Your current and next phone. - Smartphone general

[Megaton Punch]

I've been a Samsung guy for probably ten years now, but I might be jumping ship once my current one dies. They're too expensive, and even low end phones can run anything these days, so I don't need the power you get from a Galaxy or Note.

The only problem is, I don't actually know where to go. The Pixel seems pretty cool but getting rid of the software "buttons" and replacing them completely with swipes is stupid as hell. I want a phone in the mid-hundreds range with a nice screen (read: OLED) and a decent-ish camera. That's really all I care about.

 

[Jimmy Olsen]

I don't have a phone.

 

[NoSpiceLife]

4G LTE works on my s10e, but there is still zero support for VoLTE, and might never be. Not sure about 5G, but I don't really need VoLTE, but eventually they'll switch 3G/4G off and you'll need something that supports VoLTE, so I'm not sure how useful LineageOS will be then. This is Samsung phones, not sure if VoLTE is supported by LineageOS on other manufacturers.

There are plenty of custom roms that do have volte, getting it to work is a different story though.

 

[Kikkoman]

GitHub - khrj/volte-fix: Fixes Qualcomm VoLTE on all GSI Treble Roms

Fixes Qualcomm VoLTE on all GSI Treble Roms. Contribute to khrj/volte-fix development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Someone posted this on the lineageos reddit and it seems to have worked on my device with lineage 18.1. I can now browse the web while making a call, but IMS registration is still showing disabled so im keeping a replacement phone around just in case. Not sure what carrier's towers i'm using because tracfone but i think its AT&T.

 

[Keavy Rain]

I’m the most “Basic bitch” when it comes to smartphones. I just go to the Apple Store when the battery in my current iPhone stops charging and trade it in for the previous year’s model since it’s cheaper.

I’m using the iPhone 11 now, can’t recall which one I had last. For those wondering “Why not go Android?” My carrier offered me a free iPhone 4 when my Sony Ericsson from 2005 died and I’m just too deep in the Apple ecosystem/boomer to switch.

 

[Killdozer Enthusiast]

4G LTE works on my s10e, but there is still zero support for VoLTE, and might never be. Not sure about 5G, but I don't really need VoLTE, but eventually they'll switch 3G/4G off and you'll need something that supports VoLTE, so I'm not sure how useful LineageOS will be then. This is Samsung phones, not sure if VoLTE is supported by LineageOS on other manufacturers.

They haven't cracked it yet in Lineage OS, and thus your voice calls in Lineage are actually done over 3G.

And they never will, because VoLTE support seems to depend on binary blobs that they either can't or won't support. For people who use phones as phones, LineageOS has no future

LineageOS has support for VoLTE on most phones. The problem is with companies like specifically Samsung and LG who have weird proprietary VoLTE implementations that aren't the standard Android method. So if you get one of those, there is no way for any ROM to support VoLTE. But for other brands, like Sony, Google, Asus, OnePlus, and most chinkshit phones, VoLTE works with no problem on official LineageOS (and Graphene on Pixels).

 

[Never Scored]

LineageOS has support for VoLTE on most phones. The problem is with companies like specifically Samsung and LG who have weird proprietary VoLTE implementations that aren't the standard Android method. So if you get one of those, there is no way for any ROM to support VoLTE. But for other brands, like Sony, Google, Asus, OnePlus, and most chinkshit phones, VoLTE works with no problem on official LineageOS (and Graphene on Pixels).

This is very interesting. Thank you. I will have to look into this further. If this is the case my next phone will probably be a Google Pixel.

 

[Flaming Dumpster]

Been running CalyxOS for over 6 months on my Pixel 4a. It's the most painless third party ROM I've ever used. Stability is comparable to the OEM ROM but the OS responsiveness is way down since upgrading to Android 12.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Dunno, Samsung one. I bought a two/three year old model brand new about six months back for 150 GBP or so. Large screen, largest storage available, does everything I need it to. Crazy to think there are people paying almost ten times that amount for a phone that does ostensibly the same shit.

 

[Narr Then]

I've had a huawei honor 10 lite for the last couple of years. It's developing some glitches now, nothing too drastic, but it's coming apart a bit as well so time for something new. I'll probably go for the p30 pro.

I've also just bought a fairphone 2 off ebay, just to fuck about with.

 

[Brain Power]

My old Huawei Y9 2019 started dying last year (still lasted like 4 years despite everything). Changed it today for a Poco F3. It lacks some things compared to the Huawei one and it's the 128 GB version, but for something just slightly more expensive, it doesn't seem so bad for now.

 

[Stilgar of Troon]

Got the Xiaomi 11T Pro about a month ago, and so far, it's been really good; the MIUI is snappy and responsive, the camera set is fantastic, and the transfer from my OnePlus was seamless. Battery life is excellent, too.

 

[seri0us]

I’m the most “Basic bitch” when it comes to smartphones. I just go to the Apple Store when the battery in my current iPhone stops charging and trade it in for the previous year’s model since it’s cheaper.

Eventually ur gonna end up with the Apple Newton

 

[Synthetic Smug]

I've got an iPhone 8 Plus and will probably upgrade to a new iPhone later this year. I used to have a Galaxy Note but I've got a grudge against Android after the Maps app crashed on me multiple times in the middle of a rainstorm while moving cross country.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

So my Oneplus is dying, any recommendation to what to upgrade (doesn't need to be cheap, but fuck dumping 1k$ for a smartphone).

 

[Rewire Tea]

Current phone: Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. It's fine, but I wish I'd noticed that it didn't have a fucking headphone jack.

Previous: various Galaxy A models (A70, etc)

All time favourite phone: Google Nexus 4, that was perfect for me

Phone that I'd throw into a fire: Nexus 5X, it was ~20 months old when it killed itself (bootloop).

 

[WULULULULU]

Anything but a Huawei.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Nokia X20. It's good enough.

 

[Elbereth]

I currently use xiaomi mi9t. I started to hate it tbh. Probably will buy iphone 13 mini because I'm sick and tired of big phones, and constant breach of privacy from android.

 

[seri0us]

Phone that I'd throw into a fire: Nexus 5X, it was ~20 months old when it killed itself (bootloop).

LG later fixed the bootloop issue for free. I used a post-bootloop 5X for nearly three years. The 5X also has a headphone jack unlike your current phone.