What phone are you daily driving currently?

[kojack]

On 3/6/2025 at 4:39 PM, 6730b said:

A few months now with the Pixel P8P, it works fine (unexpectedly!), great display, excellent photo abilities from great macro to good zoom. Can live well with the 'slow' chip and relatively lack of batt time.

But the Doodle OS, damn, desert island, coconuts only. Samsung oneui + addons is a 5 star mega-restaurant in comparision (with nothing to pay for the meals).

So carrying 2 phones (no problem + using many sims): Pixel for it's great photos (+ hotspot use), Samsung for all the rest :O)

I have both the P8P and the s25 Ultra, I prefer the 8 pro in every single way. I hate all the garbage in the OneUI Skin. We both (my wife and I) use Microsoft launcher to get rid of the google search bar, and add icon packs.  Other than that all that whizbang'ery of OneUi is added bloat.  We get through a day of heavy use without issue and I have never had a slow down because of a "slow" processor.  Benchmarks don't me a fiddlers fart in real world use. As proven by my laptop benching better on affinity photo with my Xe Graphics from 2020 vs a radeon 890m from 2025. 

[6730b]

Happy with the p8pro, nothing broke in 9 months and good photo dept.

Am liking 'minimalistic everything' when it comes to looks, still using this launcher, really light and good !
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vincent_falzon.discreetlauncher/

And on all and every phone in my posession, Netguard to have full control of background net activity (see the lock key next to level bars).

Bloat ? Pixel got a good dose as welll, my debloat list:
reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1hno705/comment/m43rc3f/

 

[6730b]

About Samsung, among the myriad of apps\options\tweaks available (called bloat or choices, depending of one's standpoint), many am not using\disbaled\unistalled but a big fan of some of the most important ones. And always impressed by the manufacturing quality.

Photo Gallery, Editor, Notes, Calendar, Messages, Phone app, Modes\Routines, Good Lock add-ons, Edge Panel and more, all nicely tweaked and refined over many years to provide 1st class services and interface (imo).

The above weighs quite a lot so want to stay with Samsung, still using one as my main daily driver. If only the Sam's did manage someday to keep up with evolution > improve the photo results in it's S-line, would be a no-brainer here.

That said, after the Pixel testing (satisfied with reliability and performance, great photos (not doing much videos, not gaming so soc speed\heat is fine, AI of less importance), am wanting to investigate Xiaomi (14\15 Ultra) and Honor (Magic 6\7 Pro), to get more insight into the 'philosophy' differences between brands. Will be looking for some great deal on black friday or other sale.

Some very interesting China-only models out there, but not taking the risk with import (warranty, china-special OS etc) so sticking to brands that are sold locally in regions I dwell in.

[kojack]

Thats the fun with android.  Choice.  Check out vivo, red magic and their parent company, as well as nothing. I am taken by the nothing lineup lately just for their quirky style and minimal and futuristic OS.  Very cool.