiles it's the complete opposite. Funny that. I may be wrong, but I think for a while there wasn't even a YouTube app or Google Maps app, etc, for Windows Mobile. The "metro" version which was trying to compete, to be clear. I know the original Windows Mobile wouldn't have had these things (the original Windows Mobile that Balmer was talking about was designed for PDAs. They never ever imagined a device like the iPhone).

>>109063328
Not with Steam. Tons of Steam fanboys who worship Gabe.

>>109063359
I had a 2 HTC windows mobile phones (P3600 and one with a slide out keyboard) that was exactly how you explained, it was designed to be used with a plastic stylus and felt like a palm pilot. it was so bad tbqh.

>>109063378
Steam is just a games launcher that happens to have a storefront built in to it.

It won by being less shit than everyone else.

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>>109063391
>Steam is just a games launcher
It's also a web app that takes gigabytes of RAM.

>>109063359
>on mobiles it's the complete opposite.
you have a campaign with millions upon millions of supporters against jewgle's locking down android and forcing devs to dox themselves to keep developing software: keepandroidopen.org
>>109063378
I'm pretty sure steam doesn't stop you from doing any of the following
>running software from other vendors, storefronts, or publishers
>running unsigned software
>running cracked software
>using your computer without a steam account
I hate steam and its gay account requirement DRM btw

I wonder why microsoft is doing so bad! I wonder who is running them into the ground...

>>109063404
But it's still less shit than all their competitors business practices. Steam could use gigabytes more and people would still use it for the convenience of having all your games in one place.

Perhaps the only thing better than it is GOG.

>>109063459
>still use it for the convenience of having all your games in one place.
it's called my hard drive

>>109063411
The answer is always the same. Microsoft did that.
It's almost like they don't want to win at anything. I keep hearing they've trashed the Surface brand now too.

>>109063476
nuh uh that isn't who is running them into the ground. we all know who and why!

>3 button navigation just stopped working
Holy fuck gesture nav is a humiliation ritual.

>>109063712
Are you in your 80s?
Even my 73 year old friend can figure out gestures.

whats the best way to securely store sensitive docs like IDs/etc on your phone in case I need to pull it up when out and about; hit me with the schizo option first and then the normie option.

>>109064568
two phones, iphone and android

>>109064568
Buy NAS or make one, make sure it has extra secure firewall, password.
Download them when needed, remove after.

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thots /spg/?

I want to buy a new phone but I don't think it will materially improve my life, what should I do?