I remorse eliminating my OnePlus 8 Professional

I do not improve my telephones as a lot as I improve different issues. I do not actually have a compelling purpose for this; I simply find yourself holding onto telephones for years at a time as an alternative of upgrading annually. My telephone earlier than I grabbed a Google Pixel 9a was the OnePlus 8 Pro. I liked that telephone, and I kept using it after safety updates ended. It by no means slowed down, it nonetheless held its battery, and it may even deal with the most recent cellular video games.

An enormous purpose for that is the Snapdragon 865 chip powering it. Regardless of this telephone’s age, that chip continues to be a powerhouse, and it is one thing that higher-end handheld units such because the Retroid Pocket 5 and Mangmi Pocket X use. Each of these are emulation powerhouses, however I did not learn about that world till I upgraded my telephone.

It was undoubtedly time for me to improve to a brand new telephone, however I want I hadn’t gotten rid of my outdated one. I may nonetheless use it offline for emulation functions, however I ended up rehoming it to a member of the family who wanted to switch a damaged telephone in a pinch. As anyone who’s very interested in emulation now, it is a bummer to do away with one thing that might’ve been nice at it.

Farewell to a legendary telephone

I am going to miss it very a lot

I first purchased my OnePlus 8 Professional to play Fortnite at 90 FPS, and it additionally opened the world of Android gaming as much as me. I knew about issues like Sweet Crush and Indignant Birds, in fact, however I did not notice how a lot was actually accessible on the platform till I acquired my OnePlus. On high of Fortnite, I dumped numerous hours into each Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Hyperlinks and Grasp Duel, and I even accomplished my first-ever playthrough of Dragon Quest 4 on the machine. When the Remaining Fantasy Pixel Remasters got here out, I picked up Remaining Fantasy III for Android, though I by no means ended up ending that one.

Sure, my present Pixel 9a can deal with any of these with ease, however it could’ve been good to have a devoted machine round only for gaming. I am not an enormous fan of my telephone doubling as a gaming machine, primarily as a result of I do not wish to run it by means of that many charging cycles and degrade the battery quicker than I might in any other case.

Not having to fret about something like that might let me sit again and recreation on my OnePlus all day lengthy, and it’d carry out in addition to a few of these high-end emulators. The primary difficulty can be controls, however I picked up the 8BitDo Final Cellular Gaming Controller that solves this drawback, so it could’ve been easy crusing if I had stored it.

On the intense facet, I might nonetheless wish to have a devoted machine as a result of the video games I emulate on my telephone do not match correctly, as it is not a correct 16:9 facet ratio. The Retroid Pocket would not have that drawback, so I can take up my display’s actual property.

Primarily, loads of this boils all the way down to my not understanding the worth that my OnePlus nonetheless had. I did not perceive {that a} almost six-year-old telephone can be powered by a chip that is nonetheless related right this moment. OnePlus was as soon as identified for powerhouse telephones, and the corporate has kind of moved away from that area, and which may’ve been what led me to imagine it was tremendous eliminating this one.

Do not get me incorrect, I like my Google Pixel 9a, and it does every little thing I need it to do. I do not actually use my telephone for an entire lot aside from texting and scrolling by means of social media, so it is not like I wanted it to do a lot.

I transfer on to new horizons

I am pleased with what I’ve

Credit score: Google

Whereas I miss my OnePlus 8 Professional, it is not just like the Pixel 9a is a slouch. Sure, it is a funds machine whereas the 8 Professional was a flagship telephone, however I noticed I simply did not want that from my telephone. I’ve a Galaxy Tab S6 that I am nonetheless utilizing every day, and I’ve kind of realized that tech like that does not have to be upgraded on a regular basis. Would I like a quicker machine? Positive, however I do not want it proper now.

It is not like I remorse shopping for Pixel, it is extra that I remorse eliminating the OnePlus on the similar time. In a perfect world, I might nonetheless have each, and I might be utilizing that OnePlus to stream video games or play retro titles whereas I take advantage of my Pixel for my day-to-day duties. It is not an enormous deal on the finish of the day, and I may all the time purchase an Android handheld to melt the blow. I am not the most important fan of utilizing telephones to emulate, but when I have already got one available, then why not use it? Sadly, the ship has sailed.