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I may have to move on from my beloved OP3T in the next 12 months or so. It has finally started developing issues, like turning off due to the temperature being too hot or cold.

more heat than light wrote:

Dowbocop wrote:Looking at the G30 at about £160. Don't really want to go up to £200 (current phone was £180 when purchased I think). Any particular gems in that price bracket?

Poco X3 NFC

I was turned off by the talk of ads and bloatware with Poco phones. It was really refreshing to move from Samsung to Motorola and escape all the stupid Samsung apps. I know you can get rid of all that shite but it's always a harder job than it should be...

I always seem to struggle to get Android phones to actually use external storage. My phone is always fit to bursting but I still have loads of space on my SD card. This current phone is 16GB and all the ones I'm looking at are at least 64GB so it may be less of an issue, but I'm thinking I'm going to pay a bit more and get a phone with larger internal storage just to delay the problem further into the phone's lifespan

That's absolutely fair, you won't get better spec for the price though. Realme 8 is another decent option although I do think they can look a bit cheap.

The G30 is a totally decent phone btw, I've been really impressed with Motorola stuff lately.

I'm saving for whatever the pixel is this year. I was going to get the Pixel 5 last October, but it was underwhelming and my Pixel 2 is still a workhorse so I put it off. There's rumours of a foldable pixel coming.

A little over three years old and my OnePlus 6 is showing the first signs of senility.

I'm pretty confident it will last another year at least. What's even new in phones over the last few years? Am I missing out on anything that has been developed since 2018? It feels like the technology plateaued (at least temporarily) a few years ago and any improvements have been marginal at best.

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:A little over three years old and my OnePlus 6 is showing the first signs of senility.

I'm pretty confident it will last another year at least. What's even new in phones over the last few years? Am I missing out on anything that has been developed since 2018? It feels like the technology plateaued (at least temporarily) a few years ago and any improvements have been marginal at best.

Yeah I agree. My phone is becoming a bit slow simply because of web javascript getting out of control, but the phone itself is in good nick and works fine a few months shy of its fourth birthday. Some of the stuff I've seen from Samsung in foldable phones is genuinely impressive, but the question of applications that make use of it vs adoption is a bit of a chicken and egg scenario.

Winckle wrote:I'm saving for whatever the pixel is this year. I was going to get the Pixel 5 last October, but it was underwhelming and my Pixel 2 is still a workhorse so I put it off. There's rumours of a foldable pixel coming.

I have the pixel 5 as I was upgrading from a 3 year old Nokia 8 so it wasn't underwhelming for me. It's been fantastic. I would certainly plump for the pixel 6 if the rumours and specs are correct. Fantastic phones and cameras.

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:

Winckle wrote:I'm saving for whatever the pixel is this year. I was going to get the Pixel 5 last October, but it was underwhelming and my Pixel 2 is still a workhorse so I put it off. There's rumours of a foldable pixel coming.

I have the pixel 5 as I was upgrading from a 3 year old Nokia 8 so it wasn't underwhelming for me. It's been fantastic. I would certainly plump for the pixel 6 if the rumours and specs are correct. Fantastic phones and cameras.

Absolutely, it's a great phone and I didn't mean to badmouth it. I meant that for me, with my Pixel 2 it wasn't as big a step as I had hoped it would be, particularly in the CPU area. So I decided to wait a year. Now I'm nearly ready for a new phone.

Winckle wrote:

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:

Winckle wrote:I'm saving for whatever the pixel is this year. I was going to get the Pixel 5 last October, but it was underwhelming and my Pixel 2 is still a workhorse so I put it off. There's rumours of a foldable pixel coming.

I have the pixel 5 as I was upgrading from a 3 year old Nokia 8 so it wasn't underwhelming for me. It's been fantastic. I would certainly plump for the pixel 6 if the rumours and specs are correct. Fantastic phones and cameras.

Absolutely, it's a great phone and I didn't mean to badmouth it. I meant that for me, with my Pixel 2 it wasn't as big a step as I had hoped it would be, particularly in the CPU area. So I decided to wait a year. Now I'm nearly ready for a new phone.

Oh I know what you meant. I was initially put off by the CPU but haven't regretted it. I'll will definitely upgrade to another pixel next year.

more heat than light wrote:That's absolutely fair, you won't get better spec for the price though. Realme 8 is another decent option although I do think they can look a bit cheap.

The G30 is a totally decent phone btw, I've been really impressed with Motorola stuff lately.

I ended up going with the Xiaomi Note 9 in the end as it seemed on at a good price. I'm liking it, but I'm still getting used to having a chonky boi phone with no hard face button. I don't think my fingers are long enough to unlock with the fingerprint sensor

Dowbocop wrote:

more heat than light wrote:That's absolutely fair, you won't get better spec for the price though. Realme 8 is another decent option although I do think they can look a bit cheap.

The G30 is a totally decent phone btw, I've been really impressed with Motorola stuff lately.

I ended up going with the Xiaomi Note 9 in the end as it seemed on at a good price. I'm liking it, but I'm still getting used to having a chonky boi phone with no hard face button. I don't think my fingers are long enough to unlock with the fingerprint sensor

It does take some getting used to.

Hope you enjoy your new phone!

Why did Google add a bench to the back of the Pixel 6?

I have no issues with the hole punch in the front screen, never been an issue for me.

https://store.google.com/magazine/google_pixel_6

Available now, in cigarette beige.

Xeno wrote:Why did Google add a bench to the back of the Pixel 6?

I have no issues with the hole punch in the front screen, never been an issue for me.

https://store.google.com/magazine/google_pixel_6

Cameras can't be made thin and still be good. Really they should just let the damn phone be thicker and fill the space with more bloody battery.

I can't decide between getting a Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3.

Lagamorph wrote:I can't decide between getting a Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3.

The fold, surely

Have they resolved the bubble screen issue though?

Rocsteady wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:I can't decide between getting a Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3.

The fold, surely

The only thing really making me think twice about the fold is the thickness of it when folded. It's thinner than the 2 but still a bit of a chunky looking boi.

Xeno wrote:Have they resolved the bubble screen issue though?

Apparently that was solved with the 2 that launched last year.

Went for the Z Fold 3 in the end

Lagamorph wrote:Went for the Z Fold 3 in the end

Let us know how it is!

When it goes down in price that might be one I look at.