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Sony Xperia still keeps not just a regular headphone jack, but one that has a 32-bit Quad DAC capable enough to power In-Ear Monitors and some Audiophile-grade over-ear headphones, and even if you still want Wireless headphones they offer features that no other manufacturer does, like their LDAC, and they still keep another bunch of quality of life features like Expandable Storage and a dedicated Notification blinker light. Previously it was HTC & LG that offered all-rounded phones, currently it's Sony. The flagships, the 1 Series, can get a bit pricey, and they're also not available everywhere, but even their "Midrange" 5 Series offers pretty much a flagship experience but with a smaller, non-4K display, usually.
samsung m21 user here, happily my phone came with this lol🙏 For me, it's great to be able to listen to music just by plugging your earphones, rather than wasting a lot of battery with Bluetooth active for airpods, or having to carry adapters around.
A phone with headphone jack, expandable memory, removable battery, a colorful dot led for notifications and a charger within the box would be my dream phone.
That's how i think too. Some Apps won't work but maybe there are alternatives. And i also don't like this trend with the bigger displays with 6-7 inch. That makes it too big and not handy anymore.
In my case my a54 already freezes sometimes when I multitask even 2 apps at the same time, 6g ram I guess Thinking about dropping the buck on s24 ultra and keep it for as long as i can even 6 years A54 works fine but sometimes just freezes or lags, it's not that noticable but already after 1 years it's lagging a bit imagine the second year..
@@JohnDir-xw3hf L comment, Huawei's top range phones were unbeatable, and they released the first three fold phone like a month ago. But hey! You can pretend your samscum or whatever is the best yeah
*midranges phones* nowadays r gold, they come with the excentials (fancy is kinda useless) and other goodies for less than ¼ than you would pay for a flagship. In my pov this is much more worthwhile i have a galaxy M21 and i'm very happy this phone is perfect
@akilbarboni4198no they are not unless you are gamer who has nothing but to play games all days.. Samsung A series is still better than most Chinese midrange considering software, camera, display which they offer
@@akshayshirodkar4601depends on the games. They cannot handle intense games, but I've played Dead Cells on my Galaxy A71 5G and my Galaxy A54 5G with the only issues coming from the game hating the TouchPad on the DualShock 4 I was using. Minecraft and Terraria are also decent, provided you use a medium world /low render distance.
@@akilbarboni4198 In Türkiye, alması every Samsung phone worth to buy it. I mean, S23 is only 28.000₺ and iPhone 14 is 45.000₺. S23 Ultra is 45.000₺ too. Also, you can get A55 for only 15.000₺
Specs don't matter. ❎ Specs don't matter as much as they used to. ✅ The only reasons I have my eyes on the iPhone 16 Pro Max compared to my iPhone 8 Plus is USB-C 3.2, 120Hz OLED and 4K video at 120fps in HDR and ProRes for the rear camera along with 4K video at 60fps in HDR for the selfie camera. That's it, lol.
I just got my S24U today. Used the base S8 since 2017:) no need to upgrade from S8. Ive got the S24 just because. From S1 to S8 ive bought every phone because the difference between them was HUGE
A lot of comments here know nothing about tech nor used devices. Nokia failed because they were slow to adapt to Android and IOS taking over. They went Blackberry mindset laughing at competition. Nokia failed due to high ego. LG failed because of massive lack of software engineering. They produced high quality amazing phones, amazing cameras and great screens. But their software was horrible and many Flagships got only 2 years major android update, combined with potential bootloop issues (G3 and G4). By the time bootloop was fixed on G5 the damage was done. The reason why Google Pixel sells is because of software, nothing else. Hardware pixel phones are far behind everyone with avg cameras. But software engineers like it for Android updates and other nonsense. Huawei still produces amazing high quality devices and have beaten Apple in Chinese market as well as Indian market in sales. Their only flop is the 3screen foldable
@@LittleDraco Also Nokias were overpriced for a long time and their Symbian OS just never got app support as good as iOS or Android. Then they tried MeeGo and Windows Mobile, but both fell into obscurity and they wasted a tons of money. Until they finally conceded that Android is fine, but it was very too late. Also Nokia was a big smartphone innovator have made many "communicators" in the past. And they failed, because price was high and interest for tiny computer was low. IMO it wasn't ego as much as Apple's ability to change public sentiment about having a tiny portable computer, that also happened to have tons of casual usability. But it wasn't exactly iPhone 2G, since it didn't have apps. The real revolution started with 3Gs, I think.
Yeah at least not performance gains. The more expensive phones have benefits when it comes to like camera sensor telephoto lens is and so on. Even then you're probably better off just buying one that's a year or two old. You can get a Pixel 7 pro now for like 300 bucks. The Pixel 9 pro XL is a better phone I'm sure but is it 900 bucks better?
I disagree. I think it’s better to get an older used expensive phone for cheap, than to get a cheaper newly released one. I would still recommend a used iphone 14 pro over any mid-range phone. If you prefer android, maybe a used flagship samsung or a company of your choice. Also, software comes with the phone. You can’t just install all the software and os that comes in one phone, on another. It can come close, but it doesn’t equal it.
@@ZeerakImran we are talking about 1000 dollar phones that's too much for like 90 percent of population above 600 dollar there are more then enough for normal person even heavy users
You're right, I've been using my Oppo Reno 6 Pro 5G since 2021 simply because new phones haven't changed that much since then. Upgrading to a new phone used to be an amazing experience, but that has changed.
Just got a S24 Ultra 2nd hand because of those reasons. Buying brand new isn't worth it anymore. Not to mention yes, I wanted something that would last me a VERY long time
Yeah use Android is like a cheat code. I mean the difference between like a pixel 9 pro XL and a Pixel 7 pro are not very big. There's some design difference and I know that matters to people cuz they seem to really like this iPhone like design. Frankly I prefer the ergonomics of the older phones although it's nice to ditch the curve display. But I just don't think the Pixel 9 pro XL at 1200 bucks is worth it when you can get a Pixel 8 pro for $500 or a pixel 7 pro for $300. There's a brand new Pixel 7 pro with 5 12 GB right now for $399 brand new at woot. You can spend $800 more and get a third of the storage....lol Although one thing about the pixels is going up to the 8th gen does give you a huge increase in OS updates. Whatever even a Pixel 7 pro is going to get 36 more months of security patches so.. And honestly I don't even care of that much about updates. I could use a freaking LG G8 or a Note 20 ultra probably even earlier phones than that. In the US 5G doesn't really even mean much to me
I mean honestly you can go back even further than that. You could use Pixel 4a and for web browsing and such it's more than snappy enough. Like an LG G8 or G8X which is under a hundred bucks and uses the 855. Those can still run all the GTA ports from Netflix for instance.
