what phone do you use (give pros and cons please)

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by mute9003, Dec 20, 2024.

  1. I had an Armor 11T before this one. Eventually the battery started to look like it would fail. I was pretty hard on it and loved it.

    AFAIK, these only work (in the US) on T-Mobile. Technically they are capable of working with Verizon 5g but they will actively block it. I found that every 15-30 min it would get booted, despite having a valid SIM and being 100% capable of running on their network. Just giant company anti-competitive BS imo.

    Having a thermal camera is awesome if you work in a technical field. It's sensitive enough that I can actually see people's thermal "footprints" in the carpet.
    Cool applications:
    • Shorts on PCBs
      • Being able to see in real time that something is overheating and shut it down before permeant damage occurs
    • Wire tracing
    • Failing bearings
    • Sticking brake calipers
    • Leaking compressed gas lines
      • Or air leaks in general
    • Buried pipes
    • Annealing metal
     
    #51     Dec 23, 2024
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  2. Bluetooth? Apple CarPlay?
     
    #52     Dec 23, 2024
  3. mervyn

    mervyn

    i had a huawei mate 10 to replace blackberry passport decade, it was the best phone, way ahead of any samsung offerings.

    now they have a 3 fold phone. i could possibly get a copy but not sure it will work on us telecom network.

    until then i am ok with last iphone 13 with sim card, no esim for me.
     
    #53     Dec 23, 2024
  4. mute9003

    mute9003

    godammmmm this god long.

    for samsungspecific users.
    try not using data where there is alot of interference to signal.
    it wears out the receiver somehow.
    this is the reason i asked because i didnt want to buy another galaxy phone.
    i have been using galaxy phonesalmost exclusively with few in between since the original galaxy.
    i lived in same area and all without exception died same way
    data signal degrades to the point where evenbasic webpages dont load for like 30 seconds
    other phones didnt have that problem but they didnt have the screen size i wanted.

    i think im gonna have to go with galaxy s24 ultra after all because they finally got rid of round edges
     
    #54     Jan 20, 2025
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  5. Handle123

    Handle123

    I was lost after awesome. Am just happy they make cotton cargo pants with 34 length.

    What can you do with thermal camera, night surveillance or nuclear ?
     
    #55     Jan 20, 2025