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

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"

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

Also, have you tried the following communities?

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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

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?

I look for a rom first, then a phone

The pixel, so you can put graphene on it

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.

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

pixel, so you can run GrapheneOS

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.

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

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 can recommend this one! It has incredible battery life!

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

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.

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

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.