/spg/ - Smartphone General

If you're requesting purchasing advice, please provide your country and what carrier you'll be using. Include the features you want, budget, and size. BEFORE POSTING, narrow down your options by using the links below.

>What phone has X and Y feature?
Don't ask, use these!
gsmarena.com/search.php3
kimovil.com/en/compare-smartphones
phonedb.net/index.php?m=device&s=query

Good Resources:
>Reviews
gsmarena.com
phonearena.com
notebookcheck.net

>Frequency Checker
kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker
frequencycheck.com
willmyphonework.net

>Visual Phone Size Comparison
phonesized.com/
phonearena.com/phones/size

>Everything rooting and custom ROM related
>Beware carrier variants with locked bootloaders
xda-developers.com/

>A curated list of open source Android applications, tutorials and resources
gitlab.com/linuxcafefederation/awesome-android/-/blob/main/README.md

>Android App compatibility list for de-googled phones
plexus.techlore.tech/

>Custom ROMs suggestions, privacy guides
gearjail.neocities.org/

>Recommended Chinese phones
pastebin.com/sQbs83pY

>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how much you spent on a good/bad phone

Previous thread:

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what's the best root-able flagship currently?

how come Nord N200 doesn't have any Lineage OS anymore?

Its got the best battery life and 65gb default storage yet its abandoned?

>Cheapest 5g phone you can get for now
>No custom ROM support whatsoever
Lame.

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Need a translation from Aliexpressian.

That's a description from a Realme GT Neo 2 store page, they sell sealed phones with Chinese ROM and opened reflashed to Global. Does that mean Google pay will work on a chink rom, but won't on a global?

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these 3dpd op posts are garbage

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if GPay requires locked bootloader to work then yes, because the reflashed global rom has its bootloader unlocked unlike the untouched china version

just ordered this
What am I in for?

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Cunny

Chinese spyware and at least 15 minutes of debloating.