That it isn’t a librem 5 or one of those tinfoil hat phones
FWIW there are a lot of people trying to sell used ones, if you want one cheap.
Had a Galaxy S8 and loved it. Got a Pixel 6 and now the slow fingerprint sensor is the bane of my existence. Why did they put it on the front? Why is that the standard now? It sucks, it’s just slower and less ergonomic.
Software updates. They are disguised as security and feature updates while slowing down your phone to make you buy the newer versions.
The camera bump.
It feels like the os I have wasn’t designed for my phone. Buttons aren’t scaled properly, system apps ask me for consent over “privacy concerns”, no easy control over simple features like wallpaper, sluggish/buggy animations. I have a Redmi
In iOS how hard it is to glance the time and date while watching a full screen video.
Between that and the godawful notification system, I feel like iPhone practically requires the Apple Watch.
I do really like how well the Apple Watch works with the iPhone, but I do kinda wish Apple would just steal notifications, date+time in the drop down, and back gestures from both sides of the screen from Android.
The focus mode ui is another bugbear - how scattered the ui is for this.
I can alter it from the bottom middle of the notification shade once set, but I can’t enable it from there - why?
At least put a line with date and time at the bottom of the notification shade so I don’t have to roll it all the way down.
Also, I’ve set triple back tap to turn on the flash… well, it only works (inconsistently) when the phone is unlocked. Why?
S23 ultra.
- Finderpint sensors still suck. Get face ID on these please
- Why does the device control button live on the left when swiping down the first time, but on the right on the second swipe? Put them on the same side for the love of god.
My least favorite thing is it is getting old and I can’t find a good equivalent to the Pixel 4a to replace it with. They are all too big, have no headphone jack, and are too expensive for what I get out of them.
Zenfone 9? Pixel 5a? About the only remotely close options I found out there. I went with the 5a, but it’s getting close to end of life, so I’m debating the slightly newer zenfone 9 now…
I did look at the Zenfone 9 actually and my biggest issue was the locked bootloader and no custom rom support. It may not be a total deal breaker, but it was enough to give me pause. The 5a would be great if it wasn’t nearly as old as the 4a. I would still be considering Pixels if they hadn’t ruined the “a” line.
Oh, I know what you’re talking about. I got a “new” phone a few months ago. Was thinking about either the pixel 4a or Samsung S10e, and went with the latter.
The cool thing is that both of these phones have LineageOS support. I didn’t try it yet, but LOS sounds pretty awesome, I hope that I won’t be disappointed.
LOS is fine, though I haven’t used it in a while. I may just try and get a new battery in my 4a as the screen is still perfect and all the ports work fine. Still after using this phone for four years, I’d love an upgrade.
- Samsung bloatware
- Not being able to access files in a sane way both from a computer and in some extent from a phone without using 3rd party solutions.
And yeah, that’s it. But I am not needy.
The lack of basic things that used to be standard many years ago. Namely headphone jack and micro-SD card slot missing.
The bloatware. And custom Roms being dead for all except Pixel
its bootloader isn’t unlockable, and custom roms don’t exist for it anyway
With the phone itself I miss a headphone jack (using an adapter USB c to 3.5"), no hardware keyboard, and no replaceable battery.
In general I don’t turn my phone off often enough, usually only once or twice a week I should turn it off more often.
Stupid large dimensions, it simply doesn’t fit in pockets anymore
I have a Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS. I would in change a thing. Best combo I’ve ever had.
