What phone do you own?

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I've Recently got the P20 Pro, great phone, great camera system, EMUI is okay, EMUI's App management is a dumpster fire, has some Custom Roms, dont bother with it now though, Huawei took down the bootloader unlock service they had and the only option is FunkyHuawei which is like £60 or something fucking stupid to get the bootloader codes for the newer devices (P20 on basically), and they dont even offer it anymore
 
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I use a bare bones Moto G from textnow.com I got for free, I put CFW on it, and holding the power button turns on the flashlight if the screen is off (the cause of most of my pain), it's extremely slow, and it only has 2.4G. Did I mention there is no SIM card slot or Micro SD slot? The battery is unremovable. I wanted an iPhone, so my dad gave me an extremely locked down iPhone 5S for Christmas, so I still use the crap phone. It also gets really hot really fast! I have a LOT more complaints. :angry:
EDIT: IT EVEN HAS TROUBLE PLAYING TETRIS, ON HIGH PERFORMANCE MODE!
 
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I've Recently got the P20 Pro, great phone, great camera system, EMUI is okay, EMUI's App management is a dumpster fire, has some Custom Roms, dont bother with it now though, Huawei took down the bootloader unlock service they had and the only option is FunkyHuawei which is like £60 or something fucking stupid to get the bootloader codes for the newer devices (P20 on basically), and they dont even offer it anymore
My first experience with Huawei was the P9. When they stopped offering bootloader unlock codes, I've decided to never buy a Huawei phone again, nor recommend them to anybody.
Really nice first impression. /s
 
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My first experience with Huawei was the P9. When they stopped offering bootloader unlock codes, I've decided to never buy a Huawei phone again, nor recommend them to anybody.
Really nice first impression. /s
That situation sucked so much for those who care about such things honestly. I heavily dislike EMUI in all forms (Though the newer ones are a tad better than the old trash..) but I loved Huawei because of their open unlocking policy which always guaranteed some degree of custom rom on their devices.
But now sadly they made this decision and I've had to move on. What's interesting is that I ended up moving on to Nokia of all brands, who also doesn't offer bootloader unlocks; though there are signs they're trying and I think their unlock app works on one of the phones (I forget which). However their stock rom on my Nokia 5 was close enough to aosp that I didn't feel the need for a custom rom and bootloader unlock (Allowing root through Magisk!) was obtained through unofficial means. So until this phone dies on me, I'm happy.

Friendship ended with Huawei, now Nokia is my best friend
 

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My first experience with Huawei was the P9. When they stopped offering bootloader unlock codes, I've decided to never buy a Huawei phone again, nor recommend them to anybody.
Really nice first impression. /s
HAHAHA Yeah i know right? i plan on going elsewhere once i can upgrade in August (Perks of having Annual Upgrade on the contract) all i need to do is lock the bootloader and hand it back pretty much. looking forward to it actually.
 
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That situation sucked so much for those who care about such things honestly. I heavily dislike EMUI in all forms (Though the newer ones are a tad better than the old trash..) but I loved Huawei because of their open unlocking policy which always guaranteed some degree of custom rom on their devices.
Same. I can't stand OEM ROMs and always switch to an close-to-AOSP custom ROM.
What's interesting is that I ended up moving on to Nokia of all brands [...]

Friendship ended with Huawei, now Nokia is my best friend
Likewise; I'm happy with my Nokia and Android One. It's nice to finally be able to run a ROM like this with official support.
HAHAHA Yeah i know right? i plan on going elsewhere once i can upgrade in August (Perks of having Annual Upgrade on the contract) all i need to do is lock the bootloader and hand it back pretty much. looking forward to it actually.
Switch to Nokia. ;)
 
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actually I am using an xperia mini pro (sk17a)... that launched in 2011... but really... I miss the time when phones were small enough to fit them in the pocket... and also miss the qwerty keyboard... my phone is not powerful enough for most apps... but with some tweaks I made... now it works really well... and love playing retro games with the keyboard
 

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Kyocera Duraforce Pro, a waterproof toughphone.
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actually I am using an xperia mini pro (sk17a)... that launched in 2011... but really... I miss the time when phones were small enough to fit them in the pocket... and also miss the qwerty keyboard... my phone is not powerful enough for most apps... but with some tweaks I made... now it works really well... and love playing retro games with the keyboard
Most phones nowadays still fit well into your pocket, but there are smaller models too, if you'd prefer them.
If you want a physical keyboard on your phone, BlackBerry has a bunch of newer Android phones that have them.
 

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