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With how much it costs to buy a flagship mobile device,

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I think it's fair to say that most people

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would like to get a few years out of their phones.

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Now for iPhone people,

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that means they're still rocking an iPhone 6 or 6S,

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both of which are actually still supported

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on the latest version of iOS.

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But if you're more into the Android scene,

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you're probably straight out of luck,

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as even the more reputable manufacturers

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only provide feature updates for around two years

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and security patches for another one,

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with the actual follow-through on these promises

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being reminiscent of an elementary school pinky swear.

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So what do you do?

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Accept that your once flagship phone

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is now a slow, insecure mess?

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We say no!

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So today's video has two main objectives,

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to see if we can take a five-year-old Android phone

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and make it competitive with the experience

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of an iPhone of the same era.

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And while we're at it,

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to investigate if an old flagship at just 50 bucks on eBay

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could be a viable option

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if you're looking for a basic smartphone

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and you want to save a buck.

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Speaking of saving a buck, Thermaltake's A500,

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eh, it's not really about saving a buck,

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it's just really nice.

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It's got a modern minimalist design

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with brushed aluminum panels

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and dual hinge swing tempered glass doors.

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Check it out today at the link in the video description.

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We began our quest by looking at a bunch of older devices

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near the five-year mark,

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from the likes of OnePlus, HTC, and Google.

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But most of them were either no longer officially maintained

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by LineageOS, our ROM of choice,

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or weren't easily or cheaply purchasable,

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or didn't have a removable battery.

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And that last one is something we really want

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because no amount of fresh software

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is gonna fix a worn out lithium battery.

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We were actually getting kind of discouraged

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until we stumbled upon the LG G3.

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It was a pretty big deal when it launched back in 2014,

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with its top tier specs,

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and at the time, super high res 1440 screen.

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And today, not only are there heaps of them

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for sale on eBay,

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but they can be had for a mere $50

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with replacement batteries from companies like iFixit

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coming in at under 20 bucks.

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Perfect.

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Now, before you run out and buy one though,

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make sure you get the version of the G3

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that corresponds to your cellular carrier.

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Even though most of the changes between the variants

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are just the bloatware that comes pre-installed on them,

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it's probably not worth risking using a different one

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unless you have no other choice.

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So for us then, the D852 was the way to go.

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Oh, not much in the way of packaging on this thing,

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but hey, wow, not bad.

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This is in great condition.

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There's hardly a scuff on it.

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Original battery.

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We'll definitely need the replacement one.

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Now, as much as we hoped that this was gonna be as simple

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as one, two, three, click, and you're done,

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unfortunately, Jake quickly discovered

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that it was going to be a bit more of an involved process.

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Now, there are multiple methods

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of gaining the administrative access

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that we need to install our third-party OS,

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otherwise known as routing,

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but none of them have been updated

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to work on the latest version of Android

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that LG rolled out for the G3.

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Thankfully though, unlike iOS, we can downgrade Android

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with the easiest method being to roll back to KitKat.

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Then from there, routing is essentially one click.

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We can install our custom recovery software

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and install LineageOS.

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Now, we'll have some more details in a forum post down below

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if you guys aren't familiar with this process.

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Before we begin the downgrade,

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you guys need to know a couple of things.

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One, this tutorial is specific to the LG G3.

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If you're looking to flash LineageOS

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or some other ROM to a different phone,

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Google, YouTube, and the XDA forums are your best friends.

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Two, this process will result

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in your phone being completely wiped.

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You have been warned.

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Now, let's get into it.

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Start by downloading and installing,

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first, the LG USB drivers,

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and second, the LG UP DLL, then LG UP itself.

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This is the tool that we're gonna use to downgrade the phone.

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Once you have the software ready to go,

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download and extract the respective KitKat ROM

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for your device.

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We've got a D852,

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and we'll be using the Bell version specifically.

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Now, we plug the phone into our PC,

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go into Settings, About Phone, Software Info,

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and tap Build Number.

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Until it says, You are now a developer.

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If only it was that easy, right?

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Then we go back into the main settings menu,

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into Developer Options, and Enable USB Debugging.

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This will allow our computer to communicate with the phone.

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You'll also wanna swipe down on the notification tray

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and enable MTP USB mode.

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select your device, and the .TOT file, and click Start.

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and you'll eventually be greeted by your KitKat-equipped G3.