@@Oddwetpenguin I've had the pixel 7a for 8 months and then decided to switch to samsung z fold 3, worst decision I've ever made.... the 7a was just perfect but I'm an idiot
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One thing to note is that proper midrange phones (e.g. Redmi Note 13 Pro, Nothing Phone 2a, Samsung A35) provide 1/3rd the CPU performance of Flagship phones. Therefore, right now, there is a growing difference between performances of the two segments.
Ofc there's a big difference, but it's not about which phone can scroll the internet faster, it's more about which phone gets more FPS, and if you don't play games then there's very little difference
That's just processing speed. It doesn't affect youtube, netflix, facebook, instagram or anything that you use on a daily basis. Not even gaming, you get the same fps, just with barely worse graphics.
I went from a S9+ brand new from 2018 to a S23 Ultra brand new in 2023. I assume I'll upgrade around the S26 at the earliest. My phone may not be as fast or efficient as the S24 ultra, but it comes pretty damn close, as well as zoom farther. The leap from my old S9+ to the S23 Ultra was extremely dramatic, hell I was still on 4GLTE 🤣. It was definitely worth the wait while 5g was still maturing. I love my upgraded phone but man, I miss my headphone jack.....
The Samsung S24 might last another 10 years but that is only if the battery lasts that long. Samsung batteries have had a history of swelling so much that they break through the screen (spits the screen from the edge). That is what needs to change and hopefully in the next few years all phones will have user replaceable batteries because the EU regulations are calling for it.
I saw a recent mrwhosetheboss video and alot of his Samsung phone batteries are all expanding. Weird. And yeah I think the new regulations are a good idea
@@tungstencarbide7255 phones in storage, watch his recent video where hes moving out his old home, his phones in shelves are just swelling up, and most of them are samsungs.
i remember when i upgraded my 32gb ram on my pc to 64gb, for no reason. And then i added my old 16gb ram to it, boom 80gb ram. I just loved looking at the bigger numbers, it had no purpose but to be looked at.
I gotta say I have an Galaxy s9 and it has SD card support, headphone jack, a fingerprint scanner on the back that works 100% of the time, the camera surprisingly still really good maybe just not in a low light and it’s a phone that you can put in your pocket. It’s only a 5.8 inch screen. It’s curved on both sides. It’s nice to hold. The only reason to upgrade is it’s stuck on android 10.
the perfect phone would have: SD card slot, IPS screen or a screen with very low PWM effect (flickering), headphone jack. Unfortunately, even 1000$ phones don't have that. Companies nowadays expect people to buy castrated product for more money.
It's not that specs don't matter. Battery size matters, screen resolution, camera sensor... Storage especially. A quality dac would be nice or even a headphone jack. Being able to support video output via USBC. it's just that silicon doesn't really matter that much on contemporary smartphones. Or not the power in the silicon. And probably won't matter much until the gaming options on Android and iOS become more intensive. Perhaps with active cooling. Or that we start to rely them as our only major computer and use them as desktop and laptop replacements with the appropriate accessories. I mean I guess efficiency matters but peak power especially under optimal conditions is not a very important metric. We've had smooth browsing and basic functionality on mid-range ships for 4 years at least now on Android. I mean I was fine with the 720G in my Pixel 4a. 765 in the Pixel 5 or LG Wing was absolutely snappy for browsing basically indistinguishable from a contemporary cutting-edge chip. Until phones can do a lot more than just browsing basically we're really at a point of diminishing returns.
I'm on a 3 year old flagship that I just changed the battery in myself about 2 months ago, it's definitely diminishing returns to upgrade; the only compelling spec to me right now is the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. But even that combined with an SOC bump, better refresh rate, more ram etc is not enough to get me to upgrade. I will use this phone until it stops getting software support.
3:33 sensor size is not a big deal in photography unless you need good low light performance also they have upgraded their sensors just now the size of the sensor just slightly higher quality
yeah ofc they upgraded their sensors, they are much better. But the size is still important for background blur. good lowlight performance is also really important because you can use faster shutter speeds.
@@Techsnowball yes but if you look at full-frame cameras the sensor size did not increase but they have slightly better processing and quality that makes people get new cameras but as always it's now about the camera it's about the lens and the features it has
@@baths4cars if they made 1 inch sensors more mainstream and allowed full control over all the sensors in third party camera apps, it would be the ultimate phone, easily replace any dedicated camera under $1k.
Tbh, was considering this phone until i realized that everything needs time to load on google. Video boost needs hours, every single photo needs seconds, there is shutter lag for 50mp, the ai editing features take so long to use and all these things the competition doesn't struggle with
HTC tried it once - with first HTC One (M7) they introduced awesome 4 Mpix camera with huge pixels ( equal to that of much later iPhone 12 Pro?). Change numbers to experience. That was terrific phone and terrific camera.
All I need is phone batteries to be replaceable again, by an owner. I have oneplus 9, apart from it not having sd card slot, which sucks. I don't need another phone. There isn't enough progress in smartphone tech for me to justify new phone purchase
Subbed! I love my iPhone using cashless payment smoothly and easier than it's android counterpart and my nothing phone with the amazing lights behind the phone, it's a hit at clubs 😂
Just got the Pixel 9 Pro. It's a great phone, but i really feel the last-gen UFS as my pictures and videos take so long to appear in my gallery whenever I'm trying to select them to share or looking for a specific one. Also, I keep feeling the slow GPU when editing even simple videos in InShot. It's an okay upgrade from the Pixel 7 pro I had but was hoping for a better performance bump.
I have an A52. A bad charger killed its charging controller in the motherboard so i can't charge it via usb anymore and motherboard replace would cost me the price of the phone so I didn't replaced it. i soldered a cable directly to the battery and connected it to the already dead headphone jack and now i can charge it normally with a specific adapter. it worked for me for several months and still perfect.
Ay! He’s not wrong! Also I did NOT expect that “any phone thay you pick, you will NOT be disappointed unlike your parents! They will always be disappointed in you :)”
the cameras are the main reason why I don't like new phones now. the tweaks of AI makes them look oversaturated, fake, bright and different from what the reality looked like the moment I shot the foto. I actually love the iPhone 5's camera for the reason that it captures the moment, the feeling and the scene, which newer phones just don't.. btw I'm one of the those who use old phones, I've got an iPhone 8 and it's perfectly fine honestly 😃👍
When I "upgraded" from a Note9 to a Note20 Ultra, I felt like the camera got worse, especially in detail if you zoom in, the pixels feel synthetic and closeups of text have really bad lens distortion from the sensor being too big. I also used to use AND still have an iPhone 5c, and pictures from those look timeless as long as it's in a well lit environment 😂
RIGHT???? i remember a couple years back i bought this cheap poco m3, it was like €200 and was shocked to see how i prefered the photos from it rather than my s21.
