What android device are you using?

Pixel 6

What do you love the most?

The software is great, with all of the little quality of life features. Great camera and decent battery, inexpensive compared to other phones.

What do you dislike?

Video kinda sucks, however the Pixel 7 series fixed that. I also dislike how material you is biased: greens are extremely bright while blues are quite dull. The bezels are also insanely chonky.

Motorola Moto Edge (2021)

Pros: Moto's classically lite skin with sensible additions that can be turned off if you don't want them, great battery, great performance, really just a well rounded device.

Cons: I think I legally have to mention the update cadence, and lack of long-term support, but honestly it doesn't bother me. Android versions haven't mattered much past, what, Jelly Bean? Though longer security support would be nice. Also, the camera can be a little soft, but I don't take a ton of photos so I'm rather ambivalent on it.

Honestly, I paid a good price for an unlocked device that still holds up amazingly well. I'm very satisfied.

Device: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G

Loves: The inner screen, the comfort of holding it folded-up one-handed, and having a tablet anytime, anywhere.

Dislikes: wish it was waterproof like later models, price is high, no aftermarket roms, built-in Samsung apps are blah

Nokia 7.2 it's pretty solid with Android One. I would move to a different OS but I need android for my work and banking.

Poco X3 NFC

I got the 64/6 variant for ~$130. I mainly love the good custom ROM support. Has IR blaster, SD card, and headphone jack. Good camera especially with gcam. Great battery life.

Stock MIUI sucks so you really should have a custom ROM. US cell coverage isn't great.

I'm still rocking a Mi 9T, and I'm going to keep using it as long as I can find new batteries to put into it. Or until notchless phones with headphone jacks come back.

Galaxy S23 Ultra

Best things: long battery life and versatile camera (zoom options open up some great creativity)

Worst thing: size and weight. Top tier phones have gotten just a bit too big now. My old Note 10+ was ideally the biggest comfortable size.

BTW my summary on the S23U would be: it's a great all-rounder. You might find a phone that does this one thing better or that other thing better, but the S23U seems to do a very good job of everything. It's definitely by far the most enjoyable user experience of any phone I've ever owned.

Pixel Fold. I had a lot of concerns about durability with the scare stories the media has reported but everything about it is fantastic. Big fan of the giant viewfinder and using the rear cam for selfies. The reading experience unfolded feels like reading a paperback. Side-by-side apps unlock a whole new productive side.

OnePlus Nord N200 with LineageOS 20 (Android 13) with no google apps package installed.

Samsung Galaxy S10E, better Form factor for my pants pockets and medium (not over the top) media equipment I wont use anyways.

Picked up a Motorola Edge+ (2022) somewhat a month-ish ago after giving a Galaxy S23 a go for almost a month before. I just prefer Moto's experience more, even if updates are sparse and camera quality isn't as great.

Sure, it's notably bigger that what I've long-term used before (Xiaomi Mi 9 and the 2020 Motorola Edge), but the screen is pretty good and even though the Snapdragon 8 gen 1 is meh foe battery life, I'm not too intense on it and it charges pretty quick when I need a top-off.

The Galaxy S23 just wasn't my cup of tea. OneUI's launcher wasn't tunable the way I wanted, using a custom launcher to get my experience back broke gestures (as expected, but still), and it wasn't meaningfully smaller width-wise than the Mi 9, which I went back to for a while after I gave my fiancé my Moto Edge (2020).

It's also pretty damn hard to pass up a brand-new last-gen flagship for $500 plus manufacturer accidental protection 24 months and an extra year extended warranty.

• Which Android devices are you currently using?
• What do you love most about them?
• What do you dislike?

Device #1: Google Pixel 6a

Likes: Affordable. Decent screen size (not overly large). Clear and readable. Checks most of the boxes for features I want. Great camera quality.

Dislikes: cellular modem isn't the greatest, especially poor in fringe areas. Screen not quite bright enough to read in direct sunlight. Battery life could be better. Can get warm at times when doing intensive activity (streaming videos, recording video). Wish it had a true zoom lens like the flagship phones.

Device #2: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet

Likes: big screen, great for reading magazine style content, videos, web surfing. Awesome battery life. Expandable storage.

Didlikes: Samsung's implementation of gesture navigation is slow and awkward compared to Google's. Wide-screen aspect ratio isn't the best for portrait orientation (I'd rather have 4:3). Also hard to find a case that fit. Not enough internal storage.

Device

I'm on Pixel 6 running GrapheneOS,

Love

I control a lot of what the device is doing. I am a nerd, hence I want to use it, and because I use it, I am a nerd.

Hate

I spend a lot of time which I could've spent otherwise. Little feature that people show off let me feel like I've got an inferior device. I am talking about auto cropping a thing in an image on ios. At the same time ios can't play an oga file which is more important than apple's playground. It only happens once a year but seeing a friend airdropping something to a stranger feels like I'm missing out. I hate apple for being like shit. Compared to other androids ... no, I don't miss android auto. Pay could be there but not that neccessary. Being able to toggle wifi on or off is actually more important and seeing that even xiaomi etc. Still have the tiles but GrapheneOS doesn't feels like shit. Browsing the web with mull and vpn is slow compared to other devices with chromium browsers. Selfie camera is a banana. It takes long to start a video and long to stop one. It's difficult to post process on android due to the lack of apps and options.

Recommend it?

Tough call. It depends. Ideologically I'd say yes. For nerds, yes. For kids and young adults, yes if you are strong enough to resist the FOMO that people will give you.

