Just got a new cellphone after my LG K20 stopped working after 6 years of loyal service. Got the Samsung s23 because it was another samsung phone.
What did I get?
>No headphone jack (???)
>No offline notes app besides the ones you download off the store (AND they all run ads)
>Need to swipe like three times to get to your fucking apps, why the hell would I want to see the news when I open my phone?
>Third party apks like Newpipe prompt you to download the app AGAIN every time you open it (even if the phone is offline, in which case what the fuck is it downloading?)
>Five fucking cameras and zero headphone jack
>Alarm clock is fucked
FUCK SAMSUNG
>>>"But anon you should have done your research! And kept up with the tech trends weh weh weh
I asked my friends who had the phone, checked reviews and specs online, talked to the guy at the store
My eyes were peeled for shit like "does it have good storage" or "is the tracking especially intrusive" NOT "does it fucking work does it have basic phone functionalities"
TO TOP IT OFF I can't even get a new LG K20 because the mobile divison of LG got fuckign shut down (probably for refusing to sell out)

CHeked online for another android? Google Pixel 8?
NO HEADPHONE JACK
I'm looking at fucking Wired right now "Top ten phones where you can still plug and play your headphone jack, silly~ Teehee~" TOP TEN PHONES THAT AREN't DONKEY SHIT

FUCK SAMSUNG NUKE KOREA

This is exactly what a smartphone enjoyer from 2012 would say if they woke up to the phones we have today

Yeah just get a ZTE and at least then it's only the CCP tracking you instead of 13 eyes

>>105574577 (OP)
Except for no headphone jack, which is a real issue, the rest are all skill issues. If you use newpipe how can you not find some foss offline note taking app or better launcher with easier access to apps? Also, switch to Pipepipe, it supports sponsorblock.
Not sure what you mean by alarm clock but I don't use the stock alarm app.

>>105574577 (OP)
>surprised that modern phone lacks headphone jack
Have you been living under a rock? That's something EVERYONE complains about modern phones. Anyway, if you can't return the phone, buy an adapter.

my phone has a heapdhone jack and honestly i couldnt care less if i had to use a dongle, i'd rather have a microsd card

>Third party apks like Newpipe prompt you to download the app AGAIN every time you open it (even if the phone is offline, in which case what the fuck is it downloading?)
What?

>>105574577 (OP)
if you actually did your research, you wouldnt be here. Headphone jacks being removed from phones have been a topic of smartphone discussion for years now, among multiple other points of contention around the enshittification of phone tech. Not to mention if you have access to a physical store, you could have literally looked at the phone model before you bought it. Either youre blind or just retarded OP

Just buy a cheap Motorola. Most of the Moto G brand has a jack port, a SD slot and almost zero bloat (for Android standards).

Took 20 to cool my head, sorry for prior incoherence
>>105574855
When I click the apk it tells me to download it. Download or cancel. Download and after 10 seconds it opens. Checked downloads and there are not multiple instances of the app. This prompt and download animation still appear if the phone is offline, "download time" is unaffected.
This applies to newpipe and some of the porn games I've transferred from my previous phone.
>>105574613
I'll take a look at ZTEs if I can't make this work out.
>>105574689
Okay, I'll look for third party notepads. QRD on alternate launchers? I've never done any sort of modding on my phones.

>>105574852
You mean there are people who don't have both?
t. S10

>>105575044
>samsung

>>105574577 (OP)
no headphone jack is kind of a bummer, i'd rather have a hole for 3.5mm headphones than a useless "pen" that i haven't taken out even once since i got this phone 2 years ago. also, yesterday i found out that samsung ai is virtually useless. pic related.

