Hi,
I am about to buy Nova 3 or 3i when available, but my friend told me not to buy Kirin because I wont be able to modify it.
I dont modify phone unless I have to, like if after 2 years Huawei stopped the updates and I cant afford the new one, then I want to install new rom or new android.
Is my friend correct?
Thanks
Hi!
Kinda all Huawei phones are dead on XDA and the fact that it has Kirin it matters a lot. You see, Kirin is like Mediatek. If you want XDA support, then don't buy a phone with Mediatek or Kirin, because this matters a lot when it comes to development. Qualcomm is simply the best out there. Of course, there's phones with Qualcomm which lacks XDA support too, like Nova, Sony's phones and some others I guess, but having Mediatek / Kirin wouldn't help that and it would actually do the contrary.
Also, Huawei won't allow unlocked bootloader anymore soon, so you won't be able to install any ROM (not even root), but you'll be able to be stuck with an outdated security patch and with an outdated Android version because Huawei says that the phone is not eligible for the newer Android version.
If I would want to buy a new phone now, I think I'd look into the Xiaomi ones since they have good XDA support and they're cheap.