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Set up the phone quickly,

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then head over to Settings and Enable USB Debugging again.

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With that turned on,

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we can download and run the one-click Purple Drake route.

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Say yes to permanently routing,

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as this OS is gonna be wiped for Lineage OS shortly anyway,

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and then we're actually getting really close now.

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But before we can install our OS,

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we'll need a custom recovery to be able to flash it.

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This is where TWRP comes into play.

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Download the TWRP app from the Play Store onto the phone,

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then copy over the TWRP app from the Play Store onto the phone,

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and you'll see a TWRP file that's linked in the description.

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Select the file from your device's storage in the app

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and flash it, then reboot to recovery mode.

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Now is actually a really good time

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to back up your install of KitKat

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on the off chance that something goes wrong.

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So do that and copy it over to your PC.

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Then we can wipe everything off the device as shown.

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we'll need to grab the latest nightly build of Lineage OS

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for our device and open Google Apps,

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since they don't come

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with Lineage OS by default,

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and no Play Store on Android is a pretty rockin' bad time.

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So we select ARM, Android 8.1, and the Nano version for that.

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Then once we've got both,

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we can copy them over to the device and then install.

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Restart the phone and...

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Whabam!

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Lineage OS is good to go!

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From here, you can install any missing Google Apps

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from the Play Store,

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because basically none of them come by default,

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and then you can optionally install them from the Play Store,

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and then you can optionally install the Magisk root

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if you'd like to do root-related things.

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Not everybody's into that, though.

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So all that's left now, then,

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is to take this puppy for a little test drive.

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For the $70 total that we spent,

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is this a compelling option?

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Let's put it up next to our iPhone,

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which, believe it or not,

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still costs nearly twice that much on eBay,

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and find out.

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Well, one thing's for darn tootin' sure.

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Apple, while they definitely didn't have

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a screen size advantage at this point in time...

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Or resolution.

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Or resolution advantage,

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definitely had brighter screens.

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Like, that is a market difference.

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I don't even think the iPhone's at max.

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I think it's a Lineage OS thing,

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because as I recall, when this was stock,

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it was a little brighter.

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I'm not 100% sure, and that sounds a little bit weird,

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but I kind of feel like it was better before.

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All right, well, why don't we go ahead

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and fire up a video?

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Do you need some help?

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Yeah, can we just go to the beginning?

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Ready?

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Three, two, one.

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And go.

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Okay, well, I didn't...

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Whatever, close enough, cool.

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There you go.

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You gotta give Apple credit

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for the color accuracy of their displays,

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though even back then, you can tell

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this is far more true to life than this is.

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It's more washed out, it's a little bit too warm.

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Screen is so much bigger on here.

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Yeah, it's definitely gonna be better

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for content absorption consumption.

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So I downloaded PUBG on both of them, right?

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Which is a big game, like about a Gigabyte.

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And it was completely done,

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along with the 10 other apps I downloaded on this phone,

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before PUBG was even done on that one.

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One thing, though, is that...

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Speakers.

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Yeah, should we try it out?

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This is before front-facing speakers

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were really much of a thing,

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although the HTC One did do that around this time.

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But Apple, even though they were still doing

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just the bottom-firing speaker,

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that's still a lot better than a rear speaker.

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That was one of my big complaints

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about this phone at the time.

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Yeah, I'll crank this up, let's see how we do.

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Is it harder to cover it up with your hand, though?

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Like, either way, you're gonna have to cup it, right?

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This one's kind of crappy.

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We wanted to upstage our last insane resolution gaming setup.

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Okay, pause it for a second.

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Upstage our last insane resolution gaming setup.

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Have you dropped this in the toilet or something?

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This doesn't sound like a regular iPhone.

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No, it's, yeah, it's basically...

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I dropped it, yes, but not in the toilet.

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Moral of the story,

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they both kind of sound like garbage.

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All right, so gaming-wise, we have PUBG Mobile loaded.

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It is capped at 30 FPS, and we're on low settings,

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but how you feeling?

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It's playable, although I am seeing frame drops as well.

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It seems like that's a common trend with mobile games,

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but I'm definitely having an experience

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that I would say is acceptable.

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It's kind of like Xbox 360 graphics,

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but if you, like, play one of those games on a laptop,

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that can't quite do it.

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So gaming-wise, we're on a pretty even playing field,

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but let's try web browsing.

