My trusty Samsung Galaxy S7 that I bought in 2017 is bricked and now I must buy a new phone. What are the recommendations of the hexbear community for a replacement? I was satisfied with my elderly phone except that there was a lot of junk that came with the phone that I couldn't delete, and for the last couple years or so I've had to delete an app before I could add an app, so that was kind of annoying. But other than that, I was happy with it, so I don't need the newest coolest thing.
Thanks, I'll look at the Galaxy A54. I'm also thinking about a Pixel phone, but I heard the battery life isn't as good? Or is this just people splitting hairs and the average user wouldn't actually notice a difference?
Just FYI on the a series. I heard the a54 was pretty good, but I wouldn't drop any lower than that. I went from an s7 to an a32 and it felt like a downgrade.
Oh and they changed up the galaxy keyboard from what was on the s7. The autocorrect was shit for the longest time. They did an upgrade that was kinda better, but still not great.
Oh good to know! I figured that after a 6 year old phone, just about anything new would be just as good. That's really helpful to know.
So did I! I got the s7 for gearvr and since I didn't need that anymore, I figured I could just get the freebie smartphone and be golden. Nope. It's not horrible, but it's not better. Bigger screen but lower resolution, stuff like that.
Just to show you how ignorant I am with this kind of thing, when you say "I heard the a54 was pretty good, but I wouldn’t drop any lower than that. I went from an s7 to an a32 and it felt like a downgrade." Is "lower" just "lower quality" or is it "lower quality as expressed by the number"? Like, I have no clue what the numbers mean and the Galaxy A series has so. many. numbers. Am I correct in thinking that, in your opinion, an a[number 54 or higher] is good but a[53 or lower is probably bad]?
Lol no worries. Yes, as in the model numbers are indicative of their quality and capabilities. The s series are by year/generation, but the a series seem to be in terms of capability and quality. Not even sure about j series, tbh. I actually suspect the lower a numbers are the failed quality control parts of the higher a numbers.
that's pretty typical for production of chips at least, the difference between an i9 and an i5 in terms of the silicon they build it out of is quality control.
Yeah, that's what I'm basing it off of.
Oh that makes so much sense! I was thinking in terms of year/generation, so I couldn't figure out why there were so many doggone numbers and what on earth they could all mean.
Yeah, it's all a confusing mess.😅
I'm so tired of comparison shopping. People are all, "isn't it great to have so many choices? Choices mean liberty!" and I'm like, "no, fuck choices, this is a pain in the ass."
Heard. :pain:
The Motorola Edge is like the midrange Pixel with a mid camera and bigass battery. When you set it up it asks you if you want Motorola Bloatware and you just press the "Fuck off" button, unlike Samsung software that's like 99% bullshit you don't want or need on your phone. I got one like a month ago and it's just fine for me, but I'm not like a phone enthusiast.
Thanks, I'll check that out!
Eh it's not great if you're a heavy user but it gets the job done 99% of the time for me.