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The Chinese manufacturers are actually really good about making a durable, long lasting device with no bloatware. I use a Ulefone, and I really like it.
Hadn't heard of Ulephone, but I like what I'm seeing so far!
What model do you have? A lot of their phones look like they have a thermal camera, which could be really useful (temps get pretty extreme where I live, so being able to see heat-leaks in my home could help to insulate them).
Also thermal aside, how's the camera? I used to think more megapixels = better, but have since found there's a lot more to image quality than just pixels (focus accuracy, good color saturation, etc).
I also have an ulephone but I'm looking for a way out. Sadly their phones don't have replacement parts so if your power button breaks, you can't fix it.
I actually just had to spray contact cleaner into my volume switch to get that to work, seawater is not kind to electronics.
Oh not that. The spring inside mine is broken
No bloatware with Chinese manufacturers? Are you dreaming? Oppos, Xiaomi, and all the sub brands of the bbk group (vivo, realme, etc) come with so much bloatware that they are forced to include an aggressive task killer and Memory cleaner to make it work properly
OK, cool?
I don't have one of those, and the phone I do have is free of crap.