@@Techsnowball You're completely right! I had that same shock with my old Galaxy A10. Like these phones weren't that bad at all. In the end it all boils down to excessive software tweaks on expensive phones which makes the photo look worse than a bad sensor on a cheap phone, very unnatural... these companies just don't know what the consumer wants.
Specs _do_ matter when you don't have the flagship smartphone at least once in your life. This is a POV from someone with midrange smartphone due to being financially broke due (2) to Southeast Asian Economy.
@@Techsnowball True. I may be oblivious of the ups and downs of owning a High-end smartphone But hey, at least there's a goal there to own Just one :) Mainly to compare the camera to a Real Camera ( Nikon Z6III or Sony A7IV ).
@@Anugrah_Amrizahaving a goal of owning something is often more fun than actual having the thing, it breaks the illusion and sometimes it's just disappointing. No flagship is gonna be as good as a real camera, they just have too much software bs going on
with how little tangible innovation there is now, manufacturers oughta move to a 2-year release cycle and produce even less sooner or later, we'd be flooded with brand new and rotting-on-the-shelf phones nobody bought because they didn't feel the need to
1:32 "people need more stimulation, people need more excitement" It's possible that's the case for some enthusiasts and tech TH-camr but for most people, a phone is simply a tool much like a stove or a fridge. When was the last time you said "if only LG made a more stimulating and exciting fridge, I'd buy one"? It's probable you haven't because if your current fridge is working properly (i.e., keeping your food cool/cold without too much hassle), then there's no need for a new fridge even if the newest ones have touchscreens, have AI integration to tell you food's expiration dates, etc. I'm glad most people are keeping their phones longer and not have to buy a new phone each year - money saving, ewaste reduction, no rat race to have the latest shiny phone. Also USB-C means you don't have 20 charging and/or data transfer cables lying around.
I have a Poco X3 pro from 2021. Even tho it works perfectly fine it's stuck on Android 12. I feel like sooner or later some apps won't work properly due to OS. I just bought the Galaxy A35 5G. Hopefully it'll last 4+ years with the updates.
Samsung Galaxy S8+ still going strong with the latest Brave browser, WhatsApp, VLC and some FOSS apps. That's what I call longevity. Of course, Android 9 support will run out sometime in the future, but nonetheless you could still put the latest community driven Android onto it. That's why Apple devices aren't future-proof, mainly because of app support, that is.
the issue is that the software Update make phones reduce its maximum performance after a year. the "Planned Obsolescence" is a real thing.. there's also that battery life cycle
As a s24 ultra user...i use circle to search alot and also translate when using social media to understand foreign languages. Camera, the video shooting with black magic app is phenomenal, photo filters and photography is really good. Gaming, i game alot..the only challenging i mean battery consuming was genshin impact. But phone felt soo good when jumping from a one plus 9r..it was really a big upgrade..i can comfortably use it for the next 3 to 5 years for sure.
in several years, with winlator more developed, more powerful folding phones (maybe more trifolds), and better cameras, processors and ai, we will have a 3 in 1 laptop, phone, tablet
I have a Mi Max 2 from 2018, but time has come to change it. It has become too laggy. There is no point on changing phones if it works fine. I am entering 2025 with this phone
Both Apple and Samsung stagnated after Huawei's ban. P30 pro and Mate 40 pro were peak phones. The others struggled to reach that and then they stagnated.
its crazy how apple change the marketing cuz they remove headphone jack so they can sell air pods or when they remove charging thing you put in your contact
What matters now is price, repairability, a headphone jack and maybe true innovation. Why spend 350-1000$ on a phone upgrade when nothing is new and the basic tasks can be performed by anything on the market. Edit: Back in 2013 I got a S3 mini. It was obsolete within 1 year. Went back to a flip phone. Now I have a dirt cheap Nothing CMF and I dont think it will be obsolete until 2027 or later.
The main reason I'm looking to upgrade from my rugged smartphone running Android 11 is that it’s starting to act up and do weird things on its own. Otherwise, I'd keep it for another six months or more.
Until yesterday i was still using my s9+ , that phone was great, and it still was working without any lag, but because I used it everyday without a case or screen protectors, i damaged it a little (no crack on display
This is what I thought till I bought a latest midrange Samsung phone and the camera was absolute doodoo. I couldn't take pictures of my schoolwork. I had to replace it with a Samsung S21 real quick
@@Techsnowball It was a Samsung A15 5G. And the thing is, Samsung restricts some features just because midrange. You can't even disable the camera or screen record. At least it isn't OneUI Core though
Also got an iphone 16 pro max but honestly i keep finding myself reaching for my Pixel 8 pro. The camera is better and i love the software 😁 gonna upgrade once the pixel 10 pro xl airs
I just started using a Huawei Pura 70 Pro, and honestly this is one of the best phones I have ever used, and this is coming from a former Samsung fanboy, I used an iPhone as my 2nd phone too. Using the Huawei Pura 70 Pro, I came to realize how much specs don't really matter, this is the smoothest phone I have ever used, in no part of my day do I think, "this is using a 7nm chip" It just shows how much optimization can do.
this is the first time i dont need to upgrade my $300 phone after 3 years lol, even when the newer ones have these AI thing but the best part is that apps and features just doesn't really changes.
While I do agree for the most part, the big guys have gotten too comfortable with mediocre cameras compared to what chinese makers are doing with one inch main sensors and close focusing periscopes. But then again the average consumer doesn't realize the difference between flat images of the 1/1.3 sensors of most phones and the natural bokeh of the 1 inch sensors. I'm personally going for either the next vivo flagship(x200 ultra) or their next foldable, as my note 10 plus has started to show it's age, but for the most part it's held up pretty nicely in the 5 years I've had it and only recently, as in the last few months, have I noticed lagging in the apps I use, meanwhile this used to occur much quicker with my previous phones, my first smartphone for example, the s3 mini, slowed down dramatically after it's first year of use, and I've held on to that phone for 4 years but the last one was horrible, browsing became impossible, apps had gotten so big, it became impossible to use.
note 10 was the goat. also yeah it would be nice to get 1 inch sensors, idk why its so rare to see. but i feel like other phones are downgrading camere sensors aswell, like why did redmi note 13 pro go from 1/1.4 to 1/1.96 on note 14 pro.
