I am still using my OG Chromecast from 2014.
the battery itself is $25
Kinda steep considering a 3rd party store in Singapore charges a similar amount including labour for a battery replacement for a old redmi note 7.
This article was posted for half a day. I suspect you only made your comment based on the headline without actually reading the content of the article.
What does this comment have to do with the posted article?
Here in Singapore MMS was discontinued several years ago as people had left for other messaging platforms like WhatsApp long ago.
Rule 1 does not apply here?
According to this reddit post many European car brands are offering massive discounts to compensate for lack of sales.
China is already at around 50% of new cars being plugin electric
So Europe went from suggesting decoupling from China to de-risking and now this?
This is for the S series lineup. Samsung still have their A series and M,F,C series in other markets.
to the point where Russia was worried about Chinese influence in Ukraine
Is there a source on that?
I see the lack of pre-installed google apps as a bonus.
Probably targeted for construction or similar working environment where gloves are commonly used.
Not an issue with global ROMs according to XDA
https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-xiaomi-hyperos.4654009/
I wonder how much better gcam will do compared to the stock cam.
No just 4 OS and 5 years for security updates.
Perhaps you should consider getting a fairphone if its available in your market. Having a user replaceable battery is much better than going back to the OEM.
Maybe your battery issues is due to li-ion chemistry used in Samsung/LG instead of li-polymer more commonly found in Chinese OEM.
https://www.androidauthority.com/lithium-ion-vs-lithium-polymer-whats-the-difference-27608/
Replacing your battery every once a year seems extremely excessive. I replaced my old redmi note 7 battery only after 5 years for about $30 at a 3rd party retailer.
I think current xiaomi gives at least 3 years of OS updates on their budget redmi lineup and more on their higher priced series.
How about tomorrow?