Fan Edition edition

>What phone has X and Y feature?
Don't ask, use these!
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3
https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare-smartphones
https://phonedb.net/index.php?m=device&s=query

Good Resources:
>Reviews
https://www.gsmarena.com
https://www.phonearena.com
https://www.notebookcheck.net

>Frequency Checkers
https://www.frequencycheck.com
https://kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker
https://willmyphonework.net

>Visual Phone Size Comparison
https://phonesized.com/
https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size

>Everything rooting and custom ROM related
>Beware carrier variants with locked bootloaders
https://www.xda-developers.com/

>Debloat your stock ROM
https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation

>Open source Android applications
https://f-droid.org/

>Android App compatibility list for de-googled phones
https://plexus.techlore.tech/

>Custom ROMs suggestions, privacy guides
https://gearjail.neocities.org/

>Recommended phones
https://www.gsmarena.com/smartphone_buyers_guide-review-2036.php

>Try out Android on your iToy
https://trygalaxy.com

>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Anyone aggressively promoting iPhone is an underage micropenis shill who should be ignored
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how many shekels you spent on a good/bad phone

Previous thread: >>105637984

Just sent back my Poco X6 Pro. Gonna give the OnePlus 12 a try.

>>105642342
https://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test-v2.php3
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?
These help. You can reduce "calls" to 0 (who the fuck spends 20% of their time in a call?).

>>105655066
https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_gt_7_5g-13863.php
why does this rape everything else?

Please recommend me magsafe cases for s25+.

you guys think this is good? kinda wanna upgrade from my old ass poco f1 to this. price is really good and the specs are decent
https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g55-13278.php

>>105655200
The performance upgrade won't feel that big, with only two Cortex A78 cores
Which country?

>>105655226
norway. it goes for 2500 NOK at my local store which is pretty good.

>>105655135
Shill talking out of there bum detected.

>>105655135
lol, lmao even

These jeets just love being proven wrong itt. I think they just bullshit post without doing any research.

>>105655242
>>105655251

Jeet cope:
>Obvious Fake Chart Saar!

>>105655149
Anything by Spigen or Zagg. They both warranty what the sell with free replacements, but you gotta buy through them. They have eBay stores ran by the company too as legit places to buy.

>>105655238
At that price, you can consider
>Moto G55 8/256GB (2150 NOK) [September 2024]
>Motorola Edge 20 8/128GB (2170 NOK) [July 2021]
>Xiaomi 12 Lite 8/256GB (2419 NOK) [July 2022]
>Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro 8/128GB (2990 NOK) [April 2025]
>OnePlus Nord 3 8/128GB (2990 NOK) [July 2023]
Going off aggregated store prices on prisjakt
Not sure why stores have new stock of such old phones, old enough that they don't get Android upgrades anymore without custom ROMs

>>105655566
alright, thank you very much anon ill check those out :)

What's up with this spam lately?
Something triggered mentally ill anon and poor lad is spending all his time mindlessly shitting here? Or is it some bot? Mods are sleeping on this?

>>105655628
It's not spam. You're just butt hurt that you can't come into spg and lie.

>>105655638
Eh? My only post in several months was a few days ago, about browsers. I'm lurking most of the time. Don't remember this being so bad.
>It's not spam
Then what is? You're (?) posting same things over and over. If you're real human being maybe seek some help, no offense.

Benchmarks and reviews from reputable websites will be posted in SPG.
This is our only defense we have against people that come in to this thread and lie. It's nothing personal against anybody's favorite device. It's just the simple facts. Nobody is out to get you, but when you're openly coming into this thread and lying and then getting upset when you get called out for it that's just ridiculous.

>>105655689
Stop telling me what to do bro. You're obviously upset that you can't come in here and flex your favorite devices being the best. That's the only reason you would be upset. Don't give me (YOU)s

It's actually really interesting being the only person that is openly posting screenshots from two reputable websites consistently that is being targeted by multiple people that are posting false information. I wonder why? Shills are strange. This is smartphone general and I'm literally posting about phones lol, lmao even.

Don't let shills lie to us! Post the truth.
See:
>>105635285 #
>>105636370 #
>>105636381 #

Have a good day!

>>105655698
It's really that bad, huh?

Recently got a Poco X7 Pro as a back up / travel phone for whenever I go to shitholes
It's very fast. On the downside the OS is a clusterfuck you'll need to debloat for your mental health. It also can get very hot, very fast so be careful if you actually plan on gaming on that
But it's super cheap and hopefully I won't have to use it that much

>>105655758
I don't think people understand that this thread we got who are coming in and requesting information on stuff that cost a lot of money to certain people. Like how can you come into this general post misinformation knowing that somebody's going to end up spending money on something that you lied about? Seriously you're telling somebody about a favorite device without actually comparing it properly to another one, just because it's your favorite? You can't do that to somebody and lie to them. Convince them to buy a certain object under lies, that's not what reputable people do. That's not what people of honor do.
I've noticed that most of the people lying in here are that certain demographic where scam call centers are from where people that are so poor will accept small amounts of money to lie to strangers and scam them.

>>105655758
I don't think people understand that in this thread we have people who are coming in and requesting information on stuff that cost a lot of money to certain people. Like how can you come into this general post misinformation knowing that somebody's going to end up spending money on something that you lied about? Seriously you're telling somebody about a favorite device without actually comparing it properly to another one, just because it's your favorite? You can't do that to somebody and lie to them. Convince them to buy a certain object under lies, that's not what reputable people do. That's not what people of honor do. Do research before posting false information itt.
I've noticed that most of the people lying in here are that certain demographic where scam call centers are from where people that are so poor will accept small amounts of money to lie to strangers and scam them.

