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> It's 2022 and I am using a Samsung A8 phone from 2018 which is pretty good

And if it can’t scan QR codes from the camera app, that’s purely because your carrier is withholding software updates from you. It’s built-in from Android 8.0 and Samsung supports the 2018 A8 up to Android 9.

I get the sentiment, but the ire is better directed at those preventing older/cheaper phones from doing what they’re capable of.



Only in the US does one's "carrier" have anything to do with what is on one's phone ...


Only in the US on Android…




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