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some of you have noticed that I am back to my Galaxy Note 9. that's not by

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choice roll the tape

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Sebastian here showing impressive speed setting up for his pool party that's

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some great hustle from the veteran it sure is Jacob but here's where it falls

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apart the airpods come out of the pocket right here and oh right into the dream

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Sebastian knows that in seconds that pool water will kill them these

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forgotten this phone is right here and it ends up fully submerged that small

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error is going to cost him big Jacob you hate to see it Riley

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a big mistake from a small small man he

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is very small

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okay I maintained that that was a controlled entry into the pool

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but in my rush to finish my preparations I did forget about the phone which sat

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in that soggy pocket for about the next half an hour and long story short I need

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to buy a new one which is a completely foreign experience for

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me the thing is growing up I used whatever was given to me by my parents

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which was whatever came free on contract then whatever my work issued me then I

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started this gig and I switched to using whatever I was reviewing at the moment

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but the problem is I don't really review phones anymore so for the first time in

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my life I'm going to be buying a new phone and in a giant role reversal move

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I'm gonna let you guys pick it I'm probably going to regret this but I

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solemnly swear to immediately buy and daily drive whatever gets the most votes

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from our community give it the full review treatment for a month and then

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report back to you on the experience all I need from you is a bit of your

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time to talk about my requirements and

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below I love memes as much as you guys do but the thing is I use my phone for

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work a lot and I can't be stuck on a Nokia 3310 or something so let's lay out

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some ground rules one it needs to run a

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recent version of Android or iOS sorry Windows Phone lovers two It's gotta have

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a touch screen three it has to work on North American Cellular bands and four

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finally if it's an Android phone I need Google Play Store support so that I'm

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not spending half of my time role-playing as the APK Hunter with

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those hard rules out of the way let's talk soft requirements and preferences

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starting with operating system the benefits of iOS are many it often gets

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the best versions of apps and better support for smart devices my ecobee

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thermostats for example often fail to complete their Wi-Fi setup on Android

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but they always work on iPhone and iOS

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devices also get excellent long-term software support which can have real

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world benefits even for frequent upgraders since the mishap I've fallen

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back to my old note 9 and I would be having a much better time right now if

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I'd gone with an iPhone 10 at the time this thing is leggy as heck

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I'm also kind of curious to try out carplay I like Android auto well enough

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but there are weird behaviors from time to time like random failures to resume

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music playback and this weird interface issue I've had recently where it's

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really hard to just get to the app list so maybe it's better on the dark side or

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maybe it isn't having spent the last five straight years on Android at least

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it's the devil I know though with that said I'm mostly familiar with the

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Samsung skin so there could be a learning curve either way I mean I'm

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sure I could seamlessly switch to a pixel or something but if I ended up

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with our crusty China only skin that's cluttered with non-english language apps

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and doesn't even have proper Netflix support that would kind of suck or

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Sony's skin that honestly seems great other than the fact that for some obtuse

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reason it doesn't allow you to move the back button over to the right hand side

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other than that I don't actually use much of a customization that Android

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offers so I am mostly indifferent to my operating system except I do care about

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side loading a fair bit I recently imported a smart product that isn't

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technically available in Canada and therefore doesn't have its companion app

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in the Canadian versions of the app store or the Play Store so side loading

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was the only way to get it oh and I guess the Android World offers

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a lot more variety on the hardware side like if you want cool features like a

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foldable screen or a built-in thermal camera Android is the only game in town

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also I strongly prefer fingerprint ID to

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facial ID it's not a privacy thing I just find it faster because before I'm

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even looking at the phone it's unlocked I'm ready to go the last thing I'll say

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on the software side is digital assistants might be a major

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consideration for some people but as far as I can tell they pretty much both suck

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donkey tail these days so um yeah

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realistically call Quality is a way more

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important thing to me I found myself dropping more phone calls than computer

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parts lately with my full three okay cause the

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I'm in Canada meaning that anything with strong reception for calls on the common

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bands up here would definitely be a plus and oh this is a fun fact by the time

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this challenge is over we should be capable of empirically testing cellular

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reception in our EMC chamber so we'll be able to let you guys know if you picked

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a good one or if you screwed me over

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um another thing is speed this is a funny one because for the longest time I

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felt like phones are all kind of fast enough but as it turns out

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you regress far enough you do really

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feel it now part of that is the stark

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contrast with the more modern device that I've been using lately but a bigger

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part of it is that while your old phone stayed the same the rest of the world

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moved on everything from your apps to the websites you visit to even the

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operating system it's running has gotten more complex and more demanding

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I don't game on my phone though like the most demanding things I do are watch 4K

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videos and load large spreadsheets in Google Sheets so as long as navigation

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and loading times are Snappy I'm honestly not going to notice the

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difference if you guys go for last year's model or if you kick me out with

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a Snapdragon gen 3.2 2x2 or whatever as

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for durability anyone around here can tell you that I live my life in a

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Perpetual state of semi-distracted multitasking so while it is rare for my

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phone to experience a full screen down concrete SmackDown

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you can see from my longest surviving device here that I do drop my phone once

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in a while a problem that is exacerbated by the fact that I prefer to go caseless

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that means that the iPhone's robust accessory Market means very little to me

