Samsung A52 5G. Has a headphone jack and microSD card slot, both of which I use. Good storage amount and power. Can emulate Gamecube games decently when I get the itch. Overall I’ve been happy with it for years.
Not a fan of the optical under screen fingerprint reader, and I’ve only been able to have it recognize my finger probably 30 times in the multiple years I’ve had it. Lights up the whole room at night when it tries and fails.
WiFi seems a little spotty as well. Have definitely had times where I know I have a strong signal without interference or congestion and it just loaded and loaded and loaded something that came up in less than a second on a laptop in the same conditions.
The glue holding the back on has failed. Dropped it years ago, the back cracked, and through dust ingress and heating and cooling over time, I now have to tape the back on. I dropped it more recently and cracked the screen glass.
So I’m in the market for a new phone. Nothing reasonable has MicroSD anymore, so I guess I’ll just need to get something with more storage than my current combined total. Really don’t want to budge on the headphone jack, but I think I might be forced to concede there as well. Usually I buy a new phone outright, but it’s not in the budget right now. Looking like I’ll have to use my carrier’s upgrade process. Google Pixel 8 or 9 is looking decent. Would probably install GrapheneOS. Thoughts?
Samsung A52 5G. Has a headphone jack and microSD card slot, both of which I use. Good storage amount and power. Can emulate Gamecube games decently when I get the itch. Overall I’ve been happy with it for years.
Not a fan of the optical under screen fingerprint reader, and I’ve only been able to have it recognize my finger probably 30 times in the multiple years I’ve had it. Lights up the whole room at night when it tries and fails.
WiFi seems a little spotty as well. Have definitely had times where I know I have a strong signal without interference or congestion and it just loaded and loaded and loaded something that came up in less than a second on a laptop in the same conditions.
The glue holding the back on has failed. Dropped it years ago, the back cracked, and through dust ingress and heating and cooling over time, I now have to tape the back on. I dropped it more recently and cracked the screen glass.
So I’m in the market for a new phone. Nothing reasonable has MicroSD anymore, so I guess I’ll just need to get something with more storage than my current combined total. Really don’t want to budge on the headphone jack, but I think I might be forced to concede there as well. Usually I buy a new phone outright, but it’s not in the budget right now. Looking like I’ll have to use my carrier’s upgrade process. Google Pixel 8 or 9 is looking decent. Would probably install GrapheneOS. Thoughts?