Many devices, one for the heart.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    9 months ago

    Essential phone was a huge flop but man was it a nice phone. Ignoring the poor radio issues it had everything you could want plus the ability to attach accessories like 360 camera. And it was almost perfect one hand use sized.

    • Ace0fBlades@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Loved my essential. After moving to a OnePlus 7t pro when Essential died, I’m trying the Nothing phone 2 now and the design language feels very reminiscent of the essential. Just big, but apparently that’s unavoidable now :/

  • Mojimbo54321@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    9 months ago

    The Google Pixel 4a!!! I finally had an OLED screen with better colors! Finally had 128gbs of storage. The size is perfect!!! Still use it as a car music player when there is no signal. We need more under 6 inch screen size phones!

    • atomWood@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      It’s really too bad Blackberry got out of the mobile phone market. They were the only large corporation I truly felt I could trust with my data.

      • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Not really, they always complied with data handover to governments. The London Riots in the late 2000s early 2010s Blackberry handed over data of the rioters. In order to stay in the middle east they had to set up dedicated servers to comply with intercept legislation

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    Why the 2015 cutoff? There were many awesome phones released prior to 2015.

    • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I think they’re looking for modern-ish phones rather than nostalgia about Nokias

    • variants@possumpat.ioEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Nokia XpressMusic was the best, just realized they released a new version of it a few years ago but only in some countries

  • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    I liked a lot about the Sony X Compact, especially the compactness. It had a headphone jack, SD card, unlockable bootloader, and dedicated button for the camera (with half-press to focus and meter like a real camera).

  • I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.worldEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    Pixel phones. I’ve had the 2XL, 4a, 6 Pro, 7 Pro, and 8 Pro. Each one was better than the last. I know some people had manufacturing problems and the Pixel 3 had memory issues. But I’ve been lucky and never had issues. And the software experience is exactly what I want. Call Screening is awesome.

  • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    The one I have now, the Pixel Fold. Folding tech isn’t perfect by any means, but damn if it isn’t nice to have a small tablet with you at all times not to mention foldy phone unique functionality, like laptop/tabletop mode or folding it like a book for reading (If only I could get a foldy device with an eink screen, it could be the perfect reading device lmao). The pixel unique features are nice too.

    Ofc, there was a love before that, but prior to 2015. The Motorola Backflip, damn I wish they would release a modern version of that one :( not the best keyboard to type on, but it was a physical keyboard none the less

    • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, I’m on a Samsung fold 4 at the moment, definitely gonna be a Fold user for life unless something even better comes along. Can’t go back.

      I don’t know if my galaxy active 4 was before or after 2015, but I loved that thing mostly for the style and the removable battery. Nice to just swap in a fully charged battery and continue on not being tethered to a charger. I got it in whatever they officially called the turquoisey color that year. Usually they were just called “blue” despite very much not being blue, ever. The back panel was so pretty.

      https://images.app.goo.gl/xHjrG4nX83Qw4hNeA

      Edit: looks like it was released in 2013, but… I still had it until around 2017… so it still counts right?

  • Pistcow@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    Note 8. I have the Galaxy 22 Ultra and the camera is defective and makes everything blurry. Plus removing SD card and headphone jack is some bullshit.

  • raldone01@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    S7 edge was the best phone I have ever had. Now it is running lineageos and ocasionally serves as a network debugging tool.

    The S8 I got afterwards was horrendous from the first day I used it to it’s last. I never factory reset it. I have no idea what caused the issues.

    Now I have a S22 definitely my last samsung.

  • misophist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Samsung Galaxy Note 7 until they bricked it. Current Samsung ZFold5 is a decent 2nd, though.

  • L3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Has to be my Xiaomi Mix 2S I bought in 2019. Selfie camera is at the bottom of the phone, which is weird, but at least it’s not a notch camera. Custom ROM support was amazing and it’s still a great phone.

    Edit: Fingerprint reader on the back too. Always reliable unlike the OnePlus 7 Pro that has one in the screen that refuses to work 50% of the time.