@@Techsnowball yeah they went from a relatively big 200mp main sensor to a smaller in both size and pixel count sensor, the note 13 pro literally has a flagship main camera lol. Also thickness might play a role into why samsung at least hasn't gone 1 inch for their main cam, the camera bumps on the 1 inch sensor phones are gigantic lol, almost doubles the thickness of the phone and samsung has been gotten rid of their previous thick camera "island" by making the phone a little thicker so it doesn't have one entirely and only the lenses of the camera protruding, apple might not care on the other hand considering they were the ones adopt such silly camera island/bump design.
I had an iPhone 12 Pro Max until today I just upgrade to a iPhone 16 pro and it is nice but I can see that not much changed last time I changed from the iPhone 6 to the 12 pro max and that was a huge difference
Right and battery replacements are an option that people seem to ignore. That's the fault of Apple and Samsung in the like for making battery removal so hard but nonetheless you can still get one put in for 60 or 80 bucks even if you don't have AppleCare. Frankly the iPhone 13 had better battery life than the iPhone 14 or 50 anyway. For whatever reason the long-term battery by ability the iPhone 14 just wasn't as good
Still using my phone from 2020. Mediatek Helio G90T. Just had to replace the battery (although the battery i happened to buy sucks, and getting through all the glue sucks too).
I had a Motorola One Action and for 2 months I switched to Galaxy note 10, it was such a enormous difference. After that, any other phone I had didn't have any super benefit compared to Galaxy
Is still relatively matters, if someone is buying outside of Samsung and Iphones. I have been browsing through Xiaomi's offering and i keep finding a few phones of nearly the same specs but sometimes one is cheaper by a bit for whatever reason (though i don't care for cameras, so that could be it.)
All technologies mature. In the early years of the iPhone, technology improved by leaps and bounds. But in the last 5 years, all we've seen are incremental improvements, nothing groundbreaking. Last year, I bought an iPhone 15. I expect to keep this phone for at least 5 years. If the phone doesn't break, I may keep it for 10 years *by replacing the battery.* The iPhone 15's camera is more than good enough. The display is good enough. The battery is good enough. We've reached "peak iPhone." As a casual user, all I care about are calls, text messages, emails, web surfing, running a few apps, taking some pictures or videos, watching some TH-cam, and maybe playing a light video game. I've been doing this for over a decade. AI? I don't care about AI. What's AI going to do for a casual user??? On my phone, I'm not gonna write long messages, so who cares about proofreading or rewrites? Writing long messages on a tiny display and virtual keyboard is a PITA. The same for photo-editing. I don't receive tons of messages, so AI prioritization is worthless. In nearly every instance of AI, my user experience is not going to benefit. I expect most casual users will agree with me.
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I want a headphone jack.
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Same here I just don't get why they had to remove it
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Sony Xperia still keeps not just a regular headphone jack, but one that has a 32-bit Quad DAC capable enough to power In-Ear Monitors and some Audiophile-grade over-ear headphones, and even if you still want Wireless headphones they offer features that no other manufacturer does, like their LDAC, and they still keep another bunch of quality of life features like Expandable Storage and a dedicated Notification blinker light.
Previously it was HTC & LG that offered all-rounded phones, currently it's Sony.
The flagships, the 1 Series, can get a bit pricey, and they're also not available everywhere, but even their "Midrange" 5 Series offers pretty much a flagship experience but with a smaller, non-4K display, usually.
samsung m21 user here, happily my phone came with this lol🙏
For me, it's great to be able to listen to music just by plugging your earphones, rather than wasting a lot of battery with Bluetooth active for airpods, or having to carry adapters around.
A phone with headphone jack, expandable memory, removable battery, a colorful dot led for notifications and a charger within the box would be my dream phone.
basically my redmi note 13 pro 4g
affordable, good specs, and had everything a phone should have without anything needlessly "removed for more space"
Galaxy S7 Edge
doesn't get better from here
Sony Xperia (no charger in the box tho)
@@axomity that can pass..
That's why I also trying to find a year ago with those features. Using infinix note 30 VIP
I will only buy phones every 5yrs as long as it is not lagging
That's how i think too. Some Apps won't work but maybe there are alternatives. And i also don't like this trend with the bigger displays with 6-7 inch. That makes it too big and not handy anymore.
I'm the same.
@@cihanlost yeah the only thing i hate about the a23 ultra is its massive and the phone is boxy and it hurt my hands and its heavy
Same
In my case my a54 already freezes sometimes when I multitask even 2 apps at the same time, 6g ram I guess
Thinking about dropping the buck on s24 ultra and keep it for as long as i can even 6 years
A54 works fine but sometimes just freezes or lags, it's not that noticable but already after 1 years it's lagging a bit imagine the second year..
If Huawei wasn't banned, then the battle would be still on.
Samsung and Apple stopped, because their biggest rival got banned.
apple ia poor brand no money cant made own product still made by china sells like apple product pathetic loser company people belive in apple lies
you still have Google, Motorola, OnePlus, Sony
Actually china consumers are complaining about huawei's poor quality and many defects in their phones
Get a bowl of rice and +1 social credit comrade.
@@JohnDir-xw3hf L comment, Huawei's top range phones were unbeatable, and they released the first three fold phone like a month ago. But hey! You can pretend your samscum or whatever is the best yeah
*midranges phones* nowadays r gold, they come with the excentials (fancy is kinda useless) and other goodies for less than ¼ than you would pay for a flagship. In my pov this is much more worthwhile
i have a galaxy M21 and i'm very happy this phone is perfect
if you want good midrangers you dont go with samsung, they are horrible value compared to other brands.
@akilbarboni4198no they are not unless you are gamer who has nothing but to play games all days.. Samsung A series is still better than most Chinese midrange considering software, camera, display which they offer
Nah I love the processors and features on flagships
@@akshayshirodkar4601depends on the games. They cannot handle intense games, but I've played Dead Cells on my Galaxy A71 5G and my Galaxy A54 5G with the only issues coming from the game hating the TouchPad on the DualShock 4 I was using. Minecraft and Terraria are also decent, provided you use a medium world /low render distance.
@@akilbarboni4198 In Türkiye, alması every Samsung phone worth to buy it. I mean, S23 is only 28.000₺ and iPhone 14 is 45.000₺. S23 Ultra is 45.000₺ too. Also, you can get A55 for only 15.000₺
Specs don't matter. ❎ Specs don't matter as much as they used to. ✅
The only reasons I have my eyes on the iPhone 16 Pro Max compared to my iPhone 8 Plus is USB-C 3.2, 120Hz OLED and 4K video at 120fps in HDR and ProRes for the rear camera along with 4K video at 60fps in HDR for the selfie camera. That's it, lol.
