You will need to budget for a new battery on a 3 year old Sammy lol
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Worth noting buying a second hand phone is still better in every aspect and sadly 2nd hand Samsung from 3 years ago is still better and cheaper. Though Fairphone is getting closer with each release!
No1@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
gamer@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Cheaper? Yes. Better? Hell no, unless you can root it and install a custom ROM.
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can - Samsung phones are really well supported for that.
No1@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Can you show an example of one?
Because my experience was that most ROMs were based on AOSP/ LineageOS , which supports very few Samsung phones.
And even of those, some didn’t support VoLTE/VoWiFi which made them useless in any geos that didn’t have 3G for calling.
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Oh I just meant rooting not custom ROMs as I’ve never tried any. Rooted android will get you very far on its own so custom ROMs often feel like an overkill tbh
velanox@feddit.org 18 hours ago
I would never go with Samsung as a conscious choice for custom ROMs, mostly because all well-supported devices are pretty old, which means lower chance of getting something in a decent state for a reasonable price used, that wouldn’t require immediately swapping the battery already. Not to mention the Knox eFuse which means losing functionality when flashing a custom ROM. I’d argue a used Pixel is a better option, the 7 Pro can be had for relatively little money and is still a good phone.
drmoose@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Yeah pixels are definitely the best but they’re expensive and not as accessible globally.
EchoSnail@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
**Snapdragon 8 gen 2 enters the chat…