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Why is Pocophone so cheap? How the hell is Xiaomi making money out of it? Are investing on MIUI and its shitty bloatware?
Colton Young
I’ve had an iPhone 7 Plus for almost 2 years and I’m going to make the switch to Android.
With the pixel 3 xl underwhelming today is the note 9 the best device or before 2018 is over will there be a new top tier device
Cooper Wood
>notch >chin >no 3.5 jack >no microSD >less than 3000 mAh >master race Sad!
Caleb Long
OnePlus 6T
Hunter Bell
>How the hell is Xiaomi making money >MIUI and its shitty bloatware Exactly this, they openly call themselves a software company. The average user will buy it because it's cheap, won't bother with changing MIUI and will generate money trough ads/other software solutions Xiaomi offers, the latter especially being the case in China where there are no Google services. In the case of Poco itself, they might even be losing money altogether, but the primary goal of this phone is to fuck over Huawei and Oneplus and permanently steal their market share. This is also the reason it has a modified launcher with the app drawer, to ease in converts from other brands. Note 9 or Oneplus 6 if you need a phone now. By the end of 2018 possible contenders are the Oneplus 6T, Mi Mix 3, Huawei will release a P20 something something that will have a 7nm processor and there is a rumor Samsung will debut their folding phone by the end of the year.
Nolan Ortiz
NOOO
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What's the best smartphone that won't collect and sell everything I do to advertisers while listening to every single word I say?
Aaron Sanchez
iPhone Xs Max
Elijah Evans
Locked bootloader
Zachary Ward
make my life decision for me spg my 2 year old SE's home button is slightly unresponsive, doesn't work maybe once-5 times a day with constant use, and the power button is loose, sometimes causes me to take a screenshot when I only press the home button and randomly triggers the "slide to power off" screen when my finger is nowhere near the button I can't convince myself if this justifies a new phone or if I"m just being a baby and want a new toy. what do you guys think
Brody Howard
The only way to get out of the botnet is to drop all technology and go off the grid.
Get a new SE and ride off of that for a couple of years. It doesn't look like Apple or any other phone manufacturer is appealing to the small phone market anymore.
Easton Russell
No, forget the Pocophone if you're in the US
Jackson Brooks
was gonna get the xz1c
Christopher Edwards
How susceptible are Chinese phones with OLED screens to burn in? I want to buy one but I'm so used to AMOLED at this point that I don't want to go backwards to IPS LCD.
Kayden Gutierrez
What's a good phone to get then? I don't want to shell out $800+ for some Pixel.
I think most chinkphones source their oleds from Samsung, so they're fine in that regard.
Gavin Cook
Just get something second hand on swappa
Grayson Miller
Use an Android P custom ROM with smart pixel protection enabled and keep your brightness at reasonable levels.
Parker Hall
It's kind of sad to see that no matter what technology you use and how hard you try, somebody is always listening. But then again you have idiots who encourage this behaviour by buying google homes and amazon echos, literally government listening devices in your house.
I expect within 20 years every phone will require location to always be enabled or it doesn't work and be impossible to unlock. New houses will come with google home/amazon echo preinstalled in the walls with no way to remove it apart from smashing your walls down.
Moto Z2 Force is $299.99 on ebay brand new sold by Motorola Essential is $340 on Amazon Asus Zenfone 5Z is $499 through BandH OnePlus 6 is $549 Nokia 7.1 will be $350 when released later this month
Samuel Russell
Any good phone to replace my 5x with a headphone jack and unlockable bootloader? Might just end up replacing the battery instead and pray it doesn't bootloop again
Eli Gomez
Whats the best cheap used phone under $100 one can currently buy?
Liam Reed
Your prayers won't do it. LG's shortcomings and incompetence have been well documented. It's not just the 5X.
Jack Wright
anybody here got the xz1? got a specific question
Mason Cox
I got the XZ1 Compact
Oliver Ward
so do you really need to press the power button every time you use the finger sensor? so if I have it set to wake up every time I pick it up, I need to power it off with the button for it to pick up my fingerprint instead of just resting my finger on the button?
