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Phones Thinking about Android again

ClaraStahlbaum said:
It takes good enough photos, but it is not the best quality photo.
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I think mid-range phones are designed this way to entice you to upgrade to the flagship models. I normally use the iPhone 13 mini and the photos are kinda average compared to my previous phone, the Samsung Galaxy S9 from 2018. Recently I broke my iPhone and switched back to the S9 and I realized how much more I like the photo quality. If you care about photo quality, get a flagship model.

With this experience, I think I will get the Xiaomi 17. There is an international version that has all of the frequencies for my provider. It also has dual eSIM and can accept two physical SIMs. The Chinese version only has physical SIM slots and is missing two frequencies for my provider.
 
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MacInTO said:
I think mid-range phones are designed this way to entice you to upgrade to the flagship models. I normally use the iPhone 13 mini and the photos are kinda average compared to my previous phone, the Samsung Galaxy S9 from 2018. Recently I broke my iPhone and switched back to the S9 and I realized how much more I like the photo quality. If you care about photo quality, get a flagship model.

With this experience, I think I will get the Xiaomi 17. There is an international version that has all of the frequencies for my provider. It also has dual eSIM and can accept two physical SIMs. The Chinese version only has physical SIM slots and is missing two frequencies for my provider.
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I think you tend to also get used to the touchup algorithm of whatever brand that you're accustomed to. When I first got my ZF7 I thought the photos felt overprocessed/soft especially in the stock 'photo' mode. I was kinda bummed at first because it felt like a downgrade from my old 13PM. Then after a few months I was out with my brother and we both took some photos and started going through them. I prefer the ZF7's photos that I took to the ones he took on his 16PM. Especially for low light, high vibrancy photos and especially photos of food.
 
MacInTO said:
I think mid-range phones are designed this way to entice you to upgrade to the flagship models. I normally use the iPhone 13 mini and the photos are kinda average compared to my previous phone, the Samsung Galaxy S9 from 2018. Recently I broke my iPhone and switched back to the S9 and I realized how much more I like the photo quality. If you care about photo quality, get a flagship model.

With this experience, I think I will get the Xiaomi 17. There is an international version that has all of the frequencies for my provider. It also has dual eSIM and can accept two physical SIMs. The Chinese version only has physical SIM slots and is missing two frequencies for my provider.
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I am considering the A57 or the S25 FE because of the price point. Flagship models are definitely out of my price range and I am not someone who makes use of all these features. If I do get an Android, I'll likely disable all of the AI features if possible.
 
ClaraStahlbaum said:
I am considering the A57 or the S25 FE because of the price point. Flagship models are definitely out of my price range and I am not someone who makes use of all these features. If I do get an Android, I'll likely disable all of the AI features if possible.
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Get the S25 FE over the A57, it's a much much better phone at a similar price!
 
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MarkX said:
Get the S25 FE over the A57, it's a much much better phone at a similar price!
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It seems like in the US, that Samsung is the better deal for Androids. I don't know about Google phones personally, is it possible to disable the various Google Gemini features and use them without AI?
 
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