What is everyone’s daily driver right now?
I’m currently rocking a pixel 6a but can’t shake an itching desire for an s23
Xperia 1V. Yes I paid flagship money for a Sony phone because of the headphone jack. No it doesn’t overheat.
I imported an Xperia 10 IV about a month after launch. It’s a brilliant form factor, but I’m very sad that it doesn’t look like sailfish will ever arrive for it.
Nevertheless, I’m glad I bought it - and like you say, the headphone jack gets used frequently enough that you’d miss it if it wasn’t there.
Where did you import your Xperia from? I got myself pretty sold on getting one but totally forgot that Sony don’t sell phones in Aus anymore. Such a shame. I really want an sd card slot & headphone jack.
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Can’t believe yours is still working. Mine bootlooped after a long flight from Seattle to the east coast
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I’m also here on a Pixel 7, lots of my die hard android friends are also on Pixels as well.
I moved from the Note to a Pixel 1 and haven’t looked back. I kept the Pixel 1 until it would not turn on anymore. I just feel in love with the simple clean Android install. After that I got a Pixel 4XL and a few months later my wife finally gave in and I got her a Pixel 5.
A couple of months ago my wife dropped her 5 and just cracked the shit out of her screen. So I ordered her a Pixel 7, which she loves. Unfortunately not even a week later my Pixel 4 XL died. It won’t hold a charge without being plugged in. I didn’t want to spring for two new phones so close together, so I grabbed my wife’s old S8. I couldn’t take it. All the stupid Samsung specific apps. The inability to remove Facebook or Bigsby drove me nuts. I ended up just using her Pixel 5, broken screen and all over the S8. Hoping to get enough cash to order a 7 pro for myself soon.
I’ll be sure to let everyone know when I do order a 7, because of history repeats itself like with my last two Pixel purchases, the Pixel 8 will be announced the next day.
Pixel 6a running GrapheneOS. I was expecting to waste a weekend setting it up but I’ve been blown away with how good the user experience is. The only pain point I’ve had is not being able to run my banking app without Google services installed.
Right now I have a separate profile with sandboxes Google services installed which is unfortunate but gets the job done!
OnePlus 6 running LineageOS with micro G.
Grapheneos pixel 6a
Z fold 3. It was not worth the price, but it’s not a bad phone by any means.
I’ve seen a surprising amount of people carrying around a Fold 3 where I work.
Galaxy A53 5G - Main phone. Galaxy A13 5G - Secondary phone.
Razer Phone 2. I probably should get something newer, but I need something rootable at a bare minimum, and preferably not Samsung.
Same here. Using a Pixel 6a but really hoping for more manual control in the camera app. The Xperia 1 V looks really good this generation, but then you’re missing out on the excellent stock camera the Pixels are known for.
Pixel 7 Pro.
Tried an S22 Ultra but couldn’t get over the ads all over the OS, pre-installed bloatware, and the terrible camera shutter lag ):
Ads? Now that’s a curious one. I’ve been using my S20FE for over a year and haven’t noticed any ads besides things like a banner in settings that introduces a new functionality.
What ads were you seeing?
I bought the unlocked version directly from Samsung in Canada.
My phone had ads in all of the Samsung apps. When I opened the Galaxy app store to update my Samsung apps, it was FULL of ads and popups. It kept redirecting me to sponsored stuff, despite me just trying to update my Samsung apps. The Galaxy store app also kept sending me notifications for trying out new games and stuff.
Then when I long pressed on the home screen, I could change wallpaper, widgets, and “themes”. Pressing the themes took me to the app store where it just tried to shove more paid stuff down my throat.
While I think the theme store is a good idea, since it was a prominent button on the home screen, I just feel like it should’ve taken me to a page with a couple built in Samsung themes, with a button that says “get more from the theme store”. Powering up my $2000 CAD phone and instantly being thrown into a store to buy stuff soured my experience.
Samsung will soon stop showing ads in its stock apps
For comparison, my Pixel 7 Pro has no ads. All of my Google apps don’t shove any ads down my throat. I have also never gotten a notification from the Play Store about newly released apps or sponsored apps. My phone also never came with preinstalled bloatware like Amazon, OneDrive, Facebook, etc. My Pixel was also $700 LESS than my Samsung.
Redmi K30 Pro. Love the pop up camera and the full screen display with no stupid notch or hole punch. Have no plans to replace it any time soon since I just replaced the battery and everything else is still good as new.
Thank you for your feedback. Do you use the default OS or a custom ROM?
Currently running the Xiaomi.eu version of MIUI. Had SparkOS on it for a while a few months ago. Like them both for different reasons, and may go back to Spark at some point in the future.
Fellow Pixel 6a user here (with Graphene OS)! My gripes are mainly the ‘rainbow effect’ of the screen and the fingerprint sensor that doesn’t work 10% of the time.
Pixel 6 with just the stock software.
Honestly, I don’t think I could never go “back” to a 3rd party Android device. The hardware might be great, but the clean software and fast software upgrades is was sold me back in the Pixel 3A days.
Same here, though a few peeps here posted about running GrapheneOS on the 6a and I might look at that soon.
It’s been quite a seamless experience for me. Installation involved clicking buttons and waiting. I highly recommend if you want to move away from the Google ecosystem.
Same here, though a few peeps here posted about running GrapheneOS on the 6a and I might look at that soon.
I might check it out as well! I also wanna checkout PostmarketOS one day.
Pixel 7 Pro here.
