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.

  • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      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.

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        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]?

        • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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          1 year ago

          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.

          • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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            1 year ago

            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.

          • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            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.