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but if I could get something that similarly uses extra strong Modern Glass

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from Corning it might keep something like this from happening or actually

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failing that strong repair ability would be super cool maybe something I could

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easily take apart with my trusty stubby Screwdriver from lttstore.com easily

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replaceable or not a high refresh rate screen is a plus for me but going back

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to 60 hertz also hasn't bothered me nearly as much as I expected so I guess

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it's not a top priority and while we're at it I also don't really care about

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having the boostiest maximum brightness I need to be able to read it Outdoors

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but having a neutral color profile available to me is way more important I

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like to view content whether it's a web page or a TV show as the Creator

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intended and I don't like having my colors mucked around with a folding

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display is another Plus for me I've grown very accustomed to remoting into a

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PC and being able to actually see what I'm doing but after three years honestly

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I'm also kind of ready for a change so

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one thing I don't want to give up though isn't always on display it is really

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nice my phone's on the table to be able to like discreetly check what time it is

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in the middle of a meeting without having to look at my wrist or click on

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my phone and speaking of clicking I also really like having a quick way to access

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the camera without waking the device first my preferred method is a double

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press on the power button but I guess I could learn something else if I really

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needed to on the subject of cameras I feel like a bit of an anomaly here but I

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don't really care much about fancy features or shooting modes and I almost

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never use alternate lenses because usually they have a lower quality sensor

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behind them and to my eyes the main shooter with a bit of CSI enhancement is

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usually a better bet anyway with that said I do know that some recent devices

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do use multiple high quality sensors so

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that's something that could be kind of fun to check out I'm also not a big

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selfie guy on the rare occasion that I do really care about the quality I'll

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just turn the camera around and then no scope it which by the way shout out to

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the Samsung S Pen for making this way easier to do because you don't have to

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mash the volume button in order to take the shot which especially at night helps

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you keep it much steadier and is way faster than just waiting for a countdown

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timer every time you make a hand gesture and hoping that you've counted it right

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in your head because you can't see the screen I also don't record a ton of video on my

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everyday phone I do have an iPhone that I keep around for when quality matters

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and I have a production crew from when quality really matters but I do grab

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impromptu clips of my kids and pets sometimes so it never hurts to have

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decent video quality this is a bit of a tangent but as

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someone who backs up my original quality photos manually to my server USB speed

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does matter for me most iPhones and even some newer Android phones run at ancient

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USB 2 speeds it's meaning that I would need to leave my phone hooked up to the

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computer for a long period of time to complete a transfer so USB 3 would be a

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big plus for me on the subject of the charging port for

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better longevity I never use wireless charging and I don't even use fast

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charging if I can avoid it I don't care about any of that 5 volt one amp for

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life baby but that doesn't mean I wouldn't benefit from something a little more modern than

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this I mean I'm not the heaviest user the five-year-old battery pack in here

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is still comfortably getting me through the day but the full three especially

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with how much I use that large inner screen would sometimes fail to make it

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to bedtime with the battery saver 85 maximum charge mode that I use so

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something with a little bit more endurance would be nice I don't

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typically watch movies on my phone but I do often watch TV and for that I do like

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to have stereo speakers that are loud enough to clearly make out dialogue for

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music though I almost exclusively use my in-ear wireless headphones when they

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aren't at the bottom of the pool so loudness and sound quality as a

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Bluetooth speaker replacement is not terribly important to me I do find

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myself speaking of wireless headphones missing the three and a half millimeter

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Jack sometimes though having one of those might be nice but funnily enough I

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almost never miss the micro SD slot the cards are just so prone to corruption

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and performance issues that even on phones that supported them I absolutely

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like this one I've basically never found myself using them in the long term

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what else is there to say uh for obvious reasons waterproofness would be a plus

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Apple's 3D scanning hoo-ha is kind of cool though I've used it a grand total

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of twice um once to scan my office for a VFX

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company to put an explosion in it for a reason that will remain undisclosed and

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then once to get fitted for the big screen Beyond VR headset so at a rate of

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0.75 uses per year then I think it's the kind of thing that I can just borrow an

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iPhone from a friend or colleague for whenever it comes up

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I'm trying to think of some examples of phones that I really liked or really

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hated um I loved the iPhone 4 for its one hand

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ability I'd be pretty interested to try out a small phone again for a bit so

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it's unlikely that I would switch to it permanently just because of work and

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needing a big screen I loved the iPhone 6s it was just so Snappy at the time

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compared to everything else in 3D touch was so cool rip and then on the Android

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side the Droid Turbo HTC One note 9 and

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fold 3 are all fond memories for me actually I can't really think of

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anything that I've hated like that's a really strong word but

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um super heavy clunky stuff like the Razer phone that's never really floated

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my boat for those of you who have made it this far I really appreciate your

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time you are truly gentle folk to care so much about the recommendation that

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you're about to make we're going to have a link to our unofficial subreddit

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thread where you can add or upvote your recommended devices I also appreciate

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your optimism your faith and the rest of the community to do this same as you're

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doing it warms my heart even if I know deep down that I'm going to end up with

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some phony mcfone face thing that factors in absolutely nothing of what

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I've just said or I don't know maybe you beautiful thoughtful Souls will prove me

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