Saved you a click: it’s Motorola’s Moto G Stylus 5G (2023)
Fortunately it shows up in the article preview as well 👍
Am I supposed to recognise it just by seeing it?
No, the text preview
Oh! My bad. My app doesn’t show a preview.
Surprisingly, Jerboa seems to be the only one which showed the preview.
Liftoff also shows a preview on my end
Oh, I didn’t like it much so I uninstalled it.
I like Android phones but I wouldnt have known that from just the image
Glad to see Motorola doing well.
It’s just Lenovo with the Motorola name slapped on it, unfortunately. Google stripped all the useful bits and sold it off about a decade ago.
So Motorola is basically just another Chinese brand now.
just Lenovo
So is the chances it has a factory installed rootkit on it 90 or 99%?
It’s 200%. They put two rootkits on every phone now.
3.5mm jack Yes
So it’s a contender. The rest are DEAD TO ME
Plus an SD card slot.
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SD slots aren’t all that uncommon still.
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The Nokia XR21 also has a 3.5mm jack. It’s likely weaker performance-wise but it has a battery life of approximately 3 days so it won’t run out of juice as quickly.
I guess the reviewer doesn’t care about software updates, because Motorola’s support is abysmal.
According to the article it’s only getting one year of Android version updates!? For a phone that normally sells for 400 US dollars, that’s just unacceptable.
Reads headline: “oooo interesting”
It’s a Motorola: “ah, shit”
Bought one for my kid because he’s a little artist. Seems nice. I use a Pixel, but honestly I miss the moto “chop chop to turn on the flashlight” feature from my old Moto.
I miss that flashlight thing too. Also on Pixel now but I used an app called edge gestures to activate my flashlight. I just swipe up on the edge of my screen and hold to activate/deactivate. Not as awesome but very functional. If course I use edge gestures for everything, calling/texting certain contacts, activating apps I use regularly, it’s such an awesome tool. Been using for years at this point and can’t imagine using my phone without it.
In case you didn’t know, Pixel phones also have a built in feature called quick tap that lets you toggle the flashlight (or do a few other things) by tapping the back of the phone twice.
I did know but I use it for my camera. Thanks though!
If you go to Settings -> System -> Gestures, there’s an option for “Quick tap to start actions”, one of the options is to turn on the flashlight when you double tap the back of the phone.
Nice little feature.
That is not an adequate replacement for chop chop.
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The screen needs to be on for the pixel gesture to work. Chop chop can be done with the screen off
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Tapping the back of the phone to the beat of music will turn on the flashlight by accident all the time. Chop chop is a very deliberate gesture
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Tapping does not always register. Sometimes I need to do it 2 or 3 times to get the flashlight to turn on/off, the moto gestures were almost 100% reliable for me
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I have the 2022 version of this phone, and it’s great value for money in the USA. Adequate performance, lots of internal storage, headphone jack, MicroSD slot, and good battery life. I didn’t buy it for the (crappy) stylus, I bought it for the good value for money.
The 2023 version most notably updates the SoC from SD695 to SD6g1, which is about 15-20% faster and more efficient. It also adds stereo speakers, which is nice. It seems like everything else is only a marginal change or the same from last year.
I’m trying to wrap my brain around why anyone would want a stylus for their phone.
Niche case- I’m a maths teacher and it’s been good for replying to emails from students with problems.
I’ve had a Galaxy Note 9 for a few years now and, at least in my use case, I rarely use the stylus. It’s very convenient to have when I need to take notes in a meeting or something that I need to send a copy off somewhere, but day to day, I really only remember the stylus is there when I drop the phone and it pops out lol.
Life hack: remove stylus permanently to receive lighter smartphone ;)
Some people like to make art on their phone. Others like to use it for note taking. I came across a TikTok creator that had the S23 Ultra and he uses the stylus to edit/make photos and videos.
Some find it easier to swipe with as well.
I wish I could use a stylus on my phone. When I edit photos, my fingers are less precise to hit the right spots.
