LineageOS 21 on my OnePlus Nord N200

That’s kind of what the extra notifications currently look like if you have a bunch of them already and you get the overflow. It’s somewhat looks like this in Android 14 and above.

Oh, I’m sorry you had that experience. I had the original pixel, and the pixel 3a, and had both of them unlocked. Oneplus is also pretty good about unlocking their boot loaders without too much hassle. So that might be something you might also consider. If you’re interested in running lineage OS, just look at the official website to see what one plus devices are supported before purchasing. I currently have the OnePlus Nord N200 5G Unlocked running lineage OS 21

I was able to get the unlock code from the Motorola website, but if this is a concern for you, I would recommend the Pixel A series instead. You’re going to have the best bet with bootloader unlocking on those devices.

Gonewild maybe

The one thing I would be excited to see from this would be the bigger batteries and therefore longer battery life. Because while current batteries are decent, I’m definitely not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Example: my phone has a 5000mAh battery I only charge to 80% so I only get 4000mAh out of it. The article mentioned a phone with 5700mAh and so 80% would be 4560mAh or 560mAh more than my current device.

I don’t have any hard numbers, but I keep my device between 80 and 30, and do not feel any kind of issues about my phone needing to be charged more frequently than normal, but I’ve only had it for about a year now.

Not that I’m aware of. I have not switched to passkeys yet for that exact reason, as I am waiting for them to be supported. And until then, I will just continue using long passwords.

You really shouldn’t be using a personal device for work purposes or a work device for personal purposes. So I would try to get your job to provide you a device to do work related stuff on rather than doing it yourself. Also, I ended up switching banks, not because my bank app didn’t run, but primarily because my bank would not allow me to do everything from the website that I could do in the app. And I do not want any Google Play apps at all on my device. And so I ended up switching banks for that purpose to one where I could use the online website for everything.

I have been using lineage with No play services since like 2019 and while it does take a little bit of getting used to, once you are comfortable with it, it’s just as easy. The big things you won’t get are notifications for most apps since most rely on Google Play Services for notifications. Some apps will refuse to run because of not having the Google Play Services for integrity checks. That mainly applies to banks and stuff, so you might have to either switch banks or use the mobile website instead of the bank app. The ride-sharing apps such as Uber and Lyft do not work, but you can get an Uber through their website, at least for now. Although if that ever goes away, that could cause problems. If you use open streetmaps OSMAnd, instead of another mapping application, you won’t be able to do many addresses. So you’ll need something such as gps-coordinates.net to convert addresses to lat/long for use in OSMAnd.

Other than what I’ve mentioned above, there’s not really a huge difference.

Also, if you do use OSMAnd, please, please, please contribute addresses. When you go to a place, just add a point of interest to the map and add its address and stuff. And that would be super damn helpful. A lot of businesses are shown, but what’s not shown is a lot of the residential addresses. So, like, going and mapping your neighborhood with its addresses would be really helpful. Or nearby neighborhoods, etc.

Wait, really? They have not had that feature until now? That’s fucking ridiculous. Considering I’ve had it on my $200 one plus for three years and my $200 Motorola’s for years before that.

Good. Longer device support is always a good thing and anything that makes that easier is a good thing as well. Computers can feasibly be updated for a decade or longer, and so smartphones should be able to achieve some of that as well.