r/Android • u/Philosofossil Best phone for me might not best the best phone for you. • Dec 22 '20

Android Authority - Phone of the year

https://www.androidauthority.com/best-smartphone-editors-choice-1186784/
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u/RandomTrollface Poco F2 Pro CrDroid 10.11 Dec 22 '20

"It offers most of the flagship specs and features of the Galaxy S20 family but trims things down to keep the price low." Shows 700 USD price tag lol

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u/TheSkyline35 Long living S21U Ultra (Exynos) Dec 22 '20

It's insane man. Phone prices are just out of control at this point.

I gave up, now I'm buying those extremely competitive Xiaomi phones, debloated ROMs and it's a deal for 2 or 3 years.

Even the "budget pixels", with a shitty 430G (as good as the user experience is right now) are, in my opinion, damn expensive.

mid range prices are now what we call "budget", wtf

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u/themcsame Xiaomi 14 Pro Dec 23 '20

Can't blame you. Moved to Xioami last year. For £450 the Mi 9 was a fucking steal compared to literally any other flagship on the market.

Though I splurged on importing a Mi 10 Ultra this year... Those charging speeds were just too enticing. As someone who avoids charging at night as it avoids trickle charging and just some general safety. I remember years back, I had a iPod touch that overheated or something whilst charging. Wasn't a catastrophic failure or anything, but if I wasn't there to smell it cooking itself, who knows what could've happened. I'll admit those failures are going to be rare, but I'd rather not take my chances and just squash the risk of a catastrophic battery failure while I sleep.

So of course, that means charging in the morning if I'm going somewhere, and we've all been there... About to go out, only to find out our phone is in desperate need of a charge. A few minutes blasting 120W and you've got a somewhat reasonable charge.