Its not. I’m writing this on a Note 8 with Android 9. It can run 99% of Apps on the Playstore, has an up to date browser and even gets access to new features like Google Lens, Gemini or Quickshare. Would it be nice to have Android 14? Yes. Does it need Android 14? eh not really.

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I think this causes infinitly more issues than just installing it. But I agree, all these “apps” could and should be regular webapps.

also they walk really funny (the european ones)

Marketing and availablity. Unless you watch Phonereviews you probably have no idea these phones exist.

thanks, I will give the work profile route a try since I’m not aware of any ways to root my phone (LG G8X)

I have done that but there are certain Services like my Bank or Phone provide that require me to installiert their App. Also with others - Kleinanzeigen, the mobile website is horrible and thus kinda force me to use the App.

these days unless you have a very popular Samsung, Oneplus or a Pixel you usually don’t have much choice.

Call of Duty has gotten too complex for its own good.

how about no

Must resist the urge to plug in a Type C electrical device

Very mid Upgrade. OLED makes sense but why make it thinner again. Plus the M4 - great that its there but what is anyone gonna do with it.

What now Bullpup advocates?

That one wasn’t just gas.

I really don’t care what others eat but a lot just of vegans, especially the ones who take it super serious, I had to deal with have just a aura of passive agressive judgmental smugness. Vegetarians not at all from my experience.

Can’t wait for Python on top of webassembly on top of react on top of electron Frameworks to void that advancement

Can Android please just stop trying to figure this shit out by itsself and just give me the tools to manually configure this shit.

No shit. And get this - The iPhone 7 did have enough space for a headphone jack.

As some people mentioned already … Aliexpress is a good place to look for replacements. Ebay can be good as well. However I really question that its even worth it. You can find flagship phones like the Galaxy S9, Oneplus 6, LG G7, … often for less than 70 bucks in good condition.

Biggest one for me would be the paged app drawer. I hate scrollig ones like you get on a Pixel and with recent Android versions and most 3rd party launchers don’t work that great. Also the AOD on Samsung phones is much better, the app quicklaunch and clipboard history sidepannels are really great, bixby routines can be useful and the whole quicksettings area is so much better with waaaay less padding and more useful toggles.