>>105655691
>>105655836
super based actually

>>105655836
>Do research
arbitrary points from shitty sites like versus is doing research now, really?
you've been shilling flagships for god knows how long now and no one at this point can take you seriously

people have different budgets, different needs, different wants, different expectations etc. and you spazzing each and every thread about how every device other than a 1000+ dollar samsung is "shit" is not in any way shape or form helpful

>>105655880
This is one of the shills upset the facts go against there poorfag bullshit

Anyone who says Versus or NanoReview is wrong is the problem. These lying shills are just trying to feel better about their device and refuse to accept the facts.

>post benchmarks and reviews
>expose all lying shills and trolls for misinformation
>call them out for pushing cheap stuff only poors from impoverished nations would call the "best"
>the jeets, shills, poors and they/them crew start sperging

No amount of shilling will stop us from making this general great again. We will call out false statements and not let poorfags trick people into thinking a horrible branded device for $400 could ever match a $1,200 flagship by Apple, Samsung or Google. It's popular in a region full of people living in poverty, yet shills cope and seethe. Benchmarks and reviews will keep getting posted.

how are you not perma banned yet I'll never know
(I mean I have my suspicions but I'll never know)

Stay mad that I keep posting facts that go against your false narratives. Shills super btfo.

Spg doesn't like the facts and truth being posted about smartphones. lol, lmao even. You posers only got one new handset. Stop it. Can't wait to upgrade to the iPhone 17 Pro Max, Galaxy S26 Ultra and the Pixel 10 Pro XL. I upgrade every year with cash in hand. It's not a problem for me. I'm blessed and I like smartphones.

>>105656064
nice collection. do you just pick 1 daily or use all 3 daily? what benefits have you found to having multiple?
t. thinking about buying a 2nd phone

>>105656182
Depends and I'm just into tech. I have multiple computers and tablets too. Multiple tests etc. Not saying you, but I don't know why this general can't comprehend people liking stuff and buying them. Each device has its own different options. I like to have a Apple device and Android on hand at all times. The pixel has kali Linux on it for tinkering with that os. The Samsung is for work. iPhone is my personal.

>>105656216
>The pixel has kali Linux on it for tinkering with that os. The Samsung is for work. iPhone is my personal.
This makes sense to me. I think a lot of people are this level of user, why they couldn't comprehend that I don't know.

>>105656246
What do you plan on using a second device for?

>>105656257
Work. I'm having to charge my phone too often and having a second would eliminate that. I'll probably just buy something used in good condition.

>>105656270
Understandable, would a big battery pack not work? Aesthetically too big?

>>105656292
Yeah I'm walking a lot, don't want to hold a battery pack or have a cord running to my pocket or something.

is the pixel 10 in July or august? cause im kinda tired of waiting for the android 15 ONE UI 7 on my A35 5G. I hate to say it but the constant updates when I had a pixel were nice

>>105656395
Hopefully August the latest.

Reminder to keep your phone screens clean and especially make sure your screen protector is applied properly and is clean too. It lowers the quality of what you're seeing if the screen protector has pubes and air bubbles under it. You don't wanna be embarrassed like this guy:

>>105645983
>>105646094

Have a great weekend SPG!

>>105656490
still waiting for you to post a higher overall antutu score, schizo-sama

Ugh should I do it should I really root. Man I don't know
Once I unlock bootloader even on stock I'm going to have to devote my life to bypassing play integrity checks
And I can't just lock it back without wiping my phone, and there's no easy way to restore phone back to normal without root.

>>105656502
Poor jeet with the filthy phones still mad.

See:
>>105646025

>>105644859 #
Red magic CPU 629765 and hit 39°
Says it's a Snapdragon 8 Elite

>>105645113 (You) #
>>105645124 (You) #
Galaxy S25 Ultra CPU 630940 and hit less than 30° max load without a fan and having a Snapdragon 8 Elite OC

You are coping the Samsung won.
You fake fan doesn't even make it run cooler than the S25 Ultra that has better cooling without a fan.

You got rid of the pubes and clean your phone and get a new screen protector or is $40 out of your budget to pay someone to put it on properly since you can't? Lmao!

>>105656456
Ive seen alot of hype about the camera and the new design but any hint on the battery life? if its anything like the 9 im assuming its going to be Pro>Pro XL> Base

>>105656541
>CPU score
okay you're still coping I'll leave you to it

>>105656502
Don't forget this either dirty phone jeet:

>>105645208
>>105645229

You phones plastic trash that over heats too. See:
>>105649042

Don't (YOU) me until you clean your phone, get a new screen protector, apply is properly and get curtains for those two windows. Pathetically lost. Lol, lmao even.

>>105656554
Just gonna have to wait and see what the official battery capabilities will be.

>>105656568
which part of
>higher overall antutu score
did you not understand?

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Won. Again.
Shills btfo.
>Muh AnTuTu saaaaaar

Just too easy.
>>105656598

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has
>Better faster CPU literally OC
>Better screen (higher pixels)
>Better Cameras
>Latest Android 16 OS
>Better Cooling
>Wins Every Comparison Reviews

Somehow lying shills say it lost. Yea spg some people in here are not capable of a intellectual conversation.

>post le benchmarks and reviews to defeat le shills saaaaar
>*someone posts a benchmark that beats his precious smasnug flagship*
>NOOOO, NOT LIKE THAAAAT
you got absolutely clowned on dude and the copefest is to die for, fucking chef's kiss

>>105656619
Nope. More people bought a S25 Ultra than a ZTE Nubia Red Magic Poo 10 saar.
See:
>>105656598
>>105656541
>>105656568

>>105656541
That's a literal <0.2% difference (noise, run to run variance is almost always bigger than that) and the colder phone could just have been in a colder environment (because of air conditioning, being in the Southern Hemisphere right now or because the phone was in a fridge)
It's meaningless.

>>105656641
Cope harder. My Galaxy had a case on it too lmao you fans a gimmick.

>>105656644
Try the run again. Chances are that it will be 1% higher or 1% lower

>>105656655
>Please saar run test again saar my bullshit fan is real saar no way your better branded and higher quality made device beat it saar no way ZTE lost to Samsung a tremendously bigger company saar

Cope, seethe and repeat jeet.

