Posted by pilililo2 14 hours ago
The last model was quite difficult to unlock and reload with LineageOS.
Had that not been the case, this announcement may not have been necessary.
I used it for about 4 years, then my oldest, and then my youngest. Such a great little piece of hardware.
As someone who has both I strongly disagree with that claim, though the 3 and 3T have certainly aged well.
This is really noticeable on more recent Chinese devices. Not only we have a +90Hz display, but I believe there's a focus on animation speed because some reviewers over there test how fast it is to open and switch apps. So we end up with something that is smooth and also feels fast.
That's for simple fact of having offline/unsigned EDL (Qualcomm's Emergency DownLoad) and files for it getting consistently "leaked". So at least exploratory work on custom ROMs should never leave you with a irrecoverable brick.
But the company was doomed the moment they started raising prices to Samsung levels. Lost any reason to buy them.