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What smartphones are people using nowadays? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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My phone's just bitten the dust and now I need to look for a new one again.

Thought I'd test the waters and see what kinds of phones people on here are using nowadays and what for, what features set them apart if any etc

Bonus points if anyone's managed to get mainline linux running on them either via KVM or bare metal

Edit: Thanks for everyone who talked about their choices of phone, I am now writing this on a fairphone 4 and am quite happy with it so far.

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[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Been using the 2023 version of the Moto G Stylus 5G for a few months now and I've got similar things to say. Motorola has built a fairly good mid-tier product here. Camera could be better, but it's got a headphone jack, a good screen, and very good battery life. Only other problem is, again because of the obscurity of the model, screen protectors are easy enough to find, but cases have been another matter. Had to take a Dremel to one so the hole would line up with the headphone jack. Otherwise this has been a good daily driver smart phone.

[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, and I do use the stylus from time to time... compared to high end devices (like Samsung's Galaxy S lines) it's not as responsive and there's the occasional misclick, but it's not bad. That's the rating I'd give the experience with the phone overall: not great but certainly not terrible... 7/10 does most of what it says it'll do.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I have this model and the stylus doesn't do it for me. The latency is just too high compared to an Apple Pencil, S Pen, or ReMarkable stylus.

[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah. I'm not using it for like graphic design or even scribbling notes. Just clicking on things and scrolling or swiping.

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