Android 14 is now rolling out to one of the only small smartphones left, the Asus Zenfone 10, roughly three months after hitting Pixels.
      • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        I find it pretty objectionable that they have to allow it. The correct way to do bootloader unlocking is to enable a setting on the device, run fastboot oem unlock from a connected PC, and confirm on the device. The manufacturer should never know or care that it happened.

      • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        Too late for me, been keeping up with and wanting to order a zenfone 10 since it came out but just ordered a nothing phone 2 since my s20 broke a few weeks ago.

    • sheogorath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      Even if Asus doesn’t allow a bootloader unlock, the community should find a way. I was able to unlock and relock my bootloader for the ROG Phone II using unofficial tools from the community.

      Although now I just picked a phone that has the longest support that is available in my area. As with everything, with more age comes less time to fuck around configuring your PCs and smartphones.

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      yes! i have no reason to ever consider another asus while they have it all locked down.

    • silentknyght@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      Uncertain software support is why I picked a P8p over that device, even when I prefer it’s hardware over the P8p.

    • eldain@feddit.nlEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Untrue, the Zenfone 9 is also getting android 14, that may be it’s last major update. Zenf10 should be set for android 15 as well. Zenf8 is on adroid 13 and got a security update in october, so things are looking decent imho.

        • eldain@feddit.nlEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          No feature fomo for old phones, as long as the thing you are used to stays secure ¯_(ツ)_/¯

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            Yeah Android 14 is quite a letdown. I have a Zenfone 6 that stopped getting updates after <2 years so I’ll never consider going back.

            • eldain@feddit.nlEnglish
              1·
              11 months ago

              Ah that sucks, I started with the zenfone 8 and seeing the market and how much I use my headphone jack, I sincerely hope Asus gets their update act together before I need to upgrade. What did you switch to?

  • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
    181·
    11 months ago

    I hope they keep making this series. I love small phones but I don’t need an upgrade from my s10e yet.

    • Gunpachi@lemmings.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      I was looking for a small phone and the zenfone 10 and s23 base variant were my picks, they ticked almost all the boxes. I ended up getting the s23 because of better software support and the availability issues with the zenfone 10 in my region.

      I just wish the s23 had better custom rom support from the community and a sd card slot.

    • morrowind@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Zenfone is a decent but larger that the s10e. It’s about the size of the regular S

      • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Pretty much everything is getting larger than the s10e. I’d really rather something the size of my original Galaxy S/Nexus One, but besides some boutique phone from Unihertz, etc, there aren’t any better options.

  • akrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Reminder that Xiaomi at least allows you to unlock your phone (albeit after 1 week of waiting), and they have decent ROM support.