Custom Roms like Graphene, Calyx are the answer. And there are quite a few finance apps thag do work, look it up for the ones you actually need before switching.
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brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Just jumped from Android to iOS, and I maintain Android phones for family, seen lots of both since the iPhone 4.
My advice…
Cheap out.
Either keep your phone or get an iPhone on firesale. There is no point to getting a Pro.
Android freaking sucks now, as you can either get a custom ROM and break a lot of apps. It will get worse once sideloading is gone. And flagship Android phones are awful. They either cost a fortune unlocked and ‘mostly stock,’ or they run absolutely horrid, spammy, battery sucking UIs (looking at you, Samsung).
If you want great pictures, grab a nice point and shoot with stabilization. They’re incredible now. In fact, on a recent trip, I discovered my 2008 Canon takes better zoom photos than brand new iPhones.
VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
tal@lemmy.today 1 day ago
I do not game on phones, but my best experiences have, ironically, been with ‘gaming’ phones like the Razer Phone 2 and Asus phones. They have gigantic batteries, lots of RAM, and lean, stock UIs that let you disable/uninstall apps, hence they’re fast as heck and last forever. I only gave up my Razer Phone 2 because the mic got clogged up with dust, and I miss it.
While I kind of agree (though I don’t really like the “gamer” aesthetics), Asus only offers two major updates and two years of patches, which is quite short.
androidauthority.com/phone-update-policies-165863…
If someone games with their phone and plans to frequently upgrade for new hardware, they may not care. But if you get the hardware just to have a large battery and RAM, that may be a concern.
The_v@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The phones in the midrange are getting to be better than the top end ones in my opinion. Decent enough build quality for the phone to last 3-4 years. Expensive enough that the bloatware is reduced. If the company does do a modified launcher it’s generally pretty clean.
I am liking the OnePlus 13R I picked up. Stable UI, decent battery life, and not a bad price. The stock launcher does a pretty decent job.
For my work phone I have a Pixel 8. I really regret buying it. I had to disable 30 different bloatware apps. Plus I have 4 apps that I have rejected all updates because they can’t be disabled. I also installed a launcher because the stock pixel UI is trash. The hardware is solid and works well once you clear out the buggy bloatware
Apple made a major fuckup with IOS26. I upgraded my iPad and felt nauseous from the blur effect almost instantly. I can’t completely get rid of it, just make it less horrific. Their “new” multitasking options I am not even bothering to turn on or try to use yet. This is like their 10th edition of multitasking. Let’s see if they get it right this time. Then I will bother to learn their “simple” process that usually involves having to read a manual and remember half a dozen new commands. Fuck it still takes me 2 or 3 attempts to get the the home screen without a button.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
If you haven’t tried yet, for your iPad try going Settings -> Accessibility-> Motion, and enable Reduce Motion and Prefer Cross-Fade Transitions. Both helped me, because I hated the blur effects too.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Alternatively, go into Accessibility-> Display and Text Size and turn on Reduce Transparency. This pretty much eliminates the garbage transparent nonsense. I actually enjoy the motion effects and the one time I tried turning them off, I found it pretty jarring. But reduce transparency pretty much wipes it out. It’s a solid option.
The_v@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yep I did it. There is still some annoying bits of it floating around that you can’t get rid of.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
The only other thing I’ve found that helped was under Accessibility -> Display & Text Size -> Reduce Transparency, the nausea-inducing design decisions really are baffling