>presenting my masterpiece Liquid glASS good sirs!

>>105656740

>introducing the most groundbreaking iOS by Crapple devs, truly a work of shART. Liquid glASS on iOS 26

WOW! Ty sirs!

Could use some advice guys, I'm out of the loop and lost track with smartphones.

Are things like rooting phones and using custom ROMs just to have tiny bit of privacy and less bloat still done or are things different now?
Seems like not many talk about that anymore.

I might have looked at the wrong phones but it seems like the bloatware situation is worse than before.

Don't need 100% secure and private, I'm boring anyway and don't do illegal things.
So I'm just trying to see if it's still possible to get rid of some of it.
Is this still done or did people just give up on those things?

>>105656740
>>105656746

>1 year of designing a new ui by sirs led to this

Let the market decide what's the most popular brands and best devices. No way is the entire population of the world stupid. Just face the facts. Simple as.

>>105655008 (OP)
what's the europoor label for your phone and is it accurate?
https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/smartphonestablets20231669

>>105656746
Kek they try to make it sound like this revolutionary new material, as if the phone is made from some new compound
It's literally just obnoxious UI bullshit

>>105656758
Ewww

>>105657214
I was super fucking confused when I first heard about it, I thought they created some kind of malleable screen. It is absolutely deliberately worded in such a way that would make you think they were talking about an actual material.
Everything about it hid the fact that it was actually a UI. The name, the description, the images th y selected, the "groundbreaking" hype they tried to push. Fuck them, just slimy.

>>105657255
They've been scraping the bottom of the barrel for new features for a while now. It's almost admirable how they have a big convention every year and have this big announcement with baited breath and all this buildup and they act like they're announcing the iPhone for the first time all over again and it's some shit like
>"""liquid glass"""
>some feature Android has had for like four years
>the same shit everyone else already has but with weaker components and costs $300 more!!

>versus.com arbitrary rankings instead of actual bench numbers
This general is cooked. /g/ keeps proving that it is the most tech illiterate board on this site. No wonder /utwg/ is so big, I wouldn't hire anyone posting here regularly either.

>>105657291
>the same shit everyone else already has but with weaker component
Snapdragon has been slower than Apple silicon for like a decade now and Apple was the first to jump on steel and then titanium frames.

>>105657333
Cope harder. Versus and NanoReview have a better reputation than GSMArena and phonearena. Only a shill or lying weirdo would have problems with those benchmarks and reviews being posted here. You can always just ignore posts or filter like others to make this a more safe place for you though.

>>105657342
This is true and haters always ignore these facts.

>>105657342
Kek the most nothingburger updates, and they are used to justify another $100-150 jump in flagship price. Can you honestly tell me in the last decade of smartphone usage you have ever given a shit about chipsets or build mats beyond marketing hype?
>man my s25ultra is perfect but if only it had an aluminum poly alloy instead of titanium quasi-steel it would be perfect!
Don't let me ruin the illusion of your walled garden, I know youre $5k plus invested between all your devices and you're never switching. I don't want you to. Keep lining up to the Apple Slop Trough

>>105657460
That's a different person, not me the guy with the iPhone 16 Pro Max, Galaxy S25 Ultra and Pixel 9 Pro XL.

>>105657460
Why does everyone assume someone disagreeing with them itt is me? Lol.

>>105657460
Anon you guys are so funny. Do you really think I'm going to believe that on this website there's these hyper intelligent people that are the only ones in the entire planet to know that such and such device is not really as good as everybody else says that it is? You're crazy if you think I'm ever going to trust an anon in here and not do my own research.

oneplus won

Pooco won

Samsung and Apple won

>>105657469
>>105657482
I don't know nor care what other posts you guys made, mine can be observed in a vacuum. Just shitting on Crapple, no need to assume I'm talking about you.

Why is my iPhone from India so bad? Can anyone help me get the better Chinese one? Why can’t India stop messing things up for everyone? :(

>>105657950

>be apple
>open production in india
>50% becomes unusable

Great news Apple allows you to refuse indian made Apple iPhones and in store you can exchange them for the better manufactured ones.
pic rel is how to spot the one you never want.
avoid all india made trash.

>>105657950
>>105657961

Fresh out the box iPhone 16 Pro made in india damaged. Many unfortunate cases.
It's very interesting how a brand can move to a certain place full of people who will ruin everything they have accomplished to be the most popular smartphone and are only able to sell 50% made there due to faults in manufacturing. You should avoid all phones from places like this and shills who say otherwise.

>>105655008 (OP)
What do you guys do with your old smartphone when switching to a new one? I've been using my new one for a few days and it's better in literally everything, it's working perfectly fine and it's within the warranty for at least a year... so what do I do with the previous one? I know some people like to have more than one smartphone at a time, but I like to keep things simple with just a single device, does anyone else have this issue? If so, what new use do you give to your old smartphone? Or do you just sell it or give it to someone? Or maybe keep it in case something happens to the new one and you need an emergency/backup one aswell?

>>105655985
is it possible to keep evading them through vpns? or are you implying something else

>>105657333
it's literally one guy

>>105655985
He's just going to keep coming back. Don't forget! You're trapped here for eternity! That's not just a meme. That's actually a fact!

>>105658077
I'm pretty sure that all of the VPNs have been IP range banned permanently!

>>105658108
ok so how is he getting around the ban

>>105658126
He just restarts/resets his modem/router, obviously!

Once he gets IP range banned permanently, he'll have to buy new modems/routers from now on!

>>105658149
so either jannies dont care enough to range ban him, or hes buying routers every day
got it

>>105658186
>jannies dont care enough to range ban him
Indeed!

>>105658213
i love this site

Why should he be banned? Because he posts charts and screenshots? Are you guys from plebbit? Why can't someone like him stay? Cause of the memes? LOL

Super angry anons, mad they can't lie itt and keep getting exposed. simple as

what android shitbox do I buy to use as an iPod touch/goon machine since the battery on my old p3a is finally toast

>>105658243
in this general because of the shills if it's anything that's over $500 and not a Poco or Oppoo or Motorola etc it's bad

>>105658186
They don't give a shit about the site, there are many schizos we would be better off without on most boards, and they don't get banned for derailing threads or shilling specific products

Now that the dust has settled, what's the verdict?

