Remember a free VPN/proxy makes its money from the data it debits. If you don’t pay someone has to pay someway.

Have you heard about futo keyboard? It embeds a small LLM model for this very task. It also has an option to retrain based on user data.

You cannot do that. Use the apps which you do use regularly. Hopefully, they make it to the 1st page.

Use signal or other private, encrypted apps folks. Also, get others to use them so they benefit too.

It does not use proprietary typing data. So, it can be slightly worse.

But, you can always contribute some data here: https://swipe.futo.org/

If would be vastly improved if your phone had similar components without power hungry soc.

This year you are getting an even powerful chip, a 165hz even brighter display and some things.

The 8 Elite gen 5 can use 20W at peak power. Last year’s 8 Elite peak was 16-17W. 8 gen 3 was limited to 11W.

Tell me, how do you expect to get more battery life while using more power and doing more tasks at once? If you limited performance you can easily get away with more battery. But, manufacturers don’t and want to push further and further. Multi day battery is possible. But, you need to limit certain things to get that. Can’t game or do processor intensive tasks all day and expect multi day battery. Fortunately, the large battery cell and fast charging should make it a non-issue for most people.

Peak power usage data was shared from here: https://www.socpk.com/cpucurve/gb6/

Max manual will never reach the full brightness capability of your display to reduce display burn. You need Auto brightness, and bright sunlight or similar conditions to trigger the maximum brightness your phone is capable of outputting.

No, that would be giving a useful feature to you which would be for your benefit.

Verified Operating System is the one where the manufacturer or OEM has built, installed, with a guarantee that it has not been tampered or rooted in any manner which can hinder DRM or any security guarantee it offers by default.

Think SafetyNet and verified boot on android, Or UEFI secure boot on windows.

Yeah, AI video! Useless, we have humans we don’t need to burn resources on stupid.

Fuck AI. There is a use case for simple apps like chatgpt.

But, for most things you don’t need AI. Things like chat support for product/services, vibe coded app/website. Its all crap.

If you use firefox. You can use external download managers and the links open in aria2

Its not.

If you use addons like Ublock-origin. You can reduce the fingerprinting. You can also disable 3rd party iframes, disable Javascript which can further reduce the data being sent to websites.

Fairphone is a good recommendation, alongside being repairable and sustainable. If its not present in your region. Look into high end Motorola phones (low-end have bloat).

IMO, Best would be a oneplus. You can remove any ads and bloatware with Shizuku, Canta. It will be familiar, reliable, and last a long time. Considering, your usage habits.

(i’ve seen the horrors of redmi software and want to stay as far away from That as possible).

Yeah, they start to lag within a year of use. All the redmi phones I have checked have lag issues. If you must buy a xiaomi skip the redmi. Don’t know about poco. But, anything not Mi should be avoided. Xiaomi charges a premium for its Mi series for a reason.

Great! I too use Adguard on my phones. But, I suggest a foss DNS filter app to others. Because, not everyone may be comfortable with a paid closed source app.

A55 is an super midrange smartphone. I have a A22 5G. The software did have bloat but no ads.

Even if the A55 does include some of that. You can install Shizuku, and Canta to remove any unnecessary apps from the phone itself.

Another thing you can do is install PersonalDNSFilter from Fdroid or Playstore to block trackers and ads.

Get the A55. It is superior in every way to the 10t lite. The software will be decent considering its samsung.

But, if you want you can check your options on gsmsarena’s phone finder https://m.gsmarena.com/search.php3?nYearMin=2024&nPriceMax=350&nRamMin=6000&nIntMemMin=64000&chkNFC=selected&nBatCapacityMin=4800&idOS=2&idCardslot=1

Yes, you can limit charging to 80%. Many phones have this feature. But, it still feels like micromanaging tech. Not letting it drop below 20%, being limited to 60% capacity.

This one can be customized with lots of options. I guess that adds the premium over shift.