I’m frustrated with the lack of sdcard options in upper midrange smartphones.
If you get a midrange smartphone you either compromise on processor, ram, storage or a combination of other.
I want a good quality smartphone which has 45w of minimum fast charging, UFS 3.1 256GB of minimum. 12GB ram, snapdragon 7+gen 2, or dimensity 8300 at minimum. And provides an sdcard option.
Is it that hard for brands to do that?
Nothing phone 2 and 2a would’ve been decent. If they had an sdcard option. Alas, they skipped it for some reason…
Nothing skipped on the SD card for no reason. Their cheaper CMF Phone ships with SD card support, though still not with a 3.5mm jack.
Nothing skipped on the SD card for no reason.
I wouldn’t say no reason. It’s to make more money by forcing you to pay for more onboard storage, the same as any other manufacturer. Others, like Google, have an even clearer incentive to kill the SD card as it threatens the cloud storage subscription they want you to pay an ongoing fee for.
I think it is because Nothing has couple of wireless earbuds in the market already and they really want people to purchase them. A 3.5mm jack will stymie that.
Curiously, their Nothing Buds support the LDAC codec(though few phones outside Sony do) but many more expensive wireless versions(looks at Sennheiser) don’t.
Hello,
Could you please maybe pin this thread to keep it visible for the rest of the week?
Thanks!
Seems like as your account is not local, the pin didn’t go through
- https://lemdro.id/c/android
- https://reddthat.com/c/android@lemdro.id
- https://lemmy.zip/c/android@lemdro.id
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I hate Xiaomi’s bloatware so much
I only buy Xiaomi phones because the bootloader is unlockable. The stock UI is eh.
I have a Realme phone and it came with so much bloatware that I can’t tell. Dozens and dozens of purely unwanted apps that I had to disable almost all of them to get a decent experience.
Have you tried the Universal Android Debloater?
Doesn’t it use adb to uninstall/disable unwanted packages? It is manually doable as well, just takes more time via the terminal.
I thought about it but I have Android 10 , from what I understand, I’ll have to redo it periodically… I also don’t own a computer so far
For the case for my poco x3 I only debloated once when I got my phone and it remain bloatware free ever since.
It’s really getting in the way. I got a Xiaomi’s as a backup phone recently because on paper the specs were good. Well, the phone is fast, but the UI…
I got a Motorola next, probably going to resell the Xiaomi once I’m done migrating
HyperOS?
My phone runs MIUI 11 and I honestly found it very good , I had more problems with MIUI Battery optimization though , and battery draining to some extent
It’s probably the first and the last Xiaomi phone I’ll ever buy though
Is your device supported by DivestOS? https://divestos.org/pages/devices
Why don’t 3rd launchers not support native gestures yet? Why does Google refuse to fix that?
Because google like all things google does not bother. I mean why would they if things are going just as well. Not like you and I are going to switch to a rival OS without google services.
I have a similar question, how is that 3rd party launchers users do not know or not care about this?
I genuinely envy them lol.
So far the only way that this has been fixed is with a custom ROM (using their own custom launcher which is average at best) or using Lawnchair with QuickSwitch (requires root, and it is like the best shot you have to have smooth animations with a more customized launcher).
I’m one such user. I notice the less smooth animations and the lack of App opening animations with them daily.
The reason I still use Smart Launcher is because of its amazing auto app categories, and smart search which is unrivaled by the system launcher.
Not to mention the aesthetics and blurred widgets.
I have been using 3rd party launchers for 5 years now. I can’t stand the jerky animations. I always go back to using navigation buttons.
Is it me or is the Pixel 9 hype very low? I feel like nobody is expecting much from it
Well, of course, google leaks everything months before so nobody cares now. Plus the google io was a big fiasco talking 2 hours about AI, completed skipped android 15 which is a pretty incremental release. As a result, everyone expects the same from this event too. Meaningless ai everywhere
What’s the hype going to be about? All phones are just black rectangular prisms now. The camera will be a little better, the battery life a little better, the processor slightly faster… But there’s no huge leap in functionality and form factors aren’t taking risks any more.
It’s previous phone release + .1
I don’t think I’ve seen any hype for any new phone releases for a while. And that’s OK, the technology has matured a lot so there isn’t that much to get hyped about anymore. The foldable phones are pretty cool, hoping that they become affordable in the next decade!
I haven’t seen a foldable phone that doesn’t have an ugly crease in the screen after a while.
I don’t update apps until they break. Never know when an update is going to enshittify an app. (Fing, etc.)
Anyone have a Fing replacement from the likes of fdroid/neostore or otherwise that says fuck you to the new “requirement” that Fing is claiming hampered their app?
I’m using Fing 10.3.0 - a version before it was enshittified. Not sure where I got the apk from.
I found one on APKMirror https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/fing-limited/fing-network-tools/fing-network-tools-10-3-0-release/
