The 6P was a really nice phone.

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You don’t need to use SAF if your app is not distributed via Google Play? This is news for me.

Going to pile on, I have a Samsung A73 and videos are fine.

Do you use some sort of custom settings?

The 3 year security update schedule is an issue. I agree. The price does soften this issue somewhat though.

Thank you for the offer and kind words. I use a A73 these days. To be honest, the quality is good enough for my needs. I do notice a difference with friend’s pictures. Don’t really need a GCam mod at this point.

I used to use Gcam mods, but I stopped because there were too many issues with making sure they worked correctly.

I think in 2-3 years the difference in camera quality between mid-range devices and flagships will be small enough that it won’t matter for most people.

I’ve been a mid-range phone user since around 2018 or so. Don’t really see any reason to get flagships.

The one area where mid-range devices do lag the flagships is camera quality.

But they have the benefit of Chinese state support and a massive captive market (with revanchist, imperialist tendencies).

Oppo also says that behind-the-scenes improvements speed up app installation by 26% while app responsiveness should be around 18% better.

18% increase in responsiveness sounds very high. And how was responsiveness even measured?

I would argue the best option would be Exynos was roughly competitive with Snapdragon.

Cheers, been looking for something like this (used pushbullet back in the day, but stopped after they changed their policies).

I was a little bit disappointed by GSMarena for using a verbatim headline instead of adding terms like “manufacturer provided” and/or “alleged”.

Considering the price, I would assume it’s likely 64GB (maybe 128 GB).

And the vast majority of russians couldn’t care less.

We’ll probably get there in 10-15 years (as in at mainstream, mass market prices).

Don’t know how it is in the US, but you don’t get any support for Pixel where I live.

Samsung on the other hand is excellent, they even have retail locations.

This is why I avoid opening up “service” devices to the broader internet.

My current work around is to access a computer with TeamViewer on a given local network and manage things from there. There are probably flaws with this approach too, but it seems like a more manageable solution than giving IoT-type devices access to the open internet.

I do wonder if protocol like Yggdrasil would be a good solution in the future.

Interesting discussion, but I would argue lack of reputational damage is primarily due to lack of competition. If it was easy to switch (and government policies were built around doing everything possible to reduce barriers to entry and switching costs) to other options, reputational damage would likely have far more severe consequences.

Now we can find out who is working with the Winklewii twins.