rickymohk

China screwed us all, don’t give them your money.

After rooting or installing custom ROM, you will lose access to Apps that check for SafetyNet, e.g. bank Apps, some games like Pokemon Go, etc. Some devices may have work around, but it could eventually break one day and Google keeps making it harder to work around. Plus there are even some Apps that implement their own checking method to avoid root and custom ROM so that there isn't a general way to work around. If you need thoses apps, stock ROM is the best bet.

Depends on whether your game is CPU-bound or GPU-bound, and also how well the game is optimized for multi-threading.

I bought it because, before pixel 4 launch, it was the only NON-CHINESE brand phone that offer flagship grade processor and RAM, high refresh rate OLED screen, UFS 3.0, vapour chamber, in-display fingerprint scanner, notch-less design and big battery. Some bonus features I also found nice to have are dual front firing speaker, flat screen, air trigger (which can mimic pixel squeeze gesture), aesthetic (I quite like the rainbow reflective lines), side USB-C port (so that I can put it portrait on a phone stand while plugged in). Some drawbacks are no OIS, big and heavy, bad screen quality (Chinese OLED panel, not Samsung panel), though these are not deal-breakers for me. I would say it sure is great even for non-gamers.

You bought a CPU, not the performance of that CPU.

You bought a CPU, not the performance of that CPU.

You should care more about performance than cheating while using libraries or frameworks. That's the only reason which could possibly matter.

A USB hub just because my tower is under the desk.

Say thanks to your iGPU when your graphics card suddenly fail.
I guess there are people just want a powerful CPU without the need of powerful GPU? They just need an iGPU output to a screen.

A USB hub just because my tower is under the desk.