My OnePlus 8 has been a noble and faithful phone, but the charging port is starting to go. What’s the landscape look like now? Still Samsung and Pixel at the top? Any options for small hands?
Lantz
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My battery was dying in my Pixel 5 for some reason and I just begrudgingly upgraded to a 6 while I could get a pretty good trade in price for a working-ish phone. I love the clean stock android on the Pixels and the screen is nice. It’s even bigger than the 5 so I’m not sure how it would be with smaller hands.
Gladguy
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I have the Pixel 6. I also have a paid for license for Nova Launcher, but I use Niagara Launcher instead. I find it excellent for one-handed use on today’s taller phones.
Someone was really happy with Samsung’s new flip phone upthread. That does sound intriguing to me.
I do like my Pixel 6 Pro, but I really miss the smaller size of my Pixel 3. The bigger size is admittedly much better for reading and for watching movies and TV shows. Much better. But for general use, I really hate having a big awkward phone. It seems to me a Flip phone would let you have both things? A more manageable size and a bigger screen once you unfold the phone.
Edit: Looking at my Google Fi app, Google is currently selling the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G for $700, which is $300 off MSRP.
mono
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You can both enable the swipe-left Google News feed in Nova Launcher, and disable the swipe-left news feed in the default Pixel launcher.
Does Google Fi use their networks? Because my house seems to be a dead zone as far as 5G is concerned.
Don’t one of you folks have a 1+ phone? Are they a good brand?
Petey
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My wife had a few OnePlus phones over the years. She liked them “OK” but enjoys her Samsung Notes quite a bit more. Not sure about the new ones though.
I was a huge fan for the 1+ 7 Pro. I think they are still good, but not quite as unbelievable value as a few years ago - mostly due to others catching up, not any fault of their own.
mono
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They peaked w/ the 7 Pro. Still a good brand, but no longer a great value.
Canuck
3585
So has everyone upgraded to Android 12? I know there was pushback when it first came out and I’ve held off so far but I’m getting tired of the nagging reminders and I guess I’m not getting any more security updates unless I switch over.
I’ve been on it for a while. Barely different from 11, been mostly the same for a few iterations now.
Rimbo
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I have a damaged-enough-not-to-get-the-trade-in-but-not-so-damaged-as-to-be-unusable Galaxy S9+. It is paid for, and has an audio jack, a gorgeous HiDPI OLED display, and runs everything I need flawlessly. While it’s still only 4G, it’s T-Mobile’s 4G, which at ~50-75Mbps is fast enough for everything.
It will have to die before I replace it, at this point.
Daagar
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As far as I can tell, there is no phone that competes with the S9/Note9 that isn’t a stupid price. Sure, they’ll be faster, but you lose LED lights, headphone jacks, the OLED display, or some combination of the above - even on the latest Samsungs. The ONLY thing you might get is a flat screen (the only actual flaw with the S9/Note9).
Just like you, I’ll use it until it flat out dies.
aodNotify (and its various brand flavors) is a decent notification LED replacement but it kills battery noticeably more, sadly.
But yeah, the era of good cellphones is very thoroughly over. Snagging all the latest tech and sickest cameras without sacrificing storage, real headphones, notif lights, and proper fingerprint readers rather than the unreliable under-screen ones is no longer possible :(
I hated the notification LED. Ugh.
Headphone cords can DIAF forever.
SD cards are for Switches.
Nyaaaah!
I can recommend a number of compassionate, affordable therapists to help you through your Stockholm Syndrome, Adam. If the bluetooth headphones are holding you at gunpoint to purchase 64gb of extra internal storage for the low low upgrade price of $400, blink twice.
Or just wait ten minutes for the batteries to die.
mono
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The fingerprint sensor on the back middle of earlier Pixels was peak biosecurity. All the new under-screen sensors and Apple facial recognition stuff sucks in comparison.
The back-middle fingerprint sensor in my current Pixel is great too ;)
