I’ve been looking at phones to replace my Pixel 4a as the battery goes and it becomes increasingly silly to get it replaced instead of getting something new. I don’t like huge phones, which i consider to be anything over ~6.2". Everything under that is either:
- A Google Pixel with poor efficiency, thermals, and call reliability
- A Samsung Galaxy S with a high price, locked bootloader, dodgy privacy, and bloatware
- A miscellaneous brand with abysmal software support lifespan, variable bootloader lock status, and little to no custom rom support
the ASUS Zenfone 10 would have been honestly perfect for me - sub-6" screen, headphone jack, good performance. But they just haaad to remove bootloader unlocking despite promises to the contrary so now you have to settle for one more OS update and three more years of security updates for something that costs $600+. blurgh.
Me looking at the e-ink phone that only has a contact list, gps, and text + phone so I can escape this man made hell of smart phones
Simply get a $20 tracfone. They last 2-4 years and can’t do more than that.
I did that for a while and it was genuinely fine, yeah. But it’s hell for me to get around without a gps. I could read maps or print directions, but I don’t think I’m that much of a luddite yet. Truthfully I could probably get any old out of date phone that still fits in my hand and do all of what I need, I think.
Mines got GPS on it! I only recently got a smartphone on the side so I could have my encrypted messenger on the go.
yeah this, feature phones often have google maps now.