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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[-] sharpfork@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

How long does Sony support their hardware with OS updates? Do they lock down the ability to run custom roms?

I left Samsung because their flagship phones lost support after a couple of years and they made it harder and harder to load custom ROMs.

I move to apple mostly because it is the easiest to support my kids on and they support the phones for what seems like forever, making my hand me down phones much more valuable for much longer. I’d consider jumping back to android if I could expect a phone to be useful and up to date for 4ish years.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm still rocking my Pixel 3 with no complaints! I dumped Samsung once the Pixels came out. So much less bullshit preloaded into it.

[-] sharpfork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Are you on android 13?

[-] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Hand me downs vs. using them until they break.

[-] Rin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

My 1 Xperia IV has an unlocked bootloader, headphone jack and is water proof. Don't know how long they will support this phone but I still get updates.

[-] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Have you had an instance where you have to relock the bootloader and return the phone to factory state for an RMA? If yes, how did it go?

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