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I’m going to chime in here to plug the ulefone power armor 18t I just got. I was pretty nervous to get a chinese phone as I’ve only had samsung and lg phones before, but this thing legit blows me away. Not only does it fully support every band that my carrier uses (rare even for phones made for the US market), but it has:
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Replaceable battery that lasts 3+ days between recharges
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Extremely rugged, IP69 waterproof and designed for underwater photography (physical shutter button and diving camera app)
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3.5mm jack, sd card slot, FM radio (with built in antenna - no headphones need to be plugged in), and an RGB notification led
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Dimensity 900 chipset that beats a lot of the snapdragon chips on the market.
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12 fucking GB of RAM… yes, 12…
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Wifi 6(ax)
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Wireless charging and reverse charging
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A fucking 60x magnification microscope? (Why???)
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A FLIR thermal camera (Just because, why the fuck not)
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Runs mostly bloat free stock android
All that for under $600 (on aliexpress)
The only thing it’s missing is an IR blaster, otherwise this is the best phone I’ve ever had, bar none. It is a chonky beast though, be warned.
This has really changed my view on Chinese electronics, especially at a time when phones for the western world are losing features and functionality all the time (including stuff from South Korean). Turns out capitalism isn’t that great for innovation!
As a former fan of ulefones:
They’re great as long as they work, but I already had two ulefones where something broke internally physically and the IR-blaster blasted non-stop, even after the phone was off. Never had other significant problems, tho.
Yeah I’m not looking for Chinese spyware on my phone’s from a company that will no longer exist in 3 months.
Damn, this seems like exactly what I’ve been looking for… Shame I’m finding it a year late.
One last really important point you didn’t mention is how long do they serve security updates for?
Ulephone is a beast that fits in your pocket. Its hardware is near perfection, too bad they cut costs at software resulting in many crashes, random reboots or apps that stop working. But it’s indeed a solid Chinese phone.
Honestly this is amazing. If only it wasn’t so big…
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Every phone I had that did this also used the wired headphone cable as an antenna. Personally I do like Bluetooth on the go (for casual listening only), so I’m not actually sure it would be usable unless the phone had a separate antenna.
FM radio is terrible. At least Sirius XM is putting out music people want to hear.
Why? Have you heard radio? Every station is just a glorified shitty playlist that they cycle through a dozen times a day
Fun fact: almost every phone on the market has the hardware. It’s just drivers/software that are missing (and, more recently, the antenna’s been unavailable with the removal of the audio jack. The radio chip is still in there though)
Well, thinking about it like that really puts things in a new perspective.
What do you mean?
I mean that we may think that supporting fm radio isn’t worth it, but, if it’s only a matter of software, it could be done without much trouble. For example, if the android ecossystem was truly open, this feature could be supported by the interested part of the community, allowing users who want the feature to have it, while not bothering anyone else.
Phones still do. Xiaomi phones for example.
I’m sad that my Asus Zenfone 9 (it has a headphone jack) can’t get FM radio. The app I use (NextRadio) can’t detect a FM tuner on the phone.
Maybe if you live somewhere with good radio stations… the radio is pretty much dead here. Nothing but Christian talk and static.
My phone has an FM radio.
I’ve listened to it in long international flights just to see how things change.
other than that it serves no purpose whatsoever.
I suppose it could be useful in an emergency but I’d bet just having cell seryqould fair better.
So glad that mine does.
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I’m actually curious to know if my nephews even know radio is a thing. Everyone complains out the costs of streaming services, meanwhile we still have music and TV shows that are streamed wirelessly all over the place for free. It doesn’t even require a person signs up.
Sure, there are ads, but the free streaming services have those too.
So, what, we’re just going to carry around USB antennas now?
I already do, sort of. RTL-SDR
No better way to drain phone battery. Also doubles as a hand warmer.
You do SDR on your phone? The last time I played with one of those dongles was like a decade ago and mostly I used it to check out NOAA satellite data and eavesdrop on air traffic control at the local airport.
I wonder how useful that would still be to keep tabs on the local pigs during the protests the next time they murder someone?
A lot of phones already have the capability to recieve broadcast band FM, the type and electrical length of the antenna matters a lot less when you’re just receiving signals.
Certain phones have it, but use your wired headphones as an antenna while leveraging your Bluetooth… In Japan they had phones with TV tuners
