• Krelis_@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I picked the Sony Xperia 1v because:

    • 71mm width (similar to pixel 8)
    • Flagship specs (*for 2023 - Snapdragon 8 gen2 / 12gb)
    • not Google Samsung or Apple
    • little to no bloatware
    • Decent cameras
    • SD card expandable
    • Headphone jack 3.5mm (though I haven’t used it yet)
    • No glass back (and solid build quality allround)
    • LineageOS support (for when vendor support runs out)
    • I got a good refurb deal in 2024

    I was considering a Zenphone 10 or Xperia 5 v - mainly for size and brand reasons as above - when i found this for £650

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      15 hours ago

      I picked the 5ii for similar reasons at the time.

      The problem is it only gets 2 years of support, so I haven’t gotten an update in years. Sony is living in 2010.

      The fingerprint reader slowly stopped working 6 months ago via a prolific software bug that is all over forums for xperias that will never be fixed.

      The battery (even ONLY charging it to 80% using battery care) is horrific after a few years, mediocre when I got it and the standby time is shit. It loses 1.5-2% battery per hour not being used at all now. I get maybe 4h SOT browsing (much less with video).

      The default camera app is crap and not even worth using…

      I want to try lineageOS when I get the time to see if it fixes the battery and fingerprint reader, but here in Belgium we really need access to our bank apps because almost everything is done through there.