Hardware recommendation for Focal

PhAndersson

Hello everyone,
I currently use (as secondary device) a Xiaomi Mi A2 that I installed with UT 16.04 (currently at OTA-25). I can't complain about the base OS -- that has been very stable and enjoyable to use (including the dual SIM support, one of the reasons I selected that phone to begin with). But its interactions with some of the hardware components are far from satisfying:

the camera app is really hit-and-miss: from time to time, it's able to take a picture and save it, but most of the time it just freezes while doing so
similar story with the GPS: uNav and OSM Scout start up fine. In most cases, uNav eventually gets a fix on the satellites and shows me my position, but when I move, the app soon stops updating my position
I also tried to use Steps (step counter), but there as well, it may capture the first few steps, then either stops refreshing the count, freezes, or even gets the phone completely frozen

All in all, I get the feeling the apps themselves are excellent, but the lower-level drivers that implement the interface with the hardware are far from reliable (at least on the 'jasmine_sprout' platform).

Hence my question(s) to the community:

is this experience rather typical, or just the sign that I selected a poorly supported phone model?
if not typical, can you suggest a phone model where all these applications are known to work reliably enough to base your daily activities on? I would like to continue experimenting with UT, but preferably with better results than on the Xiaomi
also important to me is dual SIM support -- I've looked at the phone models recommended for Focal, but none of them seemed to offer it. Any suggestions?

Side question: I remember reading in these forums that the upgrade to Focal was a pre-requisite for the UT phone app to be able to take calls through a Bluetooth headset (such as a car-kit or motorcycle helmet headset). Has there been progress on this?

Thanks in advance for any insight or advice on any of this.

mschmids

@PhAndersson not really answering your questions, but wrt. the Xiaomi Mi A2, while I have the very same experience with the camera, I do not encounter any such issue with the GPS.

Moem

@PhAndersson said in Hardware recommendation for Focal:

I've looked at the phone models recommended for Focal, but none of them seemed to offer it. Any suggestions?

I suggest Oneplus 5 or 5t. Powerful hardware, good port, and dual sim.

PhAndersson

@mschmids That's good to know -- thanks a lot for your feedback.

PhAndersson

@Moem Thanks a lot for your suggestion -- I'll have a look at it.