Is it still a thing, and if it is, are there reliable means of mitigation? I’m not going Android right now. Maybe grab a cheap Moto to try sometime next year, but this and updates still worry me about being able to go all in. Right now I want to know about performance rot.
jean
<p>I did "sidegrade" from a Lumina 950XL to the Huawei P30 Pro (with Launcher 10) – besides some annoying behaviour (such as having to set the display brightness to not-automatic after each restart) and the plethora of crapware from both Huawei and Google – performance is great and the updates mostly non-intrusive (but still too frequent thanks to the crap ware components)</p>
PeterC
<p>I’ve found oxygen os to be excellent on one plus devices in recent years. No rot issues at all. My wife’s Samsung work phones are terrible. </p><p><br></p><p>I’ve found flashing lineage os to be really rot free and a great way to experiment with stuff to see where and how rot type issues occur. My findings are google play store/services and many social media apps kill handsets in various ways. This might sound obvious but it’s true and worth bearing in mind. </p><p><br></p><p>ive just received my oneplus 7t and I’m switching my daily driver from iOS/iPhone back to oneplus and oxygen os. </p>
PeterC
<blockquote><em><a href="#482947">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>I’m not sure about US price and availability, but I’d take a look at; </p><p>oneplus 7t</p><p>asus zenfone 6 </p><p>oppo Reno ace (excellent specs, 65w fast charging and 90hz screen)</p><p><br></p><p>the oppo and oneplus are very very similar. huawei make great handsets and there’s some great second user a gradevprices on p30 pros and mate 20 pros, but I like fiddling with handsets so I often return to oneplus as the online support and plethora of roms etc is just great.</p>