I have a Samsung S20, it’s starting to have issues, so I’m looking at something decent, need large screen 6in+, prefer powerful phone for future proofing. I don’t intend to glash it the 1st year, last phone I put a custom ROM on was my Note4. Right now I’m looking at the 1+ 12 and the pixel 8 pro, the pixel 9pro is just out of my price range. Is there anything else I should be looking at?

  • @[email protected]English
    25•1 month ago

    If your phone can survive until next summer it might be a good idea, EU is forcing some consumer friendly requirements which I imagine will give you a wider availability of models with five years of updates.
    https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en

    Ecodesign requirements will apply to mobile phones and tablets put on the EU market from 20 June 2025 onwards, including:

    1. resistance to accidental drops or scratches and protection from dust and water
    2. sufficiently durable batteries which can withstand at least 800 charge and discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their initial capacity
    3. rules on disassembly and repair, including obligations for producers to make critical spare parts available within 5-10 working days, and for 7 years after the end of sales of the product model on the EU market
    4. availability of operating system upgrades for longer periods (at least 5 years from the date of the end of placement on the market of the last unit of a product model)
    5. non-discriminatory access for professional repairers to any software or firmware needed for the replacement
    • @[email protected]English
      11•1 month ago

      Wow! I think Louis Rossman will be happy about this, although the U.S.A. lobbyists are most likely trying to push in the opposite direction. I mean, we stand to benefit in that manufacturers are unlikely to make different models, but anything beyond the physical can be differentiated by region so they can continue to screw the consumer senseless in U.S.A. while the EU actually continues to do good for the consumers.

      • @[email protected]English
        7•1 month ago

        If they’ve already spent the developer time to create a security update for the EU market then I imagine they will push it to phones in the US too.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 month ago

          In the US carriers have a lot of control over the software on phones bought through them (most of them). So you’d have to get the update verified and approved by them.

          • @[email protected]English
            1•1 month ago

            Ah, that sucks and complicates things. One can only hope that doesn’t stop the US phones from getting them then.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 month ago

          Yeah that’s what I’m saying. Certain things will be global, but in terms of repair availability etc. you follow Louis Rossman? He’s been trying to get right to repair in Congress and meanwhile the lobbyists keep pushing back and some manufacturers are starting to just plain go evil. The shit some of them are pulling - in many industries. So I’m just saying we will get the kind of advantages that just have to be included due to logistics, but anything that’s local regulation we are getting worse and worse in the U.S.A. companies are rapidly jumping onto new levels of evil and the FTC has only now got a woman with balls - pardon the expression - but they can only do so much and it’s not even enough.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•1 month ago

          I mean that would make sense but reality often doesn’t reflect what makes sense. Planned obsolescence is a thing. As is malicious corporations. Many OEMs are creating differentiation in their product lineup by simply removing features from lower end models.