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Before deciding on your current phone, which others were on your shortlist?

The Oneplus 9 announcements reminded me that I seriously considered getting the OP7Pro, along with Galaxy Note 9, Xiaomi Mi 9T, and Nubia Z20. My search criteria on gsmarena was "notchless OLED".

Price, updates, and local warranty were the crucial factors why the other phones ultimately didn't get the rose. The Mi 9T woulda been the one if they officially sold them in Canada, though I think about "What coulda been" with the Note 9 the most.

Which phones were your final candidates, and how did...

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Anandtech: "Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 780G: New 5nm 765 Successor"
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16578/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-780g-new-5nm-765-successor

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POCO F3 Review FULL Review. BEST VALUE Flagship Of 2021! [TechTablets]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK4ktTNhonY&feature=youtu.be

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Motorola launches its first flagship Moto G phone: the Moto G100
https://www.xda-developers.com/motorola-moto-g100-launch/

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Xiaomi Mi Stores Scam! Is this Honest Pricing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WFL4zFE_GQ

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Pitting the Vivo X60 Pro Plus’ Gimbal Camera against the iPhone 12 and Galaxy S21 Ultra
https://www.xda-developers.com/vivo-x60-pro-plus-review/

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Announcing the Android Ready SE Alliance
https://security.googleblog.com/2021/03/announcing-android-ready-se-alliance.html

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TechSpurt's Motorola Moto G100 (Snap870/8GB/5000mah) Unboxing, Tour & Docking Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfeRwdoOBs

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Fairphone 2 from 2015 now receiving official update to Android 9 Pie
https://www.xda-developers.com/fairphone-2-official-android-9-pie-update/

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite Unboxing (pre-launch) Part 1
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CQc1jNRbasI

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I have a Pixel 5 and an S21 Ultra. Ask. Me. Anything.

G v S...

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The Notch: marketing and buyers going mad?

Few days ago I decided, because of battery end of life issue, to change my phone (a Galaxy S8).

So for the first time in years, I checked all the recent phones on the market.

I was horrified to see the phone offer. The jack is dissappearing (but this is another topic), and now... Every phone has a f#### hole in the screen. So, I decided to buy the Sony Xperia 5 II which has both a jack and a full screen. Thanks Sony to produce quality phones when the other brands forget how to make complet...

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Fairphone suggests Qualcomm is the biggest barrier to long-term Android support
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/the-fairphone-2-hits-five-years-of-updates-with-some-help-from-lineageos/

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[GadgetMatch] vivo X60 Pro+ Review: The Camera Smartphone to Beat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgWeBesfMTQ

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The 165Hz Gaming BEAST is Here! [TechTablets]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcZue-Tx8dc&feature=youtu.be

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ASUS is starting to roll out the Android 11 update to the ZenFone 7
https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-7-android-11-update/

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Will Feature Silicon-Oxygen Anode Battery
https://www.myfixguide.com/xiaomi-mi-11-ultra-silicon-oxygen-anode-battery/

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Redmi K40 Pro Review. Better Than The POCO F3? [TechTablets]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkc-g3Jzz4&feature=youtu.be

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Our five year journey to Android 9 | Behind the bytes | Fairphone

This is a video from Fairphone, which sells sustainable and repairable phones.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcLmQp7ZdGU


In the video, they describe how Qualcomm is actually a barrier for long term support and how they have had to use Lineage OS to try to work around the lack Of Qualcomm support for older phones. Long story short, after Google releases the Android Open Source version of the new Android release, the SOC vendor (Qualcomm being the largest Android SOC vendor) must then take ...

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Xiaomi hints at new custom Surge chip for first time in years
https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-surge-chipset-1211008/

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