Yep. Honestly, Xiaomi is my go-to to recommend to people looking for a budget hackable device. But if you have $700 on hand then Pixel is a way more sensible choice
On my previous phones, I never applied a screen protector. For my current one, I did because the oleophobic wore off, so I had to get one to not deal with the stickiness and roughness that increases with time. Plus, a screen protector costs way less than an actual display replacement. So, I made the choice.
Gorilla Glass Victus is just a marketing term. It’s still glass, and glass breaks (and gets scratched). Always use a screen protector. If your phone has curved edges on the front, a case is also mandatory because curved screens are very easy to break.
So that eliminates just setting their DNS to an ad blocking one in their Wi-Fi settings.
You can setup DNS ad blocking in the DNS settings, not the wi-fi settings, so it will follow you everywhere. I believe the setting is called “Private DNS” and it works great for me with the free AdGuard DNS. There is a setting to turn it on and off in there too.
It works on any device that lets you set the DNS. Put it on your home router so everything on your wifi benefits, set it in your phone settings so you can benefit when you’re not at home. I’m a huge fan. Way easier than setting up your own and it works really well.
The Pixel a series I don’t see in public much. Usually comes months after the main Pixels come out, but the specs you get for the price point is insane. Also the fact you have top tier custom ROM support. This is the part where I shill that you should run GrapheneOS or CalyxOS.
Most of them yeah. I won’t lie, not all of them will. GrapheneOS did a small little faq writeup that can explain better then I can grapheneos.org/usage#banking-apps
Pixel As in general seem to have better rom support, for example, Pixel 3a is one of the few devices with all ubuntu touch features working, while pixel 3 isnt even supported
I went from the 3a to the 6a and they had a $300 trade in deal. So I ended up only paying $150 and also got a pair of the pixel earbuds which are normally like $100 on their own. Insane deal.
The trade in deal doesn’t seem to exist for the 7a right now tho, so idk when it comes out. Shame cuz I wanted that dope red colored 7a. The 6a is still really good for now though, just wish it had wireless charging.
I’d say to rule out the s22, because for cheaper you could get almost the same, and for more you could get a more stable experience. It’s up to you to decide if you want a cheaper phone or higher quality phone.
The upgrade in performance for all of these phones versus your Huawei are going to be absolutely monumental.
If you want to keep this phone for a few years, I’d suggest the S23. It’s got 3 years of OS updates and 4 years of security patches and the others are likely to have battery issues in the next year or two(especially the S22, it has known battery drain problems already). Having the Snapdragon on the S23 will almost guarantee you’ll be able to install custom ROMs beyond the end of Samsung official support, as well.
If you can live with only 128 GB then S22. It has no SD card, so no upgrade ever, those are filled up with videos quickly. At 144 Mb/s (18 MB/s) it’s 1 minute of video per GB. 1 hour and half the storage is full.
This is the big reason I still do not know where to go after the S20. I have 1 TB in that, for not even 100 €.
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