In the article it mentions that the SoC might have been chosen because on it’s extended software support of 8 years. Industrial tier electronics also usually cost more than consumer counterparts, so unlikely a cost cutting measure

Zenfone 10 got released in july this year. I’d buy it on the spot if the software support was longer. The only phone in recent memory that has good specs and also looks decent

https://toffeeshare.com/ is what I usually use for big files. But both sender and receiver need to be online for the whole transfer. It doesn’t store anything you send on their servers, but that’s a feature for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Settings > Navigation > Car > Head-up Display

Poweramp for music also. Worth the price, you can also skip the Play Store by buying it on the dev’s website if you prefer

you can type anything you want in both fields to skip it. a keysmash is my preferred method