>>105658371
Undefeated and the jeets and shills that can't even afford it are mad. Simple as

>>105658371

>>105658371
Galaxy Fold 7 waiting room

>>105655008 (OP)
What are some good phones that have some personality in them? I guess ones where it doesn't look so much like a copy of others and looks kinda stylish?

>>105658448
Its has to be under $500 and not popular in America

What do we think of new Motorola g86 and her sister with big battery?
https://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g86_power_5g-13918.php

>>105658923
as per the generals shills if I don't own it it's bad

>>105658923
Stop posting websites that benchmark and review phones and only trust random lying anons itt bro

>5 more days

>watch half a dozen reviews of the same phone
>every review says it has a metal frame
>clearly plastic with no antenna lines
Wtf is this? False advertisement or something? I’m a fucking scrub and even I can tell when a phone has a metal frame or not.

>>105655008 (OP)
I bought an s25 ultra as a secondary device and I get it now. Apple is for retards. Lifelong apple user. My primary phone is a 16 pro max

>>105659521
If you're in the US it seems hard to live without an iphone honestly, especially in some business segments
But yeah S25U is better than the 16 pro max, especially the gorgeous screen and I don't think the 17 pro max will be better

I gave in and bought a flagship after using a galaxy A phone for 5 years. I'm feeling immense buyer's remorse but at the same time I'm really impressed with it. I'm just not used to spending so much on a phone even though I got the S25U 512GB for $900, which seemed like a decent price considering it's unlocked and not subsidized by a network.

>>105656754
Rooting scene isn't as big as before but still going strong and is privacy focused, I stopped rooting my main devices because banking apps but I've seen cool stuff done with root like giving fake GPS addresses m shit.
> might have looked at the wrong phones but it seems like the bloatware situation is worse than before.
https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater
Plug your phone and uninstall bloat, no root required

Why samsung made so much spacious widgets? It looks ridiculous. The clock widget can even show the date

>>105659159
this but unironically

>>105655501
I have a s24u. Do spigen magsafe case work well with the spen? I bought a esr won but the spen doesn't even work with the case alone. I didn't even tried accessories yet

>>105659521
apple has always been great for its ecosystem
you buy an iphone not for its specs, but because it has a tailor made os and works well with other apple devices
and i say this as a lifelong android user

>>105655691
Only the honor one is close to s25 ultra. Impressive
Is their software good though?

Bros I'm switching from a pixel 7 to a galaxy s25. What am I in for?

>>105661562
>What am I in for?
a bad time

>>105661562
Better screen
Better chip so Better performance
No overheat of course
Better fingerprint sensor
Better build quality
More years of support ( although slow updates from samsung as it seems)
As for the camera if you are a fun of the pixels then you won't like the oversaturated ones that the samsung makes. It has newer sensors i guess...
Oneui is hit or miss. Personally I like it

Small phones?

I've been using a Nokia for the last 2 years and could finally use an upgrade.

>android 15
>turn off showing password when typing
>passcode numbers still briefly show up before turning to *s when opening lock screen
the fuck is this bullshit? wasn't an issue on 12 or whatever my nord n100 was on

Iphone 14 pro max, 15 pro or simple 16?

>>105658371
camera notch.
not buying.

>>105658371
just bought two

>Phones are all tablet-sized now
>Can't get one without a selfie camera
>No headphone jacks
Guess I'm sticking with the Nokia for another 2 years.

>>105662430
take the normie pill anon

>>105662494
Why?

>>105662514
it's time

>>105662518
Why?

What has a good camera and battery life? No iProducts.
That's literally all I care about.

What’s the best privacy screen protector for an iPhone 16?

>>105662788
S25 Ultra

>>105662809
>AI
Sounds awful. Next.

>>105662823
Welcome to 2025

>>105662833
No other suggestions? Shame.

The Moto G Stylus 2024 is on sale for $300 right now. Should I cop? I'm mainly interested in the note-taking feature for whenever I don't have a tablet with me, but I don't feel like dropping 4 times the price on an S25U. How's the writing experience? Is it good or does it lag and drop inputs like crazy? Every online review I can find focuses on the camera and other stuff I don't care about.

>>105662865
>I'm mainly interested in the note-taking feature
Buy a pen and paper? It's way cheaper.

>>105662083
The Unihertz is your only hope because they're the only company that still sells small smartphones! You're welcome!

https://www.unihertz.com/collections/jelly-series

>>105655836
>>105655947
based Chad

>guys trust me im just posting misinformation that’s been debunked by multiple reputable websites so yea those phone comparisons are not real. Only trust me a shill that never backs up my claims with proof.

T. Shills

>>105663105
>better specs and better hardware doesn’t mean it’s better saar

Versus and NanoReview will always be posted to show what the smartphones comparison REALLY is.

Deal with it.

My S23 Ultra is still working fine. Unless S26U brings a higher capacity battery + faster charge, I'll be holding onto it for another year

>>105663407
There is a rumor that the s26 ultra gonna have a 5400 battery

>>105658371
Which color is 4chan approved?

>>105664344
white is right

>>105664344
once you go black you never go back.
If it’s yellow than it’s mellow.
If it’s brown flush it down.

>grabs a metal pick
>obliterates a perfectly functional $1000 phone screen
>"Oh wow guys, this is completely unexpected. This GLASS screen scratched at a level 6, with deeper grooves at a level 7, just like the other 500 phones I've destroyed. Incredible."
>draws some ugly shit on the back of the phone to destroy the back glass too
>takes a lighter to the screen for absolutely zero fucking reason
>"The pixels... do not recover. Very interesting."
>proceeds to bend the phone to completely seal its destruction
Seriously, what the fuck is his problem?

