• @[email protected]
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    2 months ago

    How about instead of making nothing in the phone decent except the camera, we put more memory in the phones and make them usable for actual computing

    • MaggiWuerze
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      72 months ago

      You think a phone with 512GB storage and 12gb RAM is lacking? Phones should be way faster and snappier with what resources they have, Android and iOS are just bad in using what they have available

    • Possibly linux
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      These days phones have a lot of ram. It isn’t uncommon to see a 4gb phone.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 months ago

        That way I can use my phone for my favourite way to get my temperature!

        I’ll let you come up with a mental image of that, on the house

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      Because that’s still very niche. Flagship phones have more than enough power for the vast majority of users and have done for years now. The cost/benefit analysis doesn’t add up

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        Better not develop anything for the platform that needs any real processing power then, let’s just keep phones as data harvesting tools and nothing more

  • ElPussyKangaroo
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    212 months ago

    Just leave it be. How often do we need to increase the MP count of the sensor?! It’s anyway an insanely small sensor.

    Just make another Galaxy Camera ffs. Call it Galaxy Snap or something. Or the Pixel Snap. Or whatever tf you want. Just stop obsessing over changing stuff that’s alright.

    • Alphane MoonOP
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      92 months ago

      I’ve been a mid-range phone user since around 2018 or so. Don’t really see any reason to get flagships.

      The one area where mid-range devices do lag the flagships is camera quality.

      • ElPussyKangaroo
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        52 months ago

        Same here. I buy Xiaomi midrangers or their Poco devices. They have great hardware for the most part, and have amazing custom ROM support.

        As for camera hardware, a surefire way to improve your picture quality is by using a GCam Mod for your device. You can check on Telegram if your device has a Photography group (search “devicename Photography” or similar words) OR you can search for your device on the official website for them.

        • Alphane MoonOP
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          42 months ago

          I used to use Gcam mods, but I stopped because there were too many issues with making sure they worked correctly.

          I think in 2-3 years the difference in camera quality between mid-range devices and flagships will be small enough that it won’t matter for most people.

          • ElPussyKangaroo
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            32 months ago

            I’m sorry that you had to experience that. It’s definitely the case that you have to test many different mods and different configs for them. It helps to be on a Telegram group that has people sharing official config files that they have tested for the various features for your device.

            If you don’t mind me asking, what device do you use currently? Maybe I could help you find a suitable GCam mod? I only suggest this because I have found it to improve images multifold for me.

            • Alphane MoonOP
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              22 months ago

              Thank you for the offer and kind words. I use a A73 these days. To be honest, the quality is good enough for my needs. I do notice a difference with friend’s pictures. Don’t really need a GCam mod at this point.

              • ElPussyKangaroo
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                22 months ago

                Oh I see… Samsung’s do have good enough picture quality. Fair enough.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        I’ve reverted to buying the previous year’s flagships now. When you do a side by side comparison the only real difference between last year’s and this year’s is £300-400.

  • @[email protected]
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    52 months ago

    I had a Galaxy S20 and the video recording was constantly choppy. I was very excited to get my Pixel 8 and the video is choppy. Am I just cursed or do these Android phones have a hard time with video?

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      You might be cursed. I’ve never noticed any choppy video and I was still on a pixel 4 until last week

    • Alphane MoonOP
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      22 months ago

      Going to pile on, I have a Samsung A73 and videos are fine.

      Do you use some sort of custom settings?