The A54 is a great midrange phone but just to shed a bit of background info on call recording is Google made it so that after android 10, apps that would record calls don’t have access to the microphone during a call… If there is a workaround I don’t know about but I believe call recording out of the box isn’t a thing and has its limitations

Unfortunately I think its becoming the norm for “smart” devices to have adds and bloatware. Honestly, on my next TV adventure I’m either getting a non-smart tv or never connecting it to the internet and just using a mini PC to view content. This topic makes me inner Louis Rossmann come out lol (he even covered this topic too)

I was having the same conversation just yesterday with a relative and was mentioning that once you are invested in the apple ecosystem, they make it difficult to leave as all your data and backups are stored on either iCloud or there are other apple products that make the ecosystem difficult to leave. Personally for myself, I’ve only used one iPhone but never was heavily invested (as I used Google apps over the apple ones) and have used an android ever since and I enjoy being able to sideload apps, use open source apps from f-droid and also prefer the level of customization that apple doesn’t offer. Also, if you do switch to Samsung and get a S or the current Z fold, you will be able to use DEX and benefit from that.

I never thought I’d type this about an Apple product but if there isn’t anything wrong with your iPhone 13, its going to be better in terms of camera and processor in comparison to the midrange A54. Not to say the A54 is bad but the iPhone 13 is a flagship with flagship specs

I thought all TV’s had bluetooth built in that are smart TV’s at the very least… I know my cheap TV that runs Fire OS has it… also if it doesn’t have bluetooth, you can always get a USB adapter for it

I do agree with him and think that EVs don’t make sense for lots of people, from the cost of them to having to wait long to charge… I think hybrids are the better medium especially since Toyota has developed and perfected them for quite a while and although EVs have been around for a bit, I feel like they aren’t there yet… although this might change with the next-gen solid state batteries, it’s too early to tell (since they will probably be priced outside of most folks budgets)