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So I think for this test,

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we should just load up a couple of the same websites.

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Wow, you're already typing things great, Alex.

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It's working fine.

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It's working fine.

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It searches for FU Jake really well.

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Okay.

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What's a site we can load?

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Ars Technica.

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You ready?

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Yeah.

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Three, two, one, go.

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All right, so Android looks like it was winning a little bit

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there.

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Yeah.

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It still hasn't even loaded all the way on there.

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LTT Forum?

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Yeah, sure.

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Let's go to the corporate site, because I think we already

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did the forum earlier.

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Let's go Linus Media Group.

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Three, two, one, go.

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Oh, iPhone's really chugging now.

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I mean, like, final load time, I think we're pretty close.

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Yeah, true.

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It did look like at the start there that this was going to, like,

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go a little bit faster, but I think that was just, I mean,

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overall, they're both pretty similar.

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I mean, it looked like the G3 was edging out a little bit

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at the start, but overall, acceptable, usable,

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pretty similar.

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We can take a quick look at LineageOS.

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For those not familiar, it's very similar to your stock

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Android experience, so to speak.

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So not a ton of, like, extras or anything like that, but.

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You can load up whatever launcher you want, though.

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So if you want to get the Ruthless Pixel launcher, make

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it look like a Pixel or any of them, really.

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Even the Microsoft one is actually pretty good.

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I don't know if you've seen that before.

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Cool.

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Whereas on an iPhone, it's going to be an iPhone.

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I think we can go deeper than this, though,

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because one of the things that Android was really

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behind Apple on in this era was rear camera quality.

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Oh, yeah.

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But we know that software is a major component

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of mobile camera performance, so I think maybe,

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why don't you take some pictures, run around,

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get some other people's impressions,

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and see what they think of our five-year Android versus,

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five-year iPhone experience.

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When we get to the camera, the gap between devices

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starts to become a little more apparent.

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We took three identical photos on each phone

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and threw a Pixel 3 in as a modern reference,

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and it's clear to see the G3 definitely falls behind a bit.

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Colors are more washed out and the noise is definitely

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more noticeable compared to the iPhone 6.

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Now, this is likely because LineageOS is supported

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across such a wide range of devices,

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meaning its camera app isn't going to have the same

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image post-processing that's specifically tuned

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by the manufacturer for a given device.

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You can tinker with these settings

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in the included camera app to help with this,

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so we'd recommend doing that.

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It actually looks like our older Android device,

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be it the LG G3 or one from another manufacturer,

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holds up shockingly well if you can get an OS

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like LineageOS that is fully supported

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with security updates.

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I actually am blown away by how much phone we got

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for just $70 after we replaced the battery

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with a brand new unit, which remember,

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makes this thing,

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because it's not like SOCs degrade over time.

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Functionally, brand spanking new.

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Now, it is missing some creature comforts.

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We've got USB micro B instead of type C.

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It's not as durable, it's not as fast,

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it doesn't charge as quickly.

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No wireless charging, obviously.

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Mobile speakers have come a long way in the last five years.

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This wimpy rear speaker here compared to the dual front

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or side, but sounds kind of front-firing speakers

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on something like a Note 9.

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And of course, no biometric authentication.

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Really did feel like going back in time

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compared to facial scanners or fingerprint scanners,

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especially the ones under the screen and the like.

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Bottom line is, unless you need iMessage,

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this is looking like a very compelling option

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if you wanna save a buck

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and you've got the time to invest in it.

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Or if all that looks like way too much work,

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an older iPhone is still a solid choice.

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Just make sure the battery is up to snuff.

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Speaking of being worth investing in,

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how about a Ring doorbell?

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Ring is on a mission to reduce crime in communities,

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and with their 1080p HD resolution and 160 degree vision,

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having one on your door is definitely a step

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in the right direction.

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They've got an adjustable motion sensor,

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two-way audio so you can talk to whoever's

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at your front door.

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It's Wi-Fi capable, so you can always check

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what's going on wherever you are.

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And it's powered by eight to 24 volt AC,

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so that's your existing doorbell wiring

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or the battery bank.

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It connects via an app that can work on your smartphone

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or desktop with Mac and Windows support,

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and they've got a special offer at the link below

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for their doorbell camera kit

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that includes the video doorbell too,

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a spotlight cam, and a solar security sign.

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So check it out at ring.com slash LTT.

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We're gonna have that linked below.

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