I've been looking at phones to replace my Pixel 4a as the battery goes and it becomes increasingly silly to get it replaced instead of getting something new. I don't like huge phones, which i consider to be anything over ~6.2". Everything under that is either:

  • A Google Pixel with poor efficiency, thermals, and call reliability
  • A Samsung Galaxy S with a high price, locked bootloader, dodgy privacy, and bloatware
  • A miscellaneous brand with abysmal software support lifespan, variable bootloader lock status, and little to no custom rom support

the ASUS Zenfone 10 would have been honestly perfect for me - sub-6" screen, headphone jack, good performance. But they just haaad to remove bootloader unlocking despite promises to the contrary so now you have to settle for one more OS update and three more years of security updates for something that costs $600+. blurgh.

  • RION [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    yeah banking apps and associated stuff can be a big loss. have you tried a modded GCam apk? they're supposed to be pretty decent

    • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      I either lose the close-up macro lens or some other feature when using modded gcam. Tried a bunch of xmls and couldn't find a good one.

      ANX camera is supposed to be as close as possible to stock Xiaomi camera app, but it was also a miss for me.

      Next time I buy a phone I'll figure out how good the camera is first. Maybe I'll just buy the least flawed old pixel I can find and put graphene OS on it.