>>105664818
he just really hate phones

>>105664818
>Getting emotional over the destruction of a phone that's produced in the millions.
Seriously, what is your problem?

Destroying various phones in the same way tells you how tough they are relative to each other.
It's a great thing.

>>105664344
What does it matter if you're going to stick it in a case anyways?

>>105664879
clear cases exist

>>105663994
Thats a miniscule improvement, it needs to be 6000mah minimum

>>105658371
thank god they went for more rounded edges. my s24u feels uncomfortable without a case.
They could have done it better I guess? maybe more battery or something?
good phone overall

>>105665127
well Samsung is conservative in terms of battery improvements. make sense because of their battery bombs they made in the past

>>105665145

Based

Is €640 a good price for a galaxy s25? The size is absolutely perfect and it seems to be powerful enough to last me at least 4 years. I’m on an iPhone 12 and I’m considering switching to android since nowadays I can’t really justify paying like €1000 for a phone that doesn’t even last longer than the competition anymore, which used to be my reason for getting iPhones since they were supported for a long time.
I also don’t give a shit about the apple ecosystem. I don’t have a Mac and see no point in owning one. Same for Apple Watch, so I don’t think there’s a reason for me to stick with iPhones now that Samsung offers like 7 years of updates.
Also, do the s series galaxy phones slow down as much as budget android phones?

>>105665173
yes anon
go for it

>>105664871
There's plenty of ways he could do durability tests of phones without destroying them completely and he could later sell them or give them away. Like scratching the display on the edges and only small marks instead of scratching up the whole screen. The burn test is completely useless and tells you nothing about the phone and so is the drawing on the back. The bend test is ok since 90% of the time it leaves no real damage and it's the only actual "durability" testing he does. And despite the fact that he buys and destroys $1000 phones on a daily basis he still uses a 5 year old Note 10+ because he's a contrarian faggot.

>>105665183
He makes rage bait videos basically and shills trash phone cases for dbrand. It's just for views and ad money honestly.

Who's making the best mid-range chinkerphones right now?

>>105665173
Do it. I switched from an iPhone 16 Pro to the S25 a week ago, cost me a bit more - €740 for the 256GB version. Absolutely top tier phone tho. Really enjoying being back on Android after 5 years on iOS. I thought there would be more annoyances when switching but I found it better basically from day 1. The only thing I miss from iOS is airtags. And Samsung Dex is pretty awesome.

>>105665208
>It's just for views and ad money honestly.
It really doesn't matter if his objectively shitty videos get views! More people simply have to use the Firefox with the uBlock Origin. If people want to earn money, then they just have to get a real job!

>>105665216
Motorola G56.

You're welcome!

>>105665275
The average person is a NPC. Liars with a popular following, unfortunately are able to sell trash easily.

Always use 2 factor authentication!

>>105665226
try Samsung's smart tags

>>105664879
I won't though, cases are ugly
Just don't drop it

If you don't get a case and screen protector just remember the cost to fix or replace with and without having a warranty on the device.

What is the best phone I can buy in Australia that has a headphone jack and wireless charging, that also isn't the size of a helicopter landing pad?

>>105665226
What do you use Airtags for? To me it seems like a ridiculous gimmick and the only problems it would solve involve stalking or other criminals behaviour.

>>105664818
He's a Mormon

>>105662788
Sony

>>105665208
>rage bait videos
It's hilarious that you think this is the intention of those videos

>>105665545
It's hilarious you think your opinion is superior and something anyone would universally accept. You're not jerreyrigeverything and neither am I. He stress tests the durability sure, but also shills trash dbrand and it's basically like rage bait. He isn't really testing the phone how someone who would be daily using said device. Don't (YOU) me with 70iq drivel ever again.

>>105665498
As a cheap tracker for my car, for my bike and for my backpack in case any of them get stolen or I leave my backpack somewhere by accident. I know it doesn't work as well as a dedicated GPS tracker, but I also don't have to pay $100+ for it and and pay for a SIM card plan. If I leave my car parked somewhere on the street, with the airtags the location gets updated like every 5-10 minutes depending on how busy it is.

>>105665226
this is how I know you’re lying

>>105665310
no

hello saaaaaaaars please telling me which mobile to redeem for best selfie camera to take pics with white females visiting india. i promise not to say i touched their bobs or vagenes*
should i redeem pooco, vivpoo, oppoo, onepoo, xiaomeme, LG, ZTE, motr00nola or railme and do the needful and install gaypeen os?


>i dont promise btw* ;)

iphone16 screen protector costs $40… wtf

>>105665996
Get the CCP one sir

>>105665996
Theres no difference between the $5-10 dollar ones at amazon vs the $40+ ones in stores, theyre all made in the same chink factory with the same materials. Just get the cheaper ones.

>>105665996
how much does it cost if you break it and need to replace the screen :^)

>>105665479
>best phone I can buy in Australia that has a headphone jack and wireless charging
Xperia 1 VII or 1 VI
>isn't the size of a helicopter landing pad?
5 V

>>105658371
it's literally the same phone as the S24U that also was literally the same phone as the S23U that also was literally the same phone as the S22U but with actually decent battery life

>>105667866
Poor cope

Are battery limits a meme? People keep saying you should limit the charge to 80% so that it will last longer and try to not let it go below 20%. Then claim that after so and so years their battery health is still 80+%. That's all well and good but you were intentionally crippling yourself to 60% of your battery for so many years by staying between 20-80%. What's the point?

>>105667899
fuck off retarded jeet obsessed anon

>>105668098
Stay mad and poor cause you can't buy a new phone over $1000 lol, lmao even

>>105665275
Firefox and ublock origin has been known for a long time. Easy to use on android, but for iOS you have to install a free adguard dns profile.

>>105656740
Why go through the effort of making shit hard to read. They could've just stole pic related and convinced everyone they made it.

>>105668362
based

>>105658371
It's over.

