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The SoC appears to be a 7% CPU/GPU perf bump according to Qualcomm. No info on North American compatibility yet.

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[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If you want a device with good custom ROM support + headphone jack, the Sony Xperia devices seem quite good. The Xperia 10 VII is a budget to midrangeish plastic fantastic 6.3" device (like the Fairphone) with the jack, microSD card slot, and support for LineageOS as well. You also have the Xperia 1 series, which also have good LineageOS support, but those devices are larger and more expensive (you do get better chip, cameras, etc. though), as well as the Xperia 5 line (more expensive, but not larger)

It does kind of suck that the Fairphone had the jack removed though, following the trend of other big companies doing the same. I think the only one still putting the headphone jack in all their devices is Sony's Xperia brand, and Motorola if you discount their Razr foldable.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sony's software support is awful. I had a Sony Xperia 5V and, while I did like the size and hw in general, the phone refresh rate for example was constantly jumping around, which made the experience never feel very fluid. It also has issues with certification. I had to root it just to be Google Play certified because Sony did not give two shits about the issue. There are some custom roms available, but you have to constantly update modules and apply patches to be able to use Google Wallet. On top of that, some banking apps (e.g. Revolut) are much much harder to hide root from (I personally was never able to do it).

On top of all of this, their phones are expensive af and they only promise 2 major OS updates.

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sony's software support is awful

Hence custom ROM support!

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're making it sound like there are plenty of roms and they all work flawlessly. At least for the Xperia 5V there are only a few and they're not perfect.

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

I guess. It's still not a solution or something you can rely on.

[–] PeroBasta@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Is there an xperia with at least 5000mah battery?

Because in the years i got used to strip down my phone to be a googless machine that needs charging every 3 days with 10-12 hours sot