There are many ways and tools to choose your next device, but some are better than others. How do you do it?

I’ll begin - I tend to use Kimovil, however it lacks pricing for many devices and thus makes the process harder. Has many filters though, from headphone jack to different 5G and 4G bands.

  • MasterBuilder@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well, my first criteria is an unlockable bootloader, followed by rootability.

    Those alone usually pare the options down to 2 to 4 phones, so I really don’t have to think too much about the cool features.

    I expect to use my phone from 2 to 5 years, so compatibility with certain ROM producers is Aldo high on the list.

  • counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I look up what I like in a phone (headphone jack, expandable storage, led, Snapdragon…, plastic back, etc.) and use gsmsarena’s advanced search feature.

  • Gamey@feddit.rocksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I check for LineageOS support, repairability (kind of pointless nowdays), a headphone jack and a SD card slot and end up buying something that just supports LineageOS because apparently I am asking too much of a modern phone… :(

  • sure@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 months ago

    GSMARENA Phone Finder is pretty amazing. You can filter by basically any phone characteristic you want. Back material? Yep. Refresh rate? Also yes. Proximity sensor? You got it. Minimum wired charging wattage? Sure, why not.

    I’ve yet to find a more comprehensive one.

    Edit: taking a look at Kimovil. It seems like it has much of the same filters as Phone Finder, but with the bonus of also showing price, which is nice.