Comment on Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)
UltraBlack@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m honestly quite happy with my Samsung XCover 6 pro:
- physical headphone jack
- notification LED
- removable and replaceable battery
- rugged and without a screen that bends around the edge of the phone
- relatively recent and quite powerful imo
- some samsung’s default apps are surprisingly good
- two extra freely mappable physical buttons
- gps and all the other stuff
- dual sim
- good battery life
- it’s an enterprise device
- you can get it new for 350€, if not less
Only drawback: utterly dogshit camera. It looks to be interpolated. 50MP never looked that much like 8MP
Can’t wait for this to get LOS/EOS support
KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Most “50 MP” cameras are actually quad Bayer sensors (effectively worse resolution) and are usually binned 2x to approx 12 MP.
The lens on your phone likely isn’t sharp enough to capture 50 MP of detail on a small sensor anyway, so the megapixel number ends up being more of a gimmick than anything.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Now, if the camera isn’t the reason anymore, why would you still pay $1200 for a flagship if you get essentially the same for $300?