Art, annotation, memos, hand drawn animation, business’y stuff of that nature
It kinda depends on the stylus though: Some are actual digitizers(pressure sensitivity for use as a paintbrush, some even recognize tilt and rotation for calligraphy) while others are just a rubber nib on a stick(rubber finger…on a stick…no electronics just rubber).
It’s great to quickly draw a diagram or something similar to explain something to someone. I could use pen and paper but I prefer doing it on my phone since it’s already there. I don’t do it daily but I enjoy having this option. When I was taking a break from the Galaxy Note lineup I was sorely missing it.
Have one with my tablet and it’s great for sketching.
Even the biggest phones, imo, just don’t have the real estate for decent note taking. Tablets, esp with low aspect ratio screens, are the sweet spot.
Tablets make total sense to me because the use for a tablet is different. I would use a stylus on a tablet with a larger screen. I wouldn’t use a stylus on my phone.
I’ve had situations where having a stylus even on the smaller screen of a phone wouod have been handy. Sketching with your finger is very crude. It’s not something I would pay a premium for and I wouldn’t want it robbing a bunch of space to fit it inside, but it would be a nice addition that I might use on and off.
It’s nice for quick edits or sketches when you don’t have access to a tablet. I have one and I’ve gotten a lot of use out of it.
Sometimes I’m on the go and I need to highlight, underline and make comments on pdf files. A stylus makes these much easier. Other than that I’ve used it about once for taking a photo using the stylus when the camera was on a tripod.
I want stylus for my phone so that I can sign directly on my documents. Right now, I have to print it, then sign, then scan it.
Another use of stylus is for note taking, and solving math equations (which is often very tough to write).
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Well…yea…but then he wouldn’t need a stylus!
“I threw away all the conveniences of my current device because I need this one extreme usecase!”
Osu! mobile :)
art maybe? idk never used one myself
I got the version with the stylus of this phone solely because the version without the stylus didn’t have an NFC chip. The stylus is kinda neat though.
Man, is the US market for cheaper phones so bad that this is a contender? And this is US$400!
Yes but does it run LineageOS?
Previous iterations of this phone have been supported by LineageOS, so hopefully in the future.
Well… it has a headphone jack (at least according to this)
Moto has a history of horrible updates to its devices. This is despite the fact that Moto has a near stock UI.
Well if it is that good and people buy it, it can get a custom rom.
Yes but in this specific case I’m skeptical about the integration of the pen with custom roms
According to the article it’s only getting one year of Android version updates. That’s pitiful, Samsung gives three or four years of Android version updates for similarly priced phones.
Moto’s update support has been horrible since post Googorola. They are a decent option but never a truly great one.
I would love to see comparison to the Poco F1 which at the time had the same price. I suspect its pretty close, despite the 6 years gap. That being said, the F1 was unreal value at the time.
I know what I’m switching to!
- S10e user
That’s a bit of a weird switch. As a fellow s10e user, I got this phone because it’s small. The Moto G Stylus is not small at all.
I got the s10e because it was the first thing in a store.
I’m not joking, I was dumb enough to quickly switch from iOS.
That’s what I did! I was so annoyed by Apple products I grabbed a Pixel. No complaints though
Nice! How’s the Pixel?
Ah, coming from iPhone makes sense. You probably felt that an s10e was a “normal” sized phone. After all, it is larger than the mainline iPhones at that time. The Android market had already decided an s10e was a small phone for a niche market
Maybe,
I have to to say, my s10e is somewhat rocking and I like it’s Secure Folder contanier (Haven’t seen a similalur thing.)
Only issue that concerns me is the brightness, battery, and camera.
I miss my S4 Compact.
As time goes by I want something bigger and bigger.
That’s fine, to each their own. I’d like the opposite and my dream phone would be the size of my Galaxy S (the original one).
My curiosity is because the s10e was a somewhat niche device, but Spider89@lemmy.world explained their choice.
For that price point I’ve had a really good time with using Xiaomi phones. Specifically the Redmi Note series. They’re similarly cheap but they’re built well and feel expensive, not with a plastic case or anything like that.