Currently have a Note 20 Ultra. I like the size and refresh rate of the screen, and its microSD card slot. Not a fan of its processor and battery size.

I'd normally upgrade to the S24 Ultra, its natural successor, but instead I'm waiting for either the:

• Fold 6 (if it has a decent camera, the Fold 5 leaks are disappointing)
• Surface Duo 3 (same, decent camera)

I can't get a Pixel Fold as I need Miracast tech inside my phone, and I'm not a fan of the Fold 1-4 aspect ratio of the upcoming OnePlus Fold. If they switch to the Pixel Fold style of opening landscape, I'd take another look at their Fold 2

I'm currently using a pixel 6 pro. I took a long break from Androids. The last one that I owned was a S9 Plus.

I love the screen with the high refresh rate and it's really responsive. I also love the live translate feature and all of the neat AI tricks that it has as well. I also was very hesitant because I've heard a lot about the battery life being bad, but the battery on mine is really good, as well as the fingerprint reader.

The only thing that I dislike would be the grip of the phone. I played around with both the pixel 6 and the pro and I would have to say the regular pixel 6 has a better grip, but I love the higher refresh rate and display on the 6 pro.

Edit: Oh and of course, the camera is amazing!

I'm using a OnePlus 6

It's really fast and has a headphone jack, and you can get a second-hand one for really cheap (I got mine for ~170$). The preinstalled software sucks, but I've installed LineageOS on it and I'm really enjoying it

The only thing I don't like is that the battery is non-removable

Which Android devices are you currently using?

I have a Google Home Mini, a Google Chromecast, and I'm on my 4th phone powered by Android ... two from HTC and two are Pixels.

What do you love most about them?

The Home Mini and the Chromecast actually don't do too much that is useful for me. They mainly are just there doing not much.

The phones that I have chosen have been delightful. All Android phones are delightful, the cheap free phone that I got when I signed up for Visible (cell service) for my spouse was a piece of garbage. But that's the way that Android works: the developer/manufacturer can roll it to be whatever they want it to be.

What do you dislike?

I don't have anything to put here, but I'm looking forward to some of the responses.

Redmi K20 Pro (or Mi 9T Pro) been 3+ years. Basically using it for the Evo X and the pixel spoof. Will buy a new but compact phone soon. Not Apple!

LG Wing.

Love the dual screen functionality of course but what's more impressive is the fact that the 2nd screen is concealed beautifully such that on first glance, you can't even tell that it's not a normal phone! The primary camera is also excellent.

The software is pretty shit. LG sacked their mobile division 2 years ago and while they have kept their promise of giving this phone Android 13, they've done the bare minimum effort to support it. You couldn't even tell it's android 13, has the same UI and features that they shipped with Android 11. The settings app is also inconsistent, some screens have that stock android feel others have the traditional LG UI. And bugs are plenty. The processor is another weak point, it's not able to keep up in 2023.

I'm using a OnePlus 9 and a Galaxy Tab S7. My tablet is mainly for reading manga and watching series, I'm quite happy with it.

I like some things in my phone, like the camera and the screen, but the battery is kinda awful and since I moved to the US, I may need a new one. It's kinda weird since I had 5G when I arrived but since a maybe a month ago, I just have 4G on ATT. I'm thinking on maybe getting a Zenphone 10 or a S23, any thoughts on that? I'd like to keep using both sims I already use.

Pixel 6a

Likes: As it's my first pixel phone I was shocked to see how smooth the OS (13) is, the haptic feedback being everywhere makes the device feel abit more snappier, double tapping the back of the phone as a gesture (it's kind of niche but it's nice to have)

Dislike: It gets toasty lmao (I'm not on 5g of anything so I'm kinda of confused why :(( ), ugly default contact app, so-so battery life

• Samsung galaxy M12
• Cheap and good for an entry-level phone
• Lack of custom rom support

• Both me and my wife have a Google Pixel 6 as our daily driver
• My youngest son has a Galaxy Tab S6 tablet for games and YouTube.
• My eldest used to have a Google Pixel 5a, but after he switched to an iPhone it's just sitting in a shelf as a backup phone just in case.
• I have an Nvidia Shield TV (2019) in my living room as the streaming box.

I love the customization and flexibility Android gives me. Also I can always unlock the phones and flash whatever 3rd-party OS I want. We're pretty content with the Pixels, but the tablet barely receives any updates anymore. Also fucking Apple's moronic green bubble vs blue bubble bullshit makes sharing photos and videos with family a needlessly complicated chore. I don't want to get off on a rant, but how has nobody taken them to court yet over this purposeful degradation of quality coming from competitors' hardware?!

• Pixel 7 Pro
• Adaptive charging at night
• Somehow this phone's GPS loses accuracy to outside of 1 block every few days and needs to be "fine tuned" again in G maps

Pixel Fold!

It's everything I need in a foldable with the sweet sweet software from Pixel.

Only thing that sucks is the cost. Definitely for the enthusiast

Pixel 7a

Vanilla Androie experience, fast updates and I like the visor astetic

Would love faster wireless charging

Samsung galaxy s21+ as my phone

I got it back at release when they let people stack discounts (paid like 40% the cost of the device). It's still fast enough for everything, a good size, I also got the care plus option with it so swapped to a brand new one earlier this year, want to get another 2 years out of it.

I also have a galaxy tab s6, but haven't ended up using it as much as I thought I would over the years.

Samsung Galaxy A51 5G. Had it for a few years and it works great, just wish it had more internal storage.