Android phones

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

2023-02-21

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(on Wikipedia)
was https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s22-ultra/

A chunky rectangle that's like a phone and a tablet with a pen.

My notes are specific to the SM-S908W/DS
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra specifications

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Umidigi Power 3

2020-08-05

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Hardware > Phones (Android > Android 10) >

(on Wikipedia)
was umidigi.com/page-umidigi_power3_activity.html

A fantastic mid-range phone, notable for a 6,150 mAh battery, NFC and near-stock Android 10.

Abandoned, as CVE-2022-0847 was not fixed.
Subject to the dirty Pipe security exploit (CVE-2022-0847).
The whole company is not recommended, as they neither update their devices nor even remove spam on their forum e.g. this.

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Doogee X20

2017-08-07

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Hardware > Phones (Android 7.0) >

was https://www.doogee.cc/detail/x-series/111/

A very inexpensive yet capable phone.

At a glance, it seems okay. Android and every app I've seen have many UI flaws, but that's not the X20's fault.

After a week of use, I have to say this is a fantastic phone. It's the perfect beginner's smartphone and there's nothing I've done that's been limited in any way whatsoever by its specifications. I have not run out of storage or memory.. not even close. Do note that I haven't played any games, and I probably never will.

I am really ticked that it doesn't have OTG support, so I can't use the microSD for anything but charging. Powering off, pulling my charging dongle out, removing the half-case, removing the battery cover, removing the battery and moving the SD card back and forth is an awful, awful, way for me to edit files.

The minimum volume is way too loud.
- See Adjusting Android volume.
The bottom microUSB port works for a USB key.
Warning: See BLU Products for drama surrounding a company that deals with Doogee products. It has spyware.
Warning: Has BeautySnap - (Android spyware) (which might be uninstallable)
Abandoned - As of 2023-02-20 it was never updated in all this time.