>dual sims with Micro SD dedicated slot
>5G support
>3.5mm jack
Give me one (1) reason why your favorite phone shouldn't have these.

>>105668653
>MENA region is being spied on
Ew.

>4 days left

>>105668949
until?

>>105669040
My S25+ arrives

Should I go for samsung's screen protector? I have a tempered glass but my fingerprint sensor doesn't work most of the time

>>105669238
Did you re-register your fingerprints after installing the screen protector?

>>105669274
Yes many times

What are some current non-foldable that actually look interesting and aren't shit? I would get the Z Flip but if a minor scratch bothers me I doubt I could get over the huge crease. I like the look of ROG 9 Pro and I love that display on the back, but the "REPUBLIC OF GAMERS" text right next to it kills it for me. I don't want to pay 1k to embarrass myself in public.
I'm waiting for the Nothing 3 reveal, but having bought Phone 2 soon after release, I have zero confidence this company will ever develop any feature to its full potential.
I just want a phone that feels exciting again. I miss my OnePlus 7 Pro...

>>105655008 (OP)
How does the galaxy S22 feel compared to the motorola edge 50 pro? Are either worth it compared to the x7 Pro for less?

Are there smartphones being made without AI?
I fucking hate AI.

Moto g75 is it good for 200€

>>105669914
What "AI features" do you hate specifically? Photo postprocessing? Keyboard suggestions? Gemini? Text to speech? Speech to text? Google Lens? Do you even know?
AI is mostly used as a tech marketing buzzword, it's even being used for phones that that only have the mandatory Google apps pre-installed.
In the end, you control the buttons you press and you're not forced to use any of it. If you're just having a knee-jerk reaction to seeing the word everywhere all the time, then no phone is going to help with annoying marketers or annoying whiners.

>>105668076
newer phone battery controllers automatically manage this for you, generally not worth the extra effort to be concerned with stopping charging at 80%, also you want 100% charge if you want that longevity

>>105669967
Go for g86 power if 100 more ain't an issue.

>>105669739
Why do you overthink this shit? Even if you don't put on a case, everyone is busy watching Tiktok on their phones that they won't have time to mock you phone's design.

>>105670128
I dislike all of those, but mostly I hate the AI-Powered chips.
Now how about some suggestions?

>>105665310
>left phone somewhere else
>battery died
>phone stolen
>phone broken
>phone being repaired
>changed numbers
>went abroad without paying for roaming on your main sim
>factory reset
Uh oh! Now you're:
>locked out of all important accounts at the same time
>forced to go through a long and annoying customer support process for every single service you used
No. I will not enable 2FA on anything. The only person 2FA has ever stopped from logging in was myself. Fuck off with the popups.

>>105670162
What's the problem with "AI-powered" chips? I don't see how I would ever feel this impact my usage.
If you dislike everything I've mentioned, then none of the Android or Apple phones released in the past 13 years are for you. Maybe a Librem or a Pine Phone, or another Linux phone if any exist.

>>105670183
>What's the issue with something draining your battery by 30% for no benefit
Gee I wonder...

>>105670198
How is it going to be draining 30% of your battery when you're not even using any features that utilize the AI chip? Do you think it's always running full load?

>>105670248
No, I don't. But I know it's a fact that AI chips use more power than non-AI chips.
Why are you getting upset about this?

>>105669914
yeah, mid rangers and budget phones don't have much ai
my poco f5 doesn't have any ai

phone died so im looking for a new smaller replacement, should i cop the s23 or s24?
i don't generally care for performance or any gimmick as long as it can last 5+ years

>>105670294
None at all? Not even the chips?

will indians shift to domestic product?

>>105670419
>Ai
>Secure
lol

>>105670496
watch when graphene shifts over to their products

>Small Phone
>No annoying Ai Assistant
If only it existed...

>>105670170
>had to reset my uncle phone twice
>both times forgot that Google made it so that you need the now reset phone to sign back into google because of their 2fa shit
I managed to sign in from PC, and disable the 2fa, or I did some other thing but it was still a close call
its so fucking dumb

As for myself, I did avoid 2fa but recently, since I found out that you can actually add 2fa to keepass and not your phone I've been less wary. If my password is already in keepass, I then putting 2fa along with it doesn't make a difference.

Poco F7 Pro or Poco F7?

>>105655008 (OP)
IM GETTING THE PINK ONE

Was thinking about getting the Unihertz Jelly Max because it's small and the specs seem pretty good but
>MediaTek Dimensity 7300
I don't want AI "enhanced" chips in my phone.

Any alternative phones in a similar size?

This should be theoretically impossible but happened anyway right? https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/34451455/samsung-one-ui-7-secure-folder-bug-private-photos/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

I still have no usecase for the outer screen of the Z Flip 6. Can I set up some way of using it only if the main screen breaks?

>>105671094
what do you want to do with it

Reminder:
>>105655691
>>105655732

Imagine buying a cheapo slow trash phone to save some rupees. Lol, lmao even

Let's say I want a basic phone just for basic tasks:
>web browsing
>calling
>texting
>email
I want to save money but I don't want a phone that's going to be dog shit slow. What's the minimum specs I should look for?

>>105664818
>Be Wu Zetian
>decide to do some science
>take some young female slaves and cut their feed
>they cry and try to walk and then fall and then die
>interesting, very interesting
>do it with another slave
>some results
>science!
>of course because you are a woman and an empress of china, you become civ 5 and 6 leader of china 1400 years later
1400 later in the future, this guy will be the leader of America in civ 50.

>>105655008 (OP)
I'm really impressed with my Galaxy A25 so far. It's a lower end midranger with a budget price on deals , 8GB RAM and 256GB storage on top of a micro SD slot if you need more, the classic headphone jack, 120Hz refresh rate and One UI 7.0 with a few more updates in the next few years, it's just a crazy good deal for the price, just a shame the bezels are so big and that they chose the waterdrop notch instead of the punchole, if those were different it'd pass as a flagship and I'm not even joking.

