Phones

[Dragon Lord]

I didn't realize we never had a topic to discuss phones (at least nothing came up when I tried to search it), so here we go!

What kind of phone do you have? Is there a certain type of phone you wish you had over your current one?

I myself have a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (Orange - 1TB Storage) . Prior to that I had a S22 Ultra for the last two years. Decided to upgrade to the S24 Ultra when it released this past month because I really wanted the flat screen instead of the slight curve that the S22U has. So far I've been very happy with it. Battery lasts forever, even when I'm torturing it by running gacha games all day. The new anti-glare screen they used for this phone is godly as well, very nice when you can't avoid having direct light hitting the screen. Been very happy with the upgrade in the short amount of time I've had the phone.  Another really nice thing I've noticed about the S24U is that it doesn't heat up as fast as my S22U would. Running Genshin for just a small amount of time (15-20 minutes) would start to make my S22U pretty hot, but I can run Genshin for a good while before I even start to feel the S24U getting warm. So for someone who uses their phone more for gaming than anything else, it's been a very valuable upgrade to me.

[Moonface]

Currently I have a Google Pixel 4, which I really have no complaints about.

Prior to this phone I had a Samsung Galaxy S7 which IIRC was my first smart phone because I took a while to switch over from regular phones.

The phone I had for the longest time was my Sony Ericsson w610i which I had well into the 2010's.

I had one other phone before that one but it wasn't a well known brand so I can't remember what it was. I do remember it had a lot of animal noises as ring tones and I used the cat one.

[Kyng]

I have a Samsung Galaxy A21s. Not the most expensive phone in the world (it only cost me about £175 when new) - but, since it has all the basics and a 6.5-inch screen, it has pretty much everything I need .

[ShiraNoMai]

Damn, all Samsung owners here, I see. Yes, people of culture, we are

Currently the owner of a Galaxy S10, which I received in 2020 (I think the year the S20 came out). Had the S7 prior to it (the same one as Moony!). I had two Windows phones before this cuz I wanted to check out the OS while folks were debating the age-old "Apple versus Android" and see if Microsoft had anything to say about it. Conclusion, no, no they did not really. They weren't bad phones, per se. Just practically zero support. Only the VERY popular apps were available. My first smart phone, just before the Windows phones, was an MOTOROLA BACKFLIP--a variant of the popular SideKick phone at the time that instead of sliding out, the screen would flip out, like an inverse GameBoy Advance SP. It was really neat and it ran a very early form of Android: 1.5, or "Cupcake"

[Mr EliteL]

My current one is a Xiaomi POCO X3 Pro, the one previous which I semi use still is Lenovo A2016a40 for phone purposes, the other is for apps and to play Genshin on. I should really fully convert over but screw having to be texting or be in a call when I'm in the middle of gaming. *shot*

[Moonface]

My current one is a Xiaomi POCO X3 Pro, the one previous which I semi use still is Lenovo A2016a40 for phone purposes, the other is for apps and to play Genshin on. I should really fully convert over but screw having to be texting or be in a call when I'm in the middle of gaming. *shot*

Huh, I didn't know Lenovo made phones. I always thought they just did computers. I'm also shocked I have never heard of Xiaomi before because according to Wikipedia they're the second biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world behind Samsung.

Despite the popularity of Samsung in here I doubt I'd ever go back to anything but a Google phone. I'm not a fan of the amount of bloatware that gets stuffed into Samsung phones and how third parties make changes to the Android OS which generally feel inferior to me.

I remember being interested in Windows phones when they were a thing but I'm glad I never jumped on board with those. I'll also forever hate them because I associate them as the reason why Windows 8 had such a horrible UI.


I'm curious, what ring tone does everyone have currently? Mine is whatever default thing my phone comes with because I don't like the other choices and I've never been bothered to put a custom ringtone on any of my smartphones.

[Moonface]

Currently I have a Google Pixel 4, which I really have no complaints about.

Oh the list of things I could write about this phone now that it died and forced me to upgrade to a Pixel 9...

Also I guess no one here has a ringtone? ;w; j/k

[Mr EliteL]

Mine probably does but I have it on silent always and only rumble because I hate ringtones/answering a phone really.

[Moonface]

Mine probably does but I have it on silent always and only rumble because I hate ringtones/answering a phone really.

Dang, and I thought I got easily irritated whenever I get too many phone notifications in a short timespan.

[paintbucket]

google pixel 7 user here! while i'm aware that there are newer versions out there (namely the pixel 9), my 7 is still running pretty smoothly and i think i'll only consider trading it in when the pixel 10 becomes a thing.

just one more year.

[Moonface]

google pixel 7 user here! while i'm aware that there are newer versions out there (namely the pixel 9), my 7 is still running pretty smoothly and i think i'll only consider trading it in when the pixel 10 becomes a thing.

just one more year.

I don't know how it performs for the Pixel 7, but one thing I'll really compliment the Pixel 9 on (and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6) is its ability to take clear nighttime photos without needing to use a tripod to avoid blurriness. I haven't uploaded them yet but I took a lot of nighttime photos for something I did for my birthday which'll demonstrate how good it does it.

[Little Matcha Girl]

iPhone 15 Pro here! Got it around a month or two after release. It's been fine for the most part, though I'm having issues with battery health capacity as of a couple of months ago and am going to restore it from a backup to hopefully help with that. I really love how easy it is to customize Androids but am just too used to the Apple ecosystem lol.

[Moonface]

iPhone 15 Pro here! Got it around a month or two after release. It's been fine for the most part, though I'm having issues with battery health capacity as of a couple of months ago and am going to restore it from a backup to hopefully help with that. I really love how easy it is to customize Androids but am just too used to the Apple ecosystem lol.

Those phones aren't even that old yet are they? The battery having issues already makes me think of those claims that Apple builds their phones with the intention of them messing up by the time the next phone comes out to try and encourage people to keep upgrading.