>>105574577 (OP)
S9+:
>Audio jack
A USB dac connected to the headphones jack works flawlessly, though (picrel)
>There's literally a Samsung Notes app
You only need to "sync" it to their servers if you're a retard
>"News" was one of the first things I dusabled
Thanks for reminding me it ever existed, though lol...
>Tubular, Newpipe (Sponsor block)
Working perfectly here
>Alarm
No issues
Tl;dr:
Op is literally a fag and his claims are also fag (Fake And Gay)
Samsung company and products have countless issues, but (lack of) skills isn't on them
Just kys.

>No headphone jack (???)
Get an adapter. The Apple one sounds better than most of the built-in headphone jacks on older phones
>No offline notes app besides the ones you download off the store (AND they all run ads)
Install Notally
>Need to swipe like three times to get to your fucking apps, why the hell would I want to see the news when I open my phone?
3. Hold down on the home screen, swipe right, and turn off the media page switch at the top
>Third party apks like Newpipe prompt you to download the app AGAIN every time you open it (even if the phone is offline, in which case what the fuck is it downloading?)
Make sure both Wi-Fi and cell data are off
>Five fucking cameras and zero headphone jack
Point 1 again
>Alarm clock is fucked
Install alarm clock xtreme

Find a flaw! YOU CAN'T! This smartphone is objectively perfect!

Thoughts?

>>105574577 (OP)
It's been bogged like this since Apple removed the headphone jack and Samsung followed suit. Samsung Notes doesn't have ads, you pay for the 5 cameras when buying a 1000 dollar phone. I do miss when LG made phones.

>>105577241
its aight, motos have always been aight

>>105575534
Oh yeah guess I'm lying on 4chan to sabotage Samsung's good name and stock value. Fucking dumbass
I will try those notes and alarms though, I appreciate the recommendation. Thank you
>>105577212
>Make sure both Wi-Fi and cell data are off
Do you think I'm a boomer? Like that's not the first workaround I tried?

>>105577705
>Good name
>Samsung company and products have countless issues, but (lack of) skills isn't on them
Yep, smart...

>>105574577 (OP)
>>No headphone jack (???)
real shit
>>No offline notes app besides the ones you download off the store (AND they all run ads)
obsidian? keep? your mum's todo note app?
>>Need to swipe like three times to get to your fucking apps, why the hell would I want to see the news when I open my phone?
app drawer settings?????? search?????
>>Third party apks like Newpipe prompt you to download the app AGAIN every time you open it (even if the phone is offline, in which case what the fuck is it downloading?)
youtube revanced????????????????????
>>Alarm clock is fucked
????

Are there any good phones with styluses out there? I want to take notes when I don't have my tablet handy.

>>105574577 (OP)
The S10+ still remains the peak, dont know why you decided to go higher

>>105574950
I use Joplin for my note taking app. My launcher is Nova Launcher which I bought like a decade ago and still use, but looking for FOSS alternatives, try out Lawnchair. It's based on the launcher from AOSP

>>105574826
My piece of shit Pixel never works properly with these. I can't tell if it's just cheap chinkshit adapters or Google fucking with me to make me buy bluetooth earbuds (NOT going to happen).
To top it all off, android doesn't even let you choose which mic you want to use for calls, and when you plug in headphones, it just assumes they have a mic even if they don't.

>>105574577 (OP)
>No headphone jack (???)
No headphone jack is a deal breaker for me too, but surely you must have realised that most flagship phones don't come with them anymore? The only new flagship phones I can think of that has headphone jacks are Sony Xperia. Unfortunately I can't buy their phones here.
Flagships are not worth it these days. I've been using the Moto G series of phones for the past 10 years and they're great. Affordable, most have headphone jacks and quite a few have custom ROM support.
>talked to the guy at the store
Why? I would trust his opinion the least.

>>105574577 (OP)
i bought some sennheiser hd1 bluetooth in ear headphones and they sound rather nice to be honest. they’re a bit aged now but im aure there are more recent ones that sound similar or better.

>>105577996
i was gutted when my s9 battery started poking out the back. loved that phone.