>>105670183
Ai-powered chips is just something that I am not willing to pay and even want to be paid to use. Just reduce the price of the phone if you will fuck me. The Chinese do not bother with this shit so be competitive.

>ai is in Chinese smartphones too

Stop posting misinformation sirs.

>go underground for 10 seconds
>come back to street level
>5 bars but no mobile network connection

Anyway to fix this without restarting my phone every time I get into my car?

>Sony made a phone targeting me and specifically me
>its more expensive than cattle flagships
Such is life in the zone.

>>105674089
airplane mode quick toggle

>>105674206
That seems to work. Fucking Samsung, there's always something retarded with these phones

>>105672837
Idk, just want more bang for my buck I guess.

>>105674407
well if you want better camera and emulation, the pro.
more modern soc (no drivers though) and cheaper I guess f7.

I'd probably go for the pro if they are similar priced.

>>105671094
f7 will have jeet roms
f7 pro is jeet free + higher screen resolution and worse battery
depends what you value but f7 will be insane for the price on a sale in a few months

>>105674435
>>105674494
Ok, cool. Is there any better option for the same value?

Let me guess. You need more?

>>105674494
not gonna be cheaper than initial discounts probably.

>>105674926
not really. realme 14 pro plus if you want camera.
and you don't need custom roms. it's not 2015.

>>105674995
I need less. Specifically less bezels.

Does anyone have a realme gt7 pro chink version? I'm very interested in it, and it sounds like it does manage to get Google pay working, but I'm cautious since Google are such huge faggots about custom ROMs, rooting and fucking play integrity for no fucking good reason.
I've been tossing up between the OP13, op13r/t/s or realme gt 7 pro. OP13 seems like overkill and is kinda ugly and I really really like the op13t/s design but the chink Gerson doesn't get notifications which is the entire fucking point of the phone and the s version is impossible to find.
Realme gt7 pro looks nice and the OS seems a bit better than OnePlus colour os, but I'd rather not buy a phone and realise it's a piece of shit.

Also why do chink phones not have eSIM? Why are they sick massive faggots?

>>105657255
It's just classic apple marketing tactics. They clearly have been trying to play catch up with AI but dropped the ball so hard that they've been working on it, but it's not ready for this year, so they made the whole presentation focused on the H1Bs' projects and hoped that they could get by and everyone would just be ok with it.
Oh and then they copied Samsung's easier numbering scheme but with OS instead of phone iteration.

>>105670170
2FA is such over-security faggotry. The only time I use it is when businesses are huge privacy pussies and make me.

>>105674995
I do in fact need a little more, the A10 series is just too weak nowadays, just like the A0 series, for me the A20 series is a minimum, but ideally the A30 and A50 series is where its at.

Look at all the scamming jeets itt seething over the 2FA post. It makes it harder for you to scam people, that's why you're mad sirs.

Take the Fold pill

>>105676514
screem breaks

Bought an S25. Have a pixel 8. Previously had Samsung phones and while I dislike how much "bloat" they have there's a number of Samsung things I miss. One handed pro or whatever it was called. Routines, the customization, and overall better performance and battery life.
$899CAD for an open box. Might hold on to the pixel and use Graphene with most of the google stuff removed or just sell it. Unsure.

I guess I'm going to just get an S25 Ultra, or possibly wait for the S26. I was set on the OnePlus 13, but the curved edges of the screen bother me so much.
Anyone using an international version of the S25 in the states? How does it compare to the US variant?

>>105676514
I have a z fold4 its garbage. I regret spending 1400€ on it. I'd be lying if i didnt find the z Fold7 leaks exciting though. What an incredible high tech device.

>>105674995
lol
lmao

Has anyone tried a privacy screen protector? I'm considering getting one for lewd watching at work

>>105677913
based and giggity pilled

https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/how-are-redmi-phones-made-in-india-this-factory-tour-will-give-you-a-glimpse-2384145-2023-05-25
>Around 99 per cent of Xiaomi phones are assembled in the country.
Oh, so that's why they're so popular in /spg/

>>105678150
Lmaooo yes saaaaar. Best phone very much good cpu and very much good price saaaaaar

wtf is wrong with gmsArena.
>muh we wont show you all the results

fuck off then. What use are you?

Have (you) taken the rugged phone pill yet?

I'm from a poor shithole and I have a budget of max 190$. I was aiming for a Galaxy A16, but the Galaxy A25 and Honor X8c seem better. Is there something you bros would recommend me in the budget of 190$? I don't know if I'm schitzoing out, but I don't like just over specs in hardware if the phone as a whole is not really good (this makes me doubt about the Honor x8c as I heard the procesor should be better), but I've also saw that the A16 and A25 are called shitty a lot. So, after seeing reviews, I'm confused, cuz I feel that for phones in this budget it is easy to call anything shit or worth it.

I want this phone for general purposes and to have it a long time: decent photos (res and light management), can play your average popular demanding games with 30fps and low graphics without crashing, doesn't get painfully slow past the 2/3 years, is not buggy in any way (unlike my fucking Xiaomi Mi9t), and feels nice overall. Thanks.

>>105678244
Redeem poco f6 pro or f7/11 ultra max and do the needful and install grapeen os good sir

do you repair your own smartphones?

Punch hole bros?

Pixel 10 Pro sisters?

>>105678438
>That thumbnail

>>105678674
Paajetta nails on fleek? Lol

Flip Phone Cumparison

>>105678244
Poco X6

>>105670146
Should I trade my pixel 8 pro for it?

>>105678334
what the fuck is this we dont even have iphone 17 yet

>>105673021
Honestly you'd probably be fine with anything from the past 6 years give or take, just don't get anything with under 8gb ram

>>105677913
No one? Shaking my head

I want to use that debloat tool to get rid of some apps completely like that AppCloud people were talking about but there is no appname or icon showing in the program to even know where or what its called. I find it almost pointless if its all appnames showing but the ones i want to remove i cant find.