In your case , the upgrade is really worth it . But I've seen people upgrading from 13,14,15 to 16 each year .. and iPhone 12 still , does well
120fps in 4k Prores is actually pretty incredible when you think about it, if i was tempted for an iphone that would definitely push me over the edge
@@just_mdd4 Absolute legend if you're still using an iphone8, I'm sure the upgrade will feel great👍🏼
Other phones best it easily the only reason to even buy an apple these days is smooth zoom and video
Redminote10pro 120hrtz i dont see the difference on my LG v50 60hrtz
Actually SD855 is matter over SD732g
I just got my S24U today. Used the base S8 since 2017:) no need to upgrade from S8. Ive got the S24 just because. From S1 to S8 ive bought every phone because the difference between them was HUGE
What was the huge difference between s7 & s8 ?
If my old S8 hadn't messed up in late 2022, I'd still be using it. I use all my phones til the wheels fall off.
The difference i can tell is about the cpu and gpu and camera sensor is diffrent tho @@wy2679
6:37 that last line is so real😢
Remember Nokia, LG and Huawei?
No wonder smartphone innovation is dead.
Nokia: Sold themselves to Microsoft
LG: Samsung Fanboys worshipping the Chaebol instead of the underdog
Huawei: Trump ban and Biden doing nothing.
Curretnly mainning Huawei Y6 PRIME 2018 but only for 6 days since im getting a new phone
Nokia: lagfest
LG: bootloops and other common HW failures
Huawei: spyware OS with hideous physical design
A lot of comments here know nothing about tech nor used devices.
Nokia failed because they were slow to adapt to Android and IOS taking over. They went Blackberry mindset laughing at competition. Nokia failed due to high ego.
LG failed because of massive lack of software engineering. They produced high quality amazing phones, amazing cameras and great screens. But their software was horrible and many Flagships got only 2 years major android update, combined with potential bootloop issues (G3 and G4). By the time bootloop was fixed on G5 the damage was done. The reason why Google Pixel sells is because of software, nothing else. Hardware pixel phones are far behind everyone with avg cameras. But software engineers like it for Android updates and other nonsense.
Huawei still produces amazing high quality devices and have beaten Apple in Chinese market as well as Indian market in sales. Their only flop is the 3screen foldable
@@LittleDraco Also Nokias were overpriced for a long time and their Symbian OS just never got app support as good as iOS or Android. Then they tried MeeGo and Windows Mobile, but both fell into obscurity and they wasted a tons of money. Until they finally conceded that Android is fine, but it was very too late. Also Nokia was a big smartphone innovator have made many "communicators" in the past. And they failed, because price was high and interest for tiny computer was low. IMO it wasn't ego as much as Apple's ability to change public sentiment about having a tiny portable computer, that also happened to have tons of casual usability. But it wasn't exactly iPhone 2G, since it didn't have apps. The real revolution started with 3Gs, I think.
Agree with you, cheap phones are so good now that it doesn't make a sense to buy a more expensive one.
expensive phones are getting more expensive, but its making everything else cheaper ;)
Yeah at least not performance gains. The more expensive phones have benefits when it comes to like camera sensor telephoto lens is and so on. Even then you're probably better off just buying one that's a year or two old. You can get a Pixel 7 pro now for like 300 bucks. The Pixel 9 pro XL is a better phone I'm sure but is it 900 bucks better?
Yeah I too am think of buying pixel 9 or 16 next year for around 600
I disagree. I think it’s better to get an older used expensive phone for cheap, than to get a cheaper newly released one. I would still recommend a used iphone 14 pro over any mid-range phone. If you prefer android, maybe a used flagship samsung or a company of your choice. Also, software comes with the phone. You can’t just install all the software and os that comes in one phone, on another. It can come close, but it doesn’t equal it.
@@ZeerakImran we are talking about 1000 dollar phones that's too much for like 90 percent of population above 600 dollar there are more then enough for normal person even heavy users
You're right, I've been using my Oppo Reno 6 Pro 5G since 2021 simply because new phones haven't changed that much since then.
Upgrading to a new phone used to be an amazing experience, but that has changed.
Just got a S24 Ultra 2nd hand because of those reasons. Buying brand new isn't worth it anymore. Not to mention yes, I wanted something that would last me a VERY long time
Yeah use Android is like a cheat code. I mean the difference between like a pixel 9 pro XL and a Pixel 7 pro are not very big. There's some design difference and I know that matters to people cuz they seem to really like this iPhone like design. Frankly I prefer the ergonomics of the older phones although it's nice to ditch the curve display.
But I just don't think the Pixel 9 pro XL at 1200 bucks is worth it when you can get a Pixel 8 pro for $500 or a pixel 7 pro for $300. There's a brand new Pixel 7 pro with 5 12 GB right now for $399 brand new at woot. You can spend $800 more and get a third of the storage....lol
Although one thing about the pixels is going up to the 8th gen does give you a huge increase in OS updates. Whatever even a Pixel 7 pro is going to get 36 more months of security patches so..
And honestly I don't even care of that much about updates. I could use a freaking LG G8 or a Note 20 ultra probably even earlier phones than that.
In the US 5G doesn't really even mean much to me
Last you a very long time and buying 2nd hand dont do well together
A Google Pixel advertisement started playing right after the video on my side💀
Google's last efforts to sell you something 😆
I'm still using my Pixel 6a... Works great...
That's good phone 👍
Same it's still kicking
I mean honestly you can go back even further than that. You could use Pixel 4a and for web browsing and such it's more than snappy enough. Like an LG G8 or G8X which is under a hundred bucks and uses the 855. Those can still run all the GTA ports from Netflix for instance.
Same with the 7a
@@Oddwetpenguin I've had the pixel 7a for 8 months and then decided to switch to samsung z fold 3, worst decision I've ever made.... the 7a was just perfect but I'm an idiot
"unlike your parents they will always disappointed in you"
I subscribed because of this.. laugh so hard 🤣
Thanks 😆
4:21 , as a developer, I just love the joke of editing the website through the console.
back in school it was so easy to trick people
The S10 probably doesn't get security updates anymore. I am more concerned with security updates than I am with features.
Such a quality and detailed video, i was not that interested in such topic, click your video out of curiosity, stayed for ur flawless and detailed presentation
Kind words 🙏
New feature : Headphone jack 😅
Subscribed after watching this video. Thanx you put into words what I had in mind for soo long.
