General Smartphone Discussion Thread - What phones to recommend and which ones to avoid?

I don't see Xiaomi doing that yet, but people have said that their phones are shitty ass fuck, as expected with Chinese-made products.
I used Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 about 7 years ago and was happy with it with two exceptions. The mic was a cheap piece of shit. It sounded like everything was recorded in 64kbps. The other thing was the battery, which at some point I couldn't charge to 100%. I opened the phone and there was a small hole burnt in it 💀

I hate how changing a battery in a new phone is such a chore these days. I know those fuckers do it intentionally.
 
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Phone manufacturers would rather you buy their new phones every couple years when the battery dies than you being able to replace your battery yourself for super cheap.
Yeah, that's what I mean. Imagine running low on battery when you're away from home and just replacing it with a charged one in under 20 seconds. What a preposterous idea!
 
CalyxOS releases are paused. Find out more in our letter to the community. A letter to the CalyxOS community
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

They did a great job of burying the most important piece of info: If you're running CalyxOS right now, whatever Neo-CalyxOS shit they release months later will require a wipe and reinstallation to use. This is because the "pause" is while they sign new build keys and existing versions won't trust these keys.

What an absolute disaster. Hopefully more will come out soon on exactly why this is happening. I really don't want to touch GrapheneOS but I also really don't want to go back to stock either :(
 
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