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[–] corvidenjoyer@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (14 children)

After that stunt my next phone won't be Xiaomi either.

What type of phone would you recommend?

[–] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Best phone I ever used was a Google pixel. I'm not a Google fan (for obvious privacy-violating reasons), but they make gosh darn good phones (well, I don't know about post pixel 8, since that one is still serving me well). Especially considering you can install GrapheneOS!

A few other brands I've tried:

  • Samsung, horrible android implementation
  • Nokia, unfortunately very underpowered and didn't last long
  • Samsung again (this time a S line), even worse android implementation and weird, over-saturated camera
  • Apple, iOS is unusable IMHO and the phone slowed down way too quickly
  • Fairphone (older model, apparently they've gotten better), much too underpowered and thus didn't last long with newer android versions
[–] blunder@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Pixels suck as actual telephones. I have had several and my friends are like, "I called you and you never called back!" No ring, no notification. Missed or undelivered messages.

If everyone was on WhatsApp I'm sure it'd be great but the carrier services suck ass like I've never experienced with another phone.

Have you had that experience? Maybe I just have shit luck

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

This happens to my wife where she’ll get a voicemail a month late. Idk if it is a phone problem or a network problem

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