Thanks and welcome
One thing to note is that proper midrange phones (e.g. Redmi Note 13 Pro, Nothing Phone 2a, Samsung A35) provide 1/3rd the CPU performance of Flagship phones. Therefore, right now, there is a growing difference between performances of the two segments.
Ofc there's a big difference, but it's not about which phone can scroll the internet faster, it's more about which phone gets more FPS, and if you don't play games then there's very little difference
That's just processing speed. It doesn't affect youtube, netflix, facebook, instagram or anything that you use on a daily basis.
Not even gaming, you get the same fps, just with barely worse graphics.
Hey! Just found your channel and absolutely love it! Keep up the good work, you have quality to grow a lot more!
thanks bro
I went from a S9+ brand new from 2018 to a S23 Ultra brand new in 2023. I assume I'll upgrade around the S26 at the earliest. My phone may not be as fast or efficient as the S24 ultra, but it comes pretty damn close, as well as zoom farther. The leap from my old S9+ to the S23 Ultra was extremely dramatic, hell I was still on 4GLTE 🤣. It was definitely worth the wait while 5g was still maturing. I love my upgraded phone but man, I miss my headphone jack.....
The Samsung S24 might last another 10 years but that is only if the battery lasts that long. Samsung batteries have had a history of swelling so much that they break through the screen (spits the screen from the edge). That is what needs to change and hopefully in the next few years all phones will have user replaceable batteries because the EU regulations are calling for it.
I saw a recent mrwhosetheboss video and alot of his Samsung phone batteries are all expanding. Weird. And yeah I think the new regulations are a good idea
@@Techsnowballgive us more context. Are the expanding batteries from his daily drivers or from phones in storage?
@@tungstencarbide7255 phones in storage, watch his recent video where hes moving out his old home, his phones in shelves are just swelling up, and most of them are samsungs.
@@Techsnowball Battery replacement exists
@@Techsnowballthat's what you get by hoarding 10k phones. Sell them out or do giveaways to his fans😂😂😂
Hardware still important.
More importantly is software and stability
No, but I like to massage my ego with synthetic benchmarks.
i remember when i upgraded my 32gb ram on my pc to 64gb, for no reason. And then i added my old 16gb ram to it, boom 80gb ram. I just loved looking at the bigger numbers, it had no purpose but to be looked at.
I gotta say I have an Galaxy s9 and it has SD card support, headphone jack, a fingerprint scanner on the back that works 100% of the time, the camera surprisingly still really good maybe just not in a low light and it’s a phone that you can put in your pocket. It’s only a 5.8 inch screen. It’s curved on both sides. It’s nice to hold. The only reason to upgrade is it’s stuck on android 10.
Great video. I'm really hoping you take off!
@@submnl450 ;)
the perfect phone would have:
SD card slot,
IPS screen or a screen with very low PWM effect (flickering),
headphone jack.
Unfortunately, even 1000$ phones don't have that. Companies nowadays expect people to buy castrated product for more money.
I really like how you narrate and insert crispy memes at the same time 😂
It's not that specs don't matter. Battery size matters, screen resolution, camera sensor... Storage especially. A quality dac would be nice or even a headphone jack. Being able to support video output via USBC.
it's just that silicon doesn't really matter that much on contemporary smartphones. Or not the power in the silicon. And probably won't matter much until the gaming options on Android and iOS become more intensive. Perhaps with active cooling. Or that we start to rely them as our only major computer and use them as desktop and laptop replacements with the appropriate accessories.
I mean I guess efficiency matters but peak power especially under optimal conditions is not a very important metric.
We've had smooth browsing and basic functionality on mid-range ships for 4 years at least now on Android. I mean I was fine with the 720G in my Pixel 4a. 765 in the Pixel 5 or LG Wing was absolutely snappy for browsing basically indistinguishable from a contemporary cutting-edge chip.
Until phones can do a lot more than just browsing basically we're really at a point of diminishing returns.
I'm on a 3 year old flagship that I just changed the battery in myself about 2 months ago, it's definitely diminishing returns to upgrade; the only compelling spec to me right now is the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. But even that combined with an SOC bump, better refresh rate, more ram etc is not enough to get me to upgrade. I will use this phone until it stops getting software support.
STORAGE!!
The biggest difference between a middy ranger and a flagship, the way faster storage
Removing headphone jack was the dumbest ever thing companies did in "smartphones"
Dude! I love this guy. Having 3 and a half friends is hilarious! 😂😂
thanks haha
Amazing video. Totally brilliant perspective.
thank you :)
3:33 sensor size is not a big deal in photography unless you need good low light performance also they have upgraded their sensors just now the size of the sensor just slightly higher quality
yeah ofc they upgraded their sensors, they are much better. But the size is still important for background blur. good lowlight performance is also really important because you can use faster shutter speeds.
@@Techsnowball yes but if you look at full-frame cameras the sensor size did not increase but they have slightly better processing and quality that makes people get new cameras but as always it's now about the camera it's about the lens and the features it has
@@baths4cars if they made 1 inch sensors more mainstream and allowed full control over all the sensors in third party camera apps, it would be the ultimate phone, easily replace any dedicated camera under $1k.
@@Techsnowballsome dude modded a 1 inch sensor sharp phone and did exactly what you're saying, it's dope as hell
@@LeoMkII I need to see that RIGHT NOW
Tbh, was considering this phone until i realized that everything needs time to load on google. Video boost needs hours, every single photo needs seconds, there is shutter lag for 50mp, the ai editing features take so long to use and all these things the competition doesn't struggle with
At last an honest phone film. Well done for saying what needed to be said
HTC tried it once - with first HTC One (M7) they introduced awesome 4 Mpix camera with huge pixels ( equal to that of much later iPhone 12 Pro?). Change numbers to experience. That was terrific phone and terrific camera.
good old times
My htc one m7 got that defective camera but I still Love it because I don't use the camera much
Out og all the ways youtubers ask for likes this is the only one that's got me. I'd like this twice if I could to double hug Benji
awww, ofc it's all for benji
All I need is phone batteries to be replaceable again, by an owner. I have oneplus 9, apart from it not having sd card slot, which sucks. I don't need another phone. There isn't enough progress in smartphone tech for me to justify new phone purchase
Subbed! I love my iPhone using cashless payment smoothly and easier than it's android counterpart and my nothing phone with the amazing lights behind the phone, it's a hit at clubs 😂
cheers!
Just got the Pixel 9 Pro. It's a great phone, but i really feel the last-gen UFS as my pictures and videos take so long to appear in my gallery whenever I'm trying to select them to share or looking for a specific one.