James Gomez
>The most I'll get if I trade in my 128GB Pixel 2 XL from Google is $350 what the actual fuck lol I could probably sell it on amazon and make twice that much. what the fuck google
If you wake up the screen so it displays the lockscreen, then you don't need to press the button to unlock, just put your finger on it.
Ryan Johnson
okay thank you since I have you here, anything you want to say regarding if I should get it?
Isaiah Gutierrez
how is the camera on the essential phone?
Austin Hughes
Galaxy S9+ or OP6?
I really like the almost stock android from OP and gesture mode is nice to get rid of screen navbar. But the S9+ is so much better looking, has better cameras, IP68 and stereo sound. Also has the shitty TouchJizz 2.0 and I'm afraid it will lag on my 1 year from now, and the SD845 variant doesn't support custom ROMs.
What to do?
Gavin Diaz
It's a good phone, no major complaints. Great performance, nice features (USB-C, MicroSD slot, headphone jack, notification led, IP68 water resistance, stereo speakers), close to stock Android, good battery life, update support is decent (security updates come monthly, Android Pie should be coming in November). Main downside is the camera, which is pretty average.
Christian Powell
>Android Pie should be coming in November neat didn't know its getting pie thanks man
Ethan Walker
XZ1 launched with Oreo, and so far every Sony flagship has got two android version updates, so after Pie it should be getting whatever Android Q will be.
Brayden Howard
only in usa >land of the free
Levi Campbell
Every Galaxy I've tried was laggy as shit. Recently tried my dad's S8 (it's a work phone, so he doesn't fuck with it, it's whatever comes out of the box) and it's laggy.
Juan Walker
Pixel 3 VS. S9 Plus VS. P20 Pro I can't decide I don't want it to be crap and lag after 1-2 years, idk desu Pls help
Liam Stewart
is there a way to get bootloader unlock code for huawei p8 GRA-L09 now?
Joshua Young
I’m almost in the same boat just pixel 3 xl vs note 9 vs one plus 6t
Julian Wood
was it tough to reenable the sensor?
Jeremiah Flores
Mine isn't a US XZ1C so the FP reader was working out of box, but from what I've read it's nothing complicated to do
Jonathan Harris
I'm on the S9+ or 6(T) boat. Price is not an issue.
Tyler Perez
Actually the XL has a 3400 mAh battery (the non XL is the one with the 2900 mAh battery) and pretty much all the Nexus/Pixel phones except the original Nexus One don't have a card slot. Don't forget:
>Dodgy quality control >4GB of RAM in #CurrentYear
You will need a program called Flashtool to flash firmwares from other regions (ftf files)
Grayson Allen
is that program hard/dangerous to use? I notice people like to mention phones getting bricked or losing functions because of flashing gone wrong
It is not difficult to use, and you shouldn't be bricking your device / losing function as long as you don't flash the wrong firmware.
Blue
Adam Diaz
where are people getting the money for these new phones? $1200 for the iphone? $900 for the S9 and Note 9? last time I bought a phone they were half that price
throw a coin in the air you'll know what you want while it's spinning
Anthony Ramirez
credit card debt like all consumerists
Lucas Garcia
profound
James Wood
>fell for a phishing scam for the first time in my life >realized it was a scam right as i read off my PIN I changed it immediately before they could do any damage but my pride is forever wounded
I have the someone selling a Galaxy S9+ really cheap (he doesnt have charger and box but has a receipt)
Im going to check its not stolen and not got some hidden damage or issues like being knox tripped. Is there any easy way to tell the software is legit and not modified though? If I flash a stock rom on there will it be safe?
Ive never bought a used phone before so im really not sure what to do since I cant just change out the harddrive and be sure.
Zachary Lee
No one I know buys phones flat out everyone just spends the 30-40$ a month for the highest tier iPhone
But I’ve been selling my phones every 2 years and need to spend at most $200 for the current years iPhone investing in the 3g was the best thing I’ve ever done but I think it’s time to sell this and sink my money into an android and NEVER make my money back like I did on iPhones
Gabriel Foster
Exactly how did you fall for one? Legitimately curious since I'm surprised retards like you can even exist.
