I have a Samsung S20, it’s starting to have issues, so I’m looking at something decent, need large screen 6in+, prefer powerful phone for future proofing. I don’t intend to glash it the 1st year, last phone I put a custom ROM on was my Note4. Right now I’m looking at the 1+ 12 and the pixel 8 pro, the pixel 9pro is just out of my price range. Is there anything else I should be looking at?

  • anamethatisnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    27 days ago

    If your phone can survive until next summer it might be a good idea, EU is forcing some consumer friendly requirements which I imagine will give you a wider availability of models with five years of updates.
    https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en

    Ecodesign requirements will apply to mobile phones and tablets put on the EU market from 20 June 2025 onwards, including:

    1. resistance to accidental drops or scratches and protection from dust and water
    2. sufficiently durable batteries which can withstand at least 800 charge and discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their initial capacity
    3. rules on disassembly and repair, including obligations for producers to make critical spare parts available within 5-10 working days, and for 7 years after the end of sales of the product model on the EU market
    4. availability of operating system upgrades for longer periods (at least 5 years from the date of the end of placement on the market of the last unit of a product model)
    5. non-discriminatory access for professional repairers to any software or firmware needed for the replacement
    • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      27 days ago

      Wow! I think Louis Rossman will be happy about this, although the U.S.A. lobbyists are most likely trying to push in the opposite direction. I mean, we stand to benefit in that manufacturers are unlikely to make different models, but anything beyond the physical can be differentiated by region so they can continue to screw the consumer senseless in U.S.A. while the EU actually continues to do good for the consumers.

      • anamethatisnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        27 days ago

        If they’ve already spent the developer time to create a security update for the EU market then I imagine they will push it to phones in the US too.

        • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          0·
          27 days ago

          In the US carriers have a lot of control over the software on phones bought through them (most of them). So you’d have to get the update verified and approved by them.