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I know my beloved flip 4 will eventually develop a fault. I had it a month before the initial release. I love it and I don't like the new design of bigger front screen. So one day I'll be forced to upgrade.

The entire point of the mini screen is to minimise the contact with the phone, not to just replace it on a half screen.

Still running a Samsung note 8, probably the biggest thing I dislike is kinda wish it was a little smaller. It might fit in my pocket better, would probably be easier to hold, and I would be fine having other devices for stuff where I need a bigger screen. Not a huge deal, but I do kinda miss having a medium sized smartphone.

• File system access being locked down unless you're rooted. I basically makes using some retro emulators impossible because in some cases the emulator installs the ROMs into the data partition which the launcher can't access.
• The inevitable forcing of Google/Apple's fucking A.I into every aspect of my phone. I can only opt out for so long before it's just baked into the OS itself with no way to disable it. If I want to ask an AI a question, or to double check my code for errors, I'll go to a website and ask it. I don't need/want it doing shit proactively all the time.

Charging circuit could do with more isolation. When I am charging the phone there is noise that comes through to headphone jack.

Default clean up app that free my phone storage force ads into my face.

Too large! Came with bloatware. No other complaints though, I only use my phone for a few things.

That week long period of time when it would take 8 hours to charge

That its producer has gone bancrupt they have absolutely lived the enshittyfication while doing the settings in their custom Android and I am currently on the last supported android version (12) which will probably go unsupported soon-ish and the company I got the phone from has sold so few that the definitely better alternatives (Lineage, etc) don't have any reports of people who have done it with my device or even a tutorial. And reading into flashing it on an unsupported device is a rabbithole I currently don't want to spend time with. And if I fuck up I can't even write the company to fix it for me or smth like that...

I accidentally turn on the auto show keyboard when opening the app drawer and now I dont know how to turn it off again. On a Pixel 6 pro.

The cost to use it no matter the network no matter how cheap the plans it's still a bill regardless that has to be to use it. Would be better if all we had was intranet via relays so nothing cost to use it not the internet not conversations over it etc.

Lack of OIS on the camera. Literally the only bad thing about it.

Samsung S22 Ultra. Probably battery life, specifically that 15% means "you have 5 minutes left". And how long it takes to open the camera app and take a photo.

OS is okay, performance outside of the camera issue is okay, size, camera quality, screen, s-pen... I could have changed it this year and chose to skip. I might change it next year or even try to make it to 2026. New battery might be needed for that.

S23 ultra.

1. Finderpint sensors still suck. Get face ID on these please
2. Why does the device control button live on the left when swiping down the first time, but on the right on the second swipe? Put them on the same side for the love of god.