• unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    If it gets 7 years of software updates it might be my next phone, although I hate the absurdly big size.

    I’d buy an “iPhone Mini” Android right now if some company had the balls to do it.

    • thesqueakywheel@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Same. I miss the size of the iPhone 4 and 5. I’ve got a pixel 6 and it’s just on the verge of too big.

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          1 year ago

          I wanted to go for it, but have seen not a positive news when it comes to longevity of OS support. What do they offer at the very moment? 2 years of OS upgrades?

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          1 year ago

          Would be interested to know if they bought one since it’s exactly what they are looking for.

          I think that’s why small phones are going extinct; people are adamant they want one but don’t actually buy them.

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            1 year ago

            I’m not the dude above but I did buy one and I’ve been having too many hardware issues to keep it. Bluetooth is really flaky, fingerprint reader works very infrequently, panel uniformity is worse than the pixel 2XL. Basically the only thing it has going for it is the software and form factor

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              That’s a shame, I was looking into getting one but if the hardware issues are widespread maybe not worth it

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        I want this. I switched from using iPhone my entire life to GrapheneOS. Now that I’ve come to appreciate Android I’m amazed at the wide variety of Android phones to choose from but I’m stuck to Pixels because that’s the only option for GrapheneOS currently.

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s time to let small phones go. You want small phones, I want keyboard phones. None of us are going to get what we want.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yup. My 4a is depreciated now, and all the new Pixels are over 6". I wish there were 5 to 5.5" phones that had any sort of power. The Xperia X Compact was perfect.