>>105577241
MediaTek CPU, which means it's never getting custom ROM support
Camera notch
Too big
but other then that it's pretty good

>>105579829
>other then that
holy shit how do you function irl

>>105579852
please calm your tits, it was just a typo.

>>105574950
I have s24 ultra with newpipe, I don't understand what are you even doing. Are you downloading apks from a site and expecting the downloading to install it? You have to open it

>>105574577 (OP)
>my LG K20 stopped working after 6 years of loyal service.

strange how phones just stop working and we all accept it. My zenfone7 also just stopped turnong on out of the blue.

>No headphone jack (???)
research phones before you buy them??
https://www.gsmarena.com/

>No offline notes app
try markor

You seem like an incompetent cry baby.
Fuckers like you would be banned from my /g/

>>105579869

a end e era milas epert…

>>105579910
>epert
holy shit how do you function irl

>>105574577 (OP)
>Need to swipe like three times to get to your fucking apps, why the hell would I want to see the news when I open my phone?
I swipe from the bottom to see running apps, swipe down on home screen to see recent, swipe up to see all apps.
Download good lock app from samsung store to configure

I also enabled full screen for firefox with good lock (transparent circle to search thing) and an app called systemui tuner, I have no status bar, literally just site on entire screen, the area with cutout camera included. It mogs iphone in active screen size

>>105579912

i cen’t

>tfw planning to buy either an A35 or A36
Am I just fucked?
I thought I could just buy a type C earphone.

>>105574577 (OP)
>Third party apks like Newpipe prompt you to download the app AGAIN every time you open it (even if the phone is offline, in which case what the fuck is it downloading?)
You are retarded.

there's no way this is a real person lmao

>>105574577 (OP)
based autistic poster

>>105574577 (OP)
ITT:OP kvetches because he purchased a modern flagship phone without looking into what he was buying.
I have an xperia 1 V. It has all the bells and whistles of your gay shit, but it also has a headphone jack.
Shoulda been wiser with your money faggot.

which samsung phone

>>105574577 (OP)
>No offline notes app besides the ones you download off the store (AND they all run ads)
Markor
>Need to swipe like three times to get to your fucking apps, why the hell would I want to see the news when I open my phone?
Just add them to the start page then
>Third party apks like Newpipe prompt you to download the app AGAIN every time you open it (even if the phone is offline, in which case what the fuck is it downloading?)
>Alarm clock is fucked
Works on my machine
>Five fucking cameras and zero headphone jack
I agree but until recently we had phones with both so they have nothing to do with one another, there's no headphone jack to push people into buying expensive earbuds and to cheat on phone resistance benchmarks

>>105574577 (OP)
First of all.
Always run a debloater to remove questionable software included by the manufacturer (some are there to deliberately slow our phone as it ages to create a demand for newer phones)
https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater
Second.
Only a few brands still include headphones jacks. I personally like the hardware of XIAOMI (the OS has some very questionable practices, but nothing that can't be fixed).
About apps.
My suggestion is to install F-Droid and look for apps there. They are all free software apps, very light and fast, and I have never seen an ad (this solves the new pipe updater).

Also, yeah. Fuck Korea.

>>105574577 (OP)
take notes on gmail my dude and save as draft or send to yourself.

>>105581069
OP is right.
If you install the apk, directly, the app will test to see if there is an update. If you installed it using F-Droid (like every white man should), you don't get this crap.

>>105574577 (OP)
90% of these issues are android related

>>105574577 (OP)
>No headphone jack
You bought a phone without a headphone jack, you got a phone without a headphone jack
>5 cameras
You bought a phone with 5 cameras, you got a phone with 5 cameras
>Third party apks like Newpipe prompt you to download the app AGAIN every time you open it
Auto updater?
They should make the captcha harder so it filters mouthbreathing retards like OP

>>105582160
Nigger, I installed the application directly. Downloaded with Fennec, then installed it by clicking on it in a file manager. I never heard of that bullshit. Why the fuck are you lying like this?