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It's official: Moto Edge 50 is the slimmest MIL-STD-810H phone, launching on Aug 1 (m.gsmarena.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If someone offers the slimmest phone, I have some doubts regarding structural integrity. Especially, the way I (unintentionally) often treat my phone, it'll probably bend or break within weeks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But, this one offers Military grade certification for durability. This should be better than other slim smartphones.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Military grade impresses everyone but those who served.

In the mind of a soldier military grade is the cheapest, mass produced item that barely does the job, can be abandoned on the battlefield without regrets 😅

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Is that a protected term where you live? In Germany a lot of products, including the cheapest and crappiest ones, are advertised as military grade and that doesn't give any indication on quality or durability.

e.g.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I searched amazon and could not find a single smartphone with MIL-STD-810H certification atleast not in my region – india. It's super rare if you can even find one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have no clue what that standard certifies but I was able to find several such phones immediately on the German Amazon like this one for 140€ (around $150 right now) from a brand that I never heard of.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What? The slimmest?

That certainly is a feature everyone cares about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I've been realizing over the past weeks that phone weight in my hand significantly influences how I type, so I would indeed like a lighter phone. This one does catch my eye.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

The performance of phones are almost irrelevant these days for most people. What matters is how they look, their battery time and if they have a good user experience without forced shitty apps.

Being slim is nice too because why not. :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

It's a point of difference in a segment of the market where phones are often thick and heavy.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

But no sd card, or changeable battery, or audio jack. Vote with your wallets. I like moto G series, but edge lines are terrible

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have an edge 30 pro and I'm super happy with it. There is no bloatware at all, default android experience, and great battery time.

I tend to recommend Motorola to people who care about those things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Edge 30 Fusion here, quite happy. If only it had an audio jack...

But that thing is really starting to disappear, and I'm not going to pay an highly expensive Xperia just for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How are the thermals? I hear they have heating issues due to their slim profile.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not warm at all except when charging with the super charger. This is for the edge 30 though, maybe 40 or 50 have different thermals since they have more powerful cpu.

I'm currently looking at edge 50 as a replacement but not sure which one to get. But not the ultra, very expensive and not worth it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's unfortunate sdcard is not a staple feature in higher midrange and flagship smartphones.

User replaceable batteries may make a comeback due to EU regulation.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't even really care about fast charging. As long it can fully charge while I'm asleep I don't care if it takes all night.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Changable batteries, maybe, for the environment. But I've never used a phone long enough for this to matter because unoptimized software starts crippling phones after 4 years anyway.

This is absolute bollocks. Unless you are buying dogshit budget phones, they all continue to run fine after 4 years. I have phones from 2017 and 2018 that continue to operate without major issue today. Until very recently most Android phones weren't even receiving feature updates beyond 4 years so I suspect you've just completely fabricated this story to justify your upgrades.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

One phone in my family is a ~~2017~~ 2018 flagship, and people are amazed how snappy it is (they don't know it's from 2018).

Its running a fork of Lineage, with 2 or 3gb of ram (I forget). Because it's so optimized, even with a bunch of apps (~200), it's fast and battery does pretty well.

Old phones can run fine, but they have to be managed to do so.

Edit: 2018 flagship.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, LineageOS can definitely help a lot. I have a Redmi Note 4X from 2017 with 3 GB RAM and a Snapdragon 625. It was fine running an older version of MIUI despite being a budget phone, but after switching to LineageOS it runs even better. But to be honest you don't even need a lighter ROM like LineageOS if the phone was a good one at release. I also have a Galaxy Note 9 from 2018 which is running stock and that still feels great despite how heavy OneUI is. Often these older devices just need a reset to clear out all the junk that accumulates over years of use.

I think the questions over whether some newer phones can handle five or even seven Android version upgrades are valid, since that has never been attempted before (though I still like to see those commitments). But that is very different to saying every phone until now has magically turned terrible after 4 years, when it's likely only running a version of Android that is, at most, two above what it started with.