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What phone are you using? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by mikestevens@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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So, I thought I'd kick things off here with some community building.

Quote this post with answers to the below!

What phone are you using?

Are you happy with it? What are its best and worst qualities?

Which phones have you had previously? Which were the best and worst of the lot?

How often do you upgrade to a new phone?

What other Android ecosystem devices do you have? Watches, headphones/earbuds, etc.

Do you also use any Apple products, or are you Android all the way? (And/or Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, etc.)

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[–] blindsight 1 points 1 year ago

Just upgraded from my Pixel 3a to a 7a. The only reason I upgraded is because my old phone's charger port was breaking and I depend on a phone for work.

Honestly, I'm not really happy with the 7a for three main reasons:

The battery life is poor. I don't last 24hrs of moderate use. I'm going to try to figure out underclocking and reducing the screen to 60Hz to see if it'll help, but it feels similar to my almost 4-year-old Pixel 3a battery brand new.
It's too big to use one-handed. And I have big hands. I want a smaller phone.
The front finger print sensor sucks. I miss the back sensor. It's way less reliable, it's super bright in the middle of the night, I can't find it by feel, and it's not in a natural spot while holding the phone. And I don't even have a screen protector yet.

Also, no 3.5mm sucks. I used to play music on speakers at work or in my old car and now I can't without a shitty Bluetooth dongle.

That said, I don't know what other phone I'd buy since I only want a phone I can root and customize, so I'm pretty much stuck with Pixel phones. And the 7 is basically the same phone but with less time remaining for software support.

Maybe I should have bought a cheap Chinese phone from AliExpress? idk if any of them are easily customizable or have any dev support. Seems unlikely.

So, yeah. Sorry for the injection of negativity. I just miss my 3a, even if it was aging poorly.

The 7a is good. It's snappy, it takes great photos, the screen is good, the speakers are good, the cell connection is great, the software is vanilla (fantastic, imho). But I don't love it.