Also, I keep feeling the slow GPU when editing even simple videos in InShot.
It's an okay upgrade from the Pixel 7 pro I had but was hoping for a better performance bump.
Great video, insightful much. You got a new sub 👍
🙏🙏
I have an A52. A bad charger killed its charging controller in the motherboard so i can't charge it via usb anymore and motherboard replace would cost me the price of the phone so I didn't replaced it. i soldered a cable directly to the battery and connected it to the already dead headphone jack and now i can charge it normally with a specific adapter. it worked for me for several months and still perfect.
Great video man. Absolutely true facts and the best puns 😂
Hey, thanks!
Ay! He’s not wrong! Also I did NOT expect that “any phone thay you pick, you will NOT be disappointed unlike your parents! They will always be disappointed in you :)”
I recently found your channel, your videos are so fun! 😄
thank you bro !
the cameras are the main reason why I don't like new phones now. the tweaks of AI makes them look oversaturated, fake, bright and different from what the reality looked like the moment I shot the foto. I actually love the iPhone 5's camera for the reason that it captures the moment, the feeling and the scene, which newer phones just don't.. btw I'm one of the those who use old phones, I've got an iPhone 8 and it's perfectly fine honestly 😃👍
When I "upgraded" from a Note9 to a Note20 Ultra, I felt like the camera got worse, especially in detail if you zoom in, the pixels feel synthetic and closeups of text have really bad lens distortion from the sensor being too big.
I also used to use AND still have an iPhone 5c, and pictures from those look timeless as long as it's in a well lit environment 😂
RIGHT???? i remember a couple years back i bought this cheap poco m3, it was like €200 and was shocked to see how i prefered the photos from it rather than my s21.
@@Techsnowball You're completely right! I had that same shock with my old Galaxy A10. Like these phones weren't that bad at all. In the end it all boils down to excessive software tweaks on expensive phones which makes the photo look worse than a bad sensor on a cheap phone, very unnatural... these companies just don't know what the consumer wants.
Waiting for Nothing 3
With how fantastic and quick and accurate the voice to text is on pixels who types on one if u don't have too
Haven't been this entertained with a tech video in a while, love your humor bro!!!
subbed.
Thank you! 🙏
I literally just hugged Benji ❤
*benji liked that*
Specs _do_ matter when you don't have the flagship smartphone at least once in your life.
This is a POV from someone with midrange smartphone due to being financially broke due (2) to Southeast Asian Economy.
@@Anugrah_Amriza ignorance is bliss
@@Techsnowball True. I may be oblivious of the ups and downs of owning a High-end smartphone
But hey, at least there's a goal there to own Just one :)
Mainly to compare the camera to a Real Camera ( Nikon Z6III or Sony A7IV ).
@@Anugrah_Amrizahaving a goal of owning something is often more fun than actual having the thing, it breaks the illusion and sometimes it's just disappointing. No flagship is gonna be as good as a real camera, they just have too much software bs going on
This channel deserves more subs.
Thanks lol
5:23 who's watching on a s10 in late 2024?!
No one😂
S9+
Im still watching this on my Galaxy S6 😂
Watching on S10+ 😂
with how little tangible innovation there is now, manufacturers oughta move to a 2-year release cycle and produce even less
sooner or later, we'd be flooded with brand new and rotting-on-the-shelf phones nobody bought because they didn't feel the need to
1:32 "people need more stimulation, people need more excitement"
It's possible that's the case for some enthusiasts and tech TH-camr but for most people, a phone is simply a tool much like a stove or a fridge. When was the last time you said "if only LG made a more stimulating and exciting fridge, I'd buy one"? It's probable you haven't because if your current fridge is working properly (i.e., keeping your food cool/cold without too much hassle), then there's no need for a new fridge even if the newest ones have touchscreens, have AI integration to tell you food's expiration dates, etc.
I'm glad most people are keeping their phones longer and not have to buy a new phone each year - money saving, ewaste reduction, no rat race to have the latest shiny phone. Also USB-C means you don't have 20 charging and/or data transfer cables lying around.
I have a Poco X3 pro from 2021. Even tho it works perfectly fine it's stuck on Android 12. I feel like sooner or later some apps won't work properly due to OS. I just bought the Galaxy A35 5G. Hopefully it'll last 4+ years with the updates.
Samsung Galaxy S8+ still going strong with the latest Brave browser, WhatsApp, VLC and some FOSS apps. That's what I call longevity. Of course, Android 9 support will run out sometime in the future, but nonetheless you could still put the latest community driven Android onto it. That's why Apple devices aren't future-proof, mainly because of app support, that is.
the issue is that the software Update make phones reduce its maximum performance after a year.
the "Planned Obsolescence" is a real thing.. there's also that battery life cycle
Me:“I think I shouldn’t switch” *opens my OnePlus 5T
As a s24 ultra user...i use circle to search alot and also translate when using social media to understand foreign languages. Camera, the video shooting with black magic app is phenomenal, photo filters and photography is really good. Gaming, i game alot..the only challenging i mean battery consuming was genshin impact. But phone felt soo good when jumping from a one plus 9r..it was really a big upgrade..i can comfortably use it for the next 3 to 5 years for sure.
in several years, with winlator more developed, more powerful folding phones (maybe more trifolds), and better cameras, processors and ai, we will have a 3 in 1 laptop, phone, tablet
Am I the only one that caught on to the joke where he said it makes things look bigger , don't even think about it 😆 did I think it wrong 😂
I have a Mi Max 2 from 2018, but time has come to change it. It has become too laggy. There is no point on changing phones if it works fine. I am entering 2025 with this phone
bro didn't hesitated in the end 💀💀💀
Both Apple and Samsung stagnated after Huawei's ban. P30 pro and Mate 40 pro were peak phones. The others struggled to reach that and then they stagnated.
its crazy how apple change the marketing cuz they remove headphone jack so they can sell air pods or when they remove charging thing you put in your contact
6:35 yeah ;-;
I'm still on the oneplus 7 pro, and genuinely don't feel like upgrading is worth it yet, maybe when snapdragon 9 releases
Me watching this on my china made 2017 phone thats still working lol
I am an Apple SYSTEM person ... but ... I love to see programs like this. It works to keep Apple on their toes ... a bit :) ...
What matters now is price, repairability, a headphone jack and maybe true innovation. Why spend 350-1000$ on a phone upgrade when nothing is new and the basic tasks can be performed by anything on the market.
Edit: Back in 2013 I got a S3 mini. It was obsolete within 1 year. Went back to a flip phone.
Now I have a dirt cheap Nothing CMF and I dont think it will be obsolete until 2027 or later.
