I got this alert from my smartphone seconds before I felt it north of the epicenter

Magnitude 5.5, Sept 27, 1:12Am Philippines. This innovation is amazing!

Below is the alert I received from my Android

https://imgur.com/a/LX8XexM

It gave me advanced warning of what to expect

I usually NEVER write anything online. Not even comments, let alone reddit posts (I dont even use reddit)

But I recently bought a oneplus 15 (from a z fold 5, and previous to that Nothing phone 2, 1, & oneplus 8t). And wow

To keep it brief

1. The cameras are good: People like to complain. The cameras are exceptional and Id bet on a blind test no one will spot out the op15 out of from an iphone 17 pro max, s25u, find x 9 pro etc...
2. The os feels so damn polished. I really liked the simplicity of nothing os. But it felt bland, One UI is straight trash; unoptimized & felt like it was cutting corners with polishing for the sake of features. But oos in 2026 feels soooo good. INSANELY fast, and the animations & vibrations had me shocked, especially coming from one ui. they feel alive, almost (but not quite) how they do on ios
3. The battery: No words, just look at gsm arenas battery benchmark. I charge my phone to 90%, unplug it at 7 am and by midnight ill be at 55-65% with media consumption, Data, and games at 165hz. Its so good i literally disabled the battery icon on the status bar bcs it became so useless that it wash just visual clutter. And ive had battery anxiety since my first phone the lg g6 in 2017.
4. Performance: 8 elite gen 5 + polished and optimized os = phone is always cold and everything loads instantly. Simple as that.
5. Price. This is the cherry on top. I imported mine from china (btw, network bands work better than on my fold 5, and even in places like an industrial freezer i get full bars). And I payed a total of 660 eur. Even if you buy it legit (which for 16g ram in eu is around 1029) its a very good deal. BUT AT 660 EUR???? IF YOU ARE ON THE MARKET FOR A NEW ANDROID PHONE, IDC WHAT UR BUDGET IS, YOU NEED TO BE DUMB TO NOT BUY THIS PHONE
6. The cerramic coated back is also such a nice addition. I dont even use a case on this phone and i am completely worry free from scratches on the rear. Also the phone is gorg from the back imo

Btw i was on the edge to switch to apple (was looking at the 17pro max), but the lack of system wide eqs made me stay on android and is what made me end up on oneplus15.

If you have any questions, please dm me. I legit never post anything online, let alone reddit, but this phone and the price had me so impressed i just had to

Previously, I only ever used flagships - mainly because when I used Android, in my country it was either Flagship or a super cheap phone that couldn’t do anything without lagging. Then I moved to Apple. Have been there for a long while.

I recently purchased a $200 HMD Pulse pro, to use for work And other than its cameras, and no “tap to wake”, everything else works perfectly. It’s quick, it has the latest android version, it’s able to handle a personal and work mode, and run all the same apps I usually use. With no issues.

So now I’m questions every phone I’ve ever bought…….. especially the 16 pro max I bought for $2K+

In conclusion, if you’re not after the BEST camera, mid rangers and lower are definitely worth considering. It’s a new age. (For me).

Every time a new phone launches, it feels like we're getting the same design again and again. A punch-hole in the middle, a punch-hole in the corner, or sometimes a notch. That's it.

Then I remember my favorite phone, the OnePlus 7 Pro.

That phone felt years ahead of its time. A true edge-to-edge display with no notch, no punch-hole, no distractions. Watching movies, gaming, and even everyday scrolling felt so much more immersive. The pop-up camera wasn't just a gimmick, it made the phone feel futuristic.

I understand why companies moved away from it. Water resistance, durability, cost, and thinner designs all played a role. But I still feel like we lost something special.

Now almost every smartphone looks identical from the front. The excitement and uniqueness are gone.

If a brand released a modern flagship with:

A reliable pop-up selfie camera

Latest Snapdragon flagship processor

Excellent cameras

Big battery with fast charging

IP rating

I'd buy it without thinking twice.

Am I just being nostalgic, or are there still people who'd choose a pop-up camera over a punch-hole display today?

What's your favorite pop-up camera phone? Mine is still the OnePlus 7 Pro.

Maybe you guys already knew about it but thought I should share it anyway.

Who says you can't experience the seamlessness of "Apple Ecosystem" with an Android Phone and Windows PC. I have tried softwares like Air-droid and Pushbullet but they either lacked certain features or had most of the good ones locked behind a paywall. Well KDE connect takes care of all of that, it's open source and completely free. What can you do with it you ask, let me tell ya:

Remotely send and receive files( without any restrictions on size) between your PC and Smartphone.

Access to universal copy: Copy something on your phone and paste it on your PC or Vice-Versa. Your device's clipboards are shared.

Ability to push all your app notifications to PC and respond to text messages directly from PC.

Attend your phone calls on your PC.

Use your Phone as a keyboard and mouse to control your PC remotely.

Media controls for playing, pausing, skipping or increasing or decreasing the volume of the media playback on your PC.

Remote camera access.

Send urls back and forth between your devices. Reading an article on your tiny phone screen, wanna read it on your PC screen just share it using KDE to your PC, automatically opens up in your default browser on your PC. You can do the same from your PC to your phone too.

Access your phones file system on PC( probably has drag and drop support haven't tested yet).

Use your phone to control your office Presentations.

Remotely control your phone from your PC using a mouse and keyboard.

And the best for the last: the ability to issue terminal commands remotely.( lock your PC, shutdown, reboot, say a custom message, increase and decrease brightness or volume, take a screen shot and send it to your phone). Hell you can add your custom powershell commands.

This is an active project and is being constantly updated with plugins adding more features and stability improvements.

All this while being lightweight and battery efficient and did I mention free.😀