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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago

Slight ramble / off topic, I've owned a few Sony phones over the years, granted this was some time ago bit they were my go to here in the UK before they decided to add too many digets too the price, my last one was an Xperia 10 (I think, Sony's naming convention and all that) great phone at the time, headphone jack and microSD cards, nice toolless SIM tray (which the still do I believe), spec sheet was decent etc.

But one thing I did not manage to notice while doing my research was the performance was god aweful in Sony's android implementation at the time (at least on the 10) the underlying OS was so poorly optimised it kind of fell inside its own arse whenever doing anything more taxing than watching a video, everything surrounding it was perfect but the software.

Great phone held back by poor software, many years late I flashed Linage and rocked it as a dedicated music player, with my wired headphones and 128GB microSD and it was night and day.

On an unrlated note, I still kind of miss old Sony design language in their OS that kind of mirrored XMB in some ways especially the UI sounds and icons, but anyway the battery was going on it years ago and I lost it during a move, I still miss that phone.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 week ago (18 children)

For the crazy people like me who won't let it go

[–] [email protected] 132 points 1 week ago (43 children)

nah, it's crazy that phone designers let it go

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

It's not us who are crazy!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This one has TWO headphone ports!

  • I love the official brochure for the camera: "It's not good but it works".

Edit: Damn you, you edited the thing i said while i was writing it. :D

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (12 children)

No mention of the DAC quality of any of the models. I’d hope the Sony one is decent.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

I got the Xperia 1 VI, the headphone port seriously lacks power. It's like half of what i'd expect from a phone. They might have bent a knee to some EU regulation. All my older cheaper phones could drive my larger cans, this one doesn't leave much headroom.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sony

Can't trust them ever again. Had an XZ Premium, and they took away Miracast in an update.

And I'm still not over them taking away Linux support on the PS3....

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Now do one for phones that still have a microsd slot

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Sony has both! I'm rocking a 1tb SD card at the moment that I swap into my drone and laptop for quick file transfer and it's amazing.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I would love buying a Sony Xperia if it had a better update policy and wasn't that expensive

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm still using a Samsung S10e and its starting to show signs of wear, but I honestly don't like any of the replacements I've seen that are under $1000 and I don't want to spend that much on a phone. And unfortunately it looks hard to find older versions too.

I tried looking into old version of the Asus ROG or Red Magic phones that still performed better than my S10e but even those were still so pricy.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Still mostly loving my cheap Motorola g84. Rarely use the headphone jack but it's there. The stereo speakers in it are pretty good.

Biggest gripe is it kills Facebook messenger in the background no matter what you do. WhatsApp unaffected though.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Which ones have 1/4" jacks?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some people just can't be pleased, lol

Would that be for a direct input from an instrument, say?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My phone doesn't have a headphone jack but has an FM radio. It took me ages to 1) realise I needed a pass through cable without a DAC and 2) find a pass-through cable without a DAC.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to throw Unihertz a shout-out. I only have the JellyPhone for its novelty, but as far as devices go, it does all the things an Android phone should, even with the silly form factor. It being stock Android is a big plus as well

I can’t necessarily speak for their other phones, but if the build quality is the same, I really like what they’re doing.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

the Sony would be the perfect phone if it was rootable, in the usa, and was a pixel.

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