Max manual will never reach the full brightness capability of your display to reduce display burn. You need Auto brightness, and bright sunlight or similar conditions to trigger the maximum brightness your phone is capable of outputting.
No, that would be giving a useful feature to you which would be for your benefit.
Verified Operating System is the one where the manufacturer or OEM has built, installed, with a guarantee that it has not been tampered or rooted in any manner which can hinder DRM or any security guarantee it offers by default.
Think SafetyNet and verified boot on android, Or UEFI secure boot on windows.
Yeah, AI video! Useless, we have humans we don’t need to burn resources on stupid.
Fuck AI. There is a use case for simple apps like chatgpt.
But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.
As long as it is fish. 🐟 It should be fine.
If you use firefox. You can use external download managers and the links open in aria2
Its not.
If you use addons like Ublock-origin. You can reduce the fingerprinting. You can also disable 3rd party iframes, disable Javascript which can further reduce the data being sent to websites.
Fairphone is a good recommendation, alongside being repairable and sustainable. If its not present in your region. Look into high end Motorola phones (low-end have bloat).
IMO, Best would be a oneplus. You can remove any ads and bloatware with Shizuku, Canta. It will be familiar, reliable, and last a long time. Considering, your usage habits.
(i’ve seen the horrors of redmi software and want to stay as far away from That as possible).
Yeah, they start to lag within a year of use. All the redmi phones I have checked have lag issues. If you must buy a xiaomi skip the redmi. Don’t know about poco. But, anything not Mi should be avoided. Xiaomi charges a premium for its Mi series for a reason.
Great! I too use Adguard on my phones. But, I suggest a foss DNS filter app to others. Because, not everyone may be comfortable with a paid closed source app.
A55 is an super midrange smartphone. I have a A22 5G. The software did have bloat but no ads.
Even if the A55 does include some of that. You can install Shizuku, and Canta to remove any unnecessary apps from the phone itself.
Another thing you can do is install PersonalDNSFilter from Fdroid or Playstore to block trackers and ads.
Get the A55. It is superior in every way to the 10t lite. The software will be decent considering its samsung.
But, if you want you can check your options on gsmsarena’s phone finder https://m.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2024&nPriceMax=350&nRamMin=6000&nIntMemMin=64000&chkNFC=selected&nBatCapacityMin=4800&idOS=2&idCardslot=1
Yes, you can limit charging to 80%. Many phones have this feature. But, it still feels like micromanaging tech. Not letting it drop below 20%, being limited to 60% capacity.
This one can be customized with lots of options. I guess that adds the premium over shift.
It says $ £870 on my end. Maybe, you accidentally selected some custom options? That can increase the price.
Edit: My bad it does say Euro. Not dollar.
You need to whitelist system components like play store and play services. Since, I guess you use it for adblocking.
Just look at the Pixel phones, their SOC is about half as fast as top Snapdragon and Dimensity , and AFAIK nobody I have heard of is complaining about them being slow.
Its not about speed. But, battery and heat where people complain the most about. Even Google’s return and complaints data showed people complained about their phones being bad with heat.
Not exactly a phone I’m getting excited about. I would have preferred better display and a higher end Camera system, and then a slightly slower SOC.
Oneplus had no option but to ship 8 Elite gen 5 since there was no other newer soc on the market and shipping an older soc would’ve meant being inferior to other phones like samsung and losing sales to others like Iqoo, xiaomi, realme, and others.
Things like camera sensor are not something people can easily see. But, you can easily check the processor and see if its better and faster.
If would be vastly improved if your phone had similar components without power hungry soc.
This year you are getting an even powerful chip, a 165hz even brighter display and some things.
The 8 Elite gen 5 can use 20W at peak power. Last year’s 8 Elite peak was 16-17W. 8 gen 3 was limited to 11W.
Tell me, how do you expect to get more battery life while using more power and doing more tasks at once? If you limited performance you can easily get away with more battery. But, manufacturers don’t and want to push further and further. Multi day battery is possible. But, you need to limit certain things to get that. Can’t game or do processor intensive tasks all day and expect multi day battery. Fortunately, the large battery cell and fast charging should make it a non-issue for most people.
Peak power usage data was shared from here: https://www.socpk.com/cpucurve/gb6/