Press F

>>105679875
https://adbappcontrol.com/
Use this instead it has icons that'll help, that rust written one in this thread is just some tranny bloatware itself that doesn't seem useful.

I still use a Samsung Galaxy S6.

rip scamsung

>>105680103
S7 was the best although the S3 was pretty good too

>one whole week to send a phone
samsung-sama what are you doing

>>105680184
>FE
who the fuck even buy that shit

Smart phones without Ai...Do they exist?

>>105679412
>>105673021
I use a phone with 2GB of ram. It's absolutely fine for what you want to do.
IDK what this asshole is talking about.

>>105680103
Can you still get spare parts like battery?

>>105680184
The price was leaked.

>We had a great time anon, but you need to let us go

>>105680805
>Flagship
How so?

>>105680821
Why would I? My current phone still has both.
Don't see a reason to ever get a device without them.

>3 days left

>>105680821
My Stylus 5G 2024 has both of those. And if the 2026 version keeps both of those, the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 will make it an unbeatable deal.

Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcPhlq-B0b8

>>105678438
>Currently eking out a P6P for as long as I can but gradually developing more and more issues
>hoping it will make it to August and the P10P release before it develops a permanent green line or the battery swells

>>105680843
For what

>>105680821
[spoiler]Battery Low[/spoiler]

>>105681501
until my hrt prescription arrives~

My OnePlus 12 just arrived. This phone is fucking nuts holy shit. Definitely not sending back, but now I'm stuck with potentially having to sell my Pixel 7a. Outside of cameras, it's an across the board upgrade.

>want to buy the S25
>hate that ugly ass dot of a front cam
The iPhone makes a much better use of that space with the dynamic island or whatever it's called.

>>105680821
Sony Xperia was the last one holding out. It offered way more than any other phone (sd card slot, 4k display, aux jack) but I dunno what the current status is of the Xperia. Every unlocked phone I'm seeing is saying not availabe on Verizon and sprint)
As for the changes....
>Aux
fucking stupid, but I can live without since an adapter is possible for aux headphones and bluetooth is a thing.
>SD car slot
this is non negotiable for me and I am holding on to an outdated unlocked phone with a back up spare I got as soon as I saw COVID trends for manufacturing.
My current phone has a dead USB C and The battery can't hold a charge like it used to, and I am power bricking that thing and optimizing my apps to keep that thing running until it physically cannot keep going.
>Why?
I am not gonna deal with being limited to 256GB of hard drive space and told I should be greatful. I am not going to buy your cloud service and have you charge me for the privilege of selling access to my data. I want to easily transfer my data when the phone dies by just plugging in my SD backup, not reload every song I ever downloaded.
>>105674995
These phones are absolute dogshit but they let you have a SD card slot. Get this to have a processor the equivalent of a SnapDragon 855 or better as the chipset with atleast 6GB of RAM and I'm sold.
>I like emulating so I need a powerful chipset.
>I can do a bare function camera and a 1080p screen
I really hate how horrible the smart phone market has become.
The shit normies care about with phones like "muh bezzles" is the dumbest shit ever

>>105681874
>Get this to have a processor the equivalent of a SnapDragon 855 or better as the chipset with atleast 6GB of RAM and I'm sold.
Redmi Note 14 5G or Poco M7 Pro have all of these, but it's lolchink.

>>105681378
wrong video, sorry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9WO2ieJMYk

>>105682062
Does it let me us an SD card and will it function on all carriers in the US?
If yes, then sure I will say screw it since the US government loads spyware to and is more likely to do shit to me.
If not, well looks like I'll be going back to an ipod for music at the rate shit is going.

>>105682108
>Does it function on all carriers in the US
Both will 100% function on any mvno that uses T-Mobile towers. I had the Poco X6 Pro for a spell and 5G/4G LTE + calling and texting were not issues. I used Mint Mobile in South Carolina, and I live in a small town so it'll definitely work if you live in a big metro.

>>105682108

>>105682108
No idea, apparently Poco is Redmi but for global export.
I guess China can't just purge all Micro SD slot and 3.5 jack since they produce tons of them.

>>105682163
What is the Poco version of the Redmi Turbo Pro 4? I want to get a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 phone

>>105682201
poco f7, coming out tomorrow for 339 usd early bird price

>>105682211
Giga based. Nice. Hope Ebay sellers start selling it in the US

>>105681869
>aschtually I prefer the hole in my screen to be bigger

>>105682211
>battery is 6500 unless you get the poo version which is the same 7550
lol
lmao

>Poco making the jeet version way better than other version
Sar this is not fair

>>105682265
jeet version has silicon carbon battery, global has lithium polymer

>SPG Tech Saarport Reminder

Notice all the lying scamming jeet shills itt. In there, smartphone comparisons they're comparing older and lower tier phones to their newer jeet poor "flagship" models. LOL, LMAO EVEN!

>>105680821
No I have 5 Xperias and took my dash apart to add nav integrated aux module in my car.
>Not 1tb
Pleb

Shills are lying in the thread now and trying to trick anons with smartphone comparisons using new phones vs older models and comparing their "flagships" to a mid tier. They do this, because that's the only way they can feel better about a cheapo tech device and the only way the garbage phones they are shilling can win the comparisons. These poors really will do anything to scam and lie to us. Don't trust anyone shilling phones with false information.
This is a market strategy the paid shills are using. All Poco posts are not natural, I can confirm this now.

>>105655008 (OP)
>NEW THREAD
NEW THREAD
>>105682374

>NEW THREAD
NEW THREAD
>>105682374

>NEW THREAD
NEW THREAD
>>105682374

Versus and NanoReview always confirm these shills are lying and cheating us with false information about smartphones. These are paid shills from Saarlandia 100%. It's pretty pathetic that people in this modern information age that we live in think they could post 100% lies and try to trick people into getting fooled into thinking a product is better than another by incorrectly comparing something from this year compared to something from last year or older "flagship" vs competitions mid tier.

>>105682369
>>105682399
based and I noticed the lying is increasing as we get closer to the release of the f7