[...] just too many phones out there and it is not realistic to keep the list updated quick enough
Well this is partly why I was asking if there was any way we (the community) can help keep it up-to-date. It wasn't ONLY a gripe, I was looking to HELP SOLVE it if I can. Does it need some JSON written? What does the back-end look like?
Also, there are phones that not even sold on North America market
There are. That's absolutely true and totally fair. I should have pointed out the above list was Amazon CANADA's best sellers list.
post the phones you are interested with and there are always someone here willing to help and might even share their experience with the phone on PM
Well, sure, but conversely, it's hard to know what I should be interested in if 80% of what I look at is "not listed" and the others are apple or have no headphone socket.
How about:
- Android. Preferably supported by Lineage https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices and/or crDroid https://crdroid.net/dl.php so I can be less googly, and have options if/when the manufacturer stops providing updates.
- Proper 3.5mm headphone socket. No dongles. I listen to A LOT of podcasts and can't keep charging bluetooth buds all day.
- 4GB or preferably more RAM (my current phone has 3GB but is always low)
- MicroSD. I use a lot of my 128GB sdcard and expect to be able to grow it as/when needed, and also a lifesaver if/when a device dies and I can take a lot of my stuff across already (especially those podcasts)
- GPS. Compass. Bluetooth. Preferably USB-C,
- Value for money. I don't mean "cheap", I'm happy to pay for more RAM, CPU, battery life, camera, truly awesome display, or whatever, but not like 2x more dollars for 1.2x more CPU, has to be provably worth the extra money.
... and the above list was, I thought, a good place to start?
... but this was again less about specific phones, and more about fixing the usefulness of PM's tool, not just for me, but for future-me and others looking to join PM and/or upgrade their phones 😐