Owen Peterson
Pixel 1 user here and coming to terms with the fact that I hate the Pixel family now and am looking for something to replace it with down the line. The 3.5mm is the main thing that I'm clinging to but I can definitely be swayed by something exciting (which the 3XL was the farthest thing from). I cannot believe the 3 is 800 fucking dollars or the slate doesn't have a 3.5mm or just that fucking notch. I hope no one buys any Pixel phones or slates this year, they really don't deserve a fucking dime.
Any chance the new Galaxy keeps its 3.5mm? It looks like the S9 or OP6 could be it for me, but are there other phones I should be looking at? When was the last Sony to have a jack? I had a Z1 which was a great piece of hardware.
Oliver Rogers
>mfw peeling the screen protector off my new used Passport to reveal a pristine screen
Yeah I'm fucking stupid. I got a bunch of messages from someone spoofing AT&T's shortcode saying something along the lines of "your verification code is blablabla if you did not request this please call (phishing number) immediately, at&t will never contact you requesting your pin" well I was too concerned with the idea that someone might have my password and be trying to log in, so without thinking I called the number in the text just assuming it was AT&T's support number. They had a robogreeter set up exactly like AT&T's and I got bullshitted by some guy and ended up giving my PIN because I thought it was routine for changing my password. Only when he asked me to say my old password over voice did I realize that I was getting scammed and hung up. I'm a retard in my defense it was decently sophisticated
Just got a redmi note 5 and noted that there's a weird display issue that looks like there's a very faint transparent line near the borders. It's extremely noticeable on gray apps like discord. Anyone with this issues or do I have a special unit?
Easton Williams
It's decent with the default camera app, but the gcam makes it shine even better.
Jayden Brooks
>best camera >best screen >unlocked bootloader >stereo speakers >pure Android
$1000 is not even that much if you're a young independent adult.
Isaiah Mitchell
Who is this qt3.14?
Jaxson Nguyen
just uninstall shitcord, its win win
Hudson Nelson
I doubt Samsung will get rid of it since their whole philosophy has been to throw every feature possible at their devices. Also I think they are smart enough to realise that people want it and they dont have enough bluetooth headphones to shill to people
Asher Wilson
Refurb HTC M10
Aaron Collins
that one's a classic, the messages I get are easy to identify because the real ones are in french and don't have any links in them
Robert Davis
If I were buy a Galaxy Note 9 right now, how long will it take for me to regret buying it instead of waiting to next year for 5g phones?
Anthony Young
about a year
Robert Campbell
Roughly 4-6 months
William Robinson
Instantly
Connor Anderson
fantastic, stuck with my 2015 phone another year
Gavin Reed
what a whiny bitch you are 2015 isn't old
Nolan Lee
o feel bad for the early adopters to B71 phones on T-Mo, because they just bought the damn devices and then they'll have to turn around and buy another one in probably less than a year, and B71 rollput won't be completed until sometime next year
Robert Torres
>meme tech channels with first hand access to the pixel 3 all have nothing but positive things to say
damn they got to all of them, and even the "realest" ones talk don't mentio/criticize the notch, the lack of headphone jack, nasty price or the overall lazy/ugly design
i don't think even apple bought off this many tech reviewers for the XS
Lewis's video felt so artificial. He wasn't even energetic as he usually is.
Owen Perry
you don't think the keys are too small? I feel like I'd need to use my nail to press them
Joshua Sanchez
yeah specially after the 4 videos in a row he put out trashing the new iphones
Leo Green
I just went from a dumbphone with physical QWERTY keyboard to a smartphone with only touchscreen, and man, I miss that keyboard.
Luis Bennett
>can get the P20 (non-pro) for $360 CAD (50% off) >current phone (S5) is slow and runs out of battery in the middle of the day worth buying this as a go-between and future backup phone before the S10 or Pixel 4 is released?
Pixel 2 xl is still like $800 (tfw could have bought the pixel 2 xl for $500 but read about potential hardware problems)
Angel Hall
thinking of buying the pixel 3 (non-XL) too, it costs $1,060 or S9+ (about $850 if i can find it on sale)
Jose Perez
>you are the only person ITT who actually owns a Redmi Note 5 Pro
