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I am looking for a value phone. I spend a lot of screen time on the phone. Most value phones are only 720p. After watching the above video I feel getting one with 1080p is worth it but I'm undecided.

What do you all think?

[720p vs 1080p](https://youtu.be/ztzIhd5AbIk) I am looking for a value phone. I spend a lot of screen time on the phone. Most value phones are only 720p. After watching the above video I feel getting one with 1080p is worth it but I'm undecided. What do you all think?

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The number of pixels on your phone is a reflection of your manhood.

just buy like a Pixel 5 or 6 and degoogle it. Google uses motorola parts and the phones are pretty good plus you can root it to smithereens and completely degoogle it with graphene or lineage OS.

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Interesting, I wonder how easily I could convert over my Samsung S4 to the graphene OS. The USB plug is kind of janky now but that doesn't mean I can't play around. Have you done this to any of your devices?

You might be able to get root for a samsung s4 but I'm not sure. You need Odin and some other progs; I've only ever used ADB to debloat a samsung phone because some of them are notoriously complicated to root. Can you do a wireless root?

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I've never rooted anything before. First time if I give it a go and it wouldn't be for a while anyway phone's not with me. I do have a Samsung S8 that's on its last legs although I don't want to blow it up because it's got a really decent camera and I wouldn't know how to get it back to that level of enjoyment.

I spend a lot of time on the phone.

value phones...

I don't know know how much of a price difference it is from 720 to 1080, but maybe you should get your ass off the fucking phone if it is a matter of finances.

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The pixel density of a phone screen is vastly higher than a TV or computer monitor. A 1080 27" gaming monitor has a pixel density of 91, a 4K 50" TV has a density of 88. An ancient samsung galaxy S4 phone (1080 screen) has a density of 440. In other words you don't need such resolutions for a tiny little screen, it's just marketing like selling cameras with ridiculously high resolution.

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Ok. Thank you. That makes sense.

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One of my phones has a 5.7" 2K screen (515 ppi). It's ridiculous. Only paid $30 (used) so doesn't really matter.

On a desktop monitor higher resolution actually helps since you can fit more on screen (and actually read it). 2K at 27" is nice. 4K might work at that size.

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Even 480p at 18 inches from your eyes is the same pixel density as a 77-inch 1080p TV from about 9 feet.

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Resolution doesn't matter on such a small screen.

Electronics become obsolete rather quickly. So, in the long term, buying the most up-to-date equipment is probably most economical…delays the day you have to trash it because the technology is no longer supported.

boost mobile has a bunch of cheap ass phones.

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Memory (RAM) matters far more. Get too little and switching apps will be a painful, slow process.