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I’ve been using an Hisense A5 daily for the last 4 years (so it is the previous model, which is less powerful and without Google Play store). https://ploum.net

by ploum 3y ago

I’ve been using an Hisense A5 daily for the last 4 years (so it is the previous model, which is less powerful and without Google Play store). https://ploum.net/se-passer-decran-avec-un-telephone-e-ink/index.html https://ploum.net/se-passer-decran-avec-un-telephone-e-ink/i... Ask Me Anything about not having a true screen on your phone.

zirror 3y ago
How's the battery life?
- ahamilton454 3y ago
  about 3 days long (maybe 4)
- ploum 3y ago
  Battery life was about a week and is now about 3 days but it really depends on which apps you want to "freeze" and which apps you never want to "freeze" (to receive notifications). There’s also a "super saving mode" which allows only 6 apps, no notifications. I use it during long bikepacking trips, recharging every other day when stoping for lunch in a restaurant. It is great. Also, I leave the "super saving mode" if I need to use another app. So it is perfectly possible to get very long battery time but you need to really configure it and figure out how to use it. I’ve lost a lot a battery time by disabling freeze for Adguard VPN. In day to day use, I prefer to use more battery and send less data to China (the stuff is full of spyware). Even with that, I charge it every three days but I don’t use it much (which is the goal)
srge 3y ago
Can you use navigation apps like Waze ? Et Spotify ? And chatting apps like Telegram and Whastap ?
- ploum 3y ago
  I’m using Pure Maps and OSM And perfectly well. The only downside is that, on some maps, the grey-water is the same as the grey-road and it happened a few times that I thought a canal was a road when doing bike trip. Google Maps is working but sometimes loosing the position, probably due to the fact there are no Google services on the smartphone. So Google Maps is very unreliable. It may loose positioning in the middle of a trip (suddenly, position is not updated anymore). Well, really good to degooglize yourself ;-) Never tried Spotify nor Waze nor Telegram. Whatsapp was working if I remember well but I’ve deleted my account year ago. Signal is working fine except for notifications which are sometimes held until you launch the app. This doesn’t happen all the time, I suspect the aggressive battery "freezer". For me, it is a feature as I’m disturbed less (the phone is in silence mode most of the time anyway). If I expect a message, I simply open Signal before locking the screen. Note: there’s a way to forbid freezing for specific applications if needed. I just didn’t wanted to do it. Using signal has not been always easy. See : https://ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-signal.html https://ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-signal.html

by ploum 3y ago

zirror 3y ago

How's the battery life?

ahamilton454 3y ago
about 3 days long (maybe 4)
ploum 3y ago
Battery life was about a week and is now about 3 days but it really depends on which apps you want to "freeze" and which apps you never want to "freeze" (to receive notifications). There’s also a "super saving mode" which allows only 6 apps, no notifications. I use it during long bikepacking trips, recharging every other day when stoping for lunch in a restaurant. It is great. Also, I leave the "super saving mode" if I need to use another app. So it is perfectly possible to get very long battery time but you need to really configure it and figure out how to use it. I’ve lost a lot a battery time by disabling freeze for Adguard VPN. In day to day use, I prefer to use more battery and send less data to China (the stuff is full of spyware). Even with that, I charge it every three days but I don’t use it much (which is the goal)

srge 3y ago

Can you use navigation apps like Waze ? Et Spotify ? And chatting apps like Telegram and Whastap ?

ploum 3y ago
I’m using Pure Maps and OSM And perfectly well. The only downside is that, on some maps, the grey-water is the same as the grey-road and it happened a few times that I thought a canal was a road when doing bike trip. Google Maps is working but sometimes loosing the position, probably due to the fact there are no Google services on the smartphone. So Google Maps is very unreliable. It may loose positioning in the middle of a trip (suddenly, position is not updated anymore). Well, really good to degooglize yourself ;-) Never tried Spotify nor Waze nor Telegram. Whatsapp was working if I remember well but I’ve deleted my account year ago. Signal is working fine except for notifications which are sometimes held until you launch the app. This doesn’t happen all the time, I suspect the aggressive battery "freezer". For me, it is a feature as I’m disturbed less (the phone is in silence mode most of the time anyway). If I expect a message, I simply open Signal before locking the screen. Note: there’s a way to forbid freezing for specific applications if needed. I just didn’t wanted to do it. Using signal has not been always easy. See : https://ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-signal.html https://ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-signal.html