FYI: Zenfone 8 got 2 years of software support and they forcefully closed down the ability to root it almost right after support ended, even lying they will turn it back on to no avail.

I do not recommend anyone to choose an Asus as their next phone. Im ashamed I bought so much Asus PC parts since.

I have seen the soap opera effect on my Samsung oled, I just wonder if it can get any better if I have multitudes the processing power.

If it is reported, then it can be done. But my question is with what? :P

Still, want to mess around with my overkill hardware. :P

Also the ability to unlock it.

They (allegedly temporarily) removed the software and the required server-side service to unlock the EOL Zenfone 8 (and all other phones for that matter) to install custom ROM.

Asus is walking a very thin line here including the recent motherboard BIOS fiasco.

On the other hand I have my zenfone 8 now, and it has been perfectly good for over 2 years now.

Lol I would like to heat my room with it.

Shit. Forgot the price. What if I can get 7950x for like ~500 and the 7950x3d for like ~700?

Literally has an industrial qualcomm chip just for lenghtened support.

There is no info on zenfone 8 and 9 as they conveniently left that out. There is no APK on the download page for zenfone 8 or 9, neither can you use the APK already downloaded. See one of the newest XDA threads on Zenfone 8.

TBH good sounding IEM/Headphones actually worth keeping for years today are almost all modular. IEM/Headphones worthy of playing from a jack will not sound great from a trash built-in one and will need extra AMP/DAC anyway.

Funnily enough, the best AMP/DACs you can get today all use bluetooth. They are even good after the battery dies since they are also wired DAC/AMPs. There are some where a battery change is also likely. IEMs have TWS converters as well.

It is all pretty convenient without a builtin jack, unless you are really running dry on cash and/or dont even care about the most important part which is audio quality.

Dongles are actually not a compromise, but an upgrade in case you dont get a noname shitty one. You wont get a good builtin DAC for your 3.5mm port unless you buy a pretty expensive phone. Even then the quality is just “good enough” and not increasing linearly with the price.

A dongle does not need to be expensive for casual listening, and is by far the cheapest option for audiophiles as well. Alternatively you can use a bluetooth dac amp. Even more alternatively, you can buy a TWS adapter (forexample Fiio utws series) and an actually good IEM. You can buy both for the money you spare by not spending extra on some Sony and you will have a better audio experience.

I suggest buying Volla/Gigaset (has jack btw) and Fairphone since they are far more serviceable than any other devices. Fairphone will just send you a spare USB-C if you want.

@Swoggles@lemmy.world

My zenfone 8 is solid, but has high treble when listening on max on my headphone and Planar IEM. I would not necesserily recommend builtin jacks. If you can choose a lot cheaper device for lack of a jack, you can get a fucking great bluetooth adapter and a very good IEM from the difference.

Apart from that, I recommend Gigaset/Volla and Fairphone since they are servicable and have removable batteries.

Because words are used on basis of usefulness. Non-useful meanings die out. This community is primarily a platform and only vaguely centered around Linux.

Neither is the BSD community closer to playstation users.

Newer Gigaset phones are made in Germany. Volla phones are rebranded Gigaset devices.

I messed up in case of Fairphones, I will fix that. Although that phone is about fair worker conditions to begin with.

Indeed they need Halium for it. On the other hand compare them to the nexuses and oneplus ones you had to put up with a few years ago.

Conveniently, these are also the phones that would probably be worth buying for degoogled android/Lineage OS.