Yep still using my poco f1 with expandable storage, 3.5mm jack and a somewhat still powerful chipset. My only problem is internal storage
The main reason I'm looking to upgrade from my rugged smartphone running Android 11 is that it’s starting to act up and do weird things on its own. Otherwise, I'd keep it for another six months or more.
Watching this on a S10 with a Pixel 8 Pro on me as well
I feel spied on
Until yesterday i was still using my s9+ , that phone was great, and it still was working without any lag, but because I used it everyday without a case or screen protectors, i damaged it a little (no crack on display
This is what I thought till I bought a latest midrange Samsung phone and the camera was absolute doodoo. I couldn't take pictures of my schoolwork. I had to replace it with a Samsung S21 real quick
@@UltraCenterHQ what phone did u get ?
@@Techsnowball It was a Samsung A15 5G. And the thing is, Samsung restricts some features just because midrange. You can't even disable the camera or screen record. At least it isn't OneUI Core though
Also got an iphone 16 pro max but honestly i keep finding myself reaching for my Pixel 8 pro. The camera is better and i love the software 😁 gonna upgrade once the pixel 10 pro xl airs
I just started using a Huawei Pura 70 Pro, and honestly this is one of the best phones I have ever used, and this is coming from a former Samsung fanboy, I used an iPhone as my 2nd phone too. Using the Huawei Pura 70 Pro, I came to realize how much specs don't really matter, this is the smoothest phone I have ever used, in no part of my day do I think, "this is using a 7nm chip" It just shows how much optimization can do.
Honestly, If not for iCloud log ins and copy paste across devices I'll be out in a heartbeat
Imagine if all phone manufacturers had open-source operating systems...
this is the first time i dont need to upgrade my $300 phone after 3 years lol, even when the newer ones have these AI thing but the best part is that apps and features just doesn't really changes.
While I do agree for the most part, the big guys have gotten too comfortable with mediocre cameras compared to what chinese makers are doing with one inch main sensors and close focusing periscopes. But then again the average consumer doesn't realize the difference between flat images of the 1/1.3 sensors of most phones and the natural bokeh of the 1 inch sensors. I'm personally going for either the next vivo flagship(x200 ultra) or their next foldable, as my note 10 plus has started to show it's age, but for the most part it's held up pretty nicely in the 5 years I've had it and only recently, as in the last few months, have I noticed lagging in the apps I use, meanwhile this used to occur much quicker with my previous phones, my first smartphone for example, the s3 mini, slowed down dramatically after it's first year of use, and I've held on to that phone for 4 years but the last one was horrible, browsing became impossible, apps had gotten so big, it became impossible to use.
note 10 was the goat. also yeah it would be nice to get 1 inch sensors, idk why its so rare to see. but i feel like other phones are downgrading camere sensors aswell, like why did redmi note 13 pro go from 1/1.4 to 1/1.96 on note 14 pro.
@@Techsnowball yeah they went from a relatively big 200mp main sensor to a smaller in both size and pixel count sensor, the note 13 pro literally has a flagship main camera lol. Also thickness might play a role into why samsung at least hasn't gone 1 inch for their main cam, the camera bumps on the 1 inch sensor phones are gigantic lol, almost doubles the thickness of the phone and samsung has been gotten rid of their previous thick camera "island" by making the phone a little thicker so it doesn't have one entirely and only the lenses of the camera protruding, apple might not care on the other hand considering they were the ones adopt such silly camera island/bump design.
@@vali69 true
The new phone features are removing features like headphone jack,SD slot,charger with the box ...etc
PWM should be listed in the phone's specs
I had an iPhone 12 Pro Max until today I just upgrade to a iPhone 16 pro and it is nice but I can see that not much changed last time I changed from the iPhone 6 to the 12 pro max and that was a huge difference
I loved that last part XDD
I agree. I have a iPhone 13 and see no real reason aside from battery life to upgrade
Right and battery replacements are an option that people seem to ignore. That's the fault of Apple and Samsung in the like for making battery removal so hard but nonetheless you can still get one put in for 60 or 80 bucks even if you don't have AppleCare.
Frankly the iPhone 13 had better battery life than the iPhone 14 or 50 anyway. For whatever reason the long-term battery by ability the iPhone 14 just wasn't as good
@ I agree. I miss the era of removable batteries. Now it’s a whole process to get the battery replaced and pray they seal the phone back up correctly.
Truly an useful video that speak all facts.
Storage capacity matters and Camera matters and hardware matters.. therefore specs still matter. Even phone weight
You're very skillfully bridging the gap between Gen Z (primary intended audience), & Gen X (secondary) - e.g. mentioning Samsung's Dex.
Still using my phone from 2020. Mediatek Helio G90T. Just had to replace the battery (although the battery i happened to buy sucks, and getting through all the glue sucks too).
I'm happy with Android 13 (OneUI 5.1) on M52 5G, said RiP future Android versions!
I had a Motorola One Action and for 2 months I switched to Galaxy note 10, it was such a enormous difference. After that, any other phone I had didn't have any super benefit compared to Galaxy
Is still relatively matters, if someone is buying outside of Samsung and Iphones. I have been browsing through Xiaomi's offering and i keep finding a few phones of nearly the same specs but sometimes one is cheaper by a bit for whatever reason (though i don't care for cameras, so that could be it.)
All technologies mature. In the early years of the iPhone, technology improved by leaps and bounds.
But in the last 5 years, all we've seen are incremental improvements, nothing groundbreaking.
Last year, I bought an iPhone 15. I expect to keep this phone for at least 5 years. If the phone doesn't break, I may keep it for 10 years *by replacing the battery.*
The iPhone 15's camera is more than good enough. The display is good enough. The battery is good enough.
We've reached "peak iPhone."
As a casual user, all I care about are calls, text messages, emails, web surfing, running a few apps, taking some pictures or videos, watching some TH-cam, and maybe playing a light video game. I've been doing this for over a decade.
AI? I don't care about AI. What's AI going to do for a casual user???
On my phone, I'm not gonna write long messages, so who cares about proofreading or rewrites? Writing long messages on a tiny display and virtual keyboard is a PITA.
The same for photo-editing.
I don't receive tons of messages, so AI prioritization is worthless.
In nearly every instance of AI, my user experience is not going to benefit.
I expect most casual users will agree with me.
i agree, for now i dont benefit from AI, i only use chatgpt which helps ALOT, but thats got nothing to do with the phone
Subscribing, keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
For me OS is big thing now, every phone is same in specs and cameras
4:10 Nowadays phones prices charts in a nutshell.