which phone should i buy?

Positives ... Good AI features

Negatives ... No 4K recording on all lenses

Some people just have different priorities.

Gsmarena is a better site to use for comparison of technical specs, if you care about those.

how is "ultra-portable" a positive, when all these phone are the same size, and not even small phones at all?

why would you choose any of the asuses?

"nicely built", and "sleek design" are not positives, but made up qualities. That's basically a goal for all phone manufacturers

"good AI features". sorry what? do they mean the power button opens the assist lant instead of the shutdown menu? or that the device sends home an order of magnitude more information about you than usual?

"ultra portable"? what the fuck does that mean for a fucking smartphone?

and "univeral fast charging" means it's glued in battery will wear out ultra fast.

buy a pixel if you don't care about keeping it for a long time, and about having a removable battery. otherwise get a fairphone

The pixel, so you can put graphene on it

Lol at the last phones "pro" being "ultra portable".

Unless this means that programs and such can be ported to it, aren't all cell phones ultra portable? Isn't that the point?

To me that's like saying a pro of a specific model of car is that it is "ultra drivable"

Is there a particular reason you need a brand new model? I tend to look at flagships that are a year or two old.

You might want to specify what your requirements are in a phone - this might help us :)

Also, have you tried the following communities?

• !askandroid@lemdro.id
• !android@lemdro.id

Fairphone 5

positives:

• nicely built
• user servicable with replaceable components
• no AI shit
• eco friendly
• 8 years of service updates

negatives:

• its a bit more expensive for its specs
• cameras are a bit on the downlow but still good enough

Of these 3, the Pixel 9. It can run both GrapheneOS and CalyxOS.

The Pixel 8a can also run both, but it only costs $400. CalyxOS will support both phones until 2031.

Those comparison charts like the one you posted are unresearched/uncritical garbage made to sell affiliate links. They'll never actually give a harsh review to anything listed because they want you to buy something

Your best bet is to ask owners' groups for each phone you're considering for reviews and buying advice and weighing that yourself.

pixel, so you can run GrapheneOS

Depends on your priorities but I'd also say Pixel even if keeping stock, best update policy

I'm very happy with my OnePlus 12. I'd recommend looking into them as an option.

I’d love more info on the “confusing charging situation”.

God can these people keep AI out of phones?

Even those stupid "AI" camera features can fuck off, they always make the photo worse, unless all the do is pick a filter and adjust the saturation/brightness/contrast/etc. as soon as the do something unreversable like add blurring, they can fuck off because it always looks janky AF in real world use

I look for a rom first, then a phone

Personally, when I can afford it I'm going to go for the OnePlus Nord N10 5G. I don't feel the need for the more stringent security hardening on GrapheneOS, so basic LineageOS MicroG is enough for me.

I hate the lack of a headphone jack enough to make that tradeoff, vs a Google Pixel.

No OnePlus?

I have had OP8 for few years now and its still working perfectly fine. Battery could be better but other than that its still fast and reliable.

None. Pixel if you had to pick, but the SoC sucks. And the Asus phones have like no software support, so they are definitely not worth buying.

Google now provides a full 7 years of parts and updates for the pixel 8 and 9. Samsung may I think now do 7 years of updates on some phones no idea about parts though.

samsung galaxy S10. headphone jack, expandable micro SD storage, none of the bloatware.

I had a similar inquiry, I think the conclusion is Pixel. It's not ideal but they're supporting updates for 7 years now which is a good push towards deshitification. And as others put, it can have custom firmware which can prolong that even longer (or if you want out of that Google ecosystem).

Haven't took the leap yet though. I'm typing this from a hand me down Galaxy S10 that's held together with rubber bands because the back glass became unglued. I haven't had updates in a while but bs Knox protection threatens to brick the thing if I flash a new firmware. Pixels are expensive, though.

Fairphone if you lay weight with the environment, Pixel for Graphene if you value privacy.
Of those three otherwise, the pixel

the fourth one.

I mean, come on is it that hard to at least give us some context? What you're looking for in your next phone, why you're hesitating? Stuff like that so, you know, we can at least try to guess what kind of answer you may be looking for ;)

I love my Nothing Phone 2. Check them out.

Of the 3, probably Pixel,but if definitely we flashing it.

I feel like I could buy 8 of my phone with that money.

The Pixel

Motorola One. Cost me 200 bucks four years ago. Claims to be water resistant, but I've dropped it in the lake about a dozen times and accidentally tossed it in the washing machine once (I got it out right away.) It hasn't so much as frozen since buying it and the battery can still go about two days without a charge.

I'd seriously add the song xperia vi into that consideration. Solid audio and screen.

well you can't easily root asus phones anymore from what i understand. if these are your ONLY options id go for the pixel and run a de-googled rom.

OOT, what site is this?

I can recommend this one! It has incredible battery life!

Only partially related answer but I'm being (foolishly) hopeful the new Samsungs (S25) might make it to LineageOS ... might ... one day ... perhaps.

I’ve had a lot of Google phones: nexus s, galaxy nexus, nexus 4, 5 and 6 and a pixel 3. None of these phones lasted more than a year (I got many of them replaced at least once from the warranty). I’m not hard on the phone either, they just don’t seem to last and it’s always something stupid. On the pixel, the usb c port bent multiple times because I was still using wired headphones when I took my dogs for walks. I had enough of that and with Google basically becoming Apple anyway, I switched to an iPhone 13 three years ago. I haven’t had a single issue with it. I still think android is a much better OS. It comes down to this; if you want to mess with the phone, android is more accommodating but you may need to replace the hardware a lot more frequently. If you don’t want to mess with the phone and want something reliable, the iPhone is better.

Most phones are basically the same nowadays. Even the cheapest one can run smoothly. Just make sure it got 8Go+ RAM and enough storage if it doesn't have external SD card capability. If these prior specs are met just get the one with the best camera. (In this situation, it's likely the Google pixel)

If you want more bang for your $ ... Check out Xiaomi POCO