Generally, for me it would be Xiaomi and Samsung. Both have decent features at a decent price. I mean, they can run some games without too many problems or open TikTok.

  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    It’s not a power-user device so no, you don’t get all the fancy custom ROMs and such,

    most people don’t need custom roms, contrary to good free software apps that don’t steal your and your friends data through you.

    but for doing all the normal phone things, I’ve not had a single issue.

    for that, literally a dumb phone is enough, and will last longer than any iphone or android. if android enshittified to the level of iphones, I would refuse to buy anything than a dumb phone, maybe not even that.

    • otacon239@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      literally a dumb phone is enough

      Not to:

      • Browse the web
      • Check my bank balance
        • Tap to Pay
      • Use most any chat service (including open-source ones)
      • Take a reasonable picture
      • Listen to music (Brining another non-streaming player isn’t a reasonable trade off for most anyone)
      • Remotely manage my home network (admittedly less “normal phone things”)
      • The list goes on…

      While I would love to be a Luddite and say I don’t need a smartphone, there’s just a swath of convenience that you can’t get any other way.