Hi,

A friend wants to degoogle his phone, so I suggested the OS I’m currently using. The one we can’t talk about… He wants a small/compact phone, so I suggested pixel 4a (not buying second hand though), but I’m afraid that planned obsolescence may kill the phone rather soon. What’s your opinion?

Cheers and thank you for your help,

  • tmpodMA
    4·
    6 months ago

    Ah right, airplane mode makes a ton of difference. I also tend to have it enabled as much as I can, usually when I’m home (and thus reachable through VoIP services) or at work. And I (almsot) never turn it off, I just leave it in airplane mode. I limit the charge to 75/80%, with ACCA, so I get even less juice.

    And I’m sorry, I also dislike big phones with huge screens and batteries, there’s no real need for that. But I know that you can fit better batteries in smaller phones as well. My previous device was smaller than the Pixel 4a, but had a bigger battery, while having almost identical weight.
    I wish manufacturers would make smaller phones, really. I’m very unsure what other device I will get after this one dies or gets broken…

      • tmpodMA
        2·
        6 months ago

        Unfortunately, no. I believe you can’t really get this level of control without root access.

      • tmpodMA
        2·
        6 months ago

        No problem, glad to have more people know about it, it’s very useful!