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  • Eugen RochkoGargron@mastodon.social
    Sep 11, 2026, 11:06 PM

    I don't want a foldable phone, I want the phone I bought in 2020 that worked flawlessly to not lag because somebody forced Liquid Glass on it.

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  • Patrick.shpatricksh@mas.to
    Sep 11, 2026, 11:27 PM

    With features like Live Rewind and Reference image and more client side scanning happening...when my devices die I'm gonna move to linux and alternatives for sure.

    Maybe its time to move to a flip phone and tiny tablet combo.

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  • dmynerd78dmynerd78@lasersare.fun
    Sep 11, 2026, 11:48 PM

    @Gargron While we're at it can we *please* have easily replaceable batteries, a headphone jack, and a microsd card slot?
    Every new phone I get is worse than the old one and I hate it :(

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  • rob los ricosroblosricos@mastodon.social
    Sep 12, 2026, 12:22 AM

    @Gargron

    i want everyone who uses smart phones to realize they are funding genocide in africa with every purchase of a phone.

    and to PAY!

    and i don't mean with money.

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  • LogicalErzorLogical_Error@fosstodon.org
    Sep 12, 2026, 12:46 AM

    @Gargron i literally press a button, it makes an animation of me pressing a button, but it doesnt register

    how…

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  • mausmalonemausmalone@mastodon.social
    Sep 12, 2026, 2:09 AM

    @Gargron They really need to pick a lane: artificial obsolescence OR hyper-inflated hardware due to scarcity.

    We really can't take being told to buy a new phone every year when phones are starting to cost as much as used cars.

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  • Justinjustin@toot.io
    Sep 12, 2026, 2:56 AM

    @Gargron capitalism means your device must eventually fail so they can keep selling you new ones. Capitalism is for the rich, not consumers.

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  • Dale Pricedale_price@mastodon.online
    Sep 12, 2026, 4:13 AM

    @Gargron Did you try the ios 27 beta at all? It runs smoother (or at least more consistently) on my old iPhone 11 Pro that I’ve been using for testing than iOS 26 did on an iPhone 17, to the point where I was seriously considering going back to the older phone.

    Feels like Apple assigned someone to work on optimization for the first time in years.

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  • tsalletsalle@mastodon.social
    Sep 12, 2026, 6:34 AM

    @Gargron i want a small smartphone, with a removable battery, a jack and a SD card. I want to be able to flash it with non bloated OS

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  • kaiserkiwi :kiwibird:kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com
    Sep 12, 2026, 7:06 AM

    @Gargron Good thing is, that iOS 27 fixes most of it. Have a 2020 SE, that was unusable with 26. Installed the first beta of 27 and it was much better. With the 27 RC it feels like 18.

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  • Dmian 🇪🇺dmian@mastodon.social
    Sep 12, 2026, 8:11 AM

    @Gargron I’m really wishing this RAM shortage changes the mindset of developers. Because most devs I know, specially young ones, behave like RAM and processor power is unlimited.

    And the result is that apps and OSs are constantly requiring more and more resources. That’s the main reason I’ve been forced to change phones: not because it became obsolete, but because I was no longer able to upgrade the OS and apps.

    My current phone is 7 years old. I wish I could keep it longer.

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  • EmpterdoseMrDOS@hachyderm.io
    Sep 12, 2026, 10:33 AM

    @dmian @Gargron _A Psalm for the Wild-Built_ by Becky Chambers is one of my favourite books, and I love this passage from its second chapter:

    > At last, Dex sat in their chair behind the larger table. They pulled their pocket computer from their baggy travel trousers and flicked the screen awake. It was a good computer, given to them on their sixteenth birthday, a customary coming-of-age gift. It had a cream-colored frame and a pleasingly crisp screen, and Dex had only needed to repair it five times in the years that it had traveled in their clothes. A reliable device built to last a lifetime, as all computers were.

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  • DJ🌞[arbejdsløs] :donor:infosecdj@infosec.exchange
    Sep 12, 2026, 10:36 AM

    @dmian @Gargron The *only* reason I will have to change my phone is because the banking app vendor decided they will not support that OS version any more. Purely a software-based decision on their end, nothing else. Too bad they are not willing to send me a new phone.

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  • Fossmanopensourceopenmind@vivaldi.net
    Sep 16, 2026, 9:50 AM

    @infosecdj @dmian @Gargron I was in that situation and walked in to the bank, showed my Linux phone (Librem 5) and said I would have to change banks if they did not allow me to access internet banking in the browser (without a 'smartphone app'). They just clicked something in their terminal and said, No worries, you can sign in without the app!

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  • Envagyokabelaenvagyokabela@mastodon.social
    Sep 12, 2026, 9:56 AM

    @Gargron
    I'm about to buy a used #RedmiNote8T, the same thing I've been using since 2019, just to have a backup phone. Running #lineageos, I have exactly zero complaints, and as it's Android 16, it will be supported for years to come. Not to mention if some kind soul decides to port it to a newer version again.

    And props to @microg for their lineage builds!

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  • theholethehole@dasforum.org
    Sep 12, 2026, 8:00 PM

    @Gargron and I want a phone with a changeable battery, like the one I had in 2014, or so

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  • Nomdebnomdeb@mstdn.social
    Sep 15, 2026, 3:15 AM

    @Gargron The only reason I slightly paid attention to this is that wider rather than higher might be of benefit. I'm always dropping my phone because it's top heavy the way I hold it and with case. BUT I had been planning to make it last until it died. I kept my former phone until the battery started to act up, my broker said it would no longer allow me to log in with my DATED phone, and I was a bit afraid it would set the house on fire it got so hot. :) My current phone is about 3 years old.

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  • Andreas Schantlandjsch@mastodon.social
    Sep 15, 2026, 8:18 PM

    @Gargron Understandably, who doesn't. But on another note: I have used the iOS 27 dev preview on my old iPhone 13 Mini and it has basically given this phone a second life. Much more snappier than on 26 - day and night difference 🫨

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  • boredsquirrelRhababerbarbar@tux.social
    Sep 18, 2026, 10:33 AM

    @Gargron

    I want a phone that doesnt force me to wear off my USB port to use normal headphones.

    I havent used an sd card in ages, but just upgrading 1TB would be insane. I have never had a phone with decent storage.

    And it should be small and not made of Glass.

    Otherwise I like my Pixel 10, amazing camera. Open source drivers, device trees and a OEM that doesnt wanna